Weekly Update

15/10/2025

Important Updates

Thank you to everyone who attended last week’s Year 7 Parents’ Information Evening. The presentations from the night can be found here:

Year 7 Information Evening – Latest News – Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School

Dates for your diary:

  • 16th October 2025 – Year 11 Exam Preparation Evening
  • 23rd October 2025 – Theatre Studies trip to Manchester Royal Exchange
  • 24th October 2025 – Flu Vaccinations for Years 7-11
  • 25th – 29th October 2025 – New York trip
  • 27th – 31st October 2025 – Half Term
  • 30th October – 7th November 2025 – Japan Science Fair

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Year 11 Exam Preparation Evening

A reminder that this Thursday, 16th October, is our Year 11 Exam Preparation Evening starting at 6pm. This event is designed to help students feel confident and ready for their exams.

We’ll be sharing:

  • Key revision strategies
  • Tips for managing stress and staying motivated
  • Information on exam timetables and expectations
  • Support available from school and beyond

Parents and carers will also gain valuable insight into how they can support their child through this important time.

Parking Reminder

Please can we remind parents to be considerate of neighbours and pedestrians when dropping off or picking up from school. The area gets very busy at the start and end of the school day, and we need to ensure that our students are safe when crossing the road.

Please help us by parking in designated parking bays, using the local pay and display car parks or dropping off/picking up away from the school. We ask that you are considerate of our neighbours who may be attempting to park at their homes and do not park or wait in permit parking zones. We do have regular visits from traffic wardens who issue parking tickets.

Olive Branch Collection 20-24th October

Year 12 are organising a collection for the Olive Branch Harvest Appeal in the last week of this half-term. They are particularly asking for the following items:

  • Pasta
  • Tinned tomatoes
  • Biscuits
  • Tinned meat meals
  • Pasta sauce
  • Tinned pasta
  • Tinned soup
  • Tinned fish
  • Cereal
  • Tinned puddings
  • Baked beans
  • Rice
  • Tea and coffee
  • Tinned fruit

Please ask your child to bring any donations to Main Reception or Sixth Form reception by lunchtime on Friday 24th October.  

Student News

Isla and Erin

Last week Isla and Erin performed at His Majesty’s Theatre in London’s West End in a performance of Across The Line, as part of their drama group, PQA Morecambe and Lancaster. Well done, girls!

Autumn Concert

Our annual Autumn Concert is taking place on Thursday 13th November and is being held in school. You can get your tickets here.

App Safety Settings

With the Online Safety Act now in force, safety settings are important; they’re not perfect and never will be, but they are there for a reason. Please see the links below for more information from Internet Matters.

  • Discord app settings – HERE.
  • TikTok parental controls – HERE.
  • Snapchat parental controls – HERE.
  • Instagram parental controls – HERE.
  • Pinterest privacy and safety settings – HERE.
  • FaceTime privacy and safety settings – HERE.
  • WhatsApp privacy guide – HERE.

‘EBSNA’ – Emotionally Based School Non-Attendance

A Free 45-minute Webinar for Parents and Carers

Emotionally Based School Non-Attendance, or EBSNA for short, refers to young people who struggle to attend school because of a range of emotional factors.

These can include struggling with issues like low mood, anxiety and loneliness. The impact of EBSNA can range from the young person experiencing an occasional reluctance to attend school, to complete non-attendance. It can start suddenly or develop gradually over time.

We’ve developed this free webinar for families to explore EBSNA as a complex issue and will give guidance on how digital mental health support can help.

EBSNA – Emotionally Based School Non-Attendance – Mental Health

Future First Alumnae Network

We have a growing Alumnae network and, as a reminder, you are able to keep in touch with school, each other, and receive our termly Alumnae newsletter by signing up to Future First.

Our Alumnae also provide support to our current students through talks, mentoring or offering work experience. Further along your career path, this may be something that you wish to be involved with.

Mental Health Support for Young People

There is a wealth of useful information from Young Minds to help parents and carers understand more about their young person’s mental health. Find the right help for them or hear from other parents who’ve been there. 

You will find advice on:

  • Helping your child to talk 
  • Looking after yourself as a parent/carer
  • Speaking to professionals 

An A-Z guide to mental health and a guide to mental health services.

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