Dear Parents/Carers,
I am writing to you today with immense excitement and a sense of privilege as I introduce myself as the new Head of Year for the current Year 7’s here at The St Lawrence Academy.
I believe that a strong partnership between home and school is crucial for student success. I am eager to work closely with you to ensure that your child’s journey through what is left of year 7 and the rest of their school journey is a positive and enriching one.
I know that change in the middle of the year can feel like uncertain times for students and parents but please feel assured that having a good knowledge of the students within the year group is, and will always be a priority. Having taught a number of year 7 students this year I already have good understanding and through working closely with Mr Browne (year 7 SPL) this will only increase.
Should you have any questions, concerns, feedback or if you need to discuss anything regarding your child’s progress or well-being please do not hesitate to contact myself or Mr Browne.
Please can I take this opportunity to remind you of the uniform policy which can be found on our website.
I look forward to meeting many of you at upcoming academy events and working together to make this a successful and memorable school journey for your children.
Warm regards,
Eddie Wraith
Head of Year 7
5th June 2025
Dear Parents / Carers
I write to inform you of an important change to our timetable this half term.
You will obviously know that schools begin a new timetable at the beginning of the Autumn term in September. However at The St Lawrence Academy we are going to start our new timetable this half term, on 30th June.
This means that students will move into their new year groups from this date and not from September.
There are many advantages to this approach. Our current Year 10 cohort will move into Year 11 and will begin the preparation for their GCSE exams before the summer break. This means that they will know what to expect from their final year, three weeks earlier than normal and they will be able to settle into their classes much quicker in September.
Our Year 9 cohort will begin their Key Stage 4 Options subjects meaning they can begin the subjects in which they chose to specialise much earlier.
For all students it means that the beginning of the academic year in September is much more focused and productive.
We will be explaining the changes to our students in assemblies during the week commencing 9th June.
Yours sincerely
Mr M McCluskie
Headteacher
Important Safety Update – Incident Near School
We want to inform you of an incident that occurred near the school on Wednesday 7th May around midday. An adult was approached by a male in a car who attempted to encourage her to get in. This was immediately reported to the police, and we understand that an arrest has since been made.
We would like to reassure you that no students were involved in this incident. All of our students were safely in lessons at the time.
The safety of our school community remains our top priority. We will continue to work closely with local authorities and encourage everyone to remain vigilant.
Dear Parents/Carers
As I am sure you are aware, the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is now upon us and we have a number of staff and students here at the Academy observing the holy month.
Ramadan is a period of fasting and reflection for Muslims. With approximately 25% of our students and staff observing Ramdan this year, I felt it was important to reshare our academy’s message of Generosity, Respect, Justice, Forgiveness and Truth that I feel aligns with the spiritual focus of Ramadan.
As the passage from the Quran suggests this is a month for muslims to feel closer to God and at the Academy we appreciate that we have many students and staff that belong to and practise a faith (over 65 % have said they belong to a faith group). This year, Ramadan again coincides with Easter so we have a real opportunity to celebrate our diversity as an Academy.
Ramadan 2025 starts on Saturday 29th February 2025. At the same time our Christian students and staff will begin their observance of Lent beginning on Ash Wednesday 5th March.
At the Academy we celebrate and value our difference in faith and no faith! We have accommodated for our Muslim students by providing the following:
- Students will lead an assembly on Eid at the end of Ramadan.
- In our Central Atrium we have ‘Ramadan and Lent’ display information for those who would like to learn more about these observances.
- At lunchtimes additional rooms will be available as safe spaces for prayer and further information will be on the Reflections room door- the reflection room will not be suitable due to the number of students wanting to pray.
- Toilets will be open during both lunch times for students to make wudu (ablutions)
- Reflections for the week beginning Ramadan are around Ramadan allowing students and teachers to reflect and have conversations around why muslims fast.
- Students that are FSM are still able to use their allowance to purchase food ( e.g cakes, cookies) and then put in their bags to eat for their iftar meal in the evening.
On behalf of all our staff and students in our TSLA ‘family’ Academy to yours, Ramadan Kareem (Blessed Ramadan)!
Once again this year our local Interfaith group based at the UCNL in Scunthorpe are organising a sponsored fast and Iftar celebrating Ramadan and Lent. It has been advertised on our Reflections over the past few weeks and we are all invited to join in. Please see the attached link to the poster for more details.
Yours sincerely
Mr McCluskie
Headteacher
11th February 2025
Dear Parents and Carers
From Monday 24th February we are making some adjustments to our timetable. These changes are being introduced to ensure that we have a sharper and more focussed start to learning each day. There is a small change to our afternoon timetable which will finish 5 minutes later Monday to Thursday but our start time is unaffected by these changes. The academy day will be as follows:
8:15am- 8.25am Line up. Students will be met by their tutors and taken to their tutor
room to be registered. This process will take 10 minutes
8:25am – 9:25 am Period 1
9:25am – 10:25am Period 2
10:25am – 10:55am Tutor Time or Collective worship
10:55am – 11:10am Break
11:10am – 12:10pm Period 3
12:10am – 13:40pm Period 4 including lunch
13:40am – 14:40pm Period 5 – Students leave at 14:40pm on Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday
14:40pm – 15:40pm Period 6 – Students leave at 15:40pm on Monday
On a Friday students will still leave at 13:15pm.
As Period 1 now starts immediately after registration with Tutors it is vital that all students arrive on time for our 8:15am start. Students who arrive late will miss the beginning of lessons and this will have an impact on their learning and progress and it will cause unnecessary disruption to the learning of other students.
I also remind you that students who arrive at the academy after our registers close will be marked on our registers as having an unauthorised absence. This means that they are in effect truanting.
Unauthorised absence can result in parents and carers being issued with a fixed penalty notice (a fine) from North Lincolnshire Council. This will not apply to students who have a genuine reason for arriving after the registers close such as a medical appointment. If your child does have a genuine reason for arriving late I ask that you contact the academy by 8am so that we do not mark the absence as unauthorised.
If your child arrives after the registers close we will advise you, normally by text or phone call. For this reason can you please advise the academy if you have recently changed your phone number so that our contact details for you are up to date.
Yours sincerely
Mr M McCluskie
Headteacher
