Welcome to New Students of Sprowston Community High School

We are delighted that so many new children will be joining us from September 2010 and we would like to take this opportunity of sincerely welcoming you as a family.

The next 5 academic years will be a major chapter in the life of your child and we are absolutely committed to making this period as special and purposeful as possible, maximising, where we can, the well being and life chances of all the young people within our care.

Download Your Information Pack

Our information pack for parents and students new to Sprowston Community High is available online to download. This zip file contains digital copies of the documents sent to you. We would encourage you to read these documents well, whether in paper format or digitally, and to contact us with any questions you may have regarding your child's transition to high school. Please note the various dates given below and in your information pack. It is important you return the requested forms to us by the dates given so that we can best help your child settle in to our school community.

• Headteacher's Welcome Letter (.pdf, 49 Kb)
• Transition Booklet (.pdf, 1.2 Mb)
• Admission Form (.pdf, 153 Kb)
• Photographic Consent form (.pdf, 163 Kb)
• Language Preference Letter (.pdf, 22 Kb)
• Language Preference Form (.pdf, 11 Kb)
• Home School Agreement (.pdf, 21 Kb)
• Reply Slips (.pdf, 31Kb)
• Eaton Vale Activity Iinformation (.pdf, 25 Kb)
• Parental Consent Form for Eaton Vale Activity (.pdf, 10 Kb)
• Acceptable Use Policy (.pdf, 14 Kb)
• Parental Questionnaire (.pdf, 33 Kb)
• School Shop Price List (.pdf, 37 Kb)
• National Families Week Flyer (.pdf, 212 Kb)
• All the above in one Transition Pack (.zip, 1.5 Mb)

The Journey Starts Here

The journey we take with your child begins now. There is much that we can do now to prepare the way, both practically and emotionally, so that your child will find the transition from Junior School to High School as exciting and stress free as possible. This page will outline some of the opportunities that we offer you as a family and we hope that you will also feel able to contact us if there is anything that worries or concerns you in the forthcoming months.

Opportunities to Meet Us

It is extremely important that we become familiar faces in the life of your child over the next few months and there will be a number of important opportunities for us to meet your children, both within their own school setting, but also when we invite them, and you to join us at Sprowston Community High School. These dates are outlined as follows:-

Meeting the Children

Staff from Sprowston Community High School will be visiting each Junior School from the end of May to meet your child and his/her teacher and to answer any questions about the transition process.

Meeting the Parents

We will be holding an evening meeting on Wednesday 30th June when you are invited to attend and meet some of the key High School staff who will be working with your child. It is also an opportunity to raise any concerns you may have. Please note, this evening is for parents only to attend.

Session 1 will take place between 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm for surnames A – M
Session 2 will take place between 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm for surnames N – Z

If you have special educational concerns, our school Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator will also be available.

This is also the date when we ask you to return any remaining forms to us and to make the payment for the Eaton Vale Activity Centre Tutor Group trip.

Induction Day

On Friday 2nd July your child will attend Sprowston Community High School for the full day to experience school life, meet their new form tutor and fellow tutees. We provide a free packed lunch on that day. Don’t forget to bring a pencil case and a drink!

Uniform Shop

The school uniform shop will be open on the evening meeting on 30th June from 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm. Advice on applying for grants will be available in the Welcome Booklet.

The last day for opening in the summer term 2010 is Wednesday 21st July, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

• The school shop will be open during the summer holidays from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm on:
• Wednesday 19th August and Thursday 19th August
• Wednesday 25th August and Thursday 26th August
• Wednesday 1st September
  (last day School Shop is open before term begins on 6 September)

Admission Form and Modern Foreign Languages Choices

In our information pack is the school Admission Form and Modern Foreign Language (MFL) Choice Form. Please could you complete and return both forms to Mrs Julia Owen at Sprowston Community High School by Friday 26th March.
Download the transition to Sprowston High information pack (.zip, 1.2 Mb)>>

We hope that you will find the information in these pages useful and informative. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you are unsure of any of the information provided, or if you have queries which we have not yet addressed.

We very much look forward to meeting with you.

Kate Sully
Head of Year 7

Vera Beames
Assistant Headteacher
KS3 Achievement & Standards