As you will be aware from previous correspondence we have sent out, JTHS are working hard to attain a Wellbeing Award for Schools.

As part of the process it is really important that we have the chance to receive feedback on our current provision of wellbeing at JTHS. This allows us the chance to respond to feedback and help to inform what we need to implement and change going forward.  

Part of this is to gain parental feedback and we do require at least 50% of parents to kindly fill in the form. If we could please ask as many of you as possible to fill it in, prior to next Friday 9th December, we would be very grateful.

Please find attached a link to the "Wellbeing Award" parent evaluation. Thank you to those parents who have already filled it in.

https://app.awardplace.co.uk/stakeholder-evaluations/user-survey/63639941c39ae

Thank you for your support and cooperation with this. 

Miss Senior (Wellbeing Lead) 

On Tuesday 22nd November we welcomed four Primary schools to John Taylor, to take part in an Indoor Athletics festival. This was the first time in a few years that the Primary pupils had participated in the sports hall as a school and against other schools. Forty students from Walton, Needwood, All Saints Rangemore and Thomas Russell Junior schools attended. They participated in obstacle courses, running events and also field events.

The sporting Young Ambassadors who helped had done almost no leadership prior to the festival. In the afternoon, they set up the equipment, ran the various events and understood which events were happening at different times. At the end some of the Young Ambassadors ran a relay race in front of the cheering Primary pupils.

WOW cards were individually written by the John Taylor pupils and handed out at the end of the session, congratulating the Primary pupils for making the event such a success.

All who participated, enjoyed themselves.

But the Young Sporting Ambassadors who helped in many different ways grew in confidence as the event progressed.

Well done to all who helped make the event run so smoothly.

We are pleased to announce that we will be holding our first Christmas Concert for 3 years in school on the evening of Wednesday 14th December at 7pm.

Tickets are available on Parentpay, priced at £5 for adults and £3 for students/ concessions, which includes a mince pie and a drink.

Tickets will be on sale until Friday 9th December. We look forward to seeing you there.

Students will have the opportunity to buy a Christmas dinner from the canteen on Wednesday 14th December, please see the menu below.

The following students celebrated their achievements with Hot Chocolate with Mrs Cochrane this week. Congratulations!

Please be reminded that booking for Y10 Parents Evening opened at 6pm on Monday 21st November via Schoolcloud and will close at 6pm on Monday 28th November. All instructions have previously been sent out on email and Szapp.

It may not be possible to book to see all of your child's teachers if they teach more than one class and appointments will be on a first come first served basis. 

Parents Evening will take place via Schoolcloud on Tuesday 29th November from 16.30-19.30.

Allied Healthcare Mentor is launching it’s first ‘Insight into Allied Healthcare’ conference on Saturday 10th December! This is a FREE, VIRTUAL event, and your students in years 10 - 13 are invited!

Registration Link: https://airtable.com/shruUtla3mMiKorsK

Our Chief Nurse Mentor, Abbie Dickinson, will be joined by health professionals across the NHS to share their insight into how to get into healthcare and what day-to-day life is like in their respective careers.

Abbie will be joined by:

​​Carla Jayne Avery - Midwifery
Simon Otter - Podiatry
Tracy Wallis - Associate Head for Students University of Portsmouth
Katherine Chambers - Physiotherapy
Lucie Rochfort - Speech and Language Therapy
Natalie Hicks - Occupational Therapy
Shelley Blane - Therapeutic Radiography
Parag Sawant - Occupational Therapy
Kevin Harrup - Occupational Department Practitioner

We encourage students to make the most out of this rare and unique opportunity.

Please find the AHP Conference Brochure to distribute among your students: https://medicmentor.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AHP-Insight.pdf

Registration Link: https://airtable.com/shruUtla3mMiKorsK

Students are also reminded to register for their AHP work experience session on Sunday 4th December. Places are £10 to cover administrative costs: https://alliedhealthmentor.org/product/live-virtual-work-experience-programme/

We’re able to organise this conference thanks to your incredible work signposting Medic Mentor’s programmes, societies and conferences. We’re so happy to offer these opportunities within the Allied Health professions. Thank you.

Economist Degree Apprenticeship
Applications open Monday 19th December 2022 

Over 60 vacancies available with the Government Economic Service

The Government Economic Service will be opening applications this year for their Economist Degree Apprenticeship programme for 2023. 

Starting in September 2023, applications are open from Monday 19th December for over 60 vacancies nationwide, with departments such as the HM Treasury and the Department for Work and Pensions. 

This is a brilliant opportunity to work in a central government department or agency on some of the most important social, environmental and economic issues our country faces.

Join our webinar to find out more
Join a webinar with the Government Economic Service on Wednesday 7th December between 3.30pm - 4.30pm to find out more about the apprenticeship programme and how to prepare for the application process. Suitable for students, teachers/careers advisers and parents/carers, sign up below to learn more.