Category: Year 10

Apprentify talk

Natalie McGillivary

All  students in Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 are invited to attend a drop-in session with Scott Austin, Head of Talent at Apprentify. He will be joining us at lunchtime on Thursday 21st April 1.30–2pm in The Studio, upstairs in the Leisure Centre.

Apprentify pride themselves on offering a unique approach to finding, recruiting and training the best digital and technical apprentices for roles such as Digital Marketing, Junior Content Producer, Data Analyst and Software Developer.

They currently work with companies such as JD Sports, Pets at Home, Manchester Airport Group and Liverpool Football Club.

Please come along to meet Scott and find out more about what Apprentify can offer.

You can visit their website https://www.apprentify.com/ or YouTube channel Apprentify – YouTube for more of an insight.

Covid-19 latest guidance

Natalie McGillivary

Dear parents and carers

I hope you are well and have been enjoying the Easter holiday. Apologies for interrupting the break, but I am writing with a quick update on the latest guidance relating to Covid-19 and what actions to take if staff or students are unwell.

You may be aware that, as of April 1st, the government published its Living with Covid strategy. This means that there is no longer a requirement for students or staff to test regularly and that the universal/free testing has now finished.

The following guidance is now in place if students or staff are unwell with Covid-19 symptoms:

  • Children and young people who are unwell and have a high temperature should stay at home and avoid contact with other people. They can go back to school when they no longer have a high temperature, and they feel well enough to attend.
  • Adults with the symptoms of a respiratory infection, and who have a high temperature or feel unwell, should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people until they feel well enough to resume normal activities and they no longer have a high temperature.
  • In the event that a Covid-19 test is taken, adults with a positive test result should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 5 days, which is when they are most infectious. For children and young people aged 18 and under, the advice is 3 days.
  • There is no longer a requirement for students or staff to return a negative test before returning to school once they have remained at home for the recommended period of time.

Remote learning via our ‘window into lessons’ will remain available for confirmed Covid cases for the time being, so please make sure you let us know if this is the case for your child.

As ever, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any concerns or questions. Otherwise, enjoy the rest of the day and I look forward to welcoming everyone back tomorrow.

Kind regards

Gwyn Williams

Year 10 Revision Support

Natalie McGillivary

Dear Parents/Carers

Year 10 students will now be able to access an online revision guide, available to view and download via the ‘Revision’ section of the school website and linked here. This is an excellent source of support which guides students through useful revision strategies, as well as outlining ‘where to start’ with their revision across subjects.

As mentioned in my previous letter, we do not expect students to spend all of their Easter break revising as it is important for them to have a rest and prepare for a busy half term to come. However, we advise them to make a start on those subjects and topics that they do find challenging so that they have plenty of time to revisit key information and test their knowledge before the mock period begins.

If your child has not already registered for GCSE Pod, please do encourage them to do this over the holidays and explore this app, as it is a brilliant online tool to support them. All details of how to do this can be found in the online revision guide on the school website.

Following the Easter break, I will be delivering a number of assemblies to offer further support and guidance.

Enjoy a safe and restful Easter break,

Mrs Feast

Volunteer Police Cadets

Natalie McGillivary

Any students that are interested in joining the police cadets are invited to join the volunteer cadet programme. This is open to any Cheshire resident aged 15–17 years that can commit to attending two monthly sessions. It starts on Tuesday 3rd May and will be based at Priestley College two evenings a month from 6–9pm.

Full details of the programme and an application form is available on this website.

The Police Cadet and Volunteer Coordinator is holding an online information event about the police cadet programme on Monday 21st March at 6pm via Microsoft teams. Anyone that is interested needs to request a ticket via Eventbrite here. Anyone requiring further information before applying, can email
cadets@cheshire.police.uk.

Parent Survey – March 2022

Helena Headon

Dear Parent/Carer

Please could we ask that you spend 5 minutes completing this Parent Survey. This is the first survey of this kind since the COVID pandemic and therefore we are particularly keen to receive as many responses as we can.

Thank you in anticipation for your valuable feedback. I will provide a response to the key messages we receive in due course.

Kind regards

Gwyn Williams