Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school and around Sussex.

• 1st November 2023 - All Sites Closed

  Thu 02 Nov 2023 Simon Joy

  Due to the severe weather conditions and after completing a risk assessment across all sites,we have come to the difficult decision to close all of Grove Park school sites today. Due to difficult driving and road conditions, site safety and not knowing if the storm will worsen. 

• Nasal Flu Vaccinations

  Mon 16 Oct 2023

  Hello Parents/Carers,
  
  Nasal Flu vaccinations have been completed at all sites across Grove Park as of today.
  
  Please wait 48 hours from today to access the below.

  

• Uniform Update

  Fri 13 Oct 2023 Simon Joy

  Hello all,
  
  Through discussions and with feedback from Parents, we have decided that starting after October Half-Term all newly ordered Polo shirts will be Navy with light blue logos (like the sweatshirts, Cardigans, etc.)
  
  If you would like to order any uniforms in the meantime (we still have a relatively healthy stock of white polo's which we would like to get through) please contact your respective School Administrator (Beth - Primary, Simon - Secondary, Susan - 6th Form) and we will be happy to fill orders with available stock.

• GPCT News 2022

  Mon 31 Oct 2022

  Please look under our GPCT page to read our latest news

  

• Under 5's Respite

  Wed 05 Oct 2022

  Good Afternoon,

   

  My name is Michelle and I am the Head of Care for a local charity called the Children’s Respite Trust. We offer respite to families who have children with disabilities. I have had communications with a few of you regarding some of your children.

   

  We are launching a new provision for SEN children under 5 and I'd like to share our inquiry form for the Children's Respite Trust's new U5's provision, which is scheduled to start operations in January 2022

   

  If you know anyone who this might benefit, please forward them this link:

   

  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScSSV4uUaxAJxiqGjrM84s2CYT6donDSw7RDyeSonSdqTIIJw/viewform?usp=sf_link

   

   

• Singing Hands

  Thu 22 Sep 2022

  Dear parents,

  Please have a look at the wonderful Singing Hands company website. We often use Singing Hands video clips that they post on YouTube to support some of our teaching within school, and to supplement and promote our weekly Makaton signs of the week for all of our staff.

   

  https://singing hands.co.uk/

  The link to the Makaton website is:

  https://makaton.org/

   

• Volunteer Induction Course - East Sussex

  Thu 21 Apr 2022

  Free weekly volunteer induction sessions from Thursday 21st April to 26th May - 10am - 12noon

  Uckfield Children's Centre.

  Call Bindi - 07545200943

  bindi.cartwright@eastsussex.gov.uk

• NUT FREE SCHOOL

  Tue 07 Sep 2021

  Our school endeavours as far as possible to be a nut-free school, this includes sesame seeds.  We have quite a number of students in school who have severe nut allergies and can be seriously affected by someone else who is eating or may have recently eaten nuts.  

  Please encourage your child to understand that eating a nut product (including items such as peanut butter sandwiches and Nutella bars) can have a serious effect on a student later on in the classroom

• SWAN news

  Fri 30 Apr 2021

  I’m Marie Pritchard, Mum to Dottie in Primary. I’m a parent representative for SWAN UK and I wanted to tell you about Undiagnosed Children’s Day 2021.

  Today, 30^th April, is SWAN UK’s Undiagnosed Children’s Day a day where we raise awareness of the 6,000 children born every year in the UK with an undiagnosed genetic condition, undiagnosed because it is very rare, possibly not discovered yet or has an unusual presentation of a known condition. SWAN UK stands for Syndromes Without A Name and is the only organisation that supports families like ours in the UK.

  It is thought that around 50% of children with a learning disability and 60% of children with congenital disabilities do not have a definitive diagnosis to explain, what in some cases are, many different symptoms. Sometimes terms like Global Developmental Delay can be confusing or misunderstood as a condition itself, often this is a symptom than can indicate there is an underlying genetic condition. Not having an overall diagnosis can come with it’s own unique set of challenges and having an organisation that can support you in this as well as connecting with other families going through a similar experience can have a huge positive impact, it certainly has for our family. 

  If you think your child may have an undiagnosed genetic condition please do look at the website and you are also very welcome to email me if you have any questions. If you are already part of the SWAN UK family do get in touch as well, it would be great to get to know you too as once it is ok to do so I will be organising local SWAN UK meetups. My email is eastsussex@undiagnosed.org.uk

   

  What does SWAN or being undiagnosed mean? | SWAN UK

   

  What does SWAN or being undiagnosed mean? | SWAN UK SWAN stands for ‘syndromes without a name’. It is not a diagnosis, but a term used when a child or young adult i...

• Autism strategy priorities - survey to complete

  Tue 09 Feb 2021

  The South East Learning Disability and Autism team have asked for comments on their priorities for an all-age autism strategy.
  
  They have a survey and are particularly hoping to hear from autistic people and their families living in the SE. I would be grateful if you can share with your networks. 
  
  It is open until 23rd February. 

   

  The link is here: survey

   

  Thank you.