On Friday, 8H all voted for which rights they would like to be used for our class charter. They thought about which ones were most important to them and ones they would like to enjoy and respect. We then thought about how we would respect these rights in order for everyone to enjoy them. A photo of our finished charter with the winning rights and our promises will be uploaded very soon!!
Well done to all of our students in KS3 and KS4 who put themselves forward to be buddies to our new Y7 students. I am sure you will be excellent role models. I promise to have a buddy party when Covid is over but in the meantime we will have virtual meetings. Some of our Y11 buddies have already written the Y7’s a welcome letter which put lots of smiles on their faces and helped them settle into school on Thursday and Friday! Wear those badges with pride guys!! It was lovely to be able to award you with the badges at our first virtual TEAMS assembly.
Hazel class have had a lovely first week back.
We have spent some time getting to know one another and the environment around us.
Have a lovely weekend.
The smiles say it all!
It was so lovely to see everyone today, amazing smiling faces and having lots of fun with old friends and new friends.
We couldn’t be prouder of the way the children have adapted to new systems at school-well done everyone!
We are so looking forward to an action packed year of fun and learning.
What an amazing start Birch class!
It was great to see your children at school today and I think I speak for all the staff when I say it was wonderful to see pupils in class again. As you can imagine there were a few teething problems but we have changed a few things ready for tomorrow. I have attached a letter to this blog which hopefully will answer any questions you may have about school. One thing we would like to change to limit the congregation at the end of school is that if your child is in secondary could you pick them up from the top gate please.
If, after reading the letter you require any more information or you are not sure about something please don’t hesitate to contact school.
Click the link for the latest LMI Bulletin.
https://www.supportinginspiration.org.uk/ne/lmi-bulletin-issue-460
In this week’s
- Job prospects in hospitality and engineering
- New NELEP Chair
- Study on changing jobs
- Self-employment
- Where is it hardest to find a job?
Regards
LMI
Good Evening Everyone
Hope you are well and enjoying the last few days of the holidays. We have updated the arrangements for when we return in September and I will put these on the website and the Facebook page on Tuesday when hopefully all advice and information from the Government is completed.
In the meantime here is a summary in the short term.
Pupils will return to school on Thursday.
The timings of the school day will be the same but this will be subject to change once we have returned.
Both Primary and Secondary pupils will be arriving at school in the same minibuses.
Secondary pupils will be dropped off at the top gate where they will be met by their form staff.
Primary pupils will be dropped off at the bottom gates where they will be met by their classroom staff.
Lunches – pupils can bring in packed lunches. These should be in either a plastic container that needs to be taken home and thoroughly cleaned every day or in a sealed disposable bag which will be binned at the end of lunch. Any containers left in school at the end of the day will unfortunately have to be binned.
Bags- pupils can bring in bags but these must remain in the form class at all times until home time.
Phones and other electronic devices can be used for the journey to school but must be handed in to form staff. These will be then stored in the safe in the office and returned at the end of the school day.
All pupils will be provided with their own stationary pack that only they must use. They will also be given their own personal laptop.
Masks- current advice is “pupils have to wear masks on public transport and on dedicated home to school transport, so children over 11 will be required to wear masks in those circumstances. “But where children are with the same consistent group of people each day, then the current scientific advice is that it’s not necessary to do so.”
Advice is changing all the time with regard to masks, we do not want masks to be a distraction in class but we understand that for some of our pupils it will help them to feel more confident about returning to school. To support parental preference at this time we will allow pupils to wear a mask within the classroom under the following conditions:
Parents have informed us they wish their child to wear a mask.
Both parents and the pupil accept that the mask must be worn throughout the day and will be removed as minimally as possible.
The pupil will place the mask in the labelled Ziploc bag and will leave it there when requested by staff.
Both parents and pupil accept that the mask will be plain with no potentially offensive images or messages.
If a mask is to be worn for the duration of travel the mask must be removed when in the form class and placed in the labelled Ziploc bag.
Hands will be washed after handling the mask.
Only the straps will be touched.
Disposable masks will be placed in the classroom bin.
If you have any further questions or queries please don’t hesitate to get in touch with school via phone, email or via the Facebook page or website.
We’ve had a lovely morning with our Y11 students collecting exam results. Those of you who were unable to attend will receive results in the post.
Well Done everyone!
Click the link for the latest LMI Bulletin.
https://www.supportinginspiration.org.uk/ne/lmi-bulletin-issue-459
In this week’s
- Job prospects in Seaham and Redcar
- Protection of work at the BT call centre in Newcastle
- Vacancy update – increase in vacancies
- Labour market update
Regards
LMI
Y11 parents/carers – appointments for the collection of Exam results on 20th August will be forwarded to you by text shortly. If you are unable to attend we will be happy to post results. Mrs Beckham and Mr Davis will be in school on 19th and 20th August to help with any queries. A leavers event and hoodies will be organised when we return to school in September – more information will follow. Stay Safe 👍