Parents & Carers Evening for current pupils 18th July 2012

The school will host a parent and carers meeting for current pupils on the evening of 18^th July, which is the last day of term.

Before the evening, parents and carers will already have received an end of year report and so this will be an opportunity for them to discuss the academic and social progress of their child with teachers and care staff.

Precise information about the timing of the evening will be released nearer the date.

Saturday 19th May 2012, beginning at 10.30am.

 The school is hosting a new style AGM and Open Day this year, giving past pupils and Friends of Farney Close an opportunity to meet and share their experiences, thoughts and memories of the school.

 How to arrange to attend

You must inform the school by Friday 4th May 2012 if you would like to attend this event. This is particularly important so that we can make appropriate catering arrangements for the day.

 Unfortunately people who have not replied by this date will not be able to attend the event.

 Parents and carers of current pupils will have their own open evening in the latter part of the summer term.

 Order of events:

10.30am to 12.15:

There will be a chance to catch up with friends and talk about times gone by whilst the following stalls/products will be available for you to enjoy:

• Raffle
• Tombola
• Bottle Tombola
• Card Game
• Cake Stall
• White Elephant
• Guess the name of the Teddy, weight of the cake etc.
• Co-Co Nut Shy
• BBQ – Bacon Butties!
• Tea and Coffee

 12 noon:  The AGM

The AGM is open to Members of the Association only and will be held as usual in the top Conference Room

 12.20pm: The Heads report

The AGM will open for other visitors who wish to listen to the Head’s report, where he will talk about the school in terms of its progress, achievements and challenges since the AGM last year.

 12.45pm: Light lunch

A light lunch will be available to all visitors, followed by Raffle.

 1.30 – 2.15pm

The day will come to a close and we wish you a safe journey home.

We are very proud to announce that following our recent inspection, the school has been judged by a joint team of Ofsted inspectors to be OUTSTANDING for both its education and care provision.

This is a very pleasing outcome, particularly when it is clear that Ofsted has become more rigorous when making judgements of outstanding, and in light of the new newly implemented National Minimum Standards in Care.

This latest judgement is the schools 9th Outstanding inspection report from Ofsted since 2006, which is a unique and exceptional achievement for schools working in this area of special education. You can view the report by going to the schools website link below.

Inspection Reports

Barry Robinson

Visit Their Website here

The School is closed from Monday 18th July 2011 to Tuesday 6th September. There is a skeleton administration staff cover with an answerphone service available.

Alternatively you can email the contact link above and we will respond quickly. If you have any referrals or questions please use our email system

Boys Camp

Over the last five or six years, we have always used the week in July that Year 10 are doing their work experience to do something different for the pupils we have left in Years 7, 8 & 9. This is an opportunity for them all to doing something that they might not  have done before, making it a sort of curriculum enrichment week.

This year the pupils went to the Navel Museum at Portsmouth, visited Mercedes Benz World, The Tower of London, an animal rescue centre, and we had a day in school doing Spanish cookery. Some pupils also went Bargain Hunting and there were two separate camps for boys and girls.

The pupils and staff all had a great time and you can see this from just some of the pictures on the website in the gallery section titled Activity week July 2011.

Link to Photo Album

The Summer newsletter has been uploaded onto the website – see newsletter page

Summer news

Our Easter newsletter has just been uploaded to our website.  As well as messages from the Senior Management Team you can read informations about our fundraising, voluntary work, and news on our gardening project.

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