EPHS School Information
Welcome to Ellesmere Park High School
IMPORTANT UPDATES
Updated School Contact Details:
With immediate effect please use the email addresses below for general and specific enquiries to the school.
For general enquiries please email ephsgeneral@consilium-at.com
For queries related to attendance please email attendanceephs@consilium-at.com
If you have any safeguarding concerns you would like to report to school please email safeguardingephs@consilium-at.com
The existing school email address will no longer be monitored on a regular basis.
The main school office telephone number remains the same and is 0161 789 4565
Virtual Parents' Evening Dates
Please see below the dates for our forthcoming Virtual Parents' Evenings. An email will be sent out to each year group to inform when the booking system opens in due course.
Year 7 Virtual Parents' Evening - Thursday, 27th May 2021
Year 8 Virtual Parents' Evening - Thursday, 24th June 2021
Year 10 Virtual Parents' Evening - Thursday, 15th July 2021
Year 9 Options
Please click here to view a selection of videos which will support your child in choosing their options.
ONLINE LEARNING HELPDESK
FOR ALL SUPPORT QUERIES RELATING TO ONLINE LEARNING PLEASE USE THE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW AND A MEMBER OF STAFF WILL BE IN CONTACT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Please go to out ONLINE LEARNING page to find out everything there is to know about our Online Learning programme, including tutorial videos and details of how to log on to RM Unify and Microsoft Teams.
Laptops and Access to IT Equipment
Your child is able to access Microsoft Teams in a variety of ways, this includes on a ; Smart phone, tablets, IPAD, PC, laptop, X-Box and Playstation.
We have currently allocated all of the laptops we have available in school, however, should we get a further allocation from the DFE and you would like to join the waiting list please complete the form below. These will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Safeguarding Helpline
Pupils: What do I do if I need help?
If you have any concerns about your safety or the safety or any other students whilst you are off school you can email Miss Barratt or Miss O'Farrell who are the school's designated safeguarding leads. They will get back to you as a matter of urgency.
Katharine.barratt@salford.gov.uk/ 07936306671
victoria.ofarrell@salford.gov.uk/ 07936306682
Coronavirus Advice
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-safer-travel-guidance-for-passengers
https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test
Online Learning
All work for students who are self-isolating or unable to attend school will be available on Classcharts. If your child does not know their log in please email ephs@salford.gov.uk.
Please click here to read the parent guide for setting up Class Charts
Please click here to read the pupil guide for setting up Class Charts
Please click here to view the pupil and parent webinars
IMPORTANT SCHOOL UPDATES
Click here to read our Ofsted letter from Mr Ross (03.06.2020)- the full Ofsted report can be found on the Ofsted page.
OTHER INFORMATION
LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH 2021
Please click here for the extraordinary story of Alan Turning.
This is Mark Ashton who was a political campaigner and activist in the 1980s. He was responsible for supporting mining villages during a national strike and his efforts were featured in the movie 'Pride' in 2014. Read the text below and watch the video attached to learn more about the impact Mark had on LGBT history here.
CAKE COMPETITION
Congratulations to Charlotte Gee Year 9 and Josh Hammersley Year 7 who were joint winners in our cake competition. Please click here for pictures of their winning designs which were made professionally into cakes for them to eat!
SPANISH CHRISTMAS CARD COMPETITION WINNERS
Congratulations to our overall winner Libby B, Year 7 - click here.
Congratulations also to our 4 runners up - Anisah B Year7, Asvini J Year 8, Niamh N Y7 and Libby B Y7 - click here.
SCHOOLS CAREER ADVISOR - YEAR 11
Our school careers advisor is available for any queries regarding college, apprenticeships, traineeships and next steps:
Lisa.bennett@careerconnect.org.uk
Telephone 07972 732631
Connexions Office 0161 393 4500
Health & Well-Being
We all have to make sure that we are looking after our physical and mental health during these challenging times. Go to our new Health & Well-Being page to find some useful materials and activities to support you with this.
Staying Safe Online
We all know that being online can pose some risks to us all, please take time to have a look at the guidance below from Thinkuknow which also includes some activities that students can complete to ensure they are fully clued up about staying safe online
Thinkuknow guidance and activities for students
Thinkuknow help sheet for parents/carers
Support from Salford Learning Support Service
Kooth/SIASS sessions looking at support children and young people with SEND and their emotional well-being
SIASS and Kooth will be running 3 drop-in sessions for families with young people with SEN. Each session will cover how Kooth as a service can provide emotional wellbeing support to young people. We will also have a Q&A portion, you will be able to ask these questions during the sign-up process and also during the session. If you're unable to make one of the sessions, not to worry; if you sign up for a session we will be providing a recording of one of the sessions to all attendees.
The sessions will be held on 23rd March at 2pm, 5pm and 7pm.
You can sign up to the sessions via this link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kooth-salford-parentcarer-send-tickets-143125663713
If you have any questions, or would like us to answer any specific questions during the Q&A portion, please contact The Organiser listed on Eventbrite.
New Kooth campaign #Don't do it alone
There are somethings in life you might want to keep to yourself. Like singing embarrassing song lyrics or talking with your cat or ..... you get the picture! But when it comes to mental health problems, you should never deal with it alone.
Kooth have created video of 5 influencers to support the message and to remind teenagers that they are not alone when dealing with their mental health. There is always someone to talk to
To view: https://youtu.be/PEShtD0vTzc .
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