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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 14 June 2021 Week B
This week there have been news items about sexual harassment in schools. The Government issued a press
release containing the findings of Ofsted Inspections in 32 state and private schools and colleges. Please click here
to read the press release.
We do not tolerate sexual harassment of any member of our community and all incidents are taken seriously. We
encourage students who experience or witness any bullying or harassment to report to school via the Reach out
form on their iPad. Earlier in the year we shared with you a summary of our work in this area. Please click here to
see this summary.
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Well done to all students in Years 7 to 9 for embracing their end of Year CATs this week.
End of Year CATs commence this week for Years 10 and 12. Use all the time allocated to
attempt everything on the paper. Be your very best each time.
Respect
The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people. June is Pride month, a time to
celebrate and promote equality, respect, diversity, unity and acceptance. Take time to
read the information about Pride at the end of the bulletin, including information on what
the new flags represent that are displayed at the front of school.
Respect
Take advantage of the sunny weather by walking to school, also supporting the Zero
Carbon Harrogate walk to school scheme taking place this week.
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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 14 June 2021 Week B
Home Testing
Testing continues to play a crucial role, in and out of classrooms, in the fight against COVID-19. The government
advice is that staff and students should continue to test themselves and report results.
When do I take my test: Every Monday and Thursday before school (or the evening before)
Reporting results: 1) To school: HGS: form
2) To the NHS: Report a COVID-19 result
If positive result: Also email email result@harrogategrammar.co.uk
Book a confirmatory PCR test
Whilst awaiting your PCR result, you and your household should self-isolate
The reporting of test results is important and can be done simply and quickly, from mobiles, iPads or PCs, and
should be completed straight away. Reporting not only supports contract tracing in the event of a positive case
but also assists understanding of community rates of infection.
RKLT consultation: Wednesday 16 June
As a Trust we are very keen to hear from you regarding how you want our Trust to develop in the
future. We have prepared a very short questionnaire, together with a short introductory video
from our CEO Mr Richard Sheriff, which we would really appreciate you taking the time to watch
and complete.
We are extremely proud of the work we do together as a family of schools, but we also know that we can do more
and we want your help to make sure we do the rights things in the right way for the benefit of all the children that
we serve.
Your views really matter and a link will be sent to you by the school on Wednesday next week and the survey will
remain open until Friday 18th June. Following the survey, we will be taking your feedback and the feedback we are
collecting from students and staff to create a summary of the consultation which will aid us in our planning and work
in the future. Thank you very much in anticipation of your support. Richard Sheriff, CEO RKLT
End of Year CATs helpful information
▪ Learning and Memory Assembly
The link below provides access to the assembly, delivered to students on Monday 24 May. The assembly focuses
on how students have been preparing for the upcoming CATs and advice for the final weeks before they begin.
Link to Learning and Memory Assembly: https://youtu.be/DPXr9y-2UZw
▪ The Keys to Effective Revision – How You Revise Really Matters!
There are two main reasons why knowledge sticks in your memory so you can recall it in tests:
1) You keep retrieving (recalling and remembering) and revisiting (spacing)
knowledge e.g. use self-quizzing and repeat testing. Doing tests and
quizzes regularly is a great way to move knowledge from our short term
to long term memory.
2) You have to really think about the knowledge. Pick revision strategies
that make you think hard e.g. mind mapping or summarising notes or
writing down everything you can remember about a specific topic. Avoid
simply reading and highlighting or copying from a book. This revision will
feel harder, it is more effort, but it is much better use of your time.
Effective revision makes the maximum use of the time you spend on it. If you are revising effectively you will
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naturally get tired, so plan in breaks and do things that help you to relax and give your brain a rest.
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Quick link: Revision - working with your memory
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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 14 June 2021 Week B
▪ Links to end of year CAT letter emailed to parents/carers and students on 18 May
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 12
Sleeping Difficulties?
We recently presented an assembly to Years 7 to 11 on the importance of sleep and
referenced information from The Sleep Charity. The charity’s website
https://thesleepcharity.org.uk/ has a wealth of information and advice around
improving sleep for children and adults. For example, there is a downloadable sleep
diary which can help identify what’s causing sleep difficulties and pinpoint any
patterns.
In the Student Bulletin this week we’ve included a link to the charity’s website to
download a free eBook, packed with information, advice and handy tips to help
students understand sleep a little more. We have also suggested that students
might wish to ask their respective Year Manager for a copy of the “Teen Sleep
Matters” booklet, containing some interesting facts and advice around improving
their sleep.
We have also reminded students of an online chat facility around sleep difficulties, where support is available each
Tuesday and Thursday evening, from 6 to 8 pm, at https://www.teensleephub.org.uk
Hope this is helpful!
Mrs Smithson and Mrs Ellenthorpe (Year Managers: Years 9 and 10)
Year 11: Dates for your diary – Sixth Form Induction Period
A copy of the communication detailing plans for Year 11 Sixth Form Induction Period can be found here.
Monday 14 June Subject Support
9.00am to 10.50am Students have the option of coming in to school to receive support with their bridging
material or coursing and progression.
Tuesday 15 June to Subject Masterclasses
Thursday 17 June Students attend one individual masterclass for each of their chosen Sixth Form
subjects. The sessions will focus on a big idea or contemporary theme related to the
subject area. Students should refer to their timetable for these sessions.
Friday 18 June Individual Choice
Students can engage with one of the following activities:
- Sports afternoon in school (1.45pm to 3.30pm), book via this form
- Virtual work experience at home
- Independent work on the bridging materials at home
Monday 21 June Subject Support
9.00am to 10.50am Students have the option of coming in to school to receive support with their bridging
material or coursing and progression.
Tuesday 22 June to Subject Masterclasses
Thursday 24 June Students attend one individual masterclass for each of their chosen Sixth Form
subjects. The sessions will focus on a big idea or contemporary theme related to the
subject area. Students should refer to their timetable for these sessions.
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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 14 June 2021 Week B
Friday 25 June Sixth Form Induction Day
8.45am to 3.30pm Arrive via Sixth Form entrance from 8.45am
Students will participate in a full day of induction sessions in each of their chosen
subjects, meeting students new to the Sixth Form at HGS. Students will be provided
with their individual timetable for the day on arrival.
8.45am Arrival via Sixth Form Entrance
8.50am Tutor session
9.55am Subject Lessons
10.50am Break
12.55pm Lunch
3.30pm Depart
Refreshments can be purchased from G2 throughout the day during this 3-week period. Students should dress
smartly (no jeans or trainers). Students should bring a pencil case, their iPad and some paper. Face coverings
should be worn when entering and leaving Sixth Form, as well as during transition between lessons and to and
from communal students’ areas.
Second Hand uniform
We are starting to collect used uniform for the big end of year sale in July. The likely
date for your diaries is Thursday 8 July 2pm to 4pm but please keep an eye on the
HGS PTA Facebook page or the HGS second-hand uniform sell/buy/want Facebook
page for updates nearer the time. We would love this sale to be as popular as the last
one so please donate any uniform you no longer need. Year 11 parents in particular,
please consider donating as we have lots of requests for the larger sizes including PE
kit, blazers, skirts and trousers. Ties and socks are always in high demand as a spare
pair too. For anyone who can't make the afternoon sale in July, please message us on
the HGS PTA Facebook page nearer the time and we will see what we can do - not
quite click and collect but we will try! HGS PTA
Collecting students from school by car
We kindly ask that if you are collecting your child from school via car that car
engines should be switched off when parked. Leaving a vehicle’s engine running
whilst it is stationary increases the amount of exhaust fumes in the air, which
contain harmful gases including carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and
hydrocarbons which have been linked to asthma and other lung diseases.
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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 14 June 2021 Week B
Children and Families Service: Courses for Dads, Step-Dads, Grandfathers,
Uncles
Dads, step-dads, uncles, grandfathers – have you heard about this locally sponsored, offer:
Did you know North Yorkshire County Council have PRE-PAID for every parent and carer in North Yorkshire to
access a course for parents/carers (access now for life-long access)? FREE (with access code: NYFAMILIES at:
www.inourplace.co.uk) for residents in our area. There are courses for parents, carers and grandparents about
children from bump to 19+ years. There are 11 modules which each take 10-15 minutes to complete.
Other courses are also available: ‘Understanding your teenager’s brain’ (short course) or ‘Understanding your
child’s feelings’ (taster course)
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Dates for Your Diary
Important Dates:
• Home testing: weekly every Monday and Thursday before school
• May Half Term: Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June, return to school Monday 7 June
• Complete Sport England consent form: link to original letter
• Year 7 to 9 End of Year CATs: w/c 7 and 14 June
• Year 10 and 12 End of Year CATs: w/c 14 and 21 June
• GCSE Virtual Art Exhibition – Tuesday 15 June
• PTA meeting – Tuesday 22 June
• Deadline: Year 7 Bolton Abbey complete consent and make payment: link to original letter
• Year 13 Ball – Saturday 26 June
• Flamingo Land Rewards Trip – Year 9 and 10 – Wednesday 30 June
• Flamingo Land Rewards Trip – Year 7 and Year 8 – Thursday 1 July
All upcoming events, term dates and holidays can be located in the school web calendar.
**Unfortunately, we have made the decision to postpone the PTA Summer Garden Party on the afternoon of
Saturday 17 July.**
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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 14 June 2021 Week B
Communications
The following communications have been emailed this week:
*NEW* Rewards Trip to Flamingo Land for Years 7 to 10 – click here to view the letter. For Years 8, 9 and 10:
please note, your balance for the trip may appear as £8, this is correct as the payment you made for the Rewards
Trip in spring 2020 has been carried forward to this trip.
Year 7 Bolton Abbey Trip information – please provide consent and make payment by Wednesday 23 June
Fixtures
Date Sport Opposition Age Group Home/Away Meet time Start/KO Return time
Mon 14 June Cricket Settle U15 Away 1pm 2pm 6pm
College
Mon 14 June Rounders St Aidans U12 ABC Home 3.30pm 3.50pm 5pm
Tue 15 June Cricket Allerton U13 Away 1.20pm 2pm 5pm
High
Results from w/c 24 May
Date Sport Opposition Age Group Home/Away Results
Thu 24 May Cricket Scarborough U15 Away Won – Harrogate 93 runs from 20 overs,
Scarborough bowled out for 51 runs.
Sun 30 May Eventing U18 90 Class: Team were placed 1st, individual
Sophie Harris placed 6th
100 Class: Emily Gaskell was placed 3rd in
the individual competition
Extra-curricular Activities
PE/Sports Extra-Curricular Activities Summer Term 2
Click on the link to view the PE/Sports extra-curricular timetable for the summer term, click here to
view the timetable
HGS STEAM club: Summer Term
Join the HGS STEAM: Illumination club
Y7 – Thursday after school in A33
Year 9 Creative Writing Club
Wednesday lunchtime in A49
Chinese Lessons
Monday: Lunchtime, Year 11 in A25. After school, Year 9 in A25
Tuesday: After school, Year 8 in A25
Thursday: After school, Year 11 in A25
Friday: After school, Year 10 in A25
Year 10 to Year 13 additional study sessions
There are a number of additional study sessions taking place in school for Years 10 to 13. Your
teachers will let you know if they have a study session planned for a lunchtime or after school.
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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 14 June 2021 Week B
Post 16 opportunities
Click here for Post 16 opportunities. Information shared with Year 12 and 13 within the Sixth Form
bulletin.
Useful contacts
Each year group has an allocated year manager who should be your first point of contact.
Year 7 Manager Mrs Cathy Bennett 01423 535211 ceb@harrogategrammar.co.uk
Year 8 Manager Ms Caroline Brown 01423 535214 cfb@harrogategrammar.co.uk
Year 9 Manager Mrs Debi Smithson 01423 535213 dhs@harrogategrammar.co.uk
Year 10 Manager Mrs Marie Ellenthorpe mce@harrogategrammar.co.uk
Year 11 Manager Miss Deborah Moore 01423 535213 dfm@harrogategrammar.co.uk
Sixth Form Senior Student Support Mrs Carly Jackson 01423 535233 cjj@harrogategrammar.co.uk
Manager
Query Contact
Assistant Headteachers for further enquiries Director of Lower School (Years 7 to 9)– Ms Smith - kss@harrogategrammar.co.uk
Director of Upper School (Year 10 and 11) – Mr Mason –
njm@harrogategrammar.co.uk
Director of Sixth Form – Mr Twitchin – bct@harrogategrammar.co.uk
General queries mail@harrogategrammar.co.uk
To report a planned/unplanned absence https://www.harrogategrammar.co.uk/parents/attendance/
To report booked test, test results or result@harrogategrammar.co.uk
symptoms for any students at HGS
For any queries regarding testing in school or covid-testing@harrogategrammar.co.uk
to withdraw consent to testing
Well-being Support
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Parent Bulletin Week Beginning: Monday 14 June 2021 Week B
HGS in the News
Sixth Form student selected for regional cricket squad
Congratulations to Emma Marlow, a year 12 student, whose cricketing
talents have led to her selection to England Cricket Board’s regional
development squad. The Northern Diamonds Academy is one of eight
regional ECC academies designed to provide a sporting pathway for young
women who have the potential to forge a career in cricket.
Click here to read the full article.
Equestrian teams reach National Championships
Our equestrian teams are celebrating after reaching the National
Championships with three different teams of the annual competition run
by the National Schools Equestrian Association.
Click here to read the full article.
World Triathlon Championships
Congratulations to Gabe Shepherd, Year 8 and Eve Whitaker, Year 11
who participated in the World Triathlon Championships in Leeds last
weekend. Gabe was 2nd in his year group, and 8th in the age 13-14
male section. Eve came 4th in the U17 female section. Amazing results,
well done.
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PRIDE June is PRIDE month, the time of year when many countries around the world, including the UK, celebrate and continue to push for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) rights. How did Pride begin? Pride is held in June to mark the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, a series of protests that occurred in New York city after police attempted to raid the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar, in the early hours of June 28, 1969. The confrontation sparked a gay rights uprising, that grew year on year - including in other American cities and abroad - with each passing anniversary. How is Pride celebrated today? Pride celebrations today often take the form of large, colourful marches through city centres. Although it is a celebration of LGBTQ people, non-LGBTQ people who believe in equality (sometimes referred to as allies) are always welcome. Rainbow flags, as a symbol of gay rights and the LGBTQ community's diversity, are commonplace at Pride marches. Harrogate has its own Pride in Diversity parade; however, this has sadly had to be cancelled this year due to COVID-19. The Pride in Diversity Team in Harrogate are working towards a Hate Crime Awareness Week event in Autumn 2021 and will be back on Sunday 19 June 2022. What does Pride mean? The Oxford Languages dictionary defines gay pride as, "Confidence, self-respect, and solidarity as expressed by gay people, associated with openness about one's own sexual identity, and the celebration of gay culture and history."
Pride flags displayed at HGS
To mark the month of Pride, we are displaying flags at the front of school, which represent our
inclusive community here at HGS. Here is some more information about these flags in case you
are not fully sure what they mean of represent:
This is the Transgender Pride flag. This year marks the 20th anniversary of
the Transgender Pride Flag, a blue, pink, and white striped flag, which was
designed by Monica Helms, a transgender woman, activist, and author, in
1999.
This is The Progress Pride Flag – It has the traditional six-
stripe rainbow design as a base, then the "Progress" variation adds a
chevron along the hoist that features black, brown, light blue, pink, and white
stripes to bring those communities (marginalised people of colour, trans
individuals, and those living with HIV/AIDS and those who have been lost).
This is The Straight Ally Pride Flag - Straight allies are heterosexual and/or
cisgender people who support equal civil rights, gender equality, LGBTQA+ social
movements, and challenge homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and any discrimination
against the LGBTQA+ community.
This is one version of The Queer Pride Flags. Queer is an identity, and often
considered a movement, for people of sexual and gender minorities, and people who
fall outside of and/or reject the cultural norms around sexuality, gender identity,
and/or gender expression.HGS Book
Recommendations
Diverse voices , a collection of Access the HGS library platform .
Available on the platform……..
teen books celebrating To register for the library platform tap on
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The shortlisted books are available on the
platform and on the shelf take a look….On The Shelf Recommendations …..
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family are trying to live as if everything is normal. She and her sister
Hannah look out for one another, at home and in school. But their
country is starting to fall apart.
Bea lives with her dad, her older sister, and their baby brother.
She goes to school, squabbles with her sister, and tries to live a
normal life. But she and her family aren’t allowed to leave the
community they live in. The country is at war around them, and
everyone’s looking for a way out. Bea realizes her life, and her
relationship with her family, is on the edge of permanent change. And
the war is drawing ever closer to their home…
A civil war is raging, and it's getting closer. Bea is desperate not to
leave home, but how long will it be before they have to run?
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The body seemed to fall for a long time. There was no splash, or if there
was it was lost in the waves. Isobel was frozen to the spot for a moment -
and then her common sense caught up with her, and she stepped back
quickly into the shadows.
When Isobel Petty is orphaned, she finds herself being taken away
from her home in India and sent to live with a distant uncle in England.
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On board the S.S. Marianna, she witnesses a shocking act - somebody
being thrown overboard in the middle in the night. But when the ship's
captain insists that nobody is missing, Isobel and her two new reluctant
friends must solve two mysteries - the identities of both the murderer
and the victim - before they reach England and the culprit has the
chance to escape.
Inspired by The Secret Garden and the golden age of crime writing,
The Secret Detectives is perfect for fans of Robin Stevens and
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