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60th Anniversary Celebrations

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  • February 9, 2024

Dear Parents and Carers,

Fred Longworth High School celebrates its 60th birthday this year. The anniversary of our official opening of the school falls on Thursday, 7th March and we intend to mark the occasion with a special assembly and themed non-uniform day on Friday, 8th March. Some parents may remember our 50th Birthday which was celebrated in a similar fashion, and which was a lovely occasion in school.

All students (and staff) are invited to take part in our theme day and each year group has been linked with a particular decade; Year 11 are linked with the 60s, Year 10 with the 70s, Year 9 with the 80s, Year 8 with the 90s and Year 7 with the “noughties”. Film and book characters, music and fashion are all suitable sources of inspiration. For further inspiration, we will circulate via our Social Media channels photographs from our 50th Birthday celebrations. Please look out for these.

Students are welcome to be creative and make up is allowed as long as it is part of a costume; normal rules about make up, hairstyles and colour will be back in place on Monday, 11th March, however, and students should take account of this when planning their costume. There will be prizes for the best costume in each year group and an overall school winner. If your child does not wish to take part in the fancy dress, we encourage them to wear something that corresponds to their year group colour (Year 7 Green, Year 8 Red, Year 9 Purple, Year 10 Blue and Year 11 Yellow or Gold).

Our special assembly will be a celebration of Fred Longworth talent and will feature student performances representing each of the last 6 decades. Lessons will run as normal during the day and the assembly will take place during period 5. The school day is expected to finish at the normal time, which after half term will be 3:00pm.

We will also be unveiling our updated school timeline which will be a feature on our new external Sports Hall Wall. The original timeline was first unveiled on our 50th Birthday and is still displayed on the Art Block. New additions to the timeline include references to our sporting heroes Keely Hodgkinson and Ella Toone, Chester – our first school dog, national events like the pandemic and the death of Queen Elizabeth II as well as, of course, the opening of the new school building.

We are all looking forward to seeing how students respond to the fancy dress challenge and I hope that this will contribute to a memorable and exciting day on 8th March.

Given that this has been such a momentous year for the school, we feel this will be the perfect occasion to not only celebrate our ‘birthday’ but also the move into our new building. We hope that all students take part in some way – whether by wearing something in their year group colours or by wearing fancy dress.

Yours sincerely,

Mr P Davies
Headteacher

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We want our students to be engaged in their learning. A child at high school should not really have a reason to contact a parent during the day; however, if there is a genuine reason e.g. they have forgotten their packed lunch, a phone call can be made home from the school office. If a parent needs to contact their child in an emergency, they should contact the school office. If you need to contact your child during the school day, contact the main office on 01942 883796.

In case of a school emergency, we direct our students to safety first, following our school emergency procedures.

 

Students are in possession of their phone - in their Yondr pouch - for the entire school day. We will advise students to store the pouch safely in their school bag or blazer pockets.

If a student damages their Pouch or is caught on their phone, we will confiscate the phone and issue a sanction which is likely to be a suspension.

Note: Damage consists of any signs that the physical integrity of the pouch has been compromised, whether intentional or unintentional, as determined by the school or Yondr staff.

Damaged pouches will be charged to parents at a cost of £20.

They will be searched and wanded with a handheld scanner by a member of SLT. If they are found to have their phone on their person they will be expected to place it in their pouch. Refusal will be met with suspension.

If a student forgets their Pouch, their phone will be confiscated.

As per our previous mobile phone policy;

  • Confiscated phones will be taken to reception where the phone will be secured in the school safe.
  • Parents will be alerted to the phone confiscation via the school office.

Parents will have the option to collect the phone at the end of the day. If parents do not collect the phone, the phone will remain in school until the end of the week or until the student has their pouch.

In Yondr’s experience, this almost never happens. All students funnel past the unlocking stations at the exits, they want their phones back and don’t forget to unlock their pouches. If they do arrive home with a phone in a pouch, they can either come back to school to unlock it, or have a phone free evening!

The unlocking process is quick and takes under a second per student. 

As a privilege, Year 11 will be able to unlock their phones as they go off site at lunchtime; however, they will be expected to put their phones back into their pouches when they return to school for period 5.

Yes. There is an adapted version of the pouch which uses a Velcro fastener instead of a magnetic lock. This means the student still follows the policy, but the adapted pouch gives them easy access to their phone when required. If the student abuses this, they will face a sanction. We are already aware of these students.

Your Office 365 account username is your school network account username followed by @flhs.wigan.sch.uk 
The password is the same password that you use in school to access computers.