Year 7 Information – 2020/21

Dear Parents/Guardians,

 

You will soon be receiving your son/daughter’s Year 7 House and Class information for the next academic school year via email.

Secondary staff have worked closely with the Year 6 team to ensure students are in learning environments that are balanced and provide the opportunity to build successful relationships with existing and new friends.

As you are aware, the House system is critical to the pastoral support structure in the Secondary School. Students will stay in the same House throughout their secondary experience and will also keep the same Tutor. This means that all students become well known by staff who will be able to offer them personalised support with their academic and personal development.

The class is a mixed ability group that has been created in order to build the school timetable. This means that all students in your child’s class will study the same subject at the same time but may be in different rooms depending on the needs of each subject.

A parent forum has been planned for early in the new school year to give you a chance to meet your child’s tutor and Head of Year, Ms Morag Armstrong. For your reference, the Year 7 Tutors are outlined below:

 

Head of Year: Morag Armstrong

Lightning: Shelby Smal

Storm: Chris Butler

Thunder: Louise Tyrrell

Typhoon: Jack Piggott

 

In lieu of a Parent Transition Information Evening, please find attached an information document which we hope will answer any questions you may have. Transition information document.

 

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me by email [email protected] 

 

I hope you have an enjoyable summer and I look forward to seeing you in the new school year.

 

Regards,

Aaron Harris

Assistant Head of Secondary (Pastoral)

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