CHS South Parent Pack 2022

WELCOME to CHS South An 11-16 secondary school opened in conjunction with Chorlton High School.

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CHS South STUDENT INFORMATION

Student Data Collection

The information will be held on computer in accordance with the Data Protection Act. Please be accurate, complete both sides of the form, sign and return to the school office.

Please check that the name and date of birth of the student is correct in accordance with the birth certificate or passport, as this is the information that will appear on any certificates issued, including GCSE certificates.

Legal Forename:

Preferred Forename:

Middle Name/s:

Preferred Surname:

Legal Surname:

Gender:

Date of Birth:

Previous School:

Address:

Pronouns:

Language:

Ethnicity:

Nationality:

Religion:

MEALS

Asylum Seeker

Refugee

N/A

Please tick the appropriate choice. NB: Only one box may be ticked.

Free School Meal*

Bring own Packed Lunch

Paid School Meal

*If indicating your child is entitled to Free School Meals, please ensure you apply at https://www.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/sims

If your child has a medical condition, please state below. CHS South will also require a completed Student Medical Plan.

CONSENT

TRAVEL

MEDICAL

Medical Condition/s:

Dietary Requirements (Halal, Vegetarian etc.)

Medical Practice Number: Medication/s Required:

Medical Practice Name and Address:

Please tick the appropriate choice. NB: Only one box may be ticked.

Car

Cycle/Scooter

Metro/Train

Public Bus

Taxi

Walk

*Please ensure your child is provided with a lock and that a name is written on any loose items.

I give my consent for CHS South to take and retain my child’s image for promotional purposes e.g. Social Media/Website.

I give my consent for CHS South to take and retain a biometric scan of my child’s finger(s) to provide access to catering and library systems.

I give my consent for CHS South to administer one dose of 1x 500mg paracetamol during the school day if my child needs it.

I give my consent for CHS South to provide additional information to the Careers Services.

I give my consent for my child to attend general school trips arranged within the school day or as part of extra-curricular activities.

I give my consent for CHS South to administer first aid or call for emergency services if required.

Student Data Collection

Data Protection Act 2018: The school is registered under the Data Protection Act for holding personal data.

The school has a duty to protect this information and keep it up to date.

The school is required to share some of the data with the Local Authority and with the Department for Education.

Please give details of all persons who have parental responsibility (stating full forename and surname) and anyone else that you wish to be contacted in an emergency, placing them in priority order. School requires at least 3 contacts. Please add additional contacts below.

Please note: Any contact noted as Priority 1 that you wish to receive text messages and emails from the school, must have their full details, including a mobile number and email address listed

PRIORITY 1

Title (Mrs, Mr, Ms, Miss, Dr, Rev.):

Forename

Surname:

Relationship to Student:

Mobile Number:

Home Telephone:

Work Number:

Home Address inc. Postcode:

PRIORITY 1 (if app.)

Email Address:

Title (Mrs, Mr, Ms, Miss, Dr, Rev.):

Surname:

Relationship to Student:

Mobile Number:

Home Telephone:

Work Number:

Home Address inc. Postcode:

Email Address:

Title (Mrs, Mr, Ms, Miss, Dr, Rev.):

PRIORITY 2

Forename

Forename

Surname:

Relationship to Student:

Mobile Number:

Home Telephone:

Work Number:

Home Address inc. Postcode:

Email Address:

PRIORITY 3

Title (Mrs, Mr, Ms, Miss, Dr, Rev.):

Forename

Surname:

Relationship to Student:

Mobile Number:

Home Telephone:

Work Number:

Home Address inc. Postcode:

Email Address:

Name of Person Completing Form:

Relationship to Student:

Signed:

Date:

N.B. Examination certificates – if a parent/carer has been given the opportunity to confirm personal details for exam certificates, but has failed to respond to the school to correct any errors, any subsequent correction and reprinting of exam certificates will be charged to the parent/carer.

TERM DATES AND DAY STRUCTURE Autumn Term 2022 Thursday 1st September 2022: INSET (School closed to students) Friday 2nd September 2022: INSET (School closed to students) Monday 5th September 2022: All students return to school Half Term Holiday: Monday 24th October 2022 to Friday 28th October 2022 Monday 31st October 2022: INSET (School closed to students) Friday 25th November 2022: INSET (School closed to students) Friday 16th December 2022: Term ends Monday 19th December 2022 – Monday 2nd January 2023: Christmas holiday Spring Term 2023 Tuesday 3rd January 2023: INSET (School closed to students) Wednesday 4th January 2023: All students return to school Half Term Holiday: Monday 20th February 2023 to Friday 24th February 2023 Friday 31st March 2023: Term Ends Monday 3rd April 2023 – Friday 14th April 2023: Easter Holiday Summer Term 2023 Monday 17th April 2023: INSET (School closed to students) Tuesday 18th April 2023: All students return to school May Day Bank Holiday: Monday 1st May 2023 Half Term Holiday: Monday 29th May 2023 to Friday 2nd June 2023 Friday 30th June 2023: INSET (School closed to students) Friday 21st July 2023: Term Ends (INSET = Staff In-Service Training)

School Day - Day Structure All students are asked to be at school for 08:20am to allow time to get to their form class.

08:00 - 08:20am

Free Breakfast Available

08:30 - 09:00am

Form Time

09:00 - 10:00am

Period 1

10:00 - 11:20am

Period 2 (Including 20 minute break)

11:20 - 12:20pm

Period 3

12:20 - 13:50pm

Period 4 (Including 30 minute lunch)

13:50 - 14:50pm

Period 5

14:50 - 16:00pm

Extra-Curricular Activities

UNIFORM School uniform plays a valuable role in contributing to the ethos of CHS South. Our uniform identifies students as part of our CHS South community and instils pride in it. Being appropriately dressed helps students to develop a positive mind set for learning and supports them in being successful, creative, and happy; we are proud to support a gender-neutral uniform policy.

CHS South Uniform White button neck shirt/blouse. Should be always tucked into trousers/skirt.

Black, traditional school trousers. Full length. No chinos, jeans or ‘jean like’ trousers. No skinny jeans or leggings.

Plain black school shoes or all black trainers. No white or coloured soles/rim/logos.

Plain black socks or plan black/opaque tights. Patterned tights are not permitted.

CHS South Uniform Blazer Grey with embroidered logo.

Jumper/Cardigan Black v neck knitted jumper or cardigan with embroidered logo.

School PE Kit T shirt Black sports top with embroidered logo.

Shorts Black shorts with embroidered logo.

Optional

Skirt

Socks Black hockey/football socks.

Skirts are branded with small version of the school logo PE KIT ITEM

School tie To be worn up to the top button and tied correctly. Five stripes should be shown.

Skort (skirt/shorts combination) with embroidered logo.

Optional PE KIT ITEM Black sports top with embroidered logo.

Optional PE KIT ITEM Black jogging pants with embroidered logo.

Optional

UNIFORM - Additional Guidance White soled shoes are compulsory in PE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN SCHOOL: Boots/fashion footwear above the ankle Non-black trainers or sports/casual shoes Hats or caps Jeans & ‘jean like’ trousers, leggings, or shorts Hooded tops/sweat-tops/non-uniform cardigans Additional expectations: Jewellery A wristwatch only is allowed One pair of small stud earrings in the lower ear. Large hooped or dangling earrings must not be worn for health and safety reasons No facial, tongue, or body piercings Make Up and Nails Make Up must be natural in appearance False/acrylic nails are not allowed Coats External coats/jackets are not to be worn inside the school building A headscarf worn for religious reasons must be plain black or grey with no decorations or tassels All items of uniform should be labelled with the student’s name. Students who lose items of uniform equipment should contact Reception where lost property is stored.

Students should bring a bag suitable to carry their books (A4 size), writing equipment and sports kit for every lesson. All students are expected to take responsibility for their books and equipment.

Failure to wear school uniform All students are expected to follow our uniform policy. Parent/carer cooperation in this respect is required. Only regulation uniform should be worn. Items that do not meet the school’s policy will need to be removed or replaced.

Students who arrive at school without correct uniform will be given the appropriate clothing items to ensure they are wearing correct uniform. They will be expected to wear the uniform provided, which will be collected from them at the end of the day.

If appropriate spare uniform is not available in school, parents will be contacted, and the student sent home to change.

Persistent poor uniform will result in the school’s behaviour consequence system being used.

IN ALL ASPECTS OF UNIFORM, SCHOOL WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION ABOUT WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE. Uniform Supplier Monkhouse Schoolwear Specialists: https://www.monkhouse.com/c/4676/CHS-South Customer Services: 0161 476 7216 - Monday to Friday - 8.30am to 5pm If you are having trouble in purchasing school uniform, then please contact your child’s Pastoral Leader for support.

FREE SCHOOL MEALS

Is your child eligible for a free school meal?

Please see information below that will help determine if your child is eligible for a free school meal at CHS South.

If your child qualifies and their school is in Manchester, you can apply using the free meals portal: https://www.cloudforedu.org.uk/ofsm/sims You'll need to contact the school yourself if it isn't listed.

The school will be notified when an application for a free school meal has been made and we will be able to provide free school meals for a short period whilst the claim is being assessed. If the claim is approved the child will receive free school meals on an ongoing basis whilst the parent/s remain eligible.

Which children qualify for Free School Meals?

Your child must live with you and be your responsibility You can also claim free school meals if you are an asylum seeker.

Your child may qualify if you have any of these incomes: Income Support Income- based Jobseekers Allowance Income related Employment and Support Allowance The guaranteed part of Pension Credit Child Tax Credit (as long as your annual gross income is £16,190 or less and you don’t get Working Tax Credit) Working Tax Credit run – off after you come off Working Tax Credit Universal Credit that you applied for on, or after, 1 April 2018. As long as your household income is less than £7,400 a year after tax, not including any benefits

To find out more information, please contact: The Benefits Service PO Box 3 Manchester M15 5BA Telephone: 0161 234 5003 Email: benefit.enquiries@manchester.gov.uk www.manchester.gov.uk/benefits

ATTENDANCE Our Attendance Team

Miss. Ingram

Ms. Lauder

Lead Attendance Manager

Attendance Officer

If your child is not in school, learning is not taking place. If your child is absent, we ask you to telephone the attendance line before 8:30 am on every day of absence or use the school's app to send a message.

ATTENDANCE LINE: 0161 241 9930 (Option 1) At CHS South, we have a dedicated Attendance Team to ensure that poor attendance is not allowed to develop. We want all pupils to strive for 100% attendance. We are proud of our consistently improving attendance and attendance which is above local averages. We are pleased with our achievement in this area but are committed to improving attendance levels even further.

CHS South follows Manchester’s Local Authority Attendance Strategy in order to reduce absence.

CHS South attendance policy is available on the school website.

If there is something, we need to know regarding your child’s health which may impact on their attendance, please speak to the attendance team.

We ask you to make every attempt to book non-urgent medical appointments after school or during the school holidays. Students with unavoidable medical and dental appointments during the school day are asked to bring in the appointment card in order to sign out of school at the appropriate time.

If you have concerns about your child’s attendance, you can contact the Attendance Team or your child’s Head of Year.

If we are concerned about a child’s attendance the following steps may be taken: Pre-Warn Letter: This will be sent out if we see frequent and/or irregular patterns of absence. This is our way of alerting you to the fact that your child’s attendance is starting to become a concern. We may stop authorising your child’s absence without medical evidence.

ATTENDANCE Home Visit: Attendance staff & Safeguarding staff will visit the student at home when there is a concern for a child’s attendance, or if no contact has been made to state why the child is absent from school. These can be unannounced.

Penalty Warning Letter: This will be sent out when a child has unauthorised absences. Once this letter has been sent, absences cannot be authorised without a doctor’s note to state that your child is unfit for school. If your child is absent for a medical appointment we require the letter or appointment card in order to authorise this absence.

Early Help Assessment (EHA): We may offer to support your child’s attendance by putting an EHA into place, this allows us to draw in other agency support should we need it.

Penalty Notice/Prosecution: If your child’s attendance does not improve following any or all of the above interventions, the Local Authority may choose to issue parents with a Penalty Notice or prosecute for their children’s non-attendance at school.

LATENESS What happens when students are late?

Students sign in at Student Services or with Attendance staff, they are given a behaviour point and may be given a detention by their Head of Year.

Persistent lateness will be followed up by the Pastoral staff and the Attendance Team.

Students may also be invited to attend a Punctuality Panel.

For repeated late arrivals parents could receive a Penalty Warning Letter or a Penalty Notice from the Local Authority. Please contact the attendance team if you have concerns.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE The Department for Education regulations state that Headteachers may not grant any leave of absence during term time unless there are exceptional circumstances. If exceptional circumstances arise you must take the following steps: Apply in writing as soon as possible to the Headteacher/Miss T.Ingram stating the reason for absence and the duration of leave requested.

The Headteacher/Ms. T Ingram will respond in writing to your request.

Must be done in advance of the leave of absence.

If leave of absence is denied and you take your child/children out of school, the absence will be unauthorised. This may result in the following legal action being taken against you - under the AntiSocial Behaviour Act 2003 an authorised officer of the City Council has the power to issue each parent/carer with a Penalty Notice for each of their children who fail to attend school regularly.

Penalty Notices issued for unauthorised absences on or after 1st September 2013 incur a fine of £120 to be paid within 28 days, which is reduced to £60 if paid within 21 day of the notice being served.

Failure to pay a Penalty Notice may result in a prosecution.

It is widely recognised that the educational outcomes and future life chances of children and young people can be significantly impacted upon by periods of absence. We thank you for supporting us in ensuring that your son/daughter attends school, on time, every day.

ABSENCE FOR RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE Please note, we will only ever authorise 1 days absence for religious observance during term time.

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HOME LEARNING INTRODUCTION CHS South recognises that Home Learning is a key factor in supporting the 5-year learning journey for our students. Excellent learning habits such as organisation, prioritisation and practice enable students to be independent learners equipped for success in all they do.

Home learning is work that is set to be done outside the timetabled curriculum. It is important in raising student achievement; it enhances student learning, improves achievement and develops students' study skills and as such is an integral part of the curriculum.

Home learning enables students: To take ownership and responsibility for learning To consolidate and extend work covered in class or prepare for new learning activities To show progress and understanding To develop research skills To have an opportunity for independent work to extend their learning further To enhance their study skills e.g. planning, time management and self-discipline To access resources not available in the classroom To share their learning with their parents and carers

At CHS South there are three key parts to ‘homework’: Home Learning Home Study Home Reading

Home learning is homework that is set by a class teacher and requires submission. CHS South will set all Home Learning tasks through an online platform which is available to all students and parents.

Home Study is preparation for tests and reflection and gap filling after tests. In the build up to our Progress Tests, Home Learning becomes Home Study which is independent enquiry.

This takes place during the Spring and Summer terms.

Home Reading. We also encourage our students to devote time to Home Reading as this will give students a wider knowledge base and understanding of the world. We expect all of our students to read at least three times a week at home, however we would like to encourage them to read daily.

MICROSOFT TEAMS LOG ON GUIDE Microsoft Teams is the hub for most of your child’s Home Learning. If your child is sent home from school, they will be able to continue with the same learning that is happening in class as this has all been placed on Microsoft Teams.

Distance learning will be placed in the CLASS SUBJECT TEAMs (e.g. CSO Year 7 Science Class 7so-Sc3) in the files tab in the folder labelled ‘Class Materials’ (more information below).

LOGGING ON To access Microsoft TEAMS: To log in, go to – https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software Enter your username This will end in ‘@prospere.org.uk’ For example: Username: 20ZY03@prospere.org.uk Password: chssouth

TEAMS HOMEPAGE When you log on, click on TEAMS (left-hand bar) to view all your class subjects.

DISTANCE LEARNING: If sent home from school, Students are able to follow their lessons from home.

Once you have clicked on once of you subjects, such as English: -Find the bar at the top and click on Files.

-Within these folders will be all the lessons from your class teacher.

MICROSOFT TEAMS LOG ON GUIDE HOME LEARNING - MATHS Our home learning platform, Hegarty Maths, has been empowering our young people to become amazing independent learners in Maths. One of the many valuable tools that Hegarty Maths offers is called “FixUp 5”.

This is an independent learning tool which helps students to correct previous mistakes.

Hegarty Maths generates 5 random questions that they have previously got incorrect.

Students can “FixUp” these questions by using videos to support them and make even further progress.

For access, go to www.hegartymaths.com

Student checklist for great weekly Hegarty Maths homework:

MICROSOFT TEAMS LOG ON GUIDES HOME LEARNING - ENGLISH

For access, go to https://app.bedrocklearning.org

HOME LEARNING - FRENCH/SPANSH PearsonActive Learn is used to supplement Distance Learning and for Home Learning in French and Spanish.

For access, go to https://login.pearson.com