THERFIELD SCHOOL
HEADMASTER'S NEWSLETTER
January 1984

CONGRATULATIONS to Keith Bradley on his place at Keble College, Oxford, where hewill read History. Charles Tortise has been awarded an Officer Cadetship in the Royal Navy. Many of our sixth formers have nowreceived conditional offers of university places for next autumn.

MUFTI DAY
At the request of our School Council we have agreed a Mufti Dayon FRIDAY, 3rd FEBRUARY. The usual conditions will apply.

PARENTAL VISITS TO SCHOOL
When parents are visiting school either by appointment or becauseof some pressing emergency, please ensure that you inform the school office of your arrival.

SCHOOL TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD
Parents may not be aware that our switchboard can only handle oneincoming call at a time and on occasions the ringing tone may persist. We operate a stacking system so if you do not get animmediate reply please do not hang up and re-dial otherwise you will lose your place in the order. The board is constantly mannedthroughout the day, including lunch hour, from 8.30 a.m. until 4.30 p.m. and we request your co-operation in keeping calls,whenever possible, outside the peak times of 8.45 to 9.30 a.m.

THE SCHOOL CLEANING STAFF has one or two vacancies. If you know anyone interested in samepart-time work, please invite them to telephone Mr. Hooker at the school.

RUSSIA 1984
The first Therfield party to visit Russia had an interesting stayin Moscow and Leningrad. The sightseeing included the Kremlin, the Bolshoi Ballet, the Hermitage Museum, the Ferris Wheel inGorky Park and troika rides through the pine woods.

ROME (Easter 1985)
An educational and cultural visit is being planned by Mr, duMont. The proposed trip would include outings to Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Vesuvius, Capri, Sorrento, Amalfi, Positano and Paestum.Inclusive cost will be around £250. Full details will be available later but interested students should contact Mr. duMont.

STAFF/PARENTS' DAY TRIP
The highly popular Staff/Parents' Day Trip to Boulogne will takeplace this year on one of the School Governors' occasional holidays, THURSDAY, 5TH JULY.

Provisional arrangements are:
Leave school at 7.00 a.m. and return by 10.00 p.m. with six hoursin Boulogne available for dining out, bargain hunting or simply shopping for your duty free quota. Travel will be by coach andboat.

The approximate cost will be £13.00

Should you wish to reserve a place please contact Mr. A.R. Thomas at school, but hurry as places arelimited.

CHRISTMAS PARTY
At the end of term, our sixth form entertained 46 elderly andlonely people from our local community. The tea party, presents and cabaret were provided and funded entirely by our students. Wecontinue to receive many letters of appreciation from the guests.

EARLY CLOSURE
Please note that all the central area secondary schools(including Therfield) will close at 2.30 p.m. on TUESDAY, 6TH MARCH. Teachers will be attending meetings on the curriculum.

END OF YEAR EXAMINATIONS, 1984
I know that you like to know the examination dates well inadvance. The examinations will take place during the week commencing 25TH JUNE.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
MUSICAL CONCERT organised by our Music Department - FRIDAY, 9THMARCH
'DRACULA', a humorous play, by the Drama group - THURSDAY/FRIDAY,5/6 APRIL
ARTS FESTIVAL, the annual exhibition arranged by the ArtDepartment - FRIDAY, 4TH MAY
CAREERS CONVENTION, organised by the Friends and the School, willbe open to parents and pupils of the Third Form and upwards. (Full details attached) - WEDNESDAY, 15TH FEBRUARY

Parents' Evenings:
SIXTH FORM - WEDNESDAY, 29TH FEBRUARY
THIRD FORM - WEDNESDAY, 7th MARCH
FOURTH FORM - WEDNESDAY, 14TH MARCH

LOST PROPERTY
There is a vast pile of unclaimed clothing in the school office.Please send your child along if anything has gone missing recently. More helpfully, fix name tapes to personal clothing andthen it can be returned to the owner immediately. Order forms for name tapes can be obtained from the school office.

JEWELLERY
In general, apart from the sixth form, jewellery must not be wornat school. The Governors have sanctioned the wearing of a single plain ring and one pair of ear keepers (plain studs not rings). Asmall number of children breaking this rule can waste a lot of our teachers' time. Persistent offenders will be instructed toreturn such jewellery home for safekeeping. Your co-operation will ensure a minimum inconvenience to pupils and teachers in themaintaining of this aspect of good standards of appearance.

MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS
Through the generosity of local businesses, private patrons andthe hard work of Mrs. Jinny Quinnell, we are now in a position to offer a limited number of assisted Music Scholarships. Furtherinformation can be obtained from the Music Department.

J.D. WOODING
Headmaster

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