New Students

If you're starting Malet Lambert this September, there's lots that you and your parents need to know to ensure you have the smoothest possible start in Year 7. Parents should also read through the Parents page where there's lots more useful information.

The Best Of Malet 2011-12

Have a look at some of the highlights of our school year using the links below:

• Our Hall of Fame welcomes its first entrants. Do you recognise anyone?
• The ski trip was a great success again this year. Watch the video.
• Our year 11 football team won the National Cup Final in supreme style for the second time in 5 years. Read more here
• Art students created incredible sculptures. Can you find them all? Page 1 | Page 2
• GCSE textiles work is on show in the gallery here: Page 1 | Page 2
• Animation work of our ICT students is available in the 2011 Animation Portfolio
• The Latest Events page has details of a wide range of activities that went on this year
• The Enterprise News page has loads of info on the incredible business & enterprise opportunities available
• Find out more about all the subjects we offer in the Subjects section
• Download a copy of our Summer 2011 newsletter
• Watch the latest promotional film

Key Dates

We welcome our new year 7 students at 8.40am on Monday 10th September 2012, in full uniform. You can find out your term dates here.

Year 6 open evening for prospective students and parents is on Monday 8th October 2012, from 5.30pm - 7.30pm.

Your Learning Co-ordinator

Learning Co-ordinators are there to give support and advice to form tutors, students, parents and liaise with external agencies when required to manage the year group as a whole. They also offer support to individual students who need help to make the most out of their time at Malet. They have an overall view of the year group as a whole and run assemblies, hand out awards and visit individual tutor groups in the mornings.

We also have a team of Learning Mentors who are there to help you overcome barriers to learning in order to achieve your full potential. They can offer you support and advice whatever your problem.

Miss Kerry Palmer is the Learning Co-ordinator for year 7. She can be contacted by e-mail or by telephone on 01482 374211

Your Form Tutor

On entry to the school each pupil is placed in a form group with a form tutor. Your form tutor takes an active role in your progress at school, encouraging and supporting you as required, and talking to you and your parents to make sure you do the best you can while studying at Malet. Your form tutor is there to help you with any problems or issues you have so if you need someone to talk to, they will be there for you.

Uniform Policy

From September, it is our expectation that all pupils will wear the correct school uniform as follows:

• Black blazer with school badge
• White shirt with a collar and a school tie
• Black, tailored trousers (capri pants, cropped trousers, culottes, shorts, leggings and footless tights are not appropriate dress
• for school and are not permitted)
• Black, tailored skirt; must be knee length
• Black shoes (trainers, combat style boots and casual boots are not appropriate footwear for school and are not permitted)

Pullovers are optional, however, should students wish to wear a pullover it must have a school badge. For students in Years 7, 8 and 9 the school pullover is grey; for those in Years 10 and 11 the school pullover is black.

Equipment

You will need the following equipment: a pen, a pencil and a ruler. You will also need to carry your school planner with you that you will be given at the start of the year. Pupils are also expected to bring the correct PE equipment to PE lessons.

The School Day

The school day starts at 8.40 am and ends officially at 3.10 pm, although many children stay voluntarily beyond that time to engage in extra-curricular activities. You will have 25 hours of teaching per week. The day is sub-divided as follows:

08.40 - Registration
08.45 - 09.00 Act of Worship, Tutor time, Assembly
09.00 - 10.00 Period 1
10.00 - 11.00 Period 2
11.00 - 11.15 Refreshment Break
11.15 - 12.15 Period 3
12.15 - 13.15 Lunch Break
13.15 - 14.15 Registration and Period 4
14.15 - 15.10 Period 5

Catering Facilities

The school catering facilities work on a cashless swipe-card system since September 2012. You can find out more about it by reading the Cashless Catering guide. You can also view the 2012 dinner menu here.

Sports

The school caters for traditional team games, both within the PE curriculum and in extra-curricular activities.  The main team games are football, rugby league and cricket for boys, netball, rounders and football for girls.  In addition to these team activities we have offered badminton, trampolining, basketball, athletics and cross-country running and dance.  In most of these sports we compete against other schools and take part in regional and national competitions. The school is very successful in these competitions. The school has a sports complex consisting of a sports hall, gymnasium and classroom teaching area.  We are lucky to have extensive playing fields, and a purpose-built, floodlit area for netball and hockey.  These facilities are heavily used, both by the school and the local community.  All our PE staff are qualified to teach the subject and, between them, have coaching qualifications in football, rugby union, rugby league, hockey, basketball, netball, trampolining, dance, athletics and badminton.

To find out more about sport at Malet, check the PE subject page.

Useful Links

Extra-curricular Activities | Learning Resources Centre | Pastoral | Promo Video