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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) Jo Spencer Vice Principal Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) Tam Broadway Primary Headteacher Designated Child Protection Officers Eleanor Seale Office Manager Leanne Abbott-Jones Assistant Principal Gareth Marshall-Jones Primary Deputy Headteacher Patrick Ball Pastoral Leader
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, The end of year exam season is fast approaching. We have published the internal exam timetable in the newsletter for the last few weeks and will continue to do so throughout May and June. All students have exams in all their curriculum subject areas. Please ensure that your child is in school for each of these exams. In the next two weeks  subject teachers will be explaining in lesson time exactly what the students need to revise and how to most effectively revise. In many cases the guidance will be supported with exam preparation booklets and check lists. Resources will also be posted on Fronter in subject rooms. Do ask your son/daughter about these and feel free to contact staff at the school should you wish for further details. On Monday 5th June we have the final Independent Learning Day of the academic year. All secondary students will be expected to use the day to revise at home for the forthcoming exams, except for those who are required to come in to sit an examination on that day. With all best wishes,
Rachel Macfarlane
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Attendance Regular attendance is a crucial factor in students’ educational development and ability to achieve their full potential. At Isaac Newton Academy every student is set the target of 100% attendance. We know that attendance has a direct link to progress, and would urge you to really consider if a day off school is necessary. Congratulations to 7E and 9W for 100% attendance last week. Year 10 are the top year group for the week with 96.5% 7A
92.9
8A
97.9
9A
98.6
10A
98.5
11A
97.8
7C
94.6
8C
95.9
9C
95.2
10E
98.3
11C
94.3
7E
100
8E
86.8
9E
92
10I
95.8
11E
96.5
7I
98
8I
98.1
9I
95.8
10N
91.7
11I
97.1
7N
96.5
8N
96.2
9N
98.3
10S
96.8
11N
93.9
7S
92.7
8S
94.8
9S
92.8
10T
96.5
11S
96.6
7W
97.7
8T
98.1
9T
93.9
10W
97.3
11T
91.4
8W
95.2
9W
100
11W
93.9
Ms Abbott-Jones Assistant Principal
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BRIDGES Mentoring Wednesday 17th May The second BRIDGES mentoring session takes place on Wednesday 17th May from 1:45-4:30pm. All students will be given a fifteen minute 1:1 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 return home for an independent learning afternoon which they should use for revision.
Arrangements All students will complete lessons p1 – 4. Lesson 4 will end at 12.50 (Y10 & 11 students will complete lesson 4 as per KS3 timings). Students will leave school at 1.00pm. 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 1:1 coaching session with their BRIDGES mentor. They are not permitted to wait on site for appointments that start at 1.45pm. Appointment times will be issued to students at the start of next week. Students must attend their session on time. KS3 students must wear full school uniform. Year 10 students may wear either school uniform or professional work wear. We are unable to supervise other 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 enrichment will be cancelled on this day. Jo Spencer, Vice Prinicpal 5 May 2017
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Year 10 You will be sitting your
End of Year GCSE Mathematics Mock Exam These papers will provide us with your current GCSE working grade. They could include any content from the new GCSE specification (some of which you will not have covered yet). Monday 5th June Paper 1 – Non Calculator 1 hour 30 minutes 80 Marks
Tuesday 13th June Paper 2 – Calculator 1 hour 30 minutes 80 Marks
Tuesday 27th June Paper 3 – Calculator 1 hour 30 minutes 80 Marks
To prepare you should: • Review all learning from Units 1-10 • Complete the revision booklet provided by your maths teacher • Use Fronter to find additional practice papers • Use MathsWatch to complete additional learning on target topics
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Work Experience evening
Wednesday 10th May 2017 6.00pm Year 10 students and parents are invited to a work experience evening where we will outline the expectations and benefits of work experience and answer any questions that you have. Your son/daughter should either have selected a placement that we have arranged or organised their own placement. However if they are one of the minority that have not, please support them in selecting from the placements still available from INA or organising their own placement as a priority. Ms Patel and Mr Crowther-Green
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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 on offer.
Merits It is the start of a brand new term, and the merit race is refreshed again and ready for the final inter-form competition of this academic year! Well done to all the form merit winners for the last term, and congratulations to all the students who achieved bronze/silver/gold merit awards. The scores below are the merits students have achieved so far this term. There is every chance for your form to win the inter-form competition, so good luck! YEAR 7
TOTAL
YEAR 8
TOTAL
YEAR 9
TOTAL
YEAR 10
TOTAL
YEAR 11
TOTAL
E S W N I C A
195 170 100 58 39 34 0
C I N W T E A S
92 85 82 38 29 27 8 0
A E C N I W T S
90 63 48 39 37 32 27 23
W S N I T A E
30 28 22 21 16 14 2
W I N C T S A E
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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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: Taybah Patel 8W Year 8: Samirah Ali 7E Year 9: Cian Clinton 9W Year 10: Rohit Sandha 10A Year 11: Arjun Sharma 11I
Good Deed Feed Ms O’Rourke: Manpreet Kaur 7E has done an excellent job in helping out a new student in the school. She has not only shown her the way around the school but in Humanities she has helped her with understanding of key words, used different methods of describing the Battle of Hastings and also modelled spellings for the student. Manpreet has demonstrated exemplary behaviours and has definitely shown many Bridges traits which has ensured our new student feels welcome in the school. Ms Lapish: The following quickly jumped up from eating their dinner in the dining hall to help a member of staff pick up a stack of trays that had fallen on the floor. Thanks to the following: Huzaifah Patel 9A, Sabrina Mahmood 8A, Kabeer Jaswal 7A, Siddid Saxena 7A Ms Hon-Ng: Musa Amin 7E, Munaza Azra 7E, Eashar Rihal 7N. These students helped me to clean the tables in Art after the Y11 exam before their Art Club enrichment. Thank you! Ms Hutson: Daveena Williams-Morrison 8C– agreeing to take a visitor around the school at the last minute – she is always prepared to adapt and help out! Zahra Khan 10I– Always offering to help carry equipment for me in lessons and around school. Thank you! 5 May 2017
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YEAR 11 NEWS Graduation Ball Year 11 are invited to attend The Year 11 Graduation Ball to celebrate the end of the exams and also their time at INA.
11th July 2017, 7.00-11.00pm Woolston Manor Country Club, Chigwell, Essex Tickets price: £25 We would love every Year 11 student to get involved. Tickets can be purchased using Wisepay. For more information please contact Mr Singh
LOST PROPERTY
Parents, please encourage your child to come and check the lost property box for any missing items at Student Reception. Please be aware that as of the Tuesday 2nd May 2017 we will be disposing of any lost property every two weeks and ask that every week you encourage your child to come and check the lost property box at the Student Reception. We currently have the following items in lost property: Whole PE Bags – with full PE kits Pencil Cases Blazers/Coats Books Shoes/Trainers And lots more…
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Year 11 Study Leave - Summer 2017 The exam season starts on Monday 15th May and ends on Friday 23rd June. Half term is 29th May – 2nd June. Normal lessons for all students will continue until and including Friday 12th May. From Monday 15th May until Friday 26th May all Year 11 students will be in school all day and expected to attend their normal lessons if they are not in a GCSE exam. This will include pm lessons where they have an am exam, am lessons where they have a pm exam and lessons between am and pm exams, where applicable. Morning exams Each morning exam session will start at 8am. A 30 minute revision session (usually based in the dining hall) will occur from 8-8:30. At 8.30am a free breakfast will be provided for all Year 11 students taking the GCSE that morning. Afternoon exams Each afternoon exam session will start at 1pm (following KS4 lunch). A 30 minute revision session (usually based in the KS4 hall) will occur from 1-1:30. If a student has a lesson between a morning and afternoon exam, he/she should go to the lesson but the teacher will allow him/her to study for his/her afternoon exam rather than take part in the lesson. Teachers will continue with their Year 11 lessons right up until the final exam for that subject has been taken. Once the final exam has taken place, the student coming to the lesson will be allowed to get on with independent study for up-coming exams. The teacher will supervise and ensure that there is an atmosphere conducive to private study. From Monday 5th June, there will be study leave for Year 11 students. There will be a programme of revision lessons offered in the subjects where exams have not finished. Students will be expected to attend revision sessions that apply to them (although for some students who are good at revising independently these sessions will be optional and for others an invite will be issued and they will be required to attend.) There will be signing up arrangements so that staff know who they are expecting in advance of the session. Students will sign in and out at reception. At times when they do not have a revision lesson or an exam they will be expected to leave site to go home to revise. The last exam is on Friday 23rd June. We are planning to hold a pm Year 11 assembly on that day. The Graduation Ball is on the evening of Monday 10th July. Mr Crowther-Green, Assistant Principal 5 May 2017
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GCSE Examination Timetable Summer 2017 Date Mon 15 May
Week 3
Week 2
Week 1
Tue 16 May
Session
Length
Paper Code
Subject
AM
60
B603/01
Religious Studies
REL STUDS: ETHICS WRITTEN
60
B604/01
Religious Studies
REL STUDIES B: ETHICS 2 WRITTEN
90
5RS0601
Religious Studies
REL/LIFE/HINDUISM
25
5FR011F
French
LISTENING (F)
35
5FR011H
French
LISTENING (H)
35
5FR033F
French
READING (F)
50
5FR033H
French
READING (H) INFLUENCES ON LIFE (H)
AM
Paper
Tue 16 May
PM
60
5BI1H01
Biology
Thu 18 May
AM
60
5CH1H01
Chemistry
Thu 18 May
PM
90
41530001
Drama
DRAMA UNIT 3 WRITTEN PAPER
Fri 19 May
AM
25
5SP011F
Spanish
LISTENING (F)
35
5SP011H
Spanish
LISTENING (H)
35
5SP033F
Spanish
READING (F)
50
5SP033H
Spanish
READING (H)
CHEMISTRY IN OUR WORLD(H)
Fri 19 May
PM
90
5PE0101
P. E.
THEORY OF PHYSICAL ED.
Mon 22 May
AM
105
1ET0 01
English Literature
SHAKESP.& POST 1914 LIT.
Mon 22 May
PM
90
B561/02
Geography
Wed 24 May
PM
60
5PH1H01
Physics
Thu 25 May
AM
90
1MA1 1F
Mathematics
NON CALCULATOR (F)
90
1MA1 1H
Mathematics
NON CALCULATOR (H)
GEOG B: SUSTAIN DCSN MKNG WRTTN UNIVERSAL PHYSICS (H)
Fri 26 May
AM
135
1ET0 02
English Literature
19C NOV/POETRY SINCE 1789
Mon 5 Jun
AM
105
91451
History
Tue 6 Jun
AM
105
1EN0 01
English Language
Tue 6 Jun
PM
105
B563/02
Geography
Wed 7 Jun
PM
90
5RS1301
Religious Studies
Thu 8 Jun
AM
90
1MA1 2F
Mathematics
CALCULATOR (F)
90
1MA1 2H
Mathematics
CALCULATOR (H)
HISTORY B UNIT 1 FICTION & IMAG.WRITING GEOG B: GEOGRPHCL KEY THMS WRTN HINDUISM
Fri 9 Jun
AM
60
5BI2H01
Biology
COMPONENTS OF LIFE (H)
Fri 9 Jun
PM
90
5MU0301
Music
LISTENING & APPRAISING
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GCSE Examination Timetable Summer 2017 Date
Session
Length
Paper Code
Subject
Mon 12 Jun
AM
120
1EN0 02
English Language
Mon 12 Jun
PM
45
5RU0101
LISTENING
55
5RU0301
READING
90
1MA1 3F
Mathematics
CALCULATOR (F)
90
1MA1 3H
Mathematics
CALCULATOR (H)
Week 4
Tue 13 Jun
AM
NON-FIC.& TRANS.WRITING
Wed 14 Jun
AM
60
5CH2H01
Chemistry
Wed 14 Jun
PM
105
91452
History
Thu 15 Jun
PM
60
B601/01
Religious Studies
REL STUDIES B: PHILOSOPHY 1 WRITTEN
60
B602/01
Religious Studies
REL STUDIES B: PHILOSOPHY 2 WRITTEN
DISCOVERING CHEMISTRY(H) HISTORY B UNIT 2
Fri 16 Jun
AM
60
5PH2H01
Physics
PHYS.FOR YOUR FUTURE (H)
Fri 16 Jun
PM
25
5IN011F
Italian
LISTENING (F)
35
5IN011H
Italian
LISTENING (H)
35
5IN033F
Italian
READING (F)
50
5IN033H
Italian
READING (H)
45
46801H
Panjabi
PANJABI UNIT 1 TIER H
60
5BI3H01
Biology
USING BIOLOGY (H)
Mon 19 Jun Mon 19 Jun
AM PM
45
5AR0101
Arabic
LISTENING
5AR0301
Arabic
READING
46802H
Panjabi
PANJABI UNIT 2 TIER H
60
46804
Panjabi
PANJABI UNIT 4
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Week 5
Paper
AM
50
Tue 20 Jun
PM
90
5GR0201
Graphics
KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING
Wed 21 Jun
AM
60
5CH3H01
Chemistry
CHEMISTRY IN ACTION (H)
Wed 21 Jun
PM
60
5RU0401
Russian
WRITING
Thu 22 Jun
PM
60
5AR0401
Russian
WRITING
Fri 23 Jun
AM
60
5PH3H01
Physics
APPLICATION OF PHYSICS(H)
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P6 2:50 start Released 4:00
P3 11:05 for 11:10 start Finish 12:10 P4 12:10 (Y7-9) 12:45 (Y10) PM Year P5 1:45 for 1:50 start Finish 2:50
P2 9:45 start Released at 10:50
Times unless stated AM Year P1 8:35 for 8:40 start Finish 9:40
Y10 Maths 1 90 min
10 Y10 Maths 1 90 min
Y8 English Nonfiction comparison 60 min Y9 DT 50 min
Mon 5th June GCSE, 7, 9 History B unit 1 105 min
Y10 French Listening 50 min Y10 French Reading 50 min GCSE Geog B 105 min
Tue 6th June GCSE, 8, 10 English Fiction and Imagery Writing 105 min
Y8 RE 50 min
Y10 Science Double and triple Bio 75 min and 105 min
Wed 7th June Thu 8th June 10, 9 GCSE, 9 Y10 Science Double Maths Calculator and triple Physics 90 min (75 min) and (105 min) Y10 Science Double and triple Physics (75 min) and (105 min) Y9 English Y9 Maths Poetry Comparison 90 min 75 min Y9 English Poetry Y9 Maths Comparison 90 min 75 min GCSE 10 Hinduism Y10 Science Double 90 min and triple Bio 75 min and 105 min 2 T25
End of Year Examination Timetable June 2017
GCSE Music Listening 90 min
Y10 Drama 50 min
Y10 Music 50 min
Fri 9th June GCSE, 10 Science B1 60 min
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P6 2:50 start Released 4:00
PM Year P5 1:45 for 1:50 start Finish 2:50
P3 11:05 for 11:10 start Finish 12:10 P4 12:10 (Y7-9) 12:45 (Y10)
P2 9:45 start Released at 10:50
Times unless stated AM Year P1 8:35 for 8:40 start Finish 9:40
Russian Listening 55 mins
10 Computing theory 60 min Y10 Maths 3 90 min
10 Y10 Maths 3 90 min
Y8 DT 50 min
Y7 RE 50 min
GCSE, 10 Russian Listening 45 mins
(In classrooms ISAC) Y7 Science 30 x Bi, Ph, Ch 90 min Y8 Music 45 min
Tue 13th June GCSE, 8 Maths Calculator 90 min
(In classrooms NEW) Y7 Science 30 x Bi, Ph, Ch 90 min Y7 French 60 min
Mon 12th June GCSE, 7 En Non Fic 120 min
GCSE Hist B unit 2 105 min
Y9 Spanish 60 min
Y9 French 60 min
Wed 14th June GCSE, 7 Science C1 60 min
GCSE Religious Stud 60 min
Y9 History 50 min
Y9 Geography 50 min
(In classrooms NEW) Y7 English 60 min Framed Y10 English Lang 120 min
Thu 15th June 10, 9 Y10 English Lang 120 min
Punjabi 45 min
(In classrooms ISAC) Y7 English 60 min GCSE Italian Listening 25-35 min Reading 35-50 min
Y8 Maths 90 min
Y8 Maths 90 min
Fri 16th June GCSE, 8 Science P1 60 min
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P6 2:50 start Released 4:00
P3 11:05 for 11:10 start Finish 12:10 P4 12:10 (Y7-9) 12:45 (Y10) PM Year P5 1:45 for 1:50 start Finish 2:50
P2 9:45 start Released at 10:50
Times unless stated AM Year P1 8:35 for 8:40 start Finish 9:40
Y8 Geography 50 min GCSE Graphics Know and Und 90 min
Y9 Science 90 min
7 Arabic Listening and Reading 45 + 55 min
Y7 Maths 90 min Y7 Maths 90 min
Y8 French 60 min
Y7 Music 50 min
Tue 20th June 7, 8 Panjabi Unit 2 and 4 50 and 60 min
Y9 Science 90 min
Mon 19th June GCSE, 9 Science B3 60 min
Y10 History 75 min Y10 History 75 min
10 Russian Writing 60 min 1 T25
7 History 50 min
7 Geography 50 min
Wed 21st June GCSE, 7 Science C3 60 min
Y8 Science 90 min
Y8 Science 90 min
8 Arabic Writing 60 min
Y9 RE 50 min
Y10 Science Double and triple Chem (75 min) and (105 min) Y9 Music 45 min
Thu 22nd June 10, 9 Y10 Science Double and triple Chem 75 min and 105 min
Y10 English lit 105 min
10 Y10 English lit 105 min
Y8 History 50 min
Y8 Spanish 60 min
Fri 23rd June GCSE, 8 Science P3 60 min
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10 Y10 PE 90mins Y10 PE 90mins
Y10 Geography 90 min
Y10 Maths 2 90 min
Tue 27th June 10, 9 Y10 Maths 2 90 min 180 students
10 Y10 Geography 90 min
Additional exams
PM Year P5 1:45 for 1:50 start Finish 2:50 P6 2:50 start Released 4:00
Y10 Spanish 2 Reading 50 min Y7 DT 50 min
P2 9:45 start Released at 10:50 P3 11:05 for 11:10 start Finish 12:10 P4 12:10 (Y7-9) 12:45 (Y10) Y7 Spanish) 60 min
Mon 26th June 10, 7 Spanish 1 Listening 50 min 52 students
Times unless stated AM Year P1 8:35 for 8:40 start Finish 9:40
10 Y10 Computer Science - theory 60 min
Y10 RE 105 min
Wed 28th June 10, 8 Y10 RE 105 min 56 students
Thu 29th June
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Super Curricular Opportunities
We are pleased to share with students, parents and carers that Super Curricular opportunities will be shared with students on Fronter.
Please login to Fronter weekly to hear about opportunities that you can apply to and take part in.
Year 10 Careers Day
Year 11 Careers Day
Enterprise and Finance Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Explore UCL Year 11 Summer School 15-18 August 2017
APPLY HERE
APPLY HERE
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Sports Journalism Competition
Can be on any sporting event either from TV or a live event you visit Deadline is Wednesday 10th May Submit to box in Pastoral Leader office Work by yourself or in a pair
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Key Dates for the Summer Term 2017 Summer Term
Tuesday 18th April – Friday 21st July Wednesday 10th May Friday 12th May Wednesday 17th May Monday 22nd May Monday 29th May Friday 2nd June Monday 5th June Tuesday 6th – Friday 16th June Tuesday 13th June Monday 19th – Wednesday 28th June Monday 26th June Friday 30th June Monday 3rd July Friday 7th July Tuesday 4th July Wednesday 5th July Thursday 6th July Friday 7th July Monday 10th July Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th July
Tim Foot - Year 7 Revision Skills Non-uniform Day Bridges Mentoring Years 7-10 Start of Year 9 ARK Maths & English Test Week
HALF TERM Home Learning/ Revision Day Year 9 & 10 Exams Maths Challenge Year 7 & 8 Exams Options choices finalised Inset Day NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS Year 10 work experience week Summer Science Exhibition Trip for Years 8/9 Bug Man Visit for Year 7 Year 9 Battle of the Bands & Year 8 Music Event Inset Day NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS Dress rehearsal for School Production & Sports Awards Summer Production
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