Latest News - 13th December 2024
Christmas Activities
The festive season is well underway, and we’re excited to share a fabulous line-up of activities to spread holiday cheer and bring our community together. Join us for Christmas and Carols at St Laurence Church, a beautiful celebration of music and tradition. We’re also hosting our annual Senior Citizen's Tea Party for our local local seniors.
Our talented Year 7 students will be taking to the stage for a special performance of A Christmas Carol, showcasing their hard work and creativity.
Keep reading for more details on these wonderful events!
Rotary Shoebox Appeal
We are proud to be supporting the Rotary Shoebox Appeal again this year, in association with Winslow Rotary Club.
The scheme collects boxes of gifts to be distributed to families in areas of conflict and deprivation abroad, ensuring that a little of the joy of the festive season is shared with our wider, global community.
Oftentimes, we can feel impotent to make a difference in the world, but acts of kindness to strangers can make a real difference to the lives of those facing hardship. It gives our young people the opportunity to live our school value of empathy in a practical and explicit way.
Each tutor group will be making up boxes and we would ask that you consider making a small donation to assist with this.
There are four different categories for the boxes: Baby, up to 12 months; Child, for younger children; Teenager, for those up to 18 years of age; Household, practical items for older folks and families. The overall effort is being co-ordinated by the Phoenix Suite team and we have plans to reward the tutor group who donates the greatest number of boxes.
In the past, some of our STFS families have wanted to fill whole boxes and we would be delighted to hear from you, if this is something that you would feel able to do. Perhaps you would like to get your workplace involved. You can email harriet.bartley@sirthomasfremantle.org to request boxes to be filled outside of school and returned. For practical, transportation reasons, it is necessary to use the specific boxes that are supplied by the rotary club.
A Message From Network Rail
A number of trains will be running through Winslow in the coming weeks, as the line is tested and driver training begins. We recognise that this is a new railway line, and that students in the local area may not be used to live trains running through Winslow.
We ask that you remind students of the dangers of live railway lines. There are several useful videos from Network Rail available here - Safety education - Network Rail.
School Closures
As we enter the winter months, we’ve updated our website with important information about school closures due to severe weather.
Unless notified via email, parents and students should assume the school is open.
Updates will also be shared on our Facebook page and Buckinghamshire Council’s website. Decisions will be made by 7:30am in all but exceptional circumstances.
If closures are necessary, we’ll set remote work via Arbor, and students can also access resources through Sparx, Seneca, and Educake, or explore additional materials via Oak National Academy and BBC Bitesize. For full guidance, please visit our website.
Arbor Student App
The Arbor student app is now available.
1. Download the app from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store - search for Arbor Student App
2. Log in with existing Arbor Student Portal details. (Use the 'forgotten password' facility if necessary.)
The app will enable students to:
Check their timetable
Keep track of their homework assignments
Monitor their attendance
View their behaviour points and comments
Click here for more information and guidance.
Please remember we are a 'no phones' school. The app is intended only for use outside of school and must not be used on the school site during the school day.
Educake Student Revision Contest
Educake is hosting a contest where 5 lucky students who use the Revision Wizard will receive a £50 One4all gift card (for use at 130+ retailers in store and online). We’ll also send some cake to the teachers in the winning departments!
The contest will run for a 6-week period, from 11 November – 22 December.
To be eligible for the prize draw, students must answer at least 10 questions using the Revision Wizard tool during at least 4 of the 6 weeks of the contest period.
They will be entered into the draw automatically if they meet the above criteria; they don’t need to do anything else.
