Students
Incoming Students
Our Transition Booklet, 'New Beginnings - A Student's Guide to Navigating GETSS' is available in multiple languages and includes lots of useful information for new students including details of the following:
- The School Day – Timetables, Lunches/Break Time, Clubs, Attendance/Punctuality
- Finding your way – maps, classroom layout, toilets, school transport In School Supports –
- Teacher pictures and names, learning support
- Your Learning – Tutor, Core Subjects, Short Courses, Option Subjects (Taster Programme)
- Getting Organised – your bag, your locker, your pencil case, subject specific requirements
- Home Learning – learning symbols, journal, iPad/app symbols
- Looking after our school – Recycling, single-use plastics
- Student Voice
- Houses
- What do I do if…?
- How to prepare for secondary school over the summer holidays
- Tips from our current students
- The School Day (timetables, break times, clubs, attendance/punctuality)
- Finding your way (maps, classroom layout, toilets, school transport)
- School staff (pictures and names)
- Subjects (core subjects, short courses, option subjects)
- Organisation tips (your bag, your locker, your pencil case, subject specific requirements)
- Your learning (iPad apps, learning symbols, student journal)
- Looking After our School (recycling, single-use plastics, litter management)
- Student Voice (and to get involved in school decision making!)
- House System (and how to earn house points!)
- What do I do if…?
- Preparing for secondary school over the summer holidays
- Tips from our current students