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Posted on 23 Oct 2020
Year 8 Virtual Parents' Evening 19th November
If you are a Year 8 parent/carer we would like to invite you to attend our virtual Year 8 Parents’ Evening on Wednesday 11th November from 4pm to 7pm. This is an important evening in which you can learn about the progress your son/daughter is making with us at Priory School. Invitation letter Parents guide How to attend
Posted on 23 Oct 2020
Virtual Parent Forum Thursday 19th November 2020 6pm-7pm
All parents and carers are warmly invited to attend this virtual Parent Forum on Thursday 19th November 2020 6pm-7pm via Microsoft Teams and share their views, concerns and ideas with each other and the Governors of the school. This meeting will provide an opportunity to ask the Headteacher and Governors any question about the school. Raise and discuss issues that matter to you with Governors, and other parents and carers. Please join us and be part of the discussion about how to develop the home/school partnership and continue to improve the school. To sign up, please use the following link:HERE. by 3pm on Monday 16th November 2020.
Posted on 15 Oct 2020
Posted on 15 Oct 2020
Posted on 28 Sep 2020
Virtual Open Evenings 2020-2021
Priory School would like to welcome prospective students and their parents/carers to a series of virtual open evenings. To learn more about our vision, ethos, and values, please see our video here : Click Here To learn more about the school application process, please see our presentation by Mr Ashworth and Mr Holt here : Click Here To learn more about the school’s SEND provision, please watch our Inclusion presentations : Click Here Finally, in order to speak to us ‘face to face’ about any queries you have, please apply to join our Question and Answer sessions via Microsoft Teams on the following dates : Thursday 1st October 5.00-6.00 p.m. Mr Smith (Headteacher) & Mr Ashworth (Deputy Headteacher) & Mr Holt (Assistant Headteacher) Tuesday 6th October 6.00-7.00 p.m. Mr Ashworth (Deputy Headteacher) & Mr Holt (Assistant Headteacher) Thursday 8th October 5.00-6.00 p.m. Mr Holt (Assistant Headteacher) & Ms Camenzind (Head of Languages) Tuesday 13th October 5.00-6.30p.m. Mrs Twilley (Assistant Headteacher) & Ms Nulty (SENCO) Wednesday 14th October 5.00-6.00 p.m. Mrs Stevens (Assistant Headteacher) & Miss French (Head of PE) Tuesday 20th October 6.00-7.00 p.m. Mrs Cowlin (Assistant Headteacher) & Mrs Sahota-Lyons (Assistant Headteacher) Thursday 22nd October 5.00-6.00 p.m Mr Smith (Headteacher) & Ms Howells (Assistant Headteacher) To sign up, please use the following link : Click Here
Posted on 14 Sep 2020
Online Safety
Given the recent increase in students working remotely, it's a good time to be reminded of the importance of keeping safe online. Please see our online safety page for useful links. In the light of some recent news reports, if you're a parent or carer you may also be particularly interested in this page with advice about what to do if your child has seen something upsetting online.
Posted on 13 Aug 2020
Posted on 13 May 2020
Presentations to Primary Schools
Our Deputy Headteacher, Mr Ashworth, has produced 4 videos taking potential parents and students through the presentation he normally gives to their primary schools. You can access them below : Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Map and Timetable You can also download the presentation here. You can download a sample Year 7 timetable here. More information can be found on our Primary Transition and Admissions pages.
Posted on 12 May 2020
Posted on 25 Mar 2020
Posted on 4 Mar 2020
A Fruitful Forest School Venture
Today, we were visited by Martin Crawford, who has spent over 20 years in organic agriculture and horticulture and is director of The Agroforestry Research Trust, He has written a number of books and has created a number of Fruiting Forests. Martin and John Parry came to help us form our ideas for this year’s John Muir project. We are building a Fruiting Forest Garden on an unloved area near to the music block and tennis courts. We are hoping to plant a range of trees and shrubs that will produce edible fruits and nuts. Some things will take quite some time to establish and fruit, but others will be ready to try this summer. John is very kindly donating some plants to our garden and Martin helped us to work out where they would flourish. We’ve had to do a lot of planning already, we’ve measured the space, clearly mapped out existing trees and land features and we had to test the soil to check the acidity, so we can find suitable plants. It was great to meet Martin and we learnt a lot from him about how to make a success of the things we would like to plant. We asked him for advice on attracting pollinators and he helped to advise us on problems we would have to overcome. Unbelievably, watering was something he thought would be a challenge, because it might just stop raining at some point this year. J We now feel like we understand what we need to do, it is going to be hard work, but we are excited about the legacy we will leave for everyone in the school. By Cody, Luke, Ashley and Brandon
Posted on 4 Mar 2020
Posted on 3 Mar 2020
Posted on 3 Mar 2020
School term and holiday dates
The Local Authority is currently responsible for setting school term and holiday dates for all community and voluntary controlled schools. Foundation, trust, voluntary aided schools and academies are responsible for setting their own term dates. East Sussex County Council is consulting on a draft proposal for school term dates for the academic year 2021-2022. The Council would like to hear the views of schools, parents/carers, and other interested parties on the proposed dates before they are finalised and published. The consultation opened on 2 March 2020 and will run until 29 March 2020. All comments should be submitted by this date. We would be grateful if parents/carers take time to comment on the proposal. The consultation is available on the Council’s Consultation Hub or can be viewed by using the following link https://consultation.eastsussex.gov.uk/
Posted on 2 Mar 2020
Department for Education Coronavirus helpline
Today, the DfE have launched a new helpline to answer questions about COVID-19 related to education. Staff, parents and young people can contact the helpline as follows : Phone: 0800 046 8687 Email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday) • No school should close in response to a suspected (or confirmed) COVID-19 case unless directed to do so by Public Health England.
Posted on 28 Feb 2020
Homework is now on EduLink
Please note that we have now changed to using EduLink as our homework app, rather than Show My Homework. Note to parents : In EduLink the "Done" link for homework is only visible to students! Further information about EduLink is available here. If you still have the Show My Homework app on your phone, please delete it.
