Please see the letters home page of the website for letters from Mr Wade and Mr Woodward regarding the January restart.
***UPDATE*** Following further clarification from the DfE, we can now confirm that YR12 students will receive remote learning from the 5th January not the 11th as previously stated.
Key worker/critical worker attendance form is available here
We have been advised by Public Health England that there has been a confirmed case of COVID-19 within the school.
The small number of children who have been in close contact with the individual who has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) have received a letter via email headed FOR PARENTS OF CLOSE CONTACTS OF COVID 19 at Huish Episcopi Academy - Advice for Child to Self-Isolate for 10 Days.
All other parents have received a general advice email - Advice to All Parents - Single case
Please see letter below from Mr Wade with important information regarding the first week back in January.
Following on from this weeks "Get ahead" online lectures, a further set of Microsoft Teams tutoring sessions with fully qualified teachers covering essential GCSE topics, exam answers and Q&A sessions are running in the New Year from 6pm - 7pm Monday - Thursday on the dates shown on the attachment below.
You may be aware that all schools in England were written to this week by the Department for Education advising them to use the last day of term (18th December) as an additional INSET day. The reason they have suggested this is to allow school staff to be available for 6 days from the end of term to support with any track and trace requirements. Closing on the 17th would bring this 6-day window to 23rd December. As an academy we have followed the government guidance closely since the very beginning of the pandemic and feel that this has helped us to remain fully open. We are also permitted, as an academy, to insert additional INSET days to the calendar without reducing the already planned training days.
Therefore, in following the government guidance, the school term will end on 17th December, with the 18th being an INSET day.
As the last day of term will be Thursday 17th December, we will be inviting pupils and staff to wear Christmas jumpers for the day and to make a voluntary contribution of £1 to raise money for Save the Children.
Pupils will be returning to school on Tuesday 5th January.
May I take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and wish you all the best Christmas and New Year possible under the current circumstances.
Best wishes
Mr Chris Wade
Principal
Congratulations to Mark Lawrence who has been duly elected as Parent Trustee.
Vacancy of Parent Trustee. As we have more candidates than vacancies an electronic ballot will take place.
Parents are asked to provide their name and a contact email address as a means of verifying their eligibility to vote. These details will be accessible to the Returning Officer only and will be treated in absolute confidence. As votes are returned they will be checked against the students on the school register to ensure that each parent only votes once. In the unlikely event of there being an attempt to use a parent’s identity to cast a duplicate vote, all votes from that individual will be discounted.
How to vote:
Please click here for the ballot paper. If you are unable to vote electronically please contact the returning officer, Miss Zoe Leach, to request a paper ballot form. Each parent/carer has one vote each and must submit the ballot paper separately under their own name.
The election results will be published on the Academy website within three working days of the end of the election period.
