{"id":1029,"date":"2020-03-06T20:43:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T20:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2020-03-06T20:43:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T20:43:30","slug":"parent-bulletin-06-03-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/?p=1029","title":{"rendered":"Parent Bulletin 06.03.20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week was Careers Week and in assemblies students were provided with information about the various post-16 and post-18 pathways and asked to consider their future career aspirations. Further information was available at lunchtime on Wednesday and Thursday and lots made the most of this opportunity. The School has an Independent Careers Adviser available for appointments and Mrs Flood (Pathways Coordinator) and Mrs Collier (Work Experience Coordinator) are also available in school (in a room in our Learning Support corridor).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We welcomed students\nin Year 9 and their parents to Options Evening on Thursday. This was a very\nbusy evening and we hope everyone left feeling well informed. Year 9 parents&#8217;\nevening is next Thursday, 12th March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This morning, Orpington&#8217;s newly elected MP, Gareth Bacon visited the School and met with the Head Teacher. Whilst his schedule was tight, he found the time to walk round most of the School and saw some excellent examples of what goes on in lessons. He has promised to come back and to talk to students and to support the School in its endeavours to provide the best education it can for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coming up<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next week we will be\nfocusing on fund raising for Sports Relief. The Sports Council has been busy\npreparing lots of activities over the week and on Friday we have &#8216;Sports Kit\nDay&#8217; where students can swap their normal school uniform for their sports kit on\npayment of \u00a31 to Sports Relief. Further details of all the activities and\nSports Kit Day rules are shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"941\" src=\"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sports-relief.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1030\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sports-kit-day.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PSFA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PSFA are looking\nfor a new Treasurer. If you think you can help then please email\nchair@darrickwoodpsa.co.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next PSFA second\nhand uniform sale is on Saturday, 14th March in the Dining Hall 10-11.30am.\nCome along and pick up some bargains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Uniform-sale.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1032\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PSFA is now\nestablished as a registered charity of Amazon Smile. Please support the PSFA\nand the School by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/smile.amazon.co.uk\/<\/a>\nand nominate Darrick Wood PSFA as your chosen charity.&nbsp; Whenever you make\na purchase from Amazon do it via <a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/smile.amazon.co.uk\/<\/a>\nand the PSFA will receive some additional funding. If all involved with Darrick\nWood School do this we could raise significant money for the School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t forget to join\nthe PSFA Lottery &#8211; further details on website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information\non everything to do with the PSFA please visit their Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/darrickwoodpsa\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/darrickwoodpsa\/<\/a>\nand website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darrickwoodpsa.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.darrickwoodpsa.co.uk\/\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reminders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parents are reminded to check recent emails from the Head Teacher in relation to COVID-19 (coronavirus). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have received complaints from members of the public about cars parked on the pavement and across driveways in the local vicinity. Parents are reminded to park with due consideration for local residents and not to impact on the safety of pedestrians including students of the School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dates for the diary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday, 12th March\n\u2013 Year 9 parents\u2019 evening, 5-8pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday, 18th\nMarch &#8211; Spring Concert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday, 26th March &#8211; Year 10 parents&#8217; evening, 5-8pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday, 1st April\n&#8211; Gymnastics Show<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday, 3rd April &#8211;\nLast day of term<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday, 20th April &#8211;\nstart of summer term <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week This week was Careers Week and in assemblies students were provided with information about the various post-16 and post-18 pathways and asked to consider their future career aspirations. Further information was available at lunchtime on Wednesday and Thursday and lots made the most of this opportunity. The School has an Independent Careers Adviser available for appointments and Mrs Flood (Pathways Coordinator) and Mrs Collier (Work Experience Coordinator) are also available in school (in a room in our Learning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/?p=1029\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parent-bulletin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1033,"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029\/revisions\/1033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}