17th July 2022
Change to School Day and New Logo for September 2022
Dear Parents and Carers,
The government education White Paper, (March 2022), sets out requirements for all schools to have a minimum school week of 32 ½ hours. Currently, our school week is 31 ¼ hours. We therefore must increase the length of time that students are in school and add 1-hour 15 minutes to our school week.
Currently, tutor time is 30 minutes and takes place every morning between 8:45am and 09:15am.
Break is 20 minutes long between 11:05am and 11:25am.
There is a single lunch of 45 minutes, between 1:15pm and 2:00pm.
The school day starts at 8:45am and ends at 3:00pm.
Proposed changes
From September, 2022;
- The school day will start at 8:40am and end at 3:10pm.
- Tutor time in the morning will be reduced to 10 minutes between 8:40am and 8:50am and the first lesson will start at 8:50am.
- Break will be 15 minutes
- Lunch will be 40 minutes
- Key Stage 3 (Years 7, 8 and 9) will follow one timetable with Key Stage 4 (Years 10 and 11) a different timetable.
Key Stage 3 Timetable
Years 7, 8 and 9 will follow the timetable below, with one lesson before break, two lessons between break and lunch and two lessons after lunch.
| Tutor time |
8:40am – 8:50 am |
| Lesson 1 |
8:50 – 9:55am |
| Break |
9:55am – 10:10am |
| Lesson 2 |
10:10am – 11:15am |
| Lesson 3 |
11:15am – 12:20pm |
| Lunch |
12:20pm – 1:00pm |
| Lesson 4 |
1:00pm – 2:05pm |
| Lesson 5 |
2:05pm – 3:10pm |
Key Stage 4 Timetable
Years 10 and 11 will follow the timetable below, with two lessons before break, two lessons between break and lunch and one lesson after lunch.
| Tutor time |
8:40am – 8:50 am |
| Lesson 1 |
8:50am – 9:55am |
| Lesson 2 |
9:55am – 11:00am |
| Break |
11:00am – 11:15am |
| Lesson 3 |
11:15am– 12:20pm |
| Lesson 4 |
12:20pm – 1:25pm |
| Lunch |
1:25pm – 2:05pm |
| Lesson 5 |
2:05pm – 3:10pm |
Summary
- The start of the school day will change from 8:45am to 8:40am
- The end of the school day will change from 3:00pm to 3:10pm
- Years 7, 8 and 9 will have their break between 9:55 and 10:10am and lunch between 12:20 and 1pm.
- Years 10 and 11 will have their break between 11:00 and 11:15am and lunch between 1:25pm and 2:05pm.
We will review the new school day in the autumn term, seeking feedback from students, parents and staff.
New school logo
Following consultation with students and staff, we have also changed our school logo and motto.
This will appear on our new website and all communication from September and will work its way into the school uniform for September 2023 but there will be no expectation for any parents to buy new uniform. We will phase it in over the next few years. The logo maintains at its heart, the links with our 5 Primary Schools within the BEV (Blacon Educational Village) with the colour of each being represented in the logo. The new school colour for Blacon High School is gold which represents success, confidence and optimism, again this was chosen by students. We will involve students in the design of a new school tie but again please be reassured, these will be phased in and there will be no expectation for parents to buy new uniform.
I will update you further on any changes to this week as we continue to update our risk assessment in light of the extreme weather and will let you know of some key information and sources of support for families over the summer break.
Regards,
Rachel Hudson
Headteacher
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