Information for Year 11 Parents
Year 11 Information Evening
Thursday 12th September 2024, 6pm
Year 11 Information Evening – Presentation Slides
Information Booklet – circulated at the event
Career’s Information
Important Dates
| 12th September 2024 | Y11 Information Evening 6.00pm |
| 26th September 2024 | Open Evening, school closes at 12.30pm |
| 11th October 2024 | Yrs 9 – 11 Shakespeare Globe Theatre Trip |
| 15th October 2024 | Y11 Careers Fair (JHS) |
| 17th October 2024 | Y11 Post 16 Applications Day |
| 28th October – 1st November | Autumn Half Term |
| 4th November 2024 | INSET Day 2 |
| 5th November 2024 | Staff Training – School Closed – Students working from home |
| 6th November 2024 | Year 10 Blood Brothers Trip |
| 11th – 15th November 2024 | Y11 PPE’s (mock exams) |
| 18th – 22nd November 2024 | Yr 11 VIVAs |
| 25th – 29th November 2024 | Yr 11 VIVAs |
| 6th December 2024 | Christmas Fair |
| 12th December 2024 | Meet the Tutor – school closes at 12.30pm |
| 13th December 2024 | INSET Day 3 |
| 16th December 2024 | Nasal Flu / HPV / Teenage Booster vaccinations |
| 20th December 2024 | End of term – school closes at 12.30pm |
| 23rd December – 3rd January | Christmas Holiday |
2025
| 6th January 2025 | First day of Spring Term |
| 16th January 2025 | Year 11 Parents and Carers Consultation Evening In person |
| 20th – 24th January 2025 | Yr 10 Catering Practicals – Week 1 |
| 30th January 2025 | Yr 11 Art/Photography Gallery Visit |
| 6th – 7th February 2025 | Yr 11 Art & Photography PPE (mock exams) |
| 10th – 14th February 2025 | Yr 11 PPE’s (mock exams) – Week 1 |
| 14th – 17th February 2025 | Yrs 9 – 11 New York Trip |
| 17th – 25th February 2025 | Spring Half-Term |
| 24th – 28th February 2025 | Yr 11 PPE’s (mock exams) – Week 2 |
| 26th – 27th March 2025 | Yr 11 Peter Symonds Interviews |
| 4th April 2025 | End of term |
| 7th April – 21st April | Easter Holiday |
| 22nd April 2025 | First day of Summer Term |
| 28th April – 2nd May 2025 | Yr 11 MFL GCSE |
| 30th April – 2nd May 2025 | School Musical Shows |
| 12th May 2025 | GCSEs begin |
| 26th May – 30th May | Summer Half Term |
| 12th June 2025 | Harrow Ways Got Talent Show |
| 20th June 2025 | GCSEs end (provisional date) |
| 27th June 2025 | Yr 11 Dinner Dance (prom) |
| 10th July 2025 | PE Presentation Evening (by invitation) |
An up to date list of calendared events can be found here.
Extra-Curricular Clubs
Suggested Reading
At Harrow Way, we acknowledge the large body of research which indicates a correlation between reading and academic success and between reading and well-being and we encourage all our students to be readers. To this end, our Learning Resource Centre operates a library facility with thousands of fiction and non-fiction books supporting reading for pleasure and reading for purpose. Some audio fiction titles are available. There are also a wide variety of magazines.
We operate an E-book platform though Hampshire County Council and this now includes audio books too. Our Reading Cloud platform allows students to access the library catalogue, read and write book reviews, find out what new titles are available and more. Both can be accessed via the VLE. All of these are free to use. However, lost items will need to be replaced by the borrower. In addition, we run a student book group called NatterReads who meet informally most weeks over lunch to share what they are reading.
Our Learning Resource Centre Manager is able to provide recommended reading book lists for students who are reluctant or struggling readers as well as recommended book review and search websites.
Suggested Reading:
- Claire Legrand – Furyborn
- Laura Sebastian – Ash Princess
- Laura Steven – Exact Opposite of Okay (cyber issues around personal images, trolling)
- Teresa Toten – Beware That Girl (thriller…secrets, lies, obsession)
- Sabaa Tahir – Reaper at the Gates (for Game of Thrones fans)
- Teri Terry
- Death Note (graphic novel series)
- Gregory Maguire – A Lion Among Men and others
- SE Hinton – The Outsiders (written by a 17 year old in the 60’s about knife crime in America)
- Jay Asher – Thirteen Reasons Why
- Patrick Ness – Release (Carnegie shortlisted 2018)
- Mary Shelley – Frankenstein
- Stephen Chobosky – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Paula Hawkins – The Girl on the Train
- Eden Maquire – Beautiful Dead series
- Angie Thomas – The Hate U Give (racism)
- Angie Thomas – On the Come Up (rapper, prejudice)
- Malorie Blackman – Chasing the Stars (space travel, murder, romance)
Exam Support:
- Tips and Advice for Exam Success by Ross Dickinson
- Exam Attack by Nicola Morgan (for Kindle)
- Starving the Exam Stress Gremlin by Kate Collins-Donnelly
- Collins GCSE Revision series – Study Skills (also, an ebook version is available through their website)