All other year groups will be receiving this in the New Year.
Mrs Brooks
Assistant Headteacher
Not here! We’ve been cooking & tasting mussels donated by Offshore Shell.. delicious! The pupils really enjoyed the experience – thanks to FoodTCentre & FishmongersCo.
Big thank you to Mrs Babas who helped cook them with us. The students had a great time!
Mrs Johnson
Food Tech Teacher
The Hub has initially been funded until the end of March 25 and ADD-Vance have been commissioned to run the Hub, which is open Monday – Friday 9am-1pm.
The Hub is staffed by experts, they can answer any questions to do with Neurodiversity, however big or small, or just be a listening ear. Please note, no diagnosis is required to access the support and the helpline is open to parents, carers and professionals.
The Hub can be contacted by phone on 01727 833963, with an answerphone facility for out of hours or by email at support@add-vance.org
Kind Regards,
Mrs Sibley
Inclusion Manager
Please can pupils be reminded to be fully equipped for their exams (pen x2, pencil x2, ruler, rubber, protractor, calculator & compass) and also be reminded that they MUST leave any mobile phones in their bags in the small canteen. Pupils in the past have failed their GCSE exams because they have taken phones in to the examination hall, even with the phone being turned off and not in use by the pupil.
Pupils will receive the results of all of their exams after the Christmas break in a Trial Exam results afternoon on 16/01/24.
Have a good weekend,
Mr Still
Head of Year 11
It is expected that all year 10 students will take part in work experience week. In order to give parents and carers all of the information they will need to help their child choose an appropriate work experience placement and understand what will be expected of students while on work experience there will be a parent information meeting at 6.00pm in the school hall on Monday 4th December.
Details of how to log into and use the Link 2 website to choose a placement will be provided at this meeting. There will also be an opportunity to ask any questions you may have.
Mrs Davey
Assistant Headteacher
Tickets are selling fast so make sure you pre purchase your tickets to avoid disappointment on the night.
Tickets prices are £6 per adult and £4 per child and can be purchased on School Gateway (please do not send cash to school).
On School Gateway, please calculate the correct amount for the number of adult and child tickets you require. For example, if you require three adult tickets please pay £18 in the adult section, if you require two child tickets please pay £8 in the child section. The numbers are limited to 200 spaces per performance and will be sold on a first come, first served basis. To gain entry upon arrival on the performance night, your name will be checked against our master payment list.
If you have any questions please contact the school office on 01727 853047 or email Mrs Coates via drama@townsend.herts.sch.uk or phone.
Mrs Coates
Head of Drama
This is a new reward scheme for our students, for those who have done something totally amazing, with schoolwork, enrichment, helping others or doing something for our school community. Any student who receives a golden book token can use this in the vending machine to choose a book to keep (it is tokens only; you cannot use cash in the machine).
In order to keep the books topped up, for all our students to access, we have set up a wish list with Books on the Hill (independent bookshop in St Albans) so parents and member of our community can choose a book to donate to the school. If the vending machine is full, we will add the book to our library in the Discovery Centre for students to borrow.
If you would like to donate a book to Townsend for our students, please click on the link below which will take you to our wish list. You can then choose the book you would like to donate, pay for it online, and the bookshop will deliver it directly to us.
If you click the tabs at the top of the wish list it takes you to the different collections we have chosen.
Link: https://www.books-on-the-hill.co.uk/townsend
Password: Townsend
Thank you so much for your help and support of this venture if you are able to donate. We are really very grateful and excited to be able to offer such a lovely opportunity for our students.
Mrs Buckland
Assistant Headteacher
The area partnership has worked together to produce this directory which sets out the range of mental health services available in Hertfordshire for children and young people. We hope this will be a useful and easy place to go to find universal, targeted and specialist support for mental health, enabling you to access the right / range of services available in this area quickly.
Kind Regards,
Kate Barron
Student and Family Wellbeing Lead
If you’re interested in taking part, then sign up to audition on Monday 10th December during morning break time in the drama studio.
Auditions will take place on Wednesday 13th December. Starting at 3:30pm- 4:30pm in the school hall.
Good luck!
Mrs Coates
Head of Drama
If you are interested in joining us, please come along to the school hall.
New ideas for fundraising and ideas for the school are gratefully accepted! Please come and join us to share your thoughts!
Kind Regards
Mr Graham
