Category: Year 10

Covid testing in January 2022

Natalie McGillivary

Dear parent or carer

Firstly, thank you for your continued engagement with the testing programme at home. It has been extremely valuable in helping to minimise the spread of Covid-19. We will be sending further testing kits home to be used over the Christmas period and request that students test at home on Monday 3rd January.

In addition to this, we have been asked by the Government to test all students once on return to school in January. This means that Years 7 to 11 will return to school on Tuesday 4th January and testing will take place during normal lesson time throughout the day. Years 12 and 13 will receive remote lessons on Tuesday 4th and will return to school on Wednesday 5th January, with testing taking place during form time and period one.

For anyone who is new to the school or has not yet given consent, please complete the form in the link here. If you have previously given consent you do not need to complete this. The consent form will need to be completed separately for each child. Sixth form students are allowed to complete the form themselves. If you are completing the form then please do so before we break up for the holidays.

As a reminder, on the day, if a student were to test positive on the lateral flow test then they would be required to take a confirmatory PCR test. If this test is positive they will then have to isolate, but if it is negative they can return to school.

Having undertaken the testing process a number of times our systems are now very efficient.  However, we are currently in need of some extra volunteers to help with the process. The process is very straight forward and you would have lots of support on the day. If you are available on Tuesday 4th January 8am until 3.10pm and Wednesday 5th January 8am until 10.45am and feel you would be able to help, then please get in touch with Ms McGuffie tmcguffie@lymmhigh.org.uk.

Thanks again for your continued support.

Yours faithfully

Mr R Johnson
Deputy Headteacher

RSHE Webinar

Natalie McGillivary

A reminder about our second online webinar that we are facilitating for parents and carers on Tuesday 14th December, led by the organisation It Happens. This workshop provides a platform for parents and carers to consider guidance on ‘Positive RSHE at home… top tips for brilliant conversations’. The workshop allows for anonymous participation, but this is not compulsory and all guests are asked to have their cameras and microphones off. You do not need to have completed the survey to join us.

The link to the webinar is: https://lymmhigh-org-uk.zoom.us/j/92684382238?pwd=Z0Z1ZHpKVzg3ZzRNWXdZcFFFS1kxdz09

Meeting ID: 926 8438 2238
Passcode: 635751

Time: 6.30-7.30pm

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow,

Year 10 DofE Silver

Natalie McGillivary

Notice about Y10 DofE Silver for students who’ve signed up or are thinking about signing up

Due to numbers who have signed up for Gold and Silver, Get Outside The Classroom now need to combine the Gold and Silver Moel Famau expedition training days across the weekend of  29th/30th January. The Gold training day will not change, but it will mean the Year 10 Silver students will now be doing their training day on Sat 29th Jan and not Sun 30th Jan as the original letter said.

If this new date poses a problem, please get in touch with Ms Dixon (ndixon@lymmhigh.org.uk) so we can process a refund. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Number 42 Bus

Helena Headon

Warrington’s Own Buses have asked us to advise you of the forthcoming closure of Massey Brook Lane, Lymm from next Monday 6th December until the end of term due to roadworks and will affect your service 42 school bus that normally operates from the Wrights Green/Appleton Thorn area then Knutsford Road (A50) and along Cliff Lane, Weaste Lane and Massey Brook Lane. The bus will be unable to operate along the latter three roads and will instead remain on Knutsford Road through to its junction with Stockport Road (A56), it will then divert along Stockport Road and Camsley Lane (A56) towards the School.

It is likely that most pupils affected by this road closure will travel from the Stoneleigh Gardens, Cuerdon Drive and Marie Drive end of Weaste Lane or from Massey Brook Lane, Massey Avenue or Beech Grove which are on the Lymm side of where the motorway viaduct crosses Massey Brook Lane, as these areas are where most housing is located.

Pupils from Stoneleigh Gardens, Cuerdon Drive, Marie Drive and the west end of Weaste Lane will need to board the bus on Knutsford Road near to the junction with Cliff Lane and Bellhouse Lane, the bus will stop alongside the white cottages on Knutsford Road, opposite a marked bus stop visible on the other side of the road.

Pupils from Massey Brook Lane, Massey Avenue and Beech Grove will need to board the bus from the bus stop on Camsley Lane/Booth’s Hill Road opposite the junction with Massey Brook Lane, this bus stop is already used by the other Lymm High School buses. I have been informed by Highways that pedestrian access will be maintained through the roadworks area on Massey Brook Lane.

These arrangements will also apply for alighting in the afternoon, service 42 operates a loop around Grappenhall and Appleton Thorn in the afternoon, normally this is after operating along Massey Brook Lane and Weaste Lane but because of the diversion the loop will be done before reaching the Knutsford Road/Cliff Lane drop off point.

Please click here for a copy of the roadworks map so you can see where the road closure will be (please note the side roads that are shown branching off Weaste Lane are not suitable for buses and so cannot be used to minimise the required diversion).