Freddie's Focus
For Parents & Carers
- Issue 147
- January 9, 2026
Freddie's Focus
For Parents & Carers
- Issue 147
- January 9, 2026
Message from the Headteacher
Dear Parents & Carers,
On behalf of everyone at Freddie’s, I would like to wish all of our families a Happy New Year.
I have communicated to all parents this week about the Neuro Diversity in School’s Project and two events that are planned in school for Wednesday 21st January and Thursday 29th January. We hope as many parents as possible are able to engage with this project, and the support package that is on offer.
The Neurodiversity in Schools programme is funded by NHS England with the aim of shaping whole school SEND provision, providing early intervention and further upskilling school staff through collaborative working with parents and carers.
The programme objectives are as follows:
- To strengthen partnerships between parents, carers and schools
- To enhance parental awareness of the range of support across the local partnership
- To enhance schools’ confidence and expertise in supporting neurodiversity within their classrooms
- Further enhance the school environment to address low level needs and allow neurodiverse children to successfully engage in learning.
- Develop an inclusive culture that improves the efficacy of other intervention
By attending the events on offer in school parents can:
- Meet other parents
- Share support and advice
- Meet Wigan Parent Carer Forum representatives
- Meet other local services such as Embrace the A team Hub or Mental Health in Schools Team
- Learn more about what services and support are in Wigan borough via the ‘local offer’
The event on Wednesday 21st January is a coffee morning here in school, hosted by the professionals leading the project. You will need to book a place at this event using the Event Brite link contained within the original email that was sent to all parents earlier this week. There has been significant demand for places at this event. To meet demand the number of available places has been increased.
The second event is a Market Place event that will take place in school on Thursday 29th January between 5pm and 7pm. This event will give you the opportunity to meet with an array of professionals working in this sector who will be able to provide guidance on the various health and care services that you can access to help you support your child. Your child does not need to have a formal diagnosis for you to take part in or access any of these events.
Thank-you for your continued support.
Mr Davies
Message from the Headteacher
Dear Parents & Carers,
On behalf of everyone at Freddie’s, I would like to wish all of our families a Happy New Year.
I have communicated to all parents this week about the Neuro Diversity in School’s Project and two events that are planned in school for Wednesday 21st January and Thursday 29th January. We hope as many parents as possible are able to engage with this project, and the support package that is on offer.
The Neurodiversity in Schools programme is funded by NHS England with the aim of shaping whole school SEND provision, providing early intervention and further upskilling school staff through collaborative working with parents and carers.
The programme objectives are as follows:
- To strengthen partnerships between parents, carers and schools
- To enhance parental awareness of the range of support across the local partnership
- To enhance schools’ confidence and expertise in supporting neurodiversity within their classrooms
- Further enhance the school environment to address low level needs and allow neurodiverse children to successfully engage in learning.
- Develop an inclusive culture that improves the efficacy of other intervention
By attending the events on offer in school parents can:
- Meet other parents
- Share support and advice
- Meet Wigan Parent Carer Forum representatives
- Meet other local services such as Embrace the A team Hub or Mental Health in Schools Team
- Learn more about what services and support are in Wigan borough via the ‘local offer’
The event on Wednesday 21st January is a coffee morning here in school, hosted by the professionals leading the project. You will need to book a place at this event using the Event Brite link contained within the original email that was sent to all parents earlier this week. There has been significant demand for places at this event. To meet demand the number of available places has been increased.
The second event is a Market Place event that will take place in school on Thursday 29th January between 5pm and 7pm. This event will give you the opportunity to meet with an array of professionals working in this sector who will be able to provide guidance on the various health and care services that you can access to help you support your child. Your child does not need to have a formal diagnosis for you to take part in or access any of these events.
Thank-you for your continued support.
Mr Davies
Things to celebrate
- On Tuesday we welcomed our students back to school. We are incredibly proud of the way in which they returned to school and have conducted themselves this week.
What we do at Freddie's and why we do it
At Freddie’s we want our students to develop as excellent learners who ultimately achieve the very best from their time at school. Below are the FLHS BEST Standards.
We want there to be no learning time lost!
These standards are displayed in all classrooms and referred to as a constant reminder of the positive learning habits that we want all students to display:
‘Habits accelerate learning’
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
How to support your child to become an independent learner
At Freddie’s we set six specific types of homework to broaden, consolidate and enhance learning. Below are the types of homework that your child can expect:
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.
Homework Intervention
If your child is not meeting deadlines or completing homework to the best of their ability, their teachers and/or Head of Year will refer them to our homework intervention group. Parents/ carers will receive a letter notifying you and to explain the night that your child will be required and for how long. This is a supportive intervention which is used to get students back on track with homework if they are struggling in this area.
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.