Sixth Form Council Meeting - Tuesday 1st May 2007

Dear all,

Please can ALL Sixth Form Council representatives come to the meeting scheduled for Tuesday 1st May at 12:45pm in the Private Study Room. There are a number of issues that have been raised by students that we need to discuss before you all begin to have examinations, etc. If you cannot attend please can you get another person in your tutor group to act as your representative. At the last meeting we had THREE reps turn up and would like a full turn out this time!

UK University Listing

Dear all,

I have created a directory of UK Universities on our school website to enable you to see the full range of U.K. universities and surf to their homepages for more information. The link is available here, in the links column on the right hand side of this page and also on the school website (For Parents > Sixth Form).

I hope this is useful to you.

The Jenny Edwards Cup

Dear all,

I am currently working on a new Sixth Form competition, the 'Jenny Edwards Cup'. This will be five day event to take place in the next academic year and will most likely be an competition between Sixth Form Tutor Groups. I'm still in the very early stages of putting together the rules/events but I am envisaging teams of around seven from each tutor group will take part. However, because there will be several different disciplines (physical, mental, etc) then you will need to select your teams carefully to maximise your overall potential. As I said previously I have not made any firm decisions regarding the competition but I am open to suggestions. Current ideas for challenges include:

- 5 a side football tournament
- Quiz
- Several 'Krypton Factor' style tasks (the Flight Simulator possibly?)

If any of you have ideas for challenges then please see me and I will try to build some of these ideas into this exciting new competition.

The end of an era!!

After 30 years of teaching at Ounsdale High School, Mrs. Edwards has made the decision to pursue other exciting ventures. Although we will all be very sad to see Mrs. Edwards leave we know she will make the most of her time post-Ounsdale. Mrs. Edwards joined the Geography department in September 1977. She has worked within many areas of the school teaching subjects as diverse as IT, Geology, Chemistry, Leisure and Tourism, Key Skills, General Studies and Critical Thinking......and of course Geography. Mrs. Edwards will be leaving us at the end of the summer term and we want to make sure her last few weeks with us are as enjoyable as possible..........after all this time....she deserves a good send off.........so pass on your ideas to Mr. Handy or Miss Clarke

Our new Blog Site!

Hi Sixth Form Students
Welcome to Ounsdale High School's Sixth Form Blog! We hope you will enjoy visiting this blog on a regular basis to read about what's happening within the 6th Form and our plans for the future as well as celebrating the successes and achievements of all our students. Watch this space!

Study Leave Arrangements - Summer 2007

Dear all,

Study Leave arrangements for the summer term will be as follows:

Year 12

Finish school on Thursday 17th May 2007. Return to school on Monday 11th June 2007.

Year 13

Finish school on Friday 25th May 2007.

If you have an examination that falls outside of this period then the procedure of having the afternoon before a morning examination or a morning before an afternoon examination as study leave will apply.