Headteacher’s Update
Dear Families
It’s been a very positive first full week back, and I’m particularly pleased with how our Year 7 pupils are settling in. Most of them are now navigating the school building with confidence, finding their way to classes with ease. This transition is crucial, and it’s heartening to see their quick adaptation to their new environment.
This week, our assemblies have focused on the theme of respect. The responses from our pupils have been incredibly encouraging, demonstrating their maturity and understanding of this essential value. It’s not just in assemblies where we’ve seen positive attitudes; across the school, approximately 4000 reward points have been issued this week alone. This impressive number reflects the superb approach our pupils are taking towards their learning and their conduct in school.
As many of you are aware, we’re currently in the midst of a significant building project. (See image taken from upstairs in the Viking Building this morning).
While this is exciting for our school’s future, it does present some challenges, particularly regarding parking and traffic around the school. Our car park is exceptionally busy due to the ongoing construction work and the resulting absence of parking behind the school. If you need to collect your child for any unavoidable reason, we kindly ask that you park on a street around the school.
Additionally, with a primary school sharing our site, the end of the school day can be particularly busy. We appreciate your cooperation in parking considerately, preferably away from the school site, to ensure the safety of pupils as well as enabling the smooth flow of traffic for all.
Looking ahead, I’m excited to announce our upcoming Open Evening on Thursday, 26th September. If you have friends or family interested in joining our school community, please direct them to our website at www.manorhigh.leics.sch.uk/admissions. There, they’ll find details about the Open Evening and information on the Open Mornings we’re hosting this half term, including how to book.
Thank you for your continued support and partnership in your child’s education. Your involvement is crucial to our school’s success, and we value the strong community we’re building together.
Have a lovely weekend.
Mr S Greiff
Year 7 Timings
To help our Year 7 students get used to routines in and around school we have amended their school day slightly. We will continue with the early break and lunch time for two more weeks. However, we will no longer take year 7 out of session 3 at 3.00pm, they will be taken out of their lesson at 3:05pm with everyone else.
Year 7 Session one: finish at 10:35am and go out to break early.
Year 7 Session two: finish at 12:30pm and go out to lunch early.
Year 7 Session three: finish at 3:05pm.
Year 11 1:1 Careers Meetings
Each year we offer all of our Year 11 students a 1:1 careers meeting with a level 6 Careers Advisor. Our careers advisors work for MyPath which is a team that solely focus on career education.
This year we are spreading careers interviews over a longer period than usual. Students should not worry if they do not have an appointment time yet. We hope that by Friday 6th September we can let all students know when their session will be.
The 1:1 sessions started on Monday 2nd September and we then have dates through September, October, November and the first week in January. Our next date is Monday 17th September.
Year 11 tutors are informing students of when their booking is. These sessions will help our Year 11’s think about their futures as well as help them with the Post 16 decision process. More information about the Post 16 process will come out soon.
Post 16 – Year 11
Beauchamp City’s Open Day will now be on Saturday 2 November, 10 am – 2 pm. Please ignore the previous dates they have published.
E-Card Top Ups
Students must bring their E-Cards to school every day. It is vital that if students are purchasing food from the school catering facilities that the card balance is sufficient and students present their E Cards. The admin staff can only provide temporary lunch slips in exceptional circumstances.