Freddie's Focus
For Parents & Carers
- Issue 142
- November 21, 2025
Freddie's Focus
For Parents & Carers
- Issue 142
- November 21, 2025
Message from the Headteacher
Dear Parents & Carers,
As a school we intentionally offer an array of different educational experiences outside of the taught curriculum which help to develop our students into well-rounded, tolerant, knowledgeable and respectful UK and Global citizens.
One of the significant events that has taken place in school this week has been the return visit of the Code Show. This is a practical workshop delivered to all of Year 7and Year 8 and to our Year 11 Business Studies students to educate them about the development of computing and digital technology. The students involved thoroughly enjoyed the event and learnt much about the development of the digital world we now live in.
A particularly interesting and powerful project that students are currently engaging with is organised through the Anne Frank Trust. Twenty Year 9 students are training to become Anne Frank Peer Educators. Once they have completed their training, they will be responsible for curating for all our students in Year 8 a presentation and display that tells the story of Anne Frank and which, through her story, will help to educate our young people about the Holocaust. This project supports our work in teaching about British Values. Through Holocaust education we educate our students about racism, in all its guises, and what happens when racism remains unchecked. A huge well done to all involved. One of our student peer educators from last year’s programme, now in Year 10,
impressed the members of the Trust so much that he was selected to be National Ambassador for the Anne Frank Trust and has subsequently been involved in educational events about Anne Frank throughout the country. He has also had the opportunity to visit Anne Frank’s house in Amsterdam as part of his role.
Please continue to support us in our work with your children by ensuring they have excellent attendance. Attending school every day helps your child to achieve their aspirations, and the aspirations you have for them.
Thank-you for your continued support.
Mr Davies
Message from the Headteacher
Dear Parents & Carers,
As a school we intentionally offer an array of different educational experiences outside of the taught curriculum which help to develop our students into well-rounded, tolerant, knowledgeable and respectful UK and Global citizens.
One of the significant events that has taken place in school this week has been the return visit of the Code Show. This is a practical workshop delivered to all of Year 7and Year 8 and to our Year 11 Business Studies students to educate them about the development of computing and digital technology. The students involved thoroughly enjoyed the event and learnt much about the development of the digital world we now live in.
A particularly interesting and powerful project that students are currently engaging with is organised through the Anne Frank Trust. Twenty Year 9 students are training to become Anne Frank Peer Educators. Once they have completed their training, they will be responsible for curating for all our students in Year 8 a presentation and display that tells the story of Anne Frank and which, through her story, will help to educate our young people about the Holocaust. This project supports our work in teaching about British Values. Through Holocaust education we educate our students about racism, in all its guises, and what happens when racism remains unchecked. A huge well done to all involved. One of our student peer educators from last year’s programme, now in Year 10,
impressed the members of the Trust so much that he was selected to be National Ambassador for the Anne Frank Trust and has subsequently been involved in educational events about Anne Frank throughout the country. He has also had the opportunity to visit Anne Frank’s house in Amsterdam as part of his role.
Please continue to support us in our work with your children by ensuring they have excellent attendance. Attending school every day helps your child to achieve their aspirations, and the aspirations you have for them.
Thank-you for your continued support.
Mr Davies
Things to celebrate
- This week we have hosted the Anne Frank exhibition on behalf of the Anne Frank Trust. This is a superb opportunity for our school and for the Year 9 students who have been involved in leading tours to our Year 8 students and to parents and carers on Thursday evening.
- On Thursday a group of our students took part in ‘The Code Show’ which is a workshop designed to educate students about careers and skills in IT.
- On Wednesday a group of our GCSE Spanish students took part in a Spanish film study day. This is a great opportunity for our linguists and their conduct throughout the day was superb.
- We are delighted with the number of students who are taking up our extra-curricular offer at the moment. If your child is not yet involved in an extra-curricular activity, please encourage them to get involved. For further information about our extra-curricular activities, click here.
- This week we launched the Yondr pouches with Year 10. We are incredibly proud of the way in which they have responded to this initiative. We would like to thank all parents and carers for their continued support.
- 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
What we do at Freddie's and why we do it
We celebrate excellence and reward our students in the following ways:
- Class teacher rewards
- BEST tickets
- ‘Freddie’s Focus on the Stars’
- BEST awards
- Postcards home
Next week we will celebrate our ‘Freddie’s Focus on the stars’ which highlights all students who have gone above and beyond in a particular subject area. The Headteacher’s Award is also presented once per fortnight.
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
O.S.C.A.R
Organisation, Selection, Creativity, Association, Repetition
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 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.