From the Head Teacher

Parent Cards

At the secondary campus, we use Parent Identification Cards only to identify adults on site as legitimate visitors and do not require that these cards are used to allow parents to take their children off site at the end of the day.  Secondary students are free to leave the campus at the end of their lessons or scheduled activities.

For this reason, there is little value in updating the Secondary parent cards with new student photographs each year.
We do ask, however, that parents wear their cards while on site.  This makes identification much simpler and allows guards and teachers to challenge those without a visible card.  This will do much to keep all children safe while on the campus.  Lanyards and card holders are available free of charge from Reception.

Canteen Photo Cards

Children new to the school are issued with blank canteen cards on arrival while we print the photo cards.  The new cards will be ready for collection next week.  Students can take their blank cards to the canteen office in the Underground to exchange for a photo card at lunchtimes.  The value on the card will be transferred immediately to the new card.

If parents wish to check what their children are spending their money on, a printout of the meals purchased can also be obtained from the canteen office.

Activities

Our extra-curricular activities programme started this week and I am delighted to see how many of our students are involved in community service and action, sports, the arts, and pursuits that are not so easily categorised.   At the start of this week we had the following participation figures:

Y7 = 87% sign up

Y8 = 85% sign up

Y9 = 87% sign up

Y10 = 87% sign up

Y11 = 93% sign up

Y12 = 92% sign up

Y13 = 87% sign up

As parents, do use CHQ to check your child’s attendance at their allocated activities and make sure you know what activities they are doing.  Do also talk to them – find out what they have been up to before, after and between lessons.

Richard Dyer

Head Teacher

Secondary