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Southern Entrance
We would like to remind parents and carers that the gate at the southern entrance will be locked at 08:23 each morning. Students arriving after this time should enter via the main entrance in Cricklefield Place.
Safeguarding The welfare and safety of our students is our priority. We do everything possible to ensure our students’ safety, both within the school community and outside of school, including working with relevant agencies to address any issues related to child protection. Students are informed of who they should go to should they have a concern about their own safety or the safety of others. At INA, all staff have regular safeguarding training to ensure that they are able to meet their statutory responsibilities. We also have a number of staff who are designated to respond to any child protection concerns and to liaise with social services: Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) Leanne Abbott-Jones Assistant Principal Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) Tam Broadway Primary Headteacher Sugra Alibhai Head of Sixth Form Designated Child Protection Officers Patrick Ball (Online safety) Pardeep Chaggar Jody Lapish Gareth Marshall-Jones
Mariam Mayet Amreen Patel Jag Singh David Wilson
vYou can find the INA Safeguarding policy, Child Protection policy and other related policies and procedures on the Academy’s website.
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Dear Parents and Carers, I am delighted to announce the names of the six students who were successful in gaining a place on the prestigious Phillips Exeter Academy Summer School 2019 following interviews with Ms Abbott-Jones and myself last week. They are Cara Adams, Iqra Taher and Mariyah Chaudhry in Year 8 and Adam Warishally, Hadeeqah Raja and Simran Chalal in Year 12. Many congratulations to them and to every student who was shortlisted for interview as it was a highly competitive process. Our Sixth Form Open Evening takes place on Tuesday 29th January from 6.00-7.00pm. Year 11 students and their families are invited to see our facilities and talk to subject teachers about the KS5 courses on offer. Further details can be found later in the newsletter. Finally, just a reminder that our first BRIDGES mentoring session for Years 7-11 takes place next week, on Wednesday 30th January. Students have been preparing for the mentoring session in their BRIDGES lessons and during tutorial time. We are really looking forward to hearing students’ reflections on how their BRIDGES dispositions are strengthening and supporting them in the stage of their education they are at. Further details of the arrangements can be found later in this newsletter
With all best wishes,
Jo Spencer
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Isaac Newton Academy’s
Sixth Form Open Evening Join us for our Sixth Form Open Evening where you can see our Sixth Form facilities and meet the INA staff.
29 January 2019 th
6pm-7pm
The deadline for Sixth Form applications is
Friday 1st February 2019
For more details on how to apply, please visit the website.
Isaac Newton Academy, 1 Cricklefield Place, Ilford, IG1 1FY sixthform@isaacnewtonacademy.org | www.isaacnewtonacademy.org | 020 8911 6666
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BRIDGES Mentoring Wednesday 30
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The first BRIDGES mentoring session takes place on Wednesday 30th January from 1:45-4:30pm. All students will be given a fifteen minute 1-to-1 coaching session with their BRIDGES mentor. This is an important opportunity for KS3 students to reflect on how they have developed or strengthened their BRIDGES dispositions, to discuss the dispositions they consider to be their strengths and the ones they need to work on further. Year 10 students will be engaging in a mock interview focusing on their preparedness for GCSEs and work experience and how they are further strengthening their BRIDGES dispositions to achieve success in both. Year 11 students will be engaged in one to one coaching focusing on mock exams, wellbeing and managing workload.
Arrangements All students will complete lessons p1 – 4 (Year 10 and Year 11 students will complete lesson 4 as per KS3 timings). Period 4 will end at slightly earlier at 12.50pm to allow time for all students to make their way home for lunch before returning to school for their allotted mentoring session. Failure to attend the mentoring session will lead to an unauthorised absence. Students who are eligible for Free School Meals who request lunch in advance (via form tutors) can collect a lunch bag from the student reception as they leave. Students are expected to go directly home and return between 1.45-4.30pm for a fifteen minute 1-to-1 coaching session with their BRIDGES mentor. Appointment times will be issued to students beforehand. Students must attend their session on time. KS3 students must wear full school uniform. KS4 students may wear either school uniform or professional work wear. We are unable to supervise any students as all staff are BRIDGES mentors and will be engaged in mentoring session throughout the afternoon. Parents are not required at the sessions but will be given feedback on how their son or daughter’s BRIDGES skills are progressing later in the year. Please note that enrichments will be cancelled on this day. Mr Ball, Lead Pastoral Leader / Acting Assistant Principal
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Holocaust Survivor, Steven Frank BEM, visits INA On Friday 11th January we were very lucky to have visitors from the Holocaust Education Trust, and a Holocaust survivor, Steven Frank, BEM at INA. This was part of the schools commemoration of the Holocaust, which has its 74th anniversary on the 27th January.
Year 9 students attended workshops in the morning led by an expert from the Holocaust Education Trust. In the workshops students were discussing the importance of remembering the Holocaust, and effective ways to do this. The students were really engaged in the learning, discussing the themes of love, loss, anguish, distress and anger which are emotions often felt at these memorials. The students did this with much maturity and patience towards each other.
In the afternoon, the Year 9 and Sixthform students attended a talk by Steven Frank, a survivor of the Holocaust. In fact, this was Steven’s 800th talk to students about his experience of the Holocaust! Steven talked about his childhood in Holland, growing up, and how the Nazi occupation began
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to affect his life from being age of 7. The students were told of his journey to several Nazi concentration camps and how, while he couldn’t be with his mother a lot of the time, she always found ways to make sure her children were cared for and safe in such a dangerous place. Steven talked of losing friends, seeing horrifying events unfold and his focus on surviving such an ordeal. The family eventually were liberated from a camp in Czechoslovakia, and then flown to Britain. Since then they have rebuilt their lives and Steven has children and grand-children. In the 1990s he was approached to tell his
story for the first time, and he realised then he could begin to educate so many children by visiting schools. We were very lucky to have him visit us. The talk has been followed up by reflections by students in Y9, and here are some thoughts from they have shared on Steven’s story: “The talk gave me an insight into on the impact of the Holocaust to people’s lives. It was such a powerful way to reflect on such a terrible event in time. Thank you Steven.” - Taqi “Your talk really made me reflect on the horror people have experienced because of their faith or background. Thank you.” - Mariya Steven’s talk was powerful. It made me reflect on how lucky I am today. I couldn’t imagine living through the events he did at such a young age. Thank you.” - Adriana “Steven was incredibly brave. His story made me reflect on the trauma of the Holocaust, I respect his survival. Thank you” - Denis “Steven gave a talk that made me feel sad a lot, but also he has a brilliant sense of humour and kindness, amazing after all the horrible things that have happened. Thank you for teaching me it is important to forgive.” - Hussain The Year 9 students were excellent ambassadors and a superb audience to Steven. Ms R Priestley, Head of History and 2 I/C in Humanities 25 January 2019 Secondary Newsletter
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Having the confidence to ask questions if you are unsure or need clarification. Evaluating the things you do and the ways you do them and seeing if they can be improved. Constructing the correct questions when faced with a challenging topic or problem. Being responsible for building your knowledge, learning power or character through questioning.
Parents
• Encourage you son/daughter to ask questions about you, your day or your life before them. • Watch a few minutes of the news or read a newspaper report and encourage your son/daughter to ask questions about its content. • Watch ‘Question Time’ or a similar TV programme with your son/daughter. Discuss the topics being debated, the type of questions being asked and how the panel respond to the questions. • Visit an art gallery or museum and encourage your son/ daughter to ask inquisitive questions.
who have shown great Questioning at INA Hassan is showing great questioning skills in Harkness; this is deepening the understanding of everyone in the class.
Ruqayyah 9S
Ruqayyah has been selected as one of the 32 Year 9 BRIDGES mentors. These students will be mentoring Year 3 and Year 4 students, using questioning as a way to help them develop their BRIDGES dispositions.
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INA BRIDGES 9
‘The Decision’
On Tuesday 8th January, Year 8 watched a play called ‘The Decision’ performed by an acting company called Ginificent, who teamed with Redbridge Road Safety Partnership. The actors John, Abbey and Guy, came all the way from Southampton to INA to perform for us. ‘The Decision’ is about a boy called Jamie who lives with his mum, dad and little sister. He also has a friend and a girlfriend. But Jamie got knocked down by a car and his whole family heard about it and they were in complete shock. His friends also heard about this incident and they were upset too. So, they went to court to see if Jamie did look both ways before crossing the road or not, or if the driver was driving too fast. The audience thought Jamie was the one to blame because he didn’t look both ways before crossing the road. Year 8 found it really interesting because there were a lot of tips on how to be safe on the road. My advice for kids and teens is to look both ways before crossing, don’t look at your phone while crossing the road (and for parents - don’t go too fast when you drive!). Also, always cross the road at the traffic lights or at a zebra crossing. By Kareem Beckett Edwards 8S
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GCSE History intervention: Securing a Grade 5 Wednesday, G21, 4-5pm Week
Date
Revision focus
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23.1.19
General revision skills / medicine knowledge review.
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30.1.19
Renaissance medicine 1500-1750
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6.2.19
Industrial medicine 1750-1900
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13.2.19
Modern medicine 1900-present February Half Term Break
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27.2.19
Trench warfare / source skills: WW1 1914-1918
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6.3.19
Elizabeth: religious problems
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13.3.19
Elizabeth: problems with Spain
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20.3.19
Elizabeth: society
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27.3.19
Cold war causes: 1945-1949
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Cold war crises: 1956 - 1968 Easter Holidays
All KS3 enrichments are cancelled on the 6th & 7th February. This is so staff and students can take part in the whole school production of Hairspray. KS4 & KS5 interventions are NOT cancelled on these days. KS4 & KS5 students are expected to continue attending their interventions on the 6th & 7th February. 25 January 2019 Secondary Newsletter
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Praise and Recognition At INA, we aim to provide a stimulating, challenging and rewarding learning environment which supports learning, celebrates achievement and encourages everyone. Awarding merits, informal praise in class and the end of term awards assemblies are all part of this. Please speak to your child/children on a regular basis to see how many merits they have and how they are working towards the different awards at school.
Merits The inter-form merit competition is heating up – with more and more merits being given out each week. Each merit you gain will increase your individual total and also your form’s overall total. So make sure you are keeping up the fantastic work to gain merits! Also if you are owed a merit go and collect it and make sure it gets recorded on your form’s spreadsheet! YEAR 7
TOTAL
YEAR 8
TOTAL
YEAR 9
7I 7S 7W 7N 7C 7A 7E
1152 1013 943 902 868 786 660
8N 8C 8S 8A 8W 8I 8E
855 774 720 654 635 521 471
9E 9C 9A 9I 9S 9N 9W
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TOTAL YEAR 10 TOTAL YEAR 11 TOTAL
351 315 282 237 162 149 110
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10T 10C 10W 10S 10A 10I 10N
111 84 78 74 52 17 15
11N 11I 11A 11E 11T 11S 11C
192 98 94 89 68 67 54
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Ahmed Al-Khafaji Award (Peer Commendation Award)
Ahmed was well known for being kind, for helping others and for being extremely polite. He was also someone known for his hard work and absorption; the idea, therefore, is that the winner should be someone who encapsulated one of these qualities in that week. Year 7: Adil Hussein 7E Year 8: Qasim Qadir 8W Year 9: Tasbir Rahaman 9C Year 10: Samiul Hoque 10W Year 11: Abdur Razzaque Miah 11N
Good Deed Feed Every week we ask teachers to nominate students who have been role models by carrying out good deeds for others and the INA community. A big well done for those who have been nominated this week!
Thank you to the following students in Year 7 for helping during the Year 9 progress meetings, I know that all of the teachers really appreciated it! Eshwar Deerhe Rajpreet Kaur Aisha Khan Diya Taheem Abdur-Rahman Sudais - Ms Crowther-Green Mr Athwal Pastoral Leader for Year 11, i/c of Praise and Recognition 25 January 2019 Secondary Newsletter
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INA Attendance and Punctuality Regular attendance is a crucial factor in students’ educational development and success in achieving their full potential. Missing out on education and learning leaves students vulnerable to falling behind, putting them under unnecessary pressure. At Isaac Newton Academy every student is expected to maintain 100% attendance.
Punctuality All students need to be present on site and ready for line up no later than 8.25am each day and as such we advise students to be through the school gates (side entrance and southern entrance) no later than 8.23am.
Reporting of child’s absence In line with INA attendance policy it is the parent/ carers responsibility to phone the school by 8.15am on each day of an absence. If you fail to contact the school to inform us of your child’s absence we may take the necessary steps to ensure your child is safe. Please take the time to familiarise yourself with the INA Attendance policy.
Year group and form attendance for last week
Tutor 7A 7C 7E 7I 7N 7S 7W Total
% Tutor % Tutor 98.7 8A 97.9 9A 94.8 8C 95.3 9C 95.4 8E 94.4 9E 99.1 8I 94.7 9I 97.9 8N 96.2 9N 95.8 8S 94.9 9S 96.3 8W 94.4 9W 96.8 Total 95.4 Total
% Tutor % Tutor 94.5 10A 98.0 11A 94.8 10C 96.4 11C 92.8 10I 97.2 11E 97.3 10N 97.1 11I 98.3 10S 93.5 11N 98.8 10T 94.6 11S 92.7 10W 97.3 11T 95.6 Total 96.2 Total
% 91.5 95.6 93.1 89.7 95.6 92.3 98.8 93.8
Absences immediately before or after a school holiday If your child is absent before or after a school holiday we must see evidence for the absence. This may be medical evidence if your child is unwell, or evidence of flight delays or circumstances beyond your control. We cannot authorise any absences before or after a holiday without this evidence and you risk being issued with a penalty notice.
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Friends of Isaac Newton Academy Thank you to those of you that have signed up attend and be a part of the INA fundraising committee. Our first meeting with be held in the Primary Dining Hall at 7.00pm on Wednesday 30th January. I look forward to seeing you all then! from Ms Broadway
GCSE Examinations Contingency Day
The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) have announced a contingency date of the 26th of June 2019. A contingency date is a day specifically set aside “in the event of widespread, sustained national or local disruption to examinations during the June 2019 examination series�. This decision comes following the tragic events of last summer, in particular the Manchester attack and the Grenfell Tower fire. It may be necessary to postpone an exam in the event of such an incident to allow all students a fair and equal chance. This means that all candidates taking GCSE or A Level exams must be available to sit exams from the date of their first exam until the 26th June 2019. We understand that once your exams are over you will probably want to celebrate, but in light of this new rule please do not organise a holiday or plan to be any distance from school until after the 26th June. This decision is not one that has been taken by INA, it has been imposed on all schools by JCQ and does apply to all candidates in all schools in the UK. Mr Crowther-Green, Assistant Principal
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Key Dates
Spring Term 2019 Friday 4th January - Friday 5th April 2019 Half Term: Monday 18th - Friday 22nd February 2019 Independent Learning Day: Friday 8th March 2019 INSET Day: 11th March 2019 Monday 28th January Monday 28th January Tuesday 29th January Wednesday 30th January Friday 1st February Monday 4th February Monday 4th February Wednesday 6th February Thursday 7th February Friday 8th February Tuesday 12th February Friday 15th February Friday 15th February Monday 18th February to Friday 22nd Wednesday 27th February
Options Interviews begin Year 7 Music Theatre Trip Sixth Form Open Evening BRIDGES Mentoring Sixth Form Application Deadline Year 12 Progress Meetings Hairspray Dress Rehearsal Hairspray - Performance 6:30pm Hairspray - Performance 6:30pm GCSE Biology Live Trip Year 13 Progress Meetings Options Interviews end Ypres Trip for Year 10 HALF TERM
Year 8 Progress Meetings Monday 4th to Thursday 7th March Family Week (no after school events) Tuesday 5th March PEA Concert 4.00pm Thursday 7th March World Book Day – Dress as your favourite character from a book Friday 8th March IL Day – No school for students Monday 11th March INSET Day – No school for students
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