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| 23rd September 2022 |
| Student Bulletin |
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Upcoming Dates
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Monday 26th Sept – Friday 30th Sept
Y7 Learning Behaviour Focus Week
Monday 26th September
Y11 Sixth Form Curriculum Seminars
Y6 Parent Tours 9am and 10am
Y11 Swanage Geo Trip
Tuesday 27th September
Y6 Parent Tours 9am and 10am
Y11 Swanage Geo Trip
Y10 Information Evening (5:30pm)
Wednesday 28th September
Y6 Parent Tours 9am and 10am and ECT Mentors Year 1 Training Staff Room (TWR)
Teenage Booster vaccination (Y9 - Y11)
CATS Catch Up Session Tu - P2 (ML7)
Thursday 29th September
Y6 Parent Tours 9am and 10am
Teenage Booster vaccination (Y9 - Y11)
Y8 Information Evening (5:30pm)
1700 Govs School Progress Committee
Friday 30th September
Y6 Parent Tours 9am and 10am |
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| Year 10 Uniform |
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| On returning to school it has become apparent that many Year 10 students have skirts that do not comply with school dress code. All skirts should cover the knee completely and not be tight around the waist causing the skirt to be worn too high. We would appreciate your support to ensure your child’s skirt complies with the school dress code. |
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| Buses |
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Thank you for your engagement with my letter and code of conduct regarding the buses. I am pleased to have reported to me the behaviour has improved. If this is not the case I am keen to hear about this. Please use the pastoral support button.
From the 10th October we ask all students to show their bus pass to a member of staff. If your son or daughter does not have this, they must ask for a replacement. Without their bus pass it is likely they will be taken off the bus at school. I hope this will give students ample opportunity to inform us of a missing pass so we can rectify this. I do not want to inconvenience parents but we must ensure the correct students are on the bus for safeguarding concerns.
Mr Davies |
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| Student Catering ID Cards and Overdrafts |
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ID Cards
Our canteen can get very busy at times and the time it takes for students to pay at the tills has a knock-on impact on other year groups and students. A key aspect that slows the tills is when a student arrives at the till without their QR code either on their ID card or their mobile phone.
As of Monday the 10th of October we will be checking to make sure that students have their QR code before they enter the canteen area. If they do not have their QR card they will be asked to return at 1:45pm.
If students have a mobile phone they can get their QR code by visiting https://www.highcliffe.school/barcode/ (a good idea is to screenshot and save to photos). Any student that has lost their ID card and requires a replacement should ask their tutor to order a replacement as soon as possible and we will deliver to the tutor once ready.
Catering Overdrafts
We know that everyone has busy lives and sometimes students are caught unaware of their balance being low. Unless you tell us differently, we will allow students to run a small overdraft of up to £5 which is cleared when you next recharge the balance via cash in school or via Wisepay online. Unfortunately we have a number of students that are running larger overdrafts which are escalating. We would be grateful for parents to look at balances and clear overdrafts when possible. From the 10th of October we will again be instigating our process that was in place before Covid, where if a student has an overdraft of over £5 when they get to the till, we will ask for the student to collect a permission slip from the finance office and have this signed by their Head of Achievement, Head of Year or Pastoral Lead so we can track and work with parents to resolve. |
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| Operation Encompass |
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We would like to remind parents that we are an Operation Encompass school. This means that we work in partnership with BCP police when they are called to an incident of domestic abuse. Sometimes the child is not present, but we will still receive the alert. We will use this information to support the child. Their pastoral lead will check in with them and offer support if needed. We would like to remind parents of our safeguarding area on the school website where there are links to external agencies that can offer family support for a range of issues. Here is the link : Wellbeing | Highcliffe School
Mrs Giller
Assistant Headteacher
Inclusion, Safeguarding and Transition |
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| Duke of Edinburgh Gold - Year 12 |
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| Please remember to sign up for DofE Gold in your enrichment option – if there is a clash and you would like to be part of the DofE scheme then please come and see me outside the covered way at lunch or email me to arrange something. |
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| The Umbrella Group |
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| Please click here for a list of meeting dates for The Umbrella group which is a parent-led group and supports parents and carers of children and young people on the autistic spectrum. |
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| JP Morgan & National Autistic Society – Autumn Cybercamp Pilot |
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We have been sent the following information about a ‘cybercamp’ that may be of interest to students with a diagnosis of autism, or who are actively seeking a diagnosis. If you would like more information, please email njones@highcliffeschool.com and she will send you further information and a booking form.
JP Morgan Chase and The National Autistic Society have designed and are now launching one of the UK’s first Cybercamps for young autistic people.
The camps are FREE non-residential short programmes designed to build digital and cyber skills as well as key employability skills.
More than half of all UK businesses and charities (54%) have a basic technical cyber security skills gap, falling to 18% in public sector organisations1 (DCMS survey, 2018), There is currently a nationwide, and global, crisis in terms of finding solutions to addressing the cyber skills gap with a pipeline of talent that is engaged in cyber at an early stage.
A growing number of employers are recognising autistic people's potential. Yet the National Autistic Society’s research shows just 29% of autistic people are in employment – and many of them are in jobs below their skill level. This is a huge waste of talent at a time when there’s a big skills shortage, particularly in the cyber security industry.
24 – 28 Oct 2022
Autumn Pilot Cybercamp
Age group
13 – 17 yrs covering beginner/intermediate/advanced
Duration
1 week
Cyber/digital: delivered by JP Morgan
Intro to cyber/digital - Practical tasks/Project/Activities
Employment skills: delivered by the National Autistic Society
Intro to employability skills / Creating your personal profile and career plan
The National Autistic Society’s Autism at Work programme in the UK has been delivering training to staff from a range of employers - so they are better able to support autistic talented employees in their workplaces, as well as running work familiarisation sessions for autistic jobseekers to learn more about working culture and environment.
The Cybercamp programme is designed to support and develop JPMorgan’s current work, being keen to find talented autistic candidates for cyber/digital development.
This Cybercamp opportunity brings together learning and training from both JP Morgan cyber skills experts and the National Autistic Society’s autism employability skills experts, in a safe learning environment.
JP Morgan and The National Autistic Society are now recruiting for participants to take part in the first Pilot Cybercamp at the JP Morgan Campus, Chaseside in Bournemouth, 24 - 28 October 2022. |
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| Have you seen all our Clubs? |
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| Music Enrichment |
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Lessons start up again week beginning 12th September – please see Mr Bannister or Mrs Gunner if you would like further details
We are currently running lessons for
Voice
Guitar/Bass
Drums
Piano
Violin/Viola/Cello
Flute/Clarinet/Bassoon
Trumpet/Trombone/French Horn
Other instrumental studies can be offered by arrangement
Music Production Masterclass
On Wednesday 14th September music industry practitioner Dom Sigalas will run a masterclass for GCSE and A Level music students. Dom Sigalas is the Steinberg Product Specialist for the UK and a London based film composer, music producer and musicologist. Dom has composed and produced music for films, television and radio commercials, documentaries (Animal Planet), musicals, corporate video, video games, websites and hundreds of tracks of library music. His credits include National Geographic, Studiocanal and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Dom has also collaborated with many independent filmmakers and cinematographers and has a considerable portfolio of commercially released records.
Places are limited – please see Mr Bannister asap if you are interested in taking part. |
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