Year 9 – Welcome back!

Dear Parents,

I would like to welcome your children back to term 3. I do hope that you were able to find time to enjoy the Easter break and that your children were able to have some downtime away from their screens.

A few reminders about the continued pastoral support that is in place for students during online learning:

  • 1:1 online tutoring schedule  – students have been informed of their 1:1 appointments by their tutor.
  • Wednesdays, Day 3 – Whole Tutor group online session during tutor time.
  • Wednesdays, Day 8 – Whole Year 9 online assembly during tutor time.
  • Wellbeing support accessible through the L4L Google Classroom – led by Mr Jason Broderick.
  • Counselling/wellbeing services available for students – Please contact the tutor or Mr Low if you would like to arrange an appointment for your child.

Other reminders/messages:

  • Social distancing – please remind your children to not congregate in groups greater than 4 people – particularly around the DB beach area.
  • Term 3 Reports – to be published to parents on 11th June 2020.

Google Guardians feature:

In order to provide you with formative information regarding how your son/daughter is getting on in their respective classes, DBIS piloted the ‘Google Guardians’ feature with the Year 10 cohort towards the back end of Term 2. The plan now is to roll it out to all of Key Stage 3 from Monday, 4th May.

All parents/guardians will be sent an email where you will have to confirm whether you want to accept this feature of G-suite (instructions were shared in a previous bulletin). This will allow you to receive weekly updates that:

  • Track what topics and areas of work your son/daughter have been learning
  • See what tasks are complete/ incomplete

An important point to note: this feature is only a summary and does not allow you to access specific subject google classrooms, resources and/or videos. 

Thank you again for your continued support in your child’s learning and progress. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with either myself or your child’s tutor should you have any questions or require any further information.

 

Kind regards,

 

Justin Low M.Ed, BEng (Hons), PGCE, MInstP

Year Group Leader – Year 9

[email protected]

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