Weekly Bulletin for parents and carers, 3 February
Dear parents and carers, welcome to this week's update.
🎭 This week...our school show, Matilda the Musical!
All welcome to watch our academy production
A gleefully witty ode to the anarchy of childhood and the power of imagination!
7pm on Wed 5 / Fri 7 Feb and also 2pm on Sat 8 Feb!
£4 under 16s / £6 adults
📅 Upcoming dates for your diary
Year 7 dates and information
📅 Wednesday 5 February - opening night for our school show, Matilda
📅 Friday 14 February - school closes at 2:55pm for half-term break
Your child's next Progress Evening where you can meet your child's teachers: Thursday 6 March, 4-7pm
Your child's next report will be sent: Thursday 8 May
Year 7 Heads of Year: Mrs S Fitzgerald and Mrs E McClean - manc-y7@coopacademies.co.uk
Year 8 dates and information
📅 Wednesday 5 February - opening night for our school show, Matilda
📅 Friday 14 February - school closes at 2:55pm for half-term break
Your child's next Progress Evening where you can meet your child's teachers: Thursday 26 June, 4-7pm
Your child's next report will be sent: Thursday 8 May
Year 8 Heads of Year: Ms M Bretherton and Miss S Saeed- manc-y8@coopacademies.co.uk
Year 9 dates and information
📅 Wednesday 5 February - opening night for our school show, Matilda
📅 Thursday 6 February - Year 9 Options Evening, 4pm - 6pm - please look through the Options website ahead of the event
📅 Friday 14 February - school closes at 2:55pm for half-term break
Your child's next report will be sent: Wednesday 18 June
Year 9 Heads of Year: Miss J Roberts & Ms P Jackson - manc-y9@coopacademies.co.uk
Year 10 dates and information
Our Careers Advisors have put together a list of college open days that are recommended for current Year 10 students. Download it as a PDF here.
📅 Wednesday 5 February - opening night for our school show, Matilda
📅 Friday 14 February - school closes at 2:55pm for half-term break
Your child's next Progress Evening where you can meet your child's teachers: Thursday 24 April 4-7pm
Your child's next report will be sent: Wednesday 2 April
Year 10 Heads of Year: Mr A Poole and Miss M Rehman - manc-y10@coopacademies.co.uk
Year 11 dates and information
📅 Wednesday 5 February - opening night for our school show, Matilda
📅 Friday 14 February - school closes at 2:55pm for half-term break
Your child's next report will be sent: Wednesday 19 March
Year 11 Heads of Year: Mr K Hughes- manc-y11@coopacademies.co.uk
Survey for families of Year 7 students
Researcher: Kate Swindells (Teaching Assistant, Co-op Academy Manchester).
Title of Project: Understanding the transition process from primary to secondary school from a student, teacher and parent perspective.
This research is part of a BA (Hons) in Childhood Studies. The aim of this research is to understand teachers’ opinion towards the transition process and championing students’ views on transition as well as listening to parents’ perception of the transition process to see if interventions could be implemented to support students on this journey.
The questionnaire contains 8 questions that will take you less than 5 minutes to complete. The questions have been designed to ascertain parental views about the transition process.
Participation is completely voluntary; individuals are free to withdraw from the process at any time. There are no risks involved in taking part in this research project as no personal data is collected and your responses will be anonymised.
Lunch payments update
We have a number of machines in the canteen areas where students can add cash to their lunch accounts. There was a problem with one of them that we are pleased to report is now fixed.
We know that some of our students wanted to add money but were unable to do so, and we now ask that families make sure they clear any lunch debts.
At the moment we take cash but we are moving to a cashless offer, so we do ask families to check balances and top-up using Arbor.
Time to Talk Day
Time to Talk Day is the nation’s biggest mental health conversation. It’s a day for friends, families, communities and workplaces to come together to talk, listen and change lives. Time to Talk Day is taking place 6 February 2025 and is run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, in partnership with Co-op.
We look forward to taking part in school and encourage everyone to visit timetotalkday.co.uk for great information and resources.
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