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Years 11 & 13 Parentsâ Consultation Day on Friday, April 4th 2025
March 26th 2025
Years 11 & 13 Parents’ Consultation Day on Friday, April 4th 2025
Dear Parents
Thank you for your continued support of the school and your daughter or son.
As per our school calendar, we will host a Parents’ Subject Consultation Day consisting of 5 minute video appointments with subject teachers for Years 11 & 13 students on Friday, April 4th. We are very much looking forward to ‘seeing’ all our students with their parents. The Parents’ Consultation Day will run remotely with the School Cloud system.
Parents and students will have the opportunity to meet with their Academy Guidance Manager to discuss their daughter or son’s daily school life:
Eden – Mrs Muddiman
Medway – Miss Gear
Rother – Miss Timmins
Stour – Mrs Hillier
Sixth Form – Mrs Foster
In addition, for relevant parents there will be the opportunity to meet with our SENCO, Mr Simpson, or Ms Lewis our Deputy SENCO as well as Assistant SENCO, Mrs Negus. Learning Support Assistant colleagues, who support students in classrooms or the Michael Palin Centre will also be meeting with parents.
The appointments will give students and parents the opportunity to take stock of learning in school since September and to discuss next steps to secure the best possible performance in Public Examinations. Teachers will give revision tips and show you revision materials, which will be posted in Google Classroom for the Easter holiday.
Every student should now have designed their own revision programme. If your daughter or son has not, please ensure they do. And if they are finding difficulty with planning their revision, please let us know, so we can support with this.
Bookings will open tomorrow, Thursday and remain open until Wednesday, April 2nd at 3pm. It may not be possible to book appointments thereafter.
Friday, April 4th will run with work set in Google Classroom for all students. Students should stick to their normal timetable and work on those tasks through the day and submit all assignments at the end of the day. Teachers will also set Homework Assignments in Google Classroom as per the Homework Timetable. No live online lessons will take place with teachers. No student should attend school on Friday, April 4th.
Please click the following link to make bookings:
Parents’ Guide – Parent Consultation Days – How to book and attend Video Appointments
Yours sincerely
Charles Joseph
Principal