Forthcoming events Michaelmas 2 Friday 21 Oct Berlin, Krakow, Prague visit Thursday 10 Nov Y7 Tutor Consultation Evening Friday 18 Nov Non Uniform Day: Children in Need Thursday 24 Nov Visit to Westminster Friday 25 Nov INSET Day Thursday 1 Dec Awards Evening Fri 2—Thurs 8 Dec Y11 Mock exams Thursday 15 Dec Christmas Carol Service: St Laurence’s Church Tuesday 20 Dec Christmas Community Party Wednesday 21 Dec Y11 Christmas jumper day Y7+8 Christmas Party Thursday 22 Dec 1pm End of term
Dear Parents / Carers What a fantastic start to the term we have had! Our Year 7 pupils are settling in well and quickly becoming part of ‘Team St Michael’s’. They look extremely smart in their new uniforms, are trying many of the wider-curricular enrichment activities on offer and making new friends. Learning Parents/carers often ask how they can support their child. The curriculum plans for every subject area are available on our website https://www.saint-michaels.com/ curriculum/curriculum-provision If this is not an area of the website that you are currently engaging with, please can we encourage you to do so. Our parental surveys suggest that this is an area that parents/carers would like to know more about. The information is always available on the website and we send a reminder to all parents about this when it is the consultation evening for your particular year group. St Michael’s Day As usual, our first Christian Values Enrichment Day of the year took place on St Michael’s Day. The pupils in all year groups were involved in a whole range of activities with Year 7 pupils focussing particularly on St Michael and the fight of good against evil. Worship was also based on this theme for all year groups. GCSE Success! Once again we are all extremely proud of our Year 11 leavers who gained outstanding GCSE results. Our Attainment 8 score of 61.8 is the highest in the school’s history and our progress 8 score is 0.47 (just below the highest score the school attained in 2018). The impact of ‘lost learning’ during the pandemic makes these achievements even more remarkable. These results really do show just what can be achieved when pupils, staff, parents/carers work together. Yesterday the School Performance Measures were released, and the information is available https://www.find-school-performance-data.service.gov.uk/ school/136893/st-michael's-church-of-england-high-school/secondary We are looking forward to celebrating with our former Year 11 on Thursday 1 December when we are delighted to have Reverend Richard Coles as our principal guest at Awards Evening, when GCSE certificates and prizes will be distributed. Staffing It continues to be an honour to lead this wonderful school and I am greatly encouraged by the support I receive and the prayers of parents/carers for all that we do to enable our young people to flourish.