A message from Allison – August 2022

We hope you have and are continuing to have a lovely summer holiday.

We are all very excited to be welcoming your child to Brian Clarke and have been working hard over summer to ensure everything is in place for our founding cohort.

Below are some key reminders before the start of term – please read through this with your child.

The start of term

• Term starts for children on Monday the 12th of September. Children need to be in school for 8.10am at the latest ready for morning line up at 8.15am where they will be met by their form tutor.
• Breakfast club will not start until Wednesday 14th September. From this date students may either purchase breakfast items or free porridge is provided for all. On the Monday and Tuesday mornings children will be directed to the Brian Clarke playground before the start of school.
• Due to the lack of parking in the area surrounding the school, we ask that any parents dropping off or collecting their child by car do so at a safe distance without creating obstruction for other road users. Please do not use the bus lay-bys as they are for the Blue Coat school buses. Parents are not permitted onto the school site to pick up or drop off their child.
• Please can children bring a clear plastic bottle filled with water. Children can fill this bottle up at break and lunch times in the restaurant/ school building water fountains. Fizzy and energy drinks are not permitted.
• Children will spend the first day with their form tutor to ensure they are fully inducted into all aspects of their new school life. Their normal timetable will start on Tuesday the 13th of September. Children will not require their PE kits for the first day.
• Lunch time clubs will start on the very first day to ensure all children have the opportunity to make new friends. We will explain to students where these clubs take place on the Monday.

The Transition Reading Project

• The overwhelming majority of children have engaged with the quizzes on the transition reading project. Thank you for encouraging and supporting your child with this.
• If your child has any chapters and activities outstanding please can you ensure these are completed by the start of term. The completed transition reading booklet needs to be handed in to Form Tutors by Tuesday 13th September. The remaining chapters will be read during form time so it is extremely important that children have read/listened to chapters one to six.

Uniform

•  The Brian Clarke staff are very excited to see our founding cohort looking smart in their Brian Clarke uniform. Please can you ensure that you have read the uniform policy with your child. The policy is explicit around expectations for hair, jewellery and footwear. For clarity there is also a visual guide for parents at the end of the policy. A link to the policy is here.

The Family Handbook 

• Children received a ‘hard’ copy of the Family Handbook on transition day and an electronic link is here. The handbook contains all the essential information to help your child make the best possible start in September.

ParentPay and MyChildAtSchool (MCAS)

• Communications regarding ParentPay and MyChildAtSchool (MCAS) will all be sent out by Monday the 5th of September. Please keep checking your emails.

Please continue to enjoy the remaining time as a family and if there are any issues or queries please do get in contact.

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