Issue 1059: 11th October 2024

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Parking safely around the school

Further to my comments in last week鈥檚 Sweyne Park Times, I wanted to remind parents/carers of the need to park with care and consideration around the school site, especially in the bus bay in relation to which we have received further reports of 鈥渘ear misses鈥� this week.

It is imperative that parents/carers park in such a way as to minimise the danger to our pupils.

This also serves to ensure that our neighbours are not inconvenienced.

Smart Phones

You may have seen in the news this week the interesting report about the use of smart phones by children and the decision by a group of around 60 schools in North London to ban these due to the growing number of associated risks and issues stemming from using these.

This coincides with their 鈥淪martphone Free Childhood (SFC)鈥� pledge encouraging parents to delay providing their child with a smart phone until at least 14. Whilst this is ambitious and we do not plan to change our current policy we do find ourselves dealing with a rising number of unpleasant incidents which take place outside of school involving younger pupils accessing platforms and apps e.g. TikTok which are age restricted.

This seemed an appropriate time therefore to remind you as parents to check exactly what your children are viewing/accessing for communication and to ensure it is suitable.

The world of social media is really risky when there are no proper and responsible checks in place and access is not restricted or, at least, monitored.

Who to Contact

In order to ensure the most effective levels of communication, please can I remind you of the following email/telephone numbers which should be used for different school related issues.

If you need to report your child absent, please call or email our Attendance Team on 01268 780293 or at听pupilabsence@sweynepark.com.

We ask that daily absence be reported as soon as possible and by no later than 8.00am.

For all and any general pupil related matters, including lost property, uniform etc. please contact our team in Pupil Services who will always be happy to assist. Their direct email is听pupilservices@sweynepark.com

If you have an IT related issue, including any problems regarding login details for ScoPay/Satchel One etc. please contact our IT Team on听support@sweynepark.com.

For all other queries, please contact our Main Office on the main school number, 01268 784721.

Unless your query is urgent we would be grateful if you would avoid calling at the busiest times of the day, i.e. after 10.00am and before 3.00pm. You call also email general enquiries to听admin@sweynepark.com

And Finally鈥�..

Have a nice weekend.

Year 9 ‘Golden Ticket’ Rewards

Year 9 have been trialling the new 鈥楪olden Ticket’ rewards, where tutors have been asked to award one pupil a week the ‘Golden Ticket’ to recognise their outstanding character.

The categories are chosen from our Character Education acronym, RESPECT (Resilience, Empathy, Self- Awareness, Perseverance, Emotional intelligence, Courage, Truthfulness).

Students receive additional positive points and most importantly, entered into a prize draw to be revealed at the end of the week.

This weeks nominees were:

Flynn for empathy

Isabella for perseverance

Theo for resilience

Cade for perseverance

Rosie for courage

Alayna for truthfulness

Nifemi for emotional intelligence

Well done to all these students in showing outstanding character and in being recognised for contributing to the school community in such an important way.

Moot Court Preparation Evening

On Monday 23rd of September Daisy, Melissa and Kessia attended a Moot court preparation evening.

The evening allowed students to analyse real legal documents and apply them to real life situations. This evening was really useful for Daisy, Melissa and Kessia because it taught them how to build a strong case in contract law based around the sale of a car using teamwork and discussion.

They then argued the case they put together amongst others. The evening gave an insight into preparation for court and what a job in law would entail as a career for them.

Daisy, Melissa and Kessia did an amazing job at representing the school in such a positive way throughout the event and also did really well in the event itself preparing them for the first stage of the competition later in October.

Charlie G

Year 7 Netball Team

Our year 7鈥檚 played Castle view away on Tuesday, everyone represented the school wonderfully

The yellow team won 15-5 and the red team won 19-2

Castle view picked player of the match across both matches.

The player of the match for yellow was Lexie W

The player of the match for reds was Elsie-Mae N

Well done to all the girls, some amazing defending and excellent passing today.

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Senior Netball Team

Senior girls qualified for the county Schools Netball on Sunday 17th November

Congratulations

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WOOL4SCHOOL

Wool4School is an annual student design competition encouraging budding fashion and textile designers to showcase their creativity and innovation using wool. Students create a unique design made from wool, taking inspiration from the Wool4School brief. From fashion design to architecture, visual arts, and beyond 鈥� there鈥檚 no limits to their area of design.

Rayleigh Town Council

Christmas Lights Switch On event

What do you do when you're not in school?

We would love to hear about your hobbies, interests and achievements...

If you have any stories and/or photos that you would like to share, please contact us at pupilservices@sweynepark.com

Join Our Club

East Essex Triathlon Club

Rochford Hundred - Girls Rugby

Players Wanted

As you are aware we keep confidential records on our systems with parents/carers contact details, ie. addresses, phone numbers, emergency contacts and email addresses. If you have recently made any changes could you contact Pupil Services on: pupilservices@sweynepark.com so we can update our systems please.

We also hold information re your preference for use of pupils鈥� biometric data and school photos both inside and outside of school. If your preferences have changed, could you make us aware of the change by also emailing Pupil Services.

Thank you in advance.

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