PARENT BULLETIN
PARENT ENGAGEMENT
REMINDERS
VE DAY CHOIR CELEBRATION
YOUNG GEOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
EXCELSIOR FORUM
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
In partnership with Clifton BID, we welcome your support of our Cantata Choir on Saturday in Clifton Village outside the Library for VE Day celebrations. Please click here for the flyer.
Pupils aged 7-18 years can enter the Royal Geographical Society’s competition linked here. It is split into age categories. The theme this year is World’s Islands
The Excelsior Forums for the Summer Term 2025 are linked here. If you foresee an issue with your child attending, please email Mrs Laura Giles via: lgiles@cliftonhigh.co.uk.
For an overview of the Summer Term’s Health and Wellbeing Programme, please click here
WINKWORTH HOUSE - NON-UNIFORM DAY
Please note that this fundraiser excludes Years 11 and 13 due to their GCSE and A level examination schedules
WINKWORTH HOUSE - DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT For full details click here
HIVE, INFANT & JUNIOR
REMINDERS
MEDICAL NOTICES
CHICKEN POX
We would like to make you aware that a case of Chicken Pox has been reported in Year 2.
The current UKHSA Chicken Pox guidance recommends that confirmed and suspected cases are to be excluded from School until 5 days after the rash appears and all blisters have crusted over.
Please monitor your child for symptoms and refer to the NHS website, linked here for updated information.
If you have any queries or would like to report a case, please do not hesitate to contact Ms Laura Lynch, School Nurse, directly via email: llynch@cliftonhigh.co.uk
TICKS
As we approach the warmer weather, ticks are becoming more prevalent. It is important that the children wear trousers/leggings and long sleeved tops for outdoor activities/adventure especially where they may be moving through long grass.
We also suggest check themselves when they return home from outdoor activities. Click here for information from the NHS.
SENIOR & SIXTH FORM
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ACTIVE TRAVEL
Our next Active Travel Week is the week of 12 May where we will be supporting Living Streets’ Walk to School Challenge. th Senior School tutor groups will compete against each other to see if they can knock 7-3 off their top spot!
SENIOR & SIXTH FORM
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SMART TARGETS
Pupils in Year 8 to 10 have been busy setting SMART targets for the Summer Term.
Please ask your child to show you their targets so you can add a comment in the designated box on their OneNote page. You can comment however you feel most appropriate, for example, to express how proud you are of your child for creating such great targets, let them know how much you believe in their ability to meet their targets, or to detail the steps you will take to support them We would be extremely grateful if all comments can be positive ones.
SPORTS REPORT
UPDATE
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK!
Tennis Triumph - Congratulations to our U15 and U13 Boys’ Teams for winning their first tennis fixture of the year against Collegiate School
Best of luck to our swimming stars who are competing at the Regional Championships this weekend!
The U10 and U11 Boys and Girls had a fantastic afternoon at their cricket fixture against The Downs School. It was great to witness the teamwork, support and development of cricket skills along with their growing understanding of the game. For detailed information regarding specific fixture results, please refer to SOCS.
ANNOUNCEMENTS PASTORAL CARE
PARENT PARTNERSHIP TALK
We are looking forward to the last in the series of Parent Partnership Talk for this academic year. We will welcome Gee Eltringham on 13 May 2025 th
SUPPORT DURING EXAMINATION SEASON
As a follow-up to last week’s bulletin on managing stress during revision and examinations, we would like to share with you an additional article from the NSPCC with useful guidance for both pupils and parents on this topic, linked here
Please do contact your child’s tutor, Head of Year, or Deputy Head: Pastoral if you have any specific concerns about them at this time and be reminded that we remain here for you, as ever, during study leave.
SAFEGUARDING SNIPPET: DEEPFAKE AIS
The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a new report on Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), focusing on nudification tools and the risks to children posed by sexually explicit deepfake technology. Research included focus groups with 22 children aged 16-17. Findings show:
women and girls are the main targets of sexually explicit deepfakes and nudifying tools. the presence of nudification technology is impacting girls’ participation in the online world. children want action to be taken to tackle the misuse of AI technology. The Commissioner is calling for the Government to ban apps that use AI to generate sexually explicit deepfake images of children.
The press release is linked here and a full report can be found here.