10 January 2020 Sencondary Newsletter

10 January 2020

Secondary Newsletter

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 Vice Principal Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) Tam Broadway

Primary Headteacher Sugra Alibhai Head of Sixth Form Designated Child Protection Officers Patrick Ball (Online safety) Amreen Patel Pardeep Chaggar Jag Singh Gareth Marshall-Jones David Wilson Mariam Mayet 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, Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope that 2020 is a good year for you and your family.

This week, our full schedule of Progress meetings commenced, starting with Year 9 on Thursday from 2.30-6.30pm. For the most part, progress meetings are scheduled on alternate weeks during the spring term.

We always achieve 100% attendance and we know this has a significant impact on student outcomes.

Your child will bring a completed appointment form home prior to the meeting. On the day of the progress meeting all students will leave school at 1.15pm and only return if it is their progress meetings. It is our expectation that students learn independently from home on the afternoon of progress meetings. Teachers will set Independent Learning for periods 5 and 6. It is also a good opportunity for students to revise and consolidate their prior learning. Further details and dates of the other progress meetings can be found later in the newsletter.

This is a short but very busy half term. Full Year 11 mock exams start next week on Monday 13th January for two weeks. We know that Year 11 have been hard at work revising and preparing for their mocks over the holiday and we are looking forward to reviewing their progress once the exams are over. Year 11 enrichment will continue as normal to support targeted students through the exam period. The mock exam timetable is included later in the newsletter.

On Tuesday evening next week, the options process for Year 9 commences with the Options Evening. Mr Clift-Matthews has provided further details later in the newsletter. It is vital that all students and their parents attend the event in order to gain a full understanding of the process and the subject choices on offer so that students can make informed decisions.

With all best wishes,

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Modern Foreign Languages GCSE REVISION GUIDES Purchase one or both of the following to support your learning.

Wisepay orders have now closed. All students that ordered through wisepay will receive their books through their class teacher.

All students need the revision guide and can purchase directly from a book supplier. The ISBN numbers to use are: French ISBN 978-1292132082.

Spanish ISBN 978-1292132105.

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Save the date!

Tuesday 14th January 2020—Year 9 Options Evening We are pleased to invite all parents and carers of our Year 9 students, and the students themselves, to our Year 9 Options Evening on Tuesday 14th January 2020.

9ISAC:

Open from 5pm to 5.45pm

Talk at 5.15pm

9NEW:

Open from 5.45pm to 6.30pm

Talk at 6pm

This is an essential opportunity to explore the subjects on offer, understand how the options process will work and reflect on factors to consider when making decisions about option choices.

Browse subject stalls, pick up information and ask lots of questions of both our teachers and some of our GCSE students. This evening is your chance to find out about how the options system will work and pick up your options guide and form.

Make sure to catch one of the explanatory talks: 5.15pm for 9ISAC 6pm for 9NEW

Should there be a problem with the slot allocated to your child’s tutor group, contact the school as soon as possible and we will investigate the possibility of joining the other session.

Mr Clift-Matthews, Assistant Principal

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Year 11 News Supporting your child through GSCEs Key Dates Date

Event

13th – 31st January 2020 Year 11 Mock exams - all subjects 24th February 2020

Year 11 students receive reports

5th March 2020

Sixth Form Interviews

10th March 2020

GCSE Exams meeting (all parents and students required to attend) 5-6pm

11th May 2020

GCSE Exams begin

A full calendar of all Year 11 key dates and subject deadlines can be found on the website under ‘Community and Carreers\Resources for Parents’.

We look forward to continuing to work in close partnership with you to support your child as they approach their GCSEs and beyond.

Ms Abbott-Jones, Vice Principal

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Spring Mock Examination Timetable Year 11

Spring Mock Examination Timetable Janurary January2020 2020 Times unless stated

AM P1 P2

Mon 13th Jan

Tue 14th Jan

Wed 15th Jan

Thu 16th Jan

Fri 17th Jan

English Literature paper 1 105 mins

External Exam BTEC Business Unit 3 120 mins

Geography paper 2 90 mins

Computer Science paper 1 90 mins

Maths paper 2 90 mins

Combined Science Chemistry 1 75 mins

PE paper 1 60 mins

Combined Science Physics 1 75 mins

Chemistry 1 105 mins

History paper 1 Early Elizabethan England 50 mins

Physics 1 105 mins

P3

Combined Science Biology 1 75 mins

P4

Biology 1 105 mins

PM P5 P6

Maths paper 1 90 mins

External Exam Applied Science BTEC Unit 1 Section A 40 mins

Religious Studies paper 1 Christianity 105 mins

French Writing Foundation 70 mins Higher 80 mins

History paper 1 Medicine through time 75 mins

Times unless stated

Mon 20th Jan

Tue 21st Jan

Wed 22nd Jan

Thu 23rd Jan

Fri 24th Jan

History paper 3 USA Civil rights and Vietnam 120 mins

Computer Science paper 2 52 students

Maths paper 3 90 mins

Spanish Writing Foundation 70 mins Higher 80 mins

Drama 90 mins

P3

Combined Science Biology 2 75 mins

French Reading Foundation 45 mins Higher 60 mins

PE Paper 2 60 mins

Combined Science Chemistry 2 75 mins

Combined Science Physics 2 75 mins

P4

Biology 2 105 mins

Chemistry 2 105 mins

Physics 2 105 mins

AM P1 P2

PM P5

Religious Studies paper 2 Islam 105 mins

French Listening Spanish Reading Foundation 35 mins Foundation Higher 45 mins Foundation 45 mins Higher 60 mins Design Technology 90 mins

Spanish Listening Foundation 35 mins Higher 45 mins

Music 75 mins

ART Exam: All day - Thursday 30th January - Art rooms

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TOP TIPS: Students

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

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Widely considered to be one of the most important painters of her generation, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is a British artist acclaimed for her enigmatic portraits. In the summer of 2020 she will have an exhibition at the Tate Britain art gallery that will bring together over 80 paintings. Yiadom-Boakye has been awarded various prestigious prizes for her art. including the Carnegie Prize in 2018.

In her early career Yiadom-Boakye had to work different jobs during the day to earn money before immersing herself in art in the evening. When evening time came it required an incredible amount of energy and focus to undertake her painting. Furthermore, it took extra effort for Yiadom-Boakye to fully engage in her artwork.

It is sometimes difficult to undertake evening activities and IL after a day at school. Take inspiration from Yiadom-Boakye… the hard work does pay off.

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who have shown great Self Regulation at INA Sakina is showing hard work to prepare for her mock exams. This includes making high quality flash cards for each of her subjects and attempting practice questions.

Zenia is known for immersing herself in learning activities, always thinking deeply and asking great questions. This helps her own progress and that of other students in the room.

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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 94.2 8A 93.6 9A 93.5 8C 88.5 9C 92.9 8E 92.0 9E 88.8 8I 95.6 9I 85.6 8N 91.6 9N 84.2 8S 92.7 9S 92.8 8W 93.3 9W 90.2 Total 92.4 Total

% Tutor % Tutor % 91.2 10A 85.3 11A 92.0 94.6 10C 92.7 11C 87.3 92.3 10E 87.1 11I 91.7 94.1 10I 93.5 11N 90.7 92.4 10N 92.4 11S 92.7 84.4 10S 87.2 11T 84.6 94.4 10W 87.1 11W 93.2 91.9 Total 89.4 Total 90.3

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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THIS WEEK IN P.E… FIXTURES:

13/01/20 Year 7 & 8 - NETBALL V PALMER (H) 15/01/20 Year 11 - BASKETBALL V WANSTEAD (A) 16/01/20 Year 9 - BASKETBALL V OAKS PARK (A) Year 7 - NETBALL V MAYFIELD (H)

KS3 INDEPENDENT LEARNING: For your PE independent learning, you need to refer to the resources in the following order: This PC > Student Share (S) > _Student_Share_MODIFY_Folder_ > PE INDEPENDENT LEARNING > Year

UNWANTED TRAINERS: If you have any unwanted trainers the P.E department would be very grateful for your donations. Please give your donations to a member of P.E staff in S01.

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Spring Term 2020 Monday 6th January –Friday 3rd April 2020 INSET Days Monday 3rd February &

Friday 14th February

Independent Learning Day

Thursday 5th March

Key Dates Monday 13th January

Year 11 Mock Examinations begin

Tuesday 14th January

Options evening

Tuesday 21st January

Sixth Form Open Evening

Friday 24th January

Sixth Form Application deadline

Monday 27th January

Options interviews begin

Tuesday 28th January

Year 12 & 13 Progress Meetings 2:30–6:30pm

Wednesday 29th January

BRIDGES mentoring 1:45pm

Friday 31st January

Year 11 Mock Examinations end

Monday 3rd February

INSET - No school for students

Friday 7th February

GCSE Science Live trip

Thursday 13th February

Year 8 Progress Meetings - 2:30–6:30pm

Friday 14th February

INSET - No school for students

Friday 14th February

Sixth Form interviews

Monday 17th – Friday 21st February Monday 2nd March

HALF TERM

Monday 2nd March – Friday 6th March Thursday th March

Family Week - (no after school events)

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