DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

CURRENT STUDENTS

Term Dates
Parent and Carers Consultation Evening Dates

EVENTS FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

Broomfield Hall Open Evening – 14/02/2024
The Joseph Wright Centre Open Evening – 28/02/2024
The Roundhouse Open Evening – 07/03/2024

EVENTS FOR ADULTS

Adult Open Evening (Held at the Roundhouse) – 18/04/2024

EVENTS FOR THE FAMILY

Winter Garden Event with Craft Fair – 03/03/2024
Lambing Sunday including Animal Unit Open Day – 24/03/2024

View all of our upcoming events

STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND PASTORAL SUPPORT

The Student Experience and Pastoral support teams proactively encourage and nurture students to deploy effective behaviours and attitudes, fostering understanding and preparing them as professionals at work and as social contributors in life. Student Experience and Pastoral Support Team

Introducing the Parent Dashboard

We are excited to announce the addition of our ‘Parent Dashboard’ to the DCG MyDay app. The Parent Dashboard has been designed to enhance and simplify your engagement with your child’s educational journey.

Key Features:

• Real-Time Updates: Stay informed about your child’s academic progress, and important College announcements in real time.
• Parent/Carer Consultation Evenings: Book and manage your slots.
• Comprehensive Academic Overview: Gain insights into your child’s academic journey with access to grades, attendance records, and educational milestones.

To get started, simply download the MyDCG app via the App Store or Google Play and follow the setup instructions. Then access the main menu and select ‘Parents Dashboard’. Alternatively, you can access the Parents Dashboard online via this link Parents Dashboard » DCG (myday.cloud)

A focus on activities this term

Students have been working on social action project to raise awareness on various topics, such as mental health, raising money for local and national charities, such as Doorways, Cancer research, animal rescue organisations.

Students have been project managing the social action projects developing their essential skills such as: communication, problem solving, working effectively in a team, leadership skills and creativity.

Whilst developing essential skills, planning and organising a project as well as researching charities, students and staff have had fun along the way – some students even had the chance to sponge their teachers to raise money for SpecialEffect, a charity working with disabled gamers to create adapted software and peripherals to create inclusive gaming spaces.

DCG students are asked to respect and value their fellow peers and the wider community by adhering to the 5 P’s of Professional Behaviour:

• POSITIVE – Being open-minded, willing to listen and celebrating diversity.
• POLITE – Speaking respectfully and appropriately.
• PUNCTUAL – Arriving in class ready to begin learning on time.
• PREPARED – Being equipped and ready for lessons with a CAN DO attitude.
• PROFESSIONAL – In dress, language and behaviour.

Lanyards and Identification

All students are required to wear their College Lanyard and Identification Card (ID card) at College at all times. It must be visible unless they are in a practical situation and have been told by a member of staff to take it off.

All students must bring their identification badge to College and wear it whilst on a College campus, this is for their safety and others. There is a charge incurred to those students who continue to fail to bring their ID badge.

STUDENT ENAGAGEMENT

If your child is unable to attend College, they must inform us. They can do this by submitting an online ‘Absence Form’.

Your child can find the absence form in two handy places:

1. In the MyDay app by clicking on the ‘Report Absence’ tile on the home page.
2. Alternatively, the Absence Form can be accessed from the DCG website.

Go to the DCG website
> Scroll to the bottom of the homepage and look for the ‘Quick Links’ section
> ‘Report an Absence or Lateness’ in the Quick Links menu:

Your child will then need to log in to their College Microsoft account. They will be prompted to enter their email address and password, on successfully doing so – they will then be asked to authenticate their login.

We welcome the support of our parents and carers in supporting with attendance. We are keen to ensure students maximise their opportunities for learning and encourage all to attend where they can. It is important to attend all elements of their Study Programme, which does include Vocational or Academic learning, English and or maths, Tutorial and Work Experience. Please encourage your child to report their absences using the above process.

STUDENT ENAGAGEMENT

STUDENT ABSENCE/LATENESS MUST BE REPORTED

If your child is unable to attend College, they must inform us. They can do this by submitting an online ‘Absence Form’.

Your child can find the absence form in two handy places:

1. In the MyDay app by clicking on the ‘Report Absence’ tile on the home page.
2. Alternatively, the Absence Form can be accessed from the DCG website.

> Go to the DCG website
> Scroll to the bottom of the homepage and look for the ‘Quick Links’ section
> Click on ‘Report an Absence or Lateness’ in the Quick Links menu:

Your child will then need to log in to their College Microsoft account. They will be prompted to enter their email address and password, on successfully doing so – they will then be asked to authenticate their login. More information on how students can set up the Microsoft Authenticator App can be found in the Student MFA Configuration Guide. Download the MFA Configuration Guide.

We welcome the support of our parents and carers in supporting with attendance. We are keen to ensure students maximise their opportunities for learning and encourage all to attend where they can. It is important to attend all elements of their Study Programme, which does include Vocational or Academic learning, English and or maths, Tutorial and Work Experience. Please encourage your child to report their absences using the above process.

CAREERS

National Apprenticeship Week

This week, we celebrated National Apprenticeship week.The week was dedicated to the celebration of apprenticeships and supporting apprentices. It recognised the amazing and positive impact they have on local employers and the local economy.

The week was packed with fun activities including, a market stall style event, a series of presentations and an exciting showcase event.

Higher and Degree Apprenticeships

Explore 1,400 Higher and Degree apprenticeship vacancies from 70+ employers, across the UK, including British Army, Amazon, Tui, Metropolitan Police, PwC, and many more! Download the Higher and Degree listing here: Higher & Degree Listing – Amazing Apprenticeships

Find out more about Higher and Degree Apprenticeships here: The Difference Between Higher and Degree Apprenticeships (youthemployment.org.uk)

Discover the wide range of Higher or Degree Apprenticeship roles available with a sample of large employers:

Rolls Royce: Apprenticeships & School leavers | Rolls-Royce
Severn Trent: Apprenticeships | Graduates, Undergraduates and Apprentices | Careers | Severn Trent Plc
Balfour Beatty: Balfour Beatty | Degree & Graduate Apprenticeships | Balfour Beatty (balfourbeattycareers.com)
Bowmer and Kirkland: Earn while you learn with our degree apprenticeship – apply now! – Bowmer + Kirkland (bandk.co.uk)
Eon: Degree Apprenticeships Privacy and cookies (eon-uk-careers.com)

Here are our top five tips to help your child find an apprenticeship:

1. Register interest with DCG apprenticeship team: Apprenticeships – DCG (derby-college.ac.uk) and the National Apprenticeship website: Find an apprenticeship – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) plus, other quality providers, such as Rate My Placement: Find Apprenticeships | RateMyApprenticeship
2. Look for opportunities in your area: by using social media and connecting to employers who offer apprenticeships.
3. Keep searching regularly: companies advertise apprenticeship vacancies all year round.
4. Research chosen industry and role by using the ‘Explore Careers’ section of the National Careers Service website: Explore careers | National Careers Service
5. Prepare a CV: advice can be found on the following websites: National Careers Service: CV advice | National Careers Service , Prospects: How to write a CV | Prospects.ac.uk and, by using KUDOS via the College Careers team’s SharePoint site: Careers Guidance Services – Home (sharepoint.com)

Information for parents and carers

You can download the Parent/Carer Apprenticeships Tips Guide, to help you to support your child- Parent Zone – Amazing Apprenticeships and check out this great guide from UCAS: Ultimate Guides — Finding an apprenticeship (ucas.com) PLUS, a live event: Let’s Talk Apprenticeships brought to you from D2N2

PARENT AND CARER SUPPORT

Join the DCG Parent and Carer Support Group…

We have created a Parent and Carer Support Group on Facebook, as a place for you to:

• Access resources and content related to well-being, careers, study skills
• Ask questions and offer suggestions related to College
• Network and support other parents and carers.

The page is managed by the Student Pastoral Coaches from each campus who can answer your queries.

Access the Parents Portal

We have a dedicated online Parents Portal for you to log onto. The Parents Portal enables you to view your child’s live attendance, progress reports and SMART Targets. Parent Portal

Parent Voice

Your views matter to us and the feedback you provide will help us shape the service we provide your son, daughter or child in your care at Derby College. If you would like to tell us your views please email Parent Voice

*Please contact the Careers team for support if required. The team can support your child with identifying which programme to apply for plus, help to check whether they meet the eligibility criteria and support them to complete the application. Contact the Careers team: careers@derby-college.ac.uk

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More information for Parents and Carers can be found on the DCG website.