Weekly Update – 4 April 2025
Please see our latest newsletter for the half term here.
Mr Borkowski has written this letter about uniform in the Summer term. See this link for uniform clarification.
Year 11 parents and carers have received a letter explaining the support available during the GCSE period. Any questions can be directed to Mrs Glover.
Neurodiversity Celebration Week was in March and we raised awareness of celebrating different minds through House assemblies and tutor time activities during the weeks beginning 10th and 17th March. You can find more information about the campaign using this link.
On Tuesday 1st April we delivered our fifth Inclusive Schools training session to staff which had an ADHD focus. Thank you for all parental input received, it really does provide a valuable insight to support our professional development programme. Our mission through our Inclusive Schools training is “To develop teacher expertise to ensure that we deliver a high quality of education for all, based on core principles of inclusion, with high challenge, high aspiration and high support at the heart of our school culture and ethos.” With World Autism Acceptance Month being April 2025, our next Inclusive Schools session will focus on Autism and will be held on Tuesday 6th May.
We would love to have parental feedback as part of our training session so if you or your child has an Autism diagnosis, please contact Mrs Plunkett to share your thoughts on what school is like and what strategies are supportive, alongside any other views you would like to share.
Check out the latest Trip Bulletin! The next trip cycle starts on Tuesday 22 April. Keep an eye on your inbox for application emails that day, as exciting trips to destinations like Sri Lanka, Berlin, and more will be opening!
House Competition: Every week all tutor groups take part in a 15 question quiz. At the end of the Spring term, the quiz scores are as follows:
1st Emerald with 2347 points
2nd Ruby with 2335 points
3rd Sapphire with 2329 points
4th Topaz with 2304 points
5th Quartz with 2283 points
6th Amethyst with 2273 points
The winning House at the end of the Summer term contributes to the final decision of the House Cup winners.
We finally announced the winners of our Design A Book Token competition today. What a creative and imaginative collection of students we have. As with the Decorate the Doors competition, deciding was a tough job. The challenge was to create a design using the theme ‘Read Your Way’, and we had many clever and artistic responses. A very well done to all participating students. All those who entered will be rewarded with achievement points.
Our winners are:
Winner £10 voucher – Belle L
Runners Up £5 vouchers – Vera S, Safiyyah H, Dex G, Natalie N
Easter Eggs – Annabel R, Sophie C, Chloe B
And here are some of the winning designs:
Library: Click here for our usual Library news and Books of the Week.
Personal Best Education are delivering their Hampshire Teen Project this Easter holidays here at school. It includes an enriching programme offered to students aged 11-16 who are in receipt of benefit-related free school meals, giving them the opportunity to take part in a range of engaging activities. See this link for full details.
The PE department are seeking additional sponsorship for new kit, specifically for Year 9 boys football and girls football kit across all years. If your company would be interested in supporting us, please contact Mr Frizzell.
Community Notices:
Please see this link for the latest version of the Supporting Families Newsletter covering Hart and Rushmoor.
Y10 & Y11 students may be interested in this online babysitting course running in June.
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