Dear Parents and Friends,
The Christmas break is fast approaching, heralding the end of another year. Traditionally, this is a time for reflecting and making new years resolutions. For the ATC, it has been an incredibly busy year, with some excellent achievements and lots to look forward to in the New Year.
2010 began with some amazing results from the Year 6 cohort sitting for secondary school entrance exams. Over 80% of our children were offered places at top state and private schools, with over 15 scholarships awarded to ATC students. Notably, 12 of our boys were offered places at QE Boys School. Just to blow our own trumpet, this represents nearly 10% of the total intake by the school – we are very proud of this!
The GCSE results in the summer also proved how well the students from the ATC had prepared, by achieving excellent results.
In July, we moved out of our old office and relocated to take over the whole building at 524 Watford Way
The Autumn term has passed far too quickly but promises so much for our hardworking current Year 6 cohort. We had more children than ever through to the second round exams for Mill Hill County
In the Autumn term, we also introduced a Pre-11+ course for our Year 4 students. We have written our own programme and course materials, similar to our Year 5 course, which get the students ready for the intensive 11+ preparation in Years 5 and 6. This has proved to be very successful with the students so far.
In January 2011, we will be introducing a new course to our programme for Year 6 pupils. Once the 11+ exams are out of the way, we have decided to target one of the key weak subjects for Year 7 pupils when they first join secondary school –Science. As Science is also examined in the SATs exams in May, it is very important that your child has a good understanding of the key concepts. This course will teach the material covered in the SATs exams, and expand further on them to bridge the gap between Primary and Secondary education.
In December, we purchased a new franchise, CENTRA Dyslexia and formed a new company- The North London Dyslexia Centre. The North London Dyslexia Centre will offer guidance, assessment, counselling and tuition for both children and adults with literacy difficulties and dyslexia. If you are interested in finding more information about North London Dyslexia Centre, please call 020 8959 9825 or attend the Open Day on Thursday 6th January 2011.
Upcoming events:
· Week commencing Monday 13th December 2010: Year 5 End of Term Tests
· Friday 17th December 2010: Year 5 Parents Evening (between 4:30 – 6:30 pm). A chance to meet your child’s tutor and talk about your child’s progress throughout the autumn term.
· Monday 20th December 2010: 11+ Christmas Revision Course –FULLY BOOKED
· Tuesday 4th January 2011: Start of the Spring Term
· Thursday 6th January 2011: North London Dyslexia Centre Open Day 10am-3pm
· Monday 17th January 2011: North London Dyslexia Centre Launch date
· Friday 18th February 2011: Year 5 Parents Information Evening
· Friday 1st April 2011: Year 4 Parents Information Evening
· Friday 8th April 2011: Year 5 Parents Evening
· Monday 1st - Friday 19th August 2011: Advance Tutorial College
· Monday 24th – Friday 28th October: 11+ Half term course
We hope that you all have a wonderful, relaxing winter break, and we will see you again in the New Year
