As a school, we use the HOPE mentoring approach to assist our students who need support, guidance and assistance in negotiating the challenges and complexities of teenage life. We have a specialist lead in this approach in Fiona Evans, Student Support, though all of this team are well-trained in this approach, and many students find the mentoring extremely valuable.

As mentioned last month, HOPE offers Parent Support Sessions via Zoom. 

This month’s support session is based on School Work and Exam Stress and with GCSEs just around the corner, we feel it important to flag this session up to our parents.

This Zoom session is entitled ‘ School Work and Exam Stress’ and takes place at 7.00pm on Tuesday 21 March and 10.00am on Thursday 23 March. It is a safe space for parents to access information, to chat and to learn from one another through shared experience.

The link for this Zoom session is here.

Any parents who want more detail can contacted Keddie on 07508 176 043 or via keddieHOPE2021@outlook.com.

For more information view the HOPE flyer here.

Rebecca Oldfield, Assistant Headteacher and KS4 leader, said: “These HOPE Parent Support Sessions are an excellent way for our parents to help and support their child/ren in the home. In particular, this month’s focus on Exams can help parents to feel empowered with knowledge and understanding around the stresses exams and revision often bring.”