School PTA- Volunteers Needed!

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We are looking for volunteers to serve refreshments and sell Festive Hamper Raffle Tickets at various evenings before the end of the autumn term.

Anyone volunteering will be needed to help on any of the following dates:

Wednesday 8th November – 5pm- 8pm- Year 11 Parent Carer Evening

Monday 4th December – (Timings to follow)- Year 10 Work Experience Evening

Thursday 7th December – 5pm- 8pm- Year 10 Parent Carer Evening

Friday 8th December – 6:30pm- 9pm- Christmas Pantomime

Festive Gift Stall (dates TBC, either Fri 15th Dec and Mon 18th Dec OR Mon 18th Dec and Tues 19th Dec). 1:15pm- 1:55pm outside underneath the large canteen awning. Please can students bring in cash on the day if they wish to purchase something.

All money raised provides more facilities for our students. Please if you can supply any goods for the Festive Hampers or our Christmas Present Stall please send them into reception attention of Ian Graham.

Many Thanks,

Ian Graham
PTA Friends of Townsend

 

What you need to know about Live Streaming

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Enrichment Afternoon

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On Thursday afternoon we had our first enrichment afternoon! All students completed a wide range of activities in their year groups.

The themes from the afternoon are below:

Year 7 – Spiritual Reflection (Step workshop)
Year 8 – Relationships and Sex Education
Year 9 – Careers
Year 10 – Spiritual Reflection
Year 11 – Relationships and Sex Education

There were lots of activities, talks and workshops throughout the year groups and all students had an informative afternoon.

Sixth Form Opera Trip

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Some of our Sixth Form drama students had the opportunity to experience a live opera show on Tuesday 7th November at the English National Opera, London.

Our drama students had the chance to see ‘La Traviata’ in the beautiful venue. They had a lovely time and also had the chance after the performance to see the London with all it’s Christmas cheer! Thank you, Mrs Coates, for organising the trip, it was an amazing experience!

Non-School Uniform for Children in Need

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For Children in Need next Friday (17th November), we will be holding a non-school uniform day.

We are asking for any donation you are able to give. The student leadership team will be standing at the gates to collect the donations in the morning. Sixth Form students are also allowed to wear pyjamas or a onesie if they would like to.

Thank you

The Student Leadership Team

Sixth Form Enrichment Afternoon

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On Thursday 9th November, all of our Sixth Form students took part in the schools afternoon enrichment sessions.

Year 12 students had their sessions tailored around careers, which was a very informative afternoon teaching students about how to write the perfect CV. They also looked at their own ‘personal brand’ and how they present themselves to employers. Then finally year 12 students looked at money and finance when entering the world of work.

Our year 13 students had an informative talk about applying to university and apprenticeships, completing personal statements, UCAS applications and apprenticeship applications.

Sixth Form Open Evening and Open Mornings

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Our Sixth Form Open Evening will be fast approaching on Tuesday 21st November, make sure you have the date in your diary! We look forward to seeing you there!

As well as our Sixth Form Open Evening, we are also hosting Open Mornings! The dates for our open mornings are Thursday 30th November and Thursday 7th December, both starting at 9:30am-11:30am. If you would like to book onto an open morning tour, please email: admin@townsend.herts.sch.uk or phone us on: 01727 853047.

Year 11 Parent’s & Carers Evening

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It was great to see so many pupils, parents and carers at school on Wednesday evening.

Hopefully you had the chance to see all of the teachers that you needed to. There will be a short questionnaire that will be sent out shortly via email, so please look out for that. If you have any questions or queries please get in touch.

Kind regards,

Mr Still
Head of Year 11

Year 11 Mock Exam Information

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Year 11 Mock Timetable

Please see the Year 11 Mock Timetable attached. We are now 2 weeks away before these exams start. Please support your child with work/revision over the next month or so in what will be a reasonably stressful situation. This will be a good practice for the real GCSE’s, so please make sure they feel confident, and do the best they possibly can. Please let me know if there are further support mechanisms we can put in place.

Christmas Variety Show

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Tickets are now on sale for our Christmas Variety Show on Friday 8th December 2023, we have assorted musical acts in the first half and a pantomime ‘Cinderella’ for the second half.

We are very excited to invite you to come and watch, the students are working hard to create a fantastic show which will be suitable for all the family to enjoy the festive fun.

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

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