Freddie's Focus
For Parents & Carers
- Issue 121
- May 2, 2025
Freddie's Focus
For Parents & Carers
- Issue 121
- May 2, 2025
Message from the Headteacher
Dear Parents & Carers,
We are reaching the most critical point in the Year Group now for our Year 11 with the first wave of formal exams starting to take place. This week it was the MFL speaking exams. The year group have been very focused and have raised their game as they approach their final exams. We work with all the other year groups to ensure that a calm and quiet atmosphere presides around the school and specifically near the exam venues so that Year 11 can remain fully focussed at this critical time. We wish all of Year 11 the very best of luck over the coming weeks.
On a lighter note, the annual staff vs Year 11 football took place in school at the end of this week which provides some entertainment for us all. This is always a great event on the school calendar. Despite the rivalries on the pitch, it is great to see the whole school community coming together to support the event and in good spirits.
Thank-you for your continued support.
Mr Davies.
Message from the Headteacher
Dear Parents & Carers,
We are reaching the most critical point in the Year Group now for our Year 11 with the first wave of formal exams starting to take place. This week it was the MFL speaking exams. The year group have been very focused and have raised their game as they approach their final exams. We work with all the other year groups to ensure that a calm and quiet atmosphere presides around the school and specifically near the exam venues so that Year 11 can remain fully focussed at this critical time. We wish all of Year 11 the very best of luck over the coming weeks.
On a lighter note, the annual staff vs Year 11 football took place in school at the end of this week which provides some entertainment for us all. This is always a great event on the school calendar. Despite the rivalries on the pitch, it is great to see the whole school community coming together to support the event and in good spirits.
Thank-you for your continued support.
Mr Davies.
Message from the Headteacher
Dear Parents & Carers,
We are reaching the most critical point in the Year Group now for our Year 11 with the first wave of formal exams starting to take place. This week it was the MFL speaking exams. The year group have been very focused and have raised their game as they approach their final exams. We work with all the other year groups to ensure that a calm and quiet atmosphere presides around the school and specifically near the exam venues so that Year 11 can remain fully focussed at this critical time. We wish all of Year 11 the very best of luck over the coming weeks.
On a lighter note, the annual staff vs Year 11 football took place in school at the end of this week which provides some entertainment for us all. This is always a great event on the school calendar. Despite the rivalries on the pitch, it is great to see the whole school community coming together to support the event and in good spirits.
Thank-you for your continued support.
Mr Davies.
Things to celebrate
- On Tuesday our Year 7 students took part in the National Careers Challenge.
- On Thursday, 70 Year 8 students took part in the UKMT Junior Maths Challenge. Results will be announced in 2 weeks.
- On Friday the annual staff versus year 11 football match took place on the school astro pitch. A hard fought game, the staff (Mr Mooney) scored a penalty in the last moments of the game to secure a narrow 1-0 victory.
Wider cultural experiences at Freddie's
At Freddie’s we are incredibly proud of our extra-curricular offer. Below are just some of the wider cultural experiences that have taken part in the Spring Term and some of the activities that we have planned during the Summer Term:
- Manchester sustainability and sport expo careers conference
- Bolton Octagon theatre trip to watch Dracula
- Geography field trip to Salford Quays
- Geography field trip to Castleton (Peak District)
- Salford Dance Explosion performance
- Big Band Fair – Birmingham NEC
- Speak Up extra curricular club visit The Lowry
- Music Department Awards night at Boothstown Legion Club
- In school STEM event aimed at inspiring the next generation of scientists, engineers and computer scientists
- Brass band European tour
At Freddie’s we offer our students a wide range of other extra-curricular activities. For further details, click here.
- Sporting Success this week
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
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
School Reminders
Did you know that you can read previous editions of Freddie’s Focus from this Academic Year? To do so, click here.
School Reminders
Did you know that you can read previous editions of Freddie’s Focus from this Academic Year? To do so, click here.
What we do at Freddie's and why we do it
Our Personal Development curriculum:
The Department for Education specify that it is your child’s entitlement to a Personal Development education. The aim is to “promote discussion, challenge misconceptions and allow students to reflect on matters that are usually outside a typical lesson.” We therefore build our PD curriculum into our timetable once per fortnight. The same lesson is not missed each week as we carefully map out the lessons over a rolling programme. During these lessons, your child is taught their PD curriculum by their form tutor or a member of staff attached to their year group. Our expectation is that these lessons are treated in the same way as all other lessons, and we hope students find them informative and interesting.
At Freddie's we want every student to become the best version of themself. We explicitly share what we believe are the values which help every student to become their very best.
Year 7 to Year 10
100 HoY Mug/Earphones/Water Bottle/Skip the queue pass
175 JWY Power Bank/Skip the queue pass/Calculator/£5 Amazon voucher
250 JWY £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 JWY £10 Amazon voucher/£10 off Prom
200 PDA £15 Amazon voucher/£15 off Prom
Homework and Independent Learning
The diagram below demonstrates the fact to learn means to remember. Remembering means that information is embedded into the long-term memory.
Our working memory can only hold a few pieces of information for up to 30 seconds until it is lost/forgotten. This is why we have to do something with that information to make sure it is not lost.
Actively engaging with information and tasks which involve retrieval and repetition help information stick. This could involve creating mini quizzes, using flashcards to self-test or using the ‘look ,cover and write’ technique.
Encouraging your child to engage with regular retrieval practice tasks will help them to embed knowledge and information.
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-Thursday in the Library (apart from Monday week B) where support and IT equipment is is available.
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.