{"id":789,"date":"2019-06-07T18:25:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/?p=789"},"modified":"2019-06-07T18:25:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:25:06","slug":"parent-bulletin-07-06-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/?p=789","title":{"rendered":"Parent Bulletin 07.06.19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Latest news<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we returned from the half-term break the public examinations resumed. You may recall that over the past few weeks, the venue used for most examinations, our Main Hall, had problems with its lighting, which was failing and temporary lights had to be installed. Thankfully, over the break we were able to appoint a team who worked around the clock to replace the ageing system with new LED lights just in time for examinations to resume on Monday. Both the Hall and the Dance Studio next door now have lights that should serve us well for years to come as well as being more environmentally friendly.  We are grateful to parents who recently made additional voluntary contributions to support this need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hall-lights-1-1024x561.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hall-lights-1-1024x561.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hall-lights-1-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hall-lights-1-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hall-lights-1-493x270.jpg 493w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>New lights in Main Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At\nlunchtime today, students and staff involved with DWSAudio were honoured to be\nvisited by Jonathan Banatvala, Artistic Director of the UK International Radio\nDrama Festival. Parents\/carers may recall that one of the group&#8217;s short pieces <a href=\"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/?p=729\">won an award at this\nyear&#8217;s festival<\/a>. Jonathan spoke to the students about their work with audio\ndrama and also what it took to win the award. He presented a cheque for \u00a3750 to\nthe School to help develop this exciting new venture further. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Homework for parents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\nthe 17.05.19 Parent Bulletin we warned you we would be setting all\nparents\/carers some homework. Don&#8217;t panic you have not missed it and will not\nbe in detention. It will be set next week and we are expecting 100% completion!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PSFA events<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\nare a number of upcoming PSFA events this term:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The PSFA\/Drama Department\n     \u201cMurder Mystery\u201d evening will take place on Thursday, 27<sup>th<\/sup> June \u2013 the ticket price\n     includes a two course meal and booking forms can be downloaded from the\n     PSFA website.&nbsp; The deadline for tickets is Friday, 14<sup>th<\/sup> June so that the food can be\n     ordered.<\/li><li>There will be a uniform sale\n     in early July&nbsp; \u2013 we welcome\n     donations of uniform at any time. At the moment, items of uniform that\n     will fit Year 7 students may be particularly helpful, but Year 11 students\n     are encouraged to bring in their old uniform on Wednesday, 26<sup>th<\/sup> June as part of Book Return\n     Day. <\/li><li>Tickets for the Year 7 Foam\n     Party on Friday, 28<sup>th<\/sup> June (7.00pm to 9.00pm) are now available to buy on\n     ParentPay (price \u00a36.00).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other School events<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 19th June 7.00pm<\/strong> &#8211; Gifted and Talented Evening<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, 2nd July 7.00pm<\/strong> &#8211; Summer Concert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 10th July 7.00pm<\/strong> &#8211; Sports Awards Evening<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday, 15th July<\/strong> <strong>7.00pm<\/strong> &#8211; Dance Production<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On <strong>Tuesday, 16th July<\/strong> pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9 will be participating in Sports Day at Norman Park. Parents are reminded to click on the link in the email that was sent. If the link does not work for you, please email the office (<a href=\"mailto:office@darrickwood.bromley.sch.uk\">office@darrickwood.bromley.sch.uk<\/a>) to acknowledge receipt which will then be forwarded the PE Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On\nthe same day, Year 10 will be taking part in an Employability Skills day at\nschool and Year 12 students have their &#8220;It&#8217;s A Knockout&#8221; competition\nalso at school.&nbsp; Parents\/carers have been\nsent further information about these arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vacancies at Darrick Wood School<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\nnumber of vacancies are currently being advertised on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darrickwood.bromley.sch.uk\/Vacancies.aspx\">website<\/a>. These\ninclude roles within our sports centre (Darrick Sports) and also to help with\nlettings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest news As we returned from the half-term break the public examinations resumed. You may recall that over the past few weeks, the venue used for most examinations, our Main Hall, had problems with its lighting, which was failing and temporary lights had to be installed. Thankfully, over the break we were able to appoint a team who worked around the clock to replace the ageing system with new LED lights just in time for examinations to resume on Monday&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/?p=789\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789"}],"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=789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":797,"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions\/797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}