KS2 visit to Montacute House
Our KS2 students recently visited Montacute House as part of their History topic – the Tudors – through the Thrive approach.
Below is a student totally immersed and happy being in role at Montacute House.
InTo Film Festival – 18th November
On Monday 18th November our school will be celebrating the Into Film Festival. This is a free, annual, nationwide celebration of film & education for 5-19 year olds and all students will be taking part by going on a visit to the cinema!
Our older students will be going to see “Spider-man -Far From Home” and younger students will be seeing “Bumblebee”.
Academic Mentoring afternoon – Tuesday 19th November
On Tuesday 19th November we will be holding an Academic Mentoring afternoon.
Time will be set aside during the afternoon for students to meet with their tutor/academic mentor to discuss how the term has gone so far and what they can do to work towards their goals for the rest of the year.
Odd Sock Day – Friday 15th November
This week is National Anti-Bullying week and the theme is ‘Change Starts With Us’.
“By making small, simple changes, we can break this cycle and create a safe environment for everyone. Because together, we can challenge bullying. Change starts with a conversation. It starts with checking in. It starts with work together.” (Anti Bullying Alliance)
Students and Staff are showing support for this by wearing odd socks to school on Friday 15th November. The idea is to encourage people to express themselves and celebrate their individuality and what makes us all unique!
https://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/
Welcome to our new Pastoral Lead!
We warmly welcome Tina Callow to the staff team. Tina has taken up the post of ‘Pastoral Lead Year 11’.
We look forward to working with her.
Careers Day – Tuesday 12th November 2019
The SSPS Careers Day will be held on Tuesday 12th November 2019.
There are lots of activities planned for all of our students during the school day to help them explore the type of jobs and careers they could do after school, including how to write a CV and visiting speakers who will talk about their jobs.
Year 10 and 11 students will also be visiting the Careers Fair at The Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton.
Please see the letter on our ‘Letters Page’ for more information.
Staff Achievement
We are pleased to announce that our Office Manager Emma Keynes, has successfully completed the School Administration Foundation Certificate.
Well done and congratulations Emma!
SSPS Partnership Board
On Friday 27th October we successfully held the first meeting of our new Partnership Board.
We welcomed Headteachers and Senior Leaders of many of our partner schools in South Somerset to come along and discuss how we can work together for the benefit of children and young people in South Somerset.
We look forward to achieving some great work together in the future.
More information about our Partnership Board and the work it is doing will be coming soon on our new Partnership Page….watch this space!
Jeans for Genes Day
Students, teaching staff and the admin team across our Dampier Street site recently took part in raising money for Jeans for Genes day.
We raised £17 for national charity ‘Genetic Disorders UK’ by wearing our jeans to school. We also delivered assemblies on the reason Jeans for Genes day which is to support individuals and families affected by a genetic disorder.
Well done everyone!
Welcome back to a new term!
Welcome back to a new term to all of our students. We hope you all had a restful summer break and are raring to go and ready to work hard this term!