'While we have time let us do good to all’. (Galatians 6:10)'

Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Year 11 Future Pathways Assemblies

  Fri 21 Oct 2022

  We were visited by Mrs Dermott Bond from Rugby High School Sixth Form this week. Students found out more about studying and extra curricular activities at RH6.

   

  Thank you to all our visitors this half term. We have heard presentations from Rugby Free Secondary School, Bilton  School, Warwickshire Police, Rugby Borough Academy of Football, Warwickshire College Group and Moulton College.

   

  Next half term we look forward to welcoming Ashlawn School, RAF Careers and the University of Northampton.

   

  

• October Mental Health Bulletin

  Thu 20 Oct 2022 Mr Unwin

  What to expect in this month's bulletin:

   

  • How is the emotional vocabulary going?
  • Classroom Wellbeing Toolkit from The Anna Freud Centre

   

  Emotional Vocabulary

  At the start of the term I distributed laminated copies of Feelings Wheels to all staff.  I hope that some of you have been able to find opportunities to use the tool to encourage students to develop a greater understanding of their emotions.  

   

  Remember the phrase “Name it to Tame it.”  

   

  The Classroom Wellbeing Toolkit

  The following passage is from the Anna Freud Centre website introducing the Classroom Wellbeing Toolkit.  As this is quite a lengthy read I have not included anything else in this month’s bulletin in the hope you all get a chance to read through the resource.  

   

  This evidence-based toolkit, created in partnership with the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) is designed to help secondary school staff take steps to improve students’ mental health and wellbeing through everyday practices.

  This new resource will help build teachers' confidence to address the needs of their students, covering five strategy areas on:

  • building supportive relationships
  • creating a classroom environment where all students feel they belong
  • promoting good mental health
  • responding to stress, low mood and anxiety
  • preventing bullying, cyberbullying and sexual harassment.

   

  It is designed for secondary school subject teachers, but will also be useful for teaching assistants, librarians and other support staff.

  It is not about asking teachers to be mental health professionals, but instead focuses on enhancing the quality of the classroom environment and staff–student relationships.

  Link: Classroom Wellbeing Toolkit

   

  

• Year 11 … Opening the Door to Careers and Education

  Thu 13 Oct 2022

  This week students had presentations from Warwickshire Police and Rugby Borough Football Academy. They learned about routes in to the police and how to apply to become a police cadet. Rugby Borough Football Club gave information about their programme of football training whilst gaining qualifications in sports and business.

   

  

• Post 16 Pathways are navigated at a parent/carer information evening

  Tue 11 Oct 2022

  Harris hosted an evening for parents and carers on Monday 10 October. They heard presentations from the DfE about apprenticeships and our in school Careers Adviser about other post-16 pathways. 

   

  The presentations and links to recommended websites can be found on the Careers Hub. 

  

• Students find out more about apprenticeships

  Mon 10 Oct 2022

  We have been pleased to welcome a representative from the DfE to talk to and deliver workshops to our Year 10 and 11 students today about apprenticeships.  

  

• Harris in the News

  Wed 05 Oct 2022

  Read more about our visitors from Channel 4 in the Rugby Advertiser and Rugby Observer.

   

  Googlebox Star and Channel 4 representatives speak to students in Rugby about a career in broadcasting

   

  Gogglebox star helps Harris students learn about careers in broadcasting

• Year 8 students take on The Challenge

  Mon 03 Oct 2022

  Faraday Challenge Day – Y8 Students

  We were very lucky to be offered the chance to host this event again this year.  Last year’s Year 8 students had great fun taking part in a similar project. 

  The Faraday Challenge is an Institute of Engineering initiative and is an annual competition based on STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering & maths).  A “real-world” challenge is given to six teams of 6 students who, working as a team, come up with a plan, a design and a finished product which fulfills the brief set by the Challenge Leader. 

  And all in just one day! 

  Good Luck to our teams who will be taking part at Harris on Tuesday 4 October 2022.

   

• "Working for Marcus" - Loudmouth Productions

  Mon 03 Oct 2022 R Nesbitt

  We are delighted to welcome Loudmouth Productions back to Harris. Loudmouth is a highly respected and innovative theatre in education company. The company delivers Relationship, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) programmes.   

  Over the next few months Loudmouth will be at Harris to give 3 separate performances and workshops of "Working for Marcus" to separate year groups as follows:

   

  Year 9 - Tuesday 4 October

  Year 10 - Friday 25 November

  Year 8 - Friday 13 January

   

  Working for Marcus will cover issues relating to child exploitation (CE), sexual exploitation (CSE), county lines, grooming.

   

• Channel 4 visits Harris

  Mon 03 Oct 2022

  We were delighted to welcome a team from Channel 4 to deliver interative workshops giving students an insight into careers in the broadcasting industry and encouraging them to focus on their strengths and skills. Googlebox's, Baasit Saddiqui visited us for a Q&A session.

   

  The fun and interactive sessions allowed students in Years 7-9 to focus on their individual skills and strengths whilst highlighting the importance of their school subjects. Year 9 students had the added bonus of meeting Baasit Saddiqui in person to pose their questions about his career journey and of course, found out more about his experiences on Googlebox.