Newsletters Hummersknott Alumni Association Latest News 2020-21 Calendar. As we said in assemblies 2 weeks ago nothing is stopping, we are just changing how we work for a period of time. News. The long awaited return to school has been cut short for thousands of students in England and Wales due to coronavirus outbreaks. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. If you have any other concerns around your child’s potential distance learning, please contact their College Manager. Our position is now clearer in terms of the number of children who are accessing on-site provision, specific logistical information will be sent directly to parents of those students. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Following changes to guidance issued by central government on Monday, the school has inevitably experienced increases in student and staff absence. Firstly, may I thank you all for your fantastic support and cooperation in these testing times. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. Arrangements for this are still to be published but rest assured that we and the education community will be doing everything in our power to ensure that our students are not disadvantaged. We are working as normally as we can, but be reassured that in the event of any changes to government guidance around the closure of educational settings we have comprehensive plans which will be initiated quickly to continue the educational provision for all at Hummersknott. Academy Trust. As outlined last week, we have not been instructed to close by central government or by the public health authorities and we have no wish to do so. Finally, as we have told all the children in our schools, nothing is stopping, we just have to do things differently for a period of time. I will, of course, contact you if our situation changes. Dear Parents, Carers and Guardians of children within Hummersknott Academy Trust. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? If your key worker status situation changes and you cannot keep your child at home, please contact us at enquiries@hummersknott.org.uk. For our year 11 families we will be writing to you tomorrow with the latest information and guidance on how your GCSE grades are to be calculated and then awarded in July this year and what that means for you following the Easter break. For those with young people in Year 11 it is clear that the process of assessment in the summer will take a different form. A paper copy of information on the website will be provided to any parent who requests one. Special Needs Report and Local Offer (SEND), General Information and Application Forms. You can read it here, A letter has gone out to Year 11 students and their parents via email. We sent out information last week about what to do to if you suspect that you or a family member is exhibiting signs of the virus and how we can all act to seek to prevent greater spread of infection. May I say how fantastic the children have been in adapting to on line working and coping with inevitable teething problems of technology. More specific details will be sent to you in the event of a closure. A HEAD teacher has reassured parents that all Covid-19 safety measures are in place after a second confirmed case at a North-East secondary school. Academy Trust. As you will be aware, despite the closure of the Academy from Friday 20 March 2020, we will be maintaining an on-site provision for children whose parents are designated ‘key workers’. As you are probably already aware, following last night’s announcements by central government, we are to close the Academy on Friday 20 March 2020 for all students, except for those whose parents/carers/guardians are deemed to be ‘key workers’ and some of our most vulnerable children. Completed work should be returned to teachers via this system. At present, there are no plans centrally to change summer exams and we continue to work towards those timescales, although we are aware that the exam boards are monitoring the situation closely and will take appropriate action if they deem this necessary. We have been, and will continue to be, in regular contact with Public Health England and the Department for Education and we will continue to follow their advice. Active . All internal exams are postponed until further notice. I thank you in advance for your patience and understanding and assure you that we will address any problems as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience today, specifically around your child’s access to Bromcom. Advice given to support our children’s mental and physical health and general wellbeing is to try wherever possible to develop routines and enable the children to manage school work, participate in fun non school based activities in the home, take regular exercise and remain socially connected to friends and family albeit remotely. You can read it here, A letter has gone out to all students re submission of work. A paper copy of information on the website will be provided to any parent who requests one. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure a smooth transition to this form of learning, inevitably, there will be some problems and further refinement will be required. We will, of course, keep you updated via email/letter and the websites of both schools as the situation evolves. This allows two-way interface between your child and their teachers. College Managers will contact students daily via Bromcom and our extended welfare team will maintain contact as appropriate. Attached is a simple reminder ‘how to’ guide. I hope you and your families are ok and managing to stay safe and well despite the different circumstances we all find ourselves in. Mr Keating said: “I wish to reassure everyone connected with the school that we are fully engaged with Public Health England, and following all precautions to the finest detail to minimise the risk and be as safe as it is possible to be.”. In addition to distance learning, both schools will maintain their child welfare service, this is important to us and as such pastoral leaders and family liaison workers will continue to provide care, albeit in a different format. Return to School in September information, Letter from Mr Keating about full return to school, A letter has been sent out about the days on which you may come into school and meet with teachers, a response is required by 8 June. Academy Information Calendar Coronavirus Advice Curriculum Parents' Forum My Child At School - Parent Portal Exam Timetables and Information Transition - Year 6. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. I look forward to welcoming all children back to our schools as soon as possible. In the meantime, students have remote access to the school ‘O’ Drive, as well as to the website and have been given paper based work packs to ensure that learning continues. From Monday, the vast majority of children will follow their distance learning plan. All of our students have had their Bromcom accounts checked to ensure access to the system. Resources can be uploaded and returned for assessment etc. In support of work set, students are receiving paper based work packs in many of their subjects to take home with them. ©Copyright 2001-2020. We have created this section so that you can find out more information about uniform, Parentpay, transition arrangements, Leave of Absence, trips, extra curricular activities and catering. If you feel that you fall within any of these groups or believe yourself to be a key worker and you wish your child/ren to continue to attend school, please respond to:onsiteprovision@hummersknott.org.uk by 12 noon 20 March 2020, advising child’s name, form group, your occupation and employer to enable us to cross reference with central government’s list when it is published. Hummersknott Academy A HEAD teacher has reassured parents that all Covid-19 safety measures are in place after a second confirmed case at a North-East secondary school. This has been invaluable in enabling our schools to prepare your child’s learning for the coming weeks. Students are also receiving work packs to take home today in support of our distance learning plan should we need to implement it. Some parents are currently experiencing difficulties with receiving email communication particularly via email addresses through: All communications are uploaded onto our website so please keep checking here for updates if you are affected by issues with your email provider. I hope we do not need to resort to this but, in these uncertain times, we must be prepared for all eventualities. Hummersknott Academy, which has confirmed a Year Seven student has caught Covid-19 . Holiday Club Booking Information Testimonials Facilities -To Hire What's on. We are grateful for all the contact you have made us over the last week and the pragmatic manner in which our whole parent and student body have reacted to this unprecedented situation. A Gannett Company. This is in addition to cases just four days after children returned to school, when the school confirmed a Year 7 student had its first case of Covid-19 as a meeting of Darlington Borough Council’s children and young people scrutiny committee heard getting back to classes was proving challenging. In these circumstances, we may initially be forced to look at potential closure to certain year groups in order to maintain a viable educational provision. I appreciate that these are very worrying times for everyone and that potential disruption to schools only adds to the concerns that we all have as parents and carers. Our Systems Services Team are actively addressing all individual concerns and Bromcom are investigating their own issues. I will update you whenever the situation develops. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. You can read it here, Dear Parent/Guardian /Students of Hummersknott Academy. In the meantime, I would like to wish you and your families all the very best in these difficult times. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Executive Principal Hummersknott Academy Trust. Image Gallery Video Gallery. SCHOOLS are facing “an impossible conundrum” in maintaining social distancing it … Across the two countries it … We hope to have all issues addressed soon. When we return to school, all the work you have done will be beneficial and support you in the future. Our student body is preparing for their upcoming exams and all are working well. I apologise if, over the last week, you have felt overloaded with information. We will be given the criteria for these groups today and this will be communicated to you. Read it here, An email was sent to all students today about Microsoft Teams being used for teaching - you can read it here, Also a document about Best Practice when using Teams was attached - you can read it here, A whole school email was sent from Mr Keating - read here, Peter Gibson, MP for Darlington will be holding a Q&A session on Facebook on Wednesday, 22 April @ 4 pm, A letter has gone out to Year 11 students about awarding of GCSE results. In addition to the setting of work, our welfare and guidance systems will still operate. We understand the reasons for this and appreciate your contact with the school, as well as the difficult decisions that you are all facing. All work set will be on the homework section on Bromcom and a user guide for this was distributed last week. I can assure you that all subjects are on track to complete syllabus and essential revision and children are preparing well. This but, in these uncertain times, we are just changing how we for... 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