Friday, 8th December 2023

From the Headteacher

Dear Parents and Carers,

It's hard to believe we are now in December, coming to the end of term in just under 2 weeks. We have had an excellent term, and your children have been an absolute credit to you. As usual, there has been a huge amount going on, and I encourage you to flick through our end of term edition of 'Community Connect' which will come out in the next couple of weeks, full of images showing what we've been up to.

Our end of term arrangements can be seen in the section below.  The arrangements are in line with previous years, but please do take a moment to look at them.

Finally, we have a job advert out for a Parental Ambassador which may be of interest to some parents / carers. Please see our website here for further details, along with other roles we are advertising.

Mrs Pye 

Upcoming Events

Year 11 Mock Exams
All Day
From 04 Dec until 08 Dec
04
December
Year 7 Pastoral Reward Trip to Acton Ten Pin
12:00pm – 3:00pm
08
December
Year 11 Mock Exams
All Day
From 11 Dec until 15 Dec
11
December
Year 7 Music Trip to The Beck Theatre
12:40pm – 5:00pm
13
December
Year 10 Geography Trip to Statford Urban Geography Fieldwork
8:30am – 5:00pm
14
December
Year 11 Mock Exams
All Day
From 18 Dec until 20 Dec
18
December
Year 7 Pastoral Trip to Sky Studios
12:45pm – 3:30pm
18
December
Winter Concert
4:00pm – 7:00pm
19
December
Year 13 English Trip to Keats House
8:30am – 3:00pm
20
December
Last Day of Term
All Day
21
December
Christmas Holidays
All Day
From 22 Dec until 05 Jan
22
December

Well-Being Talks

As you know, every Thursday on a Week A we have PSHCE. Last week saw the whole of Year 10 having visits from 2 different people to talk to them about how to look after their mental well-being and how to make sure they are looking after themselves physically too. A huge thank you to both the PSHCE and Year 10 Teams for organising these visits and a big thank you to the whole of Year 10 for being so brilliant on the day.

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Safer Schools Officer visit - We were also lucky enough to have PC Hodgson, our attached police officer, come to talk to Year 11 students about being healthy relationships and discussing the issue of violence against women and girls, a key topic that the Met are focusing on at the moment. Thank you, PC Hodgson!

Chess news - On Monday 20th November, GHS hosted a qualifying event for the English Chess Federation’s National Schools Chess Championship, which sees over 300 schools competing across the country. Two of our 3 Greenford teams got through to the next stage - congratulations!

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Supporting with Teenage Mental Health

Our Mental Health Lead, Ms Adhami, sent out some resources to staff at GHS this week about how to support our young people with their mental health.

We thought it would be good to share these excellent resources with our parents and carers too. Please visit Stem4 on Stem4.org.uk to look at how best we can support our children. 

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us too, if you would like any further support or guidance.

Competition Time!

Descendants Charity, based in Acton, are running a design a t-shirt competition, open to all students. The winning designs, one from each school phase, will feature in the charity's updated book to mark its 30th anniversary. The book will be sent to all schools in Ealing once completed.

If you fancy taking part, check out the charity's website at www.descendants.org.uk.

End of Term Arrangements

In line with previous years, Post 16 students will finish school on Wednesday 20th December. Year 11 students will also finish on Wednesday 20th December 2023. This is recognition of their outstanding efforts and behaviour in their recent mock examinations.

All other year groups will finish on Thursday 21st December 2023. To support with a staggered finish, Year 10 will leave at approximately 11am.  Years 7, 8 and 9 will leave at 12pm.

Term starts again on Monday 8th January 2024.

Who Should I Contact if I Need Help?

If you have a problem you need to discuss about your child, please contact your child's Head of Year.

  • Year 7 - Ms Hughes (shughes@greenford.ealing.sch.uk)

  • Year 8 - Mr Mahay (hmahay@greenford.ealing.sch.uk)

  • Year 9 - Mr Dyason (bdyason@greenford.ealing.sch.uk)

  • Year 10 - Mr Kundi (akundi@greenford.ealing.sch.uk)

  • Year 11 - Ms John (ajohn@greenford.ealing.sch.uk)

Safeguarding and Child Protection

Our designated Safeguarding Lead is Ms Nayyar (front right). She can be contacted on gnayyar@greenford.ealing.sch.uk. 

Other members of the team include Mrs Grimley (far left), Ms Adhami (second left), Ms Thomas (front centre) and Ms Sierkowska (back right)

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Term Dates 2023-2024

INSET Day (school closed to students): Fri 6th October 2023

Half term: Mon 23rd October - Fri 27th October 2023

Occasional Day (school closed): Fri 24th November 2023

End of Autumn term:  Thurs 21st December 2023

Start of Spring term: Mon 8th Jan 2024

Half term: Mon 12th Feb - Fri 16th Feb 2024

End of Spring term: Thursday 28th March 2024

Start of Summer term: Mon 15th April 2024

Half term: Mon 27th May - Fri 31st May 2024

Final Day of School Year: Tues 23rd July.

For more details, see the school website at https://www.greenford.ealing.sch.uk/termdates, where you will also find the term dates for 2024-2025.