21 September 2018
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21 September 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) Leanne Abbott-Jones Assistant Principal Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) Tam Broadway Primary Headteacher Sugra Alibhai Head of Sixth Form Designated Child Protection Officers 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.
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Dear Parents and Carers, The Year 7s have settled in really well and, by now, should have met all of their teachers. Our ‘Settling In’ evening for Year 7 students and their parents is scheduled for Thursday 11th October. It is really important that all parents of Year 7 students attend this evening as we will be talking through some of the things that are unique to INA, such as our BRIDGES programme. We will be briefing parents on our key policies, such as how we assess students, and explaining how parents can support their children to be great learners. You will find more information about the evening in next week’s newsletter. The new year 11s have also made a great start to their last year of Key Stage 4 and seem to have returned with great focus and drive. This is a very busy term for them - GCSE mock exams start on 8th November! Students should have by now devised a programme of revision to ensure that they are fully prepared for these important exams. Intervention programmes will also be commending next week and it is vital that students attend these sessions if they have been invited to do so. Finally, we are holding a ‘New to GCSE’ evening for parents of Year 10 students on Wednesday 26th September. Ms McEvoy has included further details in this newsletter and we look forward to seeing the parents of every Year 10 parent at the event. With all best wishes,
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Sports Report YEAR 11 GCSE PE AEP Controlled Assessments Friday 28th September and Monday 1st October Mr Beattie and Ms Abbott-Jones’ group Tuesday 2nd October and Wednesday 3rd October Ms Lapish’s group This piece of work is worth 10% of students final grades. Attendance on these days and for the lessons building up to it are of utmost importance. Please do not book any appointments at these times.
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GCSE Parent Workshop: Success at GCSE and beyond! Wednesday 26th September 6pm start All parents and students in Year 10 are invited to attend a GCSE parent workshop led by Ms Skyers (Pastoral Leader Year 10) and Ms McEvoy (Assistant Principal). Covering the three areas of ‘How KS4 is different to KS3’, ‘Supporting your child’ and ‘Next steps’, this workshop will equip parents and students for success at GCSE and point towards the next steps for going beyond to sixth form and A level. There will also be an opportunity for parents to ask questions. We expect this workshop to end by 6.45pm. Please note: subject teachers will not be in attendance. Parents of students in other year groups, looking ahead to GCSE, are welcome to attend. We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 26th September at 6pm. Ms McEvoy & Ms Skyers
Student Lanyards Dear Parents/Carers, Please be aware that all students and members of staff at INA are required to wear lanyards at all times. This is a very important safeguarding measure to ensure that we can identify members of the school community. All students are issued with lanyards free of charge. However, if they are lost they are required £3 for a full replacement (or £1 per each lanyard item: string, ID card holder, ID card). If a student has a lanyard but is not wearing it around their neck they will be issued with a same day detention. We appreciate your cooperation with this important issue.
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Last week a group of 30 Year 9 students embarked on the Old Vic Schools' programme, which takes them to four drama workshops and four plays at the Old Vic theatre, a 1000-seat, 200 year old London theatre!. The first workshop took place last Wednesday and was based on the brand new musical SYLVIA, which celebrates the life of Sylvia Pankhurst, her pivotal role in the suffragette movement and the campaign for votes for women and the price of the passion and politics that tore her family apart! In the workshop the Year 9s thoroughly immersed themselves in the lives of women fighting to get the vote in early 20th century Britain, role-playing, marching and protesting! Then on Thursday they went to see Sylvia at the Old Vic, where everyone thoroughly enjoyed an action packed, ‘all singing, all dancing’, musical extravaganza! It was great show and they are all looking forward to the next one!
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European Languages Day
European Languages Day will take place this Wednesday 26th September at Isaac Newton Academy. • Primary school students will have to design a postcard about languages. • Key Stage 3 students will take part in a quiz competition between forms. • Key Stage 4 students will be involved in a new activity this year. They will have to create a recipe in a European foreign language and can use pictures or video for every step of it. Merci & gracias! The MFL team.
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How have these BRIDGES dispositions helped this British man see his family for the first time in over 10 years? When you walk past someone at school are you friendly towards them? Do you take an interest in them and ask how their day is going? If you do, you are showing sociability. The man in the picture above is Herman Gordon with his wife Denise. Mr Gordon works as a cleaner at the University of Bristol. Students at the university and Mr Gordon have both shown great sociability, as over the years they have formed a friendly and positive relationship. The students ask how Mr Gordon is doing and they regularly talk about his family in Jamaica.
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Students soon realised that Mr Gordon was missing his family dearly and that he could not afford the expensive flight to Jamaica. So the students used their power of collaboration. 230 students each donated a small amount of money and together raised £1,500 to pay for his holiday. Students said they wanted to do it because “Mr Gordon is the friendliest man we know and always makes us feel happy around university”. On the trip Mr Gordon and his wife were able to see their family for the first time in over a decade. In addition to this, they got to stay in a 5-star resort in the Caribbean Sea. Mr Gordon posted the photo and said: “God bless you all. Everybody will see this and think that I’m a trillionaire.”
Bilkis Ab 8W
Of course, they are not trillionaires, what got them there was the power of sociability and collaboration. Read the letter above:
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Parents • Jointly plan a menu with your child and then shop for and cook the meal together. • Play board games as a family. • Plan a day out with your child, sharing the tasks of planning the route, organising lunch, agreeing activities. • Re-design and plant a corner of the garden together as a family.
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INA Attendance and Punctuality Regular attendance is a crucial factor in students’ educational development and success in achieving their full potential. Missing out on education and learning leaves students vulnerable to falling behind, putting them under unnecessary pressure. At Isaac Newton Academy every student is expected to maintain 100% attendance.
Punctuality All students need to be present on site and ready for line up no later than 8.25am each day and as such we advise students to be through the school gates (side entrance and southern entrance) no later than 8.23am.
Reporting of child’s absence In line with INA attendance policy it is the parent/ carers responsibility to phone the school by 8.15am on each day of an absence. If you fail to contact the school to inform us of your child’s absence we may take the necessary steps to ensure your child is safe. Please take the time to familiarise yourself with the INA Attendance policy.
Year group and form attendance for last week Tutor Week Tutor Week Tutor Week Tutor Week Tutor Week 7A 98 8A 96 9A 99 10A 90 11A 97 7C 98 8C 99 9C 97 10C 94 11C 97 7E 98 8E 98 9E 94 10I 94 11E 97 7I 100 8I 93 9I 98 10N 98 11I 90 7N 97 8N 91 9N 95 10S 98 11N 96 7S 95 8S 97 9S 95 10T 96 11S 99 7W 100 8W 95 9W 98 10W 96 11T 97 Total 98 Total 95 Total 97 Total 95 Total 96
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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 It is the start of another year, so we are re- starting the Form Merit competition. 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! Also if you are owed a merit go and collect it and make sure it gets recorded on your form’s spreadsheet!
YEAR 7
TOTAL
YEAR 8
TOTAL
YEAR 9
7W 7A 7E 7N 7I 7S 7C
74 56 52 51 49 40 40
8N 8E 8A 8E 8I 8C 8S
83 55 39 31 30 30 23
9E 9A 9C 9S 9N 9W 9I
TOTAL YEAR 10 TOTAL YEAR 11 TOTAL
41 40 37 16 16 9 7
10I 10W 10T 10C 10S 10A 10N
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11S 11I 11E 11A 11N 11T 11C
19 17 12 5 3 3 1
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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: Sude Sagir 7I Year 8: Ruhi Latif 8A Year 9: Raymond Charles 9A Year 10: Shakim Martin 10N Year 11: Zidaan Ahmed 11E
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! Tahir Mehmood 7C and Ayaan Noman 7A were really cooperative, helpful and supportive to teachers this week. - Mr Smith Gurveer Sehmi 7E looked after another student in his form and helped him find his form room as the student did not speak much English. - Ms Lapish All students in years 8, 9, 10 and 11 who have been extremely welcoming and supportive to our new Year 7 students and many of whom have helped them find their way around the building. - Mr Athwal Mr Athwal Pastoral Leader for Year 11, i/c of Praise and Recognition
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HA MENSA Challenge
Answers to Mr Dewal in room G.42
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Key Dates for the Autumn Term 2018 Monday 3rd September – Thursday 20th December Half Term: Monday 22nd - Friday 26th October Monday 24th September Wednesday 26th September Thursday 27th September Friday 28th September Monday 1st October Tuesday 2nd October Wednesday 3rd October Wednesday 3rd October Thursday 4th October Saturday 6th October Monday 8th October Tuesday 9th October Tuesday 9th October Wednesday 10th October Wednesday 10th October Thursday 18th October Monday 22nd October Friday 26th October Monday 29th October Friday 2nd November
Start of Enrichments New to GCSE Evening for Year 10 Year 11 Barclays Day PE GCSE controlled assessments Year 11 PE GCSE controlled assessments Year 11 Open Evening 5.45 -8.30pm Late start at 9.25am Curious Incident - National Theatre Trip Year 9 PM Music Enrichment Trip PM (Provisional) Othello Trip Year 12/13 Open Morning Open Morning Sixth Form Open Evening 5.45-8.30pm Late start at 9.25am Open Morning Music Recital 5.30-6.30pm
HALF TERM Year 10 Geography filed trip to Stratford Year 10 Geography filed trip to Stratford
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