17th March 2023

Weekly Letter 13.03.2023

WC: 13/03/23

Dear Parents/Carer’s,

At NUSA this week:

Another great week at NUSA this week.

On Friday night our students performed a play called ‘Is this good enough?’ in front of family and friends in our lecture theatre. The students and staff have worked incredibly hard on this and we are really proud that they will get the opportunity to perform again at the Playhouse in Nottingham during the Easter holidays.

With two days of strike action, we have obviously had fewer students in the building and therefore, we wanted to bring our whole school community together for a ‘reset’ assembly with Mr. James this morning. During the assembly, Mr. James reminded us all of the importance of looking smart. Please remember that if you are struggling to purchase any items of school uniform, do let us know so that we can try and help. I will be writing to you with more details on our new school skirt next week but we have allowed the children to have a look at the sample skirt today if they wish.

This week we have celebrated ‘Deaf Awareness week’ at NUSA. We are so very lucky to have a Focused Provision unit at NUSA. The students have completed a number of activities throughout each school day to raise awareness of Deafness. Thank you to our FPU team for all of the excellent work on setting this up.

We welcomed the CEO of our Trust this week to NUSA. He really enjoyed his visit and was really complimentary about all of the children he met and the lessons he saw. We are really proud.

Year 11:

RE: Upcoming webinar for parents: Exam Room Skills - Minimising Stress and Maximising Marks

We’re excited to announce that Elevate Education's last free webinar of the Spring Term will be taking place on Tuesday 21st March.

Elevate Education works with our students, delivering high impact workshops on study skills, motivation, wellbeing, and exam preparation. By tuning into their webinar series you will learn how you can help better support your children at home through reinforcing the skills they learn at school:?? 

Tuesday 21st March (6-7pm) 

Exam Room Skills - Minimising Stress and Maximising Marks

Click here to register for free
 

?????Here's what Elevate will be covering:

? What to do in the final days before any test or assessment 

? How to establish a good routine for the night before 

? How to optimise exam-room performance

 

Coming up at NUSA:

Ramadan is due to start next week and we will be helping to support our students and staff through the period leading up to Eid. We will be sharing a plan with students on Monday during tutor briefing regarding access to prayer rooms and the plans for Eid celebrations.

SEND drop ins – Please contact reception for dates and times if you wish to discuss your child’s SEND needs

Pathways Evening for Year 9 – Wednesday 22nd March

Year 11’s last day is on Thursday 22nd June

Year 11 Prom is on Friday 30th June

Safeguarding corner:

This week’s safeguarding corner is from IMARA. IMARA are a therapy service for children and young people in Nottinghamshire.