Please see the poster below for places kids can eat free (or for £1) in the summer holidays.
Exam certificates for collection
Our exams office still has a significant number of June 2024 exam certificates awaiting collection for both Year 11 and Year 13 students.
If your child has not yet collected their certificates please could they come into school next week between the following days/times to collect these; Monday 14 July to Wednesday 16 July between 9am and 1pm.
Any queries, please contact [email protected].
Instrumental tuition for September
A reminder that students need to sign up for instrumental tuition for September, including those students who have been receiving lessons this year (it won’t automatically be assumed that they wish to continue).
All continuing students will have received an email via SchoolPost. Any students wanting to start tuition or who may need more information can contact Ms Harrisson [email protected], who will send the sign up letter and further information.
Instruments include piano, acoustic/electric/bass guitar, ukulele, voice, flute, brass (trumpet, cornet, trombone, euphonium, French horn), strings (violin, viola, ‘cello, double bass), drum kit, steel pans (group lesson).
Safeguarding information
Please see the posters below for information about help available in the summer holidays.
Change to Stagecoach bus services 532 and 31
Stagecoach have informed us that their bus services 532 and 31 will merge from the start of the school year in September. All the suburbs that are currently served will continue to receive bus service, but the times will change to reflect the longer route being followed.
Dyslexia Awareness
You may have seen Jamie Oliver in the news recently with his new Channel 4 documentary on his latest school campaign; it’s no longer school dinners but Dyslexia that he’s fighting for. His home county of Essex, like Warwickshire, no longer funds Dyslexia testing or support, leaving children (like he was) flagging and failing in school without help.
Summer reading recommendations for students
Here are some summer reading suggestions for students from our English department and LRC.
Summer reading suggestions for adults
Here are some summer reading suggestions for adults from our English department and LRC.
Bedrock Superstars!
In Year 7 and 8 we use ‘Bedrock Vocabulary’ with all of our students. Bedrock Vocabulary is an online literacy program completed both in LRC lessons and for homework, that helps children learn the academic words they need to succeed in school and beyond. Children complete lots of varied modules where they get pre-tested on important vocabulary, read fiction and non-fiction texts, complete interactive activities, learn the new vocabulary in context and then complete a post-test to see how much they have learned. The program adapts to their level, tells them how and why they might have got things wrong in real-time and marks itself automatically.
Safeguarding
If you have a safeguarding concern you wish to discuss during the summer holidays, please email [email protected] – this inbox will be manned throughout the break by Miss Grant and Ms Durden who will be able to respond to any queries or worries.
