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The Secondary
OBServer
Developing your child into a lifelong
learner
This half term has been packed full of many academic and nonacademic events and achievements. This newsletter provides a
window into these but probably still only touches the surface.
Students have achieved much in academics as evidenced by their
grade reports. They have also taken advantage of some of the
great activities and events shown by their participation in the
MUN conference in Valencia, the Lisbon Autumn games and
Varsity games as well as the House cross country competition.
Attendance and punctuality are also improving. Now, our
children need to build on this!
As you will read in the newsletter, one of the main areas I would
like to further develop is the IB Learner Profile. We need to
unpick what this means to our children, given the local to global
context, as well as exploit and create more opportunities for
students to develop as learners who are inquirers, critical
thinkers, open-minded and caring. We also must continue to
further our children’s literacy skills. It is through the partnership
of the parents, teachers and child that we can ensure all students
develop as lifelong learners capable of change.
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Learners for Life
A message from the Head of Secondary, P Jones
Developing Learners for Life
The IB Learner profile should be at the heart of our curriculum and everything we do, not just
at Diploma level but also throughout the school. The IB Learner profile describes a broad
range of capacities and responsibilities that go beyond academic success. They represent
dispositions that are essential for success, confidence and active citizenship.
At present, I feel that our pupils are developing many of these characteristics through the
taught curriculum and the hidden curriculum as well as at home and outside school.
However, we do need to make the IB Learner Profile more explicit and create more
opportunities for our children to further develop these capacities.
We also need to help our children deconstruct their learning and how they learn so that they
can reflect on their capacities for learning, make links between subject areas, make
connections between school and outside school and further develop these dispositions that are
essential for learning for life. Next term, we will focus on some of the aspects of the Learner
Profile in assembly and Tutor time. However, I wish to build on this far more in the future.
Father Christmas is perhaps an excellent model of the IB Learner profile and a true global
citizen. He is perhaps what all of us need to aspire to!
Father Christmas, a global citizen and model IB Learner
Firstly we have to admit that Father Christmas is probably a true global citizen. He will deliver to any child who really believes
in him, leaving religion aside and visiting chimneys, igloos, tents, mud huts and wigwams. In doing so, he merrily plays the
role of a roving ambassador for the fundamental principles set out in the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
Father Christmas also helps the world a more equal and fair place. He energetically makes children happier and richer (with
his presents) and more connected. Indeed, he is a major contributor to the millennium goals of the eradication of poverty and
the empowerment of the less privileged (true, he does visit the rich kids as well but only in the interests of fair play and
diplomacy!)
He is also the embodiment of the IB Learner Profile. Being both caring and compassionate, he has sympathy for children as
well as reindeer and takes great care of his worker elves (they have medical insurance with dental and paid return flight each
year to the North Pole.) Traveling at close to the speed of light and descending sooty chimneys, qualifies him as an authentic
risk taker, and all that travelling over frozen lakes by moonlight means he must be reflective at least some of the time.
But Father Christmas’ achievements go way beyond the mere articulation of Aristotelian virtues. He exists on the frontier of
Science itself. Actually he cheats a bit by firstly travelling against the rotation of the earth and thereby allowing himself a
massive 30 hours to deliver his presents, assuming of course, that he takes off at midnight on Christmas Eve and intends to
finish by 6am on Christmas Day itself.
The reindeer are of course genetically and aerodynamically modified
both to fly and to use their antlers as wings. That is just as well since the
journey distance is around 220 million miles based on the admittedly
dubious assumption that there exist globally about 2 billion children
below the age of eighteen shared out amongst approximately 850
million households. This is admittedly a conservative figure and world
population growth might require a fresh solution.
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To increase productivity, therefore, Father Christmas could either warp the space-time continuum itself by squeezing his sleigh
and its payload of about 2,363,500 tonnes (increasing to infinity of course as the sleigh gets close to the speed of light), into a
space bubble which can travel anywhere instantaneously.
Alternatively he can apply quantum gravity by becoming a sub atomic particle and existing in an infinite number of
superposition states and in an infinite variety of places before collapsing exhausted into a probability of 1. If all this fails, then
he can just apply the latest fad in string theory and take a pleasant trip through time itself via a cosmic wormhole.
Literacy for Life
Next term out BIG focus will be on literacy
through the curriculum. Literacy is another key
skill for success and citizenship. Every subject has
a role to play in furthering literacy skills in
speaking, listening, reading and writing. As
teachers we will be evaluating our curriculum and
developing it so that we have a more explicit focus
on literacy skills. In particular, we will be looking
at the ‘talk-for-literacy’ approach, which is a
process that moves from imitation to innovation
to independent application.
The school will also continue to embed the use of
the accelerated reader approach. This programme
can have a very positive impact on a child’s
reading age especially when the child follows up
the programme at home with around 30 minutes
reading per night. Parents can also track the
progress of their child on line. The school also
has a ‘reading box’ programme that takes place before school starts. The aim of this is to support those children whose reading
age is currently below their chronological age.
At home, literacy skills can also be developed. In fact the home environment is probably as important as school in terms of
literacy development. It means more than having books to read. One approach may be to have a specific area for family
reading which sends a message that reading is important and valued and that everyone reads no matter their age. Having a
literate home also does not necessarily mean parents have to be literate in English. Reading, writing, speaking and listening in
Portuguese or other home language is every bit as important.
In order to further literacy skills, the discussion of books, current issues and text they have written is important. This shows
interest in your child’s reading or writing. Questioning opinions and views can also support deeper thinking and a more critical
approach to literacy and learning. The key message from home and school is the value we attach to literacy.
I hope that Father Christmas brings you much joy and many books!
Happy reading and Happy Christmas!
Dr P Jones
PS The section on Father Christmas was based on The Science of Christmas by Roger Highfield, 1998.
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Academics
Mock exams
All Fm 10&12 students have these timetables. They are also posted on the school website.
Students should now be devising their revision timetables for these mock examinations which
must be taken very seriously. Much support and advice has also been provided in tutor time.
Form 10 must be in school for registration and throughout the day. There will be a study area
for their revision.
Form 12 may come in just for exams BUT they MUST arrive at least 15 minutes before their
exam and sign in and out at the Front Office.
IGCSE 2014
Once again, well done IGCSE 2014 on your excellent results. Now, it is time to focus on the
challenge of the IB Diploma!
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Staffing
There will be two teachers leaving us at the end of this
term. Mr Duncan, who has been teaching ICT, has done
a fantastic job in covering for Mrs Bridges during her
maternity leave. He has been a true professional and an
excellent teacher. I also thank him for his work on the
school website.
Mrs Bridges will therefore be back with us, as Head of
ICT, from the beginning of next term and I am sure that
you will join me in welcoming her back to the OBS
family.
Mr Crehan, Teacher of Chemistry, will also be leaving us.
He has moved for personal reasons. Mr Crehan will be
going on to teach at an international school in Korea.
Mr Duncan leaves to go back
to Scotland
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Ms
Alison Hilyard who is a very experienced and highly
qualified Chemistry Teacher from January. There will be
more details related to Ms Hilyard in next terms Parent
Bulletin and on the website.
As a school, we always ensure that there is a smooth
transition and hand over of work and pupil data, so that
any negative impact on learning is minimized. I thank
you for your understanding and support.
Mrs Bridges returns from
maternity leave in January
Mr Crehan leaves for Korea
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Form 6-8: Curriculum and Assessment Focus
Learning Objectives and Assessment at Forms 6-8
Assessment at Key Stage Three (Forms 6-8) is based on learning objectives. This means that the work and ability
of pupils is judged against a set of criteria for each subject areas. Pupils are not judged against the work of other
pupils. These objectives therefore allow for the learning of pupils to be clearly assessed and also allow teachers and
students to set formative targets for individual learning.
For English, Mathematics and Science the objectives are directly taken from the Cambridge Secondary One
framework. Teachers assess student learning based on this framework in Forms 6, 7 and 8 building upon the
Cambridge Primary curriculum.
Assessment tasks are varied to allow all pupils to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and skills. For
example, students are assessed through projects, essays, end of unit tests, presentations and observation. An
assessment task may cover different criteria.
The core subject have summative tests at the end of each year (Progression Tests) and from Form 8 2016 our
students sit an externally assessed examination on the core subjects (Cambridge Checkpoints).
In Portuguese A (First Language) the curriculum is based on the Portuguese National Curriculum Framework and
related objectives. This curriculum covers the third cycle of basic education at continues into Form 9. At the end
of Form 9 pupils are sit the Portuguese National Exam. These exam papers and results are internally marked and
ensure OBS pupils cover the curriculum and objectives of the Portuguese system.
Other subject areas across the curriculum have clear learning objectives which are outlined in this handbook. In
these subjects assessment is again linked to these objectives and criterion based. In Forms 6 to 8 there are no
external examinations of non-core subjects.
Assessment at OBS is carried out by teachers and relies on their professional judgement. Students complete a
summative assessment at the end of each unit of work in all curriculum subjects. These assessments vary in type
but are based on assessment criterion outlined in the handbook.
Subject grades
Subject grades inform how far the student has achieved the assessment criteria. The learning objectives and related
assessment criteria tend to become more challenging from one Form to the next. A grade 5 in Form 6 is therefore
not equal to a grade 5 in Form 7 or 8.
For instance in terms of
Cambridge Secondary One, the
diagram below shows how a
student makes progress through
more challenging learning
objectives despite having a
similar grade from one year to
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What is important is that students are gaining a similar or a higher grade in each criteria band related to the
particular level/Form. Overall students should be aiming to meet as fully as possible the criteria for that level/year
group. If they are not or if they are not showing progress then intervention and support is required.
The relationship between CIE Progression Tests and OBS grades
Below shows the relationship between the CIE progression tests and the OBS grades provided on a pupils report.
OBS Grade 1-­‐2 3-­‐5 6-­‐7 CIE checkpoint grades and OBS grades
The end of Form 8 Cambridge Secondary grades in English, Maths and Science 8 are 1-6. This is equivalent to
the OBS grades. An OBS grade 7 at the end of Form 8 is for exceptional pupils who exceed expectations and
may be expected to gain A* at IGCSE level.
Grade Descriptions: These can be found in the Assessment area of the Secondary Section website
http://www.obs.edu.pt/page.cfm?p=433
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Secondary
Christmas Lunch
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IGCSE Trip to Casa da Musica
Form 9 and 10 visited Casa da Musica to listen
to an open rehearsal of the Symphony
Orchestra of Porto. Pupils also participated in
an exciting Gamelan workshop. The gamelan
is a traditional ensemble from Indonesia, made
up predominantly of percussive instruments.
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OBS MUN Trip to Valencia
The main issues debated at the MUN conference were related to access to clean water, refugees in the
Middle East, the political situation in Ukraine, and Iran's right to nuclear energy.
Our students made excellent opening speeches and overcame their initial nervousness and grew in
confidence as the conference developed. Most students actively participated in lobbying and proposing
resolutions. They then actively debated and passed related resolutions and amendments.
VALMUN was a most inclusive conference for middle school pupils and allowed the OBS MUN to
extend its sphere of influence down the School to the younger pupils. In that sense we have a strong
caucus now who will take over the leadership of the Club when Form 12´s leave.
On the social and cultural side, our hosts were splendid, offering a plethora of games activities, a disco
and a wonderful walking tour of old Valencia. The architecture and history of the town were
fascinating and much appreciated by the students. The tour of central Madrid was also very
interesting and the girls actually got to Top Shop! The meals out in restaurants were splendid and all
tastes were catered for.
Overall, the event was an excellent experience for our students who rose to the occasion and were
splendid in both their conduct and collaboration. Niki Kotecha outlines a day-by-day account of the
VLMUN trip overleaf.
http://asvalencia.org/valmun/
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VALMUN 2014
Thursday, 20th November - After an exhausting 9 hour
journey, all 20 students from forms 8, 9 &10 had finally
arrived in Madrid. We quickly checked into the hotel
and as soon as possible all students were ready to start
visiting Madrid. After a long shopping walk through
central Madrid, we finally had found our restaurant and
were ready to recover our energy back for the trip to
Valencia.
Friday, 21st November - We woke up early in the
morning as we were all excited to go to Valencia. The
journey was about 4 hours but we managed to get to
Valencia in time to have lunch and get ready for the
Opening ceremony. All delegates were all distributed
into their debating rooms and we were ready to start
the conference. Everyone read out their opening
speeches and soon it was time for lobbying. The day
was unfortunately ending and all students were excited
for the following days ahead of them.
Saturday, 22nd November – The conference was indeed
the most fruitful day of our trip, in which many
students spoke confidently during the debate as both
Mr Quinn and Profª Leta had helped prepare us for this
conference. Students were proud of what they had
accomplished and some resolutions had even passed.
After debating all issues in the agenda, sports activities
were arranged and to relax after the tiring day, the
American School of Valencia arranged a disco night for
all participants.
Sunday, 23rd November – The final day of the
conference unfortunately arrived; students were taken
to visit the United Nations facilities in which consisted
of a guided tour through the facilities and a
presentation to show how the UN helps others. We
were taken back to ASV, and attended the General
Assembly and the closing ceremony arrived after a very
fruitful conference. After an exciting day, it was time to
say goodbye to the other schools; but we still had a
guided tour kindly prepared by the ASV. We visited the
historic city of Valencia.
Monday 24th November - Students woke up early in the
morning as we departed from Valencia at 8 a.m. We
made several comfort breaks and finally after a 13 hour
journey, we were back in Porto.
This trip wouldn’t have been possible without Mr
Quinn and Profª Leta. We thank them for all their hard
work in preparing and organizing the trip but also Mrs
Quinn who kindly offered to accompany us in the trip.
A special thanks to them as without them the trip
wouldn’t have had been possible.
Niki Kotecha
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CAS updates
CAS MOVIE NIGHT
Form 11 hosted a movie night in Teage
Hall on Wednesday 26th November from
16:30-18:15. Over 40 very excited primary
pupils watched the Christmas classic
Home Alone. Popcorn and soft drinks
were sold with the proceeds going to the
CAS oversees charity. We raised €140
taking our total this term to over €700.
Thank you for all who supported this event
and we look forward to more events in
2015!
2015 CAS Oversees Outreach
This year the CAS students are supporting the Atlas
Cultural Foundation in Morocco. They will be
fundraising and then visiting the charity in April 2015
as part of their CAS long term project. The mission of
the Atlas Cultural Foundation (ACF) is to collaborate
with rural Moroccans to improve their quality of life
in the fields of cultural preservation, community
education, and public health. ACF works in Morocco’s remote Atlas Mountains and is currently
focused on development in the region of Zawiya Ahansal. Isolated within rugged mountains,
Zawiya Ahansal’s 15,000 inhabitants are among the poorest people in North Africa; living with a
minimum of health care and formal education. Working with a holistic, integrated approach to
development, ACF understands that community needs cannot be solved in isolation because they
are all interrelated. ACF facilitates successful projects by focusing on the problems of the entire
region and matching experienced partners, local, international or governmental, with community
needs. Start-up resources, training and knowledge are provided for long-term, sustainable impact.
The ACF is a non-denominational and non-political organization. We would like to thank all
those that support us in our fundraising efforts in this year; the OBS has a proud tradition of
supporting charities from all around the world. www.atlasculturalfoundation.org
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Merry Christmas Chelta! As part of their long term
CAS project Maria Medeiros and
Luciana Ayres De Campos (Form
12) have organised some Christmas
cards to be sent to Chelta. Many
thanks to the primary pupils who
created the festive cards with lovely
messages to Chelta. These will be
sent with a small gift and letter from
the girls. The Oporto British School
initiated this sponsorship in June
2013 with Chelta Roberto, a
thirteen-year-old girl from Messica,
Mozambique. Chelta was the victim
of a crocodile attack, which resulted
in the amputation of her right leg. In
the future she wants to pursue a
career as a nurse – a dream that has
come closer to reality with the
support of the OBS.
www.thebighand.org
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DofE updates
So far the Duke of Edinburgh club have carried a
practice expedition in the Mindelo region and
from that experience, we were able to identify the
key skill areas that we need to develop in order to
pass our qualifying expedition later on in the year
in the Ponte De Ave area.
Sessions recently have been focusing on map
reading, tent skills, cooking and menu planning.
We have already decided and recorded who is
going to carry which bits of kit on the next
expedition and how as a team, we are going
divide all the responsibilities.
Coming up in 2015, we will have a first aid
course that we must complete before our
qualifying expedition. We also still have to
complete our skill, service and sport elements to
the program, which will be signed off by our
monitors once we have completed. A lot of work
still to do on the Duke of Edinburgh programme
– but it is well worth itJ.
DofE Bronze Awards
2014
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Young Entrepreneurs showing business acumen
The Young Enterprise group is a
school club which was set up
this term by Mrs Gander. The
group’s progress has been
phenomenal. They managed to
set up and run a weekly Friday
break time tuck-shop which
stocks sweets, crisps chocolate
and different flavoured ice teas.
We hope to continue with the
tuck shop next term and expand
the range of products available.
The group have really enjoyed
being part of a team and
enjoyed having to calculate and
serve their fellow students and
more importantly they are
learning how to book keep.
We are also sad to have to say
goodbye to one of our members
Sophia, who is moving to
Russia with her family, we wish
her all the very best.
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The Fall Sports Festival
The Fall Sports Tournament was an excellent
experience for everyone involved with boy’s
basketball and girl’s football this year.
The school began the new strategy of focus on
smaller representative squads with emphasis
more on individual responsibility and closer
team work. The minimum target for each
division was to finish in the top 5 from the 10
in each division.
Mr Bridges, having attended the same
tournament for 11 years is quoted to have
reflected that ´..this was possibly the most
competitive school squad (across all divisions)
that he has accompanied´
In girl’s football Divisions 5, 4 and 3 achieved
their target finishing 4th and demonstrated
excellent commitment and teamwork despite a
few injuries in key positions.
Boy’s basketball was also very successful with Divisions 5 & 3 going very close to their target with Division 5 joint winners
of the fair play cup. In fact, Division 5 & 3´s fate could have been different and were only decided by very fine margins.
Ms Lee speaking about Division 5;
´Huge congratulations to the Division 5 Basketball team as the boys performed admirably throughout the tournament. The
highlight was the game against St
Dominic’s when our captain
scored the winning point with 10
seconds left of the game.
Celebrations on the final whistle
highlighted the team spirit of the
OBS community. The progress
made by the team from the initial
training sessions to the
tournament was awarded with 5th
position and winning the Fair
Play Cup´
Division 4 boys finished 2nd which
was a fantastic achievement
characterised by hard work and a
relentless spirit that the OBS
community can be proud of.
We are immensely proud of all
our sportspeople and we’re all
looking forward to repeating this
success with the Varsity trip later this term.
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Lisbon Varsity Sports Competition
Over the weekend of Thursday 11th to Saturday 13th of December, OBS Varsity teams in girl’s
football and boy’s football arrived in Lisbon to compete at St Julian’s and CAISL schools,
respectively.
During the course of the tournament, both squads were exceptional ambassadors for the
school and continually demonstrated the ´never say die´ attitude that is now synonymous with
OBS sports teams.
Pre tournament expectations were conservative with the boys hoping for a top 3 finish and the
girls aiming to score at least one goal. The boys finished with 3 wins and 3 losses to finish just
outside of their target in 4th.
“Most of the players really demonstrated the potential they possess during the 3 days.
Francisco Correia and Filipe Pimenta, to name but 2, showed their ´heart´ and played hard to
the last.” (F.Soares)
OBS
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(4th)
(6th)
(1st)
(3rd)
The girls exceeded their expectations with a win and a draw to finish above CLIP in 5th position.
This could easily have been 4th if not for a single mistake in the last 2 minutes of the game
against CAISL. “I was very happy with the effort and commitment the girls showed as well as
their ability to take on new ideas and focus on their team shape as the tournament progressed.
With the exception of the top 2 of DSL and St Julian´s, I really thought that there was very little
to separate OBS from the 3rd and 4th placed teams – I am very proud of what the team achieved.”
(M.Homewood)
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On your marks get set…GO!
House Cross Country gets underway
On the 3rd time of asking, the sun shone, the rain and rain abated and over 300 runners descended
on the Parque da Cidade for the 2014 School Cross Country Championships.
Despite some last minute changes to the course, competition was healthy amongst the 10 different
races with some close finishes and the spirit of fair play exhibited by all. The top 3 from each year
now qualify for the Porto Schools championships in March next year.
Form 6&7 Races
Girls
Race podium
1 Ines Abreu
7D
Notable others
Carla Otero Bozzano
2
Beatriz Bela
7G
Adriana Mak
3
Francisca Santos
7G
Ana Filipe Teixeira
7D
Notable others
Adam Mackay
Boys
Race podium
1 Mateus Barreto Menezes
2
Guilherme Moreira
7D
3
Tomas Jervell
7D
Form 8&9 Races
Girls
Race podium
1 Harriet Martha Mackay
Manuel Carneiro de
Frada
Antero Baldaia
Notable others
9W Shailah Gander
2
Maria Ines Ferreira
8M
3
Mercedes Alves
9W Maria Barbot
Boys
Race podium
1 Carlos Francisco Barbosa
Mariana Sa
8H
Notable others
Tomas Rocchi
Henrique Oliveira
2
Martim Garibaldi
8H
3
Eduardo Conde
9W Louis Blackburn
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Open Race for Forms 10-12
Girls
Race podium
1 Benedita Cardoso dos
Santos
2 Madalena Gomes Ferreira
3
Maria Beatriz Silva Reis
Boys
Race podium
1 Samuel Busovsky
2
Joao Diogo Versteeg
3
Emmanuel Ribeiro
Figueiredo
DECEMBER 2014
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Notable others
Catarina Baldaia
Notable others
Diogo Mota Preto
Andre Moreira
Martim Costa Leite
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Head of Secondary
Roll of Honour for Effort
December 2014
Form 6
SILVA Lourenço
BALDAIA Antero
MAK Adriana
Form 7
BUTCHER Lauryn
OLIVEIRA Leonor
SÁ Joana
A SPECIAL WELL DONE
to the pupils in blue who
received FANAC vouchers
for their EXCELLENT
attitude to learning!
Form 8
SOUSA BASTO Carlota
AMORIM Sara
SÁ Mariana
Form 9
BRANDÃO Ana Margarida
RAMOS Marta
ALVES Mercedes
KOTECHA Niki
Form 10
MOTA PRETO Diogo
BALDAIA Catarina
GOMES FERREIRA Madalena
PELLEGRINO Francesco
Form 11
TEIXEIRA BELA Ana Filipe
ARAÚJO Joana
CARNEIRO DA FRADA Mª do Rosário
Form 12
WALL Matilda
KOTECHA Pinky
DUARTE BRANDÃO Eduarda
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Preto
Come on Form
11 & 12!
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THE OBSERVER
WINTER 2016
Calendar dates
Reporting and recording Calendar
Term 2a Mock exam grades report for 10 and 12 Parents evening for 10 and 12 Current attainment grade, effort grade report for 8, 9, 10, 12 (10&12 include IA progress) Full written report for 6, 7, 11 Term 2b Parents evening for 8 (with options) Full written reports for 10 and 12 (include IA progress) Current attainment grade, effort grade report for 6, 7, 9, 11 (current target grade for exam years only) Parents evening for 6 and 7 Term 3a Current attainment grade, effort grade report for 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 Parents evening for 11 and 9 Term 3b Full written report for 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 th
Mon 19 January st
Wed 21 January th
Tues 10 February th
Wed 11 February th
Wed 4 March th
Wed 11 March th
Tues 24 March th
Wed 25 March th
Tues 5 May th
Wed 6 May st
1 July Trips and events
TERM TWO
FORM 10 GEOG
TRIP
GROUP IV
PROJECT
GROUP IV
PRESENTATION
MUN CLIP
WORLD
POETRY DAY
IB ART
EXHIBITION
VARSITY
SPORTS
FESTIVAL BASK
FEM/FOOT MAS
HOUSE
ATHLETICS
CHAMPIONSHIP
26TH JAN
10
11
INTERNAL
24TH AND 25TH FEB
11
INTERNAL
EXTERNAL
INTERNAL
FRI 6TH MAR
AFTERNOON (INVITE
FORM 10)
12TH TO 14TH MAR
17TH MAR
12
INTERNAL
18TH TO 20TH MAR
10,11,12(PLEASE
NOTE THIS IS
DEPENDENT
ON PROGRESS
IN IAS)
ALL
(CLIP/ST JUL)
19,20,21 MAR
INTERNAL - LECA
DA PALMEIRA SC
27TH MAR
Please note that dates and activities do change. Please do keep read the weekly Parent Bulletin and secondary
section website area on a regular basis http://www.obs.edu.pt/page.cfm?p=416