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‘Outstanding Progress for All’
Home Bulletin 5th March 2021
Headteacher’s Blog
Dear parents and carers It is, as ever, my sincere hope that you and your loved ones are safe and well. This is undoubtedly the most exciting home bulletin I have had the privilege to write at Stowupland. Why? Because it is the last one I write before students return to school next week. To say we are thrilled at the prospect is an understatement. Staff have been working incredibly hard this week to make sure school is ready. And of course, those preparations have focused on making everything COVID-secure. Staff have undergone refresher training in all the safety measures we will need to implement. Form tutors have started to hold Zoom tutor group sessions to prepare students for coming back to school. We are ready! You will love the World Book Day article and the photographs further on. Thank you Miss Leadon. It’s a very tricky competition, but please encourage your children to enter. They stand the chance of winning some fabulous books. My grateful thanks, too, to Mrs Blake for another selection of wonderful artwork; this time Year 8 students are the stars. We have some highly talented artists. And thank you to Mr Broom for highlighting the growing number of students who have participated fully in the range of PE challenges during lockdown. COVID testing I wrote last week about the growing optimism for the future, a shared sense that we are starting to emerge from a long dark tunnel into the daylight. The speed of the vaccination roll out has been quite astounding. By 1 March, 17,212,804 people in the UK had received their first jab; 599,935 had received two doses. Once again, our incredible NHS has done us proud. Well, I am very proud of our school community too. At the time of writing, we have conducted over 1,000 COVID lateral flow tests in school. Yesterday, we invited our Year 12 and Year 13 students in for their first tests. Today, we briefly welcomed back our Year 11 students. It will be no surprise to you that the staff were magnificent. They were delighted to catch up with students, comment on their growth spurts and lockdown hairstyles (who am I to talk!?) and share their excitement about next week. Our support staff have worked superbly, too, to complete the herculean task of registering our students onto the NHS Test and Trace database as well as making sure that the testing processes works smoothly. And finally, thank you to you all for your fantastic response. Over 90% of parents and carers have provided consent. This makes our job in school so much easier, but most importantly, it will help to keep us all safe. My best wishes to you all for the weekend, and the week ahead Peter Whear Headteacher
Contact Details:
Main School: 01449 674827 (8.30am—4.00pm) Miss K Elmer and Ms E McNaught
Email:
[email protected] Mrs Rolfe
[email protected] Miss Riches
[email protected] Mr Canfer
[email protected] Mr Perry
[email protected] Mrs Rudling
[email protected] Mrs K Southgate
[email protected] Mrs S Lewis
[email protected] Mrs N Burns
[email protected] Mr D Brewster
[email protected] IT Support
[email protected] Mrs A Cranfield
Absence Line: 01449 742428
Website: www.stowuplandhighschool.co.uk
Church Road Stowupland Stowmarket IP14 4BQ
Headteacher: Mr Peter Whear
Chair of Governors: Mrs Karen Hudson
Company Number: 10298832
Science Department Staff have been busy updating displays in readiness for the school reopening. Year 8 are currently based in this area but all students can see the displays by viewing the attached video.
Word of the Week:
Synonymous: having the same meaning as another word or phrase in the same language
Information and Updates
Rapid Flow Testing Thank you to parents and carers for the huge numbers of completed consent forms received during the past week. A few parents contacted us to say they were experiencing technical issues accessing the form and we were pleased to offer support, where necessary. Many students have told us that they are looking forward to returning to school and understand the need for mass testing. Over 250 tests have been carried out since yesterday and the planned programme has run extremely smoothly. Students are well supported and have shown great maturity during the testing process. Thank you to the admin team who will be registering over 3,000 tests over the next few weeks and to the Covid testing team for undertaking the required training. From 1 March 2021, if you are a member of a household, childcare bubble or support bubble of a student you can get a twice-weekly test: through your employer if they offer testing to employees at a local test site by collecting a home test kit from a test site by ordering a home test kit online Get a test through your employer Your workplace may offer rapid lateral flow testing to you. Contact your employer to find out more. Take a test at a rapid lateral flow test site You can take a rapid lateral flow test at a local site. Testing at these sites is assisted, which means you will swab yourself under the supervision of a trained operator. You may need to book an appoint-ment. Find your nearest rapid lateral flow test site. Collect test kits You can collect up to 4 home test kits at a local collection point. Each kit contains 7 tests. Anyone 18 or over can collect. You can check online if the location is busy before you go. Find your nearest home test kit collection point. Order home test kits online If you cannot get tested at your workplace, or are unable to go to a test site or collect test kits, you can order a home test kit online. The online service will be available from 1 March 2021. What twice-weekly testing involves You will be asked to: take a test twice a week (every 3 or 4 days apart) report every result to NHS Test and Trace on the same day you take the test Report your test result online or by calling 119. If anyone tests positive or gets coronavirus symptoms, they should tell the school and: self-isolate immediately get a PCR test to confirm the result follow the stay at home guidance for households with possible coronavirus infection A negative result means the test did not find signs of coronavirus. But this does not guarantee you do not have coronavirus, so you should keep following all coronavirus advice including: regular handwashing social distancing wearing a face covering where recommended
Information and Updates
Praise Certificates Congratulations to the following students who have been awarded certificates in recognition of the work they have completed this week: Lara Grant (7TW) Hannah Jones (7DW) Edith Devlin-Grist (8AL) Jesse Irons (8OW) Brooke Davis (9SC) Ewan Drury (9NP) Post 16 Travel Suffolk County Council (SCC) have a Post-16 Travel Policy which may support Post-16 students to travel to and from their nearest school sixth form or college when they meet the distance criteria. A letter from the Passenger Transport Team regarding Post-16 travel can be found here. Further information getting to school can also be found on the Suffolk Onboard website. The transport team can also be contacted on 0345 606 6067 or via [email protected]. PE Kit A reminder that students will need to bring the following PE kit in with them on their return to school: Boys: trainers, white socks, navy shorts/tracksuit bottoms, navy polo top or white polo top from the previous PE kit. Girls: trainers, white socks, navy shorts/navy skort/navy tracksuit bottoms/navy leggings, navy polo top or white polo top from the previous PE kit. Travelling to school safely Schools have been asked by the DfE to share the following information with parents and carers. If you live a short distance from your school or college, walk, cycle or scoot to and from school wherever it is possible and safe to do so. Avoid sharing a car with anyone outside of your household or support bubble. If you are using public transport to get to school or college, plan ahead and allow more time for your journey. When you are travelling by public or dedicated school transport, don’t forget to: wear a face covering (unless you are exempt, including if you are aged 11 and under). It is
important you wear them for the entirety of your journey, including inside a bus or train station
social distance where possible wash or sanitise your hands regularly
Dominic Horswill (10KF) Alisha Woolnough (10LBL) Charles Aquino (11JG) Luca Davis (11JF) Zara Gutteridge (11RT)
Information and Updates
60 Second Challenge - Around the World Congratulations to the following KS3 students for successfully completing this challenge:
Gold
Poppy Barnes-Hollebone Jake Bloom Lily Carr Amy Cobbold George Cobbold Edith Devlin-Grist Harry Franklin Lucy Heckman-Smith Ciara Hines Noah Jenkins Silver Alfie Ager Evie Ager Callum Bloom Mia Bloomfield Theo Cassidy Ruby Dempsey Bronze Alix Bayliss Jasmine Kent Esme Miles Chloe Phillips Grace Stewart A special mention to the following students who completed all 5 challenges during Spring term 1:
Jake Bloom Mia Bloomfield Amy Cobbold Ruby Dempsey Ellie Fullinger Active Calendar Congratulations to the following students who completed their Active Calendar for February 2021: Evie Ager Emily Bone Eloise Brindle Lauren Chapman Jasmine Hall
Charlie Jones Elena Kendall Millie Kent Connor McKeon Jed Millin Alex Murray Oliver Nicholson Isabella North-Fields Daisy Percival
Maisie Perkins Jake Perkins Evie Reid Ethan Scott Thomas Spelman Brooke Sturgeon Mia Walsh Riley Winter Amy Young
Ellie Fullinger Emily Huggins Michal Latka Benjamin Margetson Ella Markham Katie Markham
Sophie Markham Jack Mullett Lucas Rake Chloe Strachan Isla Sutton
Michal Latka Benjamin Margetson Sophie Markham Mia Merchant Jed Millin
Oliver Nicholson Isabella North-Fields Thomas Spelman Chloe Strachan Grace Stewart
Joshua Strawson Isla Sutton Millie Kent Jed Millin Poppy Revett
Information and Updates
World Book Day: Guess the Character In celebration of World Book Day, some of the staff dressed up as one of their favourite book characters.
Can you guess (a) who the character is and (b) which member of staff is behind the costume?
Send your answers to Miss Leadon on Show my Homework, or hand them in to your form tutor when you return to school. The competition closes on Friday 12 March. The winner will receive a collection of books and some other goodies!
Information and Updates
World Book Day: Guess the Character
Information and Updates
Year 8 students have produced some wonderful line drawings from their research into well known
structures in the UK and around the world.
Summer Hollis 8CK Maggie Boast 8OW Alfie Jackson 8AL
Frederick Dawson 8STK Jasmine Rhodes 8CK
Isobel Potts 8OW Ivy Ruscoe 8STK
Erica Dogget 8CK Belle Kerridge 8KP
