Weekly Information - Thursday 2nd December 2021

Should any students require sanitary products for over the remainder of this term or for over the seasonal break, they are welcome to collect some from the First Aid room.

Students are welcome to collect any supplies needed from the first aid room any day after school between 3.40pm and 4pm or on Friday 17th Dec at 12.30pm.

Parents may wish to ensure that a suitable bag is available for them to be carried home.

If you have a concern that any student is being harmed, is at risk of harm, or you receive information (intentionally or unintentionally) you must contact school reception as soon as possible and ask to speak to the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) or Deputies. Alternatively you can contact the police on 101 or the Staffordshire Childres' Advice and Support line (See below) or Derbyshire on 01629 532564 or Derby City on 01332 641172.

During weekends and holidays, if you are concerned about the safety of a child or young person please use the contact details below:

Staffordshire

Staffordshire Childrens’ Advice and Support (Monday- Friday 8am-5pm) 0300 111 8007

Emergency Out of Hours (Evenings and Weekends) 0345 604 2886

Police

Non-Emergency- 10

Emergency- 999

Derbyshire

Child Protection Referrals 01629 533190

If you have a concern related to inappropriate and harmful information online, please use the Report Harmful Content button online which can be found on the top banner of our website.

If you want to look at sources of support and advice for students and parents, please access the Safeguarding page on the JTHS website. There are some downloadable documents that can signpost you to support. 

We strongly encourage you to read our weekly communication as we often use this to support our community with safeguarding children and young people. 

We have been asked by the Club Steward of Barton Bowls Club to politely request that parents and students do not use their car park as an area for pick-up/drop-off, or for parking during the day. Access is required to the site during the day for deliveries and events. Many thanks for your support with this.

Please find attached the results of our Student Safety Survey, and the actions we have taken as a result of this.  Many thanks to all of those who shared their views with us.

Miss N Dean 

Designated Safeguarding Lead and Head of Upper School.

The following students have been awarded a Hot Chocolate with the Head this week. Congratulations!

Aart 7A

Alice 7O

Alice 7R

Amelia 7A

Ava 7L

Barnaby 7O

Edward 7A

Freya 7L

Immy 7A

Issy 7L

Jake 7H

Michael 7L

Paula 7L

Reuel 7Y

Silver 7L

Thomas 7J

Chloe 8R

Jess 8O

George 9R

Imogen 9A

Nathaniel 9Y

Please find attached details of Health for Teens, who advise teens on all aspects of their physical and mental health. You can get more information at their website, healthforteens.co.uk.

We have started our annual Christmas food bank collection and would really appreciate your support! The most needed items are as follows; tinned meat, pasta sauce, long life milk, biscuits, jam, mince pies, cereal, biscuits, chocolate, Christmas puddings, crisps, squash. Any donations are greatly appreciated. This year alone we have provided 970 meals! 

Please give any donations to your form tutor before 10th December. Thank you for your continued support. 

As part of our push on Reading for Pleasure all of our Year 7 students will shortly be coming home with a book of their choice paid for by school through the BookBuzz scheme.  This book will be one for our students to keep and quiz on though Accelerated Reader once they've finished reading the book.  We do hope your child enjoys reading their book of choice, and all titles on this year's BookBuzz scheme are available to borrow from the LRC.

This year we are going to carry out our Christmas Care Home Project again. This means that local care homes will be receiving Christmas cards for their residents (written by Y8), handmade Christmas tree decorations (made by Y7) and 'Merry Christmas' banners (made by Y9). We hope to spread a little joy to the elderly in our local community through these gifts.

Many online challenges are harmless, fun and can even be positive, such as supporting charitable causes. But there are many that are risky and potentially harmful. Recently TikTok commissioned a study looking at harmful/dangerous challenges, stating that 1 in 5 teenagers have taken part in an online challenge, 1 in 50 have taken part in a challenge the teen has deemed to be risky and dangerous, and 1 in 300 have taken part in a really dangerous challenge.

We strongly encourage parents to check their child's social media accounts and material that they are accessing to prevent them from harm. It is hoped that in the future, as an outcome of the research that has taken place involving Tik Tok, teachers, students and parents that more will be done by the platform to reduce the risk to children and young people. In the meantime, we ask for your support in helping to keep our children and young people safe online. 

Effective Revision Skills Booster is a free self-paced online course which draws on learning research to provide a highly practical, step-by-step guide for students to help make their study and revision more effective throughout their courses.

By working their way through the teacher-guided videos and activities, students discover:

• How to set up an effective revision environment
• What is meant by a revision mindset
• Revision myths - and how to bust them!
• How we learn - key findings from the science of effective learning
• How to plan your revision
• What good revision looks like
• How to using flashcards and mindmaps
• Ways to complete effective revision notes
• How to use questions and testing in revision

As a parent, you may want to create an account and complete the course yourself so that you can support your son/daughter to revise effectively or ask them to complete it and tell you what they are going to do differently to prepare for future assessments.

To create an account and complete the course please click here

"I experienced an amazing event after school recently. Myself and the other Dance Leaders were asked to perform to the Year 3 pupils from Thomas Russell Junior School, and then go on to teach them the dance we had created and choreographed.

I absolutely loved it and would definitely do it again.

We would like to thank Miss Senior and Mrs Berry for the opportunity we were given. All the girls enjoyed every bit of leadership in a dance environement.

The Dance leaders who participated were Ruby, Amelia, Anja, Paula and myself Lois."

Written by Lois in Yr 9.

What is an apprenticeship?

An apprenticeship is a real job where you learn, gain experience and get paid. You’re an employee with a contract of employment and holiday leave. By the end of an apprenticeship, you'll have the right skills and knowledge needed for your chosen career.

It can take between one and 6 years to complete an apprenticeship depending on which one you choose, what level it is and your previous experience. It’s funded from contributions made by the government and your employer.

Levels of an apprenticeship

Each apprenticeship has a level and an equivalent education level. You can start an apprenticeship at any level. 

Depending on the level, some apprenticeships may:

• require previous qualifications such as an English or maths GCSE
• give extra training in the English or maths skills needed so you’re at the right level

At the end of your apprenticeship, you’ll achieve the equivalent education level. For example, if you complete a level 3 apprenticeship, you’ll achieve the equivalent of an A level.