Support Survey for Year 8

Dear Parent/Carer

Year 8 – Requests for Support

I am writing to you following my letter of 17 June and the subsequent survey and to re-affirm that we are continuing to offer support to our students with their Home Learning during the College closure.

As previously explained, we are offering support in four ways:

1. Home Learning support through Google Classrooms:

Through effective resources
Through assignments for students to demonstrate their learning
Through secure dialogue for students with their teachers and Pastoral Leaders

This is currently in place and will remain in place for all of our students throughout the College closure and beyond. Students can communicate directly and securely with their teachers through this platform. All Home Learning is now available on Google Classroom and you can find guidance to access it and links to the resources on the Homework section of our website. If you have any technical difficulties accessing these resources, them please email us: techsupport@sjhcsc.co.uk.

2. Subject/Academic mentoring from teachers:

Dialogue with teachers for parents over the phone
Dialogue with teachers for parents via email

In addition to Home Learning support, we will provide parents/carers with the opportunity to request appointments with specific teachers to discuss students’ subject specific support.

3. Pastoral support:

Dialogue with the Pastoral team for parents over the phone
Dialogue with the Pastoral team for parents via email

The pastoral team can provide support for students and their families either directly through appointments with a member of the Pastoral team, and/or through signposting families to a range of support that is available to them.

4. SEND support:

Dialogue with SEND team for parents over the phone
Dialogue with SEND team for parents via email

The SEND team will provide support for students with SEND through appointments with a member of the SEND team for general academic support, for specific advice relating to learning needs, or through signposting families to SEND support that is available.

We welcome you all to request an appointment to receive any of the support listed above. We will be sending out a survey every two weeks so that there is time for parents/carers to request the support and for us to arrange the appointments. The survey is now open until 5th July, although the site will be down for scheduled maintenance on Friday. We ask that you follow this link and indicate what support you would like to receive. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CHCJQVX

Please be aware that you do not have to complete the survey and that you are very welcome to contact specific members of staff directly via email at any time through our ‘Meet the staff’ page on our website: http://sjhcsc.co.uk/our-college/meet-the-staff

We look forward to hearing from you and supporting the students with their Home Learning.

Yours faithfully

Mr N Holliday
Pastoral Leader for Year 8