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Safeguarding message

We wish you all a safe and relaxing Easter holiday.

School is now closed from the 29^th March to the 14^th April and school staff may not respond to emails or contact. Therefore, any immediate concerns should be reported to the relevant service (for example the Police or Children’s Services). However, the safeguarding@allsaints.notts.sch.uk email is available for non-emergency concerns. This inbox will be checked intermittently by the safeguarding team during the break.

Below are some helpful websites and resources regarding safety and mental health.

Kooth:

Kooth is a website we direct students to if they want to talk about their feelings anonymously. Look at www.kooth.com for support when it comes to speaking to your teen about their feelings.

NSPCC and Childline:

This is in case you have concerns that a child may be at risk of abuse or harm. Young people can also make those calls themselves to report concerns.

Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).

If you have concerns about the welfare of a child you can make a referral to MASH. Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) | Nottinghamshire County Council

Online Safety:

The UK Safer Internet Centre provides support as to how to protect young people online on a range of devices.

To celebrate, there have been a range of different book related activities taking place in school.

Each lesson began with a story being shared with the children.  As the children moved through the day they heard more of the story before finally hearing the ending at the start of period 5.  There were a few gasps when we finally found out what had happened to Eric!

During tutor time, The Masked Reader was shown and each tutor group had to try and work out who was hiding behind the mask and the book they were reading from.    The Book Swap event during lunch was well attended with children exchanging books and chatting about their favourite reads.

We also announced the winners of the Book in  a Box competition.   There were some fantastic entries!  In first place was Aoife with a wonderful disco complete with lights.  In 2^nd place was Jack with a very detailed football stadium also complete with lights.

World Book Day is a wonderful day to remind us all of the joy of books and reading.    We hope the children have enjoyed the day.

Dear Parents/Carers

Please complete the e consent link below for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Immunisations. Immunisations will take place at your child’s school on 16 April 2024 and the link will close on 9 April 2024.

https://nhsImms.azurewebsites.net/session/1a0c453e

Information regarding these vaccines is available on the website below:

Human papillomavirus (HPV) – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

You can also talk to your GP, Practice Nurse or contact us on the below number.

If you do not wish for your child to have the immunisations, please complete a No consent form.

Please be aware that if we do not receive completed consent forms, each young person will be assessed on an individual basis by a healthcare professional to self-consent and if deemed Gillick competent offered the vaccinations on the day.

If your child is outstanding their MMR vaccination and you would like for them to receive this vaccination, please contact our office on 0333 3583 397 & option 4 .

MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the Immunisation Team on 0333 358 3397 – Option 4 or email on immunisations.nottinghamshire@intrahealth.co.uk

Yours sincerely

Immunisation Team Nottinghamshire

Dear Parents and Carers

The Year 7 Progress Evening for Parents will take place on Thursday 7th March from 16.30pm until 19.30pm; this will be conducted via video appointments. It is a wonderful opportunity to speak to your child’s teachers about the progress your child is making.

You will be able to book appointments from 26th February at 9:00 am.
Please note that in certain subject areas (Art, ICT, PA and PE) the number of students being taught is far greater than the number of teacher appointments available.

We are using a piece of software provided through School Cloud and you can access the booking system through the following link: https://allsaintsmansfield.schoolcloud.co.uk/

Using the School Cloud Website
Parents and Carers, with School Cloud access, are those individuals who will have listed as Priority One and Two contacts on the admission form at the beginning of the academic year. It will be parents and guardians who have parental responsibility and that includes those with a court order in place. It is important that both first and surname, and your child’s name and date of birth is inputted in the same way that it is on the school system. If you are struggling to login, it may be because you are not listed as a Priority One or Two contact, do not have parental responsibility including a court order, or because there is spelling or numerical error on our system. In any of these cases, please contact, Mrs Scott with the nature of the problem: scott.l@allsaints.notts.sch.uk. By having both Priority One and Two contacts, it means that parents/ carers, who may live separately, can both be involved in finding out about their child’s progress.
At login, you will be asked for an email address; this is not authenticated with the email address that you listed on your child’s admission form at the start of the year; it is merely for School Cloud to send a confirmation email to you when you have successfully booked and saved your appointments.

The instructions at the end of the letter outline how to access the website in order to book appointments. Then, on the evening of your appointments, you will simply need to login using the same link and follow the onscreen instructions to begin the appointments you have booked.

There will a button stating: Join Video Appointments which you should press.
There is nothing to install as the video appointments run through the School Cloud website and it is compatible with the following web browsers:

• iPhone/iPad: Safari • Android: Chrome or Firefox
• Windows: Chrome, Firefox, or Edge (latest version only)
• Mac: Safari, Chrome, or Firefox

The minimum requirement for this software to work is an audio connection.

The appointments will be four minutes long. There will be a countdown. The appointment cannot be extended; when the countdown gets to zero, the software automatically stops the call. The appointment begins at the allotted time of booking; therefore, if you are late, you can join within the remaining time of the six minutes, however, the appointment cannot be extended. If the appointment is missed, there is no way to rearrange this.

You will see a schedule for the timing of the appointments along with the teacher’s name and there will be a large square which states Start Appointment; in order to begin the appointment, you have to press this. The video appointment will begin when the teacher also presses this.

Once a call has finished, the schedule will update and then the next call will need to be initiated. There is no need to sign in or out.

Then at the end of all scheduled appointments, a confirmation button indicating that the appointments have finished will show and prompt you to sign out.

Further Guides can be found at School Cloud- link here
https://support.parentseveningsystem.co.uk/category/458-parents-evenings

Whilst we are hopeful that all technical elements have been considered, there may be some technical issues. We ask you for your patience during this time. Any queries regarding using the software should be directed to our ICT Support Office: it-help@allsaints.notts.sch.uk

Yours Faithfully

Mrs L Johnson
Deputy Head Teacher

Parent Guide Year 7 Parents’ Evening 2024

Options Information

Dear Parents/Carers

Please complete the e consent link below for Tetanus, Diphtheria & Polio (Td/IPV) & Meningitis ACWY Immunisations. Vaccinations will take place at your child’s school on Tuesday 20 February 2024,  the link will close on Wednesday 14 February 2024.

https://nhsImms.azurewebsites.net/session/ad46212c

Most children have been immunised against Tetanus, Diphtheria & Polio and Meningitis C as part of the childhood UK vaccination schedule. Guidance from NHS England recommends that your child now receives a booster dose of Tetanus, Diphtheria & Polio and Meningitis ACWY.

Information regarding these vaccines is available on the website below:

MenACWY vaccine – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

3-in-1 teenage booster overview – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

You can also talk to your GP, Practice Nurse or contact us on the below number.

If you do not wish for your child to have the immunisations, please complete a No consent form.

Please be aware that if we do not receive completed consent forms, each young person will be assessed on an individual basis by a healthcare professional to self-consent and if deemed Gillick competent offered the vaccinations on the day.

If your child is outstanding their MMR vaccination and you would like for them to receive this vaccination, please contact our office on 0333 3583 397 option 4.

MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the Immunisation Team on the number above or immunisations.nottinghamshire@intrahealth.co.uk

Yours sincerely

The Immunisation Team

Dear Parents and Carers,

I am writing to inform you about two very important events that will be taking place this half term which will support Year 8 students at All Saints’: the Year 8 Progress Evening and the Year 8 Options – Parent Information Evening.

The Year 8 Progress Evening will be taking place on Wednesday 31^st January from 16:00 until 19:15 pm; this event will take place at All Saints’ school across the dining room and drama hall. This event will allow you to speak to your child’s class teachers about the progress your child is making in relation to their target grades and the knowledge and skills required in the different subjects.

Students will be given an appointment slip on Tuesday 16^th January and they will need to seek appointments from their teachers. Please let your child know which time periods you want them to make appointments with their teachers. We are not using the School Cloud platform to make appointments on this occasion in order to give parents and students greater freedom in booking appointments.

During the evening, a school bell will sound after each five-minute appointment. You will then need to make your way to the next member of staff, therefore, we would advise that your child leaves five minutes between each appointment, allowing you to locate the next relevant member of staff.

The Year 8 Options- Parent Information Evening is an online event which will be taking place on Wednesday 7th February at 6.00pm until 6:45pm. It will be an opportunity to deepen your understanding about the ‘Options’ process at All Saints’ so that you can support your child in their future decision making.

The Options evening will run as a Microsoft Live Teams event and this is a wonderful opportunity for all parents and carers to participate as you can discover the information from the comfort of your own homes. Historically, the Year 8 Options Evening has been very well attended by parents and carers; I am really hoping that we will have our best attendance yet, given the home accessibility of this event. Details regarding how to access this event are at the end of the letter.

On Wednesday 7th February, Year 8 students will have the opportunity to speak to a representative from each curriculum area about the different GCSE courses; instead of their usual Period 4 and 5 classes on this particular day, teachers will present on each GCSE Option subject and provide an opportunity for questions and answers from the students. Students will be tasked with taking notes on key pieces of information so that they can discuss with their parents and carers after their school day has finished. Students will receive their options booklet and their options application form on this day so please ask your child to present it when they get home so you can look through it together.

Furthermore, for those students who are absent on Wednesday 7th February, there will be a series of videos about each GCSE option choice from Wednesday 7th February on the All Saints’ Catholic Voluntary Academy website: https://www.allsaints.notts.sch.uk/teaching-and-learning/options-information

The school will be using the Microsoft Live Teams function for the event; we are hoping that all technical issues have been resolved in advance of the event, but we ask for your patience in the event that we do experience some technical issues. I look forward to speaking to you on 7th February.

We are running the two events on consecutive weeks in response to parental feedback from previous years, where parents and carers stated that they would find it beneficial to have the Progress evening before the Options evening so they can support their child’s decision making from a more informed perspective.

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs L Johnson
Deputy Head Teacher

How to access the Microsoft Teams Event:

Click on the link below and you may be given the following options:

teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join

Dear Parents and Carers,

This is a polite reminder that the Year 11 Progress Evening will be taking place on Tuesday 16^th January  from 16.00 pm until 19.15 pm. Parents and Carers should book appointments on the School Cloud platform; however the evening will be held in person on the school site. We think that these face to face meetings are really important given the fact that our Year 11 students are preparing for their GCSES. At the moment, 65% of our students have appointments, we would hope that this would be closer to 75% given the importance of the year.

The arrangements are detailed below and Parents and Carers should take special note of the timed appointments on the evening; this will be different from historic parents evenings you may have attended in the past; however, it worked very efficiently at the Year 12 and 13 Progress Evening.

Teachers will be split over three sites: dining room, drama hall and the library which is on the first floor and therefore if access arrangements are required, please email scott.l@allsaints.notts.sch.uk

Extract from original letter…

We are using a piece of software provided through School Cloud and you can access the booking system through the following link:

https://allsaintsmansfield.schoolcloud.co.uk/

Before you attend the event, please make sure you have a copy of the times of your appointments. On arrival at All Saints’, please make your way to the Dining Room in order to sign in. There will be a number of displays indicating the locations of different staff members. Please ensure that you are waiting at the correct teacher at the correct time. The appointments will be five minutes long and the appointment begins at the allotted time of booking.  There will be a countdown. The appointment cannot be extended; when the school bell is sounded, the appointment will draw to a close. Parents and Carers will then have five minutes to locate the next staff member. These arrangements are somewhat of a departure from the historic, in-person Parents Evenings. In response to parental feedback about wait times and to support staff well-being, we are wanting to be more disciplined with the timing of appointments. We realise that there may be occasions where conversations need to be continued; if this is the case, you can request a call back at the sign-in desk; this is to avoid appointment times becoming disorderly and inefficient. We would really appreciate parents and carers support with these arrangements.

Many Thanks

Laura Johnson
Deputy Head teacher