{"id":870,"date":"2019-09-20T17:53:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T16:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/?p=870"},"modified":"2019-09-23T09:13:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T08:13:45","slug":"parent-bulletin-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/?p=870","title":{"rendered":"Parent Bulletin 20.09.19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our most prestigious\nawards evening took place on Thursday evening. Our annual Prize Giving\ncelebrates those with the highest attainment in individual subjects as well as\nthose who have made the most progress and effort in each subject. It also gives\nus the opportunity to recognise other achievements such service to the School,\nsport and those achieving the highest of GCSE and A level results. It was great\nto see so many of last year’s Year 13 come back before most of them head off to\nuniversity, including our three who are heading to Oxbridge. But it was a\nspecial evening for all year groups with an outstanding musical interlude by\nfour talented soloists. We were also joined by Elliot Jay Stocks, Head Boy from\n1999\/2000 who not only awarded the prizes but also gave an inspiring speech\nabout choosing to do the things you love doing in order to feel successful and\nhappy in life. Our thanks go all who helped make this a memorable evening,\nespecially our KS4 caterers who made the post ceremony refreshments. Thank you\nto all parents, governors and special guests who attended and congratulations\nto all our prize winners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assemblies this week\nhave focussed on a theme of belonging. It was an opportunity to encourage\nstudents to reflect on the various ways they can feel like they belong, whether\nthat be to their family, a friendship group, a club or sports team or indeed their\nschool where, through our uniform, ethos and values there is every opportunity\nto truly feel like we belong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Senior\nLeadership Team have again visited hundreds of lessons this week and been very\nimpressed with the way our students are settling into the new academic year. In\nthe new planner (and on the website) there is an explanation of our Vision for\nLearning. It would be great if parents could have a conversation about this\nwith the children to get them to think carefully about how they are working\ntowards each of the five pillars of learning – Progress, Ownership, Challenge,\nRelationships and Engagement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bromcom Portals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our launch of the\nstudent, parent and teacher Bromcom portals continues. The vast majority of\nstudents have managed to log in successfully. There are some who can do so at\nschool in their IT lessons but find they are unable to at home. Please check\nwhether parental control software and restrictions need to be altered to allow\nany home devices to access the student portal (https:\/\/www.bromcomvle.com<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parents should have\nreceived a log-in for the parent site (https:\/\/www.mychildatschool.com<\/a>)\nand there is also an app that can be downloaded from Google Play and the App\nStore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note that the\nSchool’s ID for the parent or student platform is 11528 <\/strong>and NOT 115228 as printed on the sheet that came home this\nweek. Again, many apologies for the confusion this may have caused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scholastic Book Fair<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is coming to\nthe Library from Thursday, 3rd Oct to Thursday, 10th October. Books will be\navailable at full and discounted prices as well as novelty stationery, pointers\nand posters. The more items we sell, the more money the School will receive in\ncommission to buy new books for the Library. Students will have the opportunity\nto visit the fair before school, at break or lunch and after school and if time\npermits, some Forms may be able to visit during Registration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extra-curricular timetable<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Autumn Term\nextra-curricular timetable is now available on the website\nhere<\/a>. We urge all students to get involved, try something new and if there\nis something we do not offer to let us know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open Evening<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Open Evening for\nparents of prospective Year 7 pupils that takes place on Wednesday, 2nd<\/sup> October 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To facilitate this,\nthe School will close after lunch on that day. There will be normal lessons\nfrom periods 1 to 3 then the Sixth Form and Year 11 will be registered and\ndismissed at 12.15pm. Pupils in Years 7 to 10 will be registered after lunch\nand will be dismissed at 1.00pm. This will allow staff to prepare rooms for the\nevening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, 3rd<\/sup> October pupils should arrive by 9.40am\nfor registration at 9.45am followed by normal lessons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note that\nthis evening is only for parents of pupils who may be joining the School in\nSeptember 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year 7 Parents ‘Settling in’ Evening<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parents of Year 7 are reminded to kindly reply to the email that was sent earlier this week about the evening event at the School on Thursday, 26th September. This will be a chance to get to know other parents, to meet your child’s Form Tutor and to receive other information that will help you support your child through Year 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dates for the Diary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, 26th\nSeptember – Year 7 ‘settling in’ Evening<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, 2nd\nOctober – Open Evening<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, 9th\nOctober – KS4 Information Evening – for parents of Years 10 and 11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week Our most prestigious awards evening took place on Thursday evening. Our annual Prize Giving celebrates those with the highest attainment in individual subjects as well as those who have made the most progress and effort in each subject. It also gives us the opportunity to recognise other achievements such service to the School, sport and those achieving the highest of GCSE and A level results. It was great to see so many of last year’s Year 13 come…<\/p>\n

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