Good morning families of G29 Year 7 students!
We have had such a wonderful week with your children exploring what it means to be Crew.
School Website
Our school website is the main way that we communicate messages to all parents.
Please make sure that you have subscribed to email updates from our website when we make posts. There is a button on our website front page where you fill in your email address. If you need help with this contact our office on 0191 4814360 or [email protected] and we can get you signed up.
Lots of information on day to day matters such as dress code, arrival times, lunches etc. can be found on the FAQ (frequently asked questions) part of our school website. You can access this at any time by clicking on the parents part of the menu of or school menu.
Each week on Sunday we post an update with important information on the week ahead.
School Twitter Account
We use the school Twitter account to give parents and families an insight into day to day school life and to promote the great work that your children do, just as we have done during the Ullswater Outward Bound adventure this week – more photos to follow!
Parents’ Facebook Group
Thanks for the messages of support that have been put on the Parents’ Facebook Group. Please do use this group and sign up if you have not already done so. This group is a peer to peer support group for parents and is a great help when discussing things like sharing transport to school etc.
Please keep the conversation going on there, it really helps us to build our community and share our stories.
Advance notice for this week for G29 (Year 7)
Students will be working in their Crews on Monday and Tuesday reflecting on their Outward Bound experience and thinking about what Crew looks like in the Classroom.
We will hand out iPads to students that have ordered them on Monday. These will come with instructions on how to set these up on the school management system which is a fairly straightforward process. Students will need to set these up at home on Monday evening.
On Monday students will also bring home their letter with instructions on how to set up your ParentPay account for school lunches.
Regular lessons are in classes of 25 students. Students will find out their classes on Tuesday this week.
They will have their first PE session on Wednesday of this week, and must bring PE kit to change into. More details on our dress code can be found here.
Students will start immersion for their new learning expedition on Thursday this week.
Students will carry out fieldwork on Friday of this week too. More details have been shared in a separate post with important information about timings and lunches for that day.