Important Notices
GCSEPod - Free Parent Webinars
Dear Parent,
Please find attached information on ‘Parent Webinars by GSCEPod’. This is a great opportunity for you to get an insight into how you can support your child and keep your child engaged using GCSEPod and prepare your child for the next academic year and ease the worry of lost learning. Throughout the academic year, GCSEPod have had great success engaging and supporting parents through their live webinar sessions.
Their latest parent webinar dates are:
2nd June @ 5pm (GMT)
17th June @ 5pm (GMT)
15th July @ 5pm (GMT)
During the session you will explore how parents can support their child’s learning using GCSEPod with information around:
• How to access Pods;
• Using the Learning Activities to enhance and embed knowledge;
• Podbooks and how to quiz your child;
• What to expect if your child is given homework on GCSEPod;
• Check & Challenge and self-assessment;
• Hints and tips on home learning
Spaces are limited. Registration is required and can be accessed at:
https://www.gcsepod.com/podup-presents-webinars/
Link for parent’s page which hosts incredible support guides and useful information on how to get the most out of GCSEPod: https://www.gcsepod.com/parent-resources/
Re-Enrollment
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Revision Guides - Now available for
Grade 8 - 12
E Bundle offer!
The E Bundle package is available for parents to purchase from the school book store – please contact Suneel for more details - Suneel.f_wsr@gemsedu.com
Please note, without the E bundle, children will not be able to access essential learning resources used by teachers to support student assessment and progress.
E Bundle package includes the following applications:
1. SAM Learning - SAM Learning is an online learning tool for GCSE, A level and KS3 subjects for online revision and assessment of learning.
2. GCSE POD - Knowledge rich content for 27 IGCSE subjects, GCSEPod makes it easy to revise and build knowledge in sequence through unique subject pods.
3. MyiMaths - An interactive online website specializing IGCSE, AS and A Level mathematics (numeracy).
4. Pearson Active Learn - A digital learning space for students to access learning and assessment resources for all of their subjects.
5. Fluency Tutor Rapid Read – A Literacy resource for students who find reading challenging, as well as for students learning English as a second language.
COVID-19 - Important Information
Dear Parents,
At present, health authorities recognize three vehicles of coronavirus transmission:
1) The small droplets from speaking or coughing, which can end up in the eyes, mouth or nose of people standing nearby.
2) Contaminated surfaces (fomites), although the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that this is the likely way to catch the virus.
3) Finally, there is transmission by aerosols – the inhalation of invisible infectious particles exhaled by an infected person that, once leaving the mouth, behave in a similar way to smoke. Without ventilation, aerosols remain suspended in the air and become increasingly dense as time passes.
Breathing, speaking and shouting
At the beginning of the pandemic, it was believed that the large droplets we expel when we cough or sneeze were the main vehicle of transmission. But recent studies show that shouting and singing in indoor, poorly ventilated spaces over a prolonged period of time also increases the risk of contagion. This is because speaking in a loud voice releases 50 times more virus-laden particles than when we don’t speak at all. These aerosols, if not diffused through ventilation, become increasingly concentrated, which increases the risk of infection. Scientists have shown that these particles – which we also release into the atmosphere when simply breathing and which can escape from improperly worn face masks – can infect people, depending on the length of time and the nature of the interaction.
Even though the WSR is equipped with sophisticated Fresh Air Handling Unit ( FAHU ) it is advised and recommended to keep at least one window open for ventilation. The AC temperature can be set as per your requirement
Important reminders
1) Wear proper PPE while you are with someone
2) Maintain safe distance
3) Don’t share materials
4) Avoid gatherings or meeting people – use telephones, online meeting applications if absolutely necessary
5) Keep your area clean and tidy
6) Sanitise and wash your hands with soap for at least for 30 seconds
7) WFH if you are unwell or any of your family members is / has been showing C 19 symptoms
8) Get yourself regularly tested
9) Do some exercise
10) Eat healthy food preferable home cooked
11) Follow the law of the land and authority regulations