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.

Year 11 IAG/Sixth Form Open Evening

6th January 2022Andrew Gray

We would like to invite you to the Year 11 IAG / sixth form open evening on Tuesday 11th January from 4-7pm. This will involve a 10 minute appointment with your child’s form tutor to discuss their current progress, including mock results and also the opportunity to attend a presentation from the Burnside sixth form team.

You will need to book an appointment with your child’s form tutor and you are welcome to attend the presentation either just before your appointment or just after. The form tutor appointments will take place in block 1 and the sixth form presentation will take place in the main hall at 4.30pm, 5pm, 5.30pm, 6pm and 6.30pm. This will also be filmed and available on our website to view after the event.

We have chosen both venues due to their good levels of ventilation and opportunities to allow everyone to social distance if they wish.

If you are unable to attend we would ask that you RSVP “no” via the booking system – this will then automatically add you to a list to receive a telephone call from either your child’s form tutor, Mr MacKay or a senior leader either during the evening itself or at a more convenient time if you are at work.

Bookings can be made using the following link https://burnsidecollege.parentseveningsystem.co.uk/