GHS Connect #24 Monday 21 March
From the Head
I hope everyone has enjoyed the great weather this weekend.
I’m afraid that I have to mention Covid again this week as cases do seem to be picking up with some staff. Student cases remain very low. I mention this specifically, as this does involve some members of the SLT and the pastoral teams. I will obviously keep you posted if we begin to struggle further with staffing. In the meantime, I would ask colleagues to please consider coming out to help at break and lunchtime, if you are able to, for the odd session, as we are likely to be low in terms of presence. Thank you very much in advance.
We have Year 11 mock results day on Wednesday - thank you to Andrea for organising this and to everybody who is involved. This is always a great event as it helps the students to really focus on the coming weeks ahead, with clarity and purpose. It can be a little tough on those who don’t do very well, and on those with SEN, so please do keep an eye on our vulnerable Year 11s, and help them to remain as optimistic as possible.
You will have noticed from the VLE announcements that we have external adverts out for a DHT i/c of Student Standards and Expectations; Parental and Community Engagement, and another role i/c of Cyberbullying and Communications. These roles are part of our strategic planning moving forwards, and part of our succession planning for the SLT. We continue to appoint new teachers where there are vacancies, with another successful Science appointment last week, and we will be interviewing for the DHOY posts in the coming days.
I hope that everyone has a great week,
Mia