Friday 10th May, 2024

From the Headteacher

Dear Parents and Carers,

It's been lovely to have some sunshine and things in school continue to be bright aswell! 

Year 11 and Year 13 are now firmly in the midst of exam season and we are supporting them with lots of sessions and positive thinking, the most important thing. Alongside this, there are plenty of other things going on including various trips by the Geography and Drama departments, a PSHCE talk 'Chelsea's Choice' for Year 9 and various academic and careers based trips for Year 12.  

Cricket season is also in full swing now that the rain is holding off and we wish all of our players a very good season, inspired, no doubt by our very own Samarjeet Singh in Year 12, who is achieving great things with Middlesex.

Mrs Pye

Upcoming Events

Year 7 Assessment Week (In class)
All Day
From 07 May until 10 May
07
May
Year 9 Interim 3
All Day
From 07 May until 10 May
07
May
Final Day for Year 13 (A Level)
All Day
10
May
Year 13 Interim 3 (indicatives)
All Day
From 13 May until 17 May
13
May
Year 9: Chelsea's Story
All Day
14
May
Year 12 Geography Trip to Queen Mary University
9:00am – 3:00pm
14
May
Year 7 Interim 3
All Day
From 20 May until 24 May
20
May
Year 11 Interim 4 (indicatives)
All Day
From 20 May until 24 May
20
May
Year 10 Drama Trip to Machanial The Old VIc Theatre
12:40pm – 6:30pm
22
May
Half Term
All Day
From 27 May until 31 May
27
May
Spring Bank Holiday
All Day
27
May

And, so they start...  In our last Parent Connect, we gave some top tips from Heads of Department about preparing for the summer exams. They started today! And, here is Year 11 just about to go into the first one, RE. Please see below for more information from Mr Bush, our Assistant Headteacher who oversees exams.

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As you’ll be well aware, the Y11 GCSE and Y13 A Level public exams are underway and we’re pleased to report that we’ve been very impressed with the students’ attitude so far. Please encourage your son / daughter to continue to work hard over these crucial, final weeks.

Most of their revision will take place at home during this exam period and students have received information and advice about what to revise and how to do this effectively from their teachers. They should have a put together a personalised revision timetable to organise their time which you may wish to monitor with them.

It’s also vital that they attend all exams on time so please refer to the email you will have received with their exam timetable to make sure they know the dates and times. Students should aim to be outside the exam venue, with all the equipment they need, by 8:30am for morning exams and by 1pm for afternoon exams – your help with this will be greatly appreciated.

We’re hopeful that they will perform to the very best of their ability – they have been fully prepared and now it’s their time to shine!

Southall Resists

Last month, a group of students from Greenford High School took part in an exhibition at Villiers High School around the topic of Southall Resists. The director of Southall Community Alliance said the following about the project and those who took part:

"Our work has involved visiting schools in Southall to talk about the way in which our communities resisted racism in the 1970's onwards and many schools produced art works based on this history. The art works were all on show yesterday and enjoyed by hundreds of Southall school children. Many thanks to all the fantastic schools and children who attended yesterday."

Many thanks to all of the staff and students from Greenford High School who took part in the project!

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Other Reminders

Please remember that students still need to wear their blazers in the Summer Term.

Please remember that students need to be on the school site by 8:30 - we recommend that students get to school for 8:20.

For lots and lots of updates about what is going on both in school and out, please follow us on X and on Instagram for regular updates!

Parental Engagement Workshops in the Community  - Summer Term

At the end of last term, we sent out details of all sorts of support that was out there for parents and carers. We now have details of this term's meetings and groups that will be taking place:

1) Understanding Your Teen - run by Ealing Parenting Service, on 11/06/24, 10-12.

2) Many different sessions being run by Ealing Mental Health Support Team, running from 21/05/24 onwards.

For more details on each of these, please look on our website. We have also been sent a link for accessing CAMHS (Children and Adolescents Mental Health Service) if you would like to use it - here is the link. Lastly, if you have any further queries, please get in touch with the school's Child Protection Team.

 

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.

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.