Freddie's Focus
For Parents & Carers
- Issue 119
- April 4, 2025
Freddie's Focus
For Parents & Carers
- Issue 119
- April 4, 2025
Message from the Headteacher
Dear Parents & Carers,
As this is the final edition of Freddie’s Focus for Parents and Carers for the Spring Term, I’d like to start by thanking you for your continued support during what has been another positive and exciting term with much to celebrate.
In case you have not seen it, a copy of my end of term letter can be found here. This contains important updates on uniform, catering and the appointment of our new Pastoral Deputy.
Wishing you and your families a pleasant Easter. Communications will be sent out towards the end of the holiday with reminders about our basic expectations for the start of the new term.
Best Wishes.
Mr Davies.
Message from the Headteacher
Dear Parents & Carers,
As this is the final edition of Freddie’s Focus for Parents and Carers for the Spring Term, I’d like to start by thanking you for your continued support during what has been another positive and exciting term with much to celebrate.
In case you have not seen it, a copy of my end of term letter can be found here. This contains important updates on uniform, catering and the appointment of our new Pastoral Deputy.
Wishing you and your families a pleasant Easter. Communications will be sent out towards the end of the holiday with reminders about our basic expectations for the start of the new term.
Best Wishes.
Mr Davies.
Message from the Headteacher
Dear Parents & Carers,
As this is the final edition of Freddie’s Focus for Parents and Carers for the Spring Term, I’d like to start by thanking you for your continued support during what has been another positive and exciting term with much to celebrate.
In case you have not seen it, a copy of my end of term letter can be found here. This contains important updates on uniform, catering and the appointment of our new Pastoral Deputy.
Wishing you and your families a pleasant Easter. Communications will be sent out towards the end of the holiday with reminders about our basic expectations for the start of the new term.
Best Wishes.
Mr Davies.
Things to celebrate
- Last weekend our Brass Band achieved gold at the National Youth Brass Band Championships. Freddie’s were the ONLY school band to achieve this standard. What an incredible achievement!
- On Friday evening last week, a group of our students performed a stunning piece of theatre for the National Theatre Connections annual event at The Lowry.
- Earlier this week our Year 8 History students went to Quarry Bank Mill as part of their studies on the Industrial Revolution. A great trip was had by all.
- Our annual Spain Disney trip takes place over Easter. This is the largest residential trip that we offer. We hope that all of our students have an incredible time!
Wider cultural experiences at Freddie's
At Freddie’s our staff offer a wide range of clubs, activities, trips and events for our students. Here is a selection of what is on this term, in addition to the range of clubs and activities.
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 can parents 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 can parents 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.
The Library
Here is the latest issue of the Library newsletter. Please find attached information about everything that has been happening during a busy half term.
Please click the newsletter to read all about the exciting events that have happened in the library this term.
What we do at Freddie's and why we do it
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 OSCAR model is something that we are promoting at Freddie’s in order to support your child with independent/self-directed study at home.
The ‘R’ stands for re-visit, retrieve and remember.
You can encourage your child to do any of the following tasks to help them revisit knowledge, and make sure it has been learnt – stored in the long-term memory:
- Create a set of flashcards (key vocabulary on one side, and definition or explanation on the other.)
- Create their own mini-quiz by creating a set of questions and answers based on the information they are focussing on. You can then use this to quiz their knowledge.
- Use the ‘look, cover and write’ technique.
- Dual code the information that they are trying to learn by condensing key points into an image and a word or sentence to trigger the memory.
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.