Dates For Your Diary

Wednesday 21st March: Year 7 Ignite Finals 4pm-6pm
Thursday 22nd March: Great Oracy Exhibition/Staff Planning Day      (more information to follow)
Friday 23rd March: Comic Relief - Wear red & donate £1
Wednesday 28th March: Evo Project Yr5 & 7
Wednesday 28th March: Wear a Onesie and donate £1 for Autism 
(more informtaion to follow) 
Wednesday 28th March: Last day of Term 3:15pm Finish
Spring Break Begins Thursday 29th March - Friday 13th April 

LATE ARRIVALS

Late arrival to school results in interruptions to the learning process. Parents are encouraged to have students to school on time. Parents who come to drop their child to school after 8:30am start must come in to the office to sign-in.  All children need to be signed in using our new electronic system, which will change the class register to show that they are on school premises.  
*Excessive tardiness to school may be referred to the Local Authority for action and possible court referral.

NOTICES

ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY

 If your child is absent please contact the school the same day with the reason for the absence. 

.          For absences between 1 – 3 days: a daily telephone call or an e-mail to the school: attendance@school21.org.uk / htayfur@school21.org.uk  from parents/carers by 8:30am stating student’s name, class, year and reason for your child's absence  (please only use your child's initials in the subject heading of any email).

·         For absences between 4 – 5 days we will require letter or proof of medication with an explanation on or before the child’s return to school.

·         For absences of 5 days and over parents must provide written medical evidence i.e a prescription or appointment letter.

We will inform you if your child's absence or lateness causes concern and will work with you to find a way of improving your child's attendance. If you would like to discuss your child’s attendance / punctuality or have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the attendance officer at the school via the above email address.

*Punctuality
It is important that your child attends school on time- Primary, Middle and Secondary (8:30am). A pupil arriving late will disrupt not only his/her learning but also that of others.

In responding to lateness, we will take into account individual circumstances in each case. It may be that late arrival stems from unavoidable circumstances, however, we will seek an early meeting with parents where lateness is an issue and circumstances  will be discussed.

*Good Habits -Regular attendance including punctuality helps your child become reliable and organised. Good attendance and punctuality is vital if all pupils are to take full advantage of the educational opportunities available to them.

*Meetings- If parents would like to arrange a meeting with a member of staff, please email them directly to arrange this.  The school office does not have access to staff diaries, but can provide parents with the email address of the member of staff they would like to get in touch with.  We cannot arrange spontaneous meetings with staff as they follow a daily timetable, have scheduled meetings to attend and may be required to cover lessons. 

*Water bottles in school - Please make sure that your child has a water (filled only with water) bottle in school. 

*Walking Home Alone - If your child walks home alone, please make sure that they use a safe, well lit and busy route. They should not be walking through the park alone and if possible, walk home with a friend. Below is a link to the NSPCC website with more information. 

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/services-and-resources/research-and-resources/2015/out-alone/

*School Uniform - Children must always come into school with correct full school uniform which includes tie and black shoes (black trainers are not acceptable). If your child comes to school in the incorrect uniform parents will be notified.  Please ensure that your child has the correct School21 PE Kit on PE days.

*Safe Parking - We are disappointed to say that despite several notices, some of our parents are still not following the "no parking" yellow zig-zag signs outside the school premises.  We are now in the process of working with the local authority to ensure that parking laws are adhered to.  Parking illegally causes a health and safety hazard for our parents and especially our children.  Please keep them safe!

*Scooters - Children (and parents/carers) MUST NOT ride scooters on school premises.  This poses a threat for themselves and for parents and children in the area.

*Equipment - Parents please ensure your child comes into school with all the equipment and food they will need for the day.  The front office will not be responsible for taking things to classroom as this is disruptive to children's learning.

*Celebration - Please ensure birthday/celebration cakes that you wish to share with your child's class are given to your child's class teacher in the morning when you drop them off and is sliced, completely nut free (no traces) and suitable for vegetarians.  We will not accept any cakes/treats that do not meet this criteria.  Please consider providing plates/tissues (cup-cakes are always the neatest to share!).  Thank you for your co-operation with regards to all notices.

History of Surgery

This week Year 5 have been working hard to create the set and backdrops for their history of surgery project. Each scene has been individually made by the Year 5's and props and costumes are also coming along nicely!

Great Oracy Exhibition Preparation

This week Year 5 had a day of making and rehearsing for their immersive theatre show based on 'Has surgery always been at the cutting edge?'  We started designing the props each group will need for their piece of our timeline and painted backdrops. 

The performance will be at the Great Oracy Exhibition next Thursday, 22nd March. All year 5s will be needed from 12:00pm to get ready and set up and the performance will run from 1:00pm. Please make sure your child has eaten before they arrive for the performance! They may wish to bring along a snack for the afternoon though as there is a break from 2:30pm - 3:30pm. The performance will start again as part of the primary exhibition from 3:30pm - 5:30pm.

We will be based in classrooms around the middle school hall. Please come and find us there! 

There are no clubs on 

Thursday 22nd March (Oracy Exhibition Day)

All clubs end on the week beginning Monday 19th March

Children with Medical Needs:

If your child needs to be administered with medication during the school day, please:

1.  Make sure the medication is prescribed by a doctor for the child taking the medication, that the medication is in the original packaging and the expiry date is clearly shown.

2. Take the medication to reception where you will be asked to fill out a medication form.

If you have recently been issued with a medical care plan for your child please read the plan, amend if necessary, sign and return to reception.

If your child is on crutches and wants to attend school, they must first have a risk assessment before being allowed to go to class. Please email mbarthram@school21.org.uk to arrange for a risk assessment to take place.