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All Pupils

Open Evening and Early Finish - Thursday, 19 September 2024

Please find attached details of our Open Evening, which is taking place on Thursday, 19 September 2024 from 5.30 pm - 8 pm. The college will close early for all pupils, at 12.40 pm on this date. Transport operators have been notified of this. Please note that any pupils who travel on the 649 Stagecoach service will need to make alternative arrangements for getting home early as Stagecoach are unable to amend the collection time from 3.00 pm to 12.40 pm.

Umbrella Company Auditions

Dance and Drama company auditions will be taking place during Open Evening on Thursday, 19 September 2024. The Drama audition is scheduled for 5:30-6:45pm followed by the Dance audition at 6:45-8pm. Both auditions will take place in the Performance Building. Pupils auditioning for Drama should arrive in their uniform and pupils dancing should arrive in their PE/Dance kit. If your child would like to audition for this amazing opportunity, please send them to collect a helper's form from R03, which parents/carers will need to complete and return. Successful pupils will be invited to attend Umbrella company rehearsals, which will take place after college on Tuesdays.

Public Bus Service - Bishops Waltham

We have been informed that the Stagecoach bus service 649 that serves Bishops Waltham is currently oversubscribed and operating at maximum capacity. Stagecoach have asked us to remind anyone using this service that their 69 route also serves Bishops Waltham and leaves approximately 10 minutes before the 649 service every weekday morning. The timetables can be viewed on their website: Winchester Route 69  

ClassCharts - Homework and Absences

All homework will be set on ClassCharts so as a parent/carer, you will be able to see what homework is being set for your child. Please see instructions on how to do this in the ClassCharts guide on our website: Slide 1 (swanmore-school.co.uk)

Polite reminder that you should now be using ClassCharts to report all absences. The current absence email addresses will be available to report absences until Friday, 20 September 2024 but will be closed at that point.

Extra-Curricular Clubs

We are pleased to be able to offer an array of extracurricular clubs for our pupils. Please see our website for details of all the Autumn term clubs that we are running: Swanmore School - College Clubs (swanmore-school.co.uk). We operate a free, late bus service for any pupils attending clubs, this departs from the bus lane at 4.40pm every Tuesday-Friday.

Word of the Week - Perceivable

We have introduced a new literacy initiative to pupils this year - Word of the Week (WOTW). At the start of each week, teachers will introduce the WOTW to pupils and they will be encouraged to utilise the word in their lessons and around the school site, being awarded ICC points for correctly using it throughout the week. This week's word is 'perceivable'. Please do encourage your child to use the WOTW at home too!

Photography Competition

Bishops Waltham Photographic Society are running a Junior Photo Competition. Entries close on Friday, 14 September 2024. Please see attached poster for further information.

Eastleigh Girls Rugby

Please see attached details of some free taster sessions taking place this week with Eastleigh Girls Rugby.

Year 7

There are no specific items for Year 7 only.

Year 8

There are no specific items for Year 8 only.

Year 9

There are no specific items for Year 9 only.

Year 10 & 11

Please see attached details of a NCFE Extended Diploma in Sport and Physical Activity (outdoors) taster day on Sunday 15 September.  The taster day is open to all new Year 10 and Year 11 pupils and is located at the Andrew Simpson Centre in Portsmouth. The day will consist of a presentation about the course, a tour of the facilities and then practical activities on the water. If any pupils are interested, please book a place via the email address on the attached flyer.

Year 11

Careers interviews at Swanmore

Pupils in Year 11 are currently being supported with their plans after they leave Swanmore. Attached is an information sheet that has been passed to tutors to share with their groups this week. Please look at this with your child and if you would like your child to have a careers interview, then please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Illsley via careers-help@swanmore-sec.hants.sch.uk