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A reminder that - Friday 9th December 2022 9.15-10.15am will be the next Poly Parent Morning.
At our first parent morning of the academic year on 21st October we welcomed over 70 parents/carers into our school. The morning was a great success, and we are so looking forward to the 9th of December.
For further details see the flyers attached.
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We would like to request that parents/carers could please donate any unwanted uniform that they may have (in fairly good condition) to our reception by Tuesday 6th December 2022.
Items needed include:
We will be selling this uniform at the next Poly Parent Morning - Friday 9th December 9.15-10.15am. All monies raised from this uniform sale will enable us to help out further families within our school community in need at this time.
Thank you for your support in advance.
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We would like to request that parents/carers could please donate any unwanted uniform that they may have (in fairly good condition) to our reception by Tuesday 6th December 2022 so that we are able to help out any families that may be struggling at this time.
Thank you for your support in advance.
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Our next event in the PolyMAT Presents series will focus on the importance of active, rather than passive, classroom activity as an essential ingredient in the learning process. We will hear from Dr. Craig Blewett, author of Activated Classroom Teaching or (ACT), a pedagogy designed to help move learning from passive to active supported by new technologies. We will also hear from a number of Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts, including Catherine Coleman, who will discuss the 21st Century Learning Design (21CLD) pedagogy, and Cameron Kaljouw who will show how this can be put into practice using tools such as Minecraft.
Click here for further information about the event and the webinar link
All our speakers will be focussed on the active classroom/ active learning topic.
We look forward to you joining us for this virtual mini-conference either live, or afterwards when these are posted to YouTube.
You can watch our other 5 series of PolyMAT presents on our YouTube channel here
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Attached below are some useful links for parents/carers about Internet safety, advice and support, activities, videos and much more.
Parents and carers | CEOP Education (thinkuknow.co.uk)
#AskTheAwkward - help to talk with your children about online relationships (thinkuknow.co.uk)
Home Safety Activities (thinkuknow.co.uk)
Miss E Smith
Assistant Headteacher
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Dear Parents/Carers
As you may be aware, the week beginning 14th November is National Anti-Bullying Week. We will be doing various activities with the students throughout the week, culminating in ‘Wear Something Blue’ day on Friday 18th November to raise awareness and money for bullying support charities.
We ask that students contribute £1 on the day and wear an item or combination of items that are blue from the following list:
Students will still need to be in full school uniform (blazer, tie, skirt/trousers, shoes etc) and will not be permitted to have blue nails or make up/face paint.
For further information on Anti-bullying Week, please visit bullying.co.uk or anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk
Staff will also be taking part and contributing to this event and we will be sharing our activities and photos on the school website and social media pages. We hope that you and your daughters will support us in our promotion of such an important charity.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs Z Drysdale
PD Co-ordinator
Admissions Consultation
CONSULTATION ON ADMISSIONS ARRANGEMENTS FOR ENTRY TO WOOLWICH POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL FOR ENTRY IN SEPTEMBER 2024
In line with DFE guidance, PolyMAT, as the admissions authority, is consulting and seeking comments on the Determined Admissions Arrangements for 2024 for Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys.
BACKGROUND
This consultation follows the procedure set by the Admissions Code 2021 (‘The Code’) and gives the local community the opportunity to provide their views on these proposed admission arrangements.
This consultation relates to some minor changes to our Admissions Arrangements for 2024-25 which we must now consult on ahead of the changes being determined.
The changes to the Admissions Criteria are as follows:
• Where the school is over-subscribed, children of a Trust staff member who is currently employed on permanent contract at the time of application for admission to the academy is made, will be considered as the fourth priority in the criteria.
• The Academy has increased its planned admission number for the Sixth Form to 320, of which 80 are external, i.e. from students entering Year 12 who are not transferring from EITHER Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys or Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls own Year 11 cohort.
THE CONSULTATION PROCESS
This consultation will run from Monday 14 November for eight weeks, concluding at 5pm on Sunday 8 January 2023. We are keen to hear views from the local community who are likely to be affected by the proposed changes and are consulting interested parties in accordance with the Admissions Code.
Please send any responses to arendell@polymat.co.ukor by letter to the school address, Woolwich Polytechnic School, Hutchins Road, Thamesmead, SE28 8AT, labelled Admission Consultation.
Borough makes new pledges to support residents with cost-of-living crisis.
More than £3million will be invested across 12 pledges to support residents and businesses with the rising the cost of living. Proposals include targeted cash payments for the most vulnerable people in the borough – children on free school meals, care leavers and those excluded from the benefits system.
Funding of £150,000 will go towards supporting food clubs, groups and foodbanks, £300,000 to help renters from being made homeless, and £50,000 to create warm spaces in community buildings across the borough are just some of the ways the Council intends to act. Funding is subject to final Cabinet approval but will also include a Community Supports initiative where residents can donate goods, money or volunteer their time and a Business Support Grant focused on helping make local businesses become Real Living Wage Accredited employers.
There is a range of support already in place for residents struggling with rising household costs. Full information about these schemes and how to access them is available via Greenwich Supports: www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich-Supports
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Please find attached below two PDF documents from the Greenwich Safeguarding Children Partnership on water safety awareness.
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Take a look at our brand-new menus that will be launching after the October half-term break.
Click here to view more information about our catering provision
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Wishing everyone within our school community and people around the world who celebrate, a happy Diwali.
