School phones are currently not working, please use the e-mail addresses:
absence@corbetschool.net
admin@corbetschool.net
studentsupport@corbetschool.net
In the event of an emergency please use the following mobile numbers:
student absence: mobile 7 – 07957 298969
Reception: mobile 8 – 07957 299456
Wednesday 17 May is National Numeracy Day – the UK’s only day dedicated to everyday maths.
It’s a day that celebrates the importance of numbers for children and adults alike, building brighter futures through confidence with numbers and inspiring everyone to improve their numeracy skills.
The charity National Numeracy has teamed up with celebrities and experts to create fun and engaging resources that will get children feeling good about numbers, with confidence boosting activities centered around rapping, dancing, baking, and money management.
We have lots of free, fun activities planned for your children to take part in at school, as well as resources they can use at home.
Number Heroes Competition (11 to 13): With our younger students, we’ll be sparking imaginations and conversations about using numbers and maths in our future dream jobs or hobbies. The lucky winners will receive a £50 voucher for themselves, as well as a £1,000 prize bundle for their school.
National Numeracy Challenge (13+): We’ll be encouraging our older students to improve their everyday maths skills and boost their number confidence with National Numeracy’s interactive online tool.
One of the best ways to support children to feel positive about numbers is to feel confident yourself. National Numeracy has lots of free resources to help adults, so you can support your children with numbers and maths and boost your own numeracy skills too!
You can access a range of free resources for adults on the National Numeracy Day website.
Together, we can get the whole nation feeling good about numbers!
Please get in touch if you feel we can provide any additional support.
Kind regards,
Miss Cole
Teacher of Mathematics
Dear Parents/Carers,
I am writing to let you know just how successful our PSHEE Focus Day was on Thursday 4th May. I am delighted to report that all students demonstrated exceptional behaviour throughout the day and engaged well with all the materials used during the activities. We received some outstanding feedback from our visiting speakers, which is a testament to the positive attitudes and commitment of our students.
Our Road Safety Advisor remarked,
‘The students – they are a credit to you all: their individual characteristics made my time spent with you shine.’
The topics for the day were Resilience, Road Safety, RSE – Consent, Vaping, Unifrog Careers Education Platform and finally PC Jason Fenn from West Mercia Constabulary. We are grateful to our visitors and thank them for their contributions towards a successful day. At The Corbet School, we value the feedback of our entire community as it helps us shape our curriculum to ensure we continue to provide the best education for our students. If you have any comments or suggestions regarding the PSHEE Focus Day I would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact me at corbetpshe@corbetschool.net
Our students have also been given the opportunity to provide their own feedback on the day’s events via Satchel and we encourage them to do so.
Finally, I would like to inform you that there will be further focus days later in the term. Details of which will be forwarded to you accordingly.
Thank you as always for your continued support.
Mr A M Womble,
PSHE and Careers Education Lead
School will be closed for pupils in years 7 and 8 on Thursday 27th April due to the NEU Industrial action.
Dear Parents and Carers
Plans for Thursday 27th April and Tuesday 2nd May 2023 – NEU (National Education Union)
This is an early communication to share with you the plans to manage the industrial action being taken by the National Education Union on the 27th April and the 2nd May 2023, having reviewed the likely staffing position on that date.
School will be closed for pupils in years 7 and 8 on Thursday 27th April
School will be closed for pupils in years 9 and 10 on Tuesday 2nd May
We will be offering places in school for our vulnerable children and children of critical workers, who will be able to complete online learning tasks. To book a place please email CriticalKeyWorker@corbetschool.net with the pupil’s name and form by 8.30am on Monday 24th April. We aim to minimise the impact on learning, as much as possible, teachers who are in school will be setting work on Satchel:One for pupils to complete. Pupils who are at home will need to check Satchel at the start of each lesson to see if they have any work to complete. Staff not taking industrial action will be able to respond to messages on Satchel during their timetabled lesson.
When the pupils are in school, they will follow their normal timetable. We may need to make adjustments, on the day, due to unexpected staff absences but will aim to run the timetable as normal. As a contingency, could all pupils please bring their PE kit into school and ensure that they have a book with them to read.
School transport will run as normal.
Thank you for your understanding and support; we will do our very best to make sure that the 27th April and 2nd May run as smoothly as possible.
Yours sincerely
Dr Jane Tinker
Headteacher
Further to the email which was sent earlier on this week, we are still experiencing ongoing problems between Vericool and Parent Pay account balances. However we are working with both of these suppliers to find a solution.
We will continue to provide food and drink expenditure irrespective of the account balance until the matter is resolved.
We would welcome emails regarding any adjustments that have been made to your account, please email finance@corbetschool.net
This information will help us in our discussions with our suppliers Vericool and Parent Pay.
Pupils return to school after the Easter break on Monday, 17th0 April 2023.
The end of the Spring Term newsletter ‘The Corbet News’ is now available: https://corbetschool.net/news/newsletters/
Just a quick reminder that the students have a non-uniform day in support of Comic Relief on Friday 17th March 2023.
Pupils are allowed to wear sensible and school appropriate make-up, jewellery, and non-uniform clothing. Temporary hair colour will be permitted, as long as it can be returned to its natural colour by Monday.
