Welcome to a new half term. As we continue to learn from home, today we are launching two new pages on the school website to provide further support for you and your child with remote learning. They can be found on the home page and here: A Parent Support page: https://theradclyffeschool.co.uk/parent-support/ and a Student Support page: https://theradclyffeschool.co.uk/student-support/ Your child should have access to online lessons this week (normal week 2 timetable) on any … [Read more...]
COVID-19 Testing Consent
Dear Parent / Carer, In line with government guidance we have set up a mass testing centre at the school to test all staff and students for Covid-19. We therefore would like to test all students attending the school when we return to a full opening. The Covid-19 lateral flow testing that we are offering is designed to identify any individual (student or staff) who is asymptomatic (not displaying any Covid-19 symptoms) so that they can be isolated from the school setting following a … [Read more...]
Reporting Covid-19 Positive Test Results Over The February Half-Term break
If your child receives a positive Covid-19 test result over the February Half-Term holidays you should inform the school as soon as possible. Please complete the form by clicking the link below: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=1bsz3HKuzk2keT6NDwbhH6OWZEjOOlVOjJH0SMjpgqdUODRNMzlKNjFCME02VE44QUQ3TUFCQ1Q3WSQlQCN0PWcu Please also send us a screenshot of the text message received, or forward on the email, from NHS Test and Trace which confirmed the positive test result to … [Read more...]
GM Tech Fund – Jobcentre Plus and Talk Talk: improving the connectivity offer
The Radclyffe School is doing all we can to provide suitable devices to students to access their remote learning, however demand does exceed the number of devices we have available to loan to students. We have been sent the following information from Greater Manchester Combined Authority to pass on to parents/carers. If we have not yet been able to help your child with access to a suitable device then please read on to see if you can get assistance from your local Jobcentre. Parents/carers … [Read more...]
Live Elements Pilot – February 2021
Dear Parent/Carer, We are working tirelessly to provide the best curriculum we can for our students during this difficult time. A good place to start is to read the article that is on our website which you can find here: Why are we not doing live ‘Zoom’ lessons? – The Radclyffe School. In order to access a ‘live’ provision, a student needs exclusive use of a laptop, tablet, desktop PC, Chromebook or Mac (we refer to these types of devices as a ‘good device’). At the beginning of January 49% of … [Read more...]
Message to parents – Week commencing 8th February 2021
Your child should have access to online lessons this week (normal week 1 timetable) on any internet enabled device at any time. All your child’s teachers are available during the school day and can be contacted via email. Each day students should be checking lessons on Frog, completing work and MS Forms. Teachers will check classwork through completed MS Forms and emailed photographs. Exciting news! This week we are enhancing remote learning by piloting live meetings between selected KS4 … [Read more...]
Letter to Parents – 2nd February 2021
Dear Parents and Carers, I extend my best wishes to you and hope that you and your families are healthy and safe during this continued period of lockdown. I am writing to you to update you with information regarding your child’s return to school, the remote learning curriculum we are providing and the support for mental health and well-being that the school continues to offer. Full Re-Opening of Schools / GCSE Assessment With regard to the full re-opening of schools, the Prime Minister … [Read more...]
Message to parents – Week commencing 1st February 2021
Your child should have access to online lessons this week (normal week 2 timetable) on any internet enabled device at any time. All your child’s teachers are available during the school day and can be contacted via email. Each day students should be checking lessons on Frog, completing work and MS Forms. Teachers will check classwork through completed MS Forms and emailed photographs. Look out for our weekly PROUD winners who demonstrate excellent presentation on their remote learning. The … [Read more...]
Vodafone SIM Cards for students to access remote learning
If your child is struggling to access their remote learning because of data issues we have been given a small number of Vodafone SIM cards which may be of use to some students. These SIM cards provide 30GB of data over 90 days once activated. For more information view the Vodafone schools.connected page on the link below. Free data for UK students | Coronavirus | Vodafone Before you register your interest in collecting one of these SIM cards, please be sure that you can make use of it in your … [Read more...]
Online Attendance
Starting this week, you will receive a message to inform you about your child's weekly 'online attendance' and their access to remote education via Frog for the previous week. You will get a message that states whether your child "has successfully logged onto Frog" if they have been logging into the remote learning platform to complete their work, OR a message that says they "did not log onto Frog" if they have not logged into the remote learning platform to complete their work. All lessons and … [Read more...]
