Weekly Parent BulletinWEEK OF 11 NOVEMBER (WEEK B)

Hello, Parents and Carers!

It has been great to see our students return to school this week. They have returned looking refreshed and ready for the half term ahead. 

It is a busy week next week, what with Armistice Day on Monday, Anti-Bullying Awareness week and Children in Need on Friday. Our Student Leaders are working hard to raise awareness of these events (see the bulletin notices below). 

We hope you have a peaceful weekend and find the following information useful. 

Very best wishes,

Joel Tomasevic - Senior Leader for Communications and Parent Involvement

E: jtomasevic@nottinghamfreeschool.co.uk

T: 0115 896 4949

A reminder of our school finish times:

Years 7, 8 and 9 

• Children finish at 2:45pm on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
• Children finish at 3:45pm on Tuesday only

Years 10, 11, 12 and 13

• Children finish at 2:45pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
• Children finish at 3:45pm on Tuesday and Thursday

• Year 11 and 13 Mock Exams (until Friday 15 November)

• Year 7 Parent Meetings (Tuesday 19 November, 4-7pm)

• British Mathematical Olympiad Round 1 and Maths Challenge Senior Kangaroo (Wednesday 20 November)

• Year 9 Equation Workshop for PSHE (Monday 25 November)

• Year 11 Parent Meetings (Thursday 5 December)

• Year 9 Bookable SEND Reviews (Thursday 5 December, 4-6pm)

• SEND Parent Workshop (Friday 13 December, 9-10am) 

• To accommodate Year 7 Parent Meetings, school will finish at 2:45pm for all children on Tuesday 19 November. 
• Thanks in advance for your support here. 

• All students and staff will be observing a 2-minute silence for Armistice Day 2024. 

• All students and staff are invited to wear odd socks on Tuesday 12 November, to raise awarness of the anti-bullying agenda. Please encourage your child to do so!
• Students will see information about Anti-Bullying Awareness Week in tutor time. 

• We will be holding a student and staff bake sale on Friday 15 November (1st and 2nd break time)
• We are asking for donations of cakes and biscuits for this sale (to be brought in on Friday 15 Nov and dropped off at main reception by students)
• Students can bring a small amount of money in on this day and buy cakes and biscuits during break time. 
• All money raised goes directly to Children in Need. 

Several NFS Girl’s Football teams have started the year off in inspired form. They’ve exemplified resilience and ambition and as a department, we are incredibly proud of their achievements.

U13 Girls – Nottingham City Champions

• For the second year running, a selection of Y7, Y8 and Y9 students competed excellently over a 2-week period to convincingly defeat Nottingham’s other city schools. The team were strong, together and driven in their pursuit of excellence and their character is as impressive as their talent.

U15 Girls – National Cup Rd 2 Winners

• Competing in a national cup is a daunting prospect but a selection Y9 and Y10 students took the long journey to Stamford to compete in the 2nd round of the tournament. The team competed well and in a closely fought contest, emerged 3-0 victors. Every win at this level should be celebrated and considered a massive success. What a team and what a group of students. Well done to all involved.

Mr Goddard

• A reminder that children are welcome to come to the NFS breakfast club, 7:45am-8:10am (Mon-Fri)
• Toast and water are available for students, if breakfast is a challenge to organise before leaving the house.