 |  | Senior Girls Bulletin | | | Mr Richards' words Lent week 7 |  | | With announcements coming thick and fast from both Number 10 and the Department for Education. I would like to thank Mr Spanswick for his excellent work to ensure all our students will return to school on 8 March, tested, masked, and distanced.
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| | | From the Office | Lunch Booking from 8 March
A hot ‘take-away’ style school lunch will be available from 8 March and needs to be booked on a ‘one week block’ basis via the Report Portal in the same way you would book activities, study or after-school care. The deadline for booking lunches or making changes to your booking is 4pm Thursday of the preceding week.
Instructions can be found on pages 4-5 of this help document, but in summary you need to ‘join group’ for a Monday lunch (main or vegetarian) which will include your child for a full week (i.e. lunch Monday to Friday). The booking then automatically rolls over week-on-week, so your child will be included for lunches for the remainder of the term and you will be charged each week unless you ‘leave group’ (this needs to be done prior to the Thursday 4pm cut-off).
If you had signed your child up for school lunches in January, your booking still stands. So if they no longer require a hot school lunch, you will need to amend your booking. If you cannot remember, you can check by logging into the Report Portal. If you had not signed up but wish to, please do so following the above instructions by 4pm Thursday 4 March.
Parent Workshop “Safe Return to School” - Wednesday 3 March
The RBWM invites you to attend a workshop on Wednesday 3 March between 11am-12noon which is aimed at helping parents and their children with the return to school after lockdown. Please find further information and joining details here.
ALL YEAR GROUPS:
Monday 8 March
Return to school for all pupils.
YEAR 7 ONLY:
Parent Focus Group
We are keen to put together a Year 7 Parent Focus Group which would meet every few months with Mrs Ruddick (Deputy Head-Pastoral). The main purpose of the group is to provide constructive feedback to the school as well as providing an opportunity for parents to share opinions, feelings and perceptions on school-based activities. If you are interested in being part of this, please email Mrs Ruddick vlr@clairescourt.net by Friday 5 March.
YEAR 7, 9, 10:
Lateral Flow Testing - Friday 5 March at Senior Girls
All girls in Years 7, 9 and 10 are to have their first Lateral Flow Test on Friday 5 March. Appointments will be sent out next week. You must have completed the LFT consent form prior to attending. Those who have not will be sent a final request to complete it next week. Parents are asked to drive into school but please wait in their car, whilst the girls go to the Sports Hall for their test. Girls will need to wear face masks, please. There will be no live lessons for Years 7, 9 and 10 for the day, but all work will be available on Google Classroom, and girls must complete it in the time they have around their LFT appointment time.
YEAR 8 ONLY:
G8 HPV Immunisations and LFT - Wednesday 3 March at Senior Boys
HPV appointments have been arranged by the Berkshire School Aged Immunisation Team and sent directly to parents. The girls will also have their Lateral Flow Test, just after their individual HPV appointment. You must have completed the LFT consent form prior to attending, those who have not will be sent a final request to complete it next week. Parents are asked to drive onto site but wait in their car whilst the girls go to the Senior Boys Sports Hall, Ray Mill Road East, SL6 8TE. Girls will need to wear face masks, please. There will be no live lessons for the day, but all work will be available on Google Classroom, and girls must complete it in the time they have around their LFT appointment time.
YEAR 11 ONLY:
Ofqual Public Exam Announcement - Thursday 25 February
The update from Mr Wilding following yesterday’s Ofqual announcement on how GCSE grades will be determined in Summer 2021 can be found here.
G11 Mid Term Assessments
Just a reminder that these are happening as from 1 March - your daughter was emailed the information and timetable on Friday 12 February and all parents informed earlier this week.
They will be taking place via the girls’ subject classrooms and will require cameras to be on. Please be aware that these are not ‘exams’, but merely an opportunity for the girls to show what they know and understand.
Public Exam Briefing for Parents - Tuesday 2 March 10am
Please join the Senior school heads for a GCSE and A Level Update on Tuesday 2 March 10am -10:45am (https://meet.google.com/ppx-tuok-qcs). Many thanks to all those who were able to join us for the Y11-13 Exams Briefing on Monday 22 February. For your information, please find the presentation and live recording from the evening.
Lateral Flow Testing - Friday 5 March at Senior Girls
G11 are to have their first Lateral Flow Test on Friday 5 March. Appointments will be sent out next week. You must have completed the LFT consent form prior to attending. Those who have not will be sent a final request to complete it next week. Parents are asked to drive into school but please wait in their car whilst the girls go to the Sports Hall for their test. Girls will need to wear face masks, please. Year 11 mid-term assessments will be completed as normal, with LFT appointment times to accommodate this. |
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