Platinum Jubilee Fundraiser – It's not too late to donate!

Dear All,

Thanks to your generous contributions to date, we have raised over £5000 which will make a real difference to our Sixth Form facilities.

We are now entering the planning stage of deciding how to develop the Sixth Form Centre for our students. However, it's not too late to donate. Every single donation, no matter how big or small, is very gratefully received.

Thank you to everyone who has donated so far.

Here is the link to our Just Giving page or, if you prefer, scan this QR code.

Thank you.

Message for Parents / Carers from the Children's
Commissioner

I am writing to inform you that I have recently published a new guide, What I wish my parents or carers knew: A guide for parents on managing children’s digital lives.

This guide was written with the direct involvement of children in England. It is a reflection of their views. My office visited schools to speak to teenagers, and spoke to my Youth Ambassadors and Youth Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Panel to get their expertise on what works and what doesn’t work between parents or carers and children in the 21st Century.

As parents, carers, and educators, our job must begin and end with our children’s care and safety. It’s what they expect and what they want from you.

As one young person told me: "Don’t be afraid to be firm… If you are worried [that] your child is seeing harmful content, and you don’t know what they’re watching, and it’s affecting the behaviour, just take it that you know best – they don’t."

I hope this guide will be a useful resource for your school community.
Yours sincerely,

Dame Rachel de Souza, Children’s Commissioner

Goodbye

There always seems to be so much pressure surrounding this first week of the new year. An expectation that we should be full of energy, starting as we mean to go on, and that if we don't, we've basically ruined it for the entire year.

This just isn't realistic.

It takes time and energy to get back into a routine and to find calm after the overwhelming festive period.

Take a breath, stop being so hard on yourself. You've got time.

I'm not going to give you suggestions for New Year's resolutions or intentions to start implementing this January, but I do invite you to think about what you might be ready to let go of and say goodbye to, for example...

Goodbye

Goodbye to second guessing yourself.
Goodbye to not letting go.
Goodbye to people pleasing.
Goodbye to not feeling good enough.
Goodbye to burnout.
Goodbye to stressing over what you can't control.
Goodbye to beliefs and thoughts that keep you feeling small.
Goodbye to negative self-talk.

Mrs Westergaard, Wellbeing Team

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Year 11 Revision Booklet

The Year 11 Revision Booklet was issued to students this week.

The booklet contains a selection of helpful information including a proposed revision timetable, coursework deadlines and revision aids to help in the summer examinations.

The booklet is also on the school website here.

Year 11 Mock Examinations Timetable

The Year 11 Mock Examination Timetable was recently distributed at the Year 11 Progress Review Evening. It is also on the school website under News & Events/Examinations News or via the link here.

Please click on the link here to read Mrs Belton Owen's Pre-Exam Letter to Parents/ Carers.

GCSE Contingency Sessions Summer 2026

Please note, the awarding bodies have designated the morning and afternoon sessions of Wednesday 24th June 2026 as ‘contingency sessions’.

These contingency sessions are designed to be used in the event of national or significant local disruption to examinations. This means that all exam candidates must be available to sit exams from the date of their first exam until Wednesday 24th June 2026. This decision is not a school decision and does apply to all candidates in all schools.

Free School Meals & Pupil Premium

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PA News

Lost Property

Please may we remind parents/carers to write your child's name on all of their belongings so that we can return any lost items to them. If belongings are handed in to us, and they are named, we will contact the student directly, so please ask your child to check their school email account to see if we have messaged them. Please click on the link here to report any lost property or email us directly via reception@bexleygs.co.uk.

Thank you

Reception Team