Freddie's Focus
For Parents & Carers
- Issue 136
- October 3, 2025
Freddie's Focus
For Parents & Carers
- Issue 136
- October 3, 2025
Message from the Headteacher
Dear Parents & Carers,
A week of celebrations! We’re very proud of our students and their achievements. The first Freddie’s Focus on the Stars for this year has been compiled, and we will be sharing the results with all students during Form Time on Monday morning. Congratulations to all students who will be mentioned. On Friday Evening our annual Sports Presentation Evening takes place to recognise the efforts and achievements of students involved in the school’s sports activities last year. Once again, congratulations to all students who have been nominated or who will receive a prize. Who will be the next Ella or Keely?
A huge thank-you to all Year 11 parents who attended the Year 11 Raising Achievement Evening on Thursday. We hope you found this informative and helpful to you in supporting your child through their GCSE year.
And finally – attendance to school continues to be positive; Year 7 attendance was a fantastic 97.7%!
You support your child’s physical, social and mental wellbeing by ensuring they are in school every day.
Thank-you for your continued support.
Mr Davies
Message from the Headteacher
Dear Parents & Carers,
A week of celebrations! We’re very proud of our students and their achievements. The first Freddie’s Focus on the Stars for this year has been compiled, and we will be sharing the results with all students during Form Time on Monday morning. Congratulations to all students who will be mentioned. On Friday Evening our annual Sports Presentation Evening takes place to recognise the efforts and achievements of students involved in the school’s sports activities last year. Once again, congratulations to all students who have been nominated or who will receive a prize. Who will be the next Ella or Keely?
A huge thank-you to all Year 11 parents who attended the Year 11 Raising Achievement Evening on Thursday. We hope you found this informative and helpful to you in supporting your child through their GCSE year.
And finally – attendance to school continues to be positive; Year 7 attendance was a fantastic 97.7%!
You support your child’s physical, social and mental wellbeing by ensuring they are in school every day.
Thank-you for your continued support.
Mr Davies
Things to celebrate
- On Tuesday our Year 7 and Year 10 students had their school photographs taken. School photographs now take place at the start of both key stages rather than every year. We do this so that we can capture the key milestones in your child’s educational journey.
- On Thursday evening we welcomed parents and carers of Year 11 students into school to share information about the year ahead. It was wonderful to see so many of you there.
- Tonight we are hosting our annual Sports Award event at Tyldesley Rugby Club. An overwhelming number of students will be receiving awards again this year for their participation and outstanding contribution to PE at Freddie’s.
- Sporting Success this week
Junior team:
- Frankie Davies – year 7
- Olivia Hood – year 8
- Louie Southwood – year 8
- Hugo Vincent-Dootson – year 8
Inter team:
- Maddison Davies – year 9
- Elliott Roberts – year 9
- Daniel Lesti – year 10
- Ada Cox – year 10
We are always excited to learn of any sporting successes outside of school so we can celebrate the student’s achievements. Please email Mr Gregory with any information so we can share with everyone on Freddie’s Focus – gregoryi@flhs.wigan.sch.uk
Sporting Success this week
Junior team:
- Frankie Davies – year 7
- Olivia Hood – year 8
- Louie Southwood – year 8
- Hugo Vincent-Dootson – year 8
Inter team:
- Maddison Davies – year 9
- Elliott Roberts – year 9
- Daniel Lesti – year 10
- Ada Cox – year 10
We are always excited to learn of any sporting successes outside of school so we can celebrate the student’s achievements. Please email Mr Gregory with any information so we can share with everyone on Freddie’s Focus – gregoryi@flhs.wigan.sch.uk
Key Events
We will be holding the following events for parents and carers during this term:
We encourage all parents and carers to attend these events if they have a child in any of these year groups. Further information to follow.
What we do at Freddie's and why we do it
This is where teachers will select four students who have excelled in specific subjects over the past fortnight (month in the case of the first one).
All students who are given a shout out on ‘FF on the Stars’ will receive three reward points.
Any students who receive a Head of Year award will receive a badge from their HOY.
Any students who receive the Head Teacher’s Award will receive a badge and five reward points. These students will be asked to go to Mr Davies’ office at one point during that week to meet with the Headteacher and discuss their achievements.
At Freddie’s, celebration, praise and reward are at the heart of all that we do. We want all of our students to strive for excellence.
Year 7 to Year 10
100 HoY Mug/Earphones/Water Bottle/Skip the queue pass
175 MTA Power Bank/Skip the queue pass/Calculator/£5 Amazon voucher
250 MTA £10 Amazon voucher/Skip the queue pass
350 PDA £15 Amazon voucher/Skip the queue pass
Year 11
100 HoY £5 Amazon voucher/£5 off Prom
150 MTA £10 Amazon voucher/£10 off Prom
200 PDA £15 Amazon voucher/£15 off Prom
Homework and Independent Learning
At Freddie’s, there are six types of homework set in order to embed key knowledge and ensure that your child is equipped with independent learning skills. Below are the types of homework that we set:
Applications that we use for learning
The following applications are used by our students during their time at FLHS to aid their learning. You can learn more about them below.
Microsoft Office
Did you know that your child can access Microsoft Office at home for free? As a student at Fred Longworth High School, your child is allowed to download a fully working free copy of Microsoft Office 365 to use on their computer, smartphone and tablet whilst they are a student at our school. Click on the button below to learn more.
Satchel:One
Satchel:One is the school online learning platform for students and is the parental portal for all information related to your child’s overall progress within school. You can keep track of your child’s homework using Satchel:One. It is advisable to remind your child to get into the habit of checking their homework on Satchel:One regularly. Relying upon notifications is not the right approach and we advise students to turn off notifications so that they are not disturbed by them.
GCSEPod
GCSEPod is an online study platform and is the perfect resource to help your child learn, retain and recall all the information they need to achieve their GCSE goals. GCSEPod provides 3-5 minute bursts of audio-visual, teacher written learning which can help to reinforce and consolidate key GCSE topics covered in lessons. Experts read and explain everything clearly including all the right facts, quotes, keywords, dates and diagrams on screen. GCSEPod is only available to students in Year 10 and Year 11.
Homework Club
Please remind your child that homework club is available to all students Monday to Thursday where they can complete work in a quiet environment with staff on hand to support them, and computers for online quizzes and research.
Attendance
We want to do all we can to support your child to be in school every day and ask that you support this important message from home, encouraging your child to avoid missing curriculum content through absence. Here is a breakdown of the absences for the following attendance percentages:
Thank you for your continued support with attendance.
Please encourage your child to be in school every day.
Can we please remind all our parents and carers to use the correct channels of communication should they wish to raise a concern or question. Your continued support is invaluable to us.
Belonging, Engaging, Succeeding Together.
Can we please remind all our parents and carers to use the correct channels of communication should they wish to raise a concern or question. Your continued support is invaluable to us.
