CASTLE DONINGTON COLLEGE

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DEADLINE 6TH JUNE 2017

Newsletter May 2017

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26 June CONKERS YHA TRIP

23 June DISCO!

29 June Year 9

Awards Evening

Back to school on Monday 5th June

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL REHEARSALS

Rehearsals in full swing!

High School Musical perfomances will be on

4th & 5th July. We would love to see you in the audience!

Tickets will be on sale at the start of June from Reception, so be sure to snap them up! Bring

your friends and family too!

Please submit your entries in the box provided in Reception.

Remember to put your name and tutor group on the back

of your entry.

Good luck!

19 June Joe Cooper

Memorial Walk

21 June CDC

Sports Day

Ist prize £20, 2nd prize £10, 3rd prize £5

HAIR & BEAUTY AT HUMPHREY PERKINS SCHOOL

P2

Mr J Barnard, Business Manager

VISIT TO LOUGHBOROUGH DEGREE SHOW 15 JUNE — GCSE ART STUDENTS

A small group of Year 8 students

were lucky enough to go on a Hair

& Beauty Course at

Humphrey Perkins School in

Loughborough. They had a great

time, and were very enthusiastic

about the course. It was

fantastic to see their confidence

grow as the course progressed

and they learned many skills

including nail art, advanced hair

styling, and using make up

effectively. These students were

great ambassadors for our school

and their behaviour was

impeccable.

Mrs A Dakin, SENCO Mrs M Day, LSA

What we thought

of the course ...

As a cost saving measure Peter Figg, our amazing Premises Officer and his team are doing their bit to keep the grounds trim and save the College some money.

The hair and make-up

was my favourite.

Angel

I have had so much fun

doing the hair and beauty course,

making new friends and

learning new things. Thanks you to Mrs Day for

her support and to Mrs Johnson for letting us go.

It’s been great.

Natt

I have enjoyed meeting

new people and making friends.

I love doing nails with glitter.

Courtney

I enjoyed th Hair & Beauty course

because I loved learning new skills

and meeting people, and I loved the

experience. Thank you Mrs Johnson

& Mrs Day!

Ginny

The Beauty Club was amazing.

We did hair, make-up, and even nail

art! Learning make-up artist skills

was my favourite thing.

James

The best part about the 6 week course at

Humphrey Perkins School was hairdressing. We

learned lots of new techniques and we were

taught like apprentice hairdressers. I’m thankful

that I had the opportunity to do this course.

Kaci

Year 8

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CASTLE DONINGTON COLLEGE

BREAKFAST WEEK

BASKETBALL

Mrs S Lester, Student Council

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Coming up ...

End of year trips 13th July!

5 July Lower School Summer Fair

Another successful breakfast week was held at the College during SATS week. Lots of students and teachers were involved in organising this event. Many thanks to all those who helped.

Shakespeare Trip

7th July

High School Musical

4th/5th July

Year 8 students, Katie and Alex both

played in the Regional Basketball

Tournament in Northampton recently,

where Leicestershire won.

Katie was selected for Derbyshire, and

Alex for Leicestershire. Katie will now

compete in the National Finals as she

was selected for the East Midlands

Team.

We’re so proud of you girls, you’re

very talented players. Well done!

Newsletter May 2017

PE Department

Year 9 Employability Day

6th July

Lower School Summer Fair

5th July

P4

Newsletter May 2017

CASTLE DONINGTON COLLEGE

Follow us on

Twitter:

@CastleDcollege

Mrs S Danes, HOY 6

Our website:

www.castledonington.leics.sch.uk

We are so proud of our Year 6 students. They have worked so hard

and shown us just how AWESOME they are!

Ring us on:

01332 810528

DERBY ARTS FESTIVAL

Year 7 student

My 2017 experience at the Derby

Arts Festival was very enjoyable.

The people were very supportive if

you were nervous, and congratulat-

ed you after you had finished. The

feedback you get about your

performance is very kind and

helpful as you get told what you

did well, and what you could im-

prove for next time. I thought that

it was truly worth it and think it is

a great experience for other children!

PARENT PAY - OUR NEW ONLINE PAYMENT SERVICE

We’re pleased to announce that we will shortly be accepting payments online for school trips. We hope to

extend this to school meals in the future. Using a secure website called ParentPay you will be able to pay

online using your credit or debit card. ParentPay will be our preferred method of making payments to

school.

What are the benefits to parents and pupils?

ParentPay is easy-to-use and will offer you the freedom to make online payments whenever and

wherever you like, 24/7 –

the technology used is of the highest internet security available ensuring that your money will reach

school safely – offering you peace of mind

payments can be made by credit/debit card or also through PayPoint

full payment histories and statements are available to you securely online at anytime

your children won’t have to worry about losing money at school

Parents can choose to be alerted when their balances are low via email and/or SMS text

What are the benefits to our school?

The more parents that use ParentPay, the greater the benefit is to our school. You can help us reduce

workloads for all staff, creating more time to lend to educational support and the smooth running of the

school. Using ParentPay also ensures that all financial transactions are safe and secure - helping us to

remove costs associated with us having to manage cash securely on the school premises

How to get started with ParentPay…

We will shortly be sending you your account activation username and password, just follow the instructions

in the letter we give you to get started with ParentPay.

Mrs J Sheppard, Principal P5