Secondary Newsletter 16-9-2021

Miscellaneous
Y7 Parents Tutor Meeting
The first Y7 Parent-Tutor meeting of the year will take next week on Wednesday 22nd September. Details will be communicated via
the Engage portal, which is where you will also be able to book an appointment with your son/daughter’s Form Tutor. If you have
any questions please contact your son/daughter’s form tutor or Mr Burns via email.
Y7 Homework
This week, students in Year 7 have received their first homework assignments of the year (in core subjects only). The homework
activities in Year 7 should not exceed 30 minutes per piece of homework and students should record all homework in their Planner
(even if homework has been set via Google Classroom). As parents you will be able to keep track of the amount of homework that
your son/daughter is receiving by looking at their Planner which we ask that you sign once per week.
GCSE POD ‘TOP PODDERS’ COMPETITION
To increase retention of subject material we encourage our students to use GCSEPod. Each GCSE curriculum
area is broken down into 3-5 minute pods that students can either stream live or download to watch at
another time. (All students at SES have access to this facility). At the end of each fortnight the students with
the greatest number of streamed pods will be nominated “Top Podders” and be given a prize.
GCSEPod offer free Parent webinars, if you would like to attend one of these please sign up using the link
https://www.gcsepod.com/podup-presents-webinars/ - Ms Ockenden (Head of Key Stage 4)
Summer 2021 Exam Certificates & Fees Rebates
For all students who received IGCSE, GCSE, AS or A Level Awards, certificates are normally received by the
school in mid-October. We will inform parents when they are in school and available for collection.
Exam fee rebates will be issued to parents for Summer 2021 awards once we have received the rebate from
the exam boards. We anticipate that this will be at the beginning of November (based on last year).
Art Leaders & Art Mentors
Applications welcome for Art Leaders and Art Mentors are welcome by Miss Morgan.
Responsibilities include promoting art in school, helping with art displays around school,
helping with art clubs, helping to organise art competitions in school, contributing art items to
the newsletter. Deadline for applications to Miss Morgan is 22nd September.
The next edition of the Secondary newsletter will be published on
Thursday 30th September. Thanks for reading and have a great
weekend everyone!
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