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May 2020

  • 28/05/20
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    Update from the Head 28th May

    Dear Parents and students I hope you are all having a nice half term week. I thought I should issue a brief update about plans to offer some face to contact in schools for Year 10 and Year 12 students. At the time of my last update I said that we were waiting for the publication of the governm...
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  • 22/05/20
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    Update from the Head 22nd May

    Dear Parents and Students, Welcome to the weekly update from Balcarras. I hope you are all well as we head towards another Bank Holiday weekend. I’d like to wish everyone a nice break over half term and I would urge all of our students to make sure that they rest from their school work. As...
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  • 20/05/20
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    Update from the Head 20th May

    Update 20th May 2020   Dear parents and students,   I hope you are all well. Partial Re-opening I thought I should update you on our plans to re-open the school. As you will know the government has stated that they would like secondary schools to provide some...
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  • 15/05/20
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    Update from the Head 15th May

    Update 15th May 2020 Dear students and parents, I hope you have all had a good week. Well done to all of you for doing so well in keeping up to date with your work on the VLE. Since the lockdown began the VLE has had 1,855,443 hits and 184,686 tasks have been completed. That is quite some...
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  • 10/05/20
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    VE Day celebrations

    Pupils took part in VE day making cakes and bunting.
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  • 07/05/20
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    Update from the Head 7th May

    Update 7th May 2020 Dear students and parents, I hope everyone is well. Here is my usual weekly update. A tribute to the young people of Balcarras I wanted to start this week’s update by paying tribute to our young people. I think collectively you have done an amazing job of c...
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  • 07/05/20
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    3,630 face shields made

    Demand for face shields for the NHS is finally reducing
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  • 01/05/20
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    Update from the Head 1st May

    Dear students and parents, I hope you are all well and coping during lockdown. It is a strange time for all of us and as I said in my update last week I firmly believe that we should all just try to do our best during such a difficult time. I think it is crucial that our pupils understand this...
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