Month: December 2025
Y11 PARENTS’ EVENING BOOKING SYSTEM NOW OPEN: Year 11 Parents Evening Wednesday 7th January 4pm – 7pm
5 Dec 2025
Use the link to access the online parent evening booking system.
Please use the link below to book your appointments
https://parkvaleacademy.parentseveningsystem.co.uk/
Click here for a parents evening guide to using the system
Questions you may wish to ask at parents’ evenings
Jot down a list of questions and/or observations (not too many, though) on each subject in advance so you’re your appointments are focused and make the most of the limited time.
Some useful questions might be:
- Is my child’s progress in line with the teacher’s expectations?
- Has he or she done anything particularly well, or badly?
- What can he or she do to improve?
- Are they attending the extra revision sessions after school?
- How can I help as a parent?
- How can you help as his or her teacher?
- How much time should my child’s homework for this subject take?
- How much time should my child be reading for?
- What do his or her grades tell us about possible performance in important future exams?
- Does he or she contribute in lessons?
- How does my child get along with the other pupils in the class and the teachers?
Make a note on the night of the teachers’ answers – after a couple of hours whisking from one subject to another, it can be easy to forget or muddle the comments.
…And more questions
Most teachers have a wealth of knowledge and experience, so ask for their guidance and suggestions on how you can help your child to do their best in the subject. If a teacher says something you don’t understand, ask for clarification. Parents are not expected to know all about a subject or a method of teaching.
Constructive criticism
Good teaching means identifying areas for improvement, so don’t be offended if you hear criticism of your child. This should always be constructive and designed to help them to achieve their potential in the subject. If your child is with you, try not to sound disappointed or negative – or tell your child off! Take the advice of the teacher as a positive step towards better marks in the future. Remember that it’s rarely helpful to compare your child’s performance to other members of the class, set or year group – what’s important is that they are achieving in line with their own capabilities, not those of others.
Y10 A Christmas Carol Performance- 3rd December 2025
2 Dec 2025
All Year 10 students at Park Vale Academy will see a performance of A Christmas Carol on 3rd December 2025 as part of their GCSE studies.
Students will experience a cold, bleak, biting Christmas Eve and old miser Scrooge is not full of the Christmas spirit. In fact he hates Christmas…(“humbug!” he calls it.) But on returning home he suddenly finds himself visited by four ghostly apparitions come to teach him a lesson; his old partner Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet To Come.
But as Christmas day dawns are these apparitions and their dire warnings enough to make Scrooge see the error of his ways?
DNA Drama Workshop Monday 15th December 2025
1 Dec 2025
DNA UK TOUR AT PVA – Yr 10 GCSE Drama Students
Quirky Bird Theatre’s hugely popular production of Dennis Kelly’s DNA will be at Park Vale Academy on 15th December 2025. Now in its fourth year, this touring theatre has been visiting schools and colleges across the UK since 2018.
Anna Friend’s production has been described as
“stunning…superb directorial interpretation”
“I’ve seen DNA three times including at the National Theatre and this is best production I’ve seen”
“Quirky Bird Theatre is full of creativity and innovation”
A fast paced and brutal piece written in 2008, now studied at GCSE, this play hurtles through the dynamics of a crumbling friendship group, following a night of vodka…
It’s about being part of something..
It’s about how far you’re willing to go…
It’s about murder…
It leaves it’s audience breathless and asks the question….
What would you do?
The Christmas Collection – Thurs 11th December 2025 [5.30 – 7.00pm]
1 Dec 2025
Get ready for a magical festive celebration with The Christmas Spectacular! Presented by the Park Vale Academy Performing Arts faculty, this family-friendly revue features dazzling holiday songs, high-energy choreography, and show-stopping musical theatre numbers.
From sparkling ensemble dances to joyful vocal performances, The Christmas Spectacular brings the magic of Christmas to life on stage!
