NEWSLETTER
Autumn Half Term 2021
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HEADTEACHERS WELCOME
Dear Students, Parents and Carers,
Welcome to the latest edition of our Newsletter. As usual, it is crammed full of the achievements of our amazing student body. They have enjoyed successes in horse riding, dancing, climbing and in the range of clubs that have restarted this term.
Our Hummingbird team performed really well at Goodwood and our Duke of Edinburgh groups continue to work hard towards their award. PHSG entered a team for the recent race for life and students continue to be involved in a range of charity events both in and outside of school. Read on to find out more.
Students have engaged enthusiastically with Black History month producing interesting articles and displays around school. You can find out more about what they have been up to in the newsletter and on our website.
Our open days have been hugely successful and our student guides did an amazing job in helping visitors to know what it is like to attend our school. Visitors have been overwhelmed by the confidence and positively of our young people, we are so proud of them.
Please do keep on eye on our website for daily updates on our ‘latest news’ section to see what’s going on in school.
Very best wishes for a relaxing and enjoyable half term break.
Simon Underdown.
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20 Oct 2021
This is the highest accolade any cadet can achieve and means they become ambassadors for their unit and service. They have the opportunity to become part of special occasions within the community, which are not available to others.
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06 Oct 2021
Grace, 7T show off her impressive skills with her rubik's cube.
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30 Sep 2021
Izzy, in Year 12, took to the stage at the Irish Dancing World Championships last week in Barking.
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28 Sep 2021
Megan B in 9T has been competing the Hanger Team Climbing League, and won!
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28 Sep 2021
Scarlett and her new horse Highcliffe Apollo will be representing Great Britain in Dressage over the course of a week in the Junior section.
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16 Sep 2021
Back in 2019, students who were participating in the Textiles club, took part in the Fashion Icon competition sponsored by the sewing studio.
One student, Rosie, Year 11, was awarded with a highly commended certificate and a £5 search press voucher for the work submitted.
Lili, now in Ye...
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Duke of Edinburgh Updates
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12 Oct 2021
The launch of the Year 9 DofE scheme has taken place at PHSG for the 2021/22 entry.
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We are delighted to be running art club again this year, after a very long break due to COVID restrictions.
We are now meeting keen art students on Friday lunchtimes and enjoying exciting art activities led by our A Level Art Captains, Jaime and Grace.
Year 7 and 8 students are welcome to join us in A41 for these fun and relaxing art sessions!
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06 Oct 2021
Year 8 textiles students have been investigating the impact of fashion on the environment as part of their new project ‘Climate Emergency’.
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It’s been great seeing lots of students back in the library this term. We had a good number of applications for the position of student librarian, and we are in the process of interviewing potential volunteers.
October is Black History Month, and we’ve got some great new books on display. We would like to give everyone the chance to celebrate and understand the importance of black heritage and culture. Students can earn themselves 5 House Points for every book review (from this display) we receive.
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Looking for some killer thrillers? Dying for a great mystery?
We’ve got some recommendations if crime and suspense are what you are after…
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14 Oct 2021
On Saturday 19th February 2022 we have the fantastic opportunity to, once again, host Med Soc Live (previously Operating Theatre Live) at PHSG.
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08 Oct 2021
Mr Goodchild and his Year 12 Further Maths students went rogue from the whiteboard and exercise books yesterday and used the food tech tables to map out their own trees and networks problems as part of their A level Further Maths study.
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14 Oct 2021
PHSG celebrate the European Day of Languages by making European Country style cakes!
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14 Oct 2021
PHSG were awarded with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place at the Plymouth Schools Cross Country event.
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13 Oct 2021
On Sunday the 10th October, Team Hummingbird took to the tracks and competed in the Greenpower Education Trust Formula 24 finals at the legendary Goodwood racing track.
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22 Sep 2021
On Tuesday 21st July, opened its doors to the future students for the first time since before the pandemic.
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16 Sep 2021
Today is National Teaching Assistant Day and PHSG would like to thank all the support staff for all the work they do inside the classroom and around the school.
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04 Oct 2021
In support of Black History Month (BHM) 2021, PHSG, Thinking Schools Academy Trust and our student led, Equality and Diversity Team are launching a number of activities for students to take part in throughout this month.
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28 Sep 2021
Last week our Year 7's headed out for some team bonding in our annual Year 7 camping trip.
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Student & Class of the Week
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19 Oct 2021
Student of the Week: Laura, 10K. ''Fantastic work ethic and brilliant art skills being shown in all her art work so far. Brilliant start to her art GCSE course! Well done!'' Nominated by Miss Roper. Awarded 10 House points!
Class of the week: 7L Drama Class with Mrs Readey...
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13 Oct 2021
Student of the week: Freya, 11A. ''For her exceptional contribution to analysis in English. Freya always shows enthusiasm and a keenness to learn. Not only did she have a clear understanding of the text and its purpose, but she was also able to articulate herself clearly and eloquently.'...
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05 Oct 2021
Class of the week: 7K & 7T Geography with Mrs Nutter. ''For being a fantastic class on the geography field trip, despite rain showers. They just got on with it and made the most of the experience.''
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PARKING
Please can we ask Parents for consideration when parking near the school, there have been some instances where it has been difficult for our students to walk safely due to the volume of cars.
Be reminded that there is NO PARKING allowed on the double yellow lines outside the school main gates.
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LATE ARRIVAL TO SCHOOL
The school is aware of ongoing issues with bus routes and Tamar Bridge delays, but please take these into account when planning a student’s journey to school. A different bus or leaving home 10 minutes earlier may solve any continuous lateness. Please remember the following:
- Morning registration is taken at 8.40am.
- Students arriving to tutor time between 8.40 and 8.50 will be marked as late by their tutor.
- Arrival after 8.50am, students must sign in at reception before going to tutor time or assembly and will be marked as late.
A student will be given a Lateness Detention if late twice or more in one week, without good reason.
Plymouth High School encourages good punctuality as it’s an important part of self-discipline and good time management.
N.B. This information is in the Student Planner and Plymouth High School Attendance Policy on the school website.
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TRESPASS DISCOUNT FOR PHSG STUDENTS AND PARENTS
Trespass in Plymouth would like to take this opportunity to offer PHSG pupils and staff a discount in their store.
With winter fast approaching it is the time to purchase Winter accessories and winter Jackets.
At present this discount stands at 10%.
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HOME SCHOOL COMMUNICATION
Students may contact staff if they have queries, firstly by visiting them in their department area, and only contacting them using school email system if they really can’t see them in person.
Parents may wish to contact staff. The following outlines what the Headteacher regards as important considerations regarding home/school communication, particularly by email:
¨ All communication must respect the dignity of the recipient.
¨ Within 48 hours: receipt of an email will be acknowledged by school either by the person contacted, or the most appropriate person able to deal with the issue (term time only, not after 5pm nor over a weekend).
¨ Within 5 working days: school will provide a response to the email by telephone or in writing, or e-mail. This may include informing the sender that more time is required to provide a full response. If this is the case, staff should indicate a time frame for a response.
¨ Staff will not be expected to monitor or respond to emails outside their normal working hours (nor at weekends and published school holidays).
Whilst this is extremely rare, if a member of staff receives an e-mail or call which is of an aggressive tone, sets unreasonable demands or could otherwise be interpreted as harassing, they will refer this to a senior line manager in the school, who will decide if consideration needs to be given to dealing with further communication under our Complaints Policy.
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PARKING
Out of respect for our neighbours and for health and safety reasons there is NO PARKING on the school site or for collecting/dropping off students on the double yellow lines outside our school gates.
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SCHOOL NURSE DROP IN
Don’t forget for our students, the School Nurse visits school to provide a “drop in” clinic on Friday Week A at lunchtime. Just pop along to the Counselling Room.
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STUDENTS LEAVING SCHOOL DURING THE SCHOOL DAY
For safety reasons if your daughter has to leave school during the school day, and you are unable to collect her, she must have a note in her planner with clear instructions that you give permission for her to leave unaccompanied. Without your express instructions to this effect we will not allow any students to leave school unless they are collected by an adult from reception.
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NUT ALLERGY
Please be aware that we have students who are severely allergic to nuts and we would, therefore, appreciate where possible that you try to avoid putting nuts into packed lunches.
Although we are not going completely nut free, we have stopped selling packets of nuts as snacks in the canteen to try to reduce the risk to them and appreciate your support.
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SOCIAL MEDIA & ONLINE SAFETY
Our Children are spending more and more time on their mobile phones. Making them aware of the dangers of social media, and protecting them from these dangers can be very challenging. These are some of the better known sites that pose risks to children—are they on your child’s phone home screen?
To help safeguard your child please regularly take the time to talk to them about the way they use their social media apps:
Do they always know who they are engaging with?
Do they share their passwords?
Do they feel comfortable with what they are seeing and doing?
Do they feel pressure from “friends” to do/say things they don’t want to?
For more information please regarding online safety, please visit our website: www.phsg.org/
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Calendar Term Dates 2021-2022
Term
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Starts
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Ends
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One
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7th September 2021
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21st October 2021
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| Autumn Half Term |
25th October 2021 |
29th October 2021 |
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Two
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2nd November 2021
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17th December 2021
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| Christmas Holidays |
19th December 2021 |
3rd January 2022 |
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Three
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4th January 2022
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18th February 2022
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| Spring Half term |
21st February 2022 |
25th February 2022 |
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Four
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28th February 2022
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8th April 2022
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| Easter Holidays |
11th April 2022 |
22nd April 2022 |
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Five
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25th April 2022
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27th May 2022
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| Summer Half term |
30th May 2022 |
3rd June 2022 |
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Six
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6th June 2022
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22nd July 2022
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| Summer Holidays |
25th July 2022 |
6th September 2022 |
Curriculum Enrichment Week
Monday 4th July—8th July 2022
Non Pupil Days
6th September 2021
1st Oct 2021
22nd October 2021
2nd May 2022 (Bank Holiday)
25th July 2022
26th July 2022
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