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Newsletter 14th September —18th September 2020

Committed to Achievement

Weekly Calendar

Monday 14th September Year 13 Career Appointments

Tuesday 15th September Year 13 Career Appointments

Wednesday 16th September Year 13 Career Appointments

Thursday 17th September Year 13 Career Appointments

Friday 18th September No Events

We have had an extremely busy week and I am delighted with how positively our school community has adapted to the new routines, timetable and safety procedures. I have been very proud that our community have tried their very best, something I asked everyone to reflect on in my recent assembly. To ensure our school and wider community remain safe, I would like to remind parents/carers that children who display symptoms of COVID must not come into school. Students who display symptoms should arrange a test and students must not return to school until they have been notified that their test is negative. It has been heart-warming to learn of a number of students within the community who have been acknowledged for their kindness, humanity and thoughtfulness. They really do epitomise the ethos of our school and are role models to the whole school community. Very well done to you all! As always, a huge thank you must go to you all for your unwavering support, ensuring the safe return of your children. I am also very grateful for the kind comments and gratitude that have been emailed into school. Wishing you a great weekend Cathrin Thomas

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Welcome back to Year 10

Welcome back to Year 8

Welcome back to Year 9

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Recent Letters

Year 12 – The Duke of Edinburgh’s

Gold Award

Year 13 Art Letter

Year 12 Art Letter

Year 11 Art Letter

Year 10 Art Letter

Year 10 Graphics Letter

Year 9 Graphics Letter

Year 9 Art Letter

Welcome back to Year 13

Welcome back to Year 11

Class of 2027

Year 7’s time capsule “Letters to Ourselves” about hopes,

dreams and ambitions, is filling up!

What will the world look like when Year 7 are in Year 13 in

2027?

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COVID-19 Government Guidance

If your child is displaying any potential covid-19 symptoms:

Keep your child at home and inform the school.

Arrange a COVID-19 test - It is important that you do NOT send your child back to school prior to

receiving a negative test result. Any siblings can continue to attend school whilst you are awaiting

the result.

Please inform the school of the test result.

If the test is positive please keep your child at home for at least 10 days until they no longer have

any symptoms, or until they just have a cough or changes to their sense of smell. Any siblings must

remain at home self-isolating for 14 days.

Cycling Safely to School

It is lovely to see so many students cycling to school!

To ensure the safety of your child and others we must remind you of the

following:

Bicycle helmets are compulsory.

Students should not cycle on the pavement.

Thank you

Toilet Breaks

We wish students to use the toilet facilities in their break times and not during lessons as their learning

has already been so disrupted it is important that we have good routines in place.

Should there be an essential need to go, or medical reasons, then our students are collected and

escorted to the toilet. This is to ensure we are adhering to our risk assessment and students are

remaining in their year bubble when in school.

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Year 9 HPV Consent Letter

This letter can also be viewed on our website: Click Here

HPV_vaccination__for_all_leaflet_2020.pdf

https://www.berkshireimmunisations.co.uk/

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/

https://vk.ovg.ox.ac.uk/vk/