Change to Academy Day

11th February 2025Leonardo Preguica

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

 

Y7 Consultation Evening Letter

9th January 2025Leonardo Preguica

January 2025

Dear Parent/Carer 

Year 7 Consultation Evening – Thursday 16th January 2025 4.00pm-6:30pm

On Thursday 16th January at 4pm you and your child are invited to our
Year 7 Consultation Evening, to meet all their subject teachers. This is your first opportunity to discuss your child’s progress in key stage 3. It will also allow you to identify what needs to be done to maximise their potential for achieving success in the future. We would appreciate your support and attendance for the evening.  Please confirm your attendance using the attached link

Please sign in on arrival in the Westaby Hall where you will be issued your child’s progress report and then proceed directly to the classrooms of the subjects studied by your child, to meet with your child’s teachers.  There is no individual subject appointment system so you are able to arrive at a time to suit you between 4.00pm to 6.00pm.  Prefects will be outside classrooms to facilitate your time with the teacher. The evening will finish at 6.30pm.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours sincerely 

Mr M Cretney

Head of Year 7

Mr D Ellerby 

Deputy Headteacher  for Improving Curriculum & Assessment

Xmas Letter 2024

13th December 2024Leonardo Preguica

13th December 2024

Dear Parent / Carer

As we approach the end of term, we would like to inform you of a number of events taking place before the end of term. 

Year 7 students will enjoy a rewards trip to the Vue cinema on Monday 16th December to meet at the cinema at 9am in full academy uniform, as detailed in the letter previously sent. 

Christmas Services

As Christmas approaches each year group will be escorted to St Lawrence’s Church on Church Lane and the students will be dismissed directly from the church, except Year 7.  If you would like to attend any of the Carol Services at St Lawrence’s Church with your child’s year group, you would be made very welcome. Some services may finish slightly earlier and students may wait in church to be collected if required. 

 

Monday 16th December         –  Year 11 Christmas Service  –  2.45pm – 3.35pm

Tuesday 17th December        –  Year 10 Christmas Service  –  1.35pm – 2.35pm

Wednesday 18th December   –  Year 8 Christmas Service   –   1.35pm – 2.35pm

Thursday 19th December      –   Year 7 Christmas Service  –   11.35am – 12.20pm 

Thursday 19th  December     –   Year 9 Christmas Service  –    2.00pm – 2.35pm

Wednesday 18th December  –  In addition there will be a community & CCF carol service at the church on Wednesday 18th December at 4pm. We would welcome as many parents/carers and families to join us at St Lawrence’s Church for this special occasion and celebration in the build up to Christmas. Refreshments will be available afterwards at our Community Cafe.

Last Day of Term Friday 20th December – The academy closes for the Christmas Holidays at 12.15pm on  Friday 20th December and all students will be dismissed at 12.15pm, lunch will be available for students at break time

 

Uniform and Equipment

At the beginning of the new term (6th January 2025) students will not be permitted to carry water bottles, equipment or personal belongings in their outside blazer pockets.  The reason for this is that blazers are becoming damaged when students do not bring their bags to school and attempt to pack everything into their blazer pockets.  Water bottles leak into blazers causing them to be soaked and this results in our students being uncomfortable during the school day.

I ask that you ensure that your child arrives at school with a bag and that bottles, mobile phones and personal belongings are placed in the bag before entering the academy.  Students who arrive with bottles etc in their pockets and without a school bag will be asked to hand these over during morning line and they will be able to collect these at the end of the school day. 

Attendance

We are aware that some parents have difficulties in accessing attendance information on Arbor.  We will be sending attendance information to you throughout the next term.  If you would like a breakdown of your child’s attendance please do not hesitate to contact the academy and we will arrange for your child’s attendance certificate to be emailed to you. 

It has been an incredibly busy term with lots of exciting developments taking place across the Academy. I have thoroughly enjoyed my first term as Headteacher at The St Lawrence Academy and wanted to thank staff, students and parents for making me feel so welcome. May I take this opportunity to wish those of you celebrating Christmas a wonderful festive break. We look forward to welcoming all of our students back on Monday 6th January at 8.15am prompt. 

Yours sincerely
Mr M McCluskie
Headteacher

JLC Community Christmas Fair!

9th December 2024Leonardo Preguica

On Friday 13th December, John Leggott College are hosting our first ever Community Christmas Fair! The event is completely free and aims to offer local families a festive evening of fun. There will be also be over 40 small businesses who will have stall at the event, making it a great way to also support local businesses. Santa is now fully booked, but there will be an elf on the shelf who will be around to meet and greet!

Sir Nic Dakin MP Visit

4th December 2024Callum Watson

The St Lawrence Academy was delighted to host Sir Nic Dakin MP who presented badges of office to the Year 8 President and Vice Presidents for the current academic year. After an exceptionally well natured, planned and delivered campaign, three candidates from a field of 12 were successful in securing these prized positions. All Year 8 students and staff were invited to vote and turnout was high. All 3 elected candidates are looking forward to a year of service to the Year 8 community. 

Read the full article on Grimbsy Live Website

Parent Letter October 2024

18th October 2024Leonardo Preguica

17th October 2024

Dear Parents and Carers

I write to inform you of some changes we are making at The St Lawrence Academy from next half term.

Adjustments to the School Day

At the start of the academic year we experimented with our lunch time arrangements meaning that all
students in Years 7 – 11 had lunch at the same time. However as the weather became wetter it became
clear that the Atrium area of the school was not big enough to accommodate over 800 young people
comfortably. Therefore we have decided to return to split lunches. This has meant that we have made
some slight adjustments to the timing of the end of the academy day. The new timing are as follows:

Monday 8.15 am – 3.35 pm
Tuesday 8.15 am – 2.35 pm
Wednesday 8.15 am – 2.35 pm
Thursday 8.15 am – 2.35 pm
Friday 8.15am – 1.15 pm (no change)

Prohibited Items

Please note that vapes are one of the prohibited items listed on the academy’s behaviour policy. It is
illegal to sell vapes to anyone under the age of 18. Where the academy has strong evidence that vapes
are being sold to young people we will refer this to the police. Since vapes are on the academy’s
prohibited items list we will confiscate these from anyone who brings these onto the academy site.
Confiscated prohibited items will not be returned to students and will be disposed of by academy staff.

Student absence

If your child is going to be absent from school please notify the academy by 8am on each morning of the
absence. This will avoid academy staff having to contact you during the course of the morning.

Change to Inset Day

Just a reminder that the Inset Day that was calendared for 25th November 2024 has been moved to Friday
27th June 2025. The academy will be open to all students on 25th November 2024.

I hope your children have a good half term break and I look forward to welcoming them back to the
academy on Monday 28th October for a prompt start at 8.15am.

Yours sincerely
Mr M McCluskie
Headteacher