16^th - 20^th October

Week A

Year 11 Parents' Evening

Parents of students in Year 11 will be receiving an email today with their invitation to parents' evening, which is on Thursday 19^th October 4 to 6.45pm. 

Students should check with their teacher whether the scheduled exam readiness sessions will take place prior to the parents' evening starting at 4pm.

Year 11 Tuition October Half-Term Holiday

All Year 11 students are invited to attend tuition in maths, English and science during the October half-term holiday. This is a great way to supplement their revision for the upcoming mock exams. The exact schedule of all sessions is attached and students may attend as many as they wish to. Students will need to sign in and out at the office, but do not need to wear school uniform. Please contact schooloffice@mosslands.wirral.sch.uk FAO Mr Baas for more information. 

Careers/PSHE

Year 7 parents, please sign up this week if you wish your son/ward to take part in the bike training next month

https://bikeright.co.uk/events/32a3a796-56a1-49d1-9b94-116be95f633e/

Any Year 8 or 9 student who has missed this in previous years can also sign up.

Years 8 and 10, if you would like to attend a presentation on careers in agriculture, please let your form tutor or Mrs Rycroft know.

Year 10 work experience - time is running out for students to meet the self-placement deadline. Please speak to your son/ward about where they would like to go and let us know if they need help.

Sixth Form

A reminder that all Sixth Form students should be swiping in every morning as soon as they get to school. This should be done before morning registration. If students are late, they should swipe in as soon as they arrive at school and before going to any lessons. Students who have forgotten their cards, should sign in with Mrs Brunton. 

Library

To join in the celebrations of Harry Potter Book Day, this week's Book of the Week is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.  The third adventure in this spell-binding series sees the Knight Bus crashing through darkness to pick up Harry and take him to Hogwarts, where news of an escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort is on the run and supposedly coming for Harry!

We had a wonderful time this lunchtime celebrating the Harry Potter books with games, sweets, potions and art.  This was a brilliant lunchtime for all involved. Special shout out to Joseph Niccolls for his fancy dress and Aaron Shaw for his 3D printed wand!

You can find out the latest reading events, book recommendations and much more on our Instagram page @library_mosslands

Y12 Engineering Work Experience

We have a small number of Year 12 students who are currently studying for a Level 2 Engineering qualification.  We are looking for some work experience placements for them to attend every Thursday.  If any parent/carer has any suitable placements or knows of anyone who may benefit from having an extra pair of hands available each week during school time, please get in touch - sixthform@mosslands.wirral.sch.uk 

Ideally, we would like the placements to be linked to engineering, but it doesn't have to be.

“Look at What We’ve Grown”

Our proud Year 9 and 10 students met with Mr Whiteley today to show off their green fingers. By growing rare blue pumpkins, beetroot, onions and marrow, our students are showing that every day they are learning brand-new skills and life lessons.

Drama Theatre trip - Thursday 19^th October

Mrs Brett is really looking forward to taking drama exam pupils and Sixth Form students to Liverpool next week. Please make sure that payments have been made via ParentPay. Travel arrangement letters have been given to pupils and emailed home. 

Drama Club 

Drama Club starts on Wednesday 1^st November. Open to all year groups: 3:30 - 4:30pm in 607 (the drama studio). 

STEM

Royal Institution Youth Summit 2023 in partnership with STEM Learning at York University. Today, 10 of our Sixth Form students are attending this event based on The Truth About Artificial Intelligence presented by Mike Wooldridge. 

 The day will contain keynote speeches from AI experts. Then students will spend the bulk of the day working together, discussing the issues raised and finally coming together to present their ideas to the group as a whole. The aim of the Youth Summit was to gather young people’s opinions, concerns and interests about AI.

Faraday Challenge - 18^th October - Year 8

We are passionate about giving students new and exciting opportunities to engage in STEM subjects. A strong UK economy relies on great engineering output, and it is crucial to get the engineers of the future interested at an early age.  The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) run the IET Faraday® Challenge Days as part of the IET’s commitment to show young people the benefits of careers within science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). They are in school on 18^th October and will be working with some of our Year 8s competing in the Faraday Challenge.

Reporting an Absence 

Parents must telephone the school attendance line (0151 638 8131, option 1) on the first day of absence before 8.45am and on each subsequent day of absence. It is our duty to keep your child safe, so if you do not inform us, you will receive a truancy call. You will receive 6 further calls until you respond.  The number which will display as an incoming call is a Sheffield number, 0114 303 4042.

Year 7 & 8 VEX Robotics Club

This club runs every Tuesday in C14 3.20-4.20pm with Mr Lam.