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Covid Update

On Tuesday 29 March, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid, set out the next steps for living with COVID-19 in England from Friday 1 April.

Updated guidance advises:

  • Adults with the symptoms of a respiratory infection, and who have a high temperature or feel unwell, should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people until they feel well enough to resume normal activities and no longer have a high temperature.
  • Children and young people who are unwell and have a high temperature should stay at home and avoid contact with other people. They can return to college when they no longer have a high temperature, and are well enough to attend.
  • Adults with a positive COVID-19 test result should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 5 days, which is when they are most infectious. For children and young people aged 18 and under, the advice is 3 days.

For education and childcare settings from Friday 1 April:

  • Regular asymptomatic testing is no longer recommended in any education or childcare setting, including in SEND, alternative provision and children’s social care settings. Therefore, we will no longer be able to order test kits .

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 Fully Prepared

Prepared and Ready For College Success

Fully Prepared

To make sure you are 'fully prepared' to study at SGS College in September, we have created and invited you into a Course 'Team' where you can get to know your teachers, learn inspiring things about your chosen course and ask any questions you might have to help you prepare for your time with us.

The SGS Fully Prepared programme is designed to support you in your transition to starting with us in September 2023. Over the course of the upcoming months you will receive an Introduction to SGS College from the SGSPlus+ and DigiED Team which will introduce you to a number of topics including;

  • Welcome to SGS College
  • An introduction to your Study Programme Including an overview of the SGSPlus+ diploma and our SGSPlus+ Framework
  • What does it mean to be an SGS College student? Including a series of interviews from our current students
  • An overview of Office 365 here at SGS College An introduction to TEAMs, Outlook and OneDrive alongside the digital skills required to succeed at SGS
  • SGS College Academies, Extracurricular Opportunities & Students Union introduces you to fantastic ways for you to get involved in some of your own interests alongside your qualification through the 999 Academy, Sports Academy, Business Academy, Animal Academy, DigiED Academy and the Students' Union.
  • What does Equality, Diversity and Inclusion mean to us here at SGS College? Including a series of student and staff interviews alongside some of our wider campaign work

Once you have completed the cross-college content you will receive more campus and course specific content to aid your transition to starting at College in September 2023.

Expectations

The expectation is that you engage with all of the content provided as this will give you the best possible start at SGS College. We will provide support throughout the coming months; simply pop any questions you have into the Q&A channel on your Team and a member of staff will respond.

Getting Started on TEAMs

Enter your student email address and password - if you haven't received this yet, it will be sent in the next few weeks. This information is unique to you and should not be shared with anybody.

The first thing you will need to do to begin the course is log in to Office online you can do this by following the steps below.

When using a PC, Mac or laptop device, please follow the steps below carefully. When accessing from a smart phone, please log in using the dedicated Microsoft Teams app.

Office 365 Microsoft Teams

  1. Open a supported web browser and type in: www.office.com
  2. At the 'Welcome to Office' webpage, click on the 'Sign In' button.
  3. On the sign in page enter your student email and password as shown in the email sent to you with your login information.
  4. At the screen sign in page, chose click either 'yes' or 'no' depending on your preference. Note: If you are unsure click 'no'.
  5. Click on the icon called 'Teams'.
  6. Click on the Team with the name of your course.

Accessing TEAMs

Contact

Support Accessing TEAMs
Please email [email protected] and someone will be in touch to help. Alternatively, call 0800 0567 253.

Support with Work Set
Please contact the tutor via TEAMs if you need any support with the projects set.

Questions around Extracurricular Opportunities
If you have any questions around extracurricular opportunities at the College please get in touch with [email protected]