I hope that you and your families had a lovely Summer and thank you for your support in preparing your children for their return to school. We’ve had an excellent start to the Autumn Term. Students have returned in immaculate uniform, prepared for learning and have very quickly got back into our established routines.
I always enjoy welcoming students back into school and meeting the whole school through our year group Expectations Assemblies, and Tuesday was no exception. It also gave me the opportunity to talk to our students about our school values; that we are ambitious, respectful and resilient, outlining how these influence our everyday life. We’ve also enjoyed welcoming our new Year 7 students who are settling in really well and have already started to make a valuable contribution to our school community.
In assemblies this week, students have found out about an exciting leadership opportunity. We’ll be electing form reps for our student council for 2024-2025 over the next few weeks. This forms an important part of our student feedback to influence our decision making. Students were told how they can stand for the role and how the voting will take place during the week beginning 16th September. Mr. Grierson also took the opportunity to speak about the importance of attendance in assemblies showing interesting statistics proving that students with high attendance achieve higher educational outcomes and, on average, go on to earn higher salaries. We’ll be continuing to work with students on attendance across the year.
The Friends of Boroughbridge High School had their first meeting of the year this week, welcoming new members. If you’re interested in getting involved then you are warmly invited to their next meeting at 6p.m. on Wednesday 18th September, at school, where you can bring along your ideas for future events, find out how you can help the school and see if there are any small tasks you might like to help with. In the meantime, easyfundraising and the School Lottery are part of the fundraising strategy and you can find out more at
http://efraising.org/HJSbYYIwkv and https://www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/lottery/school/boroughbridge-high-school
You will have received information about the sporting extra-curricular activities which will be taking place over the coming half term. We’ll also be looking to add further activities and clubs that students can get involved in at lunchtime.
It’s our Expectations Evenings next week where we outline key information about areas including curriculum, phases of learning, behaviour for learning, attendance and using My Child at School. You will also have the opportunity to give feedback or ask questions about any aspect of school life. These will be held at 6p.m. on Monday 9th September for Year 7, Wednesday 11th September for Years 8 and 9 and Thursday 12th September for Years 10 and 11. If you have children in more than one year group, then please choose the time which is most convenient for you. If you wish to attend, please e-mail schooladmin@boroughbridgehigh.com stating which evening you would like to attend.
Have a lovely weekend.