Issue 1054: 6th September 2024 – Sweyne Park School

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Welcome Back

I hope you all managed to have a restful summer break and enjoyed the opportunity to spend time with your family and friends.

It was lovely to welcome our pupils and students back to school this week, especially our new Year 7s and Year 12s. We have all been very impressed with how well they have settled into life at Sweyne Park and do hope that they have enjoyed their first week.

We wish everyone a happy and successful year ahead.

Who to Contact

In order to ensure the most effective levels of communication, please can I remind you of the following email/telephone numbers which should be used for different school related issues.

If you need to report your child absent, please call or email our Attendance Team on 01268 780293 or at pupilabsence@sweynepark.com.

We ask that daily absence be reported as soon as possible and by no later than 8.00am.

For all and any general pupil related matters, including lost property, uniform etc. please contact our team in Pupil Services who will always be happy to assist. Their direct email is pupilservices@sweynepark.com

If you have an IT related issue, including any problems regarding login details for ScoPay/Satchel One etc. please contact our IT Team on support@sweynepark.com.

For all other queries, please contact our Main Office on the main school number, 01268 784721.

Unless your query is urgent we would be grateful if you would avoid calling at the busiest times of the day, i.e. after 10.00am and before 3.00pm. You call also email general enquiries to admin@sweynepark.com

For the benefit of our new parents/carers, please click here to access our Communications Policy.

The Appendices provide useful guidance as to who to contact here at the school for academic, pastoral and any other enquiries.

Open Evening

We are holding our annual Open Evening on Thursday 19^th September, from 6.00pm to 8.00pm.

As we have done on previous occasions, in order to allow staff to prepare for the event, school will finish at 12.30pm on that day.

We will welcome all pupils and students back to school at the usual time of 8.35 am on Friday 20^th September.

Parking around the School Site

Please can I remind parents and carers to be mindful of our neighbours when dropping off and/or collecting their children from school.

Please do ensure that you park with care and consideration so as to avoid blocking our neighbours’ driveways or causing congestion. Thank you, in advance, for your cooperation.

Coming Soon

We have a number of events planned for the next few weeks, details of which you will find on the Trips & Events page under the “News & Events” page of our website.

Tuesday 10^th September	Welcome to Year 7 evening – starting at 6pm
Wednesday 11^th September	Welcome to Year 12 evening – starting at 6pm
Thursday 12^th September	Welcome to Year 11 evening – starting at 6pm
Monday 16^th September	Welcome to Year 10 evening – starting at 6pm
Thursday 19^th September	Open Evening 6pm – 8.30pm (pupils will finish school at 12.30pm)
Monday 23^rd – Tuesday 24^th September	Year 11 GCSE Geography Field Trip to Walton-on-the-Naze

And Finally…..

Have a lovely weekend.

Bookbuzz books

As a special welcome for our new Year 7 pupils, and to keep that passion for reading going during transition to secondary school, each Year 7 pupil can choose one of these fantastic books to keep forever!

BookBuzz is part of the amazing Booktrust scheme, to find out more about the books and the authors click the link below.

BookTrust.org.uk

Mrs Waghorn, the Librarian, will be visiting Year 7 tutor groups over the next few days.

To show you some of the available books.