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
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...]
Letter from NHS School Nursing Service: COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 12 to 15 years of age – information for parents of children in high school aged 11 to 18 years of age
This letter was sent as an accompanying letter to the Covid-19 vaccination consent letter on 25th January 2022. Dear Parent/Guardian, We are writing to inform you that we will soon be offering COVID-19 vaccinations in your child’s school. All children aged 12 and over who are eligible, will have the opportunity to receive their first or second vaccine on the day the school-aged vaccination team are delivering the vaccination programme in your child’s school. Parents will be … [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...]
