Welcome
We have had another busy half term, beginning with an Ofsted Inspection of our English department. These survey inspections are carried out at random on all schools which have been judged Outstanding or Good. The Inspector, Ms Kime, spent two days with the pupils and staff in the English department before declaring that Solway continues to provide a 'Good' curriculum and teaching by an efficiently led and well managed department, enabling pupils to achieve 'Good' results. Well done to Mrs Scholey and her team.
We welcomed JJ Jegede to school in November. It was fabulous to have an Olympic athlete to talk to our Sports Leaders and GCSE PE pupils. He will be back in the new year to continue with the project that Ms Lawson is running with the Year 10 Sports Leaders.
The Year 9s had a brilliant day last Friday, working in teams for the Enterprise Challenge. One team, as you will read inside, came 3rd. A fabulous result!
The Year 10s have had their Rotary Cookery competition while the Year 11 double GCSE Hospitality & Catering group spent this Friday and Saturday preparing, cooking and serving at their Banquet for over 100 guests. No mean feat. A culmination of their efforts this term which equates to 60% of their award. They were all splendid and received nothing but compliments from the guests all evening; not simply for the food, which in itself was delicious but also their courtesy, professionalism and attention to detail. Mrs Cooper can be proud of them all.
The Year 11 mock exams have come to an end; the results will be presented after Christmas in the same way the real results will come out in August, to give the pupils a rehearsal of the actual event.
We have our Community Christmas Lunch on Wednesday, Carol Service on Thursday, and Years 7 to 10 will bring their Levels and Motivations home. We finish at 1pm on Friday 16th December.
Pupils will return after the Christmas break on Wednesday 4th January while Staff have a training day on the Tuesday 3rd January 2012.
Mrs Baird, Head teacher
