Woodfield Newsletter
Friday 17th September 2021
Dear Parents/ Carers,
Key Stages 4 and 5 had their first taste of our new Vocational Education program this week. each key stage spends one day a week on this program. We will have more information on the program in the following weeks, and first reports are very positive from pupils and staff. The program consists of practical experience at some local businesses (Red Brick Cafe in Harrow, Sufra Charity). working on a farm (courses in vehicle maintenance, horticulture, animal care and more to choose from) or or practical courses on site at Woodfield (ICT, Music, Catering).
We have had one student report a positive case of Covid this week. Public Health England have informed the Northwest London Health Protection Team of our case, and we have been advised that no student or staff member at the school needs to isolate at this point. Anyone required to self-isolate will be contacted by NHS Test and Trace. Your child should continue to attend as normal if they remain well. We encourage household members that are aged 11 and over to continue with twice weekly LFD testing to help identify cases promptly. These tests should have been sent home with your child already, if not, please contact your class teacher. If you have not been contacted directly by NHS Test and Trace, you can arrange for your child to take a PCR test, even if they do not have symptoms, because they may be at higher risk of being infected.
There is more information on the government website, and rest assured we are continuing the protocols outlined in last weeks' newsletter, and encourage all members of our community to continue with the twice weekly testing regime. If you feel you do not have enough tests to be able to undertake the twice weekly testing, order more from the NHS testing site. The ordering of tests is free. We have some testing kits at school. If you would like some of those, please contact your child's form tutor who will arrange for you child to bring a kit home.
I neglected to mention another new teacher last week, so a special big welcome to Rezwana Begum, who is teaching a Key Stage 3 class. Teacher contact details can be found on our website here. There is plenty of other information on the website, and a good place to start is the Parents Section.
For half term breaks, term breaks and staff training days, please see our website for next year's term dates. Please note that the INSET days can (very rarely) change, and if this does occur, you will be informed via email, SMS and through the newsletter
Parent Governor Positions- A message from the Chair of the Woodfield Governing Board
We currently have three parent governor positions to fill within the governing board and I would like to invite nominations for these positions.
Parent governors play a vital role on an effective Governing board, being a representative parent (rather than a representative of parents) and providing the unique viewpoint offered to them as a parent through the first-hand experience of the children, using this to inform school management strategy.
More information on the role of a parent governor and a governor in general can be found here
Parent Governor Nominations
If you would be interested in becoming a parent governor, please send an email to Deepti Bal, Clerk to Governors, on dal@compasslp.co.uk. This should detail:
1. Your name
2. Your child’s name
3. The name of the class your child is in
Please let Deepti know if you’d like to have an informal chat with me or another member of the governing body, perhaps one of the other parent governors, to discuss the role of a Governor in more detail before sending through a nomination.
Depending on the number of nominations we receive, an election may need to be held and further information on this process will be provided to nominated Governors and the school community in due course as required.
Regards
Jerome Meldrum,
Chair of the Woodfield Governing Board
Laptops
If your child received a laptop during lockdown, you may be requested by the form teacher to send the laptop in with your child once a week for ICT lessons. The form tutors will get in touch with you as to when your child has ICT lessons. This will help teach our students how to take care of their laptops and how to safely carry it to and from school. The laptops and their chargers will need to be labelled.
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