Marriotts Weekly News Aim high. Work hard. Be kind. 9th November 2018

Dear Parents, Carers, Students and Families I hope that you are well and that you had a good half term week. Students have made an excellent start to the new half term. Today students took part in special assemblies for Armistice Day, see further details below. Have a restful weekend. Kind regards Ms B Honnor Headteacher

Marriotts School commemorates the Centenary of Armistice Day On Friday 9th November, Marriotts school commemorated the centenary of the end of the First World War by bringing staff and students together in special assemblies held throughout the morning. The assemblies reflected on the experiences of soldiers from not only the Great War but across all of the conflicts throughout the 20th Century and the on-going commitment of British Servicemen and women to whom the school acknowledges a debt of thanks. Led by Mr Kerr (Assistant Headteacher) the assemblies blended together an array of poetry, music, film footage and veterans accounts of the war. Students left the assemblies with a clear sense of the importance of the Remembrance Day and its continuing role beyond 2018. The school looks forward to supporting the commemorations taking place in the Old Town on Sunday. Special thanks go to the Head Boy and Head Girl, Connor and Rebecca for their readings and to the talented Josh for his accompaniment on piano.

Inset Day We would like to remind parents that Friday 16th November is an Inset Day and the school is closed to students.

Anti Bullying Week Next week is Anti Bullying week (12-16 November). For this topic, we are looking at how kindness impacts people, how small acts of kindness can go a long way. We will be showing students different video clips in form time each day, promoting kindness around school and encouraging students to make a difference to someone in some small way. During form time this will be discussed and staff will offer Yellow Reward Slips for students that go above and beyond in kindness. The following articles below are interesting reading at home: 7 Acts of Kindness from the couch and the BBC news report about bullying and the relationship between adults and children. Please see below a link to articles related to this topic: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-46140135

https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/the-kindness-blog/2926-7-ways-to-save-the-world-from-your-couch

Library event Our fantastic and dedicated librarians delivered a Halloween event in the library during the last week of term. We had a display of new horror and thriller books, information sheets about horror within Literature and a ‘create your own’ horror bookmark competition. By the end of the week, the majority of the books had been enthusiastically taken out by students; this is brilliant! Well done to Alice, Nathan and Jack on a very successful event.

Robot Rumble Intermediate Round A number of our students competed at the day-long Robot Rumble Intermediate Challenge today, Friday 9th November, alongside schools from all over Hertfordshire. The day started off with the team presentation, where the students introduced their robot, KARA J22-M18, to a panel of judges, confidently explaining their design and testing process. Each round involved a series of the 3 challenges, with a chance to improve the robot before going again into the next round. Despite setbacks, our team managed to attempt all games and came through as a team. The students acquired many fresh ideas on how to approach the challenges and are going back to the design board enthusiastically to prepare for the finals. The team did really well and we are looking forward to the finals in January.

Word of the Week As part of the school's drive to advance the reading skills of every student we are focusing on broadening vocabulary by teaching key academic words explicitly in class. To support this, we have introduced a 'Word of the Week' (WOW) that features key, high-frequency words used by all faculties across the school. The aim is to use these words as much as possible to ensure that the precise meaning is embedded to allow students to use these words accuracy in academic writing and talk in their subjects. Please support your child and the school by using this word at home and challenging your child to use it accurately.

The WOW for w/c 12th November is: Proportion

The relationship of one thing to another in terms of quantity, size, or number; ratio (noun). Example:

“Orange squash ca be diluted with water in the proportion one-part squash to ten parts water."

Rewards and Recognition Teachers regularly issue Achievement Points to students who are Aiming High, Working Hard or Being Kind. Rewards and recognition of achievement are given out through Achievement Points, which are given each week we would like to congratulate the following students who have received Green and Yellow slips. Green Slips We would like to congratulate the following students who have received a Green Slip up to 9th November.

Clemmie C 7A Jack A 8A Kacey C 9A Tahir A 10A Liberty E 11A

Demari 7A

Eva E 8A

Roxana C 9A

Lorenc B 10A

Lauren W

11A

Ella L 7A

Chloe S 8A

Lewis J 9A

Alesio F 10A

Harry L 11F

Chris M 7A

Lacey-Jay B

8B

Joel B 9D

Hannah H 10A

Isaac B 11G

Crystalline Oj 7A

Max C 8B

Anita O 9D

Joe P 10A

Kieran L 11G

Kyle W 7A

Grace G 8B

Jake S 9E

Victory A 10B

Faye A 11H

Corey C 7B

Thomas L 8B

Harrison M

9H

Shannon P

10C

Morgan J 11H

Gabriela P 7B

Chloe L 8B

Liam S 9H

Francis D 10D

Ethan M 11H

Aidan W 7B

Sophie L 8B

Megan M 10E

Harriet M

11H

Melisa 7C

Troy M 8B

Amy D 10F

Emily R 11H

Abbie C 7C

Kenny M 8B

Roman T 11H

Hannah C 7C

Billy W 8B

William O 7C

Isla W 8B

Regan S 7C

Reece B 8C

Jayden C 7D

Harrison B 8C

George L 7D

Sophie C 8C

Finley R 7D

Keenan O 8C

Mia R 7D

Emma R 8C

Millie W 7D

Aimee S 8C

Megan B 7E

Ty T 8C

Andrew C 7E

Skye A 8D

Riaz C 7E

Katie B 8D

Tori J 7E

Jaimee D 8D

Corey M 7E

Kayleigh H 8D

Ronnie S 7E

Levi McM 8D

Jay C 7F

Chloe P 8D

Ronnie G 7F

Georgia S 8D

Jack S 7F

Gemma W 8E

Kristi W 7F

Jamie C 8G

Jasmine C 7G

Shirley O 8H

William F 7G

Tom T 8H

Dominic H 7G

Hendrik K 7G

Ebony M 7G

Victoria R 7G

Sammi - Jo T 7G

Owen T 7G

Jonah W 7G

Jack A 7H

Alfie B 7H

Matthew C 7H

Jack D 7H

Luke G 7H

Max H 7H

Alisha H 7H

Praise M 7H

Harley M 7H

Isaac R 7H

Keira V-W 7H

Kian W 7H

Joshua W 7H

Roanne W 7H

Yellow Slips In addition, each week Conduct Points are analysed (Achievement Points minus Behaviour Points) and Yellow Slips and rewards awarded to the students in each year group. We would like to congratulate the following students who have received a Yellow Slip up to 22nd October:

Tabi M 7D Tehya O 8A Jenna G 9H Darnell P 10H Gaby K 11A

Millie W 7D Ryan B 8A Adam P 9H Charlie P 10D Liberty E 11A

Lucian R 7A Holly N 8B Mickey s 9C Tom H 10C Maia T 11A

Bethany C 7D Tarawat S 8B Grace M 9C Alfie J 10D Lauren W 11A

Mia R 7D Sam D 8A Nathan C 9A Jodie G 10G

Shenelle D 11A

Kiana C 7D Amber H 8A Amelia A 9H Kiera E 10F

Michael D 11A

Bradley E 7A Chloe S 8A

Thandiwe O'R 9C

Jaydene G 10F Danish S 11A

Evie H 7D Eva E-W 8A Emily P 9C Samuel K 10B Amy H 11A

Charlie C 7D Kate M 8A Kyla B 9F

Megan M 10E Aerion J 11A

Hendrik K 7G Thomas P 8A Lidia S 9F Bailey K 10C

Hannah W 11D

Sports Report

We have had some amazing sporting activities taking place recently. The information below highlights some of the games that have taken place during Monday 22nd October to Wednesday 7th November 2018. We would like to thank all students who have taken part and represented Marriotts at these games. Football – Year 9 result: Herts County Cup Sir John Lawes 1 – 4 Marriotts

N Donoghue B Heaps J Redmond (2)

Decisive performance against strong opposition who never gave up. Mr Williams praised the determination shown by the team which has seen the team progress to the next round of the cup. Next game = Nobel at home – Nov 13th Football – Senior X1 result: District League Priory 1 – 7 Marriotts

A Doherty B Chapman K Tearle (3) M Ndlovu (2)

Tougher game than the score line suggested, the half time score was 2 – 1. Players stuck to their tasks and the quality shone through in the end to achieve a dominant win with some stunning goals scored. Netball – Year 7 results District League Marriotts 11 – 2 Barclay Comprehensive win and a fantastic result. Marriotts 2 – 15 John Henry Newman Disappointing result but Miss Fallows was very pleased with the performance and resilience shown against a formidable opponent.

Important Safeguarding Notice May I please remind you that access to the school for parents, carers and visitors is via the main entrance on Brittain Way. The Telford Avenue entrance is for the Sports Centre and those students walking to and from school only. We have a statutory duty to keep our site safe and secure for our students therefore we cannot permit anyone to access the school building from Telford Avenue, anyone visiting the school via Telford Avenue will not be able to access the main reception and will be asked to leave the site and travel around to Brittain Way. Our reception is open between the hours of 7:45 to 16:30 Monday to Thursday and 7:45 to 16:00 Friday all visitors to the school must use this entrance in order that all the necessary signing in and safeguarding procedures can be followed. Under no circumstances should visitors be walking through the school unaccompanied, thank you for your understanding.

Lost Property

We currently have a large volume of lost property in Student Reception, the items include: winter coats, blazers, trainers and PE kits. Unfortunately, most of the items have no names inside or labelled in any way and therefore we are unable to return them to the right student. All lost property will be on display in main reception from Monday 12th – Wednesday 14th November 2018 from 3.00pm-4.30pm. Please feel free to visit main reception during these times to see if you are able to identify and reclaim any lost property that belongs to your child. Any unclaimed items will be donated to a local charity on Thursday 15th November 2018.

Could we please remind parents to ensure their son/daughter’s uniform is clearly labelled.

Dates for your Diary 2018/19 Friday 16 November – Inset Day – school closed to students Thursday 29 November – Parents’ Evening Year 7, 4-7pm Friday 30 November – Occasional Day – school closed to students Friday 21 December – last day of term Christmas holiday: Monday 24 December 2018 – Friday 4 January 2019 Monday 7 January – First day of term (Week 2) Half term holiday: Monday 18 February – Friday 22 February Friday 8 March – Inset Day – school closed to students Friday 5 April – last day of term Easter holiday: Monday 8 April – Monday 22 April 2019 Tuesday 23 April – First day of term (Week 2) Monday 6 May – Bank Holiday – school closed Half term holiday: Monday 27 May 2019 – Friday 31 May 2019 Monday 8 July – Year 6 Transition Evening, 6-8pm Thursday 11 July – Year 6 Transition Day Friday 12 July – Sports Day Monday 15 July – Presentation Evening, 6-8pm Friday 19 July – last day of term Summer holiday: Thursday 25 July 2019 – Friday 30 August 2019