Grey Coat 4 Attendance &


punctuality I f your chi ld is absent for any reason, please remember to phone the school between 8 and 9am to let us know. The phone number for repor t ing absences is 0207 969 1998. For years 7-9, please press opt ion 1 and for years 10-13 please press Opt ion 2.


Please make sure we are not i f ied in wr i t ing as far in advance as possible of any medical appointments. Please make sure the let ter clear ly states the t ime the students need to leave and the t ime and type of appointment . Your daughter 's ful l name and Form should be on the note. At tendance and Punctual i ty are taken into account in al l aspects of school l i fe.


Unexplained Absences


Parents, please remember that i f your daughter has been absent f rom school for any reason she must br ing in a note of explanat ion on her return to school . This is as wel l as fol lowing the usual procedure of telephoning the school each morning as ear ly as possible when your daughter is absent f rom school .


Issue 10: February 2011 100% Attendance & Punctuality


The following students achieved 100% Attendance and Punctuality for the Tracking Period 8th September to 25th November 2010


Fleury Beadle-9T Jenny Nguyen-9H Kayan Pang-9H Lisa Whitehouse-9H


Apologies for the oversight. Angela Trainor Attendance Officer, St Andrew’s Site Literary Society meets Old Grey


Literary Society was delighted to be holding its second meeting on February 11th.


On Monday, 15th November, Katie Law had outlined her career as a journalist producing a range of material for the 'Evening Standard'. Last week Francesca Clementis, a former Grey Coat student, came to talk about writing her 6 novels and her current membership of the team producing scripts for "Holby City".


Whilst Katie Law's journalistic route on the 'Evening Standard' had been via Sotheby's in New York and then becoming assistant to the Literary Editor of the 'Evening Standard', Francesca had originally written scripts for radio comedy shows. Katie described the demands required to create the Thursday Books Page and reviewing Stephen King's "Full Dark, No Stars". Her weekly input also included the pleasure of assembling 'Design News' for the 'Homes and Property


Section' and the contrasting challenge of interviewing 'Nicky Haslam on posing naked in Lucien Freud's chair'.


Francesca began by informing members that anyone who wished to write required perseverance and a thick skin. Would-be writers were advised to read "The Writers' and Artists' Year Book" and to view 'Writers' Room' on the BBC website. These would provide opportunities to enter competitions which are monitored by agents who are also to be encountered at award dinners. As the sole writer of chick lit to win an Arts Council Award, Francesca was adamant that, whether writing a novel or a script for "Doctors", each genre has to meet specific criteria and co-operation with employers' expectations is essential.


Literary Society is grateful to Katie and to Francesca for illustrating the different demands of writing careers and for encouraging students to write. Ms McMellan


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