23 March 2018
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23 March 2018
Secondary Newsletter
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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 Leanne Abbott-Jones Assistant Principal Designated Child Protection Officers Sugra Alibhai Gabriel Ayerh Patrick Ball Pardeep Chaggar
Jody Lapish Gareth Marshall-Jones Mariam Mayet Jag Singh
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, This week we are very excited to announce that our Badminton Team consisting of Akhil Pillai, Eashar Bahara, Neel Banarsee and Ekonkar Deerhe has won the London Youth Games Badminton Final and go on to represent London in the pan England games! This is an amazing achievement and we are extremely proud of all four boys. Thanks go too to Mr Healy. On Tuesday this week many of our Year 9 students supported with the primary PE Spring Spectacular. It was a wonderful event and the Year 9s did a great job.
In the run up to the end of term, we have a number of key events that we would love to see you at – Awards Assemblies on Monday 26th and Thursday 29th March and the end of term Music concert on Wednesday 28th March. Please read on for further details. And finally, thanks to those of you who have completed the parent questionnaire. Could I please remind you that you have until Monday 26th March to submit your response. The questionnaire is quick and simple to complete, and we really value every response. If you have any problems accessing the questionnaire, or require a printed version, please contact Sam Jones via surveys@isaacnewtonacademy.org. With best wishes, 23 March 2018
Rachel Macfarlane
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Year 7 Progress Meeting Monday 26th March 2018 2:30 – 6:30pm ✧✧ Year 7 Progress Meeting is calendared for Monday 26th March 2018 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 will return to tutor groups from 1:05-1:15pm. ✧✧ 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. ✧✧ Year 7 students will 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 8, 9, 10 and 11 in advance for P5 and 6. ✧✧ The school will be closed to Years 8, 9,10 and 11 from 1:15pm. ✧✧ Enrichments and detentions will not take place. Mr M Crowther-Green Assistant Principal
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A Warm Invite to
INA’s End of Spring Term Awards Assemblies Monday 26th March — Year 8 Thursday 29th March — Years 7, 9, 10 & 11
In the final week of term, we will be holding our second set of awards assemblies of the year. This is an opportunity for the staff, students, governors and parents/carers to formally celebrate our students’ achievements at the end of the spring term. There will be a separate assembly for each year group. Please note the dates and times as follows:
Monday 26th March 8.55-9.45
Year 8 Awards assembly
Thursday 29th March
11.05am Year 7 Awards Assembly (KS3 hall) Year 10 Awards Assembly (Dining hall) 12.00pm Year 9 Awards Assembly (KS3 hall) Year 11 Awards Assembly (Dining hall) 1.00pm Students dismissed At the assemblies we will be presenting awards in recognition of students’ academic progress and attainment, personal progress and the development of their BRIDGES dispositions. Excellent attendance and punctuality will also be celebrated. It is also a great opportunity for you to see some examples of the activities and events your child has participated in this term. We believe that it is important that every student is represented by a parent at the Awards Assembly for their year group and would like to invite one parent to attend on behalf of the family. If you would like to attend, please ask your son/daughter to collect a ticket for the awards assembly from his/her form tutor. Please request your ticket by Friday 23rd March. Due to limited capacity, we are unable to accommodate very many additional family members. However, if you would like a second place, please notify the school office and we will do our best to allocate an additional ticket. We look forward to seeing you at the Awards Assemblies. Ms Spencer, Vice Principal 23 March 2018
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YEAR 11 NEWS GCSE Examination Timetable Summer 2018 Date Mon 14 May
Session
Length
Paper Code
AM
90
70 6G 8520/1
Computer Science COMPUTER SCIENCE PAPER 1
PM
105
10 6G 1RB0 1B
Religious Studies
45
10 6G 1FR0 1
French
LISTENING
60
10 6G 1FR0 3
French
READING
105
70 6G 8461/1
Biology
BIOLOGY PAPER 1
75
70 6G 8464/B/1
60
01 6A A844/01
AM
60
01 6A J587/01
50
70 6G 46451
Urdu
PM
105
10 6G 1RB0 2C
Religious Studies
105
70 6G 8462/1
Chemistry
75
0 6G 8464/C/1
Combined Science COMBINED SCI TRILOGY CHEMISTRY P1
PM
90
70 6G 8520/2
Computer Science COMPUTER SCIENCE PAPER 2
AM
80
10 6G 1FR0 4
AM Tue 15 May
Week 1
PM
Wed 16 May
Thu 17 May
Fri 18 May
Mon 21 May
Week 2
Tue 22 May
AM
Subject
Paper
CHRISTIANITY
Combined Science COMBINED SCI TRILOGY BIOLOGY P1 Turkish
TURKISH: WRITING WRITTEN PAPER
Physical Education PE: PHYSCL FCTR AFFCTNG PERF WTN
French
URDU UNIT 1 ISLAM CHEMISTRY PAPER 1
WRITING
90
01 6A J587/02
90
40 6G C690U30‐1
Drama
Drama Component3 Interpretin Theatre
AM
150
11 6C 6CN0201
Chinese
WRITTEN RESPONSE
PM
50
01 6A A841/01
Turkish
TURKISH: LISTENING WRITTEN
AM
105
10 6G 1ET0 01
English Literature
PM
90
10 6G 1GB0 01
Geography
PM
AM Wed 23 May PM
Thu 24 May
AM
Fri 25 May
AM
Physical Education PE: SOCIO‐CTRL ISSUES SPRT PSYCH WTN
SHAKESP.& POST 1914 LIT. GLOBAL GEOG.ISSUES
50
70 6G 46301H
Italian
ITALIAN UNIT 1
50
70 6G 46302H
Italian
ITALIAN UNIT 2
105
70 6G 8463/1
Physics
PHYSICS PAPER 1
75
70 6G 8464/P/1
90
10 6G 1MA1 1
Mathematics
180
10 6G 4HN0 01
Hindi
135
10 6G 1ET0 02
English Literature
Combined Science COMBINED SCI TRILOGY PHYSICS P1
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NON CALCULATOR WRITTEN PAPER 19C NOV/POETRY SINCE 1789
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YEAR 11 NEWS GCSE Examination Timetable Summer 2018 Date Mon 4 Jun
Week 3
Tue 5 Jun
Paper Code
Subject
AM
75
10 6G 1HI0 11
History
AM
105
10 6G 1EN0 01
English Language
PM
90
10 6G 1GB0 02
Geography
45
10 6G 1SP0 1
Spanish
LISTENING
60
10 6G 1SP0 3
Spanish
READING
75
01 6A A843/01
Turkish
TURKISH: READING WRITTEN
75
40 6G C660U30‐1
Music
Music Component 3 Appraising
90
10 6G 1MA1 2
Mathematics
AM
120
10 6G 1EN0 02
English Language
PM
105
10 6G 1HI0 27
History
SUPERPOWER RELATIONS B3/4
105
70 6G 8461/2
Biology
BIOLOGY PAPER 2
75
70 6G 8464/B/2
PM
90
10 6G 1GB0 03
Geography
AM
90
10 6G 1MA1 3
Mathematics
Wed 6 Jun PM
Fri 8 Jun
Mon 11 Jun
Tue 12 Jun
Week 4
Length
AM
Thu 7 Jun
Wed 13 Jun
Thu 14 Jun
Fri 15 Jun
Week 5
Session
AM
AM
PM
MEDICINE IN BRITAIN FICTION & IMAG.WRITING UK GEOGRAPHICAL ISSUES
CALCULATOR NON‐FIC.& TRANS.WRITING
Combined Science COMBINED SCI TRILOGY BIOLOGY P2 PEOPLE & ENVIRON.ISSUES CALCULATOR
80
10 6G 1HI0 33
History
105
70 6G 8462/2
Chemistry
75
70 6G 8464/C/2
AM
80
10 6G 1SP0 4
Spanish
WRITING
PM
45
70 6G 46801H
Panjabi
PANJABI UNIT 1 TIER H
105
70 6G 8463/2
Physics
PHYSICS PAPER 2
AM
AM
Fri 15 Jun
PM
Mon 18 Jun
AM
Wed 20 Jun
AM
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Paper
THE USA CHEMISTRY PAPER 2
Combined Science COMBINED SCI TRILOGY CHEMISTRY P2
75
70 6G 8464/P/2
165
11 6C 6CN0301
Combined Science COMBINED SCI TRILOGY PHYSICS P2 Chinese
50
70 6G 46851
Polish
POLISH UNIT 1
50
70 6G 46802
Panjabi
PANJABI UNIT 2
60
70 6G 46804
Panjabi
PANJABI UNIT 4
60
70 6G 46852
Polish
POLISH UNIT 2
60
70 6G 46854
Polish
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Year 11 Study Leave - Summer 2018 The exam season starts on Monday 14th May and ends on Friday 15th June. Half term is 28th May – 1st June. Normal lessons for all students will continue until and including Friday 11th May. From Monday 14th May until Friday 25th 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 upcoming exams. The teacher will supervise and ensure that there is an atmosphere conducive to private study. From Monday 4th 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 15th June. We are planning to hold a pm Year 11 assembly on that day. Mr Crowther-Green, Assistant Principal
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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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P6
PM P5
P4
P3
P2
AM P1
Y10 Mathematics Paper 1 [90 mins]
Geography Paper 2 - UK Geographical issues [90 mins]
Y7 Music [60 mins]
Y7 Geography 50 mins
English Language Fiction and Imag. Writing [105 mins]
History Medicine in Britain [75 mins]
Y8 English Non-fiction comparison [60 mins] Y8 Music [60 mins]
Tue 5th June
Mon 4th June
Turkish
Music Component 3 appraising [75 mins]
Y9 English Poetry Comparison [75 mins]
Spanish Listening 45 mins Reading [60 mins]
Wed 6th June
Triple Physics [105 mins]
Y10 Science Double Physics [75 mins]
Y7 History [50 mins]
Y7 Religious Studies [50 mins]
Mathematics Calculator [90 mins]
Thu 7th June
End of Year Exam Timetable June 2018
History Superpower Relations B3/4 [105 mins}
Y9 Science [90 mins]
English Language Non Fict. And Trans. Writing [120 mins]
Fri 8th June
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P6
PM P5
P4
P3
P2
AM P1
Geography Paper 3 – People and Env. Issues [90 mins]
History The USA [80 mins]
Y8 Science [90 mins]
Mathmatics Calculator [90 mins]
Biology Paper 2 H [105 mins]
Comb. Science Biology [75 mins] Y9 Mathematics [90 mins]
Tue 12th June
Mon 11th June
Y10 English Literature [105 mins]
Comb. Science Chemistry [75 mins] Y8 Mathematics Calculator [50 mins] Y8 Geography [50 mins]
Chemistry Paper 2 H [105 mins]
Wed 13th June
Panjabi
Triple Biology [105 mins]
Y10 Science Double Biology [75 mins]
Y8 French [60 mins]
Y8 Religious Studies [50 mins]
Physics Paper 2 H [105 mins]
Spanish Writing [80 mins]
Chinese Polish
Y10 Maths Paper 2 [90 mins]
Comb. Science Physics [75 mins] Y7 Mathematics Non-Calculator [50 mins] Y7 French [60 mins]
Fri 15th June
Thu 14th June
End of Year Exam Timetable June 2018
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Behaviours
Tim Peake Tim Peake is a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut of British nationality. He spent six months living and working on the International Space Station. This means that Tim had to be really open to all sorts of change, including temporarily living a completely new way of life and learning how to overcome any difficulties he faces. Tim has a background as a test pilot and a British Army Air Corps officer. He is an ambassador for UK Science and space-based careers and is involved in working with the UK Space Agency in developing the UK’s microgravity research programme. He is keenly interested in promoting careers in science and engineering for school students.
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Shomail Abbas 9W
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Adam has been really open recently by sharing his success stories without being boastful. These have included contributions to the local community, setting up business ventures, and getting through to the next round for Canada Outward Bound.
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End of Year Exam Timetable June 2018 AM P1 P2
Mon 18th June
Tue 19th June
Wed 20th June
Thu 21st June
Y10 English Language [120 mins]
Y10 PE Paper 1 [60 mins] Geography Paper 1 [60 mins]
Y10 PE Paper2 [60 mins] Polish History 2 Elizabethan Eng [55 mins] Y9 History [50 mins]
Y10 Graphics [105 mins]
Panjabi
P3
Y9 Geography [50 mins]
P4
Y9 Music [60 mins]
PM Year P5
P6
Y10 Science Double Chemistry [75 mins] Triple Chemistry [105 mins]
Y8 Mathematics
Y9 French [60 mins]
Y9 Religious Studies [50 mins] Y9 Spanish [60 mins]
Y10 Spanish & Y10 French Reading F and H
Religious Studies 1 [50 mins]
Geography Paper 2 [90 mins]
Y10 Spanish Writing F and H
Religious Studies 2 [50 mins]
Non-Calculator [50 mins] Y8 Spanish [60 mins]
[45 and 60 mins]
[70 and 80 mins]
Finish 4:10
Fri 22nd June
End of Year Exam Timetable June 2018 AM P1 P2
Mon 25th June
Tue 26th June
Wed 28th June
Geography Paper 3 [90 mins]
History 1 Medicine in Britain [75 mins] Y10 French Listening F [35 mins]
Y10 Drama [70 mins] Y10 Spanish Listening F [35 mins]
P3
Y7 Spanish [60 mins]
P4
Y8 History [50 mins]
Y10 French Listening H [45 mins]
Y10 Spanish Listening H [45 mins]
Y10 Music [75 mins]
Y10 Maths 3 [90 mins]
Y10 French Writing F and H [70 and 80 mins] Finish 4:10
12:50-1:50
PM P5 P6
Thu 29th June
Fri 29th June
Additional exams – Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th April
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Prefect trip to Mulberry Youth Conference The Isaac Newton Academy Prefect Team recently attended the Mulberry Youth Conference 2018. The conference brings students together from a range of backgrounds to explore issues of common concern, including equality, social justice and cultural identity, showing that young people have the power to make a difference in their communities and on the world stage. Through bringing schools together from across the UK, the aim is to consider the means of young people becoming active in their communities. Students are given the opportunity to take the floor to share their points of view on the topics raised. We were very proud that Jainna Bhalla (10A) gave an inspiring speech on the refugee crisis. This was a very proud moment for Jainna and all of INA. The Prefects are now in the process of visiting form classes across the school to share their learning from the day. Lima Uddin (10T) has reflected on the day: “The Mulberry Youth Conference was an invaluable experience which I really enjoyed overall. My favourite part of the day was listening to what the panellists do and their experiences. Some of their stories were quite inspirational, for example supporting refugees or fighting racism in the UK through spoken word. As well as that, the workshops we took part in were useful as they allowed everyone to voice their opinions on certain matters. So overall, it was a very enjoyable trip and experience. ”
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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 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!
YEAR 7
TOTAL
YEAR 8
TOTAL
YEAR 9
I N A C W S E
1312 1240 1222 1117 889 863 855
A E S W I N C
854 728 537 537 458 440 413
T I W N E S A C
TOTAL YEAR 10 TOTAL YEAR 11 TOTAL
442 401 328 281 265 211 187 109
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N C E T A S I
337 258 243 221 219 175 160
W E T N I S A
200 171 141 123 107 80 69
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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: Kaizer Syed 7S Year 8: Salman Suleiman 8I Year 9: Devanish Shah 9T Year 10: Sanwar Hussain 10C Year 11: Ishani Punj 11S
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! A big shout out and thank you to the following students; Nehaal Khadwalla 10I Munawarah Noori 10I Momena Rashid 10I They have been nominated by Ms Hutson as they kindly gave up their lunch time to help set up for the Primary Spring Spectacular!! Thank you for being SPECTACULAR!!
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Sports Report ISAAC NEWTON ACADEMY YEAR 11 BADMINTON TEAM THE BEST IN LONDON! London Youth Games Finals INA progressed through the borough championships just before Christmas, to then go to the London Youth Games, where the best of all the boroughs competed to reach the last eight. On Tuesday 20th March, INA went to the London Youth Games to battle it out against the best eight boroughs in London. The team were fully aware of the competition and challenges that faced them but supported, communicated and congratulated each other through every single point, won or lost. In our group we played against Hounslow, Brent and Waltham Forest. We progressed through each of these games, winning the games 4-1. We came through victorious in our group stage and that put us into the semifinals against a school called Wilsons. This school had previously knocked us out at the same stage two years ago (at the KS3 event), so we knew it would be a tough game. The team played out of their skin and we won the game 4-1. This put us through to the final against Coopers Company from Havering. This school had qualified for the finals in both KS3 male and female, and KS4 male and female and had their KS3 boys in the final on the other court. With the final being played over two courts and with a big crowd gathering, the boys had one final team talk and were ready to go.
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With the first 3 matches INA were 2-1 up which left us with 2 doubles games on both courts at the same time to decide the winner. We needed to win at least one game; they had to win both. Esher and Ekonkar were trailing 6-1 at the start of the game and Akhil and Neel were also behind by two at the mid-point of the game. Both games were extremely close and a great watch for the neutral (not Mr Healey!). With matches up to 15, Esher & Ekonkar had pulled it back to 12-12 after being 6-1 down, but Akhil and Neel had lost 15-13 leaving everything riding on Esher & Ekonka. Esher and Ekonkar came from 6-1 down to win the game 15-13 and the team were delighted, shocked and ecstatic about their victory. None of them wanted to be named or shown but here goes‌
Akhil, Ekonkar, Esher, Neel
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Year 9 Boys ARK Basketball Champions The Year 9 boys Basketball team travelled to Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton last week to compete in the annual ARK Basketball championship. They came back victorious. Tournament report to be released next week.
Year 8 Basketball team beat Valentines The Year 8 Basketball team had a busy week this week participating in two games, one on Monday and one on Wednesday. On Monday, after a good performance they narrowly missed out on a win against Oaks Park 21 – 28. However, they showed great determination to come back from the defeat with a 48-16 win against Valentines. Well done boys!
Year 7 Football V Loxford The Year 7 football team drew 3-3 to Loxford last week in a thrilling game where they came back from behind three times! Great character shown by the boys. Â Man of the match was David for his two goals and all-round display.
Next weeks Fixtures Monday 26th March Year 11 Football v Valentines (A) Wednesday 28th March Year 8 Football V Loxford (A), Yr 10 Basketball V ICHS (H), Year 7, 8 and 9 Girls Football V Forest (H)
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Spring Celebration next week! The Spring Celebration will take place on Wednesday 28th March at 6:30pm. It promises to be a fantastic festival of music making, with over 300 students from Year 1 up to Year 12 performing pieces they have been rehearsing this term. The students have worked incredibly hard and the standard promises to be higher than ever! There will be music from all over the world, sung and played on different instruments. We also have an exciting cameo in store for you.
Tickets for the event will be £1 for adults and 50p for children under 18. Tickets will be available at Secondary KS3 Reception and at Primary Reception. Performers will have first priority and tickets will go on sale for the whole school community from Monday 26th March. Please contact the school with any queries around costs of tickets and potential group discounts at info@isaacnewtonacademy.org.
Spring
The performance will run until approximately 8:30pm, although owing to the unpredictable nature of a large-scale event like this I’m sure you will understand that this time isBACKGROUND only an estimation! If your child is performing, they should wear all black with a splash of red. We really hope you are looking forward to this event and can make the time to come and support our students.
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Key Dates for the Spring Term 2018 Wednesday 3rd January – Thursday 29th March Friday 23rd March — Sunday 25th March Monday 26th March Monday 26th March Wednesday 28th March Thursday 29th March
Year 12 Geography residential course Year 8 Awards Assembly Year 7 Progress Meetings 2.30 – 6.30pm Spring Concert Awards Assemblies for Years 7, 9 -11
Year 10-12, The Oxford Scientist Schools Writing Competition Deadline 27th April 2018 Calling all budding science writers in UK schools!
Are you currently a school, sixth form or college student in the UK in Year 10, Year 11 or Year 12 (or equivalent)? Are you fascinated by science and want to communicate it to those around you? Would you like to see your work published in the next issue of The Oxford Scientist AND win a £50 Amazon voucher? If you answered YES to all of the above, then all you need to do is write a 700-word article about a “scientific discovery” of your choice by 27th April 2018. There are no right or wrong topic choices, so your article could discuss anything from early scientific discoveries such as Darwin’s theory of evolution, to more recent scientific discoveries such as the observation of gravitational waves. Once you have written your article, you can upload it on our website at www.oxsci.org/schools/ Articles must be submitted by 27th April 2018. Articles will be judged by our panel of experts, and the winning article will be published in the next issue of The Oxford Scientist. The winning entrant will also receive a £50 Amazon voucher, sponsored by Oxford Sparks. The runners-up will have their articles featured on our website. If you have any questions about the competition, please email competition@oxsci.org.
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