Autumn Term
24 MAY 2021 Issue 1 : 4th September 2020
Dear Parents, We are looking forward not only to half term, but, thanks to a bit of space opening in the school as examination years realign themselves, a hint of normality returning afterwards. I communicated this week about these plans, and I reiterate them below for your convenience. Bubbles will remain intact, despite some movement now being built into the school day: • Full school uniform to be worn each day from after half term. We are now able to offer PE changing facilities, so PE kits will need to be brought into school. • Lockers will be provided to Year 8. • Year 9 and Year 10 may use the racks in the courtyard to stow their PE kit. • Year 10, as a special privilege, will gain access to Magdalen House as a common room. They will, therefore, vacate the Library. • The Library will now be utilised by Year 9, and the room above the Swimming Pool will no longer be used. Any lessons that take place in the Pool Room will take place in the Library. • Please note that the first week back is the school assessment week, which requires a degree of flexibility in terms of lunch arrangements (as Mairlot Hall will be used exclusively for Year 10 exams). Years 7, 8 and 9 will eat on rotation in the Dining Hall from 1pm. Year 10 will eat in the Atrium of Mairlot Hall. • After the assessment week, Years 9 and 10 will eat lunch in Mairlot Hall and Year 9 will vacate the Atrium fully. Years 7 and 8 will continue to eat lunch in the Dining Hall. • Year 9 will move to laboratories for some of their science lessons (this already occurred for Years 7 and 8). Years 7,8 and 9 will move to Art rooms for some of these lessons. Thank you very much for your support in this, as well as your outstanding support yesterday. Closing a bubble is never desirable, but the advice from PHE was clear.
Years 11 and 13 are reminded that the week after half term they will be having one-to one appointments with their subject teachers for the purposes of relaying which pieces of evidence have been used to determine their TAGs. The remainder of the school will undertake internal exams and assessments: I wish everyone the very best of luck! Please don't revise for the whole half term. Best wishes, Dr Claire McShane