The Communications Team are regularly contacted by members of the public concerned about the behaviour of Hinchingbrooke student cyclists on their way to and from school. We will be giving out a message to students in morning registration and assemblies outlining the areas of concern and would like you to support us by discussing these issues with your child.

The Police have reported that a lady who lives at Post Street Godmanchester was recently knocked over as she left her front door; a lot of the properties along Post Street & Cambridge Rd front straight onto the pavement and this is not the first report of someone being hit or near misses.

A resident of Brampton Road, regularly has difficulties leaving their driveway because students wearing headphones are not aware of their surroundings and moving vehicles.

We understand that some of our students:-

• Cycle on the footpath in Godmanchester (this is an offence) Please note that the cycle path ends opposite the Black Bull Pub
• Cycle over the ‘Footbridge’ into Godmanchester – (this is an offence)
• Cycle through Huntingdon High Street – (This is prohibited between 10.00 and 16.00)
• Cycle through the grounds of the Leonard Cheshire Home in Brampton and the grounds of Millfield Court in Huntingdon. (Both are an offence as these areas are private property)

On Friday 19^th April, your child will be bringing home a questionnaire which forms part of our ongoing evaluation of progress in the school.  The wide range of questions asks for your personal response and these will be sealed and sent to a company who processes the information for the school.  Your individual views remain anonymous, so please be open in your response.  To get a valid view, we really need back all the forms and if you have two children at the school, you are likely to get two forms as their separate experiences may be very different.

On Wednesday 27th March 2013 a celebration event was held in the quiet garden at Hinchingbrooke school to dedicate a bench in honour of the life and achievements of Chantelle Garside. 

The Cambridge evening News also covered this story, please follow the link below:-

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Huntingdon-St-Ives-St-Neots/Memorial-bench-dedicated-in-memory-of-Hinchingbrooke-student-20130404094710.htm

Please note that the Music Department’s Spring Concert on Wednesday 27^th March has been postponed due to staff absence.

The English Department will be running  the following two revision sessions on Monday 15^th April:

Session 1

9.30am – 11.00am

Classroom teachers will help students with controlled assessments.

Session 2

11.15am – 12.45pm

Students studying English will work with classroom teachers on the exam skills on the retake English exam ‘The Writer’s Craft’.