This Week in the King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls’ Academy Weekly Newsletter:

  • Importance of Regular Attendance:
    • Absence disrupts the education of the individual pupil and the whole class. Are you aware those children who do not attend regularly:
      • do not achieve well in exams
      • find it difficult to maintain friendships
      • are more likely to become involved in crime
      • miss out on opportunities in further education and the world of work?
attendance ladder showing the number of days missed for the percentage attendance
  • For your Calendar:
    • 28th June 2024 – School Closed for teacher training day
    • 28th June 2024 – Year 13 Prom – 6:30 – 9:30pm
    • 1st July 2024 – 9:30 – 10:30 – Speech and Language Workshop – Social Situations and Conversation skills.
    • 3rd July 2024 – Year 6 Induction Day
  • HPL Parent information – Supporting your child with HPL at home
  • Preloved Uniform Donations – we are taking in pre-loved uniforms at reception for the new school year.
request for KS3 & 4 uniform donations
request for sixth form uniform donations
  • Up and coming trips:
    • Year 11 – Alton Towers – Tuesday 9th July 2024
    • Year 12 – Drayton Manor – Wednesday 17th July 2024
advise for parents and students about being out in the heat
  • Parental Drop-in Sessions:
    • 9th July 2024 – Supporting learning over the summer
    • 15th July 2024 – Safeguarding
  • A message from the DWP School Work Advisers Team
  • Health and Wellbeing: Information on Vitamin C Deficiency, Anxiety, Iron and Anaemia.
  • Arbor: Please ensure you are signed up to Arbor as soon ParentPay will be no longer in use, contact the school office if you need help registering.

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