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  • 20/09/21

    OPEN EVENING

    We are holding our Open Evening on Tuesday 28th September between 5.30pm-7.30pm, please come along meet the team, ask any questions you have and have a tour of our school.
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  • 17/09/21

    MULTI SKILLS PE FESTIVAL

    On Wednesday 15th September, some of our Year 7 and Year 8 students were selected to participate in a friendly multi skills PE event which was hosted by the Slough School Sport Network at The Centre in Slough. This was a valuable experience for the students.  
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  • 15/09/21

    YEAR 7 INTRODUCTION TO PE - TEAM BUILDING

    During the first week in school all students in year 7 participated in some introductory team building activities during their first PE lesson. It was a positive start to the term and great to see them integrating well with their new peers and working together. 
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  • 14/09/21

    FOSTER CARERS

    The  Fostering Team at Slough Children First are trying to recruit more Foster Carers for our children in Slough that are in desperate need of a loving home. Please see attached flyer below.
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  • 11/09/21

    Flu Vaccinations Wednesday 15th September

    The School's Immunisation Team will be vaccinating any student whose parent gives consent at school on Wednesday 15th September. Please see attached letter which contains the link to the electronic registration form and follow the instructions on the letter. 
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  • 31/08/21

    Update to start of Autumn Term

    There have been no changes over the summer to the start of term arrangements I announced and wrote to all parents with prior to the end of last term. Monday 6th September Year 7 only attend school for 8.40am and report to the Main School Hall. Year 10 and 11 students report to school for...
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  • 08/07/21

    YEAR 12 VIRTUAL WORK EXPERIENCE

    Seven of are year 12 students were given the opportunity to experience taking part in a virtual work experience programme with the Mars Drinks and Treats Company. They learnt about the entire process from start to finish, including coming up with a product concept and transforming it...
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  • 08/07/21

    YEAR 9 & 10 SPORTS DAY

    Our year 9 and 10 students have participated in their Sports Days this week, again although very different from previous years, both competition was strong and there was good representation from all teams with them participating in a variety of different events.   Th...
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  • 07/07/21

    THE BASE GARDEN

    As part of our science project in the Base the students have been looking at plants and how they grow. They invited Ms Corrie to join them with the seed planting activity.  They started by looking at a seedling and identifying the true leaves and the cotyledons. Next they put compost into...
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  • 07/07/21

    YEAR 7 & 8 SPORTS DAY

    After what has been a very disruptive and difficult year it was fantastic to be able to hold our Summer Sports Days, although very different to previous years. To see the students participating and enjoying a whole school year event has been wonderful to see. Both Year 7 and 8 students competed...
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  • 07/07/21

    YEAR 10 SCIENCE WEBINAR

    Our year 10 female students took part in the Science webinar organised by GE (General Electric) on Monday 21st June.  The GirlsGetSET initiate encourages girls to study STEM subjects.  They  started by looking at recent scientists and if they knew of them, and if they encouraged...
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  • 06/07/21

    EXTRA-CURRICULAR PE

    It is fantastic to be able to see extra-curricular activities being able to return to the school. Our PE Department have been offering after school PE activities to our students, whereby they have been able to participate in a variety of different activities which have included athlet...
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  • 06/07/21

    YEAR 7 CAREERS DROP DOWN DAY

    The Year 7 students were recently given the opportunity to take part in a Careers Drop Down Day. A Careers Drop Down Day allows them an enhanced focus on topics, research different careers, learn about key skills and ask any questions they had. The students all got involved and p...
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  • 06/07/21

    BOCCIA SKILLS AWARD

    Eight of our students from our year 7 and 8 tutor groups have been given the opportunity to participate in the 5 week Boccia skills award programme. This programme is focused on Communication, Evaluating, Innovation, Resilience and being responsible. The first session has taken place and a...
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  • 18/06/21

    Delay to Surge Testing in Slough

    A delay to surge testing in Slough has been announced by East Berkshire Public Health. Please see letter below. 
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  • 14/06/21

    Surge Testing in Slough

    Surge testing for the new Delta variant of Coronavirus will commence in Slough this week. Please see attached letter from PHE East Berkshire.
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  • 06/06/21

    Reintroduction of face masks/coverings from 7th June

    In discussion with Slough Local Authority and PHE from Monday 7th June I am reintroducing the compulsory wearing of face masks/coverings inside buildings for the foreseeable for all students and staff unless they are exempt. Large numbers of students continued to wear face masks which was very good...
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  • 05/06/21

    A guide to regular rapid Covid-19 testing

    All parents that have consented to test their children at home via the test kits the school provides must test twice a week. Results must be uploaded to NHS Test and Trace. Inform the school if it is positive, isolate immediately and book a PCR test to confirm this result.  Reporting th...
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  • 02/03/21

    GCSE AND A LEVEL EXAMINATIONS 2021

    The Education Secretary announced on Wednesday 6th January that formal examinations for GCSE and A level subjects for 2021 have been cancelled. A consultation then took place to decide how students would be assessed. On Thursday 25th February schools were informed that it is up to us to decide how t...
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  • 02/03/21

    School Reopening - Update 2nd March

    All parents should now have received a letter through the post detailing the exact time their child is to attend school for their Rapid Lateral Flow Test for Covid 19. Unless a parent does not wish to consent to the test all students must be tested before they return to the classroom. In brief th...
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  • 21/02/21

    Update on Closure/Reopening/Testing/Examinations 21st February 2021

    Dear Parents and Carers First and foremost a huge thank you to all our parents/carers for your hard work at home to support our current remote learning. Through our monitoring of ‘Show My Homework’ and attendance in ‘live lessons’, positive engagement is really high. Obvio...
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  • 24/01/21

    Monday 25th January - Weather

    School will be open for keyworker / vulnerable students on Monday 25th January at the normal time. Live teaching and all other learning for Monday will continue as planned.  
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  • 08/01/21

    GCSE and A Level Examinations 2021

    The Education Secretary announced on Wednesday 6th January that formal examinations for GCSE and A level subjects for 2021 have been cancelled. Teacher Assessment will be used instead. At this stage we have not been informed of any further details. 
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  • 08/01/21

    School Closure from 5th January

    The School is now closed to all students except those that meet the criteria for our reduced provision. Please see link to letter below. 
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  • 01/01/21

    Urgent changes to start of term / testing - Updated 1st January 2021

    First and foremost I would like to wish all the school community a Happy New Year. Urgent update to start of term / testing Further to my letter dated 19th December the start of term has changed again, as was announced by the DFE on 30th December 2020. Therefore the following arrangements...
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