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GCSE results to celebrate
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- Written by Mr M Jones
On Thursday morning Year 11 students at Dane Court Grammar School celebrated some tremendous GCSE results.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) - The school is operating a restricted timetable for a small number of students
Students: If you have any worries or concerns regarding coronavirus, or any other matter, you can call Childline on 0800 1111 or click here for help
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Week commencing 29 June 2020 +
- To support our face-to-face year 6 transition events planned for 16 and 17 July 2020, we are producing a series of online presentations suitable for both students and parents to help you become more familiar with the school. The first part is available to view on our Year 6 transition page. Please check the page weekly as we will be uploading new presentations each covering a different aspect of school life.
- All year 13 students
A letter detailing the arrangements for collecting your IB results is being emailed to you, It is important to read this letter so that you can get your results as quickly as possible.
IBCP students please note that the results of your career-related qualification are released on 13 August 2020 and you will be emailed instructions on how to receive them nearer the time. - We have published an important message from Mrs Rolls for year 11 students. It includes instructions about preparing for textbook return and clearing your locker.
Plus, updates about Transition activities and GCSE results day.
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Week commencing 22 June 2020 +
- We have published an important message from Mrs Rolls for year 11 students. It includes instructions about preparing for textbook return and clearing your locker.
Plus, updates about Transition activities and GCSE results day. - Parents/guardians of students in years 7, 8, 9, 10 or 12: Could you please let us know if you do not currently have access to a fixed broadband connection at home? You can contact us by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., use the General enquiries form on this site or call our main office on 01843 864941.
Thank you - On Thursday and Friday this week we welcome back the first of our year 12 students. Groups of Year 10 students continue to attend school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.
A pdf letter containing guidance for parents of those year 12 students returning (259 KB) was sent home on 5 June 2020.
- We have published an important message from Mrs Rolls for year 11 students. It includes instructions about preparing for textbook return and clearing your locker.
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Week commencing 15 June 2020 +
- This week we started our students' phased return to school. On Monday, year 10 were the first to attend on a part time schedule.
A pdf letter containing guidance for parents of those year 10 students returning (268 KB) was sent home on 5 June 2020. - Year 12 students are due to begin part time sessions from Thursday 25 June 2020.
Guidance for parents of year 12 students can be found pdf here (259 KB) . - We have published week 5 of our transition programme for year 11 students wishing to join us in September 2020.
- This week we started our students' phased return to school. On Monday, year 10 were the first to attend on a part time schedule.
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Week commencing 8 June 2020 +
- We have published week 4 of our transition programme for year 11 students wishing to join us in September 2020.
There now more subject enrichment materials to explore. - Thanet Inclusion Support Service has passed on two useful Newsletter-style lists of help sources and advice on the subject of emotional wellbeing. One is designed for pdf parents and carers (332 KB) and the other focuses on support for pdf young people (326 KB) .
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Additional information
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for parents of year 6 students joining us in September has been published on our year 6 transition page. It includes details of;
- PE kit requirements and purchase
- uniform requirements
- our online payment system called WisePay
- registering for free school meals and
- school use of photographic and film footage of students
- We have published addenda to our first aid and health and safety policies:
- pdf ADDENDUM First Aid Policy COVID-19 (172 KB) (to be read in conjuncion with our pdf First Aid Procedures Policy (381 KB) )
- pdf ADDENDUM Health and Safety Policy COVID-19 (185 KB) (to be read in conjunction with our pdf Health and safety policy (453 KB) )
- We have published week 4 of our transition programme for year 11 students wishing to join us in September 2020.
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Week commencing 1 June 2020 +
Mrs Holmes would like to draw your attention to a potentially useful website.
She says, "It details book reviews and recommendations for children to help with physical, emotional and mental health, written by someone with a wealth of knowledge on the subject". The following link will take you to each subject and then list the books, and book reviews:
http://www.healthybooks.org.uk/browse/
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Week commencing 25 May 2020 +
- We now have a dedicated page for year 6 students joining us in September 2020 and their parents.
There is also a quick link to the page via the blue button above.
- We now have a dedicated page for year 6 students joining us in September 2020 and their parents.
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Week commencing 18 May 2020 +
We have published three documents providing help and and advice to parents, carers and students about mental health and wellbeing:
- Mr Jones has written a pdf letter (238 KB) to parents and carers containing information received from Kent County Council
- A pdf letter (196 KB) to parents from Kent Educational Psychology Service along with a dowloadable version of a pdf leaflet (297 KB) providing Guidance around supporting children and young people's wellbeing during the coronavirus outbreak.
- We have launched our transition progamme for year 11 students intending to join our sixth form in September.
This includes students joining from other schools. - Dane Court Grammar School staff were pleased and privileged to provide practical support to Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School's Design Technology department in their amazing visors for health workers project last month. Congratulations to them for being nominated for the Daily Telegraph DIY Lockdown Awards and making it to the top three.
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Week commencing 11 May 2020 +
From the start of Lockdown our Food Technology department has been asking students in years 7, 8 and 9 to get creative in their kitchens with the aim of cooking meals for their families at home and then reporting back with recipes and photos of their creations.
Initially Mrs Leese recommended a couple of recipes to give the students a little help but the project soon became a popular activity with some students planning day-to-day menus and recording 'consumer feedback'. Click here to see a small selection of meals and individual courses developed by our students over their time in Lockdown.
Ellie is one of our very talented year 9 students, who wanted to compose a song to express how much she missed her friends and school life here at Dane Court. Ellie has perfectly captured how much school and her friends mean to her, in: 'Don't Be Afraid'.
Listen and view the video here.
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Week commencing 4 May 2020 +
Inspired by the tasks being set for her year group by the Food Technology department, Sophia in year 8 devised her own.
This is her Family Cooking Challenge complete with evaluations or "What went well" (WWW) and suggestions for improvement or "Even better if..." (EBI) ready for the next time Sophia takes on feeding the family for two whole days. Read more here.
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Week commencing 20 April 2020 +
- We have written a pdf letter to parents (338 KB) about the Government temporarily extending the eligibility criteria for free school meals to some children of groups who have no recourse to public funds.
Mrs Holmes asks students -
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Are you getting enough sleep?
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However you answer this question, you should find her notes very useful.- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust have created a COVID-19 FAQs for parents page on their website. It contains lots of useful advice and references to other organisations who can help.
- Our Head of School, Mr Jones marks the start of Term 5 in a pdf letter to parents (218 KB) .
This week Dane Court staff supported Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School (CCGS) in its truly amazing efforts to provide face shields (visors) for health workers on the frontline in the battle against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Read the story.
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Week commencing 13 April 2020 +
- Thanet Inclusion Support Service has provided us with an updated list of external services to support parents with children at home during lockdown mentioned in this more detailed article.
Our Food Technology department would love all Dane Court students to share photos of their cooking with us.
Years 7-10 have a Google Classroom space to upload photos of their cooking to. We are so impressed with all of the cooking that has been shared so far. Keep it up Dane Court.
This week's recipe is for pdf mini fruity pasties (117 KB) . There are some filling suggestions on the recipe - let us know if you come up with any other ideas.
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Week commencing 6 April 2020 +
When your child is ill or injured it is very difficult to decide if/when to call your child’s GP, NHS 111 or go the Accident and Emergency Department (A&E). During the current situation and while the government is asking everyone to stay at home, it can be confusing to know what to do.
pdf Here is some guidance (541 KB) designed by primary and secondary care clinicians from Barts Health & North-East London STP.- The Chatterers (a group of Dane Court student journalists and editors) have not allowed lockdown to halt publication of the Spring edition of the student newspaper DCGS Chatter. Download your copy here.
We've published an addendum to our
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Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy
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You can read it here: pdf ADDENDUM - DC Safeguarding and CP Policy (338 KB)
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Week commencing 30 March 2020 +
People will be reacting in different ways to the change in lifestyle, and we are aware that some of our students and their families are finding it hard to adjust to the new restrictions. With this in mind, our colleagues at the Thanet Inclusion Support Service have compiled some resources to support parents with children at home during lockdown.
Firstly, there is a pdf list of external services (300 KB) still available for support or set up to help support the community during the crisis. Contact details for these services are provided, however please bear in mind the speed at which the landscape is changing; some services may be difficult to reach or may have already been withdrawn.
Secondly, they have created a pdf pack of resources (1.29 MB) to support positive mental health and provide emotional support while at home. These are activities that can be explored by the whole family if necessary.
If you have any particular concerns or worries, we are happy to hear from you and will do our best to support you. Mrs Holmes (SENCO) can be contacted by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Mr Sunderland at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and Mrs Ives at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Faced with a global pandemic, Emily keeps calm and carries on. Service Learning is an important element of our IB career-related programme (IBCP) in the sixth form which could have been hit hard by the coronavirus measures.
Under normal circumstances students liaise with members of the local community and undertake unpaid and voluntary activities that help the community and also have a learning benefit for the student. That's not even a possibility at the moment but thanks to the swift action and advice of her teachers IBCP student Emily Vaccaro has devised a plan. Read more here.
Our Food Technology department has been ecouraging year 8 students to get involved with the preparation of meals at home and many have taken photos of the delicious-looking creations and submitted them to their Food Tech Google Classroom.
Inspired by the response, Mrs Leese has started uploading more recipes (at least one each week) to this website.
Take a look here.
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Week commencing 23 March 2020 +
- published a factsheet to help you incorporate school work into your household routine
- provided a safe place to work and play for our students whose parents are fulfilling critical roles in the national response to the coronavirus.
- sent year 11 students and their parents updates about the DfE's more detailed guidance on GCSE results this Summer
- posted plenty of help with keeping students safe when they are learning online at home
- written directly to our sixth form students with the latest information about their written exams
- set specific tasks and activities for students learning from home (check your school email and Google Classrooms)
- provided technical support to get students at home up and running when the online technology doesn't seem to work properly
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Check your school email inbox and Google Classrooms to find work your teacher has set for you or your class.
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We are maintaining a collection of extra tasks, resources and activities for all year groups in all subjects.
You can view it here:
Here's where to get help if you have problems accessing your account or difficulties with Google Drive or Google Apps. -
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If you are working from home and encounter problems accessing your school account or have difficulties with Google Drive or Google Apps, our IT Services staff will do their best to help. -
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We are aware that, with the school closed as part of the resonse to COVID-19, it is likely that many children will be spending an increased amount of time online over the coming weeks. Online safety is an important part of keeping children safe at Dane Court and as such we would like to share some helpful advice to help you consider how you can keep your family safer online at home.
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Sixth form students celebrate stunning results
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- Written by Mrs A Hale
Sixth Form students at Dane Court Grammar School celebrated stunning results this week in their International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBDP) and International Baccalaureate Careers-related Programme (IBCP) qualifications.
The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, which is a rigorous post-16 academic qualification delivered in some of the most prestigious independent and international schools around the world, requires students to study a balanced range of six subjects, three at higher level. The programme also includes a 4,000 word research project and 150 hours of creativity, activity and service.
Head of School, Martin Jones, praised the hard work and dedication of all the students in the school’s Sixth Form: “This demanding and rigorous qualification equips students for lifelong success and enjoyment of learning across the world. Our students have demonstrated resilience and independence and this will provide them with such a strong foundation for future success. I congratulate all of our students on their success; we’re very proud of them. They have been very well supported by their teachers and parents. The great feature of the IB is that, although it is undoubtedly ambitious, it is also accessible to all students in Thanet: we have courses here for everyone.”
The International Baccalaureate Diploma is graded out of 45 points, where 24 points is the pass mark. Once again the average points score for the Diploma at Dane Court exceeded 33 points (in the context of university entry requirements this is equivalent to A and B grades at A level, and provides access to some of the best universities in the UK and across the world). As a consequence of this excellent performance, the vast majority of students have already secured their first choice university place or career-related placement.
Top performing Diploma students at Dane Court this year include Olivia Button (41 points: heading to Edinburgh University to read Veterinary Medicine); Eljoh Balajadia (40 points: Experimental Psychology at Oxford University); Lily Finch (39 points reading English also at Oxford University); Joe Chesters (40 points: University of Durham to read Natural Sciences); Daniel Nisan (40 points: Mathematics at University of Kent); Riona Newaz (40 points: also Durham for Spanish and German). In total, 57 students (out of 61) gained 24 points or more.
Students will spend the next few days confirming their places at the best universities in the UK.
Annie Hale, Head of Sixth Form, commented that, “These fabulous International Baccalaureate grades come as little surprise: they are the result of considerable effort by our students over the past two years and I would like to join with the staff of Dane Court to congratulate all our Year 13 students, who have achieved so highly in this prestigious and demanding qualification. We are truly proud of their achievements.”
Melissa Linton, Deputy Head of Sixth Form, recognised outstanding achievements from the IBCP students who have achieved Level 6s in a variety of subjects including, Mathematics, Psychology, Biology and English Literature to name a few. This year, 100% of IBCP students have successfully completed the full programme. Our IBCP students will be leaving us to follow academic and vocational degrees at university. Top performing IBCP students were Harry Costin (studying International Business at the University of Kent), Luke Rigney (studying Psychology at the University of Portsmouth), and Emily Walton (studying Primary Education at Canterbury Christ Church University). The following IBCP students have done exceptionally well to secure apprenticeships; Casey McKweon in Quantity Surveying, Myles Avory in Accountancy, and Georgia Solly in Business Management.
- Students interested in joining the school’s sixth form in September should contact the school 01843 864941 or email head of sixth form, Annie Hale (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
- Read about Kurl-Ann's experience on our IB Career-related Programme
- View our 2019 Prospectus here.
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Sports day 2019
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- Written by Mr M Alderson
Our whole-school sports day this year took place over 10, 11 and 12 July.
Group 4 science projects 2019
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- Written by Mr M Alderson
This year Dane Court were incredibly proud of the science projects that more than 110 students produced collaboratively.
Year 11 progression into year 12
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- Written by Ms A Hale
Timeline for students (both internal and external) wishing to transition from year 11 to year 12 at Dane Court Grammar School.
Ephemeral 8 - Changing Times
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- Written by Mr B Forward
As the year draws to a close, our talented team of writers and editors in Year 12 have produced another engaging and visually stunning edition of ephemeral, our creative writing-themed magazine.
Gene technology week
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- Written by Mr J Butt
For over 20 years, the Life Sciences department at Canterbury Christ Church University has been loaning Dane Court Biology department the necessary hardware to enable the students to be able to carry out gene technology practicals in school science labs, which otherwise would be completely unaffordable.
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