Meadow High School Parent Portal - Weekly Bulletin - Issue 22

Dear Families,

Education

As you know, from Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th March, the school will be fully reopened for all pupils unless there is:

a shielding letter in place that says your child should remain at home, or
if you inform us that your household has to self isolate due to known contact with someone who is infected. In this case a test should be booked and the result shared with school. Self isolation is for a maximum of 10 days which starts from the last day of contact with the known positive person or as directed by Track and Trace.

Throughout lock down we have been adapting our curriculum to try and make it easy to follow for pupils at home and thank you for the many positive comments that have been made, we really appreciate it.

The Government have told schools that pupils in school and those at home (for the above Covid related reasons) should receive the same education, at least until July 2021. This is only for pupils who are absent because of Covid ie those who are self isolating or shielding. We will be doing this via Google Classroom. Unless you are self isolating and getting tested or have a shielding letter which covers your child, we cannot provide virtual learning.

From the 22nd of March, if your child needs to shield or self isolate all learning will be provided via Google Classroom and not from a work pack .

School / DfE devices

If you borrowed a device from school please send this back with your child on their first day back. If this is not possible please contact the school.

If at anytime we need to send your child home to self isolate we will send a device home with them should our stocks allow. When you let us know they need to self isolate please also tell us if you need a device at home to access home learning.

Unfortunately, we will be unable to provide printed worksheets. However, do not worry, as all the work including worksheets will be available via Google Classroom and the pupils can complete them online.

Learning from home

Whilst we will do our best to make home learning as seamless as possible, it will not be the same as being in school. In most lessons, pupils will be invited to the beginning of the lesson to find out key information and join in any class discussions and answer questions. They will then complete any worksheets or tasks set.

During this part of the lesson pupils will work independently or may need your support. Completed work can be shared with teachers via google classroom so it can be checked.

Where possible, pupils will be invited to practical lessons. This would include lessons like PE, Resistant Materials, Food Technology, Dance etc. Pupils learning at home will be encouraged to join in or observe practical lessons. However, in some instances this will not be possible. For example, where a lesson is taking place on the school field or where the pupils require specialist equipment to complete the tasks. This means that there may be some lessons that have no work set. If you have any work left from the work packs used so far, I suggest keeping it and using it if you want work for these times.

Assembly

Whole school assemblies will still run every Wednesday afternoon and year group assemblies will run in the mornings. Additionally, we will be having a special Comic Relief Assembly in a few weeks time on a Friday.

Change

These are hopefully the last changes we will need to make to home education during the pandemic. If you have any questions please email the school at meadow@meadowhighschool.org or call the school.

Kind Regards,

Ms C Caddell
Deputy Headteacher

Dear Parents, Carers and Professionals,

Don’t miss out on our training for parents, professionals and family members this term. We’ve added new FREE training, including our brand new “Understanding and Supporting Autistic Adults” https://www.hacs.org.uk/training-and-events

Our next training sessions are:

*NEW* Puberty and Neurodiversity: Ready or Not Here It Comes

Thursday 25^th March 2021, 7pm – 9.30pm

A webinar hosted by Dr Mark Brown, exploring the issues faced by children and teenagers with a learning disability and/or autism, when they are going through puberty, and the impact this can have on their family and wider circle.

£20 per person or 50% discount for HACS Members

*NEW* Transition to Adulthood: Getting it Right from Year 9

Wednesday 10^th March 2021, 7pm – 8pm

FREE TO MEMBERS - Planning for adulthood should start from Year 9, so that young people and their parents have the right support from education, health or social care in their final years at school and beyond, to prepare for work and independent living. An interactive Zoom training session for parents/carers.

£10 per person or FREE for HACS Members

*NEW* Using the Science of Sleep to inform sleep hygiene

Saturday 22^nd May 2021, 11am – 1.15pm

“Sleep difficulties can be disruptive for people with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and the people they live with. During this webinar, Dr Cornelius Ani and Dr Obeagaeli Ani explore the science that underpins sleep and how that can be applied to reduce sleep difficulties in people with ASC.

£20 per person or 50% discount for HACS Members

Understanding and Supporting Autistic Adults

Wednesday 24^th March 2021, 6pm – 8.30pm

This workshop is aimed at family members, supporters and professionals to gain an insight into autism and understand what this means in a positive way, so that they can improve wellbeing and help the people they support to enjoy successful adult lives.

£10 per person or FREE for HACS Members

Autism: Promoting Positive Behaviour

Wednesday 28^th April 2021, 6pm – 8.30pm

This interactive Zoom training will support parents, carers and Professionals to understand a child’s behaviour and identify what may cause distress or meltdowns. We’ll look at adjusting environments to reduce distress and how to support autistic children to understand and manage their own behaviour, both at home and at school. £20 per person or 50% discount for HACS Members

Anxiety and Behaviour Support meetings

Behaviour Support Tuesday 30^th March 2021 7pm – 8.30pm

Anxiety Support Tuesday TBD April 2021 7pm – 8.30pm

These online meetings are free to HACS members who are supporting an autistic person who is currently being affected by Anxiety or Behaviours that challenge and would like to seek advice about these issues. (Please note that our staff are not medically trained. The advice provided via these groups is not suitable for acute, crisis or emergency cases.)

Pre-recorded Webinar: Understanding PDA and Autism

Available on demand 6pm – 8.30pm

This recorded webinar is hosted by Laura Kerbey looks at the differences and similarities of Autism, Asperger's Syndrome and Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) and gives attendees a "tool-kit" of strategies to effectively support children and young people with this profile of needs.

£10 per recording or 50% discount for HACS Members – email enquiries@hacs.org.uk to buy your copy

Kind Regards

HACS TEAM

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Devon Residential Trip 2021

New Date: Monday 28th June - Friday 2nd July. Calvert Trust, Devon

On Thursday 4 March, we celebrated World Book Day.

We loved dressing up as our favourite book characters.

Thank you to all the parents, pupils and staff for your support.

Here are a few photos:

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New Date: Monday 28th June - Friday 2nd July.
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