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Please see the letter below in relation for an increase in the Planned Admission Number (PAN) for the St Lawrence Academy

Consultation Letter PAN increase St Lawrence

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The St Lawrence Academy

Doncaster Road

Scunthorpe

North Lincolnshire

DN15 7DF

20th June 2022
                                                            SPORTS DAY 2022
Dear Parent /Carer,

As part of our commitment to provide access to sporting opportunities, The St Lawrence Academy will be holding Sports Day on Monday 27th June. This year, it will take place at Quibell Park Stadium, weather permitting. 

The day will go are as follows:

Years 7 and 9 …

Students will need to arrive at Quibell Park to register at 8:30am. After the events, at 12:15pm students will walk back to the academy, accompanied by academy staff to have their lunch. Students will then attend their afternoon lessons wearing their PE kit and finish the academy day at the normal time of 3.45pm.

Years 8 and 10…

Students will need to arrive at the academy and go to their tutor classroom to register at 8:30am , where registration will take place. They will then follow a timetable of morning lessons.  Lunch will take place at 11:45am – 12.10 pm.. After lunch students will walk to Quibell Park, accompanied by academy staff members. Upon arrival they will have their afternoon registration. Sports day is due to finish at the usual academy time of 3.45pm, upon completion of all events students will be dismissed from Quibell Park and will need to make their own plans to return home.  

All students will be expected to take an active part in what we anticipate to be an enjoyable day to celebrate the sporting abilities of all our students. The students have already been choosing their athletics events, and will be competing as part of the academy’s established House system. 

Your child is required to wear the correct St Lawrence PE kit all day, and they are advised to bring their St Lawrence outdoor jackets (plain black top)to keep them warm in between events. In addition suitable footwear should be worn for competing in athletics events. Students will also need to bring a bottle of water (and sunscreen/hat in hot weather). When students are not involved, they will be expected to support their fellow peers from the designated areas.

In the unfortunate event that there is unsuitable weather, students will be expected to attend school for normal timetabled lessons.

Parents and Carers are welcome to attend Sports Day. Upon arrival all visitors must sign in at the gate entrance and they will be directed to a designated viewing area. Visitors will not be allowed into the students area. 

If your child does not follow the academy expectation for Sports Day, they will be sent straight home immediately. 

If you have any queries about the arrangements for the day please contact the academy on 01724 842447 or email [email protected] in advance of Friday 24th June 2022.

Yours faithfully

Mrs Lindsay Shutes

Curriculum and Progress Leader of Physical Education

Sports Day Behaviour Policy 2022

• Students must be wearing the St Lawrence PE kit & House ribbons throughout the day. Nothing other than academy PE kit is allowed.

• When not competing, students will gather in their tutor groups.  Whilst in their designated group areas, students should remain in their own allocated sections.

• Students should refrain from dropping litter. No food will be permitted on the field. 

• Students should behave in a manner that is expected of them whilst on a normal academy day. This means respecting other staff and students, and creating a positive atmosphere throughout the day.

• Any students seen to be seriously disrupting the enjoyment of other staff or students will result in isolation for the day and subsequent removal from events and a loss of points for their House.

• When not competing, students should be encouraging others.  No footballs or other equipment should be brought by students and tutors will confiscate such items.

• At all times, students should behave in a manner that takes account of the health, safety and wellbeing of every member of the academy community and public. 

It is all happening here over the next 10 days – and there is plenty more to follow.

Trips, visits and opportunities continue to be lined up in this incredibly busy half term that helps give our young people the well-rounded education we so often talk about.

Year 10 are in week two of work experience. It was a really successful week one, with some brilliant feedback from some employers.

They described our young people as “naturals” and “suited to the workplace”. That’s testament to our programme at school of developing the whole child, not just the academic side.

Year 7 are having a different sort of experience this week, camping overnight.

One group had great fun Monday into Tuesday and the second group there tonight.

Like many things, it is the first time we have been able to run it in three years and, for a lot of our young people, will be their first experience of being away from home with friends on a school trip.

We have a group of children this week out at the Reading Stars Scheme run at Scunthorpe United FC. It illustrates why reading is so important and the doors it opens.

We have another group going to Hull City on Monday while RE leaders are sharing our good practice on diversity in Wintringham and Belton primary schools.

Years 9 and 10 will experience motivational workshops in a different element to the curriculum.

We are rewarding those children who have attended the most extra-curricular activities over the year by arranging a trip with the Allegro Gymnastic Academy in Bottesford for some specialised coaching.

The Academy is supporting the Adam Simms Memorial Cup by sending an athletics team to Quibell Park, to compete in a tournament named in tribute to a young man who attended Sir John Nelthorpe School in Brigg.

We have special relationships with a number of schools and supporting such a worthy cause in honour of such a talented young man is only appropriate.

Other students are going to a Stay Safe Conference at the Baths Hall.

These are the highlights of activities lined up for our young people over the next 10 days. They continue until the end of term.

It is a result of a massive amount of work, effort and commitment from the staff as we fit as many opportunities in the last six weeks of the academic year as possible. I would like to say thank you on behalf of the students.

It is a summer term that looks like a summer term should.

Meanwhile, the final reports for Years 7 to 10 are being populated, final assessments being analysed and data being collated. More on those next week.

For Year 11, they just need to keep going with exams – the end is on the horizon. It is important to note they are only attending subjects in the Academy where exams are still to be sat.

They are looking forward to their leaving event on Friday, 24^th June when they will be able to catch breath.

For the rest of the Academy, we will still be hurtling along at quite a rate.

Dear Parent/Carer

We are delighted that your child has been offered a place at the academy starting with us on 6th September 2022. 

On Thursday 30th June & Friday 1st July your child will need to arrive at the front reception of the academy at 8.20am for a prompt start at 8.30am and will be dismissed from there at 3.00pm on Thursday and 1.15pm on Friday. They should attend in their normal school uniform, but bring their PE kit with them for the transition days. On these days they will enjoy various curriculum activities, including engaging with each other in the year group for the first time around several team building exercises and opportunities within a competition framework. 

Lunch will be available in the academy diner at no cost to you, to enable your child to sample the academy lunch on Thursday (normally £2.55). Alternatively a packed lunch can be brought from home.

We invite you and your child to return to the academy for the Induction Evening on Thursday 30th June at 5:00pm. This will enable us to share with you our expectations and aspirations for the future within the academy, and for you to meet with key academy staff, including your child’s tutors and fellow tutees as well as the rest of the Year 7 tutor team. 

We would also like to take your child’s photograph for academy use and may produce a short video. If you have any objections to this please indicate this on the consent form. Please complete the Data collection and Fitness Suite consent forms. Please can this form be completed before the student’s join us in September.

The academy operates a cashless catering system in the diner for which cards will be issued in September. Lunch will be available from the diner on the first day and you should ensure you have added money to the Parentpay account if required, unless they are entitled to a free school meal, which will, of course be provided.  You will need to activate your ParentPay account online; details of your new log on will be sent to you by email. All payments for trips, visits and resources are also cashless and paid online with your cashless account. 

You will be able to download our exciting Arbor App for easy access to information on how your child is progressing in school.  Further details are available on our website and you can register for this now. 

Regular progress reports are issued for all students at the academy and once a year a Profile Report.  We will be sending student reports, as well as other letters of correspondence via email or the Parent Portal App.  I would be grateful if you would ensure you complete your email address on the data collection information form, together with mobile contact numbers for text messages. Please keep us informed immediately of any changes to your personal information via the Arbor app or to email [email protected] or telephone us. . 

Information is regularly shared on our website and social media or please get in touch if you have any questions.

We look forward to seeing you soon and helping to give you and your child all the help and guidance that you need in ensuring a smooth transition to the academy. If you have any questions, or would like to speak to us personally about the transition arrangements then please do not hesitate to contact either of us.

Yours Sincerely

P Dalowsky      M Cretney

Phill Dalowsky Matt Cretney

Headteacher Achievement Team Leader for Year 7

Key Dates 2022/23

All Students transitioning days

Thursday 30th June 2022 – 8.20am to 3.00pm

Friday 1st July 2022 – 8.20am to 1.15pm

Parents and Students Induction Evening

Thursday 30th June 2022 – 5.00pm

Year 7 uniform

Shah’s Uniform 

https://www.shahsuniform.co.uk/

Address: 109-111 West St, Scunthorpe DN15 6EQ

Online:  

https://www.pbuniform-online.co.uk/stlawrenceacademy

ParentPay:https://www.parentpay.com/

    Uniform Policy: Uniform Policy 

The summer half term might mean the end of a chapter for some – but for others it creates opportunities, deepens our thinking, and means new beginnings.

This week, our Year 10s start their work experience, being thrown into a new world for the first time.

For some, this will be daunting – but that is life. We all have to adapt to new environments at different times in our lives. These experiences are invaluable for their development.

While some have been experiencing work, others in Year 10 walked to the Baths Hall to participate in the first Humber Industrial Decarbonisation Conference.

Big industry from both sides of the River Humber promoted projects that will prevent carbon going into the atmosphere and help the nation achieve its net zero target.

I found it fascinating and I know students and staff did too. Too often, they are fed doom and gloom about their prospects. This event highlighted aspirational and credible job opportunities on their doorstep.

New beginnings also run through our third and last RAD (Raising Aspirations Day) of the year today.

Our students will be pursuing a whole host of activities and I’m grateful to the staff team for organising them.

Year 7 will be looking at a careers pilot. They will be researching careers and working on life skills, team work and Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education (PSHCE).

The Hull FC Foundation will be visiting Year 8, along with Humberside Police’s dog team and the Planetarium. They will look at topics around money sense, general finances and first aid.

Humberside Police, the Army, RAF, and Royal Navy will be guests of Year 9, which will also look at the impact of social media.

For those in Year 10 not on work experience, they will learn about opportunities in the Royal Navy and undertake tasks around teamwork, leadership, and problem solving.

The three strands running across the three RADs are careers and aspirations, life skills and PSHCE.

This one should be particularly memorable, insightful, and inspiring.

Talking of inspiring, Student Progress Leader Cathie Bremner visited Nepal over half term with Classrooms In The Clouds to help build good quality, new classrooms, support teacher training and work in partnership with local communities.

Cathie took many school items and other donations. Scunthorpe United kits were shared (see picture) and such generosity makes a huge amount of difference.

Cathie goes above and beyond to help others and her work helps promote the Academy far and wide. Well done to her.

For more information, or to support her, please visit her Just Giving page.

Finally, a large number of extra-curricular activities has been launched for this term and can be viewed here.

Please take advantage, for it’s the term to be getting outside, enjoying the fresh air – and thinking about those new beginnings.

May 2022

Dear Parent/Carer.

Year 10 students will be visiting North Lindsey College on Wednesday 29th June and John Leggott College on Thursday 14th July to experience a variety of subjects, which they have already individually selected.

Students need to be in the academy promptly at 8.30am to be registered. They are to meet in tutor groups in the Central Atrium. Transport to the colleges will be provided for both days.

Taster Days will finish at approximately 2.30pm upon which students will be dismissed directly from the Colleges to make their own way home.

Students are to be dressed in appropriate casual clothing and do not need to wear the academy uniform unless their chosen subject demands it. All students are to remain on campus throughout the day and must bring their subject allocation letter with them. Students need to bring equipment to certain sessions and should they not bring the correct equipment they may have to be reallocated to another subject when they arrive at the College.

North Lindsey College Day students are asked to bring their own packed lunch or they can bring some money to purchase from the canteen, the lunch period is 45 minutes and this will help to eliminate queues in the College diner. Students who are eligible for a Free School Meal will be provided with a packed lunch from the academy diner to take with them if requested. Please complete the form for Free School Meals here.

John Leggott College will provide all students with a complimentary lunch during their visit

If there are any concerns or queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind Regards,

Mr A Murray & Mr R Oates

Achievement Team Leader for Year 10 & Personal Development Lead

[email protected] & [email protected]

We can all remember our favourite teacher. I can mine.

Not that long ago, I had a call to say somebody was in reception and wanted to speak to me.

The mystery guest turned around and there he was, the person who inspired my love of geography.

He brought the subject to life and made it really interesting. I went on to read the subject at university and taught it, alongside PE. I have a lot to thank him for.

It had been 25 years since he had taught me. He was in the academy representing an exam board and had seen my name and face on the staff noticeboard in reception.

It was terrific to see him and thank him for his positive impact on my life.

I mention it because tomorrow (26^th May) is National Thank a Teacher Day.

The day is not just about teachers, but also recognises the important contributions made by support staff.

I would like to take the opportunity of sending one big thank you to all my staff at the academy. They work incredibly hard, inspire children daily, and don’t always get the praise they deserve.

You can show your appreciation of anybody at the Academy by sending a digital card found here.

It will mean a lot to those who receive one because we all like praise, young and old.

This brings me nicely on to our next rewards trip on Friday during the last afternoon of a busy half term.

We have a great relationship with The Vue and all Years 7, 8, and 9 – who have produced the required work rate and shown the right attitude to learning – will enjoy a free trip to the cinema.

It is our way of saying ‘well done’ and ‘thank you’ to those 450-plus children.

We have a professional photographer in school today who will use a drone and more conventional equipment to capture the Academy and enable us to update promotional materials. I hope all the students look super smart.

Sports day is looming on the horizon. It is due to take place on Monday, 27^th June, at Quibell Park for the first time in three years.

That means it will be a competitive debut for some of our students and our hope is they enjoy it. It is a day of learning, and we expect all our young people to be part of it. More information will be released nearer the day.

It is the time for appeals from Year 6 who would like to come here but have not been offered a place.

It is sad to see so many disappointed faces and we have been working with North Lincolnshire Council to formally increase our intake by 15 to 165 from September.

Building works, that are due to start, will improve facilities and increase capacity.

I am delighted that, for the first time in the Academy’s history, we will have a dedicated library as part of the improvements.

Reading is one of the most important things children can do in their educational journey. It will open all sorts of gateways and opportunities in later life.

The new learning space will be central to what we do and a hub for children to develop their love of reading.

We are grateful to our positive relationship with the local authority which has enabled these massive improvements to the learning environment.

Finally, I wish you all a great break next week. Get outside, enjoy the weather, and have plenty of fresh air. We all deserve it.

It was quite a moment for students and staff on Monday when the first national, formal exams took place in three years.

It fell to Religious Education to kick start the GCSE programme.

Attendance was fantastic with just one student missing, and we knew the reasons beforehand.

It was great to experience the atmosphere in the exam hall at first hand. A cohort that, through the pandemic, has shown great resilience, thoroughly engaged with their heads down, pens scribbling away and working really hard.

Exams can, sometimes, feel like you have not got enough time to fit everything in.

It’s a little bit like this final term. There are only eight weeks of the academic year left, yet we have so much more to do and look forward to.

Much focus is on rewards and celebrations. There are visits, parents’ evenings, events, welcoming of Year 6 and goodbyes to students who have been with us for five years.

Tonight, it is Year 10 parents’ evening. We have had contact with 80% of parents /carers about their attendance but that still leaves another 20% we need to speak to.

These are really important events for your children, particularly when it gets to Key Stage 4, and it is important parents / carers engage.

They represent wonderful opportunities to meet with staff and understand where your child is and what they need to do.

I have always said a child’s education relies on a three-way partnership between the student, school, and home. Engagement is needed from each to ensure success.

Talking of which, we had a brilliant evening last Thursday when the new prefects and senior prefects (above) were formally introduced and the head prefects named.

There have only been 28 head prefects out of 1,960 students who have attended since the positions were created. This is quite an achievement and my congratulations to Emily Browne and Janis Lasmanis who came through a rigorous selection process.

Straight after half term, Year 10 go into their two weeks of work experience, with events thrown into the mix too.

In the second week, it is Year 7 camp. All have been given the opportunity to experience something different with friends and staff at Sunflower Park in Laughton, Gainsborough. It is not too late to sign up.

It is all part of the well-balanced calendar year we strive for, the subject of discussions with staff over the coming days and weeks. We reflect on what has gone well and what we would like to do differently next year.

There are always ways to improve, individually and as a team. But we always do our best.

I know Year 11 will do likewise in their GCSEs.

May 2022

Dear Parent or Carer,

I am delighted to inform you that your child has successfully met the criteria to attend the Vue cinema reward trip on Friday 27th May. There is no cost to you at all, unless you wish to provide your child with some money to spend on refreshments at the cinema.

Students are to make their own way to the Vue cinema on Fenton Street and arrive between 8:30am and 8:45am ready for class registration. Students will be registered by our academy staff and then escorted into the cinema.

After the film showing, students will be dismissed from the cinema to make their own way home. Students will be expected to wear full academy uniform and any student who arrives without it will be refused permission to attend and you will be asked to collect your child. 

Students who are entitled to a free school meal will be provided with a packed lunch if they wish to receive one.This will be provided as they leave the cinema.

If you have any concerns regarding your child being able to make their own way to and from the cinema, then please contact your child’s Achievement Team Leader via email, no later than Wednesday 25th May. These students will be required to attend the academy at 8:30am and can then be transported to the cinema via our academy transport.

Students will be expected to display exemplary behaviour throughout the trip, but also in the academy too. As a result, we do reserve the right to remove this opportunity for any student that demonstrates poor behaviour prior to our trip.

Yours sincerely

ROates

Ryan Oates

Personal Development Lead

Mr M Cretney           Achievement Team Leader Year 7           [email protected]

Mr J Stainton           Achievement Team Leader Year 8            [email protected]

Mrs J Elston            Achievement Team Leader Year 9            [email protected]