Information for Year 11 Parents
Year 11 Information Evening
16th September 2021, 6pm
Career’s Information
Important Dates
| Monday 6th September – Year 7 and Year 11 prefects only in school |
| Thursday 9th September – 6.00–7.00pm Year 7 Parents’ Information Evening |
| Wednesday 15th September – Years 7, 10 and 11 photographs |
| Thursday 16th September – 6.00–7.00pm Year 11 Parents’ Information Evening |
| Tuesday 21st September – 6.00pm Open Evening |
| w/c 18th October – All Years Maths Assessments this week |
| w/c 18th October – Year11 Catering Practicals this week |
| Monday 25 to Friday 29 October 2021 – Autumn Half Term |
| w/c 1st November – Year 11 Catering practicals this week |
| Wednesday 17th November – INSET 2 – School closed to students |
| 18th & 19th November – Whole school flu immunisations |
| w/c 22nd November – Years 7–11 Progress Reviews published this week |
| w/c 22nd November – Year 9, 10 and 11 Dance Show this week |
| 25th November – 12.45pm School finishes for students, 1.30–6.00pm Year 8–11 Parent Tutor Meeting |
| w/c 29th November – Year 11 English Speaking and Listening Assessments |
| w/c 6th December – All Years Maths Assessments this week |
| Friday 10th December – INSET 3 – School closed to students |
| Monday 13th December – 3.00-5.00pm Christmas Fair |
| Friday 17th December – Last day of Autumn Term for students – school finishes at 12.45pm |
| Monday 20 December 2021 to Monday 3 January 2022 inclusive – Christmas Holiday |
| 2022 |
| Monday 4th January – Spring term begins |
| w/c 14th February – Year 11 Pre-Public Exams (Week 1) |
| w/c 28th February – Year 11 Pre-Public Exams (Week 2) |
| Tuesday 8th March – INSET 4 – School closed to students |
| Thursday 17th March – 3.30–7.30pm Year 11 Parents’ Evening (Virtual) |
| w/c 21st March – Year 11 Progress Reviews published this week |
| w/c 4th April – All Years Maths Assessments this week |
| Friday 8th April – Last day of Spring term for students – school finishes at 3.00pm |
| Monday 11 April 2022 to Friday 22 April 2022 inclusive – Easter Holiday |
| Monday 24th April – Summer term begins |
| Monday 2nd May – Bank Holiday |
| Friday 24th June – Year 11 Leavers’ Buffet/Dance |
Extra-Curricular Clubs
| Activity | When |
|---|---|
| TBA | TBA |
Suggested Reading
At Harrow Way, we acknowledge the large body of research which indicates a correlation between reading and academic success and between reading and well-being and we encourage all our students to be readers. To this end, our Learning Resource Centre operates a library facility with thousands of fiction and non-fiction books supporting reading for pleasure and reading for purpose. Some audio fiction titles are available. There are also a wide variety of magazines.
We operate an E-book platform though Hampshire County Council and this now includes audio books too. Our Reading Cloud platform allows students to access the library catalogue, read and write book reviews, find out what new titles are available and more. Both can be accessed via the VLE. All of these are free to use. However, lost items will need to be replaced by the borrower. In addition, we run a student book group called NatterReads who meet informally most weeks over lunch to share what they are reading.
Our Learning Resource Centre Manager is able to provide recommended reading book lists for students who are reluctant or struggling readers as well as recommended book review and search websites.
Suggested Reading:
Claire Legrand – Furyborn
Laura Sebastian – Ash Princess
Laura Steven – Exact Opposite of Okay (cyber issues around personal images, trolling)
Teresa Toten – Beware That Girl (thriller…secrets, lies, obsession)
Sabaa Tahir – Reaper at the Gates (for Game of Thrones fans)
Teri Terry
Death Note (graphic novel series)
Gregory Maguire – A Lion Among Men and others
SE Hinton – The Outsiders (written by a 17 year old in the 60’s about knife crime in America)
Jay Asher – Thirteen Reasons Why
Patrick Ness – Release (Carnegie shortlisted 2018)
Mary Shelley – Frankenstein
Stephen Chobosky – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Paula Hawkins – The Girl on the Train
Eden Maquire – Beautiful Dead series
Angie Thomas – The Hate U Give (racism)
Angie Thomas – On the Come Up (rapper, prejudice)
Malorie Blackman – Chasing the Stars (space travel, murder, romance)
Exam Support:
Tips and Advice for Exam Success by Ross Dickinson
Exam Attack by Nicola Morgan (for Kindle)
Starving the Exam Stress Gremlin by Kate Collins-Donnelly
Collins GCSE Revision series – Study Skills (also, an ebook version is available through their website)