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Progress Review Evening – 14th November 2022

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  • November 2, 2022

Dear Parent/Carer

We would like to invite you to our Progress Review Evening on 14th November 2022. This is the first of our parental engagement events this year. The evening will be conducted remotely using the internet-based booking system, School Cloud Online. You can access the system from any internet connected device and your appointment will take place via a video conferencing link. Progress Review Evening provides an opportunity for you to discuss your child’s progress since September with their form tutor. This event will be followed up with face-to-face parents’ evenings later in the academic year.

Appointment slots will be available between 2:15pm and 9pm. Individual staff availability will be made available to you through the link provided. Appointments will last for 5 minutes. It is advised that you are online and ready for your appointment a few minutes before the allotted time. At the end of the allocated time slot, the appointment will end. As the appointments are time limited, we would also advise that if you have any specific questions, you prepare these beforehand.

You will be able to book appointments from Friday 4th November at 5pm.

The closing date for booking appointments will be Sunday 13th November at 8pm.

We look forward to meeting you on 14th November for the Progress Review Evening and in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s Head of Year, or our dedicated email address schoolevents@flhs.wigan.sch.uk, if you have any further questions or queries.

Yours sincerely

Mr P Davies

Headteacher

How Yondr Works

Frequently Asked Questions

We want our students to be engaged in their learning. A child at high school should not really have a reason to contact a parent during the day; however, if there is a genuine reason e.g. they have forgotten their packed lunch, a phone call can be made home from the school office. If a parent needs to contact their child in an emergency, they should contact the school office. If you need to contact your child during the school day, contact the main office on 01942 883796.

In case of a school emergency, we direct our students to safety first, following our school emergency procedures.

 

Students are in possession of their phone - in their Yondr pouch - for the entire school day. We will advise students to store the pouch safely in their school bag or blazer pockets.

If a student damages their Pouch or is caught on their phone, we will confiscate the phone and issue a sanction which is likely to be a suspension.

Note: Damage consists of any signs that the physical integrity of the pouch has been compromised, whether intentional or unintentional, as determined by the school or Yondr staff.

Damaged pouches will be charged to parents at a cost of £20.

They will be searched and wanded with a handheld scanner by a member of SLT. If they are found to have their phone on their person they will be expected to place it in their pouch. Refusal will be met with suspension.

If a student forgets their Pouch, their phone will be confiscated.

As per our previous mobile phone policy;

  • Confiscated phones will be taken to reception where the phone will be secured in the school safe.
  • Parents will be alerted to the phone confiscation via the school office.

Parents will have the option to collect the phone at the end of the day. If parents do not collect the phone, the phone will remain in school until the end of the week or until the student has their pouch.

In Yondr’s experience, this almost never happens. All students funnel past the unlocking stations at the exits, they want their phones back and don’t forget to unlock their pouches. If they do arrive home with a phone in a pouch, they can either come back to school to unlock it, or have a phone free evening!

The unlocking process is quick and takes under a second per student. 

As a privilege, Year 11 will be able to unlock their phones as they go off site at lunchtime; however, they will be expected to put their phones back into their pouches when they return to school for period 5.

Yes. There is an adapted version of the pouch which uses a Velcro fastener instead of a magnetic lock. This means the student still follows the policy, but the adapted pouch gives them easy access to their phone when required. If the student abuses this, they will face a sanction. We are already aware of these students.

Your Office 365 account username is your school network account username followed by @flhs.wigan.sch.uk 
The password is the same password that you use in school to access computers.