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At Marshland High School, we operate a House system and this aims to ensure that continuous supervision is kept over your child’s educational progress and social and personal development. Within each of the four Houses, every student is under the care of a tutor. A child joins a small ‘family unit’ within the House itself. Where possible, students will stay with the same tutor throughout a Key Stage.
 This enables the Form Tutor to develop a close and detailed knowledge of each individual’s personality and capabilities. During each week, time is made available for the tutor to check students’ Work Record Books and to discuss their progress at school. Many of our students are trained and actively involved in caring for other students. This system is strengthened by our mixed age registration groups where there are many opportunities for older students to look after and support younger ones.We expect and obtain high standards of behaviour from our students. We emphasise the need for respect for each other and towards adults and school property. When children do well they are rewarded in a variety of ways. These include House Points, Departmental Certificates and rewards, recognition of good attendance, and, in certain cases, a letter from the Headteacher. Sanctions include departmental detentions, community chores around the site, restrictions upon free time, after school detention, and Headteacher’s detention. At a more serious level, students who disrupt learning will automatically be excluded from the lesson and sent to a designated, supervised area. If a student is excluded from lessons on a number of occasions, we will invite parents to come to school to discuss the problem. Rarely, for very serious breaches of school discipline, a student may be excluded for a fixed period of time. Such situations are brought to the attention of the Governing Body and dealt with in a very formal manner. Catering
The school has its own kitchen, dining hall and outside dining patio area. A cafeteria system operates and the timing of meals for each year group if phased to enable all students to have a fair opportunity of a wide choice of menu including vegetarian meals. Enquiries regarding free school meals should be made through the school office. Children may bring packed lunches and provision is made in the dining area for these to be eaten at a table. Refreshments are also available at break times.
 Children with Special NeedsAt Marshland we believe that all students should have equality of opportunity. Given this, we do all that we can to ensure that students with disabilities are properly catered for. Additionally, we provide classroom teaching assistants to support students with SEN when appropriate. For students with physical disability, there is full and easy wheelchair access to all curriculum areas of the school. The SEN Co-ordinator, along with the School Governors, reviews our Accessibility Plan regularly to ensure that all students’ needs are properly accommodated. We believe that by giving students the assistance they need both in and out of class, we offer a true equality of opportunity for all.
Gifted and Talented Students
These are not just our most academic students, but also those with gifts in other areas including sport, music, language, interpersonal skills etc. Each year a register of these students is compiled and provision is made for them. By providing extension work or additional courses we ensure that every student is taught to their full potential. Additionally, a programme of extra activities is offered to broaden our gifted and talented students, e.g. forensic science, art visitors, maths competitions, astronomy
Assemblies
Assemblies are usually held on at least three mornings a week. They create a formal and respectful start to the school day. The assemblies adopt a broadly moral approach dealing with important issues such as caring for others. Assemblies also provide an opportunity for the spirit and ethos of the school community to be reinforced. We also have a theme for the week which focuses on moral issues.
Sex Education
Sex education is one of the Personal, Social and Health Education themes, and it also forms part of the biological element of the Key Stage 3 Science Curriculum. There are links between the work in Personal and Social Education and the work in Science, and each area presents the material in a fitting moral context, with the full support of the School’s Governing Body. Parents are informed when topics of a sensitive nature are being introduced. They may discuss the programme in more detail with the teachers should there be any concern. |
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