Author: Natalie McGillivary

New Group Reading Test

Natalie McGillivary

Dear Parent/Carer

As part of our continued commitment to our policy of ‘every student a reader’, we regularly review the progress of all pupils who have been identified as needing additional support.

To ensure we have accurate reading ages for your child, we will be re-testing your son/daughter using the New Group Reading Test (NGRT). The test is a standardised, adaptive assessment to measure reading skills against the national average. The benefits of NGRT are as follows:

  • It is adaptive and responds to a pupil’s ability as they complete the test, so more able readers are challenged, and weaker readers remain engaged.
  • It provides us with a Standard Age Score and a Reading Age – both of which we will use to ensure your child receives the most appropriate, targeted, and timely support.
  • It is widely used in Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) reading intervention projects.

The test will take approximately 30 minutes and is completed on a computer. Your child will be supervised, and if they have an identified special educational need(s), an additional adult will be in the room to support them with logging onto the programme and can answer any questions they may have. Please be aware that as it is a test of reading comprehension and decoding, your child will not be able to have words read to them.

Your child’s form tutor will inform them of the time of their test – all of which will take place on the week of the 6th March. All that we ask of you, as parents/carers, is that you reinforce the importance of reading and encourage your child to try their best throughout the test.

Once we have the results, we will then make sure your child is getting the most relevant support to meet their reading needs.

If you have any questions or concerns about the test itself or would like to know more about our reading and whole school literacy programme, please contact send@lymmhigh.org.uk.

Thank you for your continued support.

Kind regards

Miss K. Yates

Year 9 Choices deadline – Friday 10th March

Natalie McGillivary

Students will be sent a ‘Microsoft Form’ via their school email to make their final options choices in a few days before the deadline, so that they have had their options interview before completing it. Tomorrow in registration, Year 9 form tutors will inform students of the details of their options interview. If you know your child is not going to be in school, please email your child’s form tutor, but please bear in mind that options interviews are scheduled from Wednesday 1st March to Monday 6th March.

If for any reason your child misses their interview, please ask them to find the member of staff or drop them an email to rearrange it. If your child is undecided still and needs any help after their interview, please ask them to see any of the staff listed on the last page of this presentation; a good starting point would be their form tutor.

Turkey/Syria earthquake appeal

Natalie McGillivary

Please read below for the fundraising efforts Lymm High is organising over the next two days for the Turkey/Syria earthquake appeal.

Tomorrow, we are having a cake sale and a raffle so students may wish to bring in some cash. If you would like to donate any cakes for the sale, students can bring these to S107 before form time. Raffle tickets can be purchased from the school shop (in-person and over the phone) and there are some great prizes, including:

  • Refurbished Lenovo L490 Laptop
  • Family portrait session with Andrew Collier
  • Afternoon Tea for two at Statham Lodge
  • Meal for two at Ego’s Lymm
  • Sunday roast platter for two at The Jolly thresher
  • Voucher from Karl Welsh Flowers

On Friday, we will be having a non-uniform day. If students wish to dress down they need to give a pound donation to their form tutors. Please note that students still need to bring their PE kit in for PE lessons.

We are also having our regular end-of-term Doughnut Day event where students can buy Krispy Kreme doughnuts for £1 at breaktime in the main hall. The money raised will be split between the PTA and the earthquake appeal.

Thank you for your support.

E-Safety Information Evening – Thursday 9th February

Natalie McGillivary

Our E-Safety Information Evening for parents and carers is on this Thursday (9th February) at 6pm. The details to join this online event are below:

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