On Wednesday 13 June, environment- conscious students from the Abbeyfield Community Project Team joined forces with Tesco, Northampton and East Hunsbury Parish Council for a community litter pick.
A total of 9 bags of rubbish were collected; a great morning’s work and a real team effort.
More partnership projects are planned, hoping to make our environment a nicer place.
Tesco, Northampton ‘tweeted’ the following comment; ” I think we did a great job and hope to work with you again.”
East Hunsbury Parish Council also commented: “We were only out for an hour and look how much litter they collected. Just shows what can be achieved in a short space of time!.”
The Internet and new communications technology, like all environments and media, can be used and abused. Fortunately, the positive aspects far outweigh the negative. However, at Abbeyfield, we know how important it is to protect and educate young people on using the Internet and want to provide all our users with a safe experience.
Please click here to take you to the thinkuknow website, which is considered the very best internet safety site currently available. ‘thinkuknow’ is the education branch of a specialist police team called CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) and the site provides support and guidance about online safety to children and young people (ages 5-18), parents and childcare professionals. The site also features the CEOP Report button, which allows a child (or concerned adult) to report inappropriate or dangerous online behaviour directly to the CEOP officers for investigation. It is a hugely important tool in raising the profile of e Safety, but also in reducing incidents of grooming and cyber bullying’.
In January 2015, The NSPCC launched a public education campaign called Share Aware to help parents keep their children safe online.To view or download the Parent Guide produced as part of this campaign, please click here.
To view or download Childnet International’s ‘Internet Safety Guide for Parents and Carers’ please click here.
To view ‘The Ultimate Parent Guide for Protecting Your Child on the Internet’,please click here.
To view or download the Online: Onguard Safety leaflet, please click here.
The Child Exploitation & Online Protection (CEOP) Centre’s website has a range of useful information on how to stay safe online.
Stevensons our school uniform supplier, will be visiting Abbeyfield School on the evening of Monday 9th July to sell uniform to our new year seven students.
Existing parents and students are invited to visit the pop up uniform shop on the 9th July between 5:30pm and 7pm where all school uniform and PE kit items will be available for purchase. We do expect this to be a busy evening, please accept our apologies in advance for any delays.
Items can also be purchased online throughout the year by visiting the following web address.
Stevensons will also accept telephone orders, please contact their customer service line on 01727 815700.
Please find below an extract of a recent government announcement regarding the wearing of face masks in classrooms. As a school we would like to thank parents and students for your on-going support with this, we had a very high level of compliance which was fantastic and I am sure this will continue. Please do pass this information on to our students.
Government Announcement – Tuesday 6 April,
The government confirmed that face coverings should continue to be worn in secondary school and college classrooms as a precautionary measure when students return after the Easter break.
This cautious approach will help limit the risk of transmission and enable continued monitoring of the effect of school and college returns, as twice weekly testing is established and embedded in pupil’s routines.
It is expected that face coverings will no longer be required to be worn in classrooms, or by students in other communal areas, at Step 3 of the roadmap, which will be no earlier than Monday 17 May. At that point the next stage of easements, including increased social contact indoors, will be confirmed following a review of the latest data on infection and vaccination rates. It will also allow time for the vaccination programme to reach everyone in priority groups one to nine with their first dose before any change is committed.
Rapid testing will continue to play a crucial role in keeping schools and colleges safe, as millions of tests are now taken each week by students and staff. With as many as one in three people who have the virus not displaying symptoms, testing is helping find and isolate cases, stopping outbreaks before they develop. Since Thursday 4 March this year, around 17 million coronavirus tests were taken across all nurseries, schools and colleges. Please continue to self-test and report your results as before