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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 Amreen Patel
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, As you know, this is my last week at INA and the final opportunity I shall have to send you a newsletter message. It was a very difficult decision to leave INA. However I have been a Headteacher for 16 years and it feels like the right time to move on to do something slightly different with my career. I am often telling the children to be brave, to step out of their comfort zone and to take risks and push themselves but I was not necessarily role modelling that myself! I shall always feel a strong emotional attachment to INA, to its students and its parents. The school has been a huge part of my life over the past seven years. To have the opportunity to start a new school from scratch was truly amazing and I have cherished every step of the journey. I shall take away a vast array of very fond memories: from London Club trips, the staff v students snow ball fights and awards assemblies, to teaching moments, music, drama and PE performances and summer fayres. The students have made me immensely proud. I am proud of their amazing academic outcomes: it was wonderful that our founding cohort achieved the 35th highest progress score in the country last summer! Yet I am at least as proud of the young people that they are becoming, with skills to be effective and self-sufficient learners through life and the character traits to make them positive and altruistic citizens in the future world. Last week we heard that INA had been chosen as Secondary School of theYear by Pearsons in their national ‘Shine A Light’ awards. These awards celebrate innovative work and excellent practice in supporting students’ communication development and it was the impact of our BRIDGES programme and Harkness teaching on our students’ articulacy and oracy that impressed the judges. I am very excited about the futures that our students have ahead of them and shall track their educational journeys closely over the coming years. I look forward to hearing of their achievements, and perhaps celebrating some of them with you!
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I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your belief in us and your support of me as Principal. If it were not for you taking a leap of faith, opting to send your children to this new school and supporting us in a whole range of different ways, we would not have the amazing school that we do today! I know that I leave INA in very strong hands. The staff, led by Ms Spencer, have a great depth of leadership, teaching and pastoral  skills and an unwavering belief in the potential of each and every one of your children. I wish you all every success and every happiness. Thank you. With best wishes,
Rachel Macfarlane
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Isaac Newton Academy End of Spring Term Awards Assemblies On Monday 26th and Thursday 29th March we held our second awards assemblies of the year. The assemblies were wonderful events, enabling staff, students and parents/carers to come together to formally celebrate our students’ achievements at the end of the autumn term. At the assemblies we presented awards in recognition of students’ academic progress and attainment, personal progress and the development of their BRIDGES dispositions. Excellent attendance and punctuality was also celebrated. Congratulations to all of the award winners and to all students at INA for a fantastic start to the year!
Special Award Winners Reading Asma Mahboob Community Spirit Denis Mirica Enrichment Ayesha Ghauri
Reading Huseyin Derya
YEAR 7
Cultural Passport Zeba Nabi
Performance award Cara Adams, Fatimah Javaad & Aaminah Patel Attitude to Learning award Aaminah Patel
YEAR 8
Cultural Passport Rifa Pachath
Community Spirit Warren Virk
Attitude to Learning award Sakinah Choudhury
Enrichment Taqi Tajway Aziz
Performance award Veer Jagdev, Taukim Kazim
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Reading Hawwa Imran
YEAR 9
Community Spirit Hafsah Suleman, Amarah Hosenee, Shama Daula & Hanifah Jalil
Attitude to Learning award Keshan Beckett-Edwards Performance award Eleanor Brant
Enrichment Hammad Patel
Reading Abdur-Razzaque Miah
Cultural Passport Maria-Iulia Hurmuz
YEAR 10
Cultural Passport Remeez Saleem
Community Spirit Imani Astwood
Attitude to Learning award Fahim Islam
Enrichment Daanyal Khan
Performance award Aman Jagdev
Reading Elanah Summers
YEAR 11
Community Spirit Humayra Mustaq Attitude to Learning award Aliya Vahora
Enrichment Esher Bahara, Ekonkar Derhee, Akhil Patel & Neel Banarsee Cultural Passport Lamys Mills Performance award Mary Brant
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BRIDGES Awa
Yea
BRAVERY
RESOURCEFULNESS
INTEGRITY
DISCOVERY
Ahlam Ali
Fatimah Javaad
Nabila Islam
Muhammad Shiekh
Asiya Ibrahim Yunus
Zariun Mollah
Shadman Ahmed
Ravneet Dhaliwal
Samia Ahmed
Abeer Butt
Ruhi Latif
Aryan Tathgar
Amira Mohamed
Musa Haque
Maheen Saleem
Cameron McKernan
M
Sauman Sadiq
Imaan Rasool
Iraj Khan
Raniyah Haroon
Daniel Johnson
Taha Rehman Chaudhry
Sevim Laeeq
Ali Parwane
Aleena Sadeeq
Bilkis Abdi
Yusuf Jalil
Pritpal Jaswal
Yea BRAVERY
RESOURCEFULNESS
INTEGRITY
DISCOVERY
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Taznim Hossain
Valeria Vacula
Belal Yusuf
Junayed Ahmed
Gaurav Taheem
Alif Ahamed
Saimpreet Singh
Nikita Odreda
Usmaan Ahmed
Aarez Khan
Riaan Patel
Theresa Nassar
Dawud Bukhari
Mohamed Amin
Zainab Dar
Armani Narr
Maya Imran
Rafe Dean
Khilat Raja
Shona Bains
Ally Alli
Amani Hafez
Hassan Umerji
Hamoud Ahmed
Faisa
Lorena Bumbuc
Ram Solanky
Rhea Mahil
Aymen Mami
Symra
Ils
Den
Mah Tasbir
Rafi-Adam
Yea BRAVERY
RESOURCEFULNESS
INTEGRITY
DISCOVERY
Sauda Rahman
Afrina Mosammed
Hafsah Suleman
Harkirat Singh
Jawad Rashid
Keshan Beckett-Edwards
Rhea Virdee
Omar Hussain
Meera Mistry
Mahfuz Maheen
Aryan Dattani
Sajjad Ali
Rayyaan Mehmood
Daveena Williams Morrison
Jack Lanvin
Saarah Ali
Sarah Warishaully
Riah Harris
Adam Kothia
Irmak Karakaya
Umer Mahmud
Izzah Abid
Zain Islam
Anamaika Pathak
Taybah Patel
Vivek Kampurath
Tasnim Towfa
Malika Khan
Safa Hassan
Denise Salvaterra
Ajwad Hadi Mauthoor
Hammad Patel
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ard Winners
ar 7
GRIT
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
SELF DISCIPLINE
PERSONAL PROGRESS
Iman Yasin
Ashvir Sanghera
Robert Patrichi- Stoian
Hafsa Rasool
Alisha Malik
Ria Mann
Sarina Musab
Khadiza Esha
Mariyah Chaudhry
Wakil Mohammed
Abhinash Tilk
Asma Mahboob
Priya Mistry
Shammah Kotei
Summer Huseyin
George Christodoulou
Sadia Noman
Zeba Nadeem
Muhammed Mutasim
Zayaan Ahmed
Romaan Waleed
Elizabeth Rivero Coleman
Shoeb Haque
Emon Uddin
Kamile Sniokaite
Ayesha Ghauri
Renan Sylvester
Elizaveta Spiridonova
ar 8
GRIT
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
SELF DISCIPLINE
PERSONAL PROGRESS
sa Dar
Melisa Pilicita Paltan
Zavier Khan
Qasim Waqar
nis Balaj
Aamina Khankara
Junaid Islam
Isheka Nath
him Hoq
Malaika Janjua
Adam Niaz
Nourine Hashim
Usman Ul-Haq
Simran Virk
Veer Jagdev
Saihan Rahman
Eashar Kaur Rihal
Shifa Raje
al Aslam
Filsan Ali
Savanna Duncan Hinds
Munaza Azram
an Kalley
Zainab Rashid
Ersin Yesim
Huseyin Derya
Rahaman
m Marziakhall
ar 9 GRIT
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
SELF DISCIPLINE
PERSONAL PROGRESS
AJ De Lara
Hanifah Jalil
Kisanth Ravi
Moon Dewan
Ahmed Nawaz
Rany Al Higawi
Maryam Ali
Rajan Rathor
Nadia Miah
Laiba Isha-Butt
Musa Mahmoo
Harria Ali
Chams Raggai
Hasan Shahzad
Neha Duggal
Falaah Sayed
Khadija Ahmed
Alisha Marion
Eleanor Brant
Jordan Singh
Jasmine Joseph
Salma Parwane
Kamil Momot
Haider Rafiq
Shomail Abbas
Abdullah Javaad
Zidan Rahman
Shania Da Costa
Imran Ali
Glory Mondua
Berfin Colak
Ali Hassan
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BRIDGES Awa
Yea BRAVERY
RESOURCEFULNESS
INTEGRITY
DISCOVERY
Omar Al-Khouli
Ashish Joseph
Nehaal Khandwalla
Qasim Nawaz
Faruq Sultan
Dovidas Snioka
Shaaista Patel
Ekam Sehmbi
Huzaifah Patel
Danyaal Khan
Mohsin Mahmood
Simona Islam
Aden Dirie
Sanwar Hussain
Aminah Mehmood
Travis Barrett
N
Aemy Rehman
Jasleem Kaur
Maliha Farhin Ahmed
Abdur Razzaque Miah
Rachel Pearce
Sanaa Rasool
Zayd Selant
Hruday Kinhikar
Janki Ranavaya
Subhaan Dar
Javin Sufiyani
Aqsa Hussain
Year BRAVERY
RESOURCEFULNESS
INTEGRITY
DISCOVERY
Akhil Pillai
Amandeep Teja
Omar Gill
Ekonkar Deerhe
Sandeep Kaur
Kirandeep Kaur
Haaris Waseem
Amal Sohail
Elanah Summers
Keerthivas Venkatesan
Yameen Aslam
Daniyaal Anjum
Gurpreet Kaur
Dhruv Fatania
Ayesha Maniyar
Hadeeqah Raja
Mu
Isra Jabeen
Raeis Dudhia
Mohammed Alom
Awais Malik
Ro
Kyle Baldwin
Qayum Rashid
Aliya Vahora
Ellis Currie-Ward
Anushri Menon
Hamza Mosheref
Mohsin Khan
Sumayyah Hosenee
Lo
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Congratulations to all o Ms J Spencer Vice Principal
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ard Winners
ar10 GRIT
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
SELF DISCIPLINE
PERSONAL PROGRESS
Ali Mami
Joshua Abraham
Mina Imran
Aasiya Jilani
Mahad Awan
Hibaak Aden
Kaiya Greenidge
Zan Bokhari
Noah Hawthorne
Bradley Lard
Fardina Heron
Jainna Bhalla
Yusuf Khan
Hafsa Gachi
Hajara Rafiq
Ariharan Ponniah
Ikram Hussain
Roheen Ali
Yusuf Butt
Ali Shah
Usamah Khan
Siqa Siddique
Thomas Cater
Mahfuz Alam
Arjan Tathgar
Saira Musab
Remeez Saleem
Yaaseen Taher
r 11 GRIT
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
SELF DISCIPLINE
PERSONAL PROGRESS
Aisha Jatta
Denada Balaj
Sufian Abu Islam
Haider Waqar
ovepreet Kaur
Afrin Talukder
Jonah Robinson
Vikram Ranchan
Simi Johal
Zaynab Mahiya
Khalees Sakkaf
Alisha Khan
umina Begum
Sumeyya Derya
Radhika Patel
Adam Warishaully
omessa Javed
Noshin Samiya
Aminah Umerji
Paramveer Singh
ahimul Hussain
Natasha Mahmood
Jiya Shahzad
Simran Chahal
aliyah Adams
Ayesha Hussian
Inayah Hussian
Alfie Southall
of the award winners!
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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
POLISH UNIT 4
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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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We welcome Sixth Form applicants and their parents/ carers to join us in discussing: • What the Professional Pathways qualification is • The wider opportunities available • How universities recognise the qualification • Apprenticeship opportunities RSVP to sixthform@isaacnewtonacademy.org by Monday 16th April Isaac Newton Academy, 1 Cricklefield Place, Ilford, IG1 1FY
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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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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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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
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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Dear Parents & Carers I hope you are well. Next term your son/daughter will continue their learning on polymers for Core Content and Papers and Boards for the Paper and Board exam paper. Every lesson we go through an exam question. This could take 5 to 20 minutes depending on the type of question. I have asked all students to buy a folder, so they can build up their revision resources for the exam in June and for the exam in year 11. Please encourage them to spend time reading through exam style questions that they complete in class. I will be setting IL exam style tasks every week. For the holidays, IL is to revise Papers and Boards for a test next term and to complete an exam question on folding boxboard. Next term we will start learning about different types of wood for the Core Content initially working with MDF. A useful website for you to look at is www.technologystudent.com , click on New D and T GCSE. The text book that we are using is Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Design & Technology ISBN 978 1 29218 458 6. Mr Holmes
PARENT QUESTIONNAIRE The deadline for completing parent questionnaires has been extended to Monday 2nd April. If you have any problems accessing the questionnaire, or require a printed version, please contact surveys@isaacnewtonacademy.org. 29 March 2018
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Saturday Stretch Physics & Mathematics – March 24th 2018
On Saturday 24th March, a group of selected KS3 students attended a Saturday Stretch class regarding Physics and Mathematics. This session was led by Ilyas Benmouna, a first year undergraduate student at UCL. The first things students were asked to think about was, ‘What’s the point of studying physics?’. At first, students were a little unsure how to define physics, but after some brainstorming, students realised that physics is crucial to understanding the way things work. Because of this, a wide range of careers can be obtained after graduating from university with a physics degree. A few of the long list of options are: a web developer, a systems analyst, an applications engineer, an investment banker, and a laser engineer. In order to get students acclimated with some basic physics concepts, the group went through Newton’s three laws of motion. The first law states that an object at rest remains at rest, the second states that force is equal to mass times acceleration, and the third law states that if an object
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exerts force on a second object, that second object will exert a force of equal magnitude and opposite direction back onto the first object. Upon processing this information and discussing the meaning behind each law, students were presented with statements that were either true or false. They discussed each statement in partners to decide whether each statement was true or not. Some statements that were presented to them are:
An object that is not accelerating or decelerating has no forces acting on it. When an object is stationary, all of the forces acting on it are balanced. When a large truck pushes a small care with a given force, the small car is applying an equal and opposite force on the truck. Students were then given an opportunity to apply maths to scenarios and find the acceleration of objects. The concept of net force was made clearer to them through these scenarios and they were then able to stretch their learning further with the introduction of trigonometry. While students were presented with a lot of new information throughout the session, Ilyas kept them engaged and intrigued by how physics explains the world around them! .
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WORLD BOOK DAY (RESCHEDULED) 22nd MARCH 2018 Many thanks to all the staff and students who dressed up last week to help support the rescheduled World Book Day! All the money raised will be put back into the school library to provide new books and resources.
On the day the library held a short story competition. Students were given a selection of three categories (adventure, sci-fi, random) and three words within their chosen category that had to be used to create their story. Well done to all those that submitted a story, it was very hard to pick just one winner especially when the entries were so varied. The winning entry comes from Zoiya Sulehri 10C whose creativity we loved, deciding to take the words from the adventure category and changing them into a sci-fi story!
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The Time Loop Dear Friend, I’m not sure if this will reach you, but I hope it will and I have to tell you about the challenges that I have been through for the past few days, weeks, months perhaps. In all honesty, I’m not sure if I’m alive or not. Whether this whole time leap experiment was a success or the greatest mistake anyone could make. The truth is, ever since I began the investigation on time travel I had been told by my wife to stop. She kept telling me that even if I went through hell to make it possible there would be no treasure on the other side of this game, only never-ending conflict. When I first created a prototype of the time leap machine I tested it on a frog. I set it to 10 seconds earlier and sent it through time. However the frog kept appearing where it was 10 seconds ago, then after another 10 seconds it would repeat the whole process again. It was stuck in a time loop and I couldn’t stop it. Even after such discouraging attempts I finally tried it on a human, myself. I plugged all the cables to my head and set the time to a week ago. My wife entered as I pressed the button for the time leap to occur. As I began to disintegrate and all my molecules rearranged themselves she yelled and ran to me with tears. She kept telling me to stop and give up on this time leap project but I still went with it. I have had to go through that experience over and over. I’ve lost count of the of the times I’ve seen my wife run towards me with sorrow in her eyes, I can tell she knows we’re stuck in the loop. I gave up trying to get out a long time ago, nothing I do can stop the machine being created. My days are spent in loop, watching myself commit the biggest sin anyone could commit. You are my final hope; you might be the only person who can help me find a cure for this horrible and traumatic life. Your friend, Tobi 29 March 2018
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Year 9 and 10 Students visit King’s College London for Medical Activity Day Following a competitive selection process, 40 fortunate Year 9 and 10 students were invited to attend a day of medical activities at King’s College London. Students had lessons in human biology, before touring the campus. They then took part in a series of clinical skills stations, where they practised their skills suturing, taking blood and even keyhole surgery. The event was led by current medical students, so the INA students had plenty of opportunity to pick their brains about studying medicine and university life. “I thoroughly enjoyed this trip to King’s College London. All the practicals were very enjoyable. My personal favourite was learning how to suture (stitch) a wound and how to take a sample of blood. I would highly recommend this trip to anyone interested in medicine/biology.” Fatima Jilani 10A
“Not only was this day educational, but it was so much fun! The numerous practicals in the morning and afternoon were all varied, but yet each and every one gave us life-long skills. If I ever needed to perform CPR, I will easily remember the acronym DR SAC. Not only that but the misconceptions I had about medicine were cleared up and now medicine is considered a future career for me.” Jainna Bhalla 10A
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“The trip gave me the opportunity to learn about and do some of the simple but important medical procedures such as suturing, keyhole surgery, taking blood and CPR. We learnt about how human body parts are affected by diet and how alcohol affects the brain. I would really like to go next year.” Jay Amin 9N “I am very grateful that we were able to go to King’s College London. I was able to explore the medical field and learn more about our bodies and how they work. Meeting new people and conversing with them was an amazing experience because I learnt interesting facts. My favourite part was the station where we were given special glasses that hindered your balance. It was a cool thing to go through as it showed how alcohol affects your body.”Nada Awies 9N Well done to all the students involved!
Dr Mounsey
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Isaac Newton Academy has won the Secondary School of the Year Award at an awards ceremony in London for its continued commitment to developing its students’ communication skills. The 2018 Shine a Light Awards, run by learning company Pearson in partnership with The Communication Trust, took place on 22nd March 2018 and were hosted by stand-up comedian, actor and TV writer, Adam Hess.
The 2018 Shine a Light Awards is a national awards scheme that celebrates innovative work and excellent practice in supporting children and young people’s communication development. There were 10 awards in total, with winners and highly-commended finalists chosen by a panel of experts in the sector. Isaac Newton Academy aims to support all students in the acquisition of excellent reading, writing and communication skills. Given that 62% of its students have English as an additional language (EAL), their successes in this field to date are impressive, and last year saw them placed in the top 1% for Year 11 progress. The school has partnered with a speech and language specialist as well as a school counsellor. This is in addition to having its own team of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) staff who monitor the development of beginner EAL students. The academy offers an ‘enrichment programme’ involving students, staff, parents and external facilitators. As part of this, students with speech, language and communication (SLC) issues can attend a weekly extra-curricular Social Club to build their conversation skills. Another significant factor in Isaac Newton’s win was its use of the Harkness Method: an open, student-led approach to education that involves minimal intervention from teachers and staff. This encourages every student to contribute, and helps to develop key SLC skills. Rachel Macfarlane, Principal at Isaac Newton Academy, said: “It is such an honour for Isaac Newton Academy to receive the Secondary School of the Year Award. The importance of SLC development at the Academy can be seen through our Harkness teaching style and our unique BRIDGES framework, which underpins everything we do. Through our culture of
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Growth Mindset, we are proud and excited to see the progress made by every student and it is wonderful that these measures have been recognised through the Shine a Light Awards.” Stand-up comedian and actor, Adam Hess, host of the 2018 Shine a Light Awards, said: “The dedication of Isaac Newton Academy is outstanding. As a child, I struggled greatly with dyslexia and an immense fear of public speaking, if it wasn’t for the support I received when I was younger I wouldn’t be in the position I am today. “It is fantastic to know that other children and young people are being given the support they need to learn, thrive and achieve their goals. Isaac Newton Academy should be very proud of its award.” Sharon Hague, Senior Vice President at Pearson, says: “Our warmest congratulations to Isaac Newton Academy. Through our innovative clinical assessments, Pearson is committed to supporting those working to help people overcome challenges in speech and language. For six years we have run these awards as we believe it is so important to recognise and celebrate the incredible, but often unsung, work being done across the country to change the lives of children and young people by helping them to develop their communications skills.” Octavia Holland, Director of The Communication Trust, said: “Congratulations to Isaac Newton Academy and everyone who triumphed at the 2018 Shine a Light Awards. They have shown what can be achieved when expertise, enthusiasm and dedication is given to children and young people who struggle to communicate. These awards highlight the very best practice that is taking place in settings across the country.” The Shine a Light Awards have grown in popularity since their launch during the National Year of Communication in 2011 (known as the Hello campaign). To date, the awards have celebrated the work of over 120 teams and a wide range of individuals, including young people with severe and complex speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). For further information about the Shine a Light winners and highlycommended finalists, visit www.shinealightawards.co.uk and follow us on Twitter #awardsSAL.
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KS3 Spectacular Shakespeare Gallery
On Tuesday, students in year 8 and 9 showcased their creativity and impressive crafting skills in their ‘Shakespeare Gallery’ as part of their ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Tempest’ unit. In the lead up to their gallery, students from 8 Duffy, 9 Duffy and 9 Zephaniah worked extremely hard completing a wide a range of different art projects to demonstrate their understanding of Shakespeare’s play. The aim was for students to take a practical approach and create visual representations of the key scenes in Macbeth and Tempest. The gallery included: • Jigsaw puzzles • Island • Dagger scene • Three Witches scene • King Duncan’s death scene • Tombstones • Collages • Masks Students prepared information cards for the event and were well equipped to share their knowledge with staff who came to visit their gallery. This is what Ms Watkins from Drama said: ‘It was great!!! Really impressed with the work that I saw today! They must have put many hours into it all’
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The turnout was amazing! Students were delighted that our Principal, Rachel Macfarlane came to see their outstanding pieces of work and was â€˜â€Ś so impressed with the way they brought the text alive- the students were so engaged!'
They are now eager for their next opportunity to showcase more creativity! Stay posted! Ms Begum
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Key Dates for the Summer Term 2018 Monday 16th April – Friday 20th July Half Term: Monday 28th May – Friday 1st June INSET Days: 22nd June, 6th July Monday 16th April Thursday 26th April Friday 20th April Wednesday 2nd May Monday 7th May Monday 14th May Monday 14th May – Friday 18th May Wednesday 23rd May Monday 4th June Thursday 7th June & Friday 8th June Friday 15th June Thursday 21st June Wednesday 27th June Wednesday 27th June Monday 2nd July – Friday 6th July Monday 2nd July Tuesday 3rd July Thursday 5th July Monday 8th July Thursday 12th July Monday 16th July
Start of Summer Term Enrichment Junior Maths Challenge Student Reports sent home Years 7 to 12 Work Experience Evening for Year 10 Bank Holiday GCSE Exams start Family Week (no after school events) Year 6 Parents Information Evening Independent Learning/Revision Day No school for students Year 7 & 8 Meningitis Jabs Year 11 Leavers Assembly End of Exams Year 10 Sports Day GCSE Art Exhibition 4.15-6.pm Year 10 Work Experience Week Years 7-9 Sports Day Sixth Form Transition Day Year 9 Battle of the Bands Year 9 Girls HPV Vaccination Summer Concert? Year 11 Graduation ball
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