Just before half term, year 11 were fortunate enough to experience some hands-on medical procedures. The team bought in all sorts of equipment allowing students to try key-hole surgery, use an ultrasound machine and find out what it is like to experience different eye conditions. They had worksheets to complete with their findings as they spent 50 minutes discovering some of the different careers in the health sector.

We are looking forward to sharing the experience with year 10 on 17th March and year 9 in June.

Mrs G Brainwood

Assistant Principal

Dear Parents/Carers,

On Tuesday 8th February we will be joining schools and youth organisations across the UK in celebrating Safer Internet Day 2022. Safer Internet Day is a global campaign to promote the safe and responsible use of technology, which calls on young people, parents, carers, teachers, social workers, law enforcement, companies, policymakers and more, to join together in helping to create a better internet.

Using the internet safely and positively is a key message that we promote in Rushden Academy, and celebrating Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity for us to re-emphasise the online safety messages we deliver throughout the year. Students will be engaging in a variety of activities during tutor times.

We would be delighted if you could join us in celebrating the day by continuing the conversation at home. To help you with this, you may be interested in downloading the free Safer Internet Day  Resources for Parents and Carers which is available at: saferinternet.org.uk/sid-parents.

There are top tips, quizzes, and films which you can use at home with your child. Some other resources which you may find helpful in supporting your child online are:

• Tips, advice and guides for parents and carers from the UK Safer Internet Centre(saferinternet.org.uk/parents)
• Advice for parents and carers from Childnet (childnet.com/parents-and-carers)
• Reviews and information about games, apps, TV shows and websites from Common Sense Media (commonsense.org)
• Help on using parental controls and privacy settings from Internet Matters(internetmatters.org./controls)
• Information and reporting of online grooming or sexual abuse from CEOP (ceop.police.uk)

Online safety is an important issue which as a school we’re committed to teaching our pupils about.

If you have any concerns or questions about keeping your child safe online, please do get in touch  with your child’s form tutor or myself, Mrs Paula Smith - Designated Safeguarding Lead.

Kind regards,

Mrs Paula Smith

Assistant Principal /DSL /Senco