KES Stratford New Starters, Sept 2019
Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 7:26 am
To those of you with boys starting in Y7, welcome! I have 2 boys at KES so have a fairly long history with the school. If you have any specific questions then I will do my best to answer them around my work!
Most of you will have been invited to meet the Head, or one of the SLT, or will have that meeting coming up. Remember this is a meeting with your son, not you - let them talk! You also have the New Y7 Parents Evening (with boys) Weds June 12th 7pm, and the boys have their induction day Thursday 27th June. Most of your questions should be answered then - and you will have loads of info given out at the evening - read that over the following weekend, when you are less stressed!
There will be a uniform list within the pack most of which (branded) is sourced from Early Years in Solihull - well worth a visit there for the first fitting. On top of that, on the main school website homepage, at the bottom is the ShopKES icon where you can buy additional kit/equipment. The additional kit on here is not compulsory but is highly recommended (for example the PE bag for PE kit and the games holdall for games kit - especially if your boy is likely to represent any team at sport - and particularly useful for any school trip abroad - not just sports tours!) The equipment such as the calculator really should be bought as they all use the same one.
I would advise a simple backpack for every day books - your son can get a locker should he require one - you will need to provide a padlock (combination locks are usually better!) of 4mm or less (from memory) but details are in teh pack. Alternatively there are bag racks all round school - advise your son to use them!
Any other queries just fire away - I am in and out so may not get back online till later though! Welcome, again, and I do hope your boys will be happy at the school.
Most of you will have been invited to meet the Head, or one of the SLT, or will have that meeting coming up. Remember this is a meeting with your son, not you - let them talk! You also have the New Y7 Parents Evening (with boys) Weds June 12th 7pm, and the boys have their induction day Thursday 27th June. Most of your questions should be answered then - and you will have loads of info given out at the evening - read that over the following weekend, when you are less stressed!
There will be a uniform list within the pack most of which (branded) is sourced from Early Years in Solihull - well worth a visit there for the first fitting. On top of that, on the main school website homepage, at the bottom is the ShopKES icon where you can buy additional kit/equipment. The additional kit on here is not compulsory but is highly recommended (for example the PE bag for PE kit and the games holdall for games kit - especially if your boy is likely to represent any team at sport - and particularly useful for any school trip abroad - not just sports tours!) The equipment such as the calculator really should be bought as they all use the same one.
I would advise a simple backpack for every day books - your son can get a locker should he require one - you will need to provide a padlock (combination locks are usually better!) of 4mm or less (from memory) but details are in teh pack. Alternatively there are bag racks all round school - advise your son to use them!
Any other queries just fire away - I am in and out so may not get back online till later though! Welcome, again, and I do hope your boys will be happy at the school.