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Face to Face - Year 10 & Year 12
Welcome! Welcome to the special ‘lockdown’ version of the Northgate News. We hope this edition finds you well. Miss Breeze and Miss Theobald have done a fantastic job of collating the outstanding achievements of the Northgate and Dereham Sixth Form College community during these last 4 months; a huge thank you to them for putting the paper together. We hope you enjoy reading it. We have both been extremely proud of you all during this difficult time. You have kept up with your academic studies far more than your contemporaries nationally. You have raised money for charity, recognising and helping those less fortunate than you. You have kept busy and purposeful. Those that were able to have embraced the ‘face-to-face‘ support - both Year 10 and Year 12 students have been full of praise for the support and learning they’ve achieved. In short, the Northgate 5 Rs: Respect; Responsibility; Readiness; Reflectiveness; and perhaps most of all - Resilience; have been much more than a ‘sound bite’ or a poster in the Hall. You have lived them (with the odd ‘pyjama day’ on the Xbox or Netflix, which is also fine!). Parents: you too have been absolutely brilliant. We recognise and appreciate the ‘juggling’ you’ve had to do. The support you have given us, and the positive messages, have sustained us during the uncertainty of these last few months. Your support was paramount to keeping up the learning ethic and expectations of our pupils and all staff are very appreciative. Staff have also risen to the challenge of ‘blended learning’ and we would like to thank them too for consistently going ‘above and beyond’. So, what will the new school year bring? Firstly, we’re really looking forward to having you back and welcoming our new Year 7s. Northgate is much too quiet without you all! We’re currently working on a number of plans to ensure that we can safely accommodate you all in September. We will write again, before the end of term, to ensure these plans are shared with you in greater detail.
The Government allowed some students back into school from 15th June and we were thrilled to see so many of our students taking the opportunity. Over this period of time we have delivered 560 lessons to approximately 180 students across Year 10 and Year 12. During the face to face time, students spent time with subject teachers and had the opportunity to discuss work which they have been completing while working from home. The students who attended were very positive about the experience, saying: "It has been very helpful to have the opportunity to speak to my teachers face to face and ask questions." "It is a bit strange but it is good to be back in the school environment." "I missed having the opportunity to see teachers so it has been nice to see them and be able to see some of my friends from a safe distance." We are looking forward to welcoming back our current students and our new Year 7’s in September. .
Year 11 and Year 13 will get their examination results on the usual ‘results days’: 20th August for Year 11 and 13th August for Year 13. Year 10 will have their GCSE English Literature results emailed to them (results go to pupils rather than parents) so please don’t forget to check on 20th August. Year 11 - your promised ‘Prom’ will take place in November/December as a joint ‘Christmas Ball’ and GCSE awards ceremony - more on that shortly! Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a lovely summer holiday. Hope you all get to sit in the sun with friends and family. We look forward to welcoming you all back in September.
Mrs Z Galley & Dr D Hone Heads of Northgate High School, Dereham Sixth Form College and DESA
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