New bus timetables

The new Bus Vannin timetables will operate from Sunday 19th May.
This will affect our students, who need to be aware of the main changes.
School buses: -
60      a.m. only: Port Erin (Bridson St) via Four Roads to school
63      Bradda via Ballafesson and Colby Bridge to school and return
64      Cregneash via Ballakilpheric, Ronague and Ballabeg to school and return
65      p.m. only: School via Ronague to Port Erin
66      Santon via Great Meadow to school and returning to Cooil only (catch No 1 home to Santon and Newtown)

Service buses calling at school: -
1        0815  PSM harbour via Port Erin and Colby Bridge to school at 0850 a.m. only
1550  School via Ballasalla, Santon, Newtown to Douglas (Victoria St)

1A      1600  School via Colby Bridge to Port Erin

2        0804  Port Erin (Bridson St) via PSM harbour (at 0812), Shore Hotel (0817) to school 0825
1550  TWO BUSES: School via Shore Hotel and Bridson St to PSM

8        0816  Higher Foxdale via Silverdale, Ballasalla (0828) and Airport (0830) to school at 0840
1550  School via Ballasalla and Silverdale to Foxdale

12      0810  Douglas (Lord St) via Newtown, Ballasalla (0832) and Airport (0834) to school at 084

School services 61, 62, 62A and 68 routes are replaced by service buses as above

Further details can be found at
http://www.gov.im/publictransport/ViewNews.gov?page=lib/news/publictransport/newbustimetablei.xml

If you have any questions or comments to make about the new timetables, please ring the Infoline, 01624 662525

Bus strike during TT fortnight.  If your child is going to find it difficult to get to an examination on 3rd, 4th or 5th June please contact CRHS straight away and outline the issue.

Sixth form students set for NASA Space School

Two sixth form students from the IOM will take their place this summer alongside students from 21 other countries at NASA’a United Space school.

Christopher Clarke-Halewood from CRHS and Alex Easton from QEII have won scholarships at the two week space school in Houston Texas.  IOM based company ManSat has been offering these annual scholarships since 2000.  The company also awards an annual ‘ManSat Fellowship Grant’ for Manx students seeking to further their studies in space, and scholarships to programs run by the International Space University in Strasbourg.

Pictured are Christopher and Alex with Ian Jarrett, Finance Director of ManSat.NASA Space School - ManSat scholarship winners

GCSE Pod

GCSEPod has over 2500 GCSE specific podcasts which you can watch online on a school or home computer or download to play later on your iPod, iPhone, Blackberry or Android device.  You can navigate the chapters to focus on specific areas, learn about each subject with audio, text and images and find out exactly which podcasts you need to prepare for forthcoming exams.

To access GCSE Pod, click on the logo above. Enter your login details (e.g. j.bloggs@crhs.sch.im)

Your password was given to you by Mrs Doran. Good luck with your revision!

Design and Technology Engineering Sessions over the Easter holidays

Mr. Green and Mr. Mitchell will be holding sessions for students studying Engineering on Thursday  4th April and Friday 5th April from 9.30 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the D & T area.

Easter Revision Sessions for Psychology for Yr 12 and Yr 13

Revision Sessions are being run on Monday 25th March and Tuesday 2nd / Wednesday 3rd April from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in PS3 with Mrs. Jenny Kelly.

The 25th March session will focus on the material needed for the exam (Unit 1 resit) with an opportunity for students to clear up any areas they don’t understand and offer comprehensive revision resources.

The 2nd and 3rd April sessions will focus on exam technique with lots of past questions, model answers and essay guidance.

Details of revision sessions for other subjects will be available after the Easter holidays.

 

Revision Classes for GCSE

Revision Classes, in the following subjects,  will be held  from 18th March to 9th May, excluding Easter Holidays:

After School:

Monday – English, Geography, Chemistry, Art (flexible)

Tuesday – Resistant Materials, Art (flexible), Maths Unit 3 (Higher)

Wednesday – Resistant Materials, Maths Linear, Catering, Art (flexible)

Thursday  and Friday – Art (flexible)

Lunchtime:

Monday  to Friday inclusive - Resistant Materials, Engineering, Electronics,  Art

Monday – History

Wednesday – Geography

 

Bus Strike Wednesday 6th March

The Isle of Man Railway has produced an emergency timetable for transporting students to and from school on Wednesday.

Trains will leave Port Erin Station at 07.35 and 08.10, calling at  Port St. Mary  at 07.38 and 08.13,  and Colby at 07.46 and 08.21.

A train will leave Douglas at 07.55 calling at Port Soderick at 08.08, Santon at 08.16 and Ballasalla at 08.25.

At the end of the school day,  trains will leave School Hill Halt for Douglas, Port Soderick, Santon, and Ballasalla at 16.04 and 17.49.

Trains will leave School Hill Halt for Port Erin, Port St. Mary, and Colby at 16.09 and 17.55