Dear Parent/Carer
To provide our Y8 and Y9 students with the opportunity to have face to face time with staff at school, before the end of term, we would like to invite in Y8 on Tuesday 14th December from 1:15pm to 3:15pm and Y9 on Wednesday 15th December from 1:15pm to 3:15pm.
The format of the afternoon, for both years, will include an assembly, form time activities and check ins on remote learning with form tutors and support staff.
Students should arrive at the East Yard gate at 1:10pm ready for the 1:15pm start in the Cafe. They will be leaving Marden High at 3:15pm via the same exit.
If you have any questions, please contact your child’s Head of Year or Mr Anderson.
Many thanks
Mr M Snape
Headteacher
Latest Update: 8/12/2021
This week we have continued to work with the Department for Education and the Local Authority to work out a long term solution to the complex situation resulting from the roof damage and flooding that we have suffered. Our aim remains of course, to bring as many of our students into face to face contact with their teachers as possible, as quickly as possible.. We have been very pleased with how all students have responded to the challenging situation, both in school and where students are undertaking remote learning. I have spoken to all the students this week and I have emphasised the importance of them engaging with their remote learning, and of them communicating effectively with their teachers. I know that you will be waiting for information about how we move forwards as a community next week and into the Spring term, and I appreciate your patience and your continued support. I am hopeful that after my meeting with the Department for Education on Friday morning, I will be able to communicate further with you all via my weekly newsletter. Until then, please do not hesitate to get in touch if you or your child requires any further support.
Mr Snape
Dear Parent/Carer
I hope that everything is going well for you and your children, and I want to update you on the current situation in school. We have spent much of the day meeting with contractors, insurers and the DfE to establish a plan moving forward, aspects of which I will communicate to you tomorrow in my newsletter. We have also been working on a risk assessment to determine which sections of the school we can still use safely and how many students we might be able to bring back to school next week. You will, I am sure, appreciate that this is a slow and complex process and we are taking care to ensure the health and safety of our whole school community.
Mr M Snape
Headteacher
Dear Parent/Carer
Thank you for your speedy responses to our communications this morning. I am sure you will appreciate the narrow window we had to get a message out. We have had quite severe flooding this morning and I have to say the staff have been fantastic in stemming the tide. However the flooding continues and a roofing team has now been out to assess the damage.
Unfortunately the situation is even worse than I had previously thought. We have been advised that carrying out repairs to the existing roof covering is not possible, and that it will need to be replaced. This is as you can imagine a big job and so it is certain that the flooding will continue. Many areas of the school have had to be shut down, and due to the dangers of water ingress, electricity has also had to be shut down. In order to give everybody a degree of certainty and the opportunity to plan ahead, I am letting you know that the school will be shut at least until the weekend and that remote learning will continue. Teaching staff will be available to the children during their timetabled lessons via email and the stream facility on Google Classroom. All the remote learning information is on the school website, on the remote learning button.
I have emergency meetings with officers from the Local Authority this afternoon to continue planning and I will be in touch as soon as I can be to let you know how we move forward. I appreciate that this situation is far from ideal, but, as we have before, we will come through this together as a strong community.
Best wishes
Mr M Snape
Headteacher
