News and Events

Now that we have the results of the allocation of places to Hayesfield, managed by the Local Authority, I am writing to welcome you and your daughter to our School. It is a very exciting time for all involved and we are looking forward to meeting and working with you and your daughter. We are dedicated to securing a positive transition process from primary school to secondary school for all our students and feel that your involvement and commitment is crucial.

The first date for your diary is our Welcome Evening for Year 6 Parents, which is being held on Thursday 20th June 2019. This will take place at the Upper Oldfield Park Campus from 5.45pm – 7.30pm. Please be aware that, unfortunately, there is no on-site parking available and so you will need to allocate time to find some parking. Although this evening is for you, the parents, your daughter is very welcome to attend, too.

The programme for the Welcome Evening is attached.
It is important that you bring your programme with you to this event as we have groups of parents scheduled for talks in the Roper Theatre at different times.

Talk 1 – Welcome and Info programme 2019 [PDF]
Talk 2 – Welcome and Info programme 2019 [PDF]

By the time we see you in June, Mrs Venables the Year 7 Transition and Pastoral Manager, will have visited the majority of our prospective students in their Primary Schools to meet them prior to their Induction Day on the 4th July. During these visits, she will answer many questions with the help of our Year 7 Student Buddies.

We appreciate you may also have lots of questions regarding your daughter starting at Hayesfield in September and our Welcome Evening is a hugely valuable opportunity to have these questions answered and find out more information that will be useful to you. During this event you will have the opportunity to mingle with new parents and meet members of our staff who will be working with your daughter.

As part of the transition process, your daughter has the opportunity to nominate three friends that she works well with and would like to be in a tutor group with. We will endeavour to place her in a tutor group with at least one of these friends. Please discuss this choice with your daughter so that you are all happy with her nominations before the Welcome Evening. At this event you will then be asked to complete a Friendship Request slip with her choices and these will be collected at the end of the evening.

We are currently in the process of preparing the Parents’ Handbook 2019 which will be available for you to collect on the evening and will be published on our website nearer that time. The Handbook is full of very useful information about joining our Hayesfield community and contains a Reply Booklet for you to complete.

Following on from the Welcome Evening we are looking forward to your daughter spending the day with us on her Induction Day on Thursday 4th July when she will have the opportunity to meet the rest of the year group and enjoy a complimentary school lunch. By the end of this day we are certain your daughter will feel less nervous, more confident and very excited about coming to Hayesfield in September.

Once again, welcome to our school and I look forward to meeting you on the Thursday 20th June.

Yours sincerely

Emma Yates
Headteacher

Dear Parent/Carer

Campaign to raise awareness of Climate Change

I am writing to update you and your son/daughter with our plans of how we will support our students to have their concerns heard about Climate Change on Friday.

Firstly, we will support Mia Rumble’s (8PL) request to remove all drinks in plastic bottles from sale on Friday. Students will be able to access fresh water from our fountains and will still be able to purchase juice in cartons. Mia’s idea encourages us to reduce our impact on plastic waste and help the planet. Please make sure your son or daughter leaves home with their water bottle!

Secondly, the School Eco-Council has worked with staff to put the following arrangements in place:

• Every tutor group tomorrow morning will discuss the issues of climate change, to share their individual views on the extent of which this is impacting on our earth and the extinction of species over the last 20 years
• All students will have the opportunity to create their own environmental pledge. We will display these as a whole school presentation on our Hayesfield Display of Pledges
• At lunchtime, we will be showing a film called Earth Underwater in the Brougham Hayes Gym and the UOP Hall. We recommend that students bring a packed lunch (no cling film) to be able to watch the whole movie
• Finally, we will host a peaceful demonstration at lunchtime for students who wish to express their concerns about climate change, by holding a ‘Lie Down’at 1.00pm. This will be part of our ‘Hayesfield makes a Statement!’ campaign. Students who wish to make a statement about the earth and species dying are invited to attend. These ‘Lie Downs’ will be held on the
  Upper Oldfield Park astro and the Brougham Hayes field

 
I am really proud to share our students’ ideas with you – they never fail to impress me with their passion and creativity. I look forward to showing you the photographs and student comments in the Bulletin on Friday afternoon.

Yours sincerely

Emma Yates
Headteacher

Dear Parent/Career

RE: Parent Survey on the School’s Reporting Process

We are currently reviewing our reporting procedures to make sure that we are providing the most useful data to parents and at the most relevant times in the school year.

As part of this review, we are asking parents to offer their own thoughts and feedback on what information in the School reports they find the most useful in helping understanding their child’s progress and the necessary areas to improve upon.
Can we please ask that parents take a few minutes to read the information on the next page which explains what we currently provide in each Year Group then complete the online survey. This information will be used to help inform our reporting model for 2019-20. This survey will be available until Monday 13th May.
There are three surveys- one for each key stage. Please complete the survey(s) relevant to your child or children. These are hyperlinked below and should only take a few minutes.

• Lower School Reporting Parent Survey (Years 7 to 9)
• Upper School Reporting Parent Survey (Years 10 and 11)
• Sixth Form Reporting Parent Survey (Years 12 and 13)

As a follow up to this survey, we will be hosting an additional Headteacher’s Open House on Thursday 16th May where parents will be able to talk directly with the Senior Leadership Team about the reporting process and any changes they may wish to suggest. All are welcome from 5.00 – 6.00pm at the Upper Oldfield Park Campus.

If you have any question regarding this survey, please feel free to contact me directly via email d.powell@hayesfield.com.

Yours sincerely

Duncan Powell
Deputy Headteacher (Curriculum)

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Our Current Reporting Model 2018-19

What is in the reports?

At Hayesfield we provide 3 different reports at different stages in a student’s school career. These contain the following information:

Progress Checks:

• A student’s set Flightpath or Target Grade
• The Current Predicted grade or Flightpath from the teacher
• A Commitment to Learning grade
• A Quality of Homework grade
• A Teacher comment where there is a significant cause for concern
• Internal exam grades as applicable
• Report on a student’s attendance & punctuality
• The number of Housepoints received by that point in the year (Years 7-9 only)

 

Progress Reports
As above but also:

• Two comments on areas of strength in each subject
• One (two in Years 10 and 11) area(s) to develop in each subject

 

End of Year Reviews (Years 7 and 9 only):

• A pastoral comment from each student’s tutor
• A comment from the Director of Achievement / Pastoral Manager
• The End of Year Flightpath
• Report on a student’s attendance & punctuality
• Number of Housepoints received in the year

 

When do students receive these reports?

The model for 2018/19 currently sends out reports to this timetable:

Key: PC = Progress Check     PR = Progress Report     EOY = End of Year Report

Year Group	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4	Term 5	Term 6
Year 7		PC		PR		EOY
Year 8			PC			PR
Year 9		PC			PR & EOY
Year 10		PC		PR		PC
Year 11	PC			PC
Year 12		PC		PC		PC
Year 13		PC		PC

Help raise awareness of Western consumption and be a part of the ‘Waste Of Space’ project for Bath’s Forest of Imagination 2019

Fielden Clegg Bradley Architects are visiting Hayesfield Design and Technology Department (BT6) from 3:30pm to 4:30pm on Thursday 2nd May to talk through a project involving ‘Ecobricks’.

All Eco Reps and students who are keen on getting involved are invited to attend and find out more.
See the link for further details.

http://www.forestofimagination.org.uk/tag/feilden-clegg-bradley-studios/

Mrs Johnston
Head Of Product Design
STEM Employability Co-ordinator

To celebrate the creative prototypes designed and made by our talented GCSE and A level students, we are holding our annual Product Design Exhibition on Thursday 2nd May 2019.

This is your chance to view the students’ prototype solutions to an interesting range of design problems and celebrate their hard work and effort.

You are invited to join us from 17:45 to 18:30 in the Design and Technology workshop at our Brougham Hayes Campus for what will be a fantastic opportunity to see the work of our ‘Designers of the Future’. Light refreshments will be available.

The exhibition would be particularly useful for any lower school students who are considering the possibility of taking Product Design at GCSE and would like to know more about what the subject involves.

Dear Parent/Carer

Beechen Cliff School and Hayesfield School Year 7 Disco Thursday 16th May 2019
Following the successful joint school disco in October, we are now planning a reciprocal event. We have a professional DJ booked and refreshments will be available on the night. Payment is to be made at the door and students can bring money for snacks. Drinks (squash and water) will be free.

Date: Thursday 16th May 2019
Event: Year 7 Disco with Beechen Cliff School
Venue: Brougham Hayes Campus, Main Hall
Time: 6:00pm – 7.30pm
Cost: £2.00

Students will not be allowed to make their own way home after the disco and must be collected by an adult.
The PTSA would also like to invite all parents to join them at Brougham Hayes whilst the disco takes place, to meet other parents from both schools. Refreshments will be available.

Please complete the reply slip and return to Ms Bell-West via either the reception by Friday 3rd May 2019. If you have any additional questions please do not hesitate to contact me either by email at information@hayesfield.com and mark it for my attention or telephone 01225 426151.

Yours sincerely
Ms Bell-West
Assistant Headteacher (Character Development)

Wednesday 24th – Friday 26th April 2019

Year 9 will have formal Exams in Science, Maths, English Literature, Languages (for those students taking a language in Y10), Child Development and either History or Geography (Depending on which subject they are taking in Year 10). All other subjects will complete Assessments where relevant in line with their Assessment policies. This could be before or after the formal Exam session.

Key Exam rules:

• All bags left in lockers / cloakroom
• No Mobile Phones in the Exam Room
• Drinks should be in a clear bottle (no wrappers or labels) – Water only
• All equipment should be in a clear pencil case / plastic bag – remember to bring a calculator and all relevant equipment

 
You must ensure you know where you are going. It is important that you arrive to the location 10 minutes before the start time.

Students with Extra Time and Access Arrangements will need to confirm the room they are in with Miss Chappell.

On Thursday 25th April and Friday 26th April, students should be in the Refectory for 8.30am where they will be registered before starting the Exam.

Year 9 Exam Week Student Support Booklet [PDF]

Your chance to be crowned Spelling Bee champ of Hayesfield and win housepoints for your house!

There are three rounds:

Round 1: Tutor time heats, W/c 18 March
Top three spellers will be put through to the semi-finals!

Round 2: Semi-finals, 4th April P6
Battle it out to be one of the best 18 spellers in Years 7 and 8!

Round 3: The Hayesfield House Finals, 26th April
Prizes for the top three finalists who also go on to compete in an Inter-school competition against other Bath schools! (Date TBC)

Monday 11th March

SPECTROSCOPY IN A SUITCASE
Year 12 & 13
The Nucleus

Bath University Ambassadors will be bringing the ‘Spectroscopy in a Suitcase’ into school so they can experience using cutting edge spectroscopic techniques.
The session will consolidate the learning the students have already completed in class so the students get an opportunity to use the £40,000 equipment.

THE UNIVERSE AND BEYOND
All year groups
3.15pm in NI

Dr Victoria Scowcroft from the Department of Physics at the University of Bath will give a talk about the use of variable stars to study the expansion rate of the Universe.

A MEDSOC SPECIAL EVENT – RAT DISSECTION
All year groups
3.15pm in ND

Dr Avramenko will be dissecting a rat.

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Tuesday 12th March

MEDICAL MAVERICKS
Year 9 during lessons

A 45 minute careers event for Year 9 students during lesson time.

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Wednesday 13th March

BATH BOMB MAKING
Years 7 – 9

Come and make Bath Bombs at lunchtime in the Nucleus with Miss Jarvis

THE CIRCUS OF SCIENCE
The event of the week!
Open to all
The Edge Arts Centre at Bath University

For one night only, watch Frankenstein’s monster and Einstein battle in the ultimate science competition. Who will be the winner, our fictional beast or the scientific heavy weight?
Brought to you by the Boondocks Circus of Science in conjunction with Hayesfield School’s Science Teachers and 6th Form

Tickets are free and but need to be booked http://bathtapsintoscience.com/events/eventsforfamilies/345-circus-of-science-fact-or-fiction

YEAR 9 POSTER COMPETITION
Students will produce a poster on the theme of journeys.
The best 5 posters in the year will be entered into a national competition to win prizes from Guinness World Records.
The best posters from each class will be displayed around the Nucleus

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Friday 16th March

SCIENCE FAIR
1.00pm – 4.30pm

The National science week area this year is: Journeys

Year 7 & 8 have all entered Science Fair projects to the annual Science Fair. Winning projects will be displayed in the Superlab with all other projects being displayed in the surrounding rooms.
In addition to the students contributions, the science staff will be putting on some unusual experiments with the highlights being Mr Attwood’s demonstration with liquid nitrogen, Mr Fuller’s dissection and the ubiquitous dry ice ice cream
Parents are invited to join us after school from 3.15pm.

Parents of Year 7, 8, and 9 students are warmly invited to attend our Safety and Wellbeing Evening that is being held in the Brougham Hayes Hall on Wednesday 13th February. This event starts at 5.45pm and finishes at 7.30pm. The programme is detailed below.

The evening is designed to help all parents and carers with the questions that they may have regarding all aspects of their children’s safety and wellbeing, both inside and outside of school.

We are delighted to be joined by external speakers. We will also be making use of our own Pastoral Staff and Student Leaders. Our E-Safety Gurus have been trained by Avon & Somerset Police with regards to online safety, and our Anti-Bullying Ambassadors have been trained by the DIANA Award with regards to pre-empting and counteracting bullying.

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Programme:

17.30
Doors Open and refreshment

17.45
Welcome and introduction to the evening
Accessing our new Pastoral Website Pages
Our Welfare Offer.

18.00
Internet Safety:
Presentation from our E-Safety Gurus & Anti-Bullying Ambassadors
Presentation from Parent online expert

18.40
Alcohol and drugs: Pre-empting issues and early intervention
Presentation from Project 28

19.10
Mental Health: Early intervention resources and strategies
Presentation from Kooth

19.30
Evening finishes
Informal questions

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Could you please e-mail confirmation of attendance to Mrs Sue Long at s.long@hayesfield.com at your earliest opportunity.