Dear Students, Parents/Carers,

Thank you to all our students for all their hard work this term. It has been especially busy for our ATL3 students and Year 13 students, both of whom have sat mock examinations and have been preparing for their next steps. After the half term, students will be able to review their current progress with their Academic Mentors and implement next steps on their learning journeys with the help of teachers.

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance should be a priority for all our students and their parents/carers. A strong attendance rate will serve as an advantage in the future when students apply to jobs, universities, or other pathways and is also linked to subject attainment. However, we understand that unavoidable circumstances can sometimes occur and our College has support in place for students who require it. You will notice some changes around how we will be monitoring and following up on absence. These will include:

- Subject teachers will be contacting students, parents/carers where a lesson has been missed to find out why. This will be followed up with a communication home.

- Academic Mentors will continue to follow up on attendance directly with students and parents/carers will be kept informed.

- Students will see new attendance information posters displayed prominently around the college after half term.

- A fortnightly Pastoral Board will be meeting with colleagues from both curriculum and student services who will review students with low attendance, to agree on next steps / support required.

- Our Attendance & Punctuality Policy and Fitness to Study Policy will be updated in light of these changes to support students whose attendance is impacted by health / mental health and require specific support.

Studentship Awards

During the term, teachers have been busy submitting their nominations for students who they feel have been working hard in their subjects, showed commitment to learning and improved their attendance. Students will shortly be receiving e-certificates celebrating the nomination made and we are sharing these with parents/carers as well. Students who received a nomination will go in to our termly prize draw. And if you didn’t receive a nomination this term – don’t worry – there is still time during Term 4!

We have celebrated a number of our achievements this term on our social media by our super students. More updates next term including the results of our fundraising for Bristol Soup Kitchen.

Wishing you and your families a peaceful and restful half term.

Kind Regards

Marian

Principal

We are delighted to invite you to our Progress Review event. This will be held on Thursday 9^th March from 3pm to 8pm and is open to all parents/carers of ATL3 and Y13 Students. The purpose of this event is to allow you to talk with subject teachers and academic mentors to discuss how your young person is progressing at St Brendan’s Sixth Form College.

The booking system is open now. Details on how to book your appointments can be found here.

Please note that unfortunately some teachers will be unavailable for this event and a list of those teachers can be found here.

This is an online event only on the published date. Teachers are not required to write reports in lieu of meetings. If you are unable to attend this event and you wish for an update on your young person's progress you can contact, in the first instance, their Academic Mentor (by phone or email). They will be able to discuss this with teachers and provide an update for you.

Ahead of the meetings, and at any time, you can see current attendance and recent assessment marks in Pro-Portal. To access this, please follow these instructions.

If you have any issues with accessing Pro-Portal please contact our eLearning team at elearning_systems_support@stbrn.ac.uk.

Should you have any queries or need assistance with the booking system, then please email progressreview@stbrn.ac.uk.

Please note that the College will be closed to all students from 2.30pm on Progress Review Day in order that teachers/mentors are available for appointments from 3pm.

Students using College transport can remain on site in the LRC until 4pm, all others are expected to leave the site.