Monthly archives: September 2020

Have YOU got what it takes to be a teacher?

Strange times – but future teachers will ALWAYS be needed! If you’re a graduate (or final year undergraduate) considering teaching as a career, why not sign up for the ‘virtual’ Open Evening being hosted by Colchester Teacher Training Consortium on 14th October (by clicking on the image below):

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COVID symptoms and testing for children

IMPORTANT LETTER from Public Health England, regarding when children need to be kept off school/have a COVID test and, just as importantly, when they DON’T; the Department for Education have asked that this is shared with ALL PARENTS/CARERS OF SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN. Please click on the image below to access the letter….  

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FREE year 7 flu jabs – register your child by 30th September

The Suffolk schools’ immunisation team have published their invitation to parents/carers of year 7 students to register students for the (free) flu jab on Monday 7th December, here at the Academy.  The CLOSING DATE for registration is 30th September and you can find the link to the booking site on the team’s letter, here

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HAVE YOU RETURNED YOUR CHILD’S PHOTO PERMISSIONS FORM?????

We are missing an awful lot of ‘Photo Permissions’ forms for students (PARTICULARLY for our new year 7 students, despite all year 7 parents/carers receiving a ‘pack’ of letters/forms for returning to us.) It is imperative that we have one of these forms completed and returned for EVERY STUDENT (whether or not you consent to […]

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Distressing TikTok video – plea for parents to remove students’ access to social media

We have been made aware of a very upsetting video on Tik Tok which we believe some students have already seen. We would advise parents to remove their child’s access to social media for 72 hours whilst companies deal with the content. We urge parents to monitor what is accessed on social media and to […]

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COVID measures – face coverings to be worn from 8th September

As per the letter published on our website today, the social media posts and the individual emails to parents/carers, the decision has been taken, in response to student, parent/carer and staff feedback, to move to the wearing of face coverings in social areas and when moving around the Academy.  This will apply to both students […]

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CASHLESS CATERING ACCOUNTS FOR NEW YEAR 7 STUDENTS

All year 7 students will be coming home today with a personalised letter for parents/carers, detailing the necessary web links and PIN codes required to access their child’s online ‘cashless catering’ account.   We hope that they, and our other students, have enjoyed their first day or two ‘back at school’, even though we know […]

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