Please click here for the KS3 Parent Information Event Presentation
Year 7 Team:
Mrs Arnold (Y7 Learning Coordinator)
Ms Bunka Y7 Year Team Assistant
Ms Locke Y7 Year Team Assistant
Ms Veale (Assistant Headteacher) - SLT Link for Y7
Year 8 Team:
Ms Dickerson (Y8 Learning Coordinator)
Ms Price Y8 Year Team Assistant
Mr Dunkley (Assistant Headteacher) - SLT Link for Y8
dunkleya@cotham.bristol.sch.uk
Year 9 Team:
Mr Knight (Y9 Learning Coordinator)
Ms Tuffley Y9 Year Team Assistant
tuffleyk@cotham.bristol.sch.uk
Mrs Khan (Assistant Headteacher) - SLT Link for Y9
You may be aware that many Faculties are using SENECA Learning to support our students’ digital learning. Seneca offers high-quality free online learning courses for students to study from a computer, tablet or phone. The courses are suitable for students aged 13 and above and cover KS3, KS4 GCSE and KS5 A Level subjects.
SENECA also provides free parent accounts. The free parent accounts allow you to track your child’s learning and help make conversations about school and learning easier.
SENECA’s parent accounts also allow you to learn alongside your child if you wish to do so. This might be helpful in supporting you to work with your child on areas of their school work that you are less familiar with.
We are aiming for more parents to create a parent account as this will enable us to access further opportunities from SENECA and the Department of Education which will help all students at Cotham. We are aiming to have 200 parents and carers create accounts so that we can link more closely with SENECA.
You can sign up for a free SENECA parent account here: app.senecalearning.com/parent
Seneca have made this handy 2 minute video to help you get started.
Or you can read how to get your free account if you’d prefer.
If you have any questions about how SENECA works, you can get support from the SENECA team using the live chat on their website or you can email them at learnmore@seneca.io.
Google Classroom email summaries for parents and carers have now been enabled.
If you were receiving the summaries last year the emails will automatically resume. If you are a new parent for a new student, you will receive an email invitation via the email account that the school holds on record for you. You have 120 days to accept the invitation before it will expire.
When you accept the invitation, you can select whether you have a daily or weekly summary of all the work set for your child and the status of all tasks set.
If you have misplaced the invitation link, please email us on GCSupport@cotham.bristol.sch.uk with the name of your child and their tutor group and we will resend the invitation to you.
Help and support can be found here, if you are worried about your child:
Young minds - advice on teen behaviour and mental health
Family lives - Guidance on parenting teens
Off the Record - youth mental health ages 11-25
Happy Maps - advice on young people’s mental health and services directory