Academic Year 2021/22

New Academic Year – September 2021. 
The start of term dates are as follows:

• Friday 3rd September Year 7, 10 and 12 (only) 8.35 am-3.00 pm
• Monday 6th September All Year Groups (7-13) 8.35 am-3.00 pm

Inset Days Autumn Term 2021 

• Wednesday 1st & Thursday 2nd September 2021
• Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd October 2021

Specific Entrances for Each Year Group

Students will enter and leave the school site from specific entrances/exits.

• Year 7 enter/exit via the Bobmore Lane entrance
• Year 8 enter/exit via the Wycombe Road entrance (via the outside of the Redgrave Sports Centre RSC)
• Year 9 enter/exit via the Bobmore Lane entrance
• Year 10 enter/exit via Wycombe Road entrance (via the outside of the RSC)
• Year 11 enter/exit via Bobmore Lane
• Sixth Form via Wycombe Road entrance (via the outside of the RSC)

All students must be on the school site before 8.35 am, because punctuality to form time is important, however, students should not be on the school site prior to 8am without prior agreement with the school.
All students using Local Authority provided transport will continue to be dropped and collected from the Redgrave Sports Centre Coach Park. All Local Authority Transport will depart from school at 15.05pm.

Timings of the School Day (September 2021)

• 8.35-9.00 Registration
• 9.00–10.00 Lesson 1
• 10.00–11.00 Lesson 2
• 11.00–11.30 Break 1

Year 7 Access to the canteen (library side)
Year 8 Access to the canteen (design technology side)
Year 11 Access to outdoor catering pod (behind design technology/adjacent to B Block)

• 11.30–12.30 Lesson 3
• 12.30-13.00 Break 2

Year 9 Access to the canteen (library side)
Year 10 Access to the canteen (design technology side)
Year 11 Access to outdoor catering pod (behind design technology/adjacent to B Block)

• 13.00–14.00 Lesson 4
• 14.00-15.00 Lesson 5
• 15.00 Home or extra-curricular activities

School has retained two 30 minute breaks, meaning specific year groups have access to the canteen for one break session each day; last year this led to a far more efficient and pleasurable experience for students in every year group. This approach will be reviewed at half term.
Obviously, students in all year groups can continue to bring their own food provision from home, and this can be eaten in the canteen during the break session allocated to their year group or outside during either break. We will also be offering a breakfast provision from the main canteen, open to all year groups from 8.15am starting on Monday 6th September.

Full and Correct School Uniform
On return to school, all students are expected to be wearing the correct school uniform. Sixth form students are expected to dress in smart appropriate business wear as outlined in the prospectus. Link to our uniform page can be found here – Uniform page

 

Equipment
All students must attend school with all their own equipment. Please see separate equipment list attached at the end of this letter.

Good Wishes 
GMS hopes you have a very enjoyable last few weeks of this summer break.