We have had another busy week in school with a great deal of activity preparing for our upcoming productions, see below for more details of how you can be part of the Frozen experience.

Our assemblies this week focused on the theme of Remembrance and the impact of war on the whole armed forces community. We are extremely proud of our students for the dignified and respectful way they marked the 2 minute silence on Wednesday.

As cold weather is forecast for next week, please double check that we have the correct contact details on our system so that we can get in touch with you in the event of an unplanned closure. We will always aim to avoid having to close during the school day. In the unlikely evet that school has to close during the day, please make sure that your young person knows how to get home and the location of keys etc.

What’s going on in school:

• We are delighted to share that tickets for our forthcoming production of Frozen: The Musical are now on sale!! Performances will take place on Tuesday 8, Wednesday 9, Thursday 10 and Friday 11 December. The show starts at 6pm. Our PTFA will be serving refreshments during the interval. Tickets are selling fast! To buy tickets please use the following link or scan the QR code below: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/HGIM

 

• GCHQ National Language Competition - Think your child could be the next James Bond?​ Encourage them to get involved with this time limited competition. Enjoy working on their own and/or as part of a team? (Teams of 1-4 people)​ Teams will solve code breaking and language puzzles with the chance for the National winners to visit GCHQ in Cheltenham. A key part of the NLC is that it requires no previous language skills. ​Many of the challenges involve rarer languages or even made-up languages so is accessible for everyone.​ To sign up for this exciting mission, see Mr. Barnes during any break or lunchtime this week!​ The national competition will run during lunchtimes in ICT1 16-20 November, as well as any time young people choose to spend on it at home!

• Scholastic Book Fair - The whole of this week and on Monday we have held a Scholastic Book Fair in the library each lunchtime, with lots of tempting brand new books on sale. Tuesday was preview day and lots of students have already reserved books to collect on payment. If you would like to support your child's reading by buying them a book of their choice, we are able to take payments in cash, or parents can visit bookfairs@scholastic.co.uk/pay and make a secure payment online. Payments will be given a reference number, which students may then use to collect their purchases. Books bought or ordered through the Book Fair earn Scholastic Rewards for school, with takings from the Fair allowing us to collect free books for the library. We hope you will support our Fair and possibly tackle some Christmas shopping from home!

Y11 Mock Exams

The Y11 mock exams will run from Monday 16 November to Thursday 26 November. Please see the link to the timetable: Exams at Hope Valley College . Students have now been handed their statement of entry, and this has also been emailed to them. Please remind your child to bring the correct equipment to each exam as we only have a small number of spares to lend out to students.  Exam pencil cases can be purchased from ParentPay and collected from Reception.

Bus Fare Loans

We have had quite a few requests for loans of bus fares from students over the last week. Could we please remind you to ensure that your young person has either their bus pass or the appropriate money to pay the fare with them each day. Thank you.

Frozen The Musical: Rehearsals for the cast:

Additional information has been sent to parents and carers of students involved in the musical regarding additional rehearsals.

Date	Time	Where	Who	Songs / Acts
Mon 16/11	13.00	Drama	Elsa, Hans, Weselton, Lackey, Olaf, Handmaidens, Anna, Kristofff, Sven	Act 2, Sc 7
Tues 17/11	12.40	ICT1	All singing cast	Opening, Elsa & Anna, A little bit of you
Weds 18/11	13.00	Drama	Dancers
Weds 18/11	3.30-5.30	Hall	Whole cast	Act 2, Sc 5-9
Thurs 19/11	12.50	Music	All singing cast	First Joik, Northern Lights, Do you wanna build a snowman
Thurs 19/11	3.30-5.30	Hall	All singing, dancing and sound	All songs from Act 1
Fri 20/11	13.00	Drama	Dancers, Oaken
Fri 20/11	3.30-5.00	Hall	Whole cast	Act 2, Sc 1 - Hygge

Rehearsals on Tuesday and Thursday will be with backing tracks. All the cast should now be practicing Act 1 sings with backing tracks. These are available from MTI and access details are below. Once you are familiar with the melodies and harmonies, try singing along with the tracks we will use for our actual performances.

Job Opportunities

Please see our website for information on current vacancies in school: Join our Staff at Hope Valley College

Our catering providers, Impact Food Group, are also recruiting for catering assistants – please see their website for more information.

Dates for Your Diary

 

Monday 16 – Friday 27 November – Y11 mock exams

Thursday 26 November – GCSE Presentation evening (for students who left this summer)

Friday 4 December – INSET day - students not in school, Frozen dress rehearsal

Tuesday 8 – Friday 11 December – Production week – Frozen: The Musical

Tuesday 15 December – Carol Concert

Friday 18 December – Christmas Bazaar for students, break for Christmas.

Monday 4 January – all students return to school

 

Thank you for reading our communication. Here are some helpful email addresses, should you need to contact us:

• attendance@hopevalley.chorustrust.org to report a child’s absence
• enquiries@hopevalley.chorustrust.org for general enquiries
• pastoral@hopevalley.chorustrust.org for any issue with a child’s wellbeing
• headteacher@hopevalley.chorustrust.org to contact the Headteacher
• safeguarding@hopevalley.chorustrust.org to report safeguarding concerns. If a child or any young person is in imminent danger, then please report this to the police.
• ptfahv@hopevalley.chorustrust.org to contact the PTFA

Kind regards

 

Debbie Petts

Headteacher