The Flagpole

The Immunisation Service will be in school on Thursday 5 May to offer Year 8 pupils the first dose of the human papilloma vaccination

Year 9 pupils will be offered their 2nd dose on Friday 6 May

A number of Year 10 pupils that missed their second dose due to the pandemic have also been invited for a vaccination – these vaccinations will take place on both Thursday 5 and Friday 6 May

Please ask your sons/daughters to check their school email as appointment times will be emailed to them directly.

Please be aware that I don’t have access to the NHS consent portal so have  issued appointment times for all children. Please let me know if your son/daughter isn’t having the vaccination and I will remove them from the clinic.

Please also be reassured that only children for whom written consent has been provided by a parent or guardian will receive a vaccine.

Likewise, if you think your child should have received an appointment and they haven’t please let me know

Where possible please ensure pupils wear a short sleeve shirt/blouse on the day and have had breakfast. NHS guidance also requests that face coverings are worn whilst in the clinic, please ensure your child brings one to school on the day unless exempt.

Vaccinations will take place in the marquee on the North Lawn at school, please ask your son/daughter to make a note of their appointment time and arrive promptly, this will reduce waiting times.

If you are unsure if you have consented, please contact the Immunisation Service directly on 02476 321550

If there are any other queries, as always please do not hesitate to contact me at pcmatrons@princethorpe.co.uk

There is still a terrific amount of named and unnamed items in lost property at the Student Hub; please ask your child to check lost property even if they don’t think that they have mislaid anything.  All unclaimed items will be going to support a charity shortly - this is your child's last opportunity to check for missing items.  A member of staff is currently involved with a charity in Zimbabwe who are looking for clothing for children’s homes and items not collected will be donated at the end of May. 

Beth Sharpe
Deputy Head - Pastoral

The most recent Parent Toolkit webinar, entitled Eating Disorders And Poor Eating Habits took place on Wednesday 30 March 2022. Senior Matron Paula Greig shared information on a range of eating disorders, guidance on how to spot the signs of an eating disorder and advice on how to support your child and get help if this is affecting someone in your family. The recording of the webinar can be found on the Parent Toolkit section of My School Portal or directly via this link.

The next webinar RSHE Relationship and Sex and Health Education - What we do at Princethorpe, takes place on Tuesday 17 May at 6.30pm. The link to the webinar is here and the programme of all future webinars and links to access them, can be found on My School Portal here.

Please send any suggestions for future webinar topics that we have not already planned to cover to Mrs Beth Sharpe at BethSharpe@Princethorpe.co.uk

Andy Compton
Assistant Head - Director of Digital Strategy