TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES APRIL 2010

For those parents who are stranded abroad and wish to try and contact each other and make joint travel arrangements, we have created a blog. Click on the link opposite.

If you are experiencing travel difficulties in returning home from outside the UK and your child will therefore not be in school on the first day of term - Tuesday 20 April - please contact the relevant year group secretary (see below) providing us with your child's name, form and location and, if possible, the day and date on which you know / anticipate their return to school. Thank you. 

A message to all GSAL students who are stranded overseas as a consequence of the current travel disruption

The message is that you must not panic about the school work that you are missing at this time.  If you have routine access to this site, then you may be able to access the school intranet and take advantage of some of the resources which have been placed there to help you with your studies.   

We will do all that we can to support you in catching up any missed work when you return to school.

 A message to GSAL students who will sit external examinations (GCSE , AS and A2) this term

The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) has made the following statement today (Tuesday 20^th April) with regard to external examinations.  

JCQ statement: Potential disruption due to volcanic ash

JCQ and its members are currently monitoring the situation. The first scheduled examinations are due to start on Monday 17 May. There are some oral and practical assessments taking place this week but alternative arrangements are being made for individual centres where this is necessary.

Where an assessment is unable to take place due to teaching personnel, exam officers or candidates being stranded abroad the following will apply:

1. The assessment may be rescheduled;

2. The candidate may apply for Special Consideration if they are stranded abroad.

Wherever possible, examinations and assessments should be conducted according to the centre's published timetable.

The candidate must meet the published criteria for Special Consideration as indicated in the JCQ publication, Access Arrangements, Reasonable Adjustments and Special Consideration.

THINK BEFORE YOU POST
Mr Andy Longstaff's internet safety presentation to parents in Senior School, on Thursday 25 March, is now available to view on the GSAL Notices and Students Records page of the school intranet, under the heading Internet Safety.

Those of you who attended (or whose children attended) the X Factor event on 5 February can now view and download the photographs from the school intranet - see the section called GSAL Life.

If you don't already have a password for the intranet, please email sims@gsal.org.uk - existing parents only.

PERFECT BIRTHDAY PRESENT
Buy our deluxe & delightful 3-disc Roxy Music tribute album featuring school jazz bands Out of the Blue and Jazz in 6ths alongside other artists. To order, send a cheque for £12, payable to GSAL, to Gillian Brighten in the Music Department. Please state that you wish to purchase the Roxy Music tribute CD and provide your own name and address as well as the name & form of your child.

14/09/09

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Latest Swine Flu Advice.

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27/07/09

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Chairman announces new Principal & Chief Executive.

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10/06/09

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Year 9 Parent Feedback - see the results. Thanks to all who participated.

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03/03/2009

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In February 2009 our then Deputy Head (Academic) gave a presentation to parents on the possible risks of internet use. His presentation was given from his perspective as a trained ambassador for the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP). The web links opposite were given as of potential use to parents:

thinkuknow
CEOP
netlingo
Reporting abuse