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Current
News and Events
Pauline Quirke Academy Opens at Thomas More
Catholic School
– April 2008
The Pauline
Quirke Academy
for Performing Arts opens its Saturday school at TMCS on Saturday April 26th
from 9.30 am onwards.
Pauline, star of TV’s “Birds of a Feather” states;
“When I was a kid, some of my happiest memories, some
of the most exciting, fun-filled inspirational times were those I spent at
drama classes. Drama gives young people so many essential skills and
wonderful experiences. From building confidence and improving speech and
voice to honing listening skills and using your imagination. Drama offers the
chance to explore yourself and the world outside as well as to escape to the
furthest flung depths of your imagination. In drama you can be a
Shakespearian Jester one minute and an alien from Mars the next. There are no
limits, only possibilities and bucket-loads of fun and laughter.
So, that's where PQA comes from. A new generation of weekend
drama schools aimed at 5-18 year olds, which will be very different from
anything you might have tried or read about before”.
More information can be found at www.pqacademy.com
First
Exchange with Bishop McNamara High School of Maryland – March 2008
Miss Meyerhoff and Miss Albert led the party
of TMCS students who visited the Bishop McNamara High School of Forestville, Maryland for the first
exchange between the two schools. TMCS
students stayed with their American families, attended lessons and visited all
the famous sites in downtown Washington DC including the White House,
Congress and the Air and Space
Museum.
More details of the American school can be
found at www.bmhs.org
School Observatory now open – December 2007
Following the award of a
grant from the Science, Engineering and Technology Network (SETNET) TMCS is
proud to announce that the promised School Observatory is now built and
working. Pupils from all year groups
now have access to the Observatory as part of the Science teaching programme
and it is also be used for the new GCSE course in Astronomy.
An official opening of
the Observatory will take place 2008 – guest opener to be confirmed.
TMCS is one of the few
schools in the South of England to have an Observatory and we will be
allowing our Science
College status partner
primary schools to use the facility as well.
Thomas More Catholic School becomes member of the UK
Rocketry Association
TMCS has now proudly become a member of the
United Kingdom Rocketry Association (UKRA).
The United Kingdom Rocketry Association promotes and represents high
power, medium power and model rocketry in the United Kingdom for amateur
research, educational and recreational purposes. TMCS is now one of is members and we can
use our links with the UKRA to promote fun, and safe, Scientific knowledge
and enquiry in the school, both in the Science teaching programme and in our Science College status work with our partner
primary schools. Its another example
of how the school is proactively putting its Science College
status to good use both in the school and with our partners.
TMCS wins Croydon’s Green Secondary School
of the Year Award 2007 – November 2007
Assistant
Headteacher Miss F Murphy represented the school, with Yr 9 and 10 pupils, at
the ceremony at the Fairfield Hall where the school won the Croydon Award for
“Green School of the Year”. The school has introduced many recycling
and environmental initiatives over the last year and created a nature and
wildlife area with the support of members of the Governing Body especially
Mrs E Clamp. Miss Murphy said “
The students were pleasantly surprised and excited at winning the
award”.
2007 Exam results the
best ever.
Thomas
More Catholic
School is pleased to announce
that its summer 2007 GCSE exam results were the best ever achieved by the
school with 57% of pupils achieving 5 Grades A* - C or more.
Headteacher John Casey said "I
congratulate all of the pupils and staff on this fantsastic reward for all
their joint efforts".
SCHOOL EXAM RESULTS FIGURES REVISED
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60% of pupils achieve 5 or more Grades A*
- C
TMCS is pleased to announce that, as a result of the
re-marking and resolution of its dispute with Edexcel Exam Board re the
CIDA/DIDA ICT course, we are able to announce a revised and final examination
pass rate figure.
It means that the C's plus figure is now 85 % for ICT (not the
figure previously stated) but more importantly it has lifted the schools
figures from the previous 57% 5 Grades A* - C to 60% for all pupils.
This means that in two years the schools figures have improved
by 23%, wonderful for the pupils involved and way above the national trend.
SCHOOL ACHIEVES INTERNATIONAL STATUS
.
TMCS is pleased to announce that from September 2007 it has
achieved the prestigious “ International Schools Award Status”.
This is in recognition of the schools internationally based activities which
are used to enliven the curriculum, broaden opportunities for our own pupils
through international programmes and recognise the international nature of
our student population.
The school currently runs exchanges with the College
Aritistide Briand, from Dumont, Paris, France and with the Bishop McNamara High
School of Forestville, Washington DC, USA.
The school also runs visits to France
for all Year 7 and Year 9 pupils, as well as activities with schools in Greece, Denmark,
France, Netherlands and South Africa.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Year 11 have started their two week work experience placement
from October 8 th 2007.
IMPORTANT DATES
Year 7
Parents evening – 14 th February 2008
Croydon Awards – tbc
Internal exams – - Week beginning 6th May 2008
Academic Tutoring Day and Evening – March 27 th/28 th
2008
International week - Week beginning March 3 rd 2008
Year 7 day trip to France- July 2 nd 2008
Science week - Week beginning June 16 th 2008
Profiles to parents – June 2008
Sports Day – 14th July 2008
Feast of St Thomas
More – 11th July 2007 – includes charitable activities
PTA Summer Fete – Saturday July 5th 2008
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Year 8
Parents evening – January 24 th 2008
Croydon Awards – tbc
Internal exams – - Week beginning 6th May 2008
Academic Tutoring Day and Evening – March 27 th/28 th
2008
International week - Week beginning March 3 rd 2008
Year 8 exchange to France- Week beginning April 28 th 2008
Science week - Week beginning June 16 th 2008
Profiles to parents – June 2008
Sports Day – 14th July 2008
Retreat Day – February 28 th 2008
Feast of St Thomas
More – 11th July 2007 – includes charitable activities
PTA Summer Fete – Saturday July 5th 2008
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Year 9
Retreat Day – 3 rd July 2008
Parents evening – January 31 st 2008
Croydon Awards – tbc
SATS exams – - Week beginning 6th May 2008
Academic Tutoring Day and Evening – March 27 th/28 th
2008
International week - Week beginning March 3 rd 2008
Science week - Week beginning June 16 th 2008
Profiles to parents – June 2008
Sports Day – 14th July 2008
Retreat Day – February 28 th 2008
Feast of St Thomas
More – 11th July 2008 – includes charitable activities
PTA Summer Fete – Saturday July 5th 2008
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Year 10
Retreat Day – 24 th April 2008
Parents evening – 22 nd May2008
Croydon Awards – tbc
Interview Techniques Days – 13th May and 21 st May 2008
Academic Tutoring Day and Evening – March 27 th/28 th
2008
International week - Week beginning March 3 rd 2008
Science week - Week beginning June 16 th 2008
Profiles to parents – June 2008
Sports Day – 14th July 2008
Retreat Day – February 28 th 2008
Feast of St Thomas
More – 11th July 2008 – includes charitable activities
PTA Summer Fete – Saturday July 5th 2008
GCSE and A level exams begin – 19 th May (until 27 th
June) 2008
Work Experience Week – week beginning June 30 th 2008
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Year 11
6th Form Induction Days – 15 th and 16 th July 2008
Parents evening – February 7 th 2008
Academic Tutoring Day and Evening – March 27 th/28 th
2008
International week - Week beginning March 3 rd 2008
Science week - Week beginning June 16 th 2008
Mock results Day – January 17 th 2008
Sports Day – 14th July 2008
Retreat Day – April 2 nd 2008
Feast of St Thomas
More – 11th July 2008 – includes charitable activities
PTA Summer Fete – Saturday July 5th 2008
GCSE and A level exams begin – 19 th May (until 27 th
June) 2008
GCSE Results’ – Thursday August 21st 2008 at 11am from the FLC
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Year 12 and 13
University prospectus/preparation visit to the University of Surrey – Mrach 2008 (tbc)
Academic Tutoring Day and Evening – March 27 th/28 th
2008
International week - Week beginning March 3 rd 2008
Science week - Week beginning June 16 th 2008
Mock results Day – January 17 th 2008
Sports Day – 14th July 2008
Retreat Day – April 2 nd 2008
Feast of St Thomas
More – 11th July 2008 – includes charitable activities
PTA Summer Fete – Saturday July 5th 2008
GCSE and A level exams begin – 19 th May (until 27 th
June) 2008
AS/A2 Results’ – Thursday August 14 th 2008 at
12noon from the FLC
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