Young Carers Action Day is an annual event organised by Carers Trust. It is a day for raising awareness of Young Carers and Young Adult Carers, the pressures, the challenges they face and the incredible contribution they make by caring for family members
Staff are invited to nominate students who have demonstrated a Growth Mindset in the past few weeks. This might have been in lessons, in clubs, in tutor time or simply around school. Please note we already award bi-annual subject badges and merits for good academic work, effort and improvement. These Growth Mindset nominations recognise those who show resilience (academic or otherwise); who aren’t afraid to get things wrong and learn from it; those who have a go, take themselves out of their comfort zone or show that even if a task is tough they will persevere.
Nationally there has been a 77% rise in the number of children needing specialist treatment for severe mental health crisis, the BBC reported last week [Children's mental health: Huge rise in severe cases, BBC analysis reveals - BBC News]. The government plans 400 mental health teams to support schools by 2023, and we feel ahead of the game with our tiers of support for our learners and young people at KSHS, including our listening service, referrals into outside services and our own CASY counselling service.
This year we are inviting a small group of students from Years 9 and 10 to shadow the judging process of the prestigious Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Award.
Following on from last year's triumph at the regional heats of the National Reading Champions Quiz, we are looking to form a new team for this year's competition.
This will be returning to the library from Wednesday 9-16 March.
This popular annual event is returning for its 25th year, and we will certainly be celebrating in the library.
The much anticipated news for Year 11 and Year 13 students regarding national adaptations to their exams was announced on Monday. Adjustments vary between subjects and the link below enables students and parents/carers easily to see the changes by searching by subject and exam board.
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