Dear Families,
As always, we are very grateful for your support. This week especially, you should also be incredibly proud of your child and how they have contributed to school life.
We have had many visitors in school this week including governors, Stuart Pringle (the CEO Silverstone F1), Y1 children for a cookery experience, football teams from other schools, the police to give valuable assemblies on anti-social behaviour, the school’s vaccination team and a team of inspectors from Ofsted. All of these visitors have commented positively on how respectful, polite and well focused our students, your children have been.
We expect that the report from the Ofsted visit will be published just before Christmas. And although we can not share specific information before it is published, we are confident that you will share our pride in what we all recognise as an exceptional school.
We hope that your weekend is warm and safe.
TGS Scarves
As the weather gets colder, we have a limited number of student designed, full wool, university style scarves in TGS colours. They look amazing!
If you wish to purchase one, for just £10, you can order via the School Gateway system, or students can pay in cash at student services.
https://tgschool.net/news/tgs-scarves
TGS Sixth Form Presents - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
On Tuesday 3 & Wednesday 4 December at 6.30pm in the G Block Drama Hall.
Tickets are priced at £5 each child or member of staff, and £8 each for other adults.
Please note the show is not suitable for those under 13s.
To book your tickets please follow this link Ticket Allocation Form
Find out more at: www.tgschool.net/news/tgs-6th-form-presents-the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-nighttime-3rd-4th-december
Careers & Next Steps
Please encourage any Year 10 student who has not yet applied for work experience to explore ideas through their Morrisby account and speak to Mrs Cook in the careers hub to arrange. Students can take up to two weeks out of school providing their attendance is over 95% . For more information please see the careers page of the school website.
Ideally Year 11 students will have applied to at least one college or 6th form by the end of the calendar year to ensure they do not miss out on their first choice of subjects. If you have any questions about post 16 options please contact Mrs Osborne on kosborne@tgschool.net
Click here for this week’s Career's Newsletter
Movember - The Moustache is Calling
Moustaches will be on sale at break & lunch in the Assembly Hall - they cost £1 each.
These can then be worn on Friday 29 November to raise awareness and funds for men’s health.
www.tgschool.net/news/movember-the-moustache-is-calling
Free School Meals - Christmas break
We have been advised by the Free School Meals team that they will be issuing a £30 voucher from Pluxee to cover the Christmas break. They are aiming to send these out to families on Wednesday 11 December.
Any problems, please contact the Free School Meals team directly - freeschoolmeals@suffolk.gov.uk
Free Christmas activities from Explore Outdoor and Abbeycroft
As in previous holidays, Explore Outdoor & Abbeycroft Leisure are offering free sessions aimed at students who receive means tested free school meals. Further information, can be found here at www.tgschool.net/news/free-christmas-activities-from-explore-outdoor-and-abbeycroft
Youth Ambassadors
The children’s commissioner for England is seeking 16 passionate and articulate young people, who are aged 16 or 17 in April 2025, to champion the views of England’s children.
Over the last few months, Youth Ambassadors have had the chance to speak to politicians from all the main political parties, as well as peers and other decision makers. They have had the opportunity to share their views at roundtables and on panel discussions on a wide range of subjects including online safety, children in the media and the importance of youth participation. They have also been interviewed on television, radio and online, and have written blogs and articles for a variety of publications and social media outlets.
Ambassadors are able to learn firsthand about government and policy making, and make young people’s voices heard around issues that one million children have said are important. Issues like the cost-of-living crisis, education, mental health, online safety, knife crime and many other subjects.
They are looking for a wide variety of people from across England to take part in the next Ambassadors programme. They just need to live in England, be 16 or 17 years old in April 2025 and have a passion for issues that impact young people. They particularly welcome applications from young people with lived experience of the care or health system, those with a disability or additional learning needs and those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
If you have any questions, you can get in touch with the team via ChildrensCommissioner.AMBASSADORS@childrenscommissioner.gov.uk.