Recent News
Peer Action Collective Job Advert and Poster
22nd July 2021
Year 13 and 11 Leavers service 2021
28th May 2021
Year 10 – The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme 2021
28th May 2021
TALK campaign – Advice regarding on-line grooming
17th May 2021
Could You Be A Merseyside Police Volunteer Cadet?
10th May 2021
We are unable to invite prospective parents/carers and their children in to the school to experience one of our wonderful open evenings. Instead, the link below will take you to a page containing specially produced videos that provide an insight into the school, how we work and who we are. This page also contains the latest school and college prospectuses.
To view, please click here.
#ASummerToRemember holiday activity programme
#ASummerToRemember holiday activity programme is a packed summer programme bursting with great activities and delicious meals every day!
For details, please click here.
Summer support for families’ mental health
As schools, colleges and universities close for the Summer, children and young people, parents and carers will still be able to access support for their mental health and emotional wellbeing.
A number of campaigns have been launched, running throughout the Summer and into the Autumn term. Information can be found here: https://www.liverpoolcamhs.com/working-with-children/summer-support-for-mental-health/
YPAS will be running a virtual coffee morning around Transition from primary to secondary on Wednesday 28th July (10-11:30) with a focus on Transition to Secondary schools. The morning will include presentations from local services including Bully Busters, Kooth, the Transition Mental Health Support Team and one of our NeuroDevelopment services. Parents can book on by emailing: bookings@ypas.org.uk
The Transition MHST have recorded a 25-minute session for parents/carers around support their child’s mental health as they transition from primary school to secondary school.
Parents can view this session using the following link: https://vimeo.com/556226798
POST 18 WEEK 5th – 9th JULY 2021
For further details, please click here.
SUMMER SCHOOL PLACES
To confirm, all students who have expressed an interest in our year 6 into 7 summer school have been allocated a place. We are looking forward to seeing you at 9.30am on Monday 23rd August. Further details will be sent out via email nearer the time. If you have any questions in the meantime, please email Miss Bird, cbird@st-hildas.co.uk
Miss C Bird
Head of English, Drama and Media
VIRTUAL WORK PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YEAR 12
Work placement will take place between 5th -9th July 2021. This can be face to face or virtual. If face to face your work placement agreement must be signed by year 12 student, parents and the employer before you go out on placement. All students will receive a work placement booklet to complete whilst out of school.
To view the opportunities as a PDF, please click here.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Please note that extra curricular activities in school are still suspended at present with the exception of PE. Any bookings on our school cloud system will not be valid at the present time.
We will be moving some of our extra curricular activities online, which will be available in a virtual format!
Watch this space!!
EXTRA-CURRICULAR PE
Extra-curricular PE has now started again following the announcements from the Government regarding participation in organised sport.
Students have the opportunity to participate in sport before school, during lunch time and after school in a range of different sports and activities.
Clubs that take place before school and at lunch time, students are not required to have their full PE kit, they will need their trainers only. For after school clubs, students will require their full PE kit to participate.
For more information and the latest extra-curricular fixtures, please click here.
Year 10 – 2021
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Dear parent/carer,
Year 10 Duke of Edinburgh
It is with regret that unfortunately due to the current rise in COVID cases, both in school and in the Liverpool City Region, along with government guidance to restrict travel we have made the difficult decision to postpone the expeditions in July. We do hope to be able to complete these expeditions next academic year and will be in touch as soon as we have any further information. If you have already made the payment of £30 this will be refunded to you before the summer holidays. Please do ensure that work continues on the volunteering, skill and physical sections on eDofE.
Year 9 Duke of Edinburgh
Due to the current situation with COVID year 9’s DofE expeditions will be in the summer term of the next academic year. We will be in touch with further information next academic year. Please do ensure that work continues on the volunteering, skill and physical sections on eDofE.
Miss L Flavin
DofE Manager
Please find below a link to the Year 11 assessments timetable for each of the three assessment cycles.
Students have also received a copy of the timetable.
For more information, please click here.
NEW Dedicated NSPCC helpline 0800 136 663
Over the last week the website ‘Everyone’s Invited’ has drawn much publicity for the shocking testimonials from over 10,000 people describing sexual abuse by other young people.
There is a new dedicated NSPCC Helpline to provide appropriate support and advice for both children and adults who are potential victims of sexual abuse in schools. It includes how to contact the police and report crimes. The helpline will also provide support to parents and professionals too.
The new helpline will provide both children and adults who are victims of sexual abuse in schools with the appropriate support and advice. This includes how to contact the police and report crimes if they wish. The helpline will also provide support to parents and professionals too. The helpline can be contacted on 0800 136 663
Please be assured that we take all allegations of sexual harassment and abuse very seriously. You can email any concerns or incidents to safeguarding@st-hildas.co.uk
You can also report any concerns or incidents to any member of staff. Our safeguarding team will deal with any reports sensitively and with compassion. Reports can also be made via our SHARP system anonymously although if a contact name can be given, it will help us to gather as much information as possible and provide the most appropriate support.
For more information on how Teacher Assessed Grades will be awarded this year to Year 11, Year 13 and Year 12 Maths and Further Maths students, please click here.
LATEST APPRENTICESHIPS ACROSS MERSEYSIDE
21-06-2021 – Apprenticeship vacancies update. To view, please click here.
24-05-2021 – Apprenticeship vacancies update. To view, please click here.
17-05-2021 – Apprenticeship vacancies update. To view, please click here.
10-05-2021 – Apprenticeship vacancies update. To view, please click here.
04-05-2021 – Apprenticeship vacancies update. To view, please click here.
12-04-2021 – Apprenticeship vacancies update. To view, please click here.
29-03-2021 – Apprenticeship vacancies update. To view, please click here.
22-03-2021 – Apprenticeship vacancies update. To view, please click here.
15-3-2021 – Apprenticeship vacancies update. To view, please click here.
Qwell – a new emotional wellbeing and mental health support service
A new service, called Qwell, has just been launched. It offers confidential online emotional wellbeing and mental health support, and free counselling, to anyone aged 25+ who is a parent/carer of a child under 18 years of age. Available 365 days of the year via mobile, tablet and desktop devices from 12 noon to 10pm Monday-Friday and 6pm-10pm at weekends, the service provides access to accredited counselling support, peer support via online forums and relevant articles on a variety of topics.
Click on the link for further details https://www.qwell.io/
Young Minds – Supporting Parents Helpfinder
Young Minds have created a useful ‘Supporting Parents Helpfinder’. By answering six questions, parents can find out how to support their child’s mental health during the pandemic (and beyond).
There are some great tips on the website. Please click on the link below.
https://youngminds.org.uk/supporting-parents-helpfinder/
Please let us know if you have any concerns or if we can help at all.
COLLEGE APPLICATIONS FOR 2021
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS HAS NOW PASSED. HOWEVER, LATE APPLICATIONS WILL STILL BE CONSIDERED, BUT WILL BE TREATED AS A LATE APPLICATION.
To visit the ‘How to Apply’ page on the College website, please click here.
For more information, please click here.
For more information, please click here.
HELP AND SUPPORT
Dear Parents/carers and students.
Should you require any help and support, please do not hesitate to contact the school. Alternatively, the following organisations may be useful to you:
Careline child services
Careline child services manages all child social care enquiries and referrals. You can contact us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Contact us on 0151 233 3700 to:
– Raise a concern about a child at risk (if a child is at immediate risk call 101 or 999 in an emergency).
– Arrange an assessment of a child who is seriously ill or disabled, address the family’s needs and provide support.
– Access advice and support from other services.
– Request SEND (special educational needs and disability) early help including short breaks, direct payments, after school and holiday provision, carer’s assessments and support for sleep difficulties or any concerns about the child’s development.
– Enquire about casework, individual child cases or other issues of a sensitive nature.
– Get in touch with a social worker or specific social work team.
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CAMHS – Child and Adolescent Mental Health – Crisis Line 0151 293 3577 www.liverpoolcamhs.com/support/camhs-crisis-care-team
Young Minds – 24/7 Mental Health Crisis Support – Text YM to 85258
www.youngminds.org.uk
Kooth – over 14s online counselling (14-25 year olds)
www.kooth.com
Samaritans – 24/7 listening support – Tel 116 123
www.samaritans.org
Childline – 24/7 support and advice – 0800 1111
You can also find a wide range of sources of support, advice and information on our Mental Health, Well-being and Safeguarding support page on the school website
http://www.st-hildas.co.uk/mental-health-support/
For to view the presentation videos and the College prospectus, please visit the
College 20-21 Virtual Open Evening information page.
Please click here.
MoreNews
Peer Action Collective Job Advert and Poster
Please find attached a job advert and poster explaining a little more about the role: PAC Peer Researchers Advert July 2021 PR Poster to support advert.docx
Year 13 and 11 Leavers service 2021
Diocesan and Chaplain leavers videos: Chaplain Message – https://youtu.be/-TcNLv1TkjM Diocese leavers service – https://youtu.be/rJMpwGjH_-o
Year 10 – The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme 2021
Dear parent/carer, Please click on the following link for information and the permission form for you to complete and submit. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=gslUYD0XnE2CnSSqmUfkEPDDzBxhiUtGhm2UfOCS5blUQjhQU0paNDVFU1M1TEtTQTFXNlFDWEJGRC4u The information refers to a ‘kit list’, which is both part of the form and also attached as a PDF letter – to view, please click here. Miss L Flavin DofE Manager
TALK campaign – Advice regarding on-line grooming
Please find details of the new TALK campaign from the Internet Watch Foundation A new IWF safety campaign aims to help parents have conversations with their children about keeping their ‘door’ closed to child sexual abusers. The campaign includes a booklet for parents, explaining the risks, explaining why children are vulnerable, and suggests practice steps […]
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