Message from our Headteacher
Dear Parents and Carers
It has been a busy week with the English Literature workshops on Monday for Year 10 and Citizenship Day for Year 8 on Tuesday. Meanwhile our A Level Year 12 Geographers have been out on residential in Borth. Our Netballers are playing at Condover this weekend on residential, we wish them all the best.
May I take this opportunity to give a final reminder that Monday 17th March is a non pupil day.
Best Wishes
Mrs Young
Non Pupil Day
Year 7&8 Netball, Courts, PE staff
Year 10 Parents’ Evening 4:30-8pm (remote)
After school
A Level Computer Science support, Mr Atton, Room 18
GCSE Computer Science support, Mr Lewis, Room 17
Y9 Netball, Courts, PE Staff
After school
Table Tennis, Mr Jones, Activity
Studio
After school
Y9 Netball tournament at WGHS
KS4 & 5 Badminton, Sports Hall
Textiles Club , Mrs Johnson, D&T rooms
Next Week’s Deadlines
Monday 17th March
Year 13 – Houses of Parliament – Payment & Permission.
Thursday 20th March
Year 11 – Netball Tournament, B’Ham – Permission.
Letters
Y11 Netball Tournament - Letter to Parents —selected students
Free email alerts on your Parentpay account
Did you know that you can set up alerts on your Parentpay account to let you know when your child’s account has a low balance or when there is a new trip or payment item on you’ re account?
This service is free of charge and easy to set up. Follow the steps below:
1. Login to ParentPay
2. On the home screen on the top bar click ‘Communication’
3. On the left hand side select ‘Alert settings’
4. Go to ‘Balance alerts’ and ‘New item alerts’
5. Tick the email boxes – take care as there is a charge for text alerts
6. Go to the bottom of the page and ‘Save’
7. You will receive an email to confirm your new settings.
Lunch Payments
Please remember to top up your ParentPay lunch accounts regularly. Lunch payments are required to be made in advance to ensure your child can continue to enjoy their meals without interruption. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Elevate Education
34 parents from Wolverhampton Girls’ High School joined the exam preparation webinar on Tuesday night. We hope you found it useful.
At this point in the year, some students – and parents – might be starting to feel a little overwhelmed by the exam season ahead. To help, Elevate Education’s next webinar will focus on trying to relieve some of that pressure by offering targeted exam-preparation advice for parents.
During the session, Elevate Education will walk attendees through some simple ways to help their child prepare in the run-up to an exam - right up to the night before.
Live Parent Webinar: How You Can Support Your Child During Exams Tuesday 25th March 6:00-7:00pm (GMT) - Click here to Register
Year 8 Citizenship Day
This week was Year 8’s Citizenship Day which included 5 sessions:
• Introduction to R.E.A.L - make your voice heard!
• Fair Trade Schools Guest
• British Cycling Guest (Healthy Communities)
• Our influence on politics
• International Women's Day
Wolverhampton Fairtrade City Partnership
Jools and Anne came in to see us and talked about the importance of our choices as consumers and how powerful we can be in supporting farmers around the world earn a fair wage. Jools and Anne were incredibly passionate about the work of the Fairtrade Foundation, particularly the work they do to end the exploitation of children’ and supporting the empowerment of women (who make up 80% of farmers worldwide!) They gave our students lots of ideas about how they can support Fairtrade in our city and contribute to fairness and equality.
Rugby Superstar Rose!
A huge congratulations to Year 13 student Rose after her rugby team, Stafford Panthers, won the National Under 18’s Regional Cup Final on Sunday 2nd March. The team have been the Regional North Champions for 3 consecutive years following their 31-5 victory. Both teams were fantastic in their sporting conduct and true ambassadors for young women’s rugby Well Done Rose!
Lola shines at Dudley Festival
Well done to Year 11 student Lola who won "The Berridge Award" at the Dudley Festival of Music, Drama & Dance. The Berridge Award is given to the competitor who the judges consider to be the most promising singer aged 18 years and under in the Vocal classes. What a fantastic achievement!
We had lots of students enter the Dudley Festival for various components and congratulate all who took part!
