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Read MoreStudent led virtual games night
Published 05/05/21The Piggott Interact Club, set up by Year 12 business students Ellie, Jack and Maia, is hosting a Virtual Games Night on Friday, May 7th at 7pm, from which any donations will go to Daisy's Dream, Camp Mohawk, and Alexander Divine Children's Hospice Service. They will be playing three games including Boggle, Bingo and a sports Kahoot, all hosted by the students.
These games will be tallied up in points, which are accumulative across all three games. The team that gets the most points in all games will win a £10 Amazon voucher.
Have a bit of family fun this Friday night and support this student led initiative.
To sign up click here: https://forms.gle/mmdzbrXdjGAAWS7SA or visit the Piggott Interact Club's Instagram Account @piggottinteractclub. Donations are welcome but not required, and on the form to sign up is more information about that.
If you want to donate, the information you will need can be found on the forms page and your donation will be going to some great charities.
Read MoreWinners announced
Published 29/04/21Congratulations to the winners of a recent storywriting competition hosted by McCarthy Stone. The following students have been awarded book vouchers or an honourable mention for their excellent stories submitted under the theme of "Garden".
1st place: Eva, Year 8 (£40 book voucher)
2nd place: Sammy, Year 11 (£30 book voucher)
3rd place: Sophie, Year 7 (£20 book voucher)
Honourable mentions were awarded to:
Annabel, Year 9
Lulu, Year 10
Jacob, Year 9
Read MoreIn honour of The Duke of Edinburgh
Published 19/04/21Building from The Duke of Edinburgh’s vision in 1956, the DofE offers millions of young people the chance to discover they can do anything, achieve anything and overcome anything life throws their way, whatever their ability, interest or background. Because when you prove to yourself that you’re ready for anything, nothing can hold you back.
As the founder of the DofE, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh has helped transform how millions of young people see themselves and see the world around them. Launched in 1956, the DofE offers young people the chance to take on their own challenges, follow their own passions, discover new skills and make a difference in their community.
If your child has participated in the DofE, we would like to find out how the DofE positively impacted their life. To contribute please email a DofE photo and story to hollowaya@piggottschool.org
If you are interested in participating in the DofE please email Miss Percival at percivalr@piggottschool.org or visit http://www.piggottschool.org/page/?title=Duke+of+Edinburgh&pid=270 for more information.
Read MoreEnd of term arrangements
Published 31/03/21End of Spring Term arrangements
Please be advised that school will be closing on Thursday 1st April for the Easter break.
In line with COVID safety measures, students will be dismissed from tutor between 12.45pm and 1pm. School coach times have been adjusted accordingly.
School will reopen as usual from 8.30 a.m. on Monday 19th April. We wish all students and their families a very Happy Easter.
Read MoreYear 11 Assessment Window Timetable
Published 30/03/21In order to help form an accurate 'Teacher Assessed Grades', many of your subjects will be giving assessment opportunities over the coming weeks. These tests will largely be taken within normal lesson time. A timetable of all assessments taking is attached below.
If you have any questions please speak to Mr Williams
Read MoreTake a moment to reflect
Published 23/03/21Today has been marked as a National Day of Reflection.
At 12pm, the school community will come together virtually for a moment of silence when we will reflect on collective loss, show support to those bereaved and hold on to hope for a brighter future ahead. We will prepare our students carefully for this moment of reflection.
Please be assured that we will be vigilant and we will respond to support any student who experiences upset during this time. We are extremely proud of the community spirit shown by our students throughout the last twelve months. We hope that this moment today will show solidarity, collective strength and kindness to those who have experienced the sadness of loss.
Read MoreStorywriting competition
Published 17/03/21A local business is running a storywriting competition for all Piggott students with the chance to win £20, £30 and £40 book vouchers. See details below if you would like to enter.
Read MoreTwin success in computing challenge
Published 17/03/21Over 480 Piggott students from Years 7 - 13 took part in the Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge last November for a chance to make it through to the Oxford University Computing Challenge (OUCC), a prestigious event in computational thinking.
Of that number, 50 Piggott students scored in the top 10% nationally, automatically giving them a place in Oxford University’s ‘invitation-only’ event.
The first round of the annual OUCC challenge is held online in schools, and supervised by teachers with participants' solutions auto-marked by the OUCC system.
Following this, the top 20 students in each age group are usually invited to Oxford University to compete in the final, but for obvious reasons, the final will be held remotely in 2021.
This year, Piggott twins Finlay and Oliver remarkably achieved a top 20 place after competing against 3,875 students nationwide in the Year 8 & 9 OUCC category.
This is a remarkable achievement, “We are all super excited and so proud of Oliver and Finlay”, says Patranjali Bhattacharya, the Head of Computer Science at The Piggott School.
“As a department we work hard to organise a great number of activities and competitions every year to inspire our students. This competition started in November and wrapped up over lockdown, which made things more challenging to organise and I thank Miss Leonard for all her hard work with this. When we make break-throughs like this, it is very inspiring to us and our students. It keeps us even more motivated to carry on!”
This is the Piggott’s second year competing in the OUCC and last year, finalist Matthew Sullivan won the chance to spend the day at Oxford University to participate in the finals and attend seminars.
The OUCC is an invitation event which aims to encourage students to develop their skills further and produce programmed solutions to computational thinking problems.
We wish Finlay and Oliver all the best in the upcoming final tomorrow, Thursday 18th March. Follow The Piggott School on Twitter @PiggottCESchool to find out how the twins get on.
Read MoreUK University Search Virtual Fair
Published 09/03/21Join your peers for this "FREE" and incredibly special online and interactive UK University Search Virtual Fair. The event will feature universities and colleges from across the UK as well as ten live webinars on essential topics such as UCAS personal statements, clearing, and student finance.
This year, UK University Search have designed an amazing online experience to allow you to explore a huge range of post-18 options. Their Virtual Fair will feature a wide range of exhibiting universities including Russell Group, red brick, modern and specialist institutions. This incredible event will enable you to visit exhibition stands and chat to representatives, view information and videos, download prospectuses and take part in live webinars in the virtual auditorium.
The event is completely free of charge to students, parents and teachers. This fair is designed to provide you with everything you need to make the right decisions. We hope you will take part.
They've also brought back Webinar Wednesdays so you can find out all you need to know about your post-18 options from the comfort of home!
Choosing Your Next Steps - Originally Aired: Wednesday 3 March 12:00 - Available on Demand
Applying to University (UCAS Personal Statement) - Wednesday 10 March 12:00
Applying to Creative Courses (Portfolio Advice) - Wednesday 24 March 12:00
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Read MoreMass testing begins
Published 08/03/21Our Year 12 students have been the first to return to school for their Lateral Flow Test; the first of three tests they will take over the next 10 days. Over 160 students were onsite this morning, all following social distancing guidelines and dealing with this unusual scene with aplomb. This afternoon our Year 13 students will follow suit before resuming onsite lessons tomorrow.
We want to thank our staff and our volunteers for going above and beyond to ensure this process runs smoothly, efficiently and above all, safely. Here are some photos from our first morning of testing.
Read MoreReady for mass testing
Published 04/03/21As students and staff prepare for the much anticipated return to school throughout the week commencing 8th March, the team in charge of leading the expansion of the Covid Testing Centre has been working round the clock to build 16 testing stations and train over 50 parent volunteers.
From Monday, testing will commence and students in Years 12 and 13 will take their first on-site Lateral Flow test, followed by Years 9, 10 and 11 on Tuesday and Years 7 and 8 on Wednesday. The school will undertake approximately 4000 tests on students over the course of the next two weeks as students then return for their second and third test.
Next week will be a complex mix of online teaching, on-site teaching and on-site testing, as teachers aim to keep the standards of learning high despite the inevitable disruption.
It has been an incredible team effort to meet the DfE guidelines for the safe return to school; it has taken a whole school community taskforce to make this happen and ensure we can achieve this epic challenge swiftly, smoothly and safely.
We cannot thank our school community enough for their support and words of encouragement throughout this challenging and unprecedented time. We have tried to capture as many of these messages on our website here.
We have no doubt that Piggott students will demonstrate their resilience and courage once again, as they return to school in these unusual circumstances and take it all in their stride.
The safety and wellbeing of Piggott students and staff is our number one priority and will continue to dictate the decisions we make in relation to the transition back to school. Thank you for your patience, support and understanding.
A record of all correspondence about Covid and the return to school is available on our website here.
Read MoreChinese New Year Assembly
Published 15/02/21Last Friday 12th February marked the beginning of the Chinese New Year festival. For those that are celebrating, we wish you Gong Xi Fa Cai. May the year of the Ox bring you strength and determination to move forward with hope and love.
We hope you enjoy this special Chinese New Year assembly produced by our very clever Year 7 Chinese language students, with the help of our Chinese language students across the year levels.
Read MoreNational Apprenticeship Week
Published 10/02/21It’s National Apprenticeship Week – Monday 8 Feb to Friday 12 Feb! Join us each day to discover something new about what’s on offer and what’s involved in studying while working. Hear from current apprentices about their
Read MoreYear 7 Parent Evening
Published 10/02/21The school has introduced a new intuitive and easy to use online appointment booking system for our Online Parent Evenings. This allows you to choose your own appointment times with teachers and you will receive an email confirming your appointments. The new system has been well received by parents and we are confident that it is an improvement to the previous system. As always we welcome your feedback.
Read MoreComputing Club still running
Published 02/02/21If you are in Year 7 or 8 and have an interest in programming arcade games, learning how to create computer graphics and random number generators you might consider joining the virtual Computing Club. The virtual Computing Club meets online every other Tuesday from 3:30-4:15pm.
If you would like to join please email Ms Leonard leonardf@piggottschool.org to register.
Read MoreOnline safety evening
Published 25/01/21The Piggott School is committed to Online Safety.
We are always working hard to ensure that students have a consistent experience of Online Safety education. We aim to ensure that all students from Year 7 to Year 13 receive embedded opportunities within the curriculum and pastoral tutor time to learn how to stay safe online, particularly during the current situation where young people are spending even more time online.
New technologies bring exciting learning opportunities, but careful management and education is needed to ensure that everyone is safe in our digital world. We will be hosting a LIVE Webinar to update parents in this ever-changing world of Online Safety.
I am pleased to offer an opportunity for all parents/guardians to attend on Wednesday 27th January 2021 from 4.30pm. This webinar will be a closed forum so if you would like to join, we invite you to register your interest by clicking here:
Read MoreUK University & Apprenticeship Search Virtual Fair
Published 22/01/21Students in Year 11, 12 and 13 students and their parents have an invaluable opportunity to meet with numerous university and apprenticeship providers at the virtual UK University and Apprenticeships Fair.
It will feature a range of universities, colleges and apprenticeship providers from across the UK. You will have the chance to explore exhibition stands, ask questions to admission officers, student ambassadors, academics and recruitment teams - leaving no stone unturned!
Please take the time beforehand to look at the FAQs which are particularly helpful.
You can also gain vital advice from ten webinars during the day on topics such as; 'Life at University', 'Why choose an apprenticeship', 'Parent and Teacher support' and many others.
You can sign up and find out more here: UK University Search Virtual Fair (vfairs.com)
Please do not hesitate to contact our Advice and Guidance Mentors Mrs Van den Berghen BerghenC@piggottschool.org or Ms Chipperfield ChipperfieldL@piggottschool.org for more information. We hope to see you there!
Read MoreYear 8 Parent Evening
Published 18/01/21Our Year 8 Parents' Evening will be held online on the evening of Wednesday 3rd February 2021 using a built in video conferencing software. Appointments can be booked from Wednesday 20th January online via the Parent Evening booking system.
You should have received your log in via email on 12 January from our technical team. If you have any technical queries please contact technical@piggottschool.org
These letters can be found here: http://www.piggottschool.org/page/?title=Year+8&pid=109