May 9th 2025

Dear Parents

Thank you for all your support this week.

This week, we have marked Victory in Europe Day via assembly and a reading by Mr Boston, before a minute’s silence yesterday at midday.

VE Day 80

By 1.30pm today, students had earned 2319 Excellent Effort Points for submission of personal best home- or classwork assignments.

We have also sent a number of Homework reminder texts today, so some students will doubtless receive both Excellent Effort Points and Homework text reminders.

Where you do receive Homework text reminders for your child, please take a moment with them to go through what Homework is set for them by checking what they have written down in their planner and what shows in Google classroom. Where students regularly receive Homework reminder texts, they will simply progress more slowly than their peers.

Separately, last week we sent 199 Bronze, Silver or Gold commendation certificates to parents where their child was nominated by teachers for the submission of personal best assignments during the recent remote learning day before the Easter Holiday

 

Bronze = 4 teacher Nominations

Silver = 5 or 6 teacher Nominations

Gold = 7 + teacher Nominations

 

308 students were nominated by 2 of their teachers and 403 students by 1 of their teachers and they received a letter of commendation.

Congratulations also to the large number of Years 11 & 13 students attending early morning or after school revision sessions for their Public Examinations, which are now getting underway.

 

Year 11 Weekly Revision Tips – Tuesday, May 6th   

Year 13 Weekly Revision Tips – Tuesday, May 6th

 

When we commence Public Examinations, we will vary our timetable, in order to ensure we provide students in Years 11 & 13 with the best possible support in advance of their next examinations by having the ‘right’ teacher for the ‘right’ subject in class with them, so we can give the best possible final pre examination advice in any given subject.

I cannot emphasise enough the importance of students maintaining the highest high levels of attendance to all their lessons during Public Examinations, so they draw maximum benefit from teacher support.

We will remain mindful and watchful of student welfare and well-being in these crucial weeks. But if you have any concerns about your child or their understanding of what they need to revise to do their personal Best, please let us know. We are here to help.

Year 11 - Revision Planning, Revision Tips and Managing Stress – Guides for Parents and Students

Year 13 - Revision Planning, Revision Tips and Managing Stress – Guides for Parents and Students

With - thank goodness - warmer weather today, we have again loosened our requirement for students to wear blazers in classrooms during lessons and require that they wear them as they move around the site. We will loosen and tighten our requirements as we go, hopefully in step with the glorious British weather, keeping everyone as comfortable as possible and with students looking neat and ready to excel in their learning! 

Have a lovely weekend.

Yours sincerely,

Charles Joseph

Principal