Weekly Bulletin for parents and carers, 3 June
Welcome to this week's update. We hope everyone had a relaxing break.
📅 Upcoming dates for your diary
Year 7 dates and information
📅 Wednesday 19 June - Your child's next report will be shared with you
📅 Thursday 27 June - Our next monthly SEND Coffee Morning
📅 Thursday 19 July - Sports Day for invited students
Year 8 dates and information
📅 Wednesday 26 June - Your child's next report will be shared with you
📅 Thursday 27 June - Our next monthly SEND Coffee Morning
📅 Thursday 19 July - Sports Day for invited students
Year 9 dates and information
📅 Wednesday 5 June - Your child's next report will be shared with you
📅 Thursday 20 June - Year 9 Progress Evening - in-person event.
- Appointments will open later this week. We will write to you separately in the next few days.
📅 Thursday 27 June - Our next monthly SEND Coffee Morning
📅 Thursday 19 July - Sports Day for invited students
Year 10 dates and information
📅 Tuesday 11 June - Year 10 mock interviews. Students will have the option of wearing their own formal interview clothes - a letter about Careers Week will be sent separately.
📅 Thursday 13 June - Year 10 Careers Fair. Parents & carers are welcome to join between 2.45pm and 4.30pm - a letter about Careers Week will be sent separately.
📅 Wednesday 24 June - Your child's next report will be shared with you
📅 Thursday 27 June - Our next monthly SEND Coffee Morning
📅 Thursday 19 July - Sports Day for invited students
Year 11 dates and information
📅 Friday 7 June - The Year 11 Biology exam will finish at 14:25. Year 11 will leave at 14:30. Please contact the Year 11 team if you have concerns or require your child to stay until the usual finish time of 14:55.
📅 Wednesday 10 July - Prom. Please see the message sent on 16 April for more details.
A reminder about coats and uniform
From today we will be reinstating our full uniform rules.
This means that students will not be allowed to wear coats in the Academy. Coats can be carried or put in bags.
This rule was relaxed for the cold weather. As the weather is now getting warmer, it is no longer needed for students to wear coats inside. This week we have been explaining this change to students in Tutor Time so that they are prepared.
If you have any questions, please contact your child’s Heads of Year.
This half term's Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) curriculum
We teach PSHE lessons during tutor time on Tuesdays and Thursdays. These lessons are planned per year group so that all topics are delivered in an age-appropriate way.
The theme for the next few weeks is ‘Relationships and Sex Education’. We will cover the following content:
We will cover the following content:
Year 7
- What is love?
- Different types of families
- What makes a good friendship?
- What is coercion
- Gender identity
- Sexual orientation
- Periods and menstrual hygiene
- Why do relationships break down?
Year 8
- Recap on gender identity
- Coming out
- Healthy relationships
- Consent and boundaries
- Managing friendships
- Introduction to contraception
- Introduction to nudes
Year 9
- Recap gender identity
- Growing up LGBT+
- Importance of being an ally
- Nudes and cyberflashing
- Sexual harassment
- Sexual consent and the law
- Contraception and STIs
- Bullying
Year 10
- Recap on healthy relationships
- Addressing relationship abuse
- Relationship break down including abuse
- Choosing whether to have sex and abstaining from sex
- Contraception and treating STIs
- Pornography
- HIV and AIDS
If you feel that your child may be upset by any of these topics please contact their Head of Year using the relevant email address below so that we can support.
- manc-y7@coopacademies.co.uk
- manc-y8@coopacademies.co.uk
- manc-y9@coopacademies.co.uk
- manc-y10@coopacadmies.co.uk
- manc-y11@coopacademies.co.uk
From Ms S Bell / Ms C Nissen, Joint PSHE, RSE and Citizenship Leads
Announcing Sports Day 2024!
We are thrilled to announce that our sports day for Years 7-10 will be held on Friday 19th July.
We will be taking selected students to the Manchester Regional Arena, Eastlands. These students will be selected due to their excellent attitude to learning in their PE lessons this academic year, and consistently demonstrating our Ways of Being Co-op.
We are very proud of the sporting heritage in Manchester and take great pleasure in being able to provide our students with the opportunity to participate and compete at world-class track & field facilities; the Regional Arena has hosted the Paralympic World Cup and the annual National Athletics Trials.
If your child is selected, we will write to you in due course to confirm the arrangements for the day.
From Mr Mills, Assistant Director of Physical Education
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