Month: January 2023

Please click here to read a letter from Mrs Richards, Head of Performing Arts, regarding upcoming Chinese Dragon Dance workshops being held for our Year 7 students.

Further to Friday’s letter, please find below an updated version of the Core Mock timetable for Year 11 students. All students should have their revision well underway, with staff offering guidance and support in lessons and at revision sessions.

Please click here to read about the Year 9 Parents’ Evening on Thursday 16th February.

After the February half term, Year 11 students will sit their second and final set of mock exams, which will focus on core subjects only (English, Maths and Science). Staff will be setting revision-specific homework to help students in their preparation for this. This is in addition to students completing their own revision in the evenings and over the break. Assemblies and form time will continue to be utilised to share best practice for revision, as well as looking at motivation and building exam resilience. To read the letter sent home about this, click here.

Due to the range of media and technology available to students in the 21st Century, it is becoming harder to engage young people in reading. It is a fact, however, that reading proves the master skill of school, and developing a life-long reading habit can dramatically improve student outcomes.

On Monday 30th January, we will be running a short ‘How to Support your Child with Reading’ evening which aims to offer help and guidance for parents, and offer a better understanding of the interventions we have running in school. While this evening is intended predominantly for those parents of students taking part in reading interventions (for whom, invitations should already have been received), we would like to extend this invite to any parents who would like to know more about supporting their child’s reading skills.

If you would like to join us, please confirm your attendance here.