Weekly Bulletin for parents and carers, 3 September 2024
Dear parents and carers,
Welcome to the new school year! We are especially pleased to welcome parents and carers of our new Year 7 students.
Each week we send these weekly updates letting you know what's going on in the school and any key dates. We will send a message directly to you to let you know a new edition is published, but they can always be found on our website at https://www.manchester.coopacademies.co.uk/letters-home - if you ever worry that you aren't receiving our messages please check there. Of course, we won't publish any confidential letters about your child there.
We need a current phone number and email address for all parents and carers, so please let us know if you change them.
For the next few weeks we are sending messages via a service called Iris Reach. This will send you a free My Ed app message if you have the app, or else an SMS message if you do not. We do ask parents and carers to please download the app as it reduces the cost of messaging. By October half-term, we plan to move to the service provided by Arbor. This will mean that messages, behaviour data and lunch payments are 'all in one place' for parents and carers.
📅 Upcoming dates for your diary
Year 7 dates and information
📅 This week - students will start taking part in a variety of assessments to help us identify students’ strengths and also provide us with some feedback with suggestions about how pupils can develop in certain areas. This can be strategies to use in the classroom or use of intervention groups where necessary. Find out more.
📅 Monday 16 September - we will have professional photographers in to take photos of Year 7. You will have the chance to purchase them, although there is no expectation for you to do so. These will be used internally to help staff support students.
📅 Thursday 3 October, 4-7pm - Open Evening. This event is for families choosing their child's secondary school, but our current parents and carers are also welcome to visit us. If you know of any families with children in Year 5 or 6, please share the date with them.
📅 Monday 7 October, 4-6pm - Year 7 Settling-in Evening. This optional event is a chance to come in and meet your child's Heads of Year and senior leaders.
📅 Wednesday 16 October, 2.55pm - we close for the half-term break. Thursday 17 and Friday 18 October are INSET (staff training) days. [See all our term dates and holidays here].
📅 Monday 28 October, 8:20am - we reopen after the 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: Wednesday 22 January
Year 7 Heads of Year: Mrs S Fitzgerald and Mrs E McClean - manc-y7@coopacademies.co.uk
Year 8 dates and information
We are sending you a message which indicates which Tutor Group your child is in this year, e.g. "8A". Please tell your child their new Tutor Group as this will make things easier for them on their first day back.
📅 Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 October - HPV Vaccinations. Find out more.
📅 Thursday 3 October, 4-7pm - Open Evening. This event is for families choosing their child's secondary school, but our current parents and carers are also welcome to visit us. If you know of any families with children in Year 5 or 6, please share the date with them.
📅 Wednesday 16 October, 2.55pm - we close for the half-term break. Thursday 17 and Friday 18 October are INSET (staff training) days. [See all our term dates and holidays here].
📅 Monday 28 October, 8:20am - we reopen after the 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: Wednesday 22 January
Year 8 Heads of Year: Ms M Bretherton and Miss S Saeed- manc-y8@coopacademies.co.uk
Year 9 dates and information
We are sending you a message which indicates which Tutor Group your child is in this year, e.g. "9A". Please tell your child their new Tutor Group as this will make things easier for them on their first day back.
📅 Thursday 3 October, 4-7pm - Open Evening. This event is for families choosing their child's secondary school, but our current parents and carers are also welcome to visit us. If you know of any families with children in Year 5 or 6, please share the date with them.
📅 Wednesday 16 October, 2.55pm - we close for the half-term break. Thursday 17 and Friday 18 October are INSET (staff training) days. [See all our term dates and holidays here].
📅 Monday 28 October, 8:20am - we reopen after the half-term break.
Your child's next Progress Evening where you can meet your child's teachers: Thursday 23 January, 4-7pm
Your child's next report will be sent: Wednesday 22 January
Year 9 Heads of Year: Miss J Roberts and Mr C Baltazar - manc-y9@coopacademies.co.uk
Year 10 dates and information
We are sending you a message which indicates which Tutor Group your child is in this year, e.g. '"0A". Please tell your child their new Tutor Group as this will make things easier for them on their first day back.
📅 Thursday 3 October, 4-7pm - Open Evening. This event is for families choosing their child's secondary school, but our current parents and carers are also welcome to visit us. If you know of any families with children in Year 5 or 6, please share the date with them.
📅 Wednesday 16 October, 2.55pm - we close for the half-term break. Thursday 17 and Friday 18 October are INSET (staff training) days. [See all our term dates and holidays here].
📅 Monday 28 October, 8:20am - we reopen after the 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 27 November
Year 10 Heads of Year: Mr A Poole and Miss M Rehman - manc-y10@coopacademies.co.uk
Year 11 dates and information
📅 Thursday 3 October, 4-7pm - Open Evening. This event is for families choosing their child's secondary school, but our current parents and carers are also welcome to visit us. If you know of any families with children in Year 5 or 6, please share the date with them.
📅 Tuesday 8 October, times tbc - Revision Evening for Year 11 students and families. We will write to you with more information soon.
📅 Wednesday 16 October, 2.55pm - we close for the half-term break. Thursday 17 and Friday 18 October are INSET (staff training) days. [See all our term dates and holidays here].
📅 Monday 28 October, 8:20am - we reopen after the half-term break.
Your child's next Progress Evening where you can meet your child's teachers: Thursday 12 December, 4-7pm
Your child's next report will be sent: Wednesday 4 December
Year 11 Heads of Year: Mr K Hughes and Ms P Jackson- manc-y11@coopacademies.co.uk
We've moved to Arbor Pay
You can view your child's transactions and top-up their lunch accounts in Arbor.
Changes to the 708 Bus Timetable
Over the summer, Transport for Greater Manchester amended the 708 school bus timetable with an earlier start time for the return journey. The 708 will now leave the academy at 3:05pm each day. This means students are not waiting around for as long.
Find out more about passes and timetables at tfgm.com/travelling-to-school
Drop-off and pick-up times
The academy is a big school on a small, busy road. Please be very careful when driving near the school at the start and end of the school day. If possible, please drop-off and pick-up your child away from Plant Hill Road to ease congestion.
The area around the school is very residential and so we say thank you on behalf of our neighbours for not blocking driveways or marked disabled bays.
Students are welcome to cycle to school - we have cycle storage that is locked during the school day, although we advise bringing a bike lock too.
Are you receiving these messages by SMS? Please download our Parent App. It's called My Ed, saves the school money and lets you message us for free and see useful information about your child.
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