Newsletter 87 - End of Term 5 Newsletter
End of Term 5
Term 5 started with a great Work Experience week with Year 10 and I was delighted to have lots of emails from employers saying how diligent our students were.
At the start of term, we launched our new Behaviour Policy. Early signs show this has had a positive impact as we strive to have disruption free learning. Thank you for your support with this and for checking ClassCharts to have discussions at home. Congratulations to all students who have received values pins this term!
It has also seen the start of the formal examination period and I am grateful for the support the Academy is providing to Year 11 and 13 students. Year 11 are now half way through their exams. They now have a week to continue revising and also recharge their energy levels for the final two weeks in Term 6.
At last some nice weather has arrived and it is great to see our new outdoor table tennis tables in full use. All students are welcome to use them, they just need to collect the bats from Mr Jones at the start of lunchtime.
Schools across the country are seeing an increasing number of students who bring vapes on to the school site. Mr Gale has recently sent home some information about the dangers of this and they are, of course, banned substances. As a school we have had limited issues with this so far this year, however, I am disappointed to say that there have been a number of students seen in toilets together and we will assume that it is for this reason. We have invested further in CCTV cameras which are now at the entrance to each toilet area. Toilet areas are also supervised to ensure younger students in particular feel safe.
Term 6 is always a great term and alongside great learning it is packed with activities and celebrations. A particular highlight will be our Art & Photography exhibition on 11th July at 5:00pm before our Prize Giving Evening. Please do keep this evening free as
we would love to see as many parents as possible come to the Art Exhibition. If your son or daughter are nominees for Prize Giving this invitation will come to you via email the week before.
As we head towards the Summer holiday, if you are purchasing new uniform and the old uniform is still wearable then do consider donating it to school and we will provide it to a student who needs one. With that in mind, SkoolKit have a pop up shop in school selling uniform on Thursday, 17th August, 12:00pm – 2:00pm.
I hope that you have plans to enjoy some family time over half term. There will be revision sessions in school which Year 11 and 13 can attend and many thanks to the staff giving up their time to do these.
Have a lovely half term.
Mrs Moore
Headteacher