Year 11 Parent Bulletin November 2020
Bulletin for Year 11 November 2020
Poltair Students - Please share your views to help us develop a new logo and brand for Poltair
We are working on a rebrand of Poltair, meaning a change of logo and the wider aspects of Poltair's visual identity. The current Poltair logo was brought in around 15 years ago and it's felt that it's time for an update. We would like to develop a logo and brand that the school community feel represents their school and can be proud of, so it is important to us to have your input.
All responses to the questionnaire will be really useful and as a token of thanks there will be a little thank you gift for any student who completes the questionnaire.
Poltair Rebranding Student Questionnaire
You can complete this from home but you will need to log into your school account.
For this you will need your school email address which is your computer login number or name @poltair.cornwall.sch.uk e.g. [email protected] or [email protected]
If you have forgotten your password please inform your tutor who can contact the IT department to request your password is reset.
You have until next Sunday, the 29th of November, to complete the questionnaire.
Poltair School Admission Arrangements 2022-23 proposal – Consultation
Year 11 Bulletin
COVID-19 Update Letter & Reference Guide
COVID-19 School letter to parents & Carers
Letter to Parents 25 September 2020
Please contact us on [email protected] with any updates or queries around COVID related attendance issues. This includes:
- Alerting us on outcomes of tests and when you feel your child should return to school
- Alerting us to contact received through NHS Track and Trace telling us your child should self-isolate
- Alerting us to any symptoms shown overnight and your child will remain at home
- Alerting us to if your child has to self-isolate following someone being symptomatic or having a test in your home
- Alerting us to any self-isolation following travel
- Uncertainty over whether your child should/should not self-isolate
This is monitored before, during and after school hours. Please remember you should not send your child back to school unless you have agreed this with a member of school staff.
Letter from the Head of School
Letter from Head of School
Letter to Parents 4 September 2020
Welcome to Poltair Year 7
PPTX
Year 7 Welcome to Poltair
Year 7 Assembly Wednesday 2nd September
Important Information on School Reopening
COVID-19 Update
Key Communication
June
10Letter to Parents
Letter - Parent/Carer Update Letter Years 7 - 9
Letter to Parents 10 June 2020
June
05Letter to Parents
Letter - Year 10 Letter to Parents Academic Review
Letter to Parents 05 June 2020
June
03Letter to Parents
Letter - Head of School
Letter to Parents 03 June 2020
May
21Letter to Parents
May
15Letter to Parents
May
11Letter to Parents
COVID 19 Letter to Parents 2-15.05.20
Letter to Parents 15 May 2020
Apr
16Letter to Parents
Letter Summer Term Update
Letter to Parents 16 April 2020
Apr
06Letter to Parents
Apr
01Letter to Parents
Mar
31Letter to Parents
Letter Week 3 and 4 Essential Childcare Supervision
Letter to Parents 31 March 2020
Mar
30Letter to Parents
Mar
27Letter to Parents
Free School Meal Provision 30 March 2020
Letter to Parents 27 March 2020
Mar
26Letter to Parents
Year 11 Update
Letter to Parents 26 March 2020
Mar
25Letter to Parents
Week 2 Essential Childcare Supervision
Letter to Parents 25 March 2020
Mar
25Announcement to Parents
Email Communication
We are understandably receiving a large number of parent emails at present. We will respond to each email in turn, as soon as is feasibly possible. However, due to the volume of emails please, bear with us at this time.
If you are emailing us to let us know that you're not receiving the letters that we email out, or receiving them late, there is unfortunately nothing we can do about that. This is likely to be to do with your internet provider/server, or could quite simply be down to the sheer volume of internet traffic at present.
We strongly advise that parents are regularly checking the "Key Communication" section on this website.
Mar
23Letter to Parents
Free School Meals Lunch Provision
Letter to Parents 23 March 2020
Mar
20Letter to Parents
Mar
19Letter to Parents
Mar
18Letter to Parents
Mar
17Letter to Parents
Letter Coronavirus Update
Letter to Parents 17 March 2020
Mar
13Letter to Parents
Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Contingency Plans
Letter to Parents 13 March 2020
Working From Home
Below are a range of instructions to support your child's home learning. In addition, on each page on the website, are icons to select to link to various subject specific platforms. For further information on how to access these, please email your child's subject teacher directly for support.
Accessing ClassCharts
To access Class charts:
- Click on the CLasscharts icon on the right hand side of this page and follow the instructions to login in.
- You will need your school email address which is your computer login [email protected] e.g. [email protected]
If you have forgotten your password you can reset it using the "forgot my password" on the sign in page. This will send a message to your school email account.
Accessing Emails
To access your school email account from outside of school:
- click the email link at the top of this page.
- You will be asked to enter your email login which is: ([email protected]) eg: [email protected]
- you will be then prompted for your password. This is the password that you use to log in to the computer within school.
If you have forgotten your password you will need to select "Forgot my password" and follow the steps required.
You will receive the message below:
Click the link "contact your administrator". This request will go to IT Support who will be able reset your password.
They will reset your password to your date of birth in the format ddmmyyyy e.g 06112009.
You will need to wait a period of 1 hour before you attempt to access your email account with this new password.
Year 11 Working from Home
Year 11 Working from Home
Guidance - Working from home
Email Contacts for Staff
Email Contacts for Staff
Guidance - Working from home
Year 7 - 10 Working from Home
Year 7-10 Working from Home
Guidance - Working from home
Additional Support Resources
Boredom Bing Grid
Additional Support Resources
Core PE - HIIT Sessions
Core PE - HIIT Sessions
Core PE - HIIT Sessions
Safeguarding Support
These are challenging times we find ourselves in currently and below are some resources we hope will support you.
Summer Holiday Support (alongside the attachment ‘Summer support 2020’)
As we complete our final week of this Academic Year, we thought it sensible to share some suggestions for access to support during the summer holidays. This includes some ideas in regards to mental health as well as some key contacts for any issues of a safeguarding nature where you feel a young person may be at risk.
Following the lockdown period, we would like to spend some time during tutor time and assemblies having a focus on Mental Health and Well-Being to support our young people in ensuring they are confident and comfortable in using strategies to help manage their own positive mental health. This will be re-visited frequently during the school year and we appreciate your support in this.
Summer Support 2020
Summer Support Resources
Free School Meals- Application Process
If you are currently not receiving Free School Meals but think you may be eligible, please complete this short and simple online application. You’ll need your national insurance number, names, dates of birth and home address, you will also need to be in receipt of Working Tax Credit.
This link will direct you to the online application https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/education-and-learning/schools-and-colleges/school-meals/application-for-free-school-meals-and-pupil-premium/
If you require support in completion of this form, please get in touch with someone at the school using the ‘Family Support- Key Contacts’ list in the same section of the website you found this link.
Family Support - Key Contacts
This resource is simply a brief guide to how you can access some of our key Pastoral staff during the coming weeks. It also has some key contacts to allow you to access some external support. We will continue to work as a safeguarding team through direction of our Designated Safeguarding Lead, Miss Gemma Owens. The team will be in regular contact with our most vulnerable students and families to offer support.
Family Support Poltair 2020
Pupil Reference 19 March 2020
A - Z Young People Resources
This resource has been created by the team at the NHS to support vulnerable young people access appropriate support, depending on their need. We have made some slight additions based on our work within the local community. This A - Z signposts relevant agencies to provide support online or over the phone.
it covers the following steps:
- Bereavement/Parental Illness
- Bullying
- Child Abuse
- Child Sexual Abuse/Sexual Violence
- Child Sexual Exploitation
- County Lines/Criminal Exploitation/Missing
- Deliberate Self Harm
- Domestic Abuse/Violence/Sexual Violence
- Drugs/Alcohol/Substance Misuse
- Eating Disorders
- Health, Wellbeing and Relationships
- Mental Health
- Modern Slavery/Trafficking
- Online Safety
- Sexual Health/Gender Identity
- Suicide Prevention
- Teenage/Young Parents
- Young Carers
A - Z Young Peoples Resources
Pupil Reference 19 March 2020
CEOP Education and Online Safety - Thinkuknow
CEOP are the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre who provide guidance in supporting young people with their online safety. In these challenging times, use of mobile technology and other forms of ICT has increased drastically.
Their website has lots of information on how to monitor your child's internet use, how to report concerns as well as a number of useful tips to improve your own knowledge.
https://www.thinuknow.co.ukOn a regular basis they will release these 'Home Activity Packs' which provide some exercises you can complete with your son/daughter, to help them understand and develop thei own knowledge on why internet saftey is important. Each activity is approximately 15 minutes.
Internet Safety - Home Activity Pack One
Internet Safety - Home Activity Pack Two
Internet Safety - Home Activity Pack Three
Internet Safety - Home Activity Pack Four
Internet Safety- Home Activity Pack Five
They will release these once every two weeks, and we will upload them to this site to support you.
Please contact a member of the safeguarding team if you have any concerns.
Contact during exceptional circumstances
It is important that all children, families and professionals are able to contact key staff to share information in respect of safeguarding and concerns.
Following the wider opening of all CELT schools, there is now a member of the safeguarding team on duty in school every day. Please contact the school directly and ask for the DSL if you have any concerns you wish to discuss.
The dedicated CELT e mail address is still in operation and can be used if, for any reason, you are unable to contact the school;
[email protected]This will be monitored during office hours only, Monday to Friday.
However, you should contact the Police or Social Care if you feel that a child is at risk of immediate serious harm.
Well-Being Resources
Summer Holiday Support (alongside the attachment ‘Summer support 2020’)
As we complete our final week of this Academic Year, we thought it sensible to share some suggestions for access to support during the summer holidays. This includes some ideas in regards to mental health as well as some key contacts for any issues of a safeguarding nature where you feel a young person may be at risk.
Following the lockdown period, we would like to spend some time during tutor time and assemblies having a focus on Mental Health and Well-Being to support our young people in ensuring they are confident and comfortable in using strategies to help manage their own positive mental health. This will be re-visited frequently during the school year and we appreciate your support in this.
Summer Support 2020
Summer Support Resources
Week 14 Headstart Well Being Action Plan
At Home with Weaving Well Being
Weaving Well Being
This has already been shared in the Weekly Parent bulletin but is a really useful resource, alongside their toolkit. As always, if you are concerned about your child and their mental and emotional health, please contact us and we will ensure you are signposted to the best support.
This link provides access to a Well Being Action plan that allow them to work through a range of questions to create a clear approach to them being able to support their own emotional well-being. It also has a downloadable toolkit to be used alongside this. It might be helpful for you as parents to have a read through their plan to see where you can help!
It also has some handy tips for those students who are coming to us from Year 6 and called ‘Transition Mission’.
Week 9 Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health Awareness Week
18th-24th May
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week from 18th-24th May. The focus of this year is around the concept of #KindnessMatters
The Mental Health Foundation has provided a variety of ways in which you can join in with this year’s event- these will cover examples of kindness linked to:
- Connecting with friends and family
- Kindness in the Home
- Kindness in the Community
- Kindness at Work
Have a look at the suggestions or come up with your own and set yourself a challenge for the week. Then upload your photo to Twitter @mentalhealth, Instagram @mentalhealthfoundation or Facebook @mentalhealthfoundation with the hashtags #KindnessMatters and #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek. Make sure you copy us in too!
Week 8 Mental Health and Well-Being Apps
In this age of technology, most of our young people have access to a personal device- be it a phone, a tablet or a laptop. All too often, we can find the use of technology can over stimulate the mind and we need to find ways to try and regulate their use. This website provides links into the 10 best mindfulness apps for children that allow them to still use their technology, but linked with the concept of CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) to provide ways of them understanding and dealing with their own mental health.
I have reviewed them and though some are more targeted towards younger students (Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame Street) and some to our older pupils (Mindshift, Moodpath)- all are worth both you and your child exploring to see what suits your needs best. The ones with links below are those that are free to download initially on Android and Apple products. Some may request subscription after a short trial.
