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A date for the diary – The Royal Institution at Ripley!

The Christmas Lectures are the most prestigious event in the Royal Institution calendar, dating from…

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Y11 Parents’ Evening (2)

We shall be hosting this Parents’ Evening “virtually” using “SchoolCloud”, allowing us to run appointments…

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Y11 Parents’ Evening (2) 5pm - 8pm Virtual

We shall be hosting this Parents’ Evening “virtually” using “SchoolCloud”, allowing us to run appointments via a FaceTime/Zoom type interface. The software allows you to choose your own appointment times with teachers and when you have booked your appointments you will receive an email confirming your appointments schedule. You will also receive a reminder email approximately one hour before your first appointment time on the 21st March 2024.

The window for booking appointments  is now open and closes at 23:55pm on Tuesday 19th March 2024.

PLEASE NOTE THAT NO APPOINTMENTS WILL BE ABLE TO BE MADE AFTER 23:55 ON TUESDAY 19th MARCH 2024.

Please visit https://ripley.schoolcloud.co.uk/ to log in and book your appointments. No login code is required, but it is important that the information requested to log in matches exactly with the information you have provided to school.

If the link fails to connect you to the log in screen, please click on “Return to the Home Page”

Underneath the orange box.

Guides on how to book appointments, attend appointments and how to invite another parent/guardian to attend are attached.

If you do not have access to the internet, please contact the school office for further advice.

Before making appointments please note:

SCIENCE

For Science, parents will see one teacher who will provide feedback for all three Science subjects  and the Teacher name will appear under the subject of Biology.

11T1 Mr J Woodland 11J1 Mrs K Pinder
11T2 Mr L English 11J2 Miss A Milner
11T3 Mrs G Otterburn 11J3 Mr R Haigh
11T4 Mr I Meeks 11J4 Miss R Harding
11T5 Mr A Walmsley 11J5 Mr D Menadue

Mrs Bowker

Mrs Bowker teaches a Year11 class, so she will be available for Subject related appointments from 5pm to 6.30pm; thereafter she will be available for appointments in her capacity as Yr11 Assistant Progress Leader.

 

We look forward to seeing you on 21st March 2024.

Yours sincerely

Mrs J Webster                                             Mrs Bowker

Progress Leader Year 11                            Assistant Progress Leader Year 11

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Following our fabulous Science Club trip to London to watch the recording of the televised Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, we have secured an equally exciting opportunity for the Royal Institution to deliver lectures at Ripley.
The Christmas Lectures are the most prestigious event in the Royal Institution calendar, dating from 1825, when Michael Faraday founded the series to engage and educate young people about science.
They are the world’s longest running science television series, and always promise to inspire and amaze each year through explosive demonstrations and interactive experiments with the live theatre audience. This could be you!
Tickets £10 per person – open to all year groups and families
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Y13 Parents’ Information Evening 7pm Phythian Hall, Sixth Form Centre

The purpose of this evening is to inform you of the protocols and procedures which students need to follow for the external exams this summer term, and other information about what to do in the event of, for example, illness.

There will also be some information about ways in which you can support your children through this intensive period of revision and exams. Brief details of how and when exam results in August will be released will also be covered. In addition, we are pleased that we have a speaker from Lancaster University on the evening who will give information about the process of applying for, and paying back, Student Finance, which all students applying to university should now be applying for. Household income determines the level of financial support your child is eligible to receive. Parents of students not applying to universities will have the opportunity to leave between the talks.

We do hope you are able to attend this information evening, and so you will feel better equipped to support our students at this important stage in their academic lives.

Kind regards
Denise Apsey
Head of Year 13

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Do you want to train to be a primary or secondary teacher?

Then Ripley SCITT could be your route into teacher training. As a trainee teacher on the Ripley SCITT Programme you will spend a much greater proportion of time in school than you would on a traditional PGCE programme and the curriculum will be delivered by outstanding teachers who work in our partnership schools.

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