Headteacher’s Blog July 2015
Dear Parents/Carers/Guardians
Welcome to my last blog of this academic year and, once again, what a
fabulous year it has been, but you already know that from the website and
Twitter newsfeeds. Our Sports Day last week was simply superb and typified the year
we have just enjoyed!!
We will be publishing our 2014-2015 Highlights booklet at the end of
September so don’t forget to look out for your copy. It is certain to be a
bumper edition, but we are already planning for 2015-2016 to be another year to
remember.
Talking about developments, we will be starting the construction of our
new PE changing rooms and six new classrooms at Christmas. This £950K facility
will hopefully be finished during the summer of 2016; watch this space.
Further to my June Staffing Blog, Mr Nick Fillingham (PSTM) has secured
a prestigious new post with British Aerospace in charge of all their
apprentices. I am sure you would like to extend your congratulations and thanks
together with ours to Nick, for all that he has done to support our students
during the last 5½ years and wish him well in his new position. I am pleased to
report that Mr Jamie Williamson (HLTA) has accepted my offer to become our new
Internal Exclusion Officer, Mr Stephen Morton will become our new HLTA and Mr
David Gill will join our team of Personal Support Mentors. Finally, I am delighted to be able to tell
you that Mrs Sarah Tasker-Lynch and Mrs Donna Brown have very recently been
promoted to Advanced Student Support Mentors.
I would like to thank you for all your support this year, because as we
tell your child(ren) success is all about team work and the part you play is
critical. Discussing and clarifying issues with your child(ren) is an important
daily routine. Occasionally, we have to deal with problems that have arisen as
a result of misinformation that could have been avoided, if only students had
engaged in a frank and honest conversation with their parents, carers or
guardians.
In addition, we send a large number of emails, texts and letters including
numbered ones out to parents, carers and guardians, but any communication
system will only work well if people regularly check their messages – in this
regard I would recommend checking your emails at least twice weekly, together
with following us on Twitter @selbyhigh. The hyperlink to the school’s website
is:
From the website, you can also download the school’s own Selby High School
App together with the School Gateway App which allows us to send free text
messages to you regarding your child(ren).
Both Apps can be found at:
We have a new two year calendar available from September that can, as
always, be accessed via the school website. This is updated as things are added
and amended so please make sure you check it regularly.
Once again, I and my staff look forward to your continued help in
ensuring your child is properly turned out for school throughout the 2015-2016
academic year and ‘keen to treat others just like they would wish to be treated
themselves’; a simple phrase, but such an important one for Selby High
School.
The daily maximum spend for students in Food4Thought will continue to be
£4.50. I would urge you to use our on-line ParentPay system to not only pay for
food and drink, but non-uniform days, school trips and other events and
expenses as they occur.
For your information the following are important dates for your diary
during the first term of 2015/16:
Thursday 3rd
September Training day – school
closed to students
Friday 4th
September School re-opens
(Year 7 only)
Monday 7th
September School re-opens (all
students)
Thursday 17th
September Year 7 Literacy evening
Friday 18th
September School photographs
Wednesday 23rd
September Year 7 Numeracy evening
Monday 28th
September Training day – school
closed to students
Open
Evening for prospective parents
Tuesday 6th
October Year 8 girls HPV
injections
Raising Aspirations
evening
Wednesday 7th
October Year 9 girls HPV
injections
Wednesday 14th
October Governors Awards evening at
Selby Abbey
Friday 16th
October Year 9 ‘Re-start a
heart’ day
Tuesday 20th
October Year 7
Parents’/Carers’/Guardians’ Consultation evening
Friday 23rd
October School closes for
holidays
Finally, all that’s left for me to say is ‘have a wonderful summer’ from
all the Staff and Governors here at school!!
Paul Eckersley
Headteacher
