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March 2023

  • 31/03/23

    Year 8 Parents Evening - Change of Date

    Gladesmore Community School has noticed that our scheduled Year 8 Parents Evening is very likely to clash with Eid celebrations. We have therefore moved the date for this event to Thursday May 4th. GCS wishes those celebrating a happy, healthy and peaceful month.
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  • 24/03/23

    Ramadan at GCS

    Gladesmore Community School is aware that many of our pupils, families and staff will be observing Ramadan over the next month. Prayer spaces are available at lunch time and the school is setting aside an area of the dining hall for pupils who are fasting.  Friday prayers will continue to run a...
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  • 24/03/23

    Share your views: Haringey Childhood Immunisations Survey

    The Haringey Public Health team have asked us to share this survey with all families. Please see their notice below: Do you live in Haringey? Are you a parent/carer of at least one child aged 0-19? The Public Health team in Haringey Council would like to know your opinion on childhood v...
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  • 24/03/23

    Easter Holiday Provision (Y7 & Y11)

    Gladesmore Community School is looking forward to the Easter Holidays. For our Year 7 and Year 11, we are offering an Easter Holiday programme to consolidate key skills (Year 7) and to help Year 11 prepare for their upcoming GCSE exams.  The Year 7 programme will run from Monday 3rd to...
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  • 22/03/23

    National Careers Week: Royal Holloway and University Finance

    Gladesmore Community School have a longstanding relationship with Royal Holloway and we were keen for pupils to be engaging with KS5 pathways during National Careers Week.  However, we also know from pupil focus groups that many families are anxious about the high costs associated with uni...
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  • 22/03/23

    DTP Vaccination for Year 9

    Gladesmore Community School were delighted to see a significant increase in the number of students opting to receive the DTP vaccination on 20th March 2023.  For those who don’t know, the DPT vaccine is a teenage booster which boosts protection against 3 separate diseases: tetanus, d...
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  • 22/03/23

    Yr 10: Everyone’s Invited Presentation

    Gladesmore Community School is committed to safeguarding.  Our weekly PSHE lessons have a strong focus on consent and educating pupils about sexual harassment.  As part of our PSHE curriculum, we invited Everyone’s Invited to speak to all the pupils in Year 10 about ‘Tackling r...
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  • 22/03/23

    Year 10 Drama - Wicked: the Musical

    On the 22nd of February, the year 10 Drama Cohort were lucky enough to attend a performance of the west end show Wicked: the Musical. Pupils were very enthusiastic and commented that it helped to develop their understanding of dramatisation, staging and performance. 
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  • 21/03/23

    Y11 Parent / Carers Event (Thursday 23rd March)

    Parents / Carers of pupils in Year 11 are warmly invited to attend our Year 11 Parent / Carer evening.  This is an important opportunity for you to learn about your child's performance in the mock exams and to discuss how we can work together to achieve the best outcomes for your...
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  • 20/03/23

    Year 11 Parents/Carer Evening

    Parents/Carers are warmly invited to attend the parent/carer evening on Thursday the 23rd of March. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet your child's teachers and to discuss their progress. Please contact your child's head of year if there are any issues with attending. 
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  • 20/03/23

    National Careers Week: Apprenticeship Presentation

    Gladesmore Community School is committed to ensuring that our pupils are aware of all the pathways which are open to them.  As part of this, we were keen to educate Year 9 about apprenticeships.   During Careers Week, we invited two apprenticeship providers into GCS to share w...
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  • 14/03/23

    School Closure - NEU Strike Action (15th and 16th of March)

    Dear Parents/Carers, please find attached information regarding the NEU Strike Action on the 15th and 16th of March 2023. 
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  • 14/03/23

    Whole School Fire Drill (14/03/2023)

    Gladesmore Community School hopes that we will never need to evacuate for a fire, however, it is always best to be ready. Walkers in Markfield Park were surprised today by the sight of over 1400 pupils and almost 200 staff assembling in the park.  We are pleased to report that everybody...
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  • 13/03/23

    National Careers Week: Visual Effects Workshop

    Students in Year 10 were invited to attend a small workshop led by senior figures within Framestore.  Framestore are a world-leading Visual Effects company based in London.  If you have laughed at Paddington or watched in awe as Dr Strange manipulates his universe, you have seen...
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  • 13/03/23

    National Careers Week: Framestore

    Gladesmore Community School were delighted to mark National Careers Week with a Careers assembly.  The theme of our assembly was challenging the stereotypes associated with particular jobs.   For our KS4 students, Framestore (a world-leading Visual Effects company) was the key...
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  • 13/03/23

    Yr 7: UK Parliament Presentation

    Students in Year 7 have just started their first Citizenship Unit which is titled: What is democracy?  As part of this unit, we arranged for UK Parliament to visit to present to Year 7 about the role of parliament and also about how young people can engage with parliament (even before they...
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  • 07/03/23

    Non-Uniform Day in aid of Turkey/Syria Appeal

    Many members of our school community have close links to both Turkey and Syria. The entire Gladesmore family were distressed by the events that occurred during and following the earthquakes. The community was keen to help support in any way we can, and so we held a non-uniform day with all funds...
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  • 07/03/23

    Starting GCS in September 2023

    We hope that all parents and carers of pupils in Year 6 have received notification of their secondary school place for 2023. We would remind parents that they need to respond online to confirm the place.  What if my child has not managed to secure a place at GCS? Whilst we know that 94% o...
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  • 03/03/23

    World Book Day Celebrations

    World Book Day is always a huge event at Gladesmore. This year, subject teams dressed up as their favourite books and pupils tried to guess their book. The languages faculty were probably the easiest to guess as their book was Around the World in 80 Days! At lunch time the library team worked wit...
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