Parent Bulletin Friday 10th January
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Parent Bulletin Friday 10th January 2025
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Hello, and welcome to this week’s Wildern Weekly. Welcome back! We hope you had a wonderful restful festive season.
We're thrilled to kick off another fantastic year of learning and discovery. This first week has been really successful.
As you know we believe in strong partnerships between home and school, so please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns throughout the year. You can do this by emailing us using wildern@wildern.org or phoning us on 01489 783473.
We also have a series of Parent information evenings to help support you as parents - see below for more info on these.
Here's to a successful year ahead!
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Parent Information Evenings - Spring Term
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Every academic year we host a number of information evenings for parents across the school on a whole range of important and relevant topics. Last year we asked you what you would like to attend and the response was really positive, suggesting more on mental health, SEND and literacy amongst other things.
These evenings are on the whole well attended, but a few have had to be postponed due to lack of numbers. We agree that these are really important events, so would like as much take up as possible so we can address some of the things you are most keen to know about the school and your teenagers!
Please find below the list of Parents’ Information Evenings occurring this term, if you wish to attend any, click on the links to sign up and we will see you there! If you would like to attend a session then please register your interest using the links below to visit the Eventbrite page and book your place.
We look forward to welcoming as many parents as possible to what we hope will be a helpful and informative evenings.
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Year 8 Pathways - Open to Year 8 - Thursday 30 January, 6-7pm
Organiser: Mrs N Cowan & Mrs A Warner
Venue: Hall
Pathways - Year 8
Apprenticeship Fair - Open to Year 10 & 11 - Tuesday 4 February, 5-7pm
Organiser: Mr L Fenner
Venue: Hall
Apprenticeship Fair Year 10&11
Supporting Your Teenager - Open to All - Thursday 27 February, 6-7pm
Organiser: Mrs K Thomas & Mr M Chance
Venue: Hall/Wave
Supporting Your Teenager
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How to Support your child's reading - Open to ALL - Thursday 13 March, 6-7pm
Organiser: Mrs J Fleeman
Venue: LRC
How to Support your child's reading
SEND Evening - Open to ALL - Thursday 20 March, 6-7pm
Organiser: Mrs J Fleeman
Venue: Hall
SEND Evening
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Sparx
Our top 5 XP scoring students from each year group have been selected to create our Sparx stars, each of these students will receive a sweet in class. Our raffle winner is then chosen at random from these names and wins a skip the queue pass! Well done to all those who are completing their Sparx week after week - we are so impressed with all of you!
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Whole School
Monday 13 January Week A
Monday 20 January Week B
Monday 27 January Week A
Year 7
Friday 17 January Careers Dragons Den Day
Tuesday 21 January Winchester Science trip
Wednesday 22 January Young Voices Music trip to the O2
Thursday 23 January Year 7 group photo
Year 8
No key dates for year 8
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Year 9
Thursday 16 January Parents evening (face to face)
Friday 24 January Hospitality trip to the Utilita Bowl Hilton
Year 10
Friday 10 January Solomons Theatre workshops for EL
Wednesday 15 January Wad celebration Cinema
Saturday 18 January DoE practice walk
Monday 27 January Practice exams start
Year 11
Thursday 23 January Year 11 group photo
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Requests for leave of absence
Parents are requested to avoid taking holidays in term time. If exceptional leave is required then a ‘Request to authorise absence from school due to exceptional circumstances’ form must be completed. The completed form should be received at least a week before the period for which you are seeking authorisation. The completed form setting out your reasons must be returned to Reception - If you are requesting absence for an exceptional reason, the school may ask for evidence to support this (e.g letter/invitation).
The form can be found on the school website here.
The Raise trust attendance policy can be found here.
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Rewards
We have updated our eref milestone rewards and shared this information with all students this week. Students who have already met these milestones have not missed out and are still receiving their rewards.
Alongside their reward students will also receive an animated email congratulating them on the number of erefs they have earned.The eref score report comes into the main office fortnightly so rewards do not arrive instantly and are with students as soon as possible. Bigger reward events such as the Headteacher’s lunch will take place when a number of students have hit this threshold.
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Year 7 Science Assessment
All year 7 students will be sitting their second assessment point in science week commencing 13th January. The assessment will assess the knowledge of the following topics:
- Ecosystems 1 - Interdependence
- Organisms 1 - Cells
- Earth 1 - Universe
- Energy 1 - Energy Transfers
- Waves 1 - Sound
- Matter 1 - Particle Model
Please direct your child to use the science website to help them in their revision which has been posted on Google Classroom.
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Year 8 Science Live trip - London, Friday 14 March 2025
The Science department would like to offer your child the opportunity to attend KS3 Science Live at the Emmanuel Centre, London. KS3 Science Live is an excellent opportunity to stimulate and improve your child’s scientific literacy by connecting science taught in school to the real world through workshops with leading scientists. Sign up deadline Wednesday 5th February.
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Teenage Booster – 4 & 5 February 2025
Your child’s Teenage Booster is NOW DUE. The vaccines help protect against Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio and Meningitis. Click this link for the electronic form and information about the vaccine. Please use the School Code: SH136654. Access to the form will close two working days prior to the session.
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Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme - Bronze
We are pleased to inform you that we have launched the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Scheme for Year 9 students this year. This is a scheme for young people which aims to promote leadership skills. The award is made up of 4 sections: Physical, Skill, Volunteering and Expedition. The majority of work which we do during school based sessions will focus on eDofE and the expedition section of the award. Sign up deadline Friday 17th January.
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Geography revision resources
As we approach the Year 10 Practice Exams, please find a link to a revision list of all topics students will be assessed on in their January Exams. Students for Geography will be sitting 2 papers. Links to Google Site Pages and useful revision links can also be found at the bottom of the document. This is also posted on Google Classroom. If students have not yet done so, please encourage them to purchase a revision guide through school. This is heavily discounted at £3.50. Students will need to collect a form from finance
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Year 11 Newsletter
Happy New Year from Miss Cooper
I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable break and are now recharged and ready to face the challenges ahead. As we begin this new term, the countdown to exams is on. The next few months will fly by, so it's important to stay focused and motivated. I hope that the practice exams have inspired Year 11 students to maintain their current level of effort or to strive for improvement.
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English trip - Macbeth at The Globe, London
We are excited to announce we have secured 40 seated tickets to see a production of Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre on the South Bank in London. This is an amazing opportunity for students to complement their study of this key GCSE text in English Literature by seeing the play as originally intended by Shakespeare - on the stage in London. This is for Friday 28 March 2025 for £51.50. This covers the cost of the ticket as well as coach travel there and back. Sign up deadline Friday 24th January.
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We are proud at Wildern to have a strong Student Leadership team that supports both students and staff throughout the school. These opportunities enable students to develop key skills themselves which .
Year 10 students heard from Mr Hinks this week in assembly about the opportunities open to them to join the Student Leadership team.
Applications for Head Students, Senior Prefects, Prefects and House Captain roles for 2025/26 have opened and Year 10 have heard more about what these roles entail.
Deadlines and application information is below.
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Charity - Thank you for your support with our Basics Bank Collection
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Thank you to all in our Wildern Community who supported our Basics Bank Appeal in December 2024. We collected a staggering 2982 items which went to Southampton City Mission to be distributed to help others.
There were so many fantastic contributions, with the most coming from Jubilee house.
We also raised £600 for the charities we are supporting this year from pyjama day on the last day of term - thank you to all who supported this.
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What your child is learning this half term
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This year, following parental feedback we will be sharing with parents a summary of what students will be learning about in their subject lessons each half term. This information is something it was felt would enable you as parents to be better informed when speaking to your child about their learning and be able to support them further at home. Please see these links to give you more information about what your child will be studying this half term.
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Wildern Lane roadworks and closures
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We have been informed that there will be roadworks taking place on Wildern Lane between January 21st and January 27th inclusive. These will take place in the school day, starting at 9am and finishing at 2:30pm each day.
Although these times are not peak travel times for school, they will still have the potential to cause disruption so please plan your journeys and use the park and stride locations at B&Q car park, Pavillion car park or either of the car parks in the Village to arrange alternative pick up spots to minimise traffic on Wildern Lane.
Additionally, Westward Road will also have carriage repair works that start on Monday 20th January and are expected to take up to 4 days to complete. During this time the road will be closed from approximately 07:30 - 18:00 hrs but will be open outside of these hours.
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A message from Mrs Buckley and Mrs Parsons, our two First Aiders at Wildern
We are qualified first aiders who support students' wellbeing and health. We administer daily
medication and monitor ongoing health care needs, from complex to minor illnesses.
Should your child feel unwell at school or has sustained an injury, we will assess them, and call home
should we feel it necessary.
Our top illness is Headache. Even mild dehydration can cause a headache, so please ensure your
child brings a water bottle to school each day. If you have any concerns regarding your child's health and wellbeing, please contact the First Aid team.
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Wildern is pleased to be working in close partnership with the Eastleigh School Nursing Team.
A school Nurse will be available on site once a month and should your child be experiencing any of the following concerns, they might be invited to meet with them for support:
- Low level emotional health
- Anxiety
- Issues relating to a healthy weight
- Exam stress
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Parents Information Evening on T Levels
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South Hampshire College Group T Level Parents Information Evenings. These events are designed for parents/carers, and students in years 10 and 11 to learn about T Levels.
The events will be held at Southampton College, Eastleigh College, Fareham College and CEMAST.
Each evening will begin with an introductory presentation from our Vice Principals, followed by a tour led by our Curriculum Directors and Lecturers. During the tour, attendees will receive detailed information about work experience, structure, highlights and possible progression routes for our T Level courses.
Whilst the Vice Principal presentations will be similar at each event, the tours and T Level subjects vary per college so if you are interested in more than one college, please be sure to sign up to more than one event.
There will be an opportunity to ask questions and speak to current T Level students, our Lecturers, Work Experience team and local Universities.
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Barton Peveril College applications
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The deadline to apply for Barton Peveril Sixth Form College is fast approaching. Make sure to submit your application by 14th February 2025.
If you need any assistance with any of your applications, Mrs O'Leary is here to help. You can find her next to the Library during lunch times. Don't wait until the last minute, take advantage of this support and get your applications submitted.
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Here is our updated Spring term Co-Curricular timetable of activities.
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Please see the menu for our hot food options for next week.
The main school meal deals are £3.20 which is in line with all Hampshire schools. In a meal deal, students can get one of the meal choices below with a bottle of plain water and a cookie or piece of fruit.
- either of the hot meal options,
- a jacket potato,
- a pasta pot,
- a chicken or beef burger,
- a salad pot (from the salad bar)
We encourage all families to use the free school meals eligibility checker, which can be found here, to determine if they qualify for this entitlement.
Please remember, we can adapt the majority of meals to any dietary needs if we know in advance (your child can speak to kitchen staff by visiting the kitchen before 8:30am that day). Main A/B vegetarian options are always available - just ask Dan and his team.
* correct at time of sending, but may be subject to change
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Top Tips for Creating Family Rules for Using Devices
Most modern-day families probably use a multitude of devices at home. Sometimes, such devices are used more often by the children of the household, with many smartphones, laptops, consoles and the like being exclusively enjoyed by the younger members of the family. However, between the online safety risks that come with this technology and the physical, emotional and mental impacts of overuse, it can be a good idea to set some ground rules for the sake of children’s wellbeing.
Agreeing rules around the use of tech in the home can sometimes pose a challenge, and it can be difficult to know what's reasonable, what might be a step too far, and what doesn’t go far enough. That’s why we’ve created this free safety guide, offering you top-level advice on how to successfully think up and enforce rules for using devices.
Sources:
https://www.childnet.com/resources/family-agreement/
https://www.esafety.
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