LAR  NEWSLETTER 

11/10/24           Module 1

Year 10 Expectations Evening

We have added into our calendar an information evening for all year 10 parents on Monday 14th October. A letter with all the information regarding this event will be sent to parents but please ensure you have saved this date to attend and know the time for your college slot. It will be an important evening outlining what you need to know about your child's courses, coursework and exams and how to support them through KS4. With approximately 60-70% of each KS4 course being completed in year 10, and the remaining in year 11, year 10 is a crucial year for students and we want to ensure we are working in partnership with you all to help them to be as successful as possible. 

Year 9 Parent Workshop: Revision Strategies and Improving Knowledge Retention

Please see attached the resources that were delivered by the Teaching and Learning Team during this event here. We would also like to remind parents that after half term, Year 9 will be sitting their Exams Week on Monday 18th November 2024 to give experiences of what KS4 and GCSE exams will look like.

Homework Club

Please note that Homework Club is for students who require help with their homework. This means that our expectation is that students will arrive with homework to complete. We expect those who do attend to remain in the club until it officially ends at 4pm like any other after school activity. Students will not be allowed to leave before this time as there is no-one to see them off site. Please be aware that any students who disrupt the homework club, like any other club will be asked to leave. 

Student Safety Walking Home

We would like to remind families to encourage their children to always walk in groups or with a buddy at the end of the day to stay safe, especially with darkening evenings. Also another kind reminder that we recommend that the children come to school wearing a coat as it starts to get colder throughout this time period. To support families we would like to remind you that our students can have non-smart phones to contact home should they be worried at any time, we encourage families to invest in these if they have not done so already at a reasonable cost of £12 - £20. 

Activity studio and Sports Hall Footwear

We kindly ask that parents ensure children have clean trainers for lessons in the sports hall and activity studio (not dirty/messy). If they're dirty then we will need to ask them to remove these before they enter these rooms to avoid making the floor slippery for other students. Pupils must wear clean trainers or go bare foot as they will be liable to slip over if wearing socks. 

Conduct Cards

We have had an influx of students stating their conduct cards have been washed and are arriving to school without these. We kindly ask that parents and carers remind students to check their pockets for these before they are put in the wash. Students requiring new ones are given detentions. 

Please see below the letter regarding the latest allergy update.

We are really proud of our new Year 10  Hospitality and Catering students they have been cooking up a storm. Look at what they've been up to currently!

Please see the poster above if you would be interested in the adult counselling services.

Willson B was fundraising back in March which has made it into the wisdom hospice charity newsletter. There is a really lovely article in there if you get an opportunity to read it. Please click here  to view the newsletter. We are so proud of you!

Reporting an absence 

If your child has an appointment or is off school due to being unwell please email the absence line direct attendance@leighacademyrainham.org.uk 

Detentions

We would just like to remind parents that as per the updated behaviour policy, detentions do take place on Wednesdays to avoid students developing a backlog.

Contacting the Academy

We kindly request that when contacting the academy by phone that you select the correct College office to speak to for your child, to ensure your query is dealt with as quickly as possible.

Parent Pay

Can we remind parents to keep their child's balance topped up to reduce the phone calls being made for parents to top up their account for break and lunch times.

Kind Regards,

Leigh Academy Rainham