Parent Briefing 9/9/24
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
New House System
Last week, we launched our EGS House System! All children have been put into a House: Chawla, Copeland, Bocelli, Elion or Turing.
The Houses are all named after people who have achieved greatness and who represent diversity and inclusivity.
We had our first Inter-House Competitions last week: a planner signing competition and a quiz.
Three Houses came out as joint winners: Copeland, Bocelli and Turing. Chawla and Elion have some work to do this week!!!
Starting this week, all children will be issued with an iron-on House Badge for their blazer. These will be applied to the top pocket on their blazer. Our in-school Design Team will apply these for our children over the next couple of weeks.
EGS Planners
Could I please ask you to check your child’s EGS Planner every week. Please check the homework written in there (although they won’t have any as yet), and use this as a way of communicating with their tutor.
All children are expected to get this signed by parents/carers every weekend, before Monday.
School Meals
We have issued all children with a lunch card to speed up the queuing process during Family Dining. Please ensure any required funds are topped up via Arbor Pay. Children can also bring cash into school and use the machine in the canteen between 8.15am and 8.35am every day.
There is free breakfast for all children in the canteen every day between 8.15am and 8.35am.
EGSellence at Ellis Guilford School
Last week, we spoke to the children about being truly ‘EGSellent’ in everything they do. We are lucky to have such remarkable children in our school, and we want to be able to recognise them whenever possible.
Children have received their EGSellence Loyalty Card and they need to bring this to school every day. This is stored in their EGS Navy Lanyard. Staff have been busy stamping EGSellence cards whenever children are seen displaying our school values, e.g. holding a door open for someone, keeping our school site clean and tidy, being kind to one another. Once complete, pupils can give these to their tutor to exchange for 30 Guilford Gold!
Arbor Parent App
The Arbor Parent App is our main method of home-school communication as well as giving you access to Clubs, your child’s Guilford Gold, payments and personal data.
If you have not yet created your Arbor Parent Account, please do so as soon as possible. If you need any support with this, please ask at Main Reception. You can find out more here.
ELLIS ELECTIVES
Our extra-curricular clubs start this week (with some exceptions, noted below*). You can find the full schedule here: Extra-curricular Activities – Ellis Guilford School
If your child would like to attend any of our after-school clubs, you will need to log in to your Arbor Parent Account to provide consent for them to attend. Children should not attend unless parental consent has been provided. To ‘sign up’, look for Clubs in the Activities section of the Arbor Dashboard.
Note:
- More information will follow shortly about our school show this year. If your child is interested in taking part, rehearsals begin next week (Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3 to 4.30pm).
- Mad Manga commences Thursday 26 September
- Still to be confirmed: Break and lunchtime clubs; Year 10 / Year 11 catch-up and revision sessions
ATTENDANCE MATTERS
Below are some of our new Year 7s enjoying their 100% Attendance Reward on a sunny Fabulous Friday! We hope Year 7 all enjoyed their first week with us!
Next week our Fabulous Friday treat for those who attend every day is ‘Creative Cakes’. There is a little treat on offer every Friday for those who attend every school day during that week. If your child attends every day in September, they will become a member of the 100 Club. Click on the image below to see all the Attendance Rewards on offer this term.
For a reminder of our Attendance procedures and how to contact the Attendance Team, please visit: Attendance – Ellis Guilford School.
SAFEGUARDING
Click on the Nottingham Early Help image for lots of resources to support families including advice, activities and self-referral to the Early Help and Family Hub service.
What is Early Help?
Early Help is a range of services that support families when a problem first arises. By tackling problems as soon as they arise, Early Help can keep children safe and prevent them from needing social care.
Key areas where Early Help can support are:
- Parenting Support (behaviour management, parenting courses, establishing routines)
- Education support (attendance, SEND, homework)
- Emotional wellbeing (counselling, mental health support, stress management)
- Health support
- Financial support
- Social and community engagement
Ellis Guilford School can help support you and your family by making a referral for you or supporting you to self-refer for Early Help support. If you think you would like support, then please contact your child’s tutor who will make a referral to the Safeguarding Team. Last year we supported families by making over 50 Early Help referrals.
You can view the range of support available from the Early Help teams here: earlyhelpnottingham.org.uk.
If you have any Safeguarding concerns, please email: john.williams@ellisguilfordschool.org.uk
KEY DATES
Head to our Term Dates, Events & Activities page to view our new Key Events Calendar providing a month-by-month summary of key events. Also, if your child is successful in joining a PE team, we have included the PE Fixtures Calendar from September to December. Click on the images below to view the ‘live’ calendars, and click through the pages to find out what’s happening this month or next!
If you know a parent/carer with a child in Year 6, please let them know about our Open Evening on Wednesday 25 September. Click on the image below to find out more!
