On 29th February, some Year 9 students that are interested in a career in Health or Social Care attended the ‘Future Heroes Expo’ in Hatfield.

Students had the opportunity to talk to professionals from different health and social care sectors, including occupational therapists, physiotherapists, nursing, midwifery and adult mental health, from both within the NHS and private practice.

Students chose which sectors to visit and which presentations to attend, according to their own career aspirations. Most students even got to experience life with dementia or life with autism on the ‘Experience buses’ – these proved really enlightening for the students.

Miss Phillips

Due to the successful launch of the Wrap Bar supported by Theo’s, we will be opening the service to all students daily starting on Tuesday 19th April 2022. Students will follow the lunch rota and be able to use the Main Service area or Wrap Bar.

We are also proud to announce the removal of single use plastic from the service. From Tuesday 19th April 2022 we will be offering Generation Juice. Pupils can purchase a token at any till point and collect a reusable cup. There will be cup bins around in the dinning room for washing after use. This is a great opportunity for students to actively encourage sustainability.

HCL Summer Newsletter

Well done to all students who are maintaining their 3×15 minutes per week of reading at home. We are beginning to see some real progress with some classes clocking up well over 100 books read already this year! Well done to 7K, 8S and 9B who are currently in the lead with 166, 131 and 97 books read respectively! We have 4 months yet to go though, so plenty of time for other classes to knock them off the top spot and win some all-important chocolate! Check out the leader board in the Library to see where your class is sitting!

On an individual note, congratulations to the following students who have all completed their year group Reading Challenges already! Certificates will be on their way very soon!

Year 7                                        Year 8                                       Year 9
Grace O                                        Isla W                                           Harry H
Florence C                                   Oscar Y                                        Leigha K
Bertie R                                       Lina B                                           Nathan T
Imogen D                                   Louisa T                                       Anton P L
Kit C                                            John D                                         Callum W
Emily C                                       Aaron N                                      Nathan K – O
Aidan B                                      Oscar D                                       Annalisa R
Joel D                                         Jessica H
Kayla F – K                                 Isobel J
Nissi M                                      Owais P
Matilde F – E                            Amel A – M
Nathan J                                  Alexandra H
Liana N                                    Red M
Gigi C                                       Daniel W
Sam P – S

Team English.

This message is being sent on behalf of Dave Salmon, Humanitarian Assistance Lead Officer at Hertfordshire County Council

We have been asked to share the following advice by Hertfordshire County Council for parents and students who may wish to support those fleeing war torn Ukraine. Financial donations to organisations that have a presence on the borders is the most effective means of providing support to families in need. Community collections tend to be resource intensive and can involve costly logistics whilst transporting goods through many countries can be frustratingly slow. Therefore, we are not supporting local collection points at this time.

A financial donation to one of the organisations below will have an immediate impact and help fund what is most needed on the ground:

The British Red Cross has launched an appeal to help the Ukrainian Red Cross to provide food, medicine, clothing and shelter, as well as first aid training in bomb shelters.
The UNHCR refugee agency is funding emergency shelters, repairs for homes damaged by shelling, emergency cash assistance, psychological support and warm clothing.
UNICEF is helping to ensure families have clean water and food and that child health and protection services continue.
The Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain is fundraising for medicine, food and other essentials.
Save the Children is providing cash assistance, food and other support to refugees crossing into Romanian and Lithuania, as well as in Ukraine itself.
For those who still wish to make a physical donation we understand that Goods for Good are running a Ukraine Appeal and are seeking donations:

Goods for Good Ukraine Appeal

Click on the link above for more information.