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Student information
School to home communication
Students should be regularly checking their school email account as well as Show My Homework daily (Monday to Friday during the school term) for the latest updates and homework.
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School Website / VLE:
Resources are available on the school website www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk
Students can access ‘all users’ from home from the Highfields School website: Go to Highfields School homepage Click on ‘portals’ Click on ‘student portal’ Enter school IT username (not email address) and password Find ‘all users Starkholmes’ or ‘all users Lumsdale’ on the right hand side Select the appropriate department/folder required.
If students have forgotten their password please email reset@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk specifying your user name and tutor group to request a new password.
Show My Homework online homework submission guidance
Students should be submitting work through the SMHW platform. The link below is from SMHW and explains how to do this or you can follow the steps below: https://help.teamsatchel.com/en/articles/2912000-submitting-my-work-online
Always be doing tasks
KS3 and KS4 ‘always be doing’ lists for the spring term for students to work on – please follow the link below to access via the school website.
Y7-9 KS4: https://www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Jan-2021-KS3-Y7-9-AlwaysBe-Doing.pdf
Y10-11 KS4: https://www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Jan-2021-KS4-Y1011Always-Be-Doing.pdf
Free Microsoft Office for Students
Students at Highfields School can download Microsoft Office for free on up to five devices, for the duration of their time as a student at the school. Microsoft Office can be installed on compatible desktop computers, tablets, and mobile phones – https://www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk/students/office-for-students/
Free period products in school
You may be aware that the government introduced the period product scheme in January 2020 to provide free period products for all learners who need them, as they are a necessity and not a luxury. The scheme was set up to prevent periods being a barrier to education for learners and help reduce the stigma around menstruation.
Highfields School holds a supply of a variety of branded period products available for students. All learners in school are able to access period products if they need them, for example, where students have forgotten their products, cannot afford products or in the case of needing products in an emergency. If a student needs free period products they can access these discretely from either school site reception or via their year team. Alternatively, parents/carers on low income or who are struggling owing to the loss of income due to Coronavirus can contact year managers, in confidence, to obtain a bulk supply.
Year 11/13 update - Teacher Assessed Grades
A link to the Ofqual guide explaining the method for awarding grades and the associated appeals process for this year is given below:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/ 984766/21-6780_Student_guide_to_awarding_in_summer_2021_pdf-a.pdf
We have a dedicated section on our school website for Teacher Assessed Grades where all the latest information is updated regularly, this can be accessed on the link below: https://www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk/our-school/teacher-assessed-grades/
