Information for Year 9 Parents
Important Dates
20th September 2023 | Headteacher Drop-in Session 1 (Booking required) |
28th September 2023 | Early Finish for students Open Evening |
3rd October 2023 | Open Morning |
5th October 2023 | Open Morning |
9th October 2023 | Year 7/8/9 Flu Nasal Spray Immunisation |
w/c 16th October | All Years Maths Assessments |
23rd October – 27th October inclusive | Autumn Half Term |
9th November 2023 | INSET Day 2 |
w/c 20th November 2023 | All Years Autumn Progress Reviews published this week |
23rd November 2023 | 1230 finish in preparation for 1300-1800 Y8-11 Meet the Tutor |
1st December 2023 | Christmas Fair |
w/c 4th December 2023 | All Years Maths Assessments |
8th December 2023 | INSET Day 3 |
13th December 2023 | 1800-1900 Winter Concert |
15th December | 1230 End of Autumn Term |
18th December 2023 – 1st January 2024 inclusive | Christmas Holiday |
2024
2nd January 2024 | Spring Term begins |
w/c 5th February 2024 | Y7-10 Maths Assessments |
12th – 16th February 2024 (inclusive) | Spring Half-Term |
28th February 2024 | INSET Day 4 |
29th February 2024 | Y9 Virtual Parents & Carers Consultation Evening Y9 Virtual Curriculum Evening |
w/c 11th March 2024 | Y7-10 Spring Progress Reviews home this week |
w/c 25th March 2024 | All Years Maths Assessments |
27th March 2024 | Musical Public Show 1 |
28th March 2024 | 1500 End of Spring Term. Musical Public Show 2 |
29th March – 12th April 2024 inclusive | Easter Holiday |
15th April 2024 | Summer Term begins |
6th May 2024 | Bank Holiday |
w/c 20th May 2024 | Y7-10 Maths Assessments this week |
27th May – 31st May 2024 | Summer Half Term |
w/c 17th June 2024 | Y7-10 End of Year exams (week 1) |
20th June 2024 | PE Presentation Evening |
w/c 24th June 2024 | Y7-10 Progress Reviews published this week. Y7-10 End of Year exams (week 2) |
5th July 2024 | Y7/8/9 Sponsored Walk |
8th July 2024 | INSET Day 5 |
11th July 2024 | Y9/10 Presentation Evening (by invitation) |
12th July 2024 | Sports Day |
23rd July 2024 | 1230 End of Summer Term |
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:
- Malorie Blackman Noughts and Crosses (racism, romance)
- LJ Smith Vampire Diaries series
- Louise Rennison (humour)
- Jane Austen
- Ally Carter Gallagher Girls series (spy school adventure)
- Robert Muchamore Cherub secret agent series
- Michael Grant
- Cassandra Clare City series (vampire, werewolves, shape shifters)
- Joelle Charbonneau The Testing trilogy (dystopian)
- Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games trilogy (dystopian)
- PC Cast House of Night series
- Rachel Cain Morganville Vampires series
- Stephanie Meyer Twilight series (vampires)
- Gemma Malley The Declaration (dystopian)
- Cathy Macphail Between the Lies (missing girl, social media)
- Lauren Kate (immortals)