More exciting careers events for all students from Years 10 and 11 from the team at Pathway CTM. See below for their full schedule:

Careers for School Leavers at KPMG

Tuesday 1 February | 6pm-7pm

Spend an hour hearing what KPMG is all about, and networking directly with current apprentices and HR staff during the live Q&A session! If you are interested in a career with KPMG, this is not an event to miss!

Register here: https://pathwayctm.com/event/kpmg-programmes-made-for-you/

Options for School Leavers with IBM

Wednesday 2 February | 6pm-7pm

Come along to this online session to hear directly from HR staff and current apprentices from the IBM team, speaking on the range of apprenticeship roles available within IBM. They will let you know when to look out for their applications opening and guide you through the application process! Because of how popular IBM’s roles are, the application window is short, and the programme is competitive, so this is a great opportunity to make sure you’re informed and prepared!

Register here: https://pathwayctm.com/event/insight-into-apprenticeships-with-ibm/

Parent & Teacher Event: Post-GCSE Options for School Leavers

Wednesday 9 February | 6pm-7pm

We want to help you understand more about the range of options available for young people post-GCSE, specifically if they are not interested in A-levels or university! We will be joined by HSBC and Google to speak on their opportunities for people interested in Level 3 & 4 apprenticeships, as well as inform you on what exactly these apprenticeships are, and why they could be the right option for your children and students. They will also give information on their apprenticeship opportunities and when to look out for applications opening!

Register here: https://pathwayctm.com/event/parent-teacher-event-post-gcse-options-for-school-leavers/

The UK and Ireland‘s Leading Student Network Young Professionals have an incredible opportunity for the parents, carers and students in Years 10 and 11.

You are invited to join an information evening hosted where you will be joined by some of the world’s largest companies, including PwC, HSBC, Linklaters and many more. This is going to be an opportunity where students and their parents can hear about job market information, how to prepare for job interviews and applications as well as being able to hear about some fantastic work experience opportunities.

Booking Link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YP-Parents-Event

Young Professionals, ran a ‘Your Child, Their Future’ Event back in September 2021 and had a staggering 3000+ parents and carers attend virtually from all over the UK. After such an incredible turnout and amazing feedback, they are now planning their second parent information evening in February 2022.

The job market for students leaving school or university can be difficult to navigate and now more than ever we need to help our young people by making them aware of all the opportunities available to them, as well as providing them with advice and tips on securing the very best opportunities when they enter the workplace.Therefore, they would like to extend and invitation to all Year 10/11 parents and carers to attend the ‘Your Child, Their Future’ Event on Thursday 3 February at 6pm-7.30pm.

They have leaders from some of the biggest employers in their industry including M&S, HSBC, PwC, Capgemini, Linklaters and more who will each come along to talk to you, as parents and carers, about how your son/daughter/young person can best navigate the job market to find some incredible work experience/internship placements, as well as graduate and apprenticeship opportunities. They will be sharing some useful tips around psychometric testing, how to prepare for assessment centres, putting together a CV, filling out application forms, as well as advice on how you can prepare your child/young person for the working world.

This event is completely free and will be running via Zoom on Thursday 3 February at 6pm-7.30pm. You will have the opportunity to join this event virtually with your son/daughter/young person, or the whole family and ask any questions that you may have, directly to leading employers. 

The booking link can be found below here, so please do sign up if you would like to attend. The zoom link will be emailed to you nearer the time.

Booking Link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YP-Parents-Event

Another day and another party! This time it was the turn of Year 9 to head off to Old Trafford for some festive fun thanks to our colleagues at Manchester United Foundation.

Here are some of the comments from the students who were lucky enough to be selected to attend:

I enjoyed it so much and the food was amazing!

The event made me feel inspired and it was so much fun. The food was beautiful and the games were fun!

Dear Parents & Carers

I would like to start by thanking you for your continued support this term. As always our students have been a credit to us and have demonstrated their resilience through our outstanding Ways of Being.

We have sent home packs containing important information for you regarding the remainder of the academic year and these are also available as PDF downloads below. I have listened carefully to you as parents/carers and this pack is a response to requests for more information on assessment, how to help your child make progress at home, information on standards/uniform and our drive for high expectations for behaviour to learning. I have outlined below for you some details regarding the documents sent home to you:

Assessment
This is a list of all the main assessments your child will complete this academic year. These assessments underpin the learning outcomes taking place during learning throughout the curriculum. Your child will have a set of knowledge organisers that will help them revise for these assessments. The class teacher will inform all students of the exact date these will take place and students can use their notebooks and knowledge organisers to help them revise. As requested, we have included a list of useful revision websites that can be used to ensure learning is consolidated.

Exams 2022 information (Year 11 information only)
I have enclosed for you a summary sheet on the concessions that have been made for all Year 11 students in the Summer 2022 exams. Ofqual have in many cases reduced content and provided further resources in the exams such as formula sheets. At this point in time we have been told that exams will continue. However, should we have another lockdown, a plan B is in place for a similar system to last year to take place. We are planning for both outcomes to ensure our students are successful regardless of the process used to assess them. It is therefore important that students revise for assessments and the February mocks as these will be used as evidence if exams do not go exactly as planned. I will write to you in the new year with further information on the mocks.

Homework Timetable
The homework timetable is enclosed. You can identify from here the days that homework will be set and for which subjects. The homework will be added to the student planner. 

Acknowledging our Ways of Being
We are relaunching our rewards system in January aligned to our Ways of Being. Enclosed you will find a summary on what rewards students can earn. We will be communicating reward points to you via progress reports sent home. Please do ask your child if they have earned any rewards and ask them if they have received any golden tickets!

Behaviour Ways of Being
Enclosed are our behaviour Ways of Being. We expect high standards from all in the academy and want to continue to develop a culture of high respect and high responsibility that allows all students to make accelerated progress from the moment they step into the academy.

Ready to Learn
‘Ready to Learn’ is the whole school behaviour for learning system which covers all aspects of academy life. Your child will be familiar with the phrase ‘ready to learn’ as this is common language in and out of the classroom. We expect all students to arrive ready to learn and have outlined the standards and uniform that we expect from all students. If you require any further information on uniform, please contact your child’s year manager.

Behaviour for Learning 
Enclosed is a summary of the behaviour for learning policy. The document includes information on the standards gate and how we will ensure consistency on corrections and the completion of corrections. At the end of this document you will find a table that outlines the consequences for unacceptable behaviours. Although this list is not exhaustive, it will allow you to understand the respectful learning environment we are aiming for, that will allow our curriculum to provide the best education possible and will transform our students’ lives. 

Punctuality
Being on time to the academy is essential to ensure your child has a successful day. We recognise that parents/carers have a vital role to play in supporting their children to arrive in the academy by 8.25am so they can be outside their classroom ready to learn by 8.30am. We will support you and work with you at all times to achieve this. Enclosed you will find our punctuality/lates process.

Parental drop in session
I will be holding a parental drop in session. These have been really successful this academic year. You are welcome to discuss any of the contents of this pack or any other concerns you may have. I will be available during these sessions with my leadership team to speak to you. This will take place on Monday 20 December from 8am to 10am and 2pm to 4pm. If you cannot attend and have a question please feel free to contact the year team, subject teachers or me.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a very happy Christmas and New Year and we look forward to seeing all students in the new term.

Yours faithfully

Zarina Ali, Head of Academy

We are delighted to be able to hold another annual Christmas Jumper Day and this year the monies raised will be donated to mental health charity, Mind.

On Tuesday 21 December all students (and staff!) are invited to wear a festive jumper to school – this must be worn in addition to full school uniform and underneath their school blazer.

A donation of £1 will be collected from participating students for Mind.

If you’d like to find out more about Mind and the support they offer please visit the Mind website: https://www.mind.org.uk/