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DARTON COLLEGE

10th July 2015

Issue 12

Unlocking potential .Changing lives

Principals News

individual successes over the

policy landscape. There will be

course of the year. Darton learners

significant budgetary challenges

I am a very proud Principal and

are a force to be reckoned with!

ahead and the need for all

Mum this week!

The lev els of commitm ent,

schools to consider how they will

resilience and perseverance that

work with others to address these

It has been wonderful to

learners, staff and parents have

and secure improvement.

welcome our new Year 7

demonstrated this year are

learners into school this week.

exceptional.

They

have

settled

in

ex ce p ti o na l l y we l l a n d a r e
already showing us what great
learners they are, their attitude is
fantastic! I also had the pleasure
of being at the Performance
Achievement Awards night on
Wednesday evening, again it
was a reminder of what
incredible talent we have here
at Darton College as we
reviewed both team and

My week ended interviewing 17

Specialist Leaders of Education

I spent Wednesday of this week

and 4 School Direct students,

facilitating an event for other

gruelling but great to meet so

National Leaders of Education

much talent!

from across Yorkshire and the

Humber. One of the key note
speakers was Michael Pain who is
a Director of Forum Education. His
talk was incredibly thought
provoking and he shared some
key messages about how schools
will need to adapt to the new

My proud mum moments sealed

my week with my eldest son
s ecur i ng hi s m edi ca l s cho o l
elective in New Zealand and my
middle son achieving a first at the
end of his second year at
University! Meanwhile the baby of
the family (18) is currently on

In this issue

ho l i da y wi th 8 o ther l a ds i n

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Page 2: Performance Achievement Awards Evening

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out!
Have a good weekend!
Ms Davies, Principal

Check out our website: www.dartoncollege.co.uk

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Important Dates
Monday 13th July - Rewards Trip to
Parkway Cinema
Tuesday 14th July - New Year 7
Welcome Disco 5.30pm - 7.30pm
Learners can be collected from
7.00pm
Friday 17th July - Whole School Sports
Day
Friday 17th July 3.20pm - Break-up for
the Summer Holiday
INSET DAYS Tuesday 1st September
Wednesday 2nd September
College re-opens to all learners on
Thursday 3rd September

Performance Achievement Awards Evening - 8th July

School Blogs
This week the spotlight is on the
Darton Voice Blog

A fantastic evening which involved many learners receiving awards for

sports, drama, dance and music achievements. Alishia Coles won the
award for Outstanding Commitment to Performance, Team of the year
went to Under 13s Rugby with Performance Personality of the year
being awarded to Jack Stainrod picture above - well done Jack !

New Year 7 Learners

The week has been a busy one
with over 230 New Year 7 learners
joining us for their two week

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transition.
All new learners have settled in
well and have fully embraced
secondary school life with ease.
T hey ha v e a l s o a da pted to
moving around the building to
their lessons and have enjoyed
i n ter a c ti ng wi th o ur cur r en t
learners and enjoying the
excellent catering facilities which
are available 8.00am - 5.00pm

Snippets
Congratulations to all winners of the Performance Faculty Achievement
Awards - great work!

Brilliant work from learners who performed at the above event - epic!
Well done to all new Year 7 learners on completing the first week of their
transition - keep up the good work !

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