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.

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.

Y10 & Y12 internal exam reminder

Year 10 mock exams have started and will run until Wednesday 30 June and year 12 mock exams will run until Friday 9 July.

All internal exams will take place in the sports hall and students have been given detailed information regarding these mock exams, along with a copy of their exam timetable (also available on the school website via the link below).

Year 10:

https://www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Y10MockTimetable.pdf

Year 12:

https://www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Y12MockTimetable.pdf

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/