Highfields School
Issue 19:
5 February 2021
Newsletter Parents/Carers Update Please see emails and Mr Marsh’s assembly for the latest news.
Sixth form applications We welcome any year 11 students to make an application to sixth form. The online link to the application form has been emailed out to all year 11s. We hope you will find it straightforward and there is also space in the form to give us any other messages you would like to. The deadline for the application is Friday 19 February, but you can, of course, submit it earlier. We look forward to reading your applications and will then be in touch to give you an interview time, which will happen between half term and the Easter holidays. If you have not received it, or have any technical difficulties please email Mrs Sargeant. Similarly, if parents / carers have any queries, please feel free to get in touch by email: rsargeant@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk.
Year 11 careers interviews Mr Phil Nelson from Derbyshire Careers Advice Service began conducting year 11 careers interviews last term in school. He is continuing to contact the year 11 students he has not yet seen and will be undertaking telephone interviews to discuss post year 11 careers advice. If your child has not yet had an interview and would like to have one, please contact Mr Allsobrook: callsobrook@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk.
Communicating with school during lockdown If parents/carers need to contact school during school opening hours our reception at Lumsdale (upper school site) is open daily from 8.30am until 3.30pm and a member of staff will be available to answer your calls. Please call 01629 581888. Our Starkholmes (lower school site) is closed and calls are transferred to Lumsdale - please select option 2 to speak to reception and then option 1 for Lumsdale. As our pastoral staff are working remotely, they are unable to pick up telephone messages left on their direct lines. If you need to contact pastoral staff, please do so via email: Mrs Green - Year Manager (year 7) Mr Tidmarsh - Year Manager (year 8) Mrs Weightman Edge - Year Manager (year 9) Miss Esposito - Year Manager (year 10) Mr Allsobrook -Year Manager (year 11) Mrs Sargeant - Year Manager (sixth form)
tgreen@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk dtidmarsh@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk Hweightman-edge@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk aesposito@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk callsobrook@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk rsargeant@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk
If your child is in HISS (Highfields in School Support) and you need to cancel or book places, please contact Mrs Leverton via email lleverton@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk
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