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...]
Y11 Leavers – Return of Student Laptops – June 2022
Dear student, I hope this email finds you well and you are looking forward to a nice long summer following the completion of your GCSE exams. As you have now completed all your GCSE exams, I would like to remind you that you need to return the school laptop that was loaned to you to assist you with your studies. Laptops should be returned to school before Friday 8th July 2022. You must return your laptop to Visitors’ Reception between 9am and 4.30pm, Monday to Friday. In order to … [Read more...]
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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...]
Year 11 GCSE Examinations and Home ‘Study Leave’
A paper copy of the letter below will be handed to all students as they leave their exam this morning. Dear Parent/Carer, As you are aware, the main GCSE examinations for our Year 11 students began on Monday 16th May. Since that date students have experienced full days in school, attending their ‘regular’ timetabled lessons when they are not sitting an exam. In a number of subject areas, there are no further exam papers to take and during these lessons students have been … [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...]
My Ed Update and Problems Seeing/Sending Messages
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
[gtranslate] 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 … [Read more...]
