Dear families, 

We are really looking forward to welcoming our students back through our doors after the summer break later this week.

We have had an incredibly successful summer, both with our summer schools for incoming Year 7 and Year 11 students as well as a fantastic set of GCSE results for our first cohort of Year 11s. We will be sharing with you all the success of Year 11 next week in a special letter from Ms Williams as well as our social media platforms.

In the meantime, I would like to remind you that the return to school for Years 7-11 is as follows: 

Date	Year groups	Timings	Focus
Thursday 5th September	7 and 11 only	Y11: 08:15am – 2:55pm  Y7: 09:30 – 2:30pm	Workshops and tutor sessions
Friday 6th September	All year groups	Y8-10: 08:15am – 2:55pm  Y7: 09:30 – 2:30pm	Workshops and tutor sessions
Monday 9th September	All year groups	08:15am – 2:55pm   (Normal school day)	Timetabled lessons begin period 1

In addition to this, I would like to remind all our families that the timings of the school day have changed for this academic year. School begins at 08:15am and finishes at 2:55pm – on Wednesdays, it is a 2:05pm finish.

Students are expected to be in school by 08:10am, ready for line up at 08:15am prompt.

I would also like to take this opportunity to remind families of our uniform expectations. In particular, students should have an appropriate black school bag (no handbags).  Any false nails, false eyelashes and multiple piercings must be removed prior to their return to school.

We look forward to seeing you all at the end of the week,

Ms Holmes

Deputy Headteacher

Dear Year 11 students and families,

I am writing this letter to inform you about arrangements regarding Results Day on Thursday 22nd August 2024.
Students will be able to collect their results between 9 and 10am. Families are welcome to join students during this time. There will be a videographer and photographer capturing images of the morning and these will be available to view at a later stage on our social media platforms.

During this time, there will be support available from staff members in relation to next steps, enrolment at post-16 providers and any queries regarding retakes. Sometimes decisions regarding next steps can change following receipt of results, and we will support students with any changes they are considering making. I would like to reassure all students and families that, as a school, we remain committed to our students even once they have left us and therefore, the offer of support and advice from us stretches into the rest of the summer break and the new academic year ahead. Students have access to their school email until Saturday 31st August 2024. Any contact with staff members from this point will need to take place using personal email addresses.

Any student who is not able to attend on Results Day between 9 and 10am should contact myself and Ms Curtis, Exams Officer, in order to arrange an alternative collection time. A family member can collect results on behalf of a student if appropriate ID is provided – for example, a bill with home address or photographic ID.

In order to support our students and families in younger years, we would also like to ask that any unwanted uniform items are donated to the school, and these can be brought in on Results Day.

I will be in touch again after Results Day with a summary of our first Year 11 cohort’s achievements. However, in the meantime, I would like to wish all of you a continued safe and restful summer and I look forward to celebrating with you all next week.

Yours faithfully,
Ms Holmes
Deputy Headteacher

On Thursday 11th July we welcomed students, staff, parents and carers into school for our annual Celebration Evening. A fantastic evening celebrating the achievements of students from Year 7 - Year 10. We were also treated to several musical performances from the WPSfG Vocal Ensemble and Concert Band. We extend our gratitude to Jade Barnett, our guest speaker, is a public speaker, presenter, facilitator, and advocate for young Londoners, whose inspiring speech resonated with our students and audience. Thank you, Jade, for being part of this special evening.

Our Headteacher, Ms L Williams comments, ‘This evening celebrates what our students have achieved academically, socially, emotionally, and ethically. I am honoured to celebrate these achievements with you. I hope that you feel a great sense of achievement. I know that you will continue to develop into well rounded, confident and articulate young people, who will be ready to enter the world and create change for the better. May we, as staff and parents, work together to support our students as they continue their journey to success here at the Poly. Thank you to you all for attending this evening.’

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Just a reminder to all Year 6 parents and carers that the Parent Information Evening PowerPoint and Year 7 Guide are available on our website under the Year 6-7 Journey page here:

https://www.woolwichpolygirls.co.uk/page/...

Check out this page for a wealth of useful information, tips, and videos for both parents and students embarking on their journey at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls in September 2024.

We are so excited to welcome our new year 7 cohort in September!

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We wanted to give you an update on how we plan to prioritise and offer our MHST interventions during the summer break.

• We will continue to accept referrals for 1:1 guided intervention for Child Anxiety and Challenging Behavior- Parent/carer . 
• Parents or young people can refer by emailing the following information to MHST via the Greenwich MHST email address oxl-tr.gmhst@nhs.net: Name, D.O.B, School, contact name and number, current difficulties.
• We will be putting all targeted group interventions on hold till September when Schools resume.
• If you are interested in any of our workshops or targeted groups for pupils/parents/staff, please contact your MHST link practitioner.

Thank you for your collaborative work with our team.

Kind Regards

Greenwich Mental Health in Schools Team