Heritage High School Spring Newsletter 2018

NEWS February 2016 HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL Year 7 Arts Award Over the summer of 2015, a group of 14 students, who had recently left our feeder schools and who would be starting at Heritage High School in September 2015, took part in an Arts Council Award. The Arts Award is offered at five levels, with four qualifications and these students undertook the Arts Explore Award, which is an Entry Level 3 qualification on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF), with further awards for Bronze, Silver and Gold being available. The Arts Award is a great way for young people to be inspired by and enjoy the Arts in different formats, and is a framework to allow young people to learn new skills and to share these; it gives the opportunity for young people to develop their creativity and leadership skills. During the transition summer school in August 2015, these students worked to produce a video which showed their experiences during the week and gave an insight into the activities undertaken; this video is available to view on the school website in the News & Events section. This will again involve the making of a documentary which is being commissioned in conjunction with the local police force, and will be centred around anti-social behaviour, and once produced this will also be available on the school website. A new way to record, track and monitor homework at Heritage High School We are excited to be launching Show My Homework, an online tool to help you keep track of your child’s homework. Show My Homework will allow you to see the details of the tasks your child has been set. You will be provided with login details to your personal account, ready-linked to your child’s homework calendar. These logins will be sent out 1 week after launching but don’t worry, you will still be able to view all homework without a login using the Show My Homework Calendar via our website. The school has since undertaken further work with a group of Year 8 students to undertake their Bronze Award which saw the students undertake a printing workshop in school, a visit to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and students researching different genres of art which they then shared with the rest of the group. Once you start using Show My Homework you will receive the following benefits: • You will have 24/7 access. • You will be able to view the quality and quantity of homework. • It can be translated into over 50 languages. • There are free apps available for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android devices. • You will receive automated notifications before homework is due. We are regularly given the opportunity to work on various projects with external providers through our links with Bolsover District Council, and we are pleased that the students who successfully achieved their Arts Explore Award are going to be working towards their Bronze Award in school during the February holiday. We will be launching Show My Homework on 11 April 2016 and we hope that this service will provide parents with a deeper insight into the homework your child receives. More importantly, we hope that it will improve your child’s organisation and time-management. It will also help them to keep on top of their workload. BE YOUR BEST