BANK VIEW SCHOOL

Autumn Term Newsletter

177 Long Lane Tel: 0151 330 5101

Liverpool Fax: 0151 523 7057

L9 6AD

Email:bankview-ao@bankview.liverpool.sch.uk

Head Teachers Comments

Well what a start to the year, so

much has happened in the last 7

weeks. We have had trips out to

the Slavery Museum, Aqua Dock

and to see the Giants Spectacular.

We’ve had visits to school from a

pop band, a brass ensemble and a

theatre group who completed

drama activities linked to British

Values. All our new students

across school have settled well and

have really enriched our school

community.

It’s been great to see so many

parents/carers in school this week

attending the three coffee

morning we’ve had on homework,

travel training and supported

internships. After half term

there will be an opportunity for

new parents/carers to meet and

access support from Advanced

Solutions.

A big congratulations to all of our

ex year 11s who achieved great

exam and accreditation results

over the summer. Thank you to

all our fantastic parents/carers

and staff that taught and

supported students through KS 4.

Download our Parent App

Download for free from the app

store or google play store. You will

find the app by searching for:-

BANK VIEW

The app will have our school logo

When you first download the app

please register your details.

Our app will provide instant access

to our term calender, events,

newsletters and our school policies.

It will also have some great

features such as reporting

absences, filling in forms, link to

our website and instant messages

sent by push notifications.

Any Feedback? let us know by

filling in the feedback form.

6th Form Duke of

Edinburgh

Students

have

started

their preparation for the Duke of

Edinburgh's Award this year

and have created online accounts

where they can evidence their

work.

There have been weekly visits to

Croxteth Park as part of the

expedition and physical aspect of

the award and students have

secured a volunteering placement

at Freshfield Animal Rescue

Centre which will take place on a

rota basis.

Supported

Internships

The supported

Internship Programme with

Liverpool City Council,

named 'Intern to Work',

has had a great start this year.

Throughout the term three of our

sixth form students are at the

Hilton Hotel

Liverpool and two

students at the

Holiday Inn

Express Albert

Doc. They have

worked on this

exciting project

and are now

becoming

important team members.

The students have gained

important employability skills and

are increasing in confidence with

every shift they complete.

Alsop fitness centre and Rotunda

Boxing gym

Sixth form students have been

attending Alsop gym and Rotunda

Boxing on Friday afternoons as

part of their Health and Fitness

lessons.

Students are accessing the local

community, to explore new

opportunities for healthy active

lifestyles, encouraging young

people to continue participating in

their futures.

All students have made an

excellent start to both activities

and are thoroughly enjoying

themselves.

Well done!

Miss Southern and Mr Davey.

Student Council New student

councillors have

been elected by

their form classes

and have attended

their first student council meeting

of the year. Student councillors

have already discussed new ideas

for our outdoor equipment,

playtime activities as well as

future trip ideas.

As well as new ideas, students

have decided and agreed on

continuing with the student council

suggestion box and notice board to

continue with their excellent

student voice across school.

Student councillors will meet once

every half term to discuss new

topics and ideas that have been

suggested.

Well done 😊 Miss Southern.

Macmillan Fundraising

On the 1st October, the sixth

form students organised and

hosted their annual coffee morning

for all our 6th form parents. Our

pupils were great hosts and worked

really hard to make sure it was

our best coffee morning yet. Well

done to them for all their hard

work! From all the Sixth form

students and staff at Bank View,

we would like to say a massive

thank you to all the parents and

pupils for your continued support.

The Harvest Festival and

Foodbank The pupils will be

collecting food donations

for the North Liverpool foodbank.

If you have any in date canned or

boxed food that you would like to

donate to the food bank appeal,

please send donations in to

Mrs Fenwick.

All donations will

be presented

during the Bank View Christmas

Concert in December. Thank you.

Music Workshop We recently had a

performance in school

from American pop artist called

Gabe Kubanda with DJ Teffler as

part of their Epic Proportions

Tour. It was a great event and

was followed for some children by

a workshop called EduMusication,

which talked about life in the

music industry.

Music Club

Music club will start again on

Thursday 1st November 3.15-

4.15pm. All are welcome if you

can be picked up at 4.15pm. We

have a limited number of spaces on

the school mini bus for drop off

after club, which are allocated on

a first come, first served basis.

Please ask for a permission letter.

Play Therapy at Bank

View We are now able to offer Play

Therapy as an additional form of

support for children age 4-14

years here in school. Play therapy

gives children the opportunity to

better understand their world and

what is happening around them.

Children will be referred to the

ARC as previously by staff,

parents or themselves. Play

Therapy is not appropriate for

every child. Sometimes behaviour

may temporarily deteriorate during

or after therapy this is because

issues or worries are being brought

to mind through play. The type of

issues which bring children to play

therapy might include general

anxiety leading to problems with

things like sleeping or eating, self-

esteem, family issues such as

bereavement or a change in the

family, friendships, regressing to

younger behaviours, more serious

mental health issues will continue

to be referred to CAMHS.

*Not all children are suitable for

Play Therapy and the team will

refer children for other support if

appropriate. All sessions are

monitored via CCTV *

Play Therapists receive supervision

by their School Project Manager

on a weekly basis.

Jan Assheton

j.assheton@bankview.liverpool.sch.uk

Giants Trip Liverpool was a hive of activity

with the visits from the giant

spectacular. Pupils in base 2 and

the performing arts enrichment

group took part in a city wide

project based on the giant’s visits.

The theme was "Dreams" and

pupils across Merseyside schools

were tasked to create a blanket

based on this and bring it along to

a giant picnic. A group of pupils

along with PC Caroline, our school

community police officer, and

staff attended the picnic and got

very close to the little boy giant

and the dog in Princes Park.

Fun was had by all even if the

weather meant we ate our picnic in

the school bus.

Altru drama visit Pupils in lower school recently took

part in a drama session with Alice

from Altru drama. The session

was part of their citizenship

lessons and were based around

British values, rights and individual

liberty. Alice made the session

fun and interactive and both staff

and pupils had a great day.

Reward trip

This half terms reward trip was to

Adventure dock at the Albert

Dock. The reward trips are linked

to the DoJo system in school.

Each half term the pupil with the

most dojo in each class has the

opportunity to attend a reward

trip. There is also space on each

trip for pupils with the most

improved behaviour. Keep an eye

out on our school website for

photos!

School Photographs Unfortunately the

photograph day had to

be cancelled on Thursday

11th October.

We have now rearranged the date

to Thursday 1st November, which

will be the first week back in

school after half term.

Homework Homework is

set fortnightly, but students can

also set themselves tests for more

practice if they choose. Every

question is automatically marked,

and students get instant feedback.

Educake is an online homework and

revision system that’s just for KS3

and GCSE Science. It can be used

on PC, tablet or smartphone by

going to www.educake.co.uk.

If pupils do not have access to the

internet at home we have facilities

in school so that all pupils have a

chance to complete their homework

and earn themselves some extra

dojo’s. Alternatively there is

always paper homework available.

Your child has been given a

username and password for their

online science homework.

Thank you

Miss Flynn

Pupils have been given

their mymaths passwords for their

online homework. Online homework

can be accessed by visiting

www.mymaths.co.uk

The school's log in is bankv

The password is compass. Each

pupils has been given their own

individual login details.

Thank you

Mr Tasker

Homework Coffee Morning

A coffee morning was held on

Wednesday 17th October 2018 for

parents/carers to talk with

teaching staff about the homework

we suggest for pupils to do who

attend Bank View.

They discussed some resources for

parents/carers to use at home and

discuss the best ways to work with

your children to help them to

improve. The main subjects they

focused on were English, Maths

and Science homework.

If you were unable to attend and

would like some information or

advice please contact the school.

Travel Training Coffee

Morning and Presentation On Thursday 18th October 2018

the Travel trainers from the LA

held a coffee morning for

parents/carers at the school to

talk about opportunities for our

pupils to have travel training.

The travel training will begin after

half term so if you would like your

child to take part please contact

the travel trainers or school to

arrange.

Year 11 Work Experience Work experience time is nearly

upon us again! Year 11 are busy

preparing and learning about the

world of work and visiting their

placements ready for their two

week placements.

Please note that travel training for

the independent travellers to

travel to their work experience

placement will be available if

needed and will begin after half

term.

Year 11 pupils in Base 2 will have

work experience days in the

spring/summer term.

@model at

Croxteth

Primary We have enjoyed

exploring Forest

School over at

Croxteth.

We all worked

hard on our autumnal scavenger

hunt looking for different natural

materials.

BVHS and Behaviour

Management The pupils have made a positive

start to the new academic year.

The school has introduced a new

behaviour management system

which is proving successful. Class

Dojo is an online system to record

positive and negative behaviours on

a lesson by lesson basis. It allows

all staff to monitor behaviour

across the school. The school is

linking its rewards and discipline

system to Class Dojo. Rewards for

pupils include golden time (including

a range of activities) on a

Thursday afternoon, football

sessions, boxercise classes and

reward trips. The lower and upper

school pupils selected from class

dojo for excellent effort and

work are going pumpkin picking this

half term. A lunchtime detention

has been put in place on a

Thursday for those pupils who are

not achieving their personal

targets for behaviour set through

Class Dojo. Overall it has been a

very positive response to the new

system.

Mr Wrigg

Lead Behaviour Teacher

Coding Club Coding club is now

running on Thursday

afternoons and students have been

setting up accounts on

https://code.org/learn to learn

coding. They have been exploring

a range of coding activities from

Flappy Bird to Minecraft.

Miss J Staunton, Computing

Teacher

Medical Appointments Any child attending a

medical appointment,

please bring in your

medical card/letter

so we can authorise

your absence. Without proof, your

absence will be marked

unauthorised. Please ensure your

child comes into school before or

after their appointment.

Medical Absences The school will not authorise any

absences unless they received the

following:

1. A copy of a prescription.

2. A Compliment slip from a

chemist of any medication that has

been bought over the counter for

the pupil.

Or

3. Show the school any medication

give to the pupil by their doctor.

Attendance & Punctuality

Can I ask, that as parent/carers

you ensure that your child attends

school every day unless they are

really poorly. Pupils’ welfare is of

paramount importance to us and

attendance and punctuality are

essential for children to make

progress. We acknowledge that

each family’s circumstances are

different and we work in

partnership with parents/carers to

provide the best education for

every child. I have issued all pupils

with a challenge to achieve 100%

attendance each term and if they

do this they will receive a reward.

The government have now issued

new guide lines that means that

pupils who have 90% attendance or

less are classed as ‘persistent

absentees’ and further action will

be taken by the school with the

support of the education welfare

officer.

Thank you. Anne Marsh EWO

Pupil Absence All parents/carers must contact

the school office in the morning if

your child will be off ill. Without a

telephone call your child will be

marked unauthorised. Escorts are

NOT responsible for passing on

messages that your child is ill.

If your child wishes to change

from school dinner to packed lunch

or packed lunch to school dinner.

Please call the school office first

on 0151 330 5101 to prevent

unsolicited dinner charges. School

dinners cost £9 per week, please

make sure your child’s account is

kept up to date.

After School Club After school club runs from

3:20pm – 4:30pm on a Wednesday.

Please note that if your child is on

the list to go to our after school

clubs and you wish for your child

NOT to attend club on that day,

please contact the school office to

let them know on 0151 330 5101.

Pupil Information

We would like to

remind all

parents of the

importance of providing the school

with any change of address or

phone numbers, please let the

school office know immediately.

There have been a number of

incidents when it has not been

possible to contact a parent when

their child has been unwell, due to

us not having up to date phone

numbers. Please fill in the

information if there are any

changes and send into school as

soon as possible. Email or send

info via the parent app.

Pupil Name:

………………………………………………………

New Home No:

…………………………………………………………………

New Mobile No:

…………………………………………………………………

New Address:……………………………………..

………………………………..………………………………

Postcode….…………………

Email address:

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Important Dates 2018/2019

19th October – Pupils finish at normal time for half term

22nd – 26th October – Half Term

29th October – Pupils return to school at normal time

21st December – School finishes at 1:15p.m

7th January – Pupils return to school at normal time

18th – 22nd February – Half Term

5th April – School finishes at 1:15p.m. for Easter Holidays

8th – 19th April – Easter Holidays

22nd April – Easter Bank Holiday Monday

23rd April – Pupils return to school at normal time

6th May - May Day

24th May – Pupils finish school for half term at normal time

27th - 31st May - Half Term

3rd June – Pupils return to school at normal time

Friday 19th July - Term ends at 1:15pm for summer holidays

BANK VIEW HIGH SCHOOL 2018-2019 SCHOOL CALENDAR

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1 x Inset Day to be confirmed