A group of pupils attended Aplsey Paper Mill to learn how to make paper for GCSE Product Design.
Category : Year 11
Year 11
“It is good to help others as the ‘Golden Rule’ is the foundation of our religion which teaches the importance of helping others. The Trussell Trust is a nationwide food bank which is helping people who have met troubled times giving them emergency food for three days. In the parable of the sheep and goats it says ‘I was hungry and you gave me something to eat’. We at St Joan of Arc have actively supported Jesus’s teaching by supporting this charity and we are helping our local community and wish to continue doing so. We would like to say a huge thank you to both year 7 and 8 for their tremendous generosity as they have truly helped so many people in the community. No doubt year 9 will be as great.”
Year 10 A.R.C Peace and Justice Group.
St Joan’s Goes to the Polls!
On the day of the General Election pupils in years 7 to 11 had the opportunity to experience voting in an election. The sixth form common room became the polling station and the sixth formers performed the duties of electoral officials and returning officers. This was the culmination of two weeks of discussions and analysis in tutor time and Citizenship & PSHEE lessons. Pupils were challenged to consider a range of issues that election campaigning raises such as the role of the media, the use of statistics, the question of style over substance and the importance of considering what is best for the common good. Opportunities will be made for pupils to reflect on the results of the actual General Election and how they can continue they own understanding of our democratic system.
Morrisby 2015
“Discover your hidden talents and choose fulfilling A levels, degree courses and careers”
This year we are again offering students in year 11 and 12 the opportunity to take the suite of Morrisby Psychometric Assessments in preparation for making A level, degree and career choices. The Morrisby Profile is enhanced careers guidance. Letters and application forms have been emailed home with the details. I would encourage you to think about this opportunity, the report and feedback will support your planing, offer fresh and original ideas or indeed challenge you current thinking. Morrisby can demonstrate your potential. The event is taking place on the afternoon of 11th March. Please ask your parents to check their email and discuss the idea.
New Careers Facebook and Twitter Feeds
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Please like the new Careers face book page, follow the JOA_Futures twitter feed. Both are full of A level / college, higher education, apprenticeship and careers information
The Hour of Code
So you have seen the posters, now it’s time to sign up and try an Hour of Code.
What is it? It is a worldwide initiative to encourage everyone to have a go at coding.
Last year over 10 million people tried it.
Join us in D2.8 at break time, lunch time and after school.
Click on the link below and sign up using your school email address to register your hour(s) to our event.
There are tutorials based on Frozen, Angry Birds, or Flappy Birds.
Let’s see if we can reach 1000 hours over the week.
GCSE Results 2014
Excellent GCSE Results
Congratulations to our Year 11 pupils on an excellent set of GCSE results this year. As well as many outstanding individual results the number of pupils attaining 5 or more A*C grades including English and maths has risen for the 3rd year in succession to 75%
This success is just reward for the pupil’s hard work, dedication and self belief. It is also fantastic that most of these pupils will be returning to complete their A level studies in our Sixth Form.
St Joan’s Alumni – please sign up and join us
There are so many ways that our current students and future students can benefit from the stories and experiences of our past students. These can be about job seeking, university experience, travel, sharing careers information, mentoring, supporting, the list is huge. Please sign up to our Future First alumni database. Three clicks. Starting with…….. www.joa.herts.sch.uk – “About St Joan’s” – Alumni
or go direct……….. http://www.joa.herts.sch.uk/1528/about-st-joan-s/alumni
0r use our QR code………..
Or ring David Ritchie (m) 07748 761393 to chat about it!
Options and Choices Twitter Feed
Next Steps Twitter Feed for Years 10-13
JOA Ski Trip 2014 – Courmayeur, Italy – OFFICIAL VIDEO
Ever wondered what a JOA ski trip is like?
Watch this video to find out and watch some of the footage captured on our latest trip to Courmayeur in Italy, during the February half-term break.