6 July 2018 Secondary Newsletter

6 July 2018

Secondary Newsletter

6 July 2018

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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 Assistant Principal Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) Tam Broadway

Primary Headteacher Sugra Alibhai Head of Sixth Form Designated Child Protection Officers Gabriel Ayerh Patrick Ball (Online safety) Pardeep Chaggar Jody Lapish Gareth Marshall-Jones

Mariam Mayet Amreen Patel Jag Singh David Wilson

You can find the INA Safeguarding policy, Child Protection policy and other related policies and procedures on the Academy’s website. ion S

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Dear Parents and Carers, This week the Year 10s are out on Work Experience in a wide range of professions and businesses across London. From our visits to them and from talking to employers who have generously offered them placements, it is good to hear that they are being challenged and inspired and that their BRIDGES dispositions are being put to the test.

Meanwhile on Tuesday we welcomed back our Year 11s and their peers from across schools in Redbridge for their KS5 Transition Day. They experienced life on the top floor, ate in the Terrace CafÊ, took part in sample lessons and engaged in some team building activities. It was great day and we’re very much looking forward to enrolling them into the Sixth Form on exam results day on 23rd August.

Team PE have been busy organising and running two sports days this week: KS3 Sports Day took place on Monday and Primary Sports Day on Thursday.

We were blessed with sunny weather and a great time was had by all. Many thanks go to Mr Beattie and Team PE for organising the events, to staff for supporting and to parents and family members for coming along to cheer the children on.

Finally, a reminder of the arrangements for the start of term in September: Monday 3rd September Tuesday 4th September Wednesday 5th September Thursday 6th September

INSET INSET INSET Years 7 & 12 in from 8.25am

Friday 7th September

Years 8-11 & 13 in from 1.30pm All students in from 8.25am for the full day

With all best wishes,

Jo Spencer 6 July 2018

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SAVE THE DATE! Year 9 - End of Key Stage 3 Awards Ceremony Thursday 19th July 5:00-6:30pm We are holding a special awards ceremony for Year 9 to mark the end of Key Stage 3. Students will go home at the end of the school day and return to school at 5:00pm, dressed formally in their finest outfits.

There will be refreshments served between 5:00pm and 5:30pm in the Key Stage 3 Hall, providing students and parents/carers with a chance to mingle and reflect on the three years that have passed.

Following this, there will be the formal awards ceremony in the Dining Hall.

During the ceremony we will be celebrating progress and success over the entire key stage.

Please note that Year 9 students will have an Independent Learning Day on the last day of term (20th July).

Ms Spencer, Interim Principal

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A Warm Invite to

INA’s Awards Assemblies Friday 20th July 2018 On Friday 20th July we will be holding our end of year awards assemblies. This is an important opportunity for the staff, students, governors and parents/carers to formally celebrate our students’ achievements at the end of the academic year. There will be a separate assembly for each year group. Please note the times as follows: 11.05-12.00

Year 7 assembly

Dining Hall

12.00-12.55 Year 8 assembly

KS3 Hall

12.00-12.55 Year 10 assembly

Dining Hall

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 been 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. If you would like to attend, please ask your son/daughter to collect tickets for the awards assembly from his/her form tutor. Please request your tickets by Monday 9th July.

Due to limited capacity, we are unable to accommodate very many additional family members. However, if you would like additional places, please notify the school office and we will do our best to allocate an additional ticket.

I look forward to seeing you on 20th July.

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Walton-on-the-Naze Year 10 Field Trip Please check the dates when your class is going.

Wednesday 11th July – 10 EVEREST & 10 AMAZON Thursday 12th July – 10 NILE & 10 PACIFIC You should wear comfortable clothing, be fully equipped for the day and will need to bring the following items: • Old trainers, appropriate clothing for the weather on the day, spare socks • Stationery including calculator, pens, pencils and rubber • Plastic bag to keep worksheets dry • A watch • Water bottles • A camera or a mobile phone for photos Ms Gurm, Teacher of Humanities (Lead Geography Teacher)

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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!

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1728 1556 1469 1457 1099 1071 1059

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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: Sakib Ahmed 7W Year 8: Adam Niaz 8A Year 9: Jordan Singh 9N Year 10: Ekam Sehmbi 10S

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!

Hishaam Mosheraf 7I for diligently recording 7 Chaucer’s English points! - Ms Hine Hunsveer Mudhar 8A for helping out Ms Stylianou with administrative tasks. - Ms Stylianou All of the Years 7, 8 & 9 student Sports Reps for helping out with Primary Sports Day! - Mr Marecar Mr Barber, Pastoral Leader Year 7

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Attendance and Punctuality At Isaac Newton Academy every student is expected to maintain 100% attendance. Each form group across each year are competing to ensure they are top of the attendance league table for their year. Please ensure your child catches up with missed learning. Our pastoral and teaching staff are working hard to ensure students are taking responsibility for going to collect missed learning from their classroom teachers.

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 8.20am.

The form with the highest attendance at the end of every term is awarded the attendance trophy. Each week we will update you with the year to date attendance figures as seen below.

Year group and form attendance for week beginning 18th June 2018 Tutor Week Tutor Week Tutor Week Tutor Week 7A

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If you have any attendance related concerns please do not hesitate to contact myself or your child’s Pastoral Leader to discuss.

Ms Lapish Lead Pastoral Leader (KS4)

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INA Jump Off All year 7 & 8 students will be

participating in the JUMP OFF to raise money for the British Heart Foundation.

All P.E lessons between 9th-13th July will be dedicated to skipping.

Please fill out your sponsor forms and bring them to your P.E lesson that week.

Please upload your sponsor money onto Wise pay before the lesson. Do not bring money in.

The form that raises the most money will receive a prize.

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Key Dates for the Summer Term 2018 Monday 16th April – Friday 20th July Monday 9th July Monday 9th July Wednesday 18th July Thursday 19th July Thursday 19th July Thursday 19th July Friday 20th July Monday 23rd & Tuesday 24th July

Year 9 Girls HPV Vaccination Year 10 Sports Day Year 8 Speaking Competition Year 8 Girls HPV Vaccinations KS3 Graduation Ceremony Year 11 Graduation ball End of Term Awards Assemblies Uniform Sales

Key Dates for the Autumn Term 2018 Monday 3rd September – Thursday 20th December Monday 3rd September – Wednesday 5th September Thursday 6th September

INSET NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS Year 7 & 12 in from 8.25am

Friday 7th September

Years 8-11 & 13 in from 1.30pm All students in from 8.25am for the full day

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