Parents/Carers Update

Autumn stakeholder surveys

We have emailed parents/carers with a link to our November electronic survey today (Friday 18 November). We would really appreciate it if you could take five minutes to complete this online before the closing date of Friday 25 November at 11.45pm. All responses are anonymous.

Students have also been sent a survey to complete about life at Highfields via their school email accounts. Please encourage them to give their feedback. Thank you.

Dropping off and collecting students

Please avoid dropping off/collecting students from our school sites at peak times. For the safety of students please consider dropping your child away from immediate school sites/bus stops. This is standard at many secondary schools. Thank you for your support.

Reminders:

Year 11 & year 13 mock exams

Y11 mock exams start on Monday 21 November in the sports hall. Please follow the link to access the exam timetable. https://www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Y11-Mocks2022-Student-Timetable.pdf

Y13 exams will start from Monday 28 November in the sports hall. Students have been given copies of their timetable.

Forthcoming events:

Year 12 parent consultation evening: The Y12 parent consultation evening is coming up and will take place in person in the sixth form area on Tuesday 29 November 2022 between 4-7pm. Students will be able to arrange appointment times with teaching staff in due course.

INSET days: Monday 5 December and Thursday 22 December are INSET days and no students will be in school.

Christmas concert: Highfields Christmas concert will be held the evening of Wednesday 14 December in the Wheeldon Hall at Lumsdale (upper school site) – details will be published nearer the time.

School news: Creative Writing Club

Miss Fearn

Creative Writing Club students entered a Young Writer's poetry competition recently and we are delighted to announce that Jodi (Y8) and Micah (Y8) have both been selected to represent Highfields. They will feature in a poetry anthology entitled, 'The Power of Poetry - UK Rhymes' due to be released early next year. Both students have both written remarkable, thought-provoking poems. Well done Jodi and Micah!