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Some Year 11s who got the bus in this morning are using the late start wisely and doing some extra revision before their exams today.

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The snow was not forecast today so we`re grateful for your patience with this email.

You can see from the photos on the Instagram/Facebook though that the roads around school are passable, the buses are running and we have cleared snow on site.

However, several staff live further afield and will not be able to get to to work today. For this reason we are going to have to close to Year 9 and Year 12. I have not taken this decision lightly and have tried to map our absent staff against what lessons they have as well as trying to ensure that families are still able to go to work (by, as far as possible, closing to older year groups, whilst also prioritising Year 11 and Year 13).

If being closed to Year 9 will stop you or anyone in your familiy going to work please do send your child in; we`ll gladly supervise them as one group in school.

The other thing I am concerned about is the roads being slow. I don`t want people rushing taking risks so we will start at 9.45 (by going to AM tutor time as normal), including for Year 11, who are sitting exams today. If your child is on a bus or needs dropping off at the regular time that is fine; will will supervise them in the dining halls.

Students need to wear school uniform but can wear whatever they like on their feet and we won`t take issue with non-school uniform hoodies, jumpers etc. Not every student has a decent winter coat and we don`t want to exclude anyone who would be cold.

We`re not expecting the journey home to be difficult but will be in touch later today if there are any new issues emerging.

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Year 11 go on Work Experience on w/c 25th of November. We have got nearly everyone sorted but we are still searching for a few more placements, ideally for a full week but three day (Mon-Weds) experiences would also work.

We have capable, hardworking, polite, kind and respectful Year 11s particularly looking for barbering, engineering, IT, accountancy, beauty, bricklaying and the charity sector. If you think you can help please call 01905 774421 or email dshswex@droitwichspahigh.worcs.sch.uk or drop us a message on here.

Please do share this post if you think you know someone who might be able to help. We hope the community in Droitwich can pull together to make sure these young people don`t miss out on a valuable piece of personal development.

Thank you.

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Really proud of our Year 8 students who have worked on the beautiful mural at the farmhouse project on Westlands. For even more pictures see @dshs.art

Thank you too to Miss Ellis and all the team in art for their support in making this happen ❤️

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