Foodbank and Advent Charities
Together with the coats, shoes and other donations over Advent, this had been a very significant contribution from staff, students and families. A real St Nicholas act of kindness!
Foodbank and Advent Charities
Together with the coats, shoes and other donations over Advent, this had been a very significant contribution from staff, students and families. A real St Nicholas act of kindness!
Our school Mission Statement is the cornerstone of all that we do here at St Nicholas and over the last few terms, we have undertaken numerous activities to support a review of this most important of documents. Unfortunately we have had to ‘pause’ this process on numerous occasions due to school closure and Covid mitigations, but we are now in a position to proceed once again. Staff have engaged with a review of our current Mission Statement during staff training days and students have participated in various tasks on their retreat days, leadership training days and more recently during their RE lessons. The ‘wordle’ below captures words and phrases that the school community believe to be important considerations for any future review
We are now looking for a working party to help navigate through the next stage of this process and we would welcome any parents and carers who would like to be involved, to join us. Initially we would be asking for you to attend two, one hour meetings before the Easter holidays. If you would like to be involved then please email v.hill@st-nicholas.cheshire.sch.uk
We recognise that there will be parents within our school community who want to support their child’s learning even more effectively at home. The most effective way to ensure student achievement across all subject disciplines is to develop solid, life-long literacy skills, including:
✔ Reading for pleasure
✔ Reading proficiency and fluency
✔ Writing proficiency and accuracy
✔ Vocabulary knowledge
The focus for this term is Homophones- these are words which sound the same but have different meaning. This focuses on writing proficiency and fluency and vocabulary knowledge.
Sanitary Period Products are available for free from the school office or the medical room. We have products available for students to take home so please tell your daughter to bring their bag down and we can give them enough for a few months.
We have been given dates for the second round of vaccinations by the local Health Protection Team – they will take place 14-16th Feb.
Further information and link to the consent form will be sent out once we have had the relevant information from the school aged immunisation team.
If any parent still wishes their child to have their Flu Vaccine, there is a catch up clinic this Saturday 15th of January 2022 at Victoria Road Childrens Centre.
Parents will need to book on for a slot if they wish their child to attend.
Contact Number 01606 555285 to book a slot or for further dates
I had a wonderful time delivering a lesson via Teams to the lovely Class 4 at St Luke’s before Christmas. I introduced the students to the idea of market segmentation and targeting and developing a Unique Selling Point (USP) to compete effectively. The students designed a Christmas stocking that would be suitable for their target market and they had to consider what their USP would be. Wow – the entries were amazing! It was VERY difficult to judge but in the end 3 stockings were winners with each student receiving an Amazon gift voucher. I would like to say a huge well done and thank you to the staff and students for taking part.
Mrs Smart – Subject Leader Business Education
Total Sport Club, which open to Year 7/8 students, will be starting on Monday 24th January (3:15-4:15pm) in the Sports Hall.
Those attending will be able to access sports and activities such as: boccia, table cricket, curling, table tennis and basketball as well as many more. We hope to see you there.
Year 12 Work Experience – Monday 17th – Friday 21st January 2022
Year 7 Residential Departs – Wednesday 19th January 2022
Year 7 Residential Returns – Friday 21st January 2022 (2.15pm)
Mission Day 1 – Thursday 27th January 2022
Intermediate Maths Challenge Years 9, 10 and 11 – Wednesday 2nd February.
Parent Focus Meeting 2 – Wednesday 2nd February 2022 (6.00 – 7.00pm)
Year 7 Exams commence – Monday 7th February 2022
Year 8 SEN Information Evening – Tuesday 15th February 2022 (4.00 – 5.15pm)
Covid vaccinations in school – Monday 14th – Wednesday 16th February
Year 11 Parents’ Evening – Thursday 17th February 2022 (4.15 – 7.30pm)
Year 7 Exams finish – Friday 18th February 2022
SCHOOL CLOSES – Friday 18th February 2022
SCHOOL REOPENS – Monday 28th February 2022
For future dates click here
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