WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Wednesday 13th January 2021
Good afternoon, Engagement: As an update to my notice yesterday it is good to see from the system reports that 90% of our students accessed Teams on Monday. The highest percentage was Year 11 (93%). Obviously we want the percentage to be 100%...
WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Tuesday 12th January 2021
Good afternoon, Free School Meals: Mrs Eckersley has asked me to pass on the message that we will be issuing food parcels for this week and then the voucher system will start from next Monday (18th January); Engagement: ...
WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Monday 11th January 2021
Good afternoon, COVID testing: We have started COVID testing on-site today by starting the weekly tests for staff. We will be starting to test students who are accessing our provision tomorrow. All testing is voluntary. This is a very...
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WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Friday 8th January 2021
Good afternoon, You will be glad to hear that, unless something dramatic happens over the weekend, the next update will not be until Monday afternoon as I am currently sending them out daily rather than weekly. Reports: We will shortly be...
WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Thursday 7th January 2021
Good afternoon, A small number of updates today. Timings of the day: Most of you will know that we changed the timings of lessons within the school day when we came back in September in order to allow safe movement and hygiene. We...
WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Wednesday 6th January 2021
Good afternoon, COVID testing: We received information from the government yesterday evening that we were to continue to plan for voluntary testing of staff and those students who are accessing provision on our site currently. With this in mind all...
WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Tuesday 5th January 2021
Good afternoon, Following my update yesterday and my email yesterday evening just a brief update today: Year 11: We are very aware of the concern and upset caused by last night's announcement that Year 11 examinations would not run as normal this...
WLD Update for Parents & Carers - Monday 4th January 2021
Good afternoon, Thank you to everyone - parents/carers, students and staff - who have enabled us to teach remotely today. I know that it is strange, challenging and different, but the overwhelming majority of our students have engaged well. Our youngest students, our...
WLD Update for Parents & Carers Sunday 3rd January 2021
Happy New Year! Let's hope 2021 is positive for all of us. I have recorded this update as a video message or you can read it below. The written version contains the links and email addresses that I mention in the video, The text of the...
WLD Update for Parents & Carers - plans for the next few weeks
Good afternoon, Firstly, best wishes for as Happy a New Year as possible under these challenging circumstances! Let's hope that 2021 is a more positive year for all of us. Many of you will have seen the government's announcements yesterday about...
WLD Update for Parents & Carers of Years 7 to 10 - start of term 2021
Good afternoon, As you will be aware from my update on Friday, the government wants to minimise the number of students in secondary schools until the 11th January. To do this, we have been instructed that Years 7, 8, 9 & 10 will be taught remotely for the first week of the...
WLD Update for Parents & Carers Friday 18th December 2020
Firstly, and most importantly, please can I wish you, your families and all who you care for a happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year despite the difficult circumstances that we all face. It is a challenging time and I hope that you and your families remain safe and...
