May 2019

Dear Parents/Carers,

GCSE season is now fully upon us and we wish our Year 11s the very best of luck – every bit of revision will be worth it in the end! This is a busy period in the school calendar – end of year exams are looming for Years 7 – 10 along with college visits, theatre trips and our fantastic activities days at the end of June. July will see us welcoming our new starters for September and celebrating the outstanding achievements of so many of our students at our annual Prize Evening.

Year 7 Parents’ Evening will take place on Thursday 13th June 2019 and please also be reminded that our next ‘Parent Voice’ meeting is at school on Wednesday 19th June 2019 at 4.00pm; all parents and carers are welcome to attend. For further information in the meantime, please contact Mr Thompson at school.

The last day for students this term is Friday 24th May 2019 with school reopening at 8:50am on Monday 3rd June 2019.

We wish all students and their families a good half term break; especially our Year 11 students who are working immensely hard during this busy exam season.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Yours sincerely,

Andrea Radcliffe Headteacher

Brilliant behaviour for learning!

The vast majority of pupils at Hyde show consistently positive attitudes to their learning and work hard with their teachers to achieve the best they can. Occasionally a pupil may disrupt the learning of others with poor behaviour and obviously this is not acceptable; for this reason we have a clear set of sanctions to address this behaviour and our full Behaviour Policy is available on our school website. We do run detentions as part of our behaviour management to allow pupils to reflect on and take responsibility for their behaviour. I would like to take this opportunity to share our reorganised system with parents and carers.

If a pupil is behaving in a manner which is not conducive to good learning and does not respond positively to their teacher’s directions to comply with our expectations, they will be instructed to exit the classroom to work elsewhere and will receive a school detention. Detentions will run as shown below and parents will be sent a text message informing them of their child’s involvement. Please note, it is the responsibility of parents/carers to ensure that we have up-to-date contact details on our system.

Detention for Years 7, 8 and 9 Monday 3:00 – 4:00pm

Detention for Years 10 and 11 Thursday 3:00 – 4:00pm

Any pupils causing ongoing concern may also be allocated to Reflections Plus on a Friday from 3:00 – 4:00pm during which they will have a one-to-one conversation about their progress and behaviour with a senior member of staff. All of our pupils have the right to learn in a safe and positive environment and removal of any disruption from lessons enables us to maintain the calm, harmonious and hard-working ethos that we are so proud of at Hyde.

Ready, Respectful, Safe

HYDE ACTIVITY DAYS: 27th and 28th June 2019

Year 7 and 8 Year 9 and 10

Thursday 27th June 2019 Year 7 and 8 will be taking part in a variety of enjoyable activities. Letters have been given to students so that they can choose from a range of options of varying costs; all are expected to participate. Please book either online (www.parentpay.com) or complete the form on the reverse of the letter and return to school with full payment by Friday 7th June 2019. Activities planned:

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Blackpool Zoo

Heaton Park

The Crocky Trail

Farm and walk

Friday 28th June 2019 Year 7 and 8 will partake in a variety of activities and workshops aimed at extending and enhancing our curriculum; full details to follow in due course.

Thursday 27th June 2019 Year 9 and 10 will partake in a variety of activities and workshops aimed at extending and enhancing our curriculum; full details to follow in due course.

Friday 28th June 2019

Year 9 and 10 will be taking part in a variety of enjoyable activities. Letters have been given to students so that they can choose from a range of options of varying costs; all are expected to participate. Please book either online (www.parentpay.com) or complete the form on the reverse of the letter and return to school with full payment by Friday 7th June 2019. Activities planned:

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Blackpool Zoo

Heaton Park

Golf and walk

Young Writers Competition

Winners Some of our students have had their stories published in a book called ‘Mission Catastrophe’. Well done to: Samiha I; Grace W; Aimey S; Adnan T; Aleemah K; Fahima N; Mason S; Weronika W; Holly W; Keaton B; Jabir R; Grace P; Ella T; Keira B; Kelsey D; Talha A; Emma B and Gabrielle C. Miss Nichols

Scholar’s Programme Year 9 students taking part in The Brilliant Club at Leeds University have now finished their essays about volcanoes and have achieved a university grade. Well done to Solomon B, Jason C, Bethany F, Farhana R, Raisa R, Gabrielle S and Sarah S on your amazing achievement! Miss Nichols

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Work is well underway on our Key Stage 3 production of ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream’! The children are working hard and

have impressed us with their acting skills and commitment. The production will be performed to parents on the 2nd and 3rd

July 2019; more information on timings and tickets will be provided closer to the time. If your child is involved with the

production please support them with learning lines and reminding them to attend.

Thank you, Mrs Tong.

Year 7 Black Death Project Groups Huge congratulations to the Year 7 Humanities project groups, for their brilliant work on the Black Death. They have

successfully: researched and verified facts about the disease; organised storyboards; written scripts for a short informative advert and edited their film clips. Well done!

Miss Etchells and Mr Patel

Quarry Bank Mill Trip Year 7 and 8 had a fabulous time at Quarry Bank Mill earlier this month. They had a tour of the Apprentice

House where they discovered about the life of a workhouse child, and had a tour of the actual mill with lots of hands-on fun and learning. The students were

fantastic! Mrs Petrucci

Year 9 Languages Trip to Ashton Sixth

Form College Year 9 went to Greater Manchester Highers’ event ‘Lost in Translation’ at Ashton Sixth Form College, where they took part in Spanish, French, linguistic and Arabic taster sessions! They also had the chance to talk with an employment panel and hear about the many opportunities that a higher education in languages can open up for them. The students came away feeling inspired and having learnt something new.

Year 10 PIE Trips Some of our Year 10 students have been on two

school trips as part of the PIE (Pursuing Individual Excellence) Future Ready programme. The first trip

was to visit the Sharp Project for an interactive workshop and to meet business owners and

workers. The second was to Manchester Metropolitan University for lectures in Sociology; including an international buffet. They also visited

‘Ernst and Young’ one of the biggest financial services groups in the world for a presentation.

The students were incredible!

PLEASE REMEMBER TO RETURN ANY OUTSTANDING LIBRARY BOOKS

– THANK YOU!

Hyde on Tour Musicians in school have had a busy few weeks as they prepared for our annual ‘Hyde on Tour’ event at Hyde market. Students performed in assemblies in the week leading up to the concert promoting the event. The concert itself was a huge success and was a great opportunity to share the amazing talent we have in school with our local community. A massive thank you to the students, parents and staff who supported the event. Mr Anthony

Pictures & videos from the ‘Hyde

on Tour’ event can be found here:

https://www.hydecommunitycollege.org.uk/hyde-on-tour-2019/

In the News! Both the school’s new record label ‘Hyde CC Records’ and up and

coming rock band ‘New Revolution’ featured in a recent copy of the

Tameside Reporter. The article praised the band for their strong

work ethic, originality and exciting sound.

Please be reminded that students can arrange time with Mr Anthony

to record and release their own music. Latest releases can be heard

by searching ‘Hyde CC Records’ on YouTube.

Exam Success CONGRATULATIONS to the following instrumental lesson students on their exam success:

Megan B - Grade 5 Drums - Distinction

Max Y – Grade 3 Guitar – Merit

Ramsey T – Grade 2 Drums – Distinction

Elizabeth S – Grade 2 Violin - Pass

Scarlet J – Grade 1 Guitar – Merit

Dominic H – Initial Guitar Grade - Merit

If you would like your child to have instrumental lessons whilst at Hyde or to start graded exams with their

instrumental teacher, then please email: s.anthony@hydecc.tameside.sch.uk to arrange.

Upcoming Music Events

Date Event Venue Details Wed 19th June BIG SING Hyde Community College Featuring Hyde CC Choir & local primary schools.

Tue 25th June Oakfield Concert Oakfield Primary School Featuring all Hyde bands.

Wed 3rd July Hyde Showcase Hyde Community College Featuring all Hyde bands & local primary schools.

Wed 4th July TMS Concert Hyde Town Hall Featuring all Hyde bands.

Wed 10/ Thu 11 July London Music Trip For Badge of Excellent holders.

Extra-Curricular Music Reminder

Sports News!

U15 Dodgeball Bronze Winners!

The boys’ U15 Team achieved Bronze in their latest Dodgeball Competition.

Well done to: Sam W; Oliver H; Lewis L; Ben D; Sam M and Craig C! Mr Beeden

U15 Dodgeball Competition

Our Year 10 girls performed brilliantly in their last ever Tameside U15 Dodgeball Competition last week. They played superbly as a team, well done to all the girls involved; Madison R; Kaetlyn L;

Nadine B; Tia H; Alicia W; Victoria O and Chloe R. Miss Miles

A special mention to Anya W who not only competed in the London Mini-Marathon but also in the BWRA track championships achieving 3 PBs! Well done Anya!

Please make sure your child is equipped for

school! Pen Pencil Ruler Rubber Calculator Planner Reading book

Dates for your diary: 2019

Mon 27th May – Fri 31st May Half term holiday

Thursday 13th June Year 7 Parents’ Evening

Wednesday 19th June Parent Voice – 4.00pm

Tues 18th – Mon 24th June Year 10 Mocks

Friday 19th July Term ends

Thursday 22nd August GCSE Results day (10am – 12 noon)

Tues 3rd September Year 7: start at 10.00am

Year 8-11: start at 11.00am

Please see our website for the latest edition

of our year 11 magazine:

‘The Final Countdown’

https://www.hydecommunitycollege.org.uk/

category/news/

TRIPS PLANNED THIS YEAR: 2019

13th June 2019 Year 9 Tameside Careers Fair.

18th June 2019 Year 7 ‘Reaching Higher Programme’ at Ashton 6th Form College.

27th June 2019

Year 7 and 8 Hyde day out: please see letters sent home with students.

28th June 2019

Year 9 and 10 Hyde day out: please see letters sent home with students.

4th July 2019 Year 10 college taster day.

8th July 2019 Year 10 creative writing university taster day.

10th – 11th July 2019 Music Department London trip for badge of excellence holders.

16th – 19th July 2019 Ypres trip – all years.

11th Dec - 13th Dec 2019 CERN trip to Switzerland: KS4 Science.

Important Update! ParentPay letters have been given to all students with bespoke log-on details enabling parents/carers to create their online account. We are delighted to report that our catering provider has now agreed to support our use of ParentPay and that you will be able to use this system for your child’s lunch payments in the near future. We are now arranging installation of the necessary systems to link this with our biometric till payments and we will update you as soon as we are ready to go. ParentPay can already be used for all other payments to school and we are receiving lots of positive feedback relating to how easy this makes signing up for trips etc. If you have any queries or problems logging on please contact Jenny Ford on 0161 366 7533.

Year 7 Parents’ Evening is on Thursday 13th June 2019 between 3.45pm and 6.30pm.

Letters will be sent home soon. Bookings will be online at https://hyde.parentseveningsystem.co.uk/

Year 11 exams GCSE exams are now in

full swing. Well done

year 11: keep up the

hard work! GCSE

Results day is on

Thursday 22nd August

from 10.00am – 12

noon.

Year 10 mocks Mock exams take place

from Tuesday 18th –

Monday 24th June 2019.

Exam timetables have

been given to students.

Building an alumni community to inspire our students

We are delighted to inform you that Hyde Community College is working with the education charity Future First to build a thriving alumni community. Amongst our former students are a whole host of talented role models who we want to connect with in order to celebrate their success and inspire our current students.

Alumni can be invited into school to offer careers and education advice, mentor students, provide work experience placements and much more besides.

We need you!

Please help us reach out to our former students using your own networks. From doctors to dancers, pilots to plumbers, we need alumni from a range of careers to open our students’ eyes to what’s possible in the

world of work. If you are a former student or know of anyone who would like to support the school please visit the

website below for more details and sign up if it is something that interests you: https://networks.futurefirst.org.uk/signup/hyde

Thank you for your continued support.

Ex Hyde student’s awesome achievement…

Joe attended Hyde Community College from 2005 to 2010

leaving with 9 A*’s and 6 A’s in his GCSEs. He went on to Sixth

Form and achieved A*AA in his A levels and then gained a First

in his Life Sciences degree at Leeds University. He is a

dedicated Under Water Hockey (Octopush) player and has

been on the Under 19 GB team and also the Under 23 GB team

being picked to be Captain in the World Championships in

Tasmania in 2017.

Joe has recently earned a place on the GB Elite Men’s

Squad and will be going to the European Championships in

Spain this summer. He currently lives in Cambridge and has

just started studying for a Masters.

What a star!

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