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INA Principal's Newsletter

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Announcements

Prison Me, No Dear Parents and Carers, his week we celebrated World Book Way!

On Monday the Prison Me No Way! roadshow came to our school and ran several workshops with all the Year 9 students. I’d like to say thank you to all of the crew who came and actually volunteered to do this. I can tell that they were passionate about what they did and wanted to save youngsters’ lives from being wrecked. It showed that they cared and it’s nice to see that in our society. And it’s inspired me so much that maybe one day I’ll join them. I found the day really helpful and positive because it wasn’t a session I’d normally go through. The best part of the day for me was talking to Adrina, an ex-prisoner. Her story really touched my heart and taught me SO many things and I could relate to. Her character and her perspective on everything now is truly admirable. It’s so sad that something so tragic had to happen to her but her telling her story to us has really helped me.

Thank you once again to Prison Me No Way and especially to Adrina. I hope your workshops influence more people in a positive way and I hope crime goes down because if it.

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Day in a number of way: Mr Butler organised a treasure hunt at the secondary school and students and staff across both phases dressed as their favourite book characters (see the photos later in this edition!)

On Monday the Year 9s took part in a range of workshops organised by Prison Me No Way! The sessions explored various aspects of the law and introduced the students to members of the prison service, the emergency services and ex-prisoners and offenders. The students found the day both powerful and moving. The next day the Year 7s watched a drama workshop around Road Safety. Many thanks to Ms Stylianou for organising both events.

On the theme of road safety, could I please respectfully remind parents who drive their children to school that it is illegal to do U turns on the High Road. Not only is it extremely dangerous, but you run the risk of being caught on camera and fined if you pull in to the side, drop your child and them make a U turn to go back in the directions from which you came.

With all best wishes,

RP

achel Macfarlane, rincipal

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>>> News Dear Parents/Carers

We would like to invite you our upcoming Harkness parent workshop being held at Isaac Newton Academy from 6pm-7pm on Wednesday the 11th March.

Harkness is a student-led discussion-based teaching method used in a range of lessons here at Isaac Newton Academy. In the workshop we will be sharing information that will help you to understand the teaching method and how best to support your child with Harkness preparation tasks that have been set as Independent Learning.

If you would like to attend please let us know via email info@isaacnewtonacademy.org or drop into reception to register your interest by Monday the 9th of March.

We look forward to seeing you on the evening.

Leanne Abbott-Jones Lead Pastoral Leader

GCSE Baseline Assessment When?

Tuesday 10th March.

08:50am – 10:20am KS3 Hall

Why? • Assess how much of the KS3 curriculum you have understood • Identify areas that need addressing before we start the GCSE course

How to prepare: • Complete revision pack provided by your teacher th • Bring to lesson on Friday 6 March • Read through your notes in your books • Use MyMaths to revise What to expect: 1 paper – 1 hour 30 min 50% non-calculator, 50% calculator Covering any topic from the KS3 curriculum INA Newsletter 3

Y7 Prog ress Event On Tuesday 31st March from 8:50am-5:00pm Year 7 students have their progress event at Isaac Newton Academy.

Y7 will complete their appointments and a reflective learning pack, so will be required to be on site with a parent/carer/family member over 18 for part of the day and in a supervised location away from site for the remainder.

Y8 will have lessons as usual.

Y9 will learn remotely through learning posted on FRONTER with supervision arranged by parents and carers at a location away from the site.

Parents are responsible for ensuring Year 9 students (and Year 7 when they do not have appointments) are in an appropriate supervised location away from the INA site.

Y7 will attend for pre-arranged appointments and will manage their appointments in advance.

Enrichments/detentions will be cancelled.

Parents will sign to agree appointments in advance.

Tutors will sign to agree appointments.

Students will arrive punctually for appointments with a parent/guardian/family member over 18.

Students will be in full INA uniform.

Students will enter the KS3 Hall only and not be permitted elsewhere on site.

Parents are only permitted to be in reception, the hall or the ground floor corridor linking them.

Many thanks Mr Crowther-Green, Assistant Principal.

Spanish Trip to Barcelona – May 2015 A reminder that all payments for the Spanish Trip should have been made by Friday 13th March. The cost for this trip is £550 but you may pay the full balance at any time.

A Q&A meeting for all parents and carers has been organised for Wednesday 1st April at 5pm. This will be an opportunity for you all to familiarise yourselves with the timetable of activities and we will also be collecting all passports, EHIC cards, medical information and emergency contact details during the evening.

A letter outlining what you need to bring with you to this information evening will be given to your son or daughter after the half term holiday.

If you have any concerns or queries please contact me.

Mary Davies, Head of Languages 4  INA Newsletter

Languages Saturday Stretch On Saturday 28th February we welcomed Onkar, Emma, Justina and Eszter, undergraduate students studying a selection of languages at Cambridge University, to INA to deliver sessions for our Saturday Stretch. A group of 27 students were involved in these diverse yet informative sessions.

Our students got a taster of 4 very different language degrees: Italian, Arabic, German and language and linguistics. The tutorials were delivered in two halves and split in to four sessions, giving the students a chance to experience the different topics the undergraduates were studying in their different stages of learning.

Onkar delivered a session on Italian and we got to learn some of the basics of the language. By the end of the session we were able to greet each other, ask how people were, ask each other’s names and also where they came from all in Italian. This was really impressive given we had only practised for 30 minutes. After this we got to learn about some famous Italian people and foods.

English language. We were so surprised to see some of the most common similarities between the two. We learnt that some words, although the same in both languages, have very different meanings. For example, the word for ‘smoking’ is ‘suit’ in German.

The other seminar delivered by Eszter was on language and linguistics which was defined for us as the study of language. This was a really beneficial session as it really made us question what speakers really mean. We found this really advantageous as we were then able to study and apply the politeness theory by Paul Grice. We also got tips on how we can structure our sentences without being so vague.

At the end of the 4 sessions we gathered together in a big group and asked questions about Cambridge University and how the students got to studying at Cambridge. A big well done to everyone who participated and a massive thank you to the Cambridge students for visiting us!

In addition to Italian we also had an Arabic taster delivered by Emma. In this session we got to learn the basics of Arabic. This was a really motivating session as lots of our students had a head start because of their familiarity with Arabic already. Emma was really impressed with how much knowledge our students had in Arabic prior to her teaching us the fundamentals!

Further to Arabic we had a really inspiring session on the German language and how it relates to the

Sarah Hussain, Saturday Stretch Ambassador INA Newsletter 5

This Thursday was World Book Day, and the whole school celebrated with our first ever Character Dress Up Parade. Smiles were fixed firmly on teachers’ faces at morning line up when they were confronted by a sea of Oompa Loompas, wizards and witches, a Cheshire Cat and several fabulous Katniss Everdeens. Not to be outdone, the teachers donned their finest literary regalia. Students were treated to the sight of a hairy-footed hobbit, Fantastic Mr Fox, Two Mary Poppinses and Four Ninja Turtles! 8N rose to the occasion with a celebratory assembly in which they declared their undying love for books and the joy of reading. We can’t wait to do it all again next year!

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On Thursday 2nd April we will be holding our second awards assemblies of the year. This is an opportunity for the staff, students, governors and parents/carers to formally celebrate Year 7, 8 and 9 students’ achievements at the end of the spring term. There will be an assembly for each year group. Please note the times as follows: Year 8 10.10-10.55am Year 9 11.20-12.05pm Year 7 12.15-1.00pm 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 and would like to invite one parent to attend on behalf of the family. If you would like to attend, please ask your son/daughter to collect a ticket for the awards assembly from his/her form tutor. Please request your ticket by Monday 23rd March.

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

I look forward to seeing you on the 2nd April.

Jo Spencer and Leanne Abbott-Jones Vice Principal and Lead Pastoral Leader INA Newsletter 7

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Regular attendance is a crucial factor in students’ educational development and ability to achieve their full potential.

At Isaac Newton Academy every student is set the target of 100% attendance.

Well done to 9N for achieving their 100% target for last week, that is 2 weeks running for 9N, who look like they will be the form to beat this term. Well done also to Year 9 as a year group, who together achieved 98.5% last week demonstrating that they are taking attendance and the link to progress very seriously.

Last week form scores

7W 7T 7A 7E 7I 7C 7N 7S

99.5% 99.1% 97.8% 97.7% 97.4% 95% 93.9% 90.9%

Year Groups

Year 7 96.4%

8W 8T 8A 8N 8I 8E 8C 8S

97.4% 95.8% 95.5% 95% 94.5% 94.1% 93.2% 90.4%

9N 9C 9I 9E 9S 9A 9T 9W

100% 99.1% 99.1% 98.7% 98.7% 98.3% 98.2% 96.1%

Year 9 98.5%

Leanne Abbott-Jones Year 9 Pastoral Leader

Year 8 94.5%

Praise and Recognition

Merits

Students can receive merits for achievement, progress, contribution, or any of the BRIDGES dispositions.

Last half term’s totals were as follows:

Year 7 N A I S C T W E

1053 1038 933 889 866 825 803 757

Year 8 T E N S A I C W

784 732 698 665 639 573 564 560

Year 9 W N S E T A I C

691 669 540 539 510 423 396 394

1 s t p l a c e : N ( 2 4 2 0 m e r i t s) 3 r d p l a c e : A ( 2 1 0 0 ) m e r i t s) 1st place: N (2420 merits), 2nd place: T (2119 merits), 3rd place: A (2100 merits)

Well done to Nehaal Khandwalla who has broken through the 100 merit mark

Jennifer Byrne Year 8 Pastoral Leader, i/c Praise and Recognition INA Newsletter 9

The Mathematics department would like to encourage all students to enter next week’s Mathematician of the Moment competition.

Have a look at the problem below.

Answers to be written on a Maths postcard to be placed in the Maths post box no later than 4.10pm on Wednesday 11th March. Good luck and may the best form win!!!

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YEAR 8 & 9 GIRLS NETBALL V LOXFORD On Wednesday of this week both the Year 8 and 9 Netball teams played away at Loxford. Putting up a spirited fight, the Year 8 girls took the lead in their match through a goal from Yewande Oyebola. Unfortunately the team ending up losing out 4-1 despite fighting hard. Notable performances came from Aniqa Ahmed and Samiya Ahmed. The Year 9 team found Loxford on good form. Despite a great goal from Aneesah Hakim the team couldn’t quite match Loxford. Woman of the match went to Bedi Eliell.

YEAR 7 AND 8 BOYS FOOTBALL V ICHS First Game of the new year and Year 7 persevered to take all 3 points. Ilford County High School produced a very tough game which was only settled in the final few minutes with Abdi Omar securing all 3 points with a fine strike from 20 yards out to make it 3-2 to INA. An outstanding performance from everyone in the team but special mentions go to Thomas Cater, Cian Clinton and Abdi Omar.

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Faruq Sultan (7S) Zayd Selant (7E) Cian Clinton (7W) Arjan Sandhu (7A) Radeen Navareyan (7S) Abdi Omar (7A) Yusuf Butt (7N) Ilyas Vaseem (7E) Luke Overton (7T) Thomas Cater (7W) Arjan Tathgar (7T) Qasim Nawaz (7I) Ayman Oulad-Lafkuih (7T) Noah Hawthorne (7A)

The Year 8 team found ICHS an even tougher opposition. Missing a few players from their usual squad the team struggled in the windy conditions and lost the game 4-0. This was despite a man of the match performance from Neel Banarsee.

YEAR 8 BOYS FOOTBALL V VALENTINES

The Year 8 team quickly put the defeat against ICHS to the back of their minds with a fantastic performance against Valentines High School. At the end of a fiercely contested first half the score was 0-0. At the start of the second half Valentines took an early 2-0 lead due to lapses in concentration. However, an excellent 2 minute spell from INA resulted in2 goals from man of the match Gyane Sanderson. He firstly scored a penalty showing great bravery, being that he missed one in the same game last year. Then, a matter of seconds later, he finished off a great team move with a cool finish into the bottom corner. The game was still very tight when Gyane was again involved and produced a save from the Valentines keeper allowing Yameen Aslam to put the 12 INA Newsletter

ball in the net for the winner! Valentines kept battling but were kept out by warrior defending from the likes of captain Saleem Kidiya, Esher Bahara and Mohammad Awadh. Clearly the inspirational positive team talk from Djevia Eliell had worked! A great win!

NEXT WEEK'S EXTRA-CURRICULAR FIXTURES (week commencing Monday 9th March)

P.E. DEPARTMENT SPORT NEW OUTFITS FOR WORLD BOOK DAY

Year 9 Boys Football v Chadwell – Monday (a) Year 7 Boys Football v Forest Academy (h) Monday Year 9 Girls Netball v Mayfield (h) – Wednesday Year 8 Boys Football v Beal (h) – Cup quarter final – Wednesday Year 9 ARK Rugby 7’s tournament (a) London Youth Games Boccia tournament (a)

The P.E. department celebrated world book day with the rest of INA by dressing up as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Ms AbbottJones was Donatello, Mr Healey was Leonardo, Mr Beattie was Raphael and Ms Hutson was Michelangelo.

P.E. ENRICHMENT TIMETABLE AFTER SCHOOL - 4.15 - 5.15 LUNCH - 1.00 - 1.30 DAY MON TUES WED

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TEACHER

VENUE

Table Tennis

TrB

Activity Studio

Rugby

OT

Sports Hall

Football

DL

MUGA

Judo Club

External

Sports Hall

Basketball

MCG

Sports Hall

Table tennis

PG

Activity Studio

Dance

LF

Stretch and Challenge

DB

Sports Hall

Fitness Club

FRI

Badminton club

Tuesday WED

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Spring Spectacular practise and BH, EH, LAJ Sports Hall preparation THUR

Judo Club

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Activity Studio

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External

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Seated Volleyball (Open TrB to everyone)

Activity Studio

“Raising the Bar”

BH

Sports Hall

Football

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MUGA

Year 7 and 8 Netball

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Year 7 Basketball Club (Open to everyone)

BH

Sports Hall

Sports Hall

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Activity Studio

Dance

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IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS! TRY SOMETHING NEW! KEEP FIT! MAKE NEW FRIENDS! UNLEASH YOUR ENERGY! INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING INTO A TEAM! INA Newsletter 13

The BRIDGES focus for the fortnight Monday 2nd March – Friday 14th March is:

Open Mindedness and Curiosity

Michal Husain is a journalist and TV and radio news presenter. As a journalist she has to show openmindedness by listening to all points of view and not jumping to conclusions. She shows curiosity and a desire to explore and investigate news stories and question interviewees. Michal gained her first experience of journalism at the age of 18, as a reporter in Islamabad at Pakistan's English-language newspaper The News.

Having graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in Law and an interest in international law and human rights, Michal entered the European University Institute in Italy, where she earned her masters degree.

Michal has since worked in a variety of roles, presenting the BBC’s Breakfast programme, and the BBC business news, News at Six and News at Ten and the Today programme on Radio 4. She was the BBC’s Washington correspondent, serving as the main news anchor through the build up to the invasion of Iraq and during the war. Michal has interviewed many high-profile figures during her career.

Open Mindedness Being open to new experiences and ideas Behaviours Listening to all points of view, not jumping to conclusions, being willing to consider new ways of looking at things and trying new things.

Curiosity A desire to investigate and find out more.

Behaviours Asking questions e.g. I wonder why…? What if…? Actively and independently seeking answers, being enthusiastic about learning and viewing gaps in your knowledge as opportunities for development.

Top tips Students As you are learning, record the questions that spring to mind so you can investigate them at another time.

Read a book by a different author or a read a genre of book you have not explored before.

Debate a news story or an issue you feel strongly about from the opposite viewpoint.

Do some further research on a topic that you have studied in class.

Parents Visit a museum or gallery with your son/daughter and discuss the items on display.

Watch a topical news story together and talk about the different viewpoints expressed.

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hank you to those parents/carers that were able to make it to the coffee morning last Friday; it was lovely to see so many of you. Thank you too for your support, you managed to raise £64!! Thank you to the Friends of INA (FOINA) for organising the event and supplying such lovely cakes and croissants – just what I needed with a cup of coffee first thing in the morning! Keep at look out for future dates

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World Book Day – Thursday 5th March

The pupils and staff looked absolutely amazing; thank you parents/carers for supporting the children with their fantastic character costumes. We had a superb day – Winnie the Witch was very upset that she didn’t have the opportunity to turn any children in to a frog for her soup that evening – maybe next time!!

It was lovely having some parents pop in on during the afternoon to read a story to the children; the pupils really enjoyed your stories. I hope that this is something we can encourage more parents to get involved with on a more regular basis.

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Enrichment Day Monday 4.005.00pm Tuesday 4.005.00 Tuesday 4.005.00 Tuesday 4.005.00 Thursday 4.00- 5.00 Thursday 4.00 – 5.00 Friday 4.00 – 5.00

Club Football Judo

Lead By Ms Mackay & Ms Harris Heart of Oak Judo Club

IT Club

Ms Ali

Cooking Club

Ms McKernan & Ms Brown

Disney Arts & Ms Kourris crafts Just Dance

Ms Uddin

Gymnastics

Ms Broadway

Guided Reading Please remember to bring your child’s ‘guided reading’ book back on the correct day. Your child also has home record book for you to write your comments about your child’s reading and progress. You could also include any extension activities that you may have done with the book too. Thank you for your support. If in the rare event a book is lost or damaged, we will ask parents/carers to pay for the cost of replacing the book.

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The following pupil has received 25 or more merits since September for making good choices and moving up to gold on the class ‘good choice chart’ – this is fantastic achievement. A special ‘bronze’ certificate will be presented during Friday’s assembly.

Zoya Abassi

Headteacher’s Lunch

Well done to these pupils who have been nominated for the Headteacher’s Lunch for next Thursday 12th March; an invitation will be given to the children during our Friday Celebration and Awards Assembly Naniyah Owusu Osman Dean Aqeel Nazir Ceylan Warner Ali ullah Rohan Taheem Lara Burvill Every week each teacher chooses two children from their class to receive a certificate in assembly, one in recognition of a child demonstrating our BRIDGES habit of the week, and the other in recognition of a pupil’s academic effort throughout the week.

Well done to the following children, who have been recognised this week!

Curie Class: Charan Chaggar – Headteacher’ Habits Award (for sharing well in the garden centre role play area and letting her friends go first.)

Zahra Abbas – Scholar of the Week (for working hard to practise number bonds in maths this week.)

Maxwell Class: Anum Imran – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for displaying emotional intelligence by working well with her partner during cooking club.)

Miguel Genov – Scholar of the Week (for working out number bonds within 5, then extending his learning by independently working out bonds within 10 – well done.)

Newton Class:

Primary Praise and Recognition

Praise and Recognition

Mohammad Aadam Natha – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being a great table partner and helping others with their learning.)

Lara Burvill – Scholar of the Week (for trying really hard and working harder in all lessons, showing she is always ready to learn.).)

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At Isaac Newton Academy every student is set the target of 100% attendance.

The class with the highest attendance at the end of every week is awarded the attendance trophy during Friday’s Award & Recognition assembly.

Curie

98.6%

Maxwell

86.1%

Newton

99.3%

Overall

94.7%

Well done to Newton Class, you are the winners this week and so very close to 100% - maybe next week?!

It is important that the children attend school every day and do not miss any learning. Thank you for your support in ensuring your child is at school every day.

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ATTENDANCE

Regular attendance is a crucial factor in students’ educational development and ability to achieve their full potential.

"We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” Isaac Newton BRIDGES are habits of mind or learning characteristics that develop a pupil's character and learning power and enable him/her to grow into a well-rounded individual and resilient learner.

There are seven BRIDGES habits that we will be working on, which will rotate on a weekly cycle throughout the year. The BRIDGES habit of the week will always be introduced at the beginning of the week during the Monday assembly and reinforced throughout the week across the curriculum.

Each class teacher will award a certificate to a pupil that they feel has demonstrated the BRIDGES focus for the week.

Each week we will update you on the BRIDGES habit that will be introduced in the coming week and offer some top tips on how to reinforce the habit at home too. Please also refer to the Primary BRIDGES wheel above Week commencing 9th March – Self-Discipline Self-Discipline Displaying habits of organisation, hard-work, absorption, practising, prioritising, planning, prudence, revising, self-regulation, independence and motivation..

At home and school: To help the children understand the structure and order of the day, we always start with a visual timetable. Each part of the day is represented by a picture; this helps the children to understand the daily routine. With the start of enrichment clubs and some children needing to bring their PE kit to school on additional days or with the children needing to bring their guided reading book to school on certain days, it may help to create a visual/pictorial timetable at home to help your child become more organised. This could be displayed in your child’s room or in a central place like the kitchen where you can both check what is needed the night before, ready for the following day. This will allow your child to become more involved in preparing for their learning each day and gaining independence.

Here’s an example of the one used in our classrooms.

Tam Broadway, Head of Primary

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Parent Information Board Free Family Fitness Sessions P.A.L.A.C.E (Physical Activity and Lifestyle Advantages for Community Enrichment) has secured some funding from The London Mayor's Free Sport for London to offer Family Fitness activities.

P.A.L.A.C.E have delivered various activities at Isaac Newton Academy, namely Women’s Basketball (Wednesday evening) and Keep fit sessions (Monday evenings) and have identified a need for women with young children (aged 5-11) who want to exercise/keep fit.

Saturday 7th March 10.00am-11am Saturday 14th March 10.00am-11am Saturday 21st March 10.00am-11am For further details please contact on either: Mobile: 07795 064 116 or Email: p.a.l.a.c.e@hotmail.co.uk

Future Key Dates & Events

Wednesday 11th March

Parents’ Maths Mastery Workshop 6.00

–7.00pm Wednesday 25th March

Spring Spectacular (further details to follow)

Tuesday 31st March

Primary Parents’ Progress Meetings – Early

School Finish at 12.00pm Wednesday 1st April

Easter Egg Hunt (further details to

follow) Thursday 2nd April

End of Term Praise & Recognition

Celebration (further details to follow)

The Primary will close at 1.40pm for the

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Primary Reminders Wisepay Details

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Wisepay details have been given to everyone now, which will allow you to order uniform items and also to book a place for ‘Breakfast Club’ or ‘After School Club’. If you experience any problems, please contact Ms Rayner who will be happy to help

• Please make sure that if your child has long hair, that it is tied back neatly.

• We expect every child to be in full uniform every day.

• Please ensure your child attends school every day and on time. If your child is sick then you must call the office to let us know by 8.15am.

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Key Dates for 2015 Spring Term Saturday 7th March Saturday Stretch: Maths Tuesday 10th March Year 9 Maths exam Wednesday 11th March Rugby Sevens (Year 9) 6pm Harkness Parent Workshop Thursday 12th March Year 9 Trip to Othello at the Globe Bocia Youth Games Friday 13th March ARK Mega Maths Wrangle Thursday 19th March Maths Relay Wednesday 25th March HPV vaccines Performing Arts Spring Spectacular Thursday 26th March ARK Debating Championships Tuesday 31st March Year 7 Progress Meetings (during the day). No lessons for Years 7 & 9 students

Progress Meetings for parents of Reception students (no afternoon lessons for primary students) Wednesday 1st April Secondary Big Band competition Thursday 2nd April Secondary Awards Assemblies & End of Term. Students finish at lunchtime.

Summer Term Monday 20th April - Tuesday 21st July Tuesday 21st April Parent workshop about Growth Mindset 6pm Tuesday 30th April Year 8 Shaking Up Shakespeare performance Year 7 Three Musketeers performance Wednesday 6th May Year 7 Sunday Skills and Revision Workshop

Parent workshop on Applying to University 6pm Wednesday 13th May BRIDGES Mentoring pm (no afternoon lessons in the secondary school) Thursday 14th May Year 7s trip to Rochester Friday 15th May Year 7s trip to Rochester Monday 25th May Residential trip to Barcelona Half Term: Monday 25 – Friday 29 May 2015 Staff Training Days: Friday 26th June, & Friday 3rd July

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Term Dates for 2015-16 Autumn Term Monday 7th September - Friday 18th December Half Term 26th - 30th October Spring Term Monday 4th January - Thursday 24th March Half Term 15th - 19th February Summer Term Monday 11th April - Wednesday 20th July Half Term 30th May - 3rd June INSET days to be decided

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