A recent update to the My Ed app has caused problems for some users seeing messages sent by school or sending messages to school. If you get a notification from the MyEd app to tell you that you have a new message, but when you open the app nothing is there or after sending a message to school if the symbol just under the message has an orange clock with and exclamation mark next to it (example below) then the message has not been sent to school. The My Ed support team have offered the … [Read more...]
Letter from NHS School Nursing Service: COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 12 and over
Dear Parent/Guardian, I am writing to inform you that we will soon be offering COVID-19 vaccinations in your child’s school. Children who received their first COVID -19 vaccination at least 12 weeks ago will be eligible for their second COVID -19 Vaccination in school, Children who did not take up the original offer, continue to be eligible if parents consent. The main purpose of the COVID-19 school age vaccination programme is to provide protection to the children who receive … [Read more...]
Learning Well at Home – Update January 2022
Dear Parents and Carers, In order to support the continuity of Education for our students who are isolating at home due to Covid, the majority of subjects will be providing live lessons via a screen sharing platform from Thursday 20th January. School laptops will have the team viewer app installed automatically, if students are using their own device to access their learning the app can be downloaded from the links below. Windows/Mac iOS Android The meeting code your child will … [Read more...]
Letter from Young Professionals – ‘Your Child, Their Future’ Event on Thursday 3rd February at 6pm – 7.30pm
We have been asked to send on the letter below on behalf of Young Professionals. This letter is intended for the parents/carers of students in Year 10 and Year 11. Students in Year 10 and 11 have also been sent this letter to their school email. Good Afternoon, At Young Professionals, we ran a 'Your Child, Their Future' Event back in September 2021 and we had a staggering 3000+ parents and carers attend virtually from all over the UK. After such an incredible turnout and amazing … [Read more...]
Letter from Public Health Oldham and Oldham Council regarding the return to school in January 2022
Please see the important letter from Public Heath Oldham and Oldham Council regarding the return to school in January 2022 below. Additional information on top of that in the original letter that has been added by the school is contained within square brackets "[ ]" within the content below. Dear Parent/Guardian, As you will be aware, COVID-19 is sadly still with us as we go into 2022. We are once again seeing a rapid increase in cases of COVID-19 in Oldham and across … [Read more...]
William’s Green Credentials
When a new environmental action group was started in Oldham last year, Year 10 student William Smith was very keen to get involved. A volunteer with the Eco Team in school since Year 7, he has taken part in litter picks and other projects to improve the school environment, and how we all protect the wider community. Forces for Nature is an initiative from Oldham Youth Council enabling young people to find a role in tackling environmental challenges at a local level. After meeting online, like … [Read more...]
Uniform Exchange Project
The Uniform Exchange Project will help to give a new lease of life for items of school uniform that our students might have grown out of or no longer need. Uniform Exchange will give parents the opportunity to reuse shirts, trousers, skirts ties and blazers. Every year hundreds of tonnes of used clothing ends up in general waste, so if we can make even a small dent in this, it is worth trying. All donated items will be cleaned and steamed before being offered for collection. Parents and … [Read more...]
Food Vouchers to cover the Christmas Holiday 2021
You may have read in the local media that Oldham Council has been allocated £2.4m of funding to support vulnerable residents through its Household Support Fund. Some of this funding will be used to cover food voucher support for children eligible for means tested Free School Meals over the Christmas 2021 holiday and February 2022 half term. We want to ensure that those eligible for free school meals on the grounds of low income receive a food voucher to cover the Christmas School Holiday at a … [Read more...]
COVID-19 Testing Consent
Dear Parent / Carer, In line with government guidance we will have a mass testing centre at the school to test all staff and students for Covid-19 on their return after the Christmas break. We therefore would like to test all students attending the school when we return in January. 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 … [Read more...]
Change to Y7 PLG/Parents’ Evening – December 2021
Due to government guidance and uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant of Covid-19, the Year 7 PLG/Parent Evening on the 9th December has been moved to an online event. Joining the meeting is very simple, but a link to a guidance manual is available below which will guide you through the online process. Online Guidance Booklet The quickest way to access the Parents’ Evening bookings site is via MyEd by clicking on "School Information" --> "Parents’ Evening". If you don’t yet … [Read more...]
