The Year 10 parent/carer consultation afternoon will take place via School Cloud on Thursday 8^th February. Consultations will run from 4pm-6pm in 5 minute slots. This will be an opportunity to speak to teachers of subjects your child is planning to study at Key Stage 4. A number of teachers will also be available to advise on new subjects available at Key Stage 4, and there will be an opportunity to book an appointment with Careers staff. There will be a limit of 10 appointments per pupil to allow as many people as possible to access the advice they need.

The booking system will go live at 12 noon on Friday 2^nd February and close at midnight on Wednesday 7^th February.

https://ballyclaresecondary.schoolcloud.co.uk/

Thank you to those parents who have already completed the Being Well Doing Well survey. We have extended the deadline until Friday 9th February 2024 to encourage more people to fill it in. Please use the link below to take you to the survey.

https://forms.office.com/e/EZbsDHEMR3

Let’s update you on what has been going on in our Take 5 focus!

After learning about the overall research and principles behind the Take 5 approach in year group assemblies, we have been taking a theme each week to explore in Form Class time.

We are well into the swing of these 5 weeks of class assembly.

Last week we thought about “Connect”. We learnt new things about each other with games of People Bingo: Who has had stitches? And does anyone really prefer Custard Creams to Jammie Dodgers?

This week our theme is “Keep Learning”. We are thinking about how to keep learning by testing our literacy, numeracy and general knowledge skills. When we try new things we can feel a sense of achievement and build our confidence.