Malbank School Time Capsule

We are celebrating our 450th Anniversary this year and as part of the celebrations we will be to burying a time capsule. We are inviting students, parents, staff and governors to take part in the selection by suggesting 5 objects/ideas/artefacts which sum up the Malbank experience 2010 and 5 different objects to sum up the world in 2010. Once we receive replies, a judging panel of students, teachers, parents and governors will make the final selection of things to bury in our time capsule.

To suggest objects/ideas, please email Malbank School Main Office by 19th March with "Time Capsule" as the subject.

Thank you to all who participate in this project.

Forthcoming Events for Parents

Thursday 4th March 2010   7.30 – 8.30 pm

Internet Safety Presentation – Delivered by PC Guildford and PC Cummins.  This is a parents guide on how to keep your child safe whilst using the Internet.  They will provide guidance and advice on Internet safety, and will demonstrate how easy it is to gain information from various Internet sites, including social networking sites.

For further information, and to book your place on the event, contact Sue Holt, Inclusion Mentor on 01270 611009.

Malbank IMPACT Book Club

As you may be aware, last year we established the IMPACT Community Group as a way of keeping people up-to-date with our Community Arts Programme here at Malbank. The group is completely free to join and members are regularly sent emails relating to our Cinema Nights and other Performing Arts related evenings. As part of this process we also asked about other arts related areas members would be interested in. One of the most popular responses has been to form a Book Club.

We are therefore pleased to announce that we will be starting a Book Club in partnership with Costa Coffee, Nantwich, who have kindly offered us the use of the store once a month, after it has closed to the public. Costa have also generously agreed to provide a member of staff for the evening so that we can purchase refreshments whilst we meet.

Our first meeting was a great success with the group discussing The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry, a book that all of the members would recommend. Our next meeting will take place on 12th April, 7 -8.30pm and we will be looking at One Day by David Nicholls, all are welcome. For your information the dates of following meetings are 10th May, 07th June, 12th July.

Although we are not limiting places for the club, it would be useful for me to know beforehand how many people will be attending. If you would like to come along and share your joy of literature with like minded individuals, please could you contact me using the details below.

Mark Brisbourne
Community Arts Manager
mxb@malbank.cheshire.sch.uk
Tel: 01270 611 00

"A book has but one voice, but it does not instruct everyone alike."

Thomas à Kempis

Olympic Legend Pays a Visit

Five-time world karate champion Geoff Thompson made a guest appearance at Malbank School. It was during a Student Leadership Conference at Malbank as part of its involvement in the North West effort to promote the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Geoff is known as one of the greatest martial arts competition fighters of his generation and inspired Britain’s dominance of the 80’s and 90’s. He led the Great Britain team to three world team titles and was named the MVP (Most Valuable Performer) on each of those occasions. He hosted a seminar on ‘sporting excellence’, which is hoped will encourage youngsters to get training for the Games.

Students from Sandbach School, Sandbach High School and Brine Leas High School were also involved. Large version of image is also available.

2009 Ofsted Report now available to read online...

On June 3rd & 4th the Ofsted team returned to judge the progress that we have made since our last inspection. I am delighted to say that the team, led by HMI Peter Toft, were very impressed by our students, our staff and our Governors. There are many very rewarding comments in the report but the one which I personally enjoyed is that we are working “with determination and creativity and involving all students in this journey”. After all, our students are at the centre of everything we do. Please visit our Ofsted Report page to view either a copy of the 'Snapshots' or full report.

J E Walker
Headteacher

Virtual Learning on the VLE

Great progress has been made on the Malbank School Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). The system otherwise known as a Connected Learning Community (CLC) is essentially a web site (or equivalent networked learning structure) that provides a number of basic functions deemed valuable in the learning process. A set of tools and navigation aids are provided, with the aim of placing any online educational materials into a clear, organised structure. Such an "environment" will provide students with easy access to course documents, lecture notes, online courseware, questionnaires and communication tools.

The Malbank School and Sixth Form College VLE