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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 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, Our first BRIDGES mentoring session of the year took place and Wednesday. We were impressed with how well students from all years were able to reflect on their BRIDGES dispositions and what they need to do to strengthen them further. This week the senior team have been busy holding 1:1 options meetings with students of Year 9 and their parents. We have been very pleased to see the thought and care that students have put into preparing for the meetings and the maturity with which they are making their subject choices for KS4. These will continue over the next week, ending on 13th February. On Monday, 3 February, school is closed to students for an INSET day. Staff will be working on strategic plans for our all-through curriculum and transition arrangements for Years 6 and 7 in anticipation of INA becoming a fully-fledged all through school from Reception to Year 13 in September this year. With all best wishes,
Jo Spencer
Parent Information Evening: Mental Health and Young People Thursday 6 February. 18:00 – 19:30. Queen’s Gate School, 31 – 133 Queen's Gate, London, SW7 5LE
Who: Parents What: One in ten children between the ages of 5-16 are diagnosed with a mental health condition. The rise in young people presenting with mental health problems means that we must ensure we have the knowledge and tools to recognise and respond to issues when they arise. At this evening devoted to the mental health of young people, you will hear from professionals including: • Dr Dickon Bevington - a child and adolescent psychiatrist and the Medical Director of the Anna Freud Centre. • Dr Aric Sigman - an academic and author, a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood. Cost: Free Next Steps: RSVP by email to events@queensgate.org.uk
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Year 11 News Supporting your child through GSCEs Date
Event
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
Key Dates 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
YEAR 11 GCSE PE PARENT INFORMATION SESSION Please note change of time On Tuesday 11th February the P.E. department will host a session informing parents and carers about ways in which they can further support their son/ daughter in the build up to the GCSE PE theory exams. The session will take place from 5–5:30pm. If you would like any further information then please do not hesitate to contact Mr Beattie at the Academy. I look forward to seeing you there. Mr Beattie
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Year 8 Progress Meeting Thursday 13th February 2020 2:30 – 6:30pm Year 8 Progress Meeting is calendared for Thursday 13th February 2020 from 2:30-6:30pm. All students will complete lessons P1 – 4a (Year 10 and Year 11 students will complete lesson 4a as per KS3 timings). P4a will finish for all students at 1:05pm. Students who are eligible for Free School Meals who request lunch in advance (via form tutors) can collect a lunch bag from the KS3 desk area as they leave. Tutors will escort students to the KS3 gate at 1:15pm where students are expected to go directly home and return between 2:30-6:30pm with parents/carers. Students are expected to attend with an adult family member in full school uniform. The last appointment is 6:25pm for a 6:30pm finish. Staff will set Independent Learning for Years 7, 9, 10 and 11 in advance for P5 and 6. The school will be closed to Years 7, 9, 10 and 11 from 1:15pm. Enrichments and detentions will not take place. Mr M Crowther-Green Assistant Principal
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• Discuss with your child different revision methods. • Encourage your child to take part in an enrichment activity that they wouldn’t normally choose. • Discuss famous scientists/inventors who only discovered great breakthroughs after hundreds of failed experiments e.g. Thomas Edison who made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb. When a reporter asked, “How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?” Edison replied, “I didn’t fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps.” Henry Cavendish was a British natural philosopher, scientist, and an important experimental chemist and physicist. His experiments led him to the law governing electrical attraction and repulsion, and calculations of the density (and hence the weight) of the Earth.
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On 27th January each year, countries around the world will pause to reflect the horrifying acts of Holocaust and Genocide since the Second World War. These events since the 1940s have sadly claimed the lives of millions of people.
A Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration at York Minster This year January 27th marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland during World War Two, and the 25th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovinia during the Bosnian civil war. This year, the theme chosen by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust is: Stand Together. In world where intolerance and prejudice invade our lives almost daily from many areas, this theme is all the more important to ensure communities continue to challenge even the smallest acts of injustice.
Auschwitz, Poland Auschwitz used to be ‘death’ camp used by the Nazis in the Second World War. In 2020 it is now a museum dedicated to remembrance of the Holocaust and is located in southern in Poland. It is open to the public to allow people to bear witness and remember the horrifying events that took place in this camp under Nazi control between 1940-1945. In 1941, over 26,000 people were registered in Auschwitz (about 15,000 Poles, 10,000 Soviet Prisoner of War or POWs, and more than 1,000 Jews). In 1942 the Nazi leadership ordered the inclusion of Auschwitz in the process of the mass extermination of the Jews, which caused the number of deportees from across Europe to soar. About 197,000 Jews were deported there in 1942, about 270,000 the following year,
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The entrance of Auschwitz I camp, Poland. ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ translates to ‘work sets one free.’ and over 600,000 in 1944, building to a total of almost 1.1 million. Among them, about 200,000 thousand people were selected as capable of doing ‘hard’ labour and registered as prisoners in the camp. The mass deportation of Jews to Auschwitz that began in 1942 radically changed the makeup of the prisoner population. After three months of deportation, in mid-1942, Jews already made up the most numerous ethnic group, and their share of the population rose steadily from about 46% in June 1942 to about 68% at the peak of the camp’s population, in August 1944. A total of about 400,000 prisoners were registered: 195,000 non-Jews and 205,000 Jews. One famous Jewish survivor of Auschwitz was Otto Frank, the father of daughters Anne and Margot. The Frank family had been discovered hiding in Holland and ordered to different concentration camps; Anne and Margot both perished at Bergen Belsen camp in Germany just weeks before the war ended Stand together Millions of people were stripped of their humanity and murdered during the Holocaust and Nazi Persecution. Each person was unique, with their own interests, friends and family. #StandTogether with thousands of others in remembrance and share information about one of these people on your Facebook or Twitter account. Many victims have never been identified from genocide around the world. We must not forget them, so you may be remembering a victim whose name is unknown.
Use the hashtag #StandTogether when sharing on Twitter in order for your tweet to appear on our Memorial Wall. Ms Rebecca Priestley 2 I/C of Humanities and Head of History
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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 95.4 8A 95.6 9A 96.2 8C 98.1 9C 97.1 8E 92.4 9E 96.9 8I 98.2 9I 95.2 8N 98.0 9N 95.8 8S 95.8 9S 99.2 8W 95.2 9W 96.5 Total 96.2 Total
% Tutor % Tutor % 88.8 10A 96.2 11A 93.0 96.9 10C 96.5 11C 94.1 95.4 10E 96.5 11I 96.7 94.4 10I 96.9 11N 91.4 96.4 10N 92.8 11S 97.3 96.9 10S 90.0 11T 87.4 98.8 10W 93.8 11W 91.6 95.3 Total 94.7 Total 93.0
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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STEM Scholars Programme What does Imperial STEM Scholars involve? General STEM Scholars is a new Key Stage 3 programme that aims to inspire young people in KS3 to study STEM subjects through learning about coding, programming and the application of these skills in the sciences and engineering. The programme is currently open for applications from Year 8 pupils who meet our eligibility criteria.
2019/2020 The programme consists of eight days of activity during 2020. Six days during the school Easter holiday, followed by a full weekend in June. Participants must be willing to attend all eight days of the programme to take part. All sessions are held at our South Kensington Campus.
Programme dates: Monday 6 April - Wednesday 8 April 2020 Wednesday 15 April - Friday 17 April 2020 Saturday 20 June – Sunday 21 June 2020 Each day will run 9.30 to 16.00pm at Imperial College London’s South Kensington Campus. During the programme participants will gain valuable coding skills using the BBC micro:bit and other technologies. The programme also aims to provide participants with a feel for university life as they work closely with Imperial academics and students.
How do I apply? Please read our FAQs below before completing your application. Once ready, apply here https://imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_57L0BfglbCiEV2B to start your application. Applications for Year 8 students will close on Wednesday 12 February 2020. Good luck with your application! 31 january 2020 Secondary Newsletter
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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 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 5th March
Family Week - (no after school events)
Thursday 12th March
Years 7-10 - Assessments begin
Independant Learning Day – students study at home Year 11 - Drama GCSE - Live theatre review trip
Friday 13th March
Years 7-10 - Assessments end
Friday 13th March
Year 10 & 12 - Geography trip to Walton-onthe-naze
Thursday 19th March
Year 10 Progress Meetings - 2:30–6:30pm
Friday 20th March
Year 10 - Geography trip to Walton-on-thenaze
Monday 30th March
Year 8 Awards Assembly @ 9:00am
Monday 30th March
Year 7 Progress Meetings - 2:30–6:30pm
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