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Memorabilia As both campuses of our school finish in their current format at the end of the academic year, we are looking to collect items of memorabilia relating to the history of the school. This includes old photographs, books etc – basically anything you think would make interesting viewing or reading. Any items you bring in will be returned to you at the end of the academic year. Please hunt around in attics, sheds and under beds for any articles which give an image of life in the past on either campus. Referrals and our detention system Friday 14th January 2011 Further to last week’s newsletter, we are continuing our trial with regards to being more responsive in The Right to Learn The Right to be Respected The Right to be Safe terms of school detentions for the very small number of students whose behaviour is not satisfactory. In the unlikely event that your child is asked to leave a lesson, we will contact you as soon as we can and View from the Bridge request your permission keep your child at the end of that school day. If that is not possible, the Dear Parents and Friends oftoDownside detention will take place the next school day. We hope that our more responsive system continues to Year have6aParents positive Evening impact. Referrals so far this academic year are minimal. Many thanks to all those of you who came to parents evening on Wednesday. We hope that the evening proved informative School Awards and that you now have a better idea of how your child is doing in school and also how you can help themAward at home with their studies. For those of you who didn’t manage to make it in, we will Headteacher’s beI contacting youtoininform the next to arrange appointments with key staff. am delighted youweek that or oursoaward winnerother this week is: Please remember that Year 6 SATs take place the week beginning 9 th May and no holidays Coates who was awarded 100 during house points for heror fantastic French whatsoever will be Lucy authorised for Year 6 students that week in the run up Independent to it. Study work. Community Cohesion Huge congratulations you Lucywho for your amazing work. Next week, some of ourtostudents visited Grayshott Primary on the mainland, will be presenting their findings to some of our Governing Body. We are very proud of our Ofsted grade 1 (outstanding) for this HouseofSystem element our provision and we will be continuing our links with Grayshott and other schools this year. Results of house points across both campuses, for this week are: Kusasa Project One Saturday morning Alum this term we 365 will be organising all the football Colwell 308 boots which have beenTotland given to us 282 to support our two link primary Thorness 198 schools in South Africa. We will be asking some students to come in and beTherefore, part of this important task. houses Furtherhave details are in to the follow futurein the respective campus canteens Alum and Colwell priority first in sittings newsletters. next week. Our running totals for this term so far are – Totland 3,677; Thorness 2,911; Alum 2,684 and Colwell 2,650. Corf Camp By now you should have received a letter outlining initial details for our residential activities in the Summer Attendance Term. Should you have any queries with regard to this, please contact Mrs Collinson in the first instance on Our school target for attendance is 96%. 522329 or Collinson@kitbridge.iow.sch.uk. 6LJ was the winning attendance award tutor group for last week with an absolutely brilliant 100%! A Uniform and Appearance huge well done to Miss Jenkinson and her class, who win a mufti day on a day of their choice as a Please remember that full details of our uniform are in your child’s planner and needs to be adhered to at reward. all times. In addition, I would respectfully remind parents and students that no make-up is allowed to be Our under whole any school attendance in forschool. the week beginning 4 th January was 93%. worn circumstances Carisbrooke Students ofUniform the Week Attached this newsletter a letter outlining thethis proposed new uniform for students hoping to go to Our verytoworthy winners ofisthis prestigious award week are: Carisbrooke in September later this for year. Please return your us asCouncil soon asuppossible and we Furrlongs Campus: Brooke Drake working extremely hardcomments to get theto School and running. will forward them to Carisbrooke on your behalf. Kitbridge Campus: Oliver Bronwin for being helpful and supportive to a new student. Well done to you both. Peter Shaw
Play Ranger Information – 2011 Play Rangers has been running in our area since July 2009. The aim of the project is to provide free outdoor play experiences for children of all ages and has been a great success. The sessions will run on a fortnightly basis; every other Monday from 17th January at Pan Recreation Ground. Session dates are: Monday 17th and 31st January 3pm to 5pm, Monday 14th and 28th February 3pm to 5pm, Monday 14th and 28th March 3pm to 5.30pm. Sessions will continue throughout the year following the same fortnightly time table. For more information please contact Sophie Biggs, Play Ranger on 01983 823818. www.thepadteam.co.uk Above is the web address for People at Downside
CHRISTMAS CARD RECYCLING Downside Middle School is taking part in the Biffa Chair of Governors Christmas CardisRecycling this year. Mary Craven our ChairScheme of Governors and she can be contacted by parents or staff on 825819 Please your old cards to the school or bring emailall marymcraven@googlemail.com offices! Thank You
Parenting Support Team – Drop in Sessions January & February 2011 Monday 8.45 – 10.30am – Hunnyhill Primary Monday 2.30 – 3.15pm – Nine Acres Primary Tuesday 8.45 – 9.45am – Nine Acres Primary Friday 8.45-9.45am – Nine Acres Primary Friday 8.30-10.30am – Newport CE Primary For more information about this very helpful service please contact Maria Draper on 07581 090400 or 814370, or email parenting.support@iow.gov.uk
PERFORMERS WANTED Performers, jugglers, musicians, street performers, comedians and ventriloquists to perform at A Good Old Days Charity Revue on Saturday 5th March 2011, 7.30pm at Porchfield Village Hall. If you would like to take part and could perform for five or six minutes please contact Pete Turner on 07921942022 or 01983 523578 as soon as possible. Run-throughs will be held on Sunday February 6th from 2pm. All ages welcome to perform.
Mrs Skene’s Maths Challenge – Shaping up
These pictures were made quite simply by starting with a square, finding the half-way point on each side and joining those points up. This creates a smaller shape (which also happens to be a square) inside the original. The half-way points of this new shape are then joined up to make a third shape. This way of making new shapes is continued until it gets too small to do properly. You can, of course, start with any straight-lined shape.
It's probably good to start with a fairly large shape since it's going to get smaller and smaller each time. Here are some challenges for you to pursue: • Having made a design like one above, cut out the triangles and the smallest inner shape and rearrange the pieces to form a new shape/design. • Talk about and record the things you notice as you have drawn more and more halving lines. • What is happening to the enclosed area each time the sides are halved? (Try investigating a regular shape first.) There are 10 house points available to the first 10 correct entries to myself or your Maths teacher. Congratulations to Jessica Brooman who worked out last weeks puzzle. Mrs Skene.
ON BEHALF OF CARISBROOKE HIGH SCHOOL Uniform for the new the new school Dear Parents, This is a very exciting time to be a student at Carisbrooke as we move smoothly towards becoming a federated school with Medina. Our aim is to run an outstanding educational establishment where your child will make exceptional progress. To this end we would like parents to help decide the future uniform for the new school to open in September 2011. Impressions do count. We want our students to develop a keen sense of belonging and self-respect. The new uniform should make our students instantly recognisable as ambassadors for the federated schools, whilst taking away inequalities of dress between students and preventing extremes of fashion. As an outward display of highly professional standards we would like you to consider the items of uniform below indicating if you strongly agree, agree or disagree with the proposed items. There is also a space at the bottom of the sheet for you to make further suggestions. Students and teachers at the school will also be asked to give their opinions and we look forward to communicating the final findings by the end of March 2011 by the latest. Proposed uniform: Item of clothing Girls Blazer with school logo and without a trim Blazer with school logo and trim White shirt with long sleeves White shirt with short sleeves Long sleeved jumper Short sleeved jumper / tank top Tie Plain Skirt below the knee Plain trousers Black shoes that can be polished White PE polo shirt with school logo
I strongly disagree
I agree
I disagree
PE shorts Sweatshirt top
Boys Blazer with school logo and without a trim Blazer with school logo and trim White shirt with long sleeves White shirt with short sleeves Long sleeved jumper Short sleeved jumper / tank top Tie Plain trousers Black shoes that can be polished White PE polo shirt with school logo PE shorts Sweatshirt top
Further comments:
Name (optional): ______________________________ Contact details (optional): __________________________ Please return as soon as possible to your school or Carisbrooke High School.