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Student of the week: Eleanor, 10RIC. ''Eleanor joined my PE Outdoor and Adventurous Activities group from another PE group back on early October. Having taken part in Mountain Biking she is now Climbing where she has really excelled, both in terms of her climbing skills and ability. It has b...

29 Nov 2021

Student of the week: Niah, 10K. ''For volunteering to support a new student in Year 10'' Nominated by Miss Boyle, Awarded 10 House points. Class of the week: 7T in PSHE Class, ''For participating in thoughtful and open discussions.'' Nominated by Miss Yarwood...

25 Nov 2021

Student of the week: Issy, 11T ''For achieving one of her highest grades in a Biology test.'' Nominated by Dr Doddrell. Awarded 10 House points.

15 Nov 2021

Student of the week: Jacob, 13MAL, ''For teaching his class about the carbonate buffering system of the blood last Friday, doing a very good job. He even had a retrieval task and a salient slide.'' in Chemistry class, nominated by Mrs Hatfield. Class of the week: Year 13 Diversity...

03 Nov 2021

Class of the Week: Year 10 PE/Mountain Biking Group with Mr Payne. ''For choosing the toughest route to complete on their last lesson with lots of big climbs, fast downhills, demanding single tracks and lots of hazards to overcome. Amazing - well done!''

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.

Attendance

A polite request for parents & carers to advise the school of the following regarding student appointments and illness:

Provide medical evidence indicating attendance at the dentist, doctor or optician before the arranged appointment unless an emergency situation has arisen.

Whenever possible all appointments should be made outside of school hours. Students must be collected at Reception from parent /carer unless written permission has been received prior to the appointment.

Provide written explanations/email of any absence and medical evidence for whole day appointments as well as medical evidence for absence from school due to illness after 3 consecutive days.

Medical evidence may be any of the following:

Hospital discharge letter

Note from your GP

Screenshot copy of your appointment notification or eConsult from your GP

Copy of the prescription or copy of the medication label

Note from a pharmacist

Note from any other health care professional (e.g. physiotherapist, optician, podiatrist etc)

Emails to be sent to: absence@plymouthhighschoolforgirls.org.uk

Late arrivals

Please find details below which may help students in the event of cancelled or delayed bus services arrive to school promptly and safely.

Skipper ticket

The Skipper ticket can be used on Plymouth buses across different bus companies on the following buses:

Go Cornwall Bus
Oakleys Coaches
Plymouth Citybus
Stagecoach South West
Tally Ho

You can travel in Plymouth, Torpoint, Saltash, Roborough, Langage, the built up areas of Ivybridge, Lee Mill, Smithaleigh, Wembury and Heybrook Bay.

Skipper ticket map [PDF, 360KB]

Please visit the following link for more information https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/parkingandtravel/publictransport/skipperticket

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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/

School Calender

Year 13 Mocks

All Day

From 04 Jan until 19 Jan

Year 11 taster lessons for KS5

All Day

From 10 Jan until 14 Jan

All year 13 back in timetabled lessons (except Art students)

All Day

Year 13 Art Mock

All Day

From 18 Jan until 19 Jan

Year 9 options and parents evening (Time TBC)

All Day

Year 11 Mock Result Event

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Year 11 & Y13 Eden Project Trip

All Day

Year 11 Options Form Deadline

All Day

Year 13 Drama Practical Exams

All Day

Year 10 Art trip to the Eden Project

All Day

Year 12 History Trip to Westminster, Houses of Parliament

All Day

Year 7 Enterprise Day

All Day

Year 12 'You're Hired' Event (TBC)

All Day

Year 9 Options Deadline

All Day

Operating Theatre Live Event

All Day