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31 Jan Extended form
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2 Feb GCSE & A Level exams end, Yr 8 Parents Evening 
3 Feb Yr 11 D&T Controlled assessment and practical work completed 
6 Feb GCSE English Literature Mock exams start Extended form
8 Feb 6th Form Spanish Exchange departs, Yr 9 Parents Evening - Options 
10 Feb Yr 9 DTP Booster / GCSE H&Sc Controlled assessments and English Language mock exams end, End of Half Term 

20 Feb Return to school 
23 Feb Extended form
24 Feb Yr 11 D&T Controlled assessment Folio hand-in date 
27 Feb AS H&Sc Work Experience starts, MFL Controlled assessments start / GCSE Maths re-sit 
29 Feb GCSE Art/Photo exam / Yr 9 Careers Insight Event, Yr 10 Parents Evening 
1 Mar GCSE Art/Photo exam / GCSE Science Modules / AS/AS P Design/Textiles practical completion date 
2 Mar AS H&Sc Work Experience ends, GCSE Art/Photo exam / Yr 10 Maths & Science Modules / Maths re-sit Extended form
5 Mar GCSE H&Sc Controlled assessments start / GCSE Maths re-sit 6 Mar GCSE Art/Photo exam / MFL Controlled assessments end, 6th form Open Afternoon Extended form
7 Mar GCSE Art/Photo exam / AS & A2 oral exams start 8 Mar January Results, GCSE Art/Photo exam 
9 Mar 6th Form offers to Year 11 / Yr 11 Spanish resits end 
12 Mar National Science Week 
13 Mar National Science Week Extended form
14 Mar National Science Week, AS Art Exam, Yr 7 Parents Everning 
15 Mar National Science Week, BBC School News Report 
16 Mar National Science Week, AS Photography Exam 
21 Mar Extended form
23 Mar 6th Form Offer deadline 
26 Mar Yr 11 French/German re-sits start 
27 Mar A2 Art Exam 
28 Mar Yr 9/11 Spanish Madrid trip departs, A2 Photography Exam 
29 Mar Year 11 Parents Evening Extended form
30 Mar Non-uniform day - main school / GCSE H&Sc Controlled assessments start / French/German re-sits end / AS/A2 P Design/Textiles hand in date, Break up for Easter 

STATEMENT

When you have finished using your external USB memory stick you can just pull it out of the USB slot.

Is this statement correct? YES NO

Hopefully you chose ‘no’. But, if this is correct, why shouldn’t you yank out the device?

ANSWER

When an external storage device such as a USB memory stick or an external hard disk is connected to the computer it becomes part of the operating system and it appears as an extra drive letter in the filing system.

The operating system will now treat the device in the same way as any other drive on the internal hard disk, writing and reading files to and from it.

Should you disconnect the external device without letting the operating system know about it, it could be in the middle of a ‘read’ or ‘write’ operation. This may cause corruption of the file or even the entire filing system on the memory device.

Therefore, you should always use the “safely remove hardware” application that is part of the operating system. In this way, the operating system can disconnect the device properly and your files will not be at risk of corruption.

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