Established 1851

The Park, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 1DH

Telephone 01935 423514 Facsimile 01935 411257

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No.120 3rd February, 2012

MINIBUS DRIVER

We have a vacancy for a bus driver and I am asking if any of you know of anyone who may be interested. The suitable candidate must have a clean driving licence and CRB check and will be required to work 15 hours per week: Monday – Friday 7.00 – 8.30am and 4.00 – 5.30pm. If anyone is interested in this job, they can contact the school office for an application form on: 01935 423514 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or this can be downloaded from the school website at www.parkschool.com

GCSE SCIENCE COURSEWORK

Year 11 Pupils who completed their extra science coursework on Monday are reminded that help will be given after school next Thursday in the ICT suite. This is an opportunity to discuss your results and evaluation. The final copy is due in immediately after half term.

Year 10 pupils will be conducting their Investigation or Data analysis on Thursday 23rd February. The triple science class (Biology) will need to have collected their secondary data and internet research prior to that day as it will be part of the controlled write-up.

THIS YEAR, THE YR 10 WRITE-UP IS UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS. Please bring pencils, rulers, calculators and a laptop if you wish to use your own for the write-up.

THE DEBATING SOCIETY

Three motions were debated by the Society this week, at two separate meetings. They ranged from the parochial ("Sweets should be banned in school") to the political ("Capital Punishment should be restored") to the transcendental ("Being raised in any religion is harmful to children and they should chose for themselves when they are adults"). Opinions were sharply divided and, as ever in The Society, the arguments were keenly fought with virtually every member intervening in the debate several times. Those present included Felix Powell, Kammy Singh, Zoe Braddick, Luke Brickley, Lucy Eaton-Ball,

Emily Williams, Kate Tomsett, Kate Gould,

Lucy Turner, Emily Mennell, Olive Holliday,

Jeannette Franks, Louis Patterson and Ross Mangles.

Congratulations to three of our senior debaters, Tamsin Eddey, Thomas Sankey and Adam Coppard, who last took on five other teams in Rotary International's Youth Speaks competition and won.

Established 1851

The Park, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 1DH

Telephone 01935 423514 Facsimile 01935 411257

E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

www.parkschool.com

No.119 27th January, 2012

JUNIOR/ SENIOR DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd February – Scholarship Exams

Tuesday 7th February – Year 11 Parents' Evening

11th – 19th February – Half Term

Wednesday 22nd February Year 9 Parents' Evening

HEAD OF ENGLISH

You will find a letter attached with this newsletter explaining why we are advertising for a Head of English. Full details of the post are available on our website.

MINIBUS DRIVER

We have a vacancy for a bus driver and I am asking if any of you know of anyone who may be interested. The suitable candidate must have a clean driving licence and CRB check and will be required to work 15 hours per week: Monday – Friday 7.00 – 8.30am and 4.00 – 5.30pm. If anyone is interested in this job, they can contact the school office for an application form on: 01935 423514 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or this can be downloaded from the school website at www.parkschool.com

HEALTHY SCHOOLS

The Junior Department is now working towards gaining the prestigious Healthy Schools Award. Thank you to everyone who is helping us in this project. Initial results are very encouraging, though a brief reminder that cereal bars containing any chocolate will contain much larger amounts of fat and sugar so they should not be brought to school. Keep watching this space for details of how the initiative is progressing.