Freddie's Focus
For Parents & Carers
- Issue 78
- March 8, 2024
Freddie's Focus
For Parents & Carers
- Issue 78
- March 8, 2024
Things to celebrate
- This week our Year 8 Parents’ Evening took place. We would like to thank all parents and carers for their support with this.
- It was World Book Day on Thursday therefore all week students have been given the opportunity to take part in a variety of activities in our Library.
- On Friday we celebrated 60 years of Fred Longworth High School. We marked the occasions with fancy dress costume across the decades and a whole school celebration assembly at the end of the day. This assembly involved lots of our students taking part in music and dance. We were incredibly proud of the contribution that everyone made to mark this special occasion.
- Rehearsals for the Addams Family, Evening of Dance and the National Theatre Connections performance are all well underway. We are incredibly proud of the Arts provision for students at Freddie’s and encourage parents and carers to support these events and celebrate with us. Tickets are selling fast for our Addams Family show!
- Sporting Success this week
Sporting Success this week
From 13th – 15th March our new building opens its doors for the first school show in our brand new, state of the art theatre! And what better way to cut the ribbon than with the amazing musical comedy ‘The Addams Family’! Our students and staff have been hard at work for the past six months putting this spooky extravaganza together and we can’t wait to share it with our students, parents and local communities. Tickets are available by clicking on the button below. Get them quick to avoid disappointment!
How we learn
Below are some of our study skills strategies which we encourage students to use as a method of helping them to retain information in the long-term memory. Actively doing something with the information that they have been taught is a really useful way of learning and remembering:
Evening of Dance
This years Evening of Dance is fast approaching! Tickets are now on sale, (2 per dancer). Take a look at some of last year’s highlights!
Homework and Self-directed study
Here at Freddie’s, we focus on six types of homework to help our students broaden, consolidate and extend their learning. Below is an explanation of why we try to set ‘Pod it’ homework or encourage our KS4 students to self-direct their study time at home:
For further information on how to get your child signed up to GCSE Pod, please use click here.
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
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.
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.
Message from the Headteacher
Mr Davies.