26 April 2019
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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
You 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 hope that you enjoyed a really good Easter break! With just three weeks to go to the first written GCSE exams, we are all supporting the Year 11s in the final stages of their GCSE preparation. The art practical exam took place on Thursday and Friday this week – we were very impressed with the art students’ focus, creativity and attention to detail. The MFL speaking exams started this week and continue next week. The GCSE PE practical external moderation day takes place on Monday. As you can see, it’s an enormously busy period for Year 11 students and their teachers. We wish all Year 11s the very best of luck over the coming weeks. We are very proud of all they have achieved in the past five years and wish them all every success in their terminal examinations. Year 7-10 students are preparing for their second and final BRIDGES mentoring session next week on the afternoon of Wednesday 1st May. Year 11 students will have an independent learning afternoon to focus on their revision. Further details can be found later in the newsletter.
With all best wishes,
Jo Spencer
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Ramadan and Summer Exams We are aware that the public GCSE exams fall during Ramadan this year as they did last year. Subsequent year groups’ GCSE exams will also be affected. Some of the INA internal summer exam season will also fall during Ramadan. We appreciate the benefits that observing Ramadan brings to individuals and communities and the obligation to fast under Islamic tradition when a child becomes an adult. We understand that the decision to fast is very personal. We are also aware that observing the fast and late-night prayers may lead to tiredness, low energy, dehydration, reduced focus, memory or concentration. Islamic law does offer the flexibility for a person to delay or exempt themselves from fasting and late-night prayers if they believe their performance in exams could be affected. We would advise students that it is important not to spend all night praying during the exam period to avoid tiredness. If your son/daughter will be fasting during this period, you will need to write a letter to confirm it. Please write a letter explaining this and ask your son/ daughter to hand it in at the Student Reception by Wednesday 1st May. This letter should be headed for the attention of Ms Chamberlain. This allows the school to have an accurate picture of numbers in order to prepare food in appropriate quantities. Your son/daughter will be excused from lunch and will not be expected to go to the dining hall during Ramadan. Your Wisepay account will not be charged for school lunches if we receive written confirmation that your child is fasting. Our Prayer and Contemplation rooms are available during lunchtime for students who wish to pray. Please note that, during Ramadan, students are expected to participate fully in all lessons and enrichment activities as normal, including PE. Mr Ball, Acting Assistant Principal
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BRIDGES Mentoring Wednesday 1
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BRIDGES Mentoring Session 2 takes place on Wednesday 1 May from 1:45-4:30pm. All students will be given a fifteen minute 1-to-1 coaching session with their BRIDGES mentor. st
Attendance is compulsory at the mentoring sessions and afternoon registration marks are given as students arrive for their appointment. Failure to attend the mentoring session will lead to an unauthorised absence and will be treated as truancy. Year 11s will not have a BRIDGES Mentoring Session. Instead, this time should be spent revising. It is critical that the time is used wisely with the GCSE examinations fast-approaching. Key Stage 3 - This is opportunity 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.
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 12.50 to allow time for all students to make their way home for lunch before returning to school for their allotted mentoring session. 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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Joy Milne We all need to use noticing to help support our friends and family. Often we notice small changes (behaviour, interactions, appearance) in the people we are close to. It is important to discuss with someone what you notice, as sometimes the changes may be linked to that person’s physical or mental health. Joy Milne, from Scotland, has used her sense of smell and attention to detail to help tackle Parkinson’s disease. Joy noticed “an occasional smell” on her husband, who died from the disease in 2015. She later joined the charity Parkinson’s UK and after meeting other people with disease noticed the same smell. Since then she has been working with universities and researchers to devise an early detection system for Parkinson’s. Over 120,000 people in the UK have Parkinson’s, which leaves people struggling to walk, speak and sleep. There is currently no cure. At present there is no early test to see who has the disease, but that may change due to the insight offered by Joy and the noticing skills of her nose.
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who have shown great Noticing skills at INA Adam is making great progress across a range of subjects a. A significant reason for this has been due to him noticing his key development areas and working hard to improve on them.
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Umaimah has great attitude to learning across all her subjects. Umaimah uses noticing in History to analyse sources and be inquisitive about their origins and purpose.
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YEAR 11 NEWS Revision Resources Departments have produced a wide array of revision materials for students to use independently outside of lessons and over the Easter holiday. They are available in hard copy and on Fronter.
Maths All students have received the document printed later in the newsletter outlining the resources available and the expectations of students over the holiday. This will also be posted on Fronter. Students will take away with them exam papers for Easter IL and they should also have a bank of exam papers from the lessons since January (all on Fronter).
English English is setting a practice question/paper for all elements of Literature and Language because students need to do more exam practice outside of lessons in order to improve their grades. Teachers will check completion and mark them after Easter. These are all going out in hard copy and will also be available on Fronter.
Science All students have received the documents for each science they study (hard copies). These contain the revision programme for each Science and a guide to where resources are on Fronter. We have been regularly adding resources to Fronter and guiding students to what is there and where to find them.
Drama Drama students have been given a hard copy of a 74 page revision booklet. It can also be found on Fronter.
History
• All students will be given in-house copies of revision guides. • Topics on the exams are as follows: • Paper 1: Medicine Through Time 1250-present and Medicine on the Western Front, 1914-1918; • Paper 2: Superpowers and Cold War 1945-1991 and Early Elizabethan England 1558-1588, Paper 3: The USA: Conflict at Home and Abroad 1954-1975 - Civil Rights and Vietnam.
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• They can use purple revision guides from Edexcel (most already have these) – can borrow from G19 for use in school. • Edmodo - class teachers provide exam questions/quizzes for students regularly. • Target 5/ 9 books are being used as IL for students also.
Geography Year 11s have been given a hard copy of the revision booklets for Paper 1 and 2 with lots of practice questions. A copy is also available on Edmodo where students can access coloured resources like maps, graphs etc. In addition to this they have been doing some practice papers in lessons which they can look over and improve their answers. Most students have been given access to a digital textbook (was given before mock exams) which has a range of questions at the end of each lesson (if they don’t have access details and would like to request, they can see Ms Gurm). On Edmodo, students can also send some practice questions/answers to their teachers if they would like these marked or if they would like to ask or clarify any questions. These are also now on fronter, although many Year 11s use Edmodo rather than fronter.
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• All students have been given in-house copies of revision guides for free • Topics on the exams are as follows: Paper 1 – Christianity Paper 2 Islam • They can use purple revision guides from Edexcel (most already have these) – can borrow from G19 for use in school. • Edmodo - class teachers provide exam questions / quizzes for students regularly. Students can access all the lessons from the course
Design Technology All PowerPoints used in theory lessons are uploaded onto Fronter, covering everything for both parts of their exams. Component 1: Core Content Component 2: Papers and Boards
Art This is slightly different to other subjects as students have their practical exam immediately after Easter and they will need to preparing for this during the holiday. Ms Suttie has provided students with hard copies of resources to help them prepare, but other useful websites for their sketchbook work include: www.art2day.com and www.studentartguide.com.
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PE The following is available on fronter: • All exam questions in subject order with mark schemes (and provided in hard copy) • 6 mark question model answers • P.E.E.L long answer guidance for structuring questions • Electronic copies of the pages of the revision booklets In addition a collection of flashcards that be purchased from the PE department, if desired.
French and Spanish BBC bitesize is available online for both French and Spanish. Revision guides available from Wisepay for £5.89: • Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Spanish Revision Guide • Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) French Revision Guide Resources for Spanish on student share: Languages : GCSE Spanish Speaking booklet Speaking booklet for extra practice Vocabulary list from all topics Resources for French on student share: Languages GCSE French Speaking booklet Key phrases vocab list Other online resources for Spanish: Quizlet- join your class:11kahlo, 11Picasso, 11Leon Other online resources for French, including Memrise.
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Message from the maths team for all Year 11 students
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All Year 11 students should be aware of the resources they can use to revise for their maths GCSE. Below is a checklist of things they should be doing over the Easter period. 1. Completing the booster pack tasks on MyMaths . All students should know their log-in details. • 11Alk, Ban, Eul complete booster packs for grades 6, 7, 8 & 9 (should complete 5 if needed) • 11Can and Fer complete booster packs for grades 4, 5, 6, 7 (should complete 3 if needed) • 11Dri and Gor complete booster packs for grades 3, 4, 5
2. All students to complete Practice Paper 6 (A5 booklet containing 3 papers). The expectation is for all students to complete and hand in first lesson back so that their teacher can collect check and mark. From this, a paper analysis will be completed which will give all students the topics they are strong at and those that require more practise. Students should then be using resources (mathswatch, mymaths etc) to revise over these areas to close their knowledge gap. 3. Students should complete the problem solving packs located on Fronter on the Year11 page under the “general revision resources” table. These packs are divided into units that are the same as the book and contain thought provoking questions within that unit e.g. unit 12H are problem solving questions to unit 12 in the higher book. Please note: If your Mathswatch doesn’t log in and the first letter and surname are common for example Daniel Malik then your username may be DMalik1@ina.
Final message from the maths team; the best way to revise maths…is to do maths. 26 April 2019
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GCSE and A-Level (GCE) timetable Summer 2019 The generic timetable shows the GCSE and A-Level (GCE) exams that will be taken at INA. Students received individual timetables at the Exam meeting. Exam Level
Time Allowed
Board
Option Code
Component
13/05/2019 14:00 GCSE
105 mins
Edexcel
1RB0ZN
Religious Studies B Option Zn (Christianity)
09:00 GCSE
35 mins
Edexcel
1FR0F
French Option F (Listening (f))
09:00 GCSE
45 mins
Edexcel
1FR0F
French Option F (Reading (f))
09:00 GCSE
45 mins
Edexcel
1FR0H
French Option H (Listening (h))
09:00 GCSE
60 mins
Edexcel
1FR0H
French Option H (Reading (h))
14:00 GCSE
75 mins
AQA
8464F
14:00 GCSE
75 mins
AQA
8464H
14:00 GCSE
105 mins
AQA
8461F
Biology Tier F (Biology Paper 1 Tier F)
14:00 GCSE
105 mins
AQA
8461H
Biology Tier H (Biology Paper 1 Tier H)
09:00 GCSE
45 mins
Edexcel
1UR0H
Urdu Option H (Listening (h))
Date
Start
14/05/2019
Combined Sci: Trilogy Tier F (Combined Sci Trilogy Biology P1f) Combined Sci: Trilogy Tier H (Combined Sci Trilogy Biology P1h)
09:00 GCSE
65 mins
Edexcel
1UR0H
Urdu Option H (Reading (h))
15/05/2019 09:00 GCSE
60 mins
OCR
A813
Gujarati: Writing Written Paper
09:00 GCSE
60 mins
OCR
J587
Physical Education (Pe: Physcl Fctr Affctng Perf Wtn)
14:00 GCSE
105 mins
Edexcel
1ET0
English Literature (Shakesp.& Post 1914 Lit.)
09:00 GCSE
75 mins
AQA
8464F
09:00 GCSE
75 mins
AQA
8464H
09:00 GCSE
105 mins
AQA
8462F
Chemistry Tier F (Chemistry Paper 1 Tier F)
09:00 GCSE
105 mins
AQA
8462H
Chemistry Tier H (Chemistry Paper 1 Tier H)
09:00 GCSE
70 mins
Edexcel
1FR0F
French Option F (Writing (f))
09:00 GCSE
80 mins
Edexcel
1FR0H
French Option H (Writing (h))
14:00 GCSE
60 mins
OCR
J587
Physical Education (Pe: Socio-ctrl Issues Sprt Psych Wtn)
14:00 GCSE
90 mins
WJEC
C690QS
Drama Component3 Interpretin Theatre
16/05/2019
17/05/2019
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20/05/2019
21/05/2019
22/05/2019
Time Allowed
Board
Option Code
Component
09:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7136
Economics Adv Paper 1
09:00 GCSE
105 mins
Edexcel
1RB0ZN
Religious Studies B Option Zn (Islam)
14:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7182
Psychology Adv Paper 1
14:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7408A
Physics Adv (astrophysics) (Physics Adv Paper 1)
09:00 GCSE
90 mins
Edexcel
1MA1F
Mathematics Option F (Non Calculator (f))
09:00 GCSE
90 mins
Edexcel
1MA1H
Mathematics Option H (Non Calculator (h))
14:00 GCE
135 mins
Edexcel
9HI0G1
History Option G1 (Germany 1918-89)
14:00 GCSE
90 mins
Edexcel
1GB0
Geography B (Global Geog.issues)
09:00 GCSE
35 mins
Edexcel
1SP0F
Spanish Option F (Listening (f))
09:00 GCSE
45 mins
Edexcel
1SP0F
Spanish Option F (Reading (f))
09:00 GCSE
45 mins
Edexcel
1SP0H
Spanish Option H (Listening (h))
09:00 GCSE
60 mins
Edexcel
1SP0H
Spanish Option H (Reading (h))
09:00 GCSE
85 mins
Edexcel
1UR0H
Urdu Option H (Writing (h))
09:00 GCSE
60 mins
OCR
A813
Gujarati: Listening Written
14:00 GCE
135 mins
Edexcel
9GE0
Geography (Paper One)
14:00 GCSE
75 mins
AQA
8464F
14:00 GCSE
75 mins
AQA
8464H
14:00 GCSE
105 mins
AQA
8463F
Physics Tier F (Physics Paper 1 Tier F)
14:00 GCSE
105 mins
AQA
8463H
Physics Tier H (Physics Paper 1 Tier H)
09:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7136
Economics Adv Paper 2
135 mins
Edexcel
1ET0
English Literature (19c Nov/poetry Since 1789)
14:00 GCE
135 mins
Edexcel
9ET0
English Literature (Drama)
09:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7408A
Physics Adv (astrophysics) (Physics Adv Paper 2)
09:00 GCSE
45 mins
AQA
8633H
Italian Tier H (Italian Listening Test Tier H)
09:00 GCSE
60 mins
AQA
8633H
Italian Tier H (Italian Reading Test Tier H)
14:00 GCSE
105 mins
Edexcel
1DT0B
Design And Technology Option B (Papers And Boards)
09:00 GCE
75 mins
Edexcel
9ET0
English Literature (Prose)
09:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7367MD
Further Maths Adv Option Md (Further Mathematics Adv Paper 1)
09:00 GCSE
75 mins
Edexcel
1HI0HR
History Option Hr (Medicine In Britain)
14:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7408A
Physics Adv (astrophysics) (Physics Adv P3 Sections A & B Opt A)
14:00 GCE
120 mins
Edexcel
9PL0A
Politics Option A (Uk Politics)
14:00 GCSE
75 mins
AQA
8633H
Italian Tier H (Italian Writing Test Tier H)
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Exam Level
23/05/2019 09:00 GCSE
24/05/2019
03/06/2019
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Combined Sci: Trilogy Tier F (Combined Sci Trilogy Physics P1f) Combined Sci: Trilogy Tier H (Combined Sci Trilogy Physics P1h)
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Time Allowed
Board
Option Code
Component
09:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7136
Economics Adv Paper 3
09:00 GCE
120 mins
WJEC
A120PA
Rs - Christianity A Level (Rs Component1a Study Of Christianity)
09:00 GCSE
105 mins
Edexcel
1EN0
English Language (Fiction & Imag.writing)
14:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7405
Chemistry Adv Paper 1
14:00 GCSE
60 mins
OCR
A813
Gujarati: Reading Written
14:00 GCSE
75 mins
WJEC
C660QS
Music Component 3 Appraising
09:00 GCE
120 mins
Edexcel
9MA0
Pure Mathematics 1
09:00 GCSE
70 mins
Edexcel
1SP0F
Spanish Option F (Writing (f))
05/06/2019 09:00 GCSE
80 mins
Edexcel
1SP0H
Spanish Option H (Writing (h))
14:00 GCE
90 mins
Edexcel
9HI0G1
History Option G1 (Italy & Spain)
14:00 GCSE
90 mins
Edexcel
1GB0
Geography B (Uk Geographical Issues)
09:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7402
Biology Adv Paper 1
09:00 GCE
120 mins
Edexcel
9PL0A
Politics Option A (Uk Government)
09:00 GCSE
90 mins
Edexcel
1MA1F
Mathematics Option F (Calculator (f))
06/06/2019 09:00 GCSE
90 mins
Edexcel
1MA1H
Mathematics Option H (Calculator (h))
14:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7367MD
Further Maths Adv Option Md (Further Mathematics Adv Paper 2)
14:00 GCE
135 mins
Edexcel
9GE0
Geography (Paper Two)
14:00 GCSE
105 mins
Edexcel
1HI0HR
History Option Hr (Superpower,elizabethan)
09:00 GCE
150 mins
WJEC
A690QS
Drama And Theatre A Level (Drama Comp 3 Text In Performance)
09:00 GCSE
125 mins
Edexcel
1EN0
English Language (Non-fic.& Trans.writing)
14:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7182
Psychology Adv Paper 2
07/06/2019 14:00 GCSE
75 mins
AQA
8464F
14:00 GCSE
75 mins
AQA
8464H
14:00 GCSE
105 mins
AQA
8461F
Biology Tier F (Biology Paper 2 Tier F)
14:00 GCSE
105 mins
AQA
8461H
Biology Tier H (Biology Paper 2 Tier H)
09:00 GCSE
45 mins
AQA
8683H
Panjabi Tier H (Panjabi Listening Test Tier H)
10/06/2019 09:00 GCSE
60 mins
AQA
8683H
Panjabi Tier H (Panjabi Reading Test Tier H)
14:00 GCE
165 mins
Edexcel
6AR01
Arabic 1 (Written Response)
09:00 GCE
120 mins
WJEC
A120PA
Rs - Christianity A Level (Rs Component2 Philosophy Of Religion)
11/06/2019 09:00 GCSE
90 mins
Edexcel
1MA1F
Mathematics Option F (Calculator (f))
09:00 GCSE
90 mins
Edexcel
1MA1H
Mathematics Option H (Calculator (h))
Date
Start
04/06/2019
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Exam Level
Combined Sci: Trilogy Tier F (Combined Sci Trilogy Biology P2f) Combined Sci: Trilogy Tier H (Combined Sci Trilogy Biology P2h)
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Time Allowed
Board
Option Code
Component
14:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7405
Chemistry Adv Paper 2
11/06/2019 14:00 GCE
135 mins
Edexcel
9ET0
English Literature (Poetry)
14:00 GCSE
80 mins
Edexcel
1HI0HR
History Option Hr (The Usa)
09:00 GCE
120 mins
Edexcel
9MA0
Pure Mathematics 2
09:00 GCSE
75 mins
AQA
8464F
09:00 GCSE
75 mins
AQA
8464H
09:00 GCSE
105 mins
AQA
8462F
Chemistry Tier F (Chemistry Paper 2 Tier F)
09:00 GCSE
105 mins
AQA
8462H
Chemistry Tier H (Chemistry Paper 2 Tier H)
14:00 GCE
135 mins
Edexcel
9HI0G1
History Option G1 (Tudors 1485-1603)
09:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7402
Biology Adv Paper 2
09:00 GCE
120 mins
Edexcel
9PL0A
Politics Option A (Comparative Politics-usa)
09:00 GCE
180 mins
Edexcel
6AR02
Arabic 2 (Written Resp.& Research)
90 mins
Edexcel
1GB0
Geography B (People & Environ.issues)
14:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7367MD
Further Maths Adv Option Md (Further Maths Adv Paper 3 Discrete and Mechanics)
14:00 GCE
120 mins
Edexcel
9FR0A
French Option A (Listen,read.& Translation)
14:00 GCE
135 mins
Edexcel
9GE0
Geography (Paper Three)
09:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7182
Psychology Adv Paper 3
09:00 GCE
150 mins
AQA
7272
Music Adv Written
09:00 GCSE
75 mins
AQA
8464F
09:00 GCSE
75 mins
AQA
8464H
09:00 GCSE
105 mins
AQA
8463F
Physics Tier F (Physics Paper 2 Tier F)
09:00 GCSE
105 mins
AQA
8463H
Physics Tier H (Physics Paper 2 Tier H)
14:00 GCE
120 mins
Edexcel
9MA0
Mathematics (Statistics & Mechanics)
14:00 GCSE
75 mins
AQA
8683H
Panjabi Tier H (Panjabi Writing Test Tier H)
09:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7402
Biology Adv Paper 3
17/06/2019 09:00 GCE
160 mins
Edexcel
9FR0A
French Option A (Writ. Resp. Works & Trans)
14:00 GCE
120 mins
WJEC
A120PA
Rs - Christianity A Level (Rs Component 3 Religion & Ethics)
19/06/2019 09:00 GCE
120 mins
AQA
7405
Chemistry Adv Paper 3
20/06/2019 14:00 GCE
120 mins
Edexcel
9RU0
Russian (Listen.,read.& Translate.)
24/06/2019 09:00 GCE
160 mins
Edexcel
9RU0
Russian (Writ. Resp. Works & Trans)
Date
12/06/2019
Start
Exam Level
13/06/2019 09:00 GCSE
14/06/2019
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Combined Sci: Trilogy Tier F (Combined Sci Trilogy Chemistry P2f) Combined Sci: Trilogy Tier H (Combined Sci Trilogy Chemistry P2h)
Combined Sci: Trilogy Tier F (Combined Sci Trilogy Physics P2f) Combined Sci: Trilogy Tier H (Combined Sci Trilogy Physics P2h)
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Year 11 GCSE & Year 10 End of Year Examinations - June 2019
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Year 11 GCSE & Year 10 End of Year Examinations - June 2019
Note: GCSE ART exams - 25th & 26th April
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 26 April 2019
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Years 10 and 11 Be sure to purchase a GCSE Science revision guide and workbook Contains revision notes, exam practice Qs, glossary of key words and more
Combined Science students - ÂŁ9 Separate Science students - ÂŁ12
(for three books: Biology, Chemistry and Physics)
Collect books from Mr Golinski (T17) on Thursdays/Fridays after school once purchased
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Ark have developed study packs to aid exam revision for Year 11s
Each pack contains links to the specification, recall questions, maths skills and exam questions
ÂŁ1.50 Combined Science
ÂŁ2.20 Triple Science
Speak to your Science teacher for more details and to purchase a pack
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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/ carer's 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 95.2 8A 98.3 9A 96.7 8C 95.7 9C 91.0 8E 93.8 9E 95.8 8I 89.7 9I 97.8 8N 94.0 9N 95.3 8S 94.9 9S 93.4 8W 97.8 9W 95.0 Total 94.9 Total
% Tutor % Tutor 99.6 10A 89.3 11A 94.0 10C 88.0 11C 92.0 10I 98.1 11E 90.6 10N 91.6 11I 92.6 10S 88.7 11N 89.8 10T 92.5 11S 91.0 10W 92.3 11T 92.8 Total 91.5 Total
% 97.0 96.4 96.6 96.2 92.9 90.6 88.0 94.0
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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Modern Foreign Languages
GCSE REVISION GUIDES Available to purchase from the MFL Department
£5.99
Make payment on
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Some memories from the Spring Concert
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Super Summer Fayre SATURDAY 6TH JULY 12AM - 4PM 1 Cricklefield Place, London, IG1 1FY (Secondary Building)
Penalty Shootout
Ice Cream & Treats
Hot Food
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Bouncy Castle Live Performances
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Key Dates
Spring Term 2019 Friday 4th January - Friday 5th April 2019
Summer Term 2019 Tuesday 23rd April - Tuesday 23rd July 2019 Wednesday 1st May
BRIDGES Mentoring
Friday 3rd May
GCSE MFL speaking exams end
Monday 6th May
BANK HOLIDAY
Monday 13th May
GCSE & A Level Examinations begin
Monday 13th May – Friday 17th May Tuesday 21st May Wednesday 22nd May Monday 27th May – Friday 31th May Monday 3rd June
Family Week (no after school events) Work Experience Evening 17:30-18:30 Year 6 Parents Information Evening HALF TERM
End of Year Examinations begin
Friday 14th June
Year 11 Leavers Assembly
Thursday 20th June
End of Year Examinations end
Friday 21st June
INSET No school for students
Monday 24th June
INSET No school for students
Wednesday 26th June
Year 10 Sports Day pm
Monday 1st July
Year 10 Work experience begins
Wednesday 3rd July
KS3 Sports Day
Friday 5th July
Year 10 Work experience end
Friday 5th July
I/L Day No school for students
Thursday 18th July
Summer Concert
Monday 22nd July
KS3 Graduation
Monday 22nd July
Year 11 Prom
Tuesaday 23rd July
Summer Awards Assemblies
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