Dear Families
I hope you are all well. I am writing to give you an update as we enter the third week of our return to full face to face teaching.
It has been very pleasing to see how all year groups have settled back in so the school routines and study habits. For Y11 and Y13 this is a particularly important period as we prepare for teacher assessed grades for this year’s GCSEs and A-Levels.
Before we came back the drama department ran a competition which invited year 7 pupils to create their own silent movies!
We had lots of excellent entries and we have been able to narrow it down to 4 winners - David Buttery, Rosa Turk, Libbie Lefebvre and Lily Garnett.
We also awarded 4 runners up - Keagan Harwood, Michael Kinealy, Amelie Stirrett and Lucas Samuel.
Well done everyone!
Dear Families
Up to one in three people who have COVID-19 can spread the virus without knowing. This is because they have no symptoms. To reduce the spread of the virus, we need to identify those individuals. We can do this in college by carrying out tests at home twice every week, 3-4 days apart.
The Government has recently announced that all secondary and college aged students will be offered tests to make the return to college safer for everyone.
Dear parents, carers, Year 11 and Year 13 pupils
I am very much aware that you have many questions regarding the awarding of grades for GCSEs and A Levels in Summer 2021. Please find below the answers to some FAQs which I hope you will find helpful.
Dear Families
Firstly, many thanks for all of the positive feedback that we are receiving regarding remote teaching and learning – your support with this is very much appreciated and never taken for granted. I write further to the government announcement regarding the return to face to face teaching for all pupils, we are looking forward to welcoming back more of our pupils from Monday 8th March.
Dear Parents and Carers
Our school is offering support for parents and carers commencing in the form of a four session programme of reflective groups led by a trained facilitator. The theme of the group beginning this half term is ‘Parenting adolescents: reflecting on the challenges.’ The sessions will provide some knowledge and understanding of adolescent development and strategies to support your child through these challenging times.
Dear Families
I hope you are all keeping well.
Firstly, I would like to express my sincere thanks to you as parents and carers, to our pupils and to all our staff for your hard work and commitment, particularly over the past six weeks of online learning.
Dear Families
I hope you are well. We are entering our fifth week of online learning following the Christmas break. Many thanks for all the positive feedback we have received – it is very much appreciated by all staff across the College.
Dear Families
I hope you are all keeping safe and well.
I write to update you on a number of matters
Dear Parents and Carers,
As you know the Prime Minister announced on the 4th January that the country needs once again to move into a national lockdown, because the new variant of COVID-19 is spreading rapidly leading to acute pressure in the NHS and further loss of life.
12 January 2021
Dear Parents and Carers
I hope that you and your families are all keeping safe and well during this time. I write to provide you with an update on a number of pertinent updates.
Dear Parents & Carers
In order to streamline and improve communication channels between key staff and our parents at SJP, we have set up a number of specific email addresses. Please use these to contact relevant year teams, get support with IT / Google classroom login issues, report safeguarding or subject queries / contacting departmental staff.