We’re delighted to welcome parents and carers to find out all about the subjects their children study at The Radclyffe School. Five Curriculum Information Evenings are planned in the coming weeks, one for each year group. They will explain the breadth of topics taught across all our faculties and departments, as well as how parents & carers can support their child with home learning. In addition, details of our intervention and support programmes will be shared. The presentations take … [Read more...]
Support for Y11 Leavers from Positive Steps over the summer holidays
Dear parent/carer of Year 11 leaver, Positive Steps will be offering a drop in session every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon at Medtia Place (next to Sainsburys) in Oldham Town Centre. This is an opportunity for your child to check in with an adviser and discuss their plans and transition. In addition to this, your child will be able to access support to look for summer jobs, start a CV and can even sign up for a customer service AQA Qualification to enhance their CV. Please see the image … [Read more...]
School closing and opening times
The Radclyffe School will close to students for the summer holidays on Friday 22nd July at 12.50pm School reopens to students on Tuesday 6th September. Please note the staggered start for each year group below Year 7 will start at 8.30am Years 8, 9, and 11 will start at 9.50am Year 10 will start at 11.10am For students who have left Year 11 this year, GCSE results day is at 9am on Thursday 25th August … [Read more...]
Year 7 First Day Back
Dear Year 6 Pupil and Parents/Carers, RE: Year 7 first day back, 6th September 2022 We would like to inform you about the plans for the first day back for year 7 students. Please can students arrive at school on Tuesday 6th September at the usual time i.e. 8:20am. They will be the only year group in the school until 9:50am. Students will be directed into the café where they will sit with their PLG group. After an assembly, they will then spend the day with their PLG group completing … [Read more...]
Uniform for 19th July 2022
Due to the forecast of even warmer weather on Tuesday 19th July students will be allowed to wear one of the following combinations of uniform for school tomorrow. School shirt/blouse, trousers/skirt and school shoes (normal school uniform but without the school tie and blazer) OR School PE kit and trainers Any student who attends school on Tuesday not wearing the approved uniform in the combinations outlined above will be sent home to rectify their uniform. The approved school … [Read more...]
Find out how you can support other parents in Oldham…
Bounce Forward in partnership with Oldham Opportunity Area are delighted to announce we are offering up to 25 parents the opportunity to complete foundation and facilitator training to become certified to deliver parent resilience sessions at your child's school. You will have completed a previous Bounce Forward course and you will know the benefits of building psychological fitness, mental resilience and emotional intelligence in children. This is an amazing opportunity to extend your … [Read more...]
Change to Mathematics Faculty Home Learning
Dear Parent/Carer, I am writing to keep you informed of changes to home learning in the Mathematics Faculty. As you may know we have used Hegarty Maths for many years as our online learning platform. After the half term break we will be moving to Sparx Maths. We will be showing students how to use Sparx in the second week of the Summer half term. To support you in helping your child we encourage you to take a look at the short parental video and top tips sheet from Sparx. Sparx … [Read more...]
Year 11 Study Leave Live Lessons
Dear Parents and Carers, In order to support the continuity of Education for our year 11 students during study leave all subjects will be providing live lessons via a screen sharing platform (TeamViewer Meeting) from Thursday 26th May. Lessons will continue until the final exams have been completed for each subject. Once all the exams for a particular subject have been completed then students should use the time to prepare for their remaining exams. School laptops will have the TeamViewer … [Read more...]
Options Evening on Monday 21st March 2022
Dear Parent/carer, We are pleased to be able to welcome parents and carers of Year 9 students into school to attend our Options Evening on Monday 21st March. This is a very important event in our calendar and it is essential that parents accompany their child to this evening. There will be two presentations. The first will be at 6.30pm and the second will be at 7.30pm. Both presentations will cover the same information and you are welcome to attend the one that is at the most convenient … [Read more...]
Secondary School Immunisations – Letter from Oldham School Nursing Team
Dear Parent/Carer Your Child’s Secondary School Immunisations are now due The national childhood immunisations programme has meant that many dangerous diseases such as tetanus, diphtheria and polio (Td/IPV) have practically disappeared in the UK. Unfortunately, this is not the same for all countries and cases of these diseases continue to be seen worldwide, including Europe. Similarly, immunisations for Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) and Meningitis have drastically reduced the number … [Read more...]
