Dear Parent/Carer,

It was lovely to have had some sun this weekend, I hope you managed to enjoy the warmer weather.

Lateral Flow Testing

Thank you for the fantastic response to our request to complete the consent form, with well over 80% of you having responded. Please could any outstanding forms please be completed by Thursday 4th March for Years 10-13 students and Thursday 11th March for Years 7 – 9 students. This allows us to prepare beforehand, ensuring a smooth provision on the day.

Today we received the following information from the Department of Education:

“From Monday 1 March, households with primary school, secondary school and college age children, including childcare and support bubbles, can test themselves twice every week at home as schools return from Monday 8 March. Households, childcare and support bubbles of primary, secondary and college staff can also be tested. Twice-weekly testing will also be offered to adults working in the wider school community, including bus drivers and after school club leaders. The twice-weekly test kits can be accessed:
  • Via employers if they offer testing to employees
  • At a local test site
  • By collecting a home test kit from a test site
  • By ordering a home test kit online
Schools should not give test kits to parents, carers or household members and should not order more test kits for this purpose. Letters containing advice on where to access testing will be made available for schools to share with parents and staff shortly.”

We will share the information as soon as this arrives.

Parent/Carers with students in Years 10 – 13 will have received the timings for their child’s test, starting next week. We will send similar information to parents of students in Years 7-9 this week.

Ofqual Consultation Outcome

A reminder of the joint parent/carer forum for those with children in Years 11 and 13 will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 2nd March at 2pm-3pm to discuss the Ofqual Outcomes. Please find the link to the consultation outcomes using this link.

The meeting will be recorded and available in the weekly forum folders shortly after.

Year 8 Options Evening

This Wednesday 3rd March at 4pm, we welcome Year 8 parents to our Options Evening. A Teams link has been sent today and you can find a reminder below. This session will explain the options process to both parents and students.

TKTC Parents’ Forum

We will be holding a forum for parent/carers of Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot (TKTC) students on Wednesday 3rd March at 6pm-7pm. The meeting will be mainly focused on discussing the return of pupils to school, school procedures and supporting your child in preparation of the transition from online lessons to learning in school. Our school’s allocated CAMHS worker, Family and Systemic Psychotherapist Duygu Bozkurt will also join us. You can contact Mr Sonkaynar on hal.son@sns.hackney.sch.uk to discuss this meeting. Please see the joining link for the forum here.

Key Dates

Tuesday 2 March

2pm – 3pm

Year 11 & 13 Joint Forum – Ofqual Outcome

Click here to join the meeting

Wednesday 3 March

4pm – 6pm

Year 8 Options Evening

Click here to join the meeting

Wednesday 3 March

6pm – 7pm

TKTC Parents’ Forum

Click here to join the meeting

Wednesday 3 March

7pm – 8pm

Parent/Carers of BAME Students

Please email sop.pre@sns.hackney.sch.uk if you would like to attend

Thursday 4 March

6pm – 7pm

Year 12 Online Parents’ Forum

Click here to join the meeting

Wednesday 10 March

4pm – 6.30pm

Year 12 Parents’ Evening

Information communicated shortly

Wednesday 10 March

6pm – 7pm

Community Safety Meeting – Police and Parent/Carers

Information communicated shortly

Thursday 11 March

5.30pm – 6.15pm

Year 13 Students’ Finance Parent Forum

Click here to join the meeting

Wednesday 17 March

7pm – 8pm

Parent/Carers of BAME Students

Please email sop.pre@sns.hackney.sch.uk if you would like to attend

Wednesday 24 March

4pm – 6.30pm

Year 8 Parents’ Evening

Information communicated shortly

Thursday 25 March

6pm – 7.15pm

One Year On Evening

Wednesday 31 March

4pm – 6.30pm

Year 10 Parents’ Evening

Information communicated shortly

Wednesday 31 March

7pm – 8pm

Parent/Carers of BAME Students

Please email sop.pre@sns.hackney.sch.uk if you would like to attend

Parent Forums

Please see below remaining parent forums for this week, with joining links.

Year 7

Tuesdays 11-11:30am

Click here to join the meeting

Year 8

Tuesdays 10-10:30am

Click here to join the meeting

As school reopens, we will communicate a revised parents' forum timetable.

I hope you have had a wonderful start to the week. Thank you for your phenomenal support throughout this period.

Wishing you all well. Stay safe.

Zehra Jaffer