We will continue to provide Head Teacher updates by email. In addition we are sending a parent bulletin this week as there are a number of important pieces of information we would like to communicate.
 
On a lighter note, look what happens when schools are closed and teachers don't have an audience......
 
 
We are really missing our students during this lookdown, and we hope that you enjoy this video of staff that we have put together.
All Years
IT Support During School Closure

With laptops being an essential tool for learning at the moment, our school IT Support team is working to provide advice and, where necessary remote support for students. There are plans to begin some hardware repairs from 19th May and we will communicate these as soon as we're able.

In the meantime we've assembled a help sheet from the most common problems we've been asked to help with during the last few weeks:

Southern Health Trust Family Wellbeing Pack During COVID

The NHS School Nursing Team has created a COVID family wellbeing pack with lots of helpful resources for families during these unprecedented times. We hope that you will find them useful.

Music Tuition from September

We will shortly be opening our application process for music tuition for the next academic year. Due to the current situation we can't yet be clear about exactly what tuition will be available - as soon as we get more idea about arrangements we will be able to let you know. The attached information gives details of how the provision will work if we are able to provide face-to-face lessons.

There are a couple of points to note if you are interested in your child taking music lessons next year: if your child currently has music tuition at Perins there will be no automatic re-enrolment and if you would like your child to continue with their music lessons you will need to reapply when the process opens. We will be asking for full payment in advance like we did this year, and the commitment will be for the full academic year again. The cost can't yet be finalised, but if full face-to-face provision resumes we anticipate the cost to be £285. We will be back in touch as soon as we are able to give you more information about the tuition that will be available.


PE Challenge Results!

Students have been getting really involved in our PE challenges, results from the first three weeks are below, showing who was the 'Challenge Champion' in each sport:

Week 1
Dance - Maddie S in Year 7, sprinting - Sophie K in Year 8, throw/catch - Harry T in Year 7, circuits - Joe G in Year 8, running - Owen B and Hannah G both in Year 9, above and beyond - Ryan J in Year 9 and the total distance run was 130km. House point totals were Ventus - 46, Ignis - 47, Terra - 56 and Aqua - 77.

Week 2
Dance - Zoe H in Year 8, standing long jump - Fin N in Year 7, juggling - Will C in Year 8, Circuits - Amy W in Year 10, running - Fin N in Year 10 and Ryan J in Year 9 , above and beyond - Louis M in Year 8 and the total distance run was 324km. House point totals were Ventus - 47, Ignis - 51, Terra - 58 and Aqua - 81.

Week 3
Dance/skipping - Amelie G in Year 7, standing triple jump - Fin N in Year 7, rounders/rolling pin challenge - Will C in Year 8, circuits - Malgorzata M in Year 9, running - Mrs Blake and Mrs Baker and the total distance run was 713km. House point totals were Ventus - 46, Ignis - 47, Terra - 56 and Aqua - 77.

We also have our first inter-school fixture next week - we have organised a six school virtual athletics fixture (running challenges) for which we are also hoping to win the most student participation award. Details are on Instagram and will be sent out to students on Sunday evening.
Hampshire Music Service County Ensemble Auditions

Applications are now open for the Hampshire Music Service county ensembles, some of which are auditioned and some are open to all. There are a range of ensembles offering different genres and instrument groups - something for everyone! More information can be found on their website:

Year 11
Online CPD Course for Year 11

We are pleased to be able to offer "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers" online course for our Year 11 students. Please see the letter below for details of this opportunity. Sign-up is by Friday 22nd May.

Year 10
Revision Guides offer for Year 10 English

Our English Department are offering revision guides for Year 10 at a discount price. Please click on the link below for full details and how to order.