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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
vYou 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, Everyone at INA, staff and students alike, marked our annual Ahmed Al Khafaji Day on Wednesday by taking the opportunity to focus on an aspect of their learning or to engage with a particular passion of their own. Some of the activities that our teaching and operational staff engaged in included visiting museums to improve subject knowledge and prepare for potential school trips (such as the Museum of London, the Sherlock Holmes museum, the Design museum and the Imperial War museum), visiting other schools to learn about best practice elsewhere, and studying for a further qualification. We will be putting together a display of all of our learning and experiences from the day over the next couple of weeks. Thanks go to Mr Crowther-Green for organising the Skills London trip on Friday, the UK’s biggest jobs and careers event. The whole event was split into zones, such as science, technology, engineering and manufacturing, public services, health and care, and business and finance. The trip provided students with a great opportunity to discover a vast range of careers through interactive activities and demonstrations, and hopefully helped them visually bridge the gap between the subjects they are currently studying and what they could potentially do as a career. Just a reminder that we have two INSET days scheduled for Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th November when school will be closed to students. And finally, best wishes to those families celebrating Guru Nanak’s birthday on Friday.
With all best wishes,
Jo Spencer 23 November 2018
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Festive Cards
designed by KS3 Students
20 cards for ÂŁ10 Pay on WisePay and collect from Ms Robson in the ADT Department 4
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A Warm Invite to INA’s End of Autumn Term Awards Assemblies Monday 17th December - Year 7 Thursday 20th December - Years 8, 9, 10 & 11 On Monday 17th December and Thursday 20th December, we will be holding our end of term awards assemblies. This is an important opportunity for the staff, students, governors and parents/carers to formally celebrate our students’ achievements. There will be a separate assembly for each year group. Please note the times and locations as follows:
Monday 17th December
8.55-9.45 Year 7 Awards assembly
Thursday 20th December 11.05am Year 9 Awards Assembly Dining Hall Year 11 Awards Assembly KS3 Hall 12.00pm Year 8 Awards Assembly Dining Hall Year 10 Awards Assembly KS3 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. 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 Friday 7th December. 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 during these special celebrations.
Ms J Spencer, Interim Principal
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Year 11 Next Steps Interviews In order to support students with making informed decisions about their post 16 choices each student will have a 1-to-1 interview with a member of SLT or the Pastoral Team. Interviews will take place on Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th November during the INSET days. Each meeting will last approximately 20 minutes. Students will be advised of the time of their interviews by letter and parents will be informed that the letter has been issued by text. The interviews will only involve the student and the member of staff. This is to support the students transition into being fully independent learners. As we are sure you can appreciate, arranging the meetings for all of Year 11 is a large and complex operation. Therefore it will not be possible to amend the meeting times. • The discussion at the interviews will centre on the following questions: • What university courses or equivalent are you considering? Will this impact on your current career aspirations? • What courses have you considered studying at KS5? Why? What research have you completed around other possible choices? • Are you intending to stay at INA? Have you submitted an application? • What is your plan for KS5 if your ideal situation does not occur? What steps have you taken to research your secondary plan? • Are you considering the EPQ? Why? If yes, what would your area of research be? We trust that parents and carers will support students by ensuring that they are fully prepared for these important meetings by discussing the above questions with them in advance of the meeting. To support with research we would recommend the following websites: http://russellgroup.ac.uk/media/5320/informedchoices.pdf https://www.ucas.com/?schemes=Undergraduate&theme=all_stages&tile=tile-276 https://www.unifrog.org/student https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/ http://www.plotr.co.uk/ http://www.bestcourse4me.com
We hope that this meeting will be a great opportunity for our Y11 students to feel excited about their future decisions and we look forward to supporting them during this time.
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Discovery and Independence in action! Md Saggiadul from 7C demonstrated exceptional Discovery and Independence in his Big Band lesson by researching and learning See You Again on the Saxophone. He is making exceptional progress on the Saxophone resulting from the hard work and practise he is putting into his studies.
Please Note Due to the GCSE Certificate Presentation Evening taking place on Wednesday 28 November 2018 all Enrichments will be cancelled on this day.
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Aristotle [384bc - 322bc] Classical philosophers recognised four cardinal virtues. These are behaviours that show a high moral standard. The four cardinal virtues are prudence, courage, self-control and justice. As you can see, there is a strong link between the cardinal virtues and our very own BRIDGES dispositions. Aristotle was born in 384BC in Ancient Greece. Along with Plato, he is considered the “Father of Western Philosophy”. So what did such a great thinker say about prudence? Why is it so important? • He referred to prudence as practical wisdom. By this, he means that it is not just something we think about and discuss, but instead we show prudence in our actions. • He stated that prudence is deliberative and not intuitive. This means that we can become more prudent with practice and effort. It is not something you are born with; you need to work to develop it.
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• Start a discussion with your son/daughter about GCSEs, A-levels, University courses and future careers. • Discuss a situation with your son/daughter when you acted prudently and a situation when you didn’t and talk about the impact of each response. • Talk to your son/daughter about how you manage the family income and out-goings.
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Khadija 8A and Shazaib 8N have shown prudence through their wisdom and good judgement in helping fellow students with talking through their problems and giving good advice.
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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 Ms Lapish Lead Pastoral Leader – KS4 Tutor 7A 7C 7E 7I 7N 7S 7W Total
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% Tutor % Tutor 92.2 8A 96.2 9A 95.2 8C 100.0 9C 91.5 8E 95.6 9E 98.3 8I 96.3 9I 98.3 8N 98.8 9N 98.8 8S 92.4 9S 95.9 8W 99.2 9W 95.7 Total 97.0 Total
% Tutor % Tutor 94.6 10A 93.4 11A 99.1 10C 91.6 11C 94.4 10I 95.1 11E 98.3 10N 92.2 11I 98.7 10S 89.9 11N 95.4 10T 91.8 11S 90.8 10W 94.0 11T 95.8 Total 92.6 Total
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Isaac Newton Academy's
Christmas Party 2018 Tuesday 11 December 3pm - 4:30pm
Every year Isaac Newton Academy hosts a Christmas themed afternoon tea for elderly members of our local community, governors and VIP guests including the Mayor. As part of our charitable endeavours and our commitment to community spirit we ask each form group to donate two Christmas gifts to present to our guests. Ideally the gifts should be suitable for either gender or one suitable for a man and one suitable for a women. These gifts need to be collected and wrapped ready for the party by Friday 30th November. Â Suitable gifts could include TTBiscuit tin sets TTShower gel & toiletries sets TTWinter clothing e.g. scarves, hats & gloves TTScented candles TTDecorative ornaments (not too fragile)
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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 The inter-form merit competition is heating up – with more and more merits being given out each week. 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
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YEAR 9
7S 7N 7W 7A 7C 7E 7I
665 625 583 460 456 433 312
8N 8C 8W 8I 8E 8S 8A
480 402 385 339 316 314 306
9E 9A 9C 9I 9S 9N 9W
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TOTAL YEAR 10 TOTAL YEAR 11 TOTAL
217 206 201 185 134 125 46
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91 72 61 57 52 15 14
11N 11E 11I 11A 11T 11C 11S
142 80 77 73 54 52 32
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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: Yakub Rashid 7S Year 8: Iraj Khan 8N Year 9: Taznim Hossain 9I Year 10: Denise Salvaterra 10T Year 11: Omeir Khan 11C
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!
Ikram Hussain 11N for being really helpful in English, staying behind to help sort out the classroom. - Mr Davoll
Mr Athwal Pastoral Leader for Year 11, i/c of Praise and Recognition
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Key Dates for
Autumn Term 2018 Monday 3rd September – Thursday 20th December INSET Days: Monday 26th & Tuesday 27th November
Spring Term 2019 Friday 4th January - Friday 5th April 2019 Half Term: Monday 18th - Friday 22nd February 2019 Independent Learning Days: Friday 4th January & Friday 8th March 2019 INSET Days: Monday 7th January & 11th March 2019 Wednesday 7th November Friday 23rd November Wednesday 21st November Friday 23rd November Monday 26th November Tuesday 27th November Wednesday 28th November Tuesday 11th December Friday 14th December Monday 17th December Wednesday 19th December Thursday 20th December Friday 4th January 2019 Monday 7th January 2019 Thursday 10th January Friday 11th January
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Year 11, 12 & 13 Mock examinations Ahmed Al-Khafaji Day No school for students Year 10 Skills LONDON trip INSET - No school for students INSET - No school for students GCSE Presentation Evening Community Party Christmas Jumper Day & Christmas Lunch Year 7 Awards Assembly Winter Concert Years 8-11 Awards Assemblies Independent Learning Day No school for students INSET - No school for students Year 9 Progress Meetings Years 7-10 Reports to parents Secondary Newsletter
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