Isaac Newton Academy Newsletter – Secondary Newsletter from Rachel Macfarlane
Dear Parents and Carers, Yesterday we welcomed all our new Year 6 students for a taster day. They had a busy day of tests and familiarisation activities and were presented with a book each to read over the summer and a book mark with a personal message from a year 7 INA student. We look forward to seeing them again on 21st July for uniform collection. Congratulations to all our students who represented INA this week in the borough athletics and performed so well. Congratulations too to our Teen Tech Finalists. Read all about these events later in the newsletter. On Tuesday 5th July the National Union of Teachers (NUT) have called members out on strike. School will be closed to all secondary students (please note that the primary pupils have school as usual). Many families will be celebrating Eid at the start of next week. If Eid falls on Tuesday 5th July it will therefore not be necessary for families to request a leave of absence. If Eid falls on Wednesday 6th July, parents are entitled to request leave of absence for one school day only by completing the INA Leave of Absence form (available from the school office) and returning it IN ADVANCE. We do not anticipate that Eid will fall as late as Thursday so we expect all students to be in school on Thursday 7th July. On Friday 8th July the school is closed for staff training. With all best wishes, Rachel Macfarlane