Weekly Parent BulletinWEEK OF 14 OCTOBER (WEEK A)

Hello, Parents and Carers!

With only two school weeks left until the half-term break, we are incredibly proud of our students who continue to work hard in lessons and show kindness in our community. 

Huge thanks to all the parents and carers in Year 11 that engaged with our Sixth Form Open Evening and Year 11 GCSE Information Evening last week. We hope you found these events useful and inspiring.  

A reminder from Mrs Barrett (Careers Lead) for Year 11 parents to begin attending  post-16 open days this half term.  Go to college websites and sixth form websites to book a place. 

We hope you have had a peaceful weekend. 

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

DURING SCHOOL:

• Friday 25 October - SEND Support Coffee Morning (9-10am) - Details coming this week

 

• Work experience - will be Tuesday 20, Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 May 2025
• There will be no lessons these days - all NFS year 10 students will be doing work experience
• Your child's placement should be secured by just after Christmas break.
• Further information will be shared with you next week
• Find a placement by:
  • Asking around personal contacts
  • Googling local companies
  • Looking at the Safety Measures website (login codes in letter sent to parents this week)
• Once you have found your child a placement, please give details via this link: CLICK

Mrs Barrett (Careers Lead)

• We are truly proud of our students who supported this awareness day. 
• Students Leader ran a bake sale at break-time, which raised over £150 (thanks to families that donated cakes and biscuits)
• The Girls Get Active team led a 'Just Dance' session during key stage 3 lunchtime.  A massive 80 students took part in this dance challenge, 66 boys took part in a table tennis competition at lunchtime
• Many students wore a green item... there were some excellent green socks on display!
• Special thanks to those parents who kindly donated clothes and we will be taking these donations to the MIND charity shop in Sherwood next week. 

• 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. 

• Managing your child's screen time can be frustrating. 

• Please click on the link that will provide some guidance as to how you manage this:

  https://www.internetmatters.org/issues/screen-time/