Year 9 IAG Evening

18th February 2022Andrew Gray

We would like to invite you to the Year 9 Information and Guidance (options evening) on Tuesday 8th March, 4-7pm. This will involve an appointment with your child’s form tutor to discuss their most recent report and ClassCharts.

Every half hour (the first at 4pm and the final one at 6.30pm) there will also be a presentation on the options process. You do not need to book into these presentations and are free to attend either before or after your appointment. The presentation will be made available on the school website after the event.

If you wish to attend but are having difficulty with the booking system please either contact support@burnsidecollege.org.uk for a solution to the problem OR contact Mr Morgan who can book an appointment for you.

We would ask that, if you cannot attend, you RSVP using the booking system. We will use the information from these responses to consider changes to parental events for 2022-23.

Please note that the dates for parental events are published on a termly basis in our weekly bulletin. This is sent out to you in several formats and is also shared through social media.

This can be booked via our online system here – burnsidecollege.schoolcloud.co.uk

Friday 28th January 2022 – School Closed – Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

20th January 2022Andrew Gray

School will be closed on Friday 28th January.

As many of you will be aware there are national celebrations planned to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee in 2022. This includes an extra bank holiday and a four day weekend at the start of June.

This takes place during the school summer half term break. As such, schools have been asked to take this additional day of holiday at a different time.

Unfortunately we are not able to take this holiday around the half term itself as this is a formal window for GCSE and A level exams. Similarly, between the Easter holidays and May half term students are busy preparing for these exams. An additional day of holiday would be disruptive for exam classes.

Therefore, having reviewed the school calendar we have decided to take this additional day of holiday in the spring term. Therefore the school will be closed on Friday 28th January.

I know from speaking to colleagues that schools have all taken different approaches to this holiday based on their individual circumstances. I know this has the potential to be frustrating for parents, particularly if you have multiple children in different schools.

However, each school must allocate a day for this holiday and we have tried to identify a time where this additional holiday can be the positive event it is intended to be without creating any anxiety to students in exam year groups.