Category: Year 8

COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey

Helena Headon

If your Year 8 or Year 9 child is yet to take part in the COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey, it is not too late.  There is still time to register and receive a Home Antibody test kit.  Please click here to read a useful leaflet containing information about signing up.  Antibody home test kits will be sent to all new participants or participants who missed previous rounds due to unavailability e.g. absent from school. Deadline for new participants to sign up is 23rd January 2021.

Please note, for those children who took part in December’s testing, the next round has been cancelled.  Further information on future testing will be shared when known.  As part of the study, and to help experts gain a better understanding of the virus, ONS are asking you to fill out a questionnaire online, please click here to complete.

Arrangements for PE lessons during Year 11 mock exams

Natalie McGillivary

Due to Covid-19, boys have been utilising the Sports Hall as a changing room. However, this will not be available from Friday 4th December until the end of term because of the Year 11 mock exams. Therefore, boys are expected to come into school in their PE kit for the days when they have their lessons. PE kit MUST be in line with School PE kit regulations.

As we are unable to use the changing rooms, students are expected to leave their bags in the school gym. This will be part of the PE routine and will be communicated to students.

It is advisable that students bring a spare pair of shoes and socks to school. It is likely, even if it is not raining, that the astro-turf may be wet, and a spare pair of footwear means they are not in wet footwear for the remainder of the day. Unfortunately, if the weather is extremely wet, lessons may have to be adapted with groups going in classrooms for part of the lesson.

Please note that Year 11s will continue with PE lessons during the mock exam period.