18 December 2015

INASecondaryNewsletter

Community Party 2015

PP. 10-11

We need more Work Experience placements!

Do you work in a career that would interest our students? If so please contact us: info@

isaacnewtonacademy.orgYear 10 students will complete a work experience placement from Monday 20th June 2016 – Friday 24th June 2016 and we need your help! If you feel you can offer a placement please read the placement guide below and contact Mr Crowther-Green by email: info@isaacnewtonacademy.org with the title Work Experience. Please provide a work address, brief details of the type of work, potential duties and include a contact name, telephone number and email. Placement guide• Employers must have a Health and Safety policy and Public

Liability Insurance• Placements should be easily reachable from INA by public

transport• Students should not be working in a confined space with a single

employer (safeguarding reasons)• Employers offering placements will need to complete an

agreement and send details of dress, days, times, tasks and any specific information

• Students will complete a project which they will work through during their placement

We welcome friends and family of INA students to offer placements to INA students. We want students to broaden their horizons and we want students to be completing a work experience that they could not easily organise themselves. Therefore students cannot complete work experience with family and friends. If you have an questions please contact Mr Crowther-Green by email: info@isaacnewtonacademy.org.

Mr Crowther-Green

Can you support INA?

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Dear Parents and Carers

Our last newsletter of the term gives details of some of the wonderful activities that our students have been engaged in in the last two weeks: we certainly haven’t been relaxing into the holidays!

Last night many of you joined us for a fantastic Winter Concert at which a significant number of our students from all year groups performed. It was a spectacular event, showcasing the range of musical skills that our students are developing. Many thanks to Mr Morgan, Ms Hope, Mr Fowler, Ms Morten, Mr Robinson and Mr Coughlin, as well as to all the staff and student performers!

Today we say a goodbye to Ms Malik for two terms. She is taking a short break from work to support her son while he recovers from an operation. We look forward to having her back with us in September. I am delighted to report that Ms Benmouh will be taking Ms Malik’s classes during her absence.

We have a new Technology teacher, Ms Hinds, joining us in January. She has written a message to introduce herself:

“I am very much looking forward to joining Isaac Newton Academy in the New Year as a Design and Technology teacher. Since the opening of Isaac Newton Academy in 2012, I have aspired to work here and was thrilled to be offered the opportunity to join such an exciting environment to enrich pupils’ learning both inside and outside the classroom.Having visited the school I was very impressed with the facilities and the general ethos of the school. I am passionate about all areas of DT, especially Food and TextilesTechnology, which I will be taking a lead role in.

I am from Redbridge myself and attended Valentines High School. From there I went on to study Management and Marketing of Textiles at the University of Manchester. On my return to London I successfully passed my PGCE in Food and Textiles at the University of East London. My first teaching role took me to Caterham High School. I have spent the last two years at the City Academy, Hackney, where I have progressed tremendously and took a lead role in special educational needs alongside teaching all areas of Design and Technology. I am now looking forward to returning to Redbridge and passing on my knowledge and passion to the students at Isaac Newton Academy.

I cannot think of a better way to start my new year!”

With best wishes,

Rachel Macfarlane,

Principal

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Year 10 Speak Out Success

On Friday 11th December, 29 Year 10 students took their first steps in the Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge. It is

the first time that the Academy has participated in this national competition and our students got off to a great start, having a full day of coaching in their presentation skills. As well as considering voice, body language and style, the students learnt how to structure and craft a speech that would grab an audience’s attention and make their voices heard. One particular feature of the coaching was working on speaking confidently without notes; the group discussed how this could support them with university applications and future employment .

The day culminated with the first competition round where students delivered their speeches in front of the group, myself, and Carl, their Jack Petchey coach. Speech topics were varied and included, bullying, protecting the environment, artificial intelligence and diving. The quality level was so high that it was impossible for me to judge alone, so we have taken seven students through to a Year 10 assembly final, to be held in January, where two of the students will be selected to represent their school in the Redbridge heats.

Congratulations to all who participated and delivered such wonderful speeches, but in particular to our finalists: Halema Anjum, Keanna Bhalla, Zaynah Chaudhry, Max Haluwa, Yusra Kilic, Simran Larr and Awais Seyyad.

Ms Atkinson

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On the 12th of December 25 students spanning across

years 7,8 and 9 met to take part in a Geography Saturday Stretch session. We welcomed Aditi Arora, a Geography undergraduate in her second year of study at Southampton University. Aditi began by explaining and describing how she ended up a budding geographer:

It all started during my GCSEs when I scored 100% in my human geography exam therefore I thought I’d take it for A level. I became a member of the Royal Geographical Society where I attended lectures and regularly read the FT, National Geographic Magazine and kept up to date with general affairs.

During my time studying, I realised how geography is a discipline that it is constantly evolving and is present everywhere and every day. Furthermore, it spans multiple disciplines which meant I could study other subjects within Geography that I really enjoyed such as Economic Geography, Geographies of Wellbeing and Cultural Geographies.

I did Geography, Maths, Economics and French at A level as well as gaining a qualification in Finance and achieved 5 As overall. I am a huge advocate of ‘smart’ working i.e. that quality of work has a much greater impact than quantity of hours put in. I have always been extremely busy having played most girls sports and toured internationally in Hockey and Netball as well as performing dances nationally and playing hockey for Essex. This was only all possible because I ensured that the hours I had available to study were all of high productivity!”

Helpfully, Aditi explained the keys differences between human and physical geography; both courses that universities commonly offer. She detailed that under the umbrella term of Human Geography you would be likely to cover modules in Economics, Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, Globalisation and Social Justice, Welfare and Rights. If you were to opt for Physical Geography you would study such units as Maths, Geology, Environmental Science and The Earth System. It was helpful to know the key differences between the two and helped cement the students’ understanding of Geography at degree level.

Aditi went on to talk about the possible career paths available at the end of a degree in Geography and talked

more about some of the invaluable transferable skills she has learned from studying the discipline, to include:

• Goodcommunicationand strong presentational skills• IndependentResearching• TimeManagement• ExcellentWritingSkills• ProducingandInterpreting Maps• Fieldworktechniques

Lastly, the session concluded with a very active challenge; each group was charged with the task of blowing up a balloon and creating the world with a marker. Students had to draw from their geographical knowledge to correctly place continents and countries. Students were given extra marks for adding in famous landmarks.

Each group presented their world and special mention goes to Kisanth Ravi, Jay Amin and Zafirah Bhatti in year 7 who blew the year 8s and 9s out of the water with their presentational skills! They had correctly placed all countries and landmarks as well as delivering an engaging and impressive presentation.

The session was a great success and certainly equipped the students with a more comprehensive view of Geography beyond Isaac Newton Academy.

When asked the question ‘do you think the session was helpful?’ some students said:

“Yes because I was told about the process of going to university and it has helped me plan my future.”

“Yes, I learnt about the responsibilities that come with university and the skills I need”.

When asked if the session had prompted them to consider studying this subject at university some students said:

“Yes because it seems really fun and enjoyable- at first I didn’t think so!”

Saturday Stretch: Geography

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PE AT ISAAC NEWTON ACADEMY

Fixtures and ResultsLast week student took part in Handball and Volleyball at the Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The lucky students that got selected for this trip were the INA girls who had won the Redbridge Handball Championships the previous week.

This was a great opportunity to be exposed to the sport Volleyball and a great chance to further their knowledge of Handball which is still really new to them despite their success. Sessions were run by athletes from both the Handball and Volleyball Team GB squad. All students thoroughly enjoyed the sessions and came away with a wealth of knowledge about sports which were unfamiliar to them. The student represented INA exceptionally well.

Upcoming fixtures6th January• Year 9 Netball vs Forest Academy (Away)7th January • KS4 Badminton Tournament (Home)• BOCCIA Tournament (Away)

Last week the Year 10 Sports Leadership Group got to test out their planning and leadership skills by running a Year 1 multi-skills session. The students have been learning about the skills and qualities needed for effective sports leadership as well as looking at activities suitable for primary age children and having a go at planning their own sessions. The session ran smoothly and fun was had by all involved, it was great to see the year 1 students responding

so well to the enthusiasm demonstrated by the sports leaders. They were full of energy and engaged brilliantly with every task.

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PE AT ISAAC NEWTON ACADEMY

After school Lunch timeDay 1st Lunch

(Year 10)2nd Lunch (year 7,8 &9)

Mon Boys Handball (Year 8 &9)

Tues Basketball club (Year 8&9

Wed Basketball club (BH)

Girls Handball Year 8 & 9

Thur Year 7 Handball Boys and Girls

Fri Handball Club (BH)

Basketball (Year 7) Girls and Boys

PE department extra-curricular and enrichment clubs

Improve your skills! Try something new! Keep fit! Make new friends! Unleash your

energy! Increase your chances of getting into a team!

DAY CLUB TEACHER VENUE

Mon Handball DB Sports Hall

Netball EH MUGA

Table Tennis GW Activity Studio

Tues Judo Club External Sports Hall

Wed Yr 9 S+C BH Sports Hall

Rugby Club OT Knox Field/MUGA

Thur Yr 10 Football AT MUGA

Table Tennis BW Activity Studio

Yr 8 Basketball JL Sports Hall

Seated Volleyball

MB Activity Studio

Football/Cricket Yr 7

TB MUGA

Fri Badminton club External Sports Hall

Girls’ Sports club

AN MUGA

Bike Club EC, DH, BB MUGA

Football/Cricket Yr8

AG Knox Field

Pleasenotethatthisfloodlitallweatherpitchisavailableforhireoutsideschoolhours.Forenquiries,please contact the school via phone or email.

Our new 3G Pitch

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This week’s Mathematicians of the Moment

Yaaseen  Hussain  (9N)  Dev  Sharma  (8A)  

Taeina  Begum  (8A)    

Tasnim  Towfa  (7W)    

Vinay  Solanki  (9T)    Rahaman  Moorthy  (7I)    

Well done to the following students who are this week’s Mathematicians of the Moment. Please collect a merit from Mr

Dukes

7I 100 7S 30 7A 100 7C 7N 180 7E 80 7W 150 7T

8I 8S 90 8A 280 8C 30 8N 100 8E 10 8W 8T

9I 9S 9A 620 9C 9N 860 9E 190 9W 540 9T 720

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The Mathematics department would like to encourage all students to enter the Mathematician of the Moment competition when it starts up again in the New Year.

Answers to be written on a Maths postcard and be placed in the Maths post box no later than 4.10pm on the last day of the fortnightly problem.

Answers on a postcard to be handed to Mr Dukes (G42) by Thursday 4.10pm latest!

Monday 30th November to Thursday 10th December YEAR 7 - PROBLEM OF THE WEEK

Find  the  dimensions  of  a  rectangle  whose  perimeter  is  68cm  and  area  is  240cm2.

Monday 30th November to Thursday 10th December YEAR 8 - PROBLEM OF THE WEEK

Answers on a postcard to be handed to Mr Dukes (G42) by Thursday 4.10pm latest!

You are at an unmarked intersection ... one way is the City of Lies and another way is the City of Truth.

Citizens of the City of Lies always lie.

Citizens of the City of Truth always tell the truth.

A citizen of one of those cities (you don't know which) is at the intersection. What

question could you ask to them to find the way to the City of Truth?

Monday 30th November to Thursday 10th December YEAR 9 - PROBLEM OF THE WEEK

Answers on a postcard to be handed to Mr Dukes (G42) by Thursday 4.10pm latest!

The bag of sweets has gone missing! Andy, Bob, Cassie and David are questioned about the disappearance and ONLY ONE of them tells the truth.

Andy said "Cassie did it." Bob said " I didn't do it." Cassie said "Bob is lying."

David said " Cassie is lying." Who took the sweets?

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COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS PARTY

On Tuesday 9th December we welcomed members of the local community to our annual Community Christmas Party!

Guests were treated to a delicious afternoon tea, comedic drama performances and a range of musical items from the Hip Hop Brass Band.All students contributed through decorations, contributing gifts as a tutor group, offering to volunteer to help run the event and our guests had a fantastic afternoon. Some of the comments from guests included: ‘We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and the food and entertainment was excellent’‘I was much impressed by the welcome I received from your Year 7 student Anisha Ahmed. She was very hospitable and

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COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS PARTY

obviously enjoying her time at the Academy. She conversed easily and was well supported by the teacher alongside her. A credit to the Academy and a worthy ambassador.’ A huge thank you to all the staff for their help and contributions. Sugra Alibhai-WatsonAssistant Principal

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Community Languages GCSEsDoes your son/daughter speak a language other than English at home e.g. Italian, German, Russian, Urdu, Bengali, Polish, Turkish, Mandarin, Arabic, Portuguese? Can he/she read and write the language to a good standard?

If you answered ‘Yes’ to these questions, your child may be able to take an early entry GCSE in the language at INA.

Students will need to study independently for the exam. The school will supply past papers for students to practise and will pay the exam entry fees but we are unable to offer any tuition in the language. Students will need to make a commitment to studying independently for the exams.

What happens next?

Ms Spencer will be talking to students about the process in assemblies in the week beginning 17th November. Any students interested in finding out more should attend a meeting with Ms Spencer and Mr Crowther Green on Tuesday lunchtime. Ms Spencer will distribute a past paper GCSE paper and a mark scheme for the language for students to do at home. Parents will need to mark the paper and students should return it to Ms Spencer by Monday 23rd November. The school will then make a decision as to whether the student can be entered for the exams next summer. Mr Crowther-Green will contact parents directly to discuss the decision. Should a student not be deemed ready to take the exam, he/she may be able to take it the following year.

If you would like to would like more information or you would like to discuss the matter further, please contact Ms Spencer or Mr Crowther-Green.

Dear Parents of Y10 studentsReports for Y10 students will be published in early January and have been revised to better support students following GCSE courses. The student’s current progress will be reported in GCSE grades and will include fine grading. A 1 or + after a grade indicates the student is progressing towards the next grade whereas a 3 or – would indicate the grade is not currently secure. See the table below for full details.

The student reports will also feature and attitude to learning for each subjectAttitude to Learning Key:

Mr Crowther-Green

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Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10T 953 W 651 T 798 W 298 C 826 C 641 E 518 E 195S 687 N 629 N 372 I 167 E 644 E 620 W 271 T 157N 642 S 591 S 264 N 157W 597 I 512 C 233 S 150I 543 T 448 I 210 A 146 A 489 A 470 A 194 C 93

Good Deed Feed

From Ms Fontenelle: Daveena Williams Morrison 7C is always helping Usman Umarji 7C with his bags when he removes his coat whilst in line-up. She does this with good grace and without any complaint nearly every day.

From Mr Mounsey : Humayra Mustaq in Year 9 selflessly offered to act as a scribe during a Science lesson earlier this week for Aadam Rehman, who had injured his hand. Her concentration skills enabled her to write down the essentials of the lesson for both herself and Aadam.

From Ms Gurm: Adam Rehman for volunteering to help Daljit Kaur to sort her presentation out and for teaching her how to put resources on Fronter

From Ms Balsdon: Haroon Chaudhry he got photocopying for me without being asked to. He saw I was stressed.

Praise &Recognition

Merits

Jennifer ByrneYear 9 Pastoral Leader, i/c Praise and Recognition

Well done to everyone across the year groups that received a bronze or a bronze and silver certificate at the Autumn Awards Assemblies!

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INA’s End of Autumn Term Awards Assemblies

On Friday 18th December we held our first awards assemblies of the year. The assemblies were wonderful events enabling staff, students, governors and parents/carers to come together to formally celebrate our students’ achievements at the end of the autumn term

At the assemblies we presented awards in recognition of students’ academic progress and attainment, personal progress and the development of their BRIDGES dispositions. Excellent attendance and punctuality was also celebrated.

Congratulations to all of the award winners and to all students at INA for a fantastic start to the year!

Special Award Winners

Year 7Enrichment James Evans Community Spirit Umer Mahmud Reading Hafsah SulemanCultural Passport Devanshi Saha Attainment Izzah Abid Progress Keshan Beckett- Edwards

Year 8Enrichment Jasmeet Dhaliwal Community Spirit Jainna Bhalla Reading Manraj RaiCultural Passport Sisay ShahAttainment Aman Jagdev Progress Shakurra Wellington

Year 9Enrichment Yewande Olebole Community Spirit Natasha Mahmood Reading Mumina BegumCultural Passport Aliyah VahoraAttainment Mary Brant Progress Jiya Shahzad

Year 10Enrichment Abdur-Rahman IbrahimCommunity Spirit Misbah HashmiReading Award Abdul-Samad MiahCultural Passport Keanna BhallaAttainment Simran Bilku

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INA’s End of Autumn Term Awards Assemblies BRIDGES AND Personal Progress awards

7IB Inayah ShahR Shama DaulaI Harkirat SinghD Riha IslamG Rafi UllahE Daniel EkwuemeS Kisanth Ravi Personal Progress Hafsah Suleman

7SB Rajan RathorR Iman Sharif I Katherine Medina-Rua D Rhea VirdeeG Maryam Ali E Keshan Beckett-EdwardsS Hammad KhanPersonal Progress Dhruvika Divecha

7AB Adam RebhiR Laiba Isha-ButtI Aaliyah KidiyaD Nikhil BanarseeG Marian ConstantinescuE Sakina AwadhS Sajjad Ali Personal Progress Nadia Miah

7CB Lily SouthallR Waseem DudhiaI Daveena Morrison-WilliamsD Anish MistryG Hamza SajidE Tanisha RahamanS Miguel Paisley Personal Progress Jack Lavin

7NB Eleanor BrantR Jawad RashidI Alisha MarionD Tasseen HussainG Jaskiran BainsE Jay AminS Manahil Asim Personal Progress Anisha Ahmed

7EB Anamaika PathakR Zain IslamI Asma Omar D Jasmine JosephG Umer MahmudE Kamil MomotS Izzah AbidPersonal Progress Umaimah Umarji

7WB R Rabbi HossainI Taybah PatalD Haris MalikG Abdulkadir AbdulleE Jannat IbrahimS Jahiem Chambers Personal Progress Abdullah Javaad 7TB Ishaan Debroy R Ajwad Hadi Mathoor I Hammad Patel D Zubeida Esmail G Tufah Begum E Berfin Colak S Sunil Mann Personal Progress Denise Salvaterra

YEAR 7

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INA’s End of Autumn Term Awards Assemblies BRIDGES AND Personal Progress awards

8IB Josh Abraham R Amber MahmoodI Manraj RaiD Qasim NawazG Sayhaan KayaniE Simran SangheraS Rohan JaswalPersonal Progress Sanaan Hafeez

8SB David Paltan-PilicitaR Ekam SehmbiI Iman LatifD Hibaak AdenG Riann HaynesE Rahul KalraS Tafcir MajumderPersonal Progress Dilpreet Kaur

8AB Jainna Bhalla R Ardit Mudhar I Fatima Jilani D Arjan SandhuG Sinthuram SeethamohanE Maliha Awadh S Shahriah RahmanPersonal Progress Noah Hawthorne

8CB Hafsa R Mahathir KaziI Lailaa MalikD Sanwar HussainG Matthew AfsarE Hajara RafiqS Aminah Mehmood Personal Progress Saffiyah Ul Haq

8NB Karolina MerliunaiteR Arslan DarI Malik RashidD Abdur-Razzaque MiahG Aman AminE Samera YusufS Maliha Ahmed Personal Progress Jasleen Kaur

8EB Ammarrah AhmedR Zayd SelantI Annan Ibne-AnisD Jasmeet DhaliwalG Hruday KinhikarE Fajar KayaniS Sanaa Rasool Personal Progress Omar Muhammad

8WB Dovidas SniokaR Monique ToorI Hamzah MajidD Kriti Thava G Sisay ShahE Avinash DesaiS Naeemah KhanPersonal Progress Thomas Cater

8TB Javin Faiza SufiyaniR Aqsa HussainI Ayman Oulad-LafkuihD Remeez SaleemG Zuzanna KrupskaE Saira MusabS Finn AdamsPersonal Progress Umer Ahmed

YEAR 8

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INA’s End of Autumn Term Awards Assemblies BRIDGES AND Personal Progress awards BRIDGES AND Personal Progress awards

9IB Omar GillR Zahra KhanI Hazna HaleemD Aadam RehmanG Amaan MuhammadE Aisha JattaS Salman Waheed Personal Progress Muneeb Bhatti

9SB Maxwell Cameron-GeorgeR Ishani Punj I Mohammad KothiaD Haarris WaseemG Kunal RathodE Jonah RobinsonS Esher BaharaPersonal Progress Lovepreet Kaur

9AB Khalees SakkafR Lamys MillsI Humayra MushtaqD Simranjeet SehmiG Sabir MohammedE Jasmin JohnsonS Jeshurun Jeyason Personal Progress Amman Kiani

9CB Farhan PatelR Amirah ZamalI Yameen AslamD Denada BalajG Afrin TalukderE Mary BrantS Zahra Noori Personal Progress Rohit Sandha

9NB Serina SinghR Hamza ShaukatI Arjun ShahD Sumeyya DeryaG Richard TurcanE Radhika DuggalS Nikita Spiridonovas Personal Progress Mustafa Taner

9EB Aminah UmerjiR Paramveer SinghI Ekam MarwaD Aasif RahmanG Aniqa AhmedE Perdeep KalsiS Neel Banarsee Personal Progress Yewande Oyebola

9WB Aliya VahoraR Jiya ShahzadI Husna UmarjiD Simran ChahalG Rahul PattniE Daina Williams MorrisonS Ahnaf Ibne-AnisPersonal Progress Rajveer Aytan

9TB Cherice ChanaR Hassan KhanI Anushri MenonD Amber KhanwallaG Alfie SouthallE Tahmid UddinS Nisha MistryPersonal Progress Gurinderjot Singh

YEAR 9

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BRIDGES AND Personal Progress awards

10IB Amaarah KothiaR Rutina CaldeiraI Rawdah HoseneeD Saskeia FrancisG Arjan SharmaE Faraaz KhurshidS Tamika AdamsonPersonal Progress Rio Hoque Rashid

10SB R Hiba HaroonI Jay GohilD Chirag ShahG Aishah ZahoorE Misbah HashmiS Aiysha Dakri Personal Progress Mohammad Rahman

10AB Milan SehmbiR Reece ClaireI Wahid RafiqD Haneefa SultanG Abhay PrabhakarE Mahrukh ZafarS Muaz Nawaz Personal Progress Umar Ibrahim

10CB Abbie PearceR Aqsa Bano RafiqI Ibraheem BhajeeD Amir CherguiG Nadia IbrahimE Aliyah PatelS Hardeep Dhaliwal Personal Progress Aafreen Khaliq

10NB Alex DaayR Halema AnjumI Sneha PrasannaD Rafiya ShaukatG Tamour WaqarE Callum BaileyS Neha Rajput Personal Progress Zaynah Chaudhry

10EB Yüsra KılıçR Joshua HusbandsI Simran LarrD Reem ShoabaG Aerhan SriranganE Bedi EllielS Charisma PatelPersonal Progress Taylor Boon- Melville

10WB Maryam MuhammadR Keanna BhallaI Arnie PatelD Sam MorrisonG Priya HeerE Chloe BonniciS Aishwarya Maheswaran Personal Progress Haid Muhammad

10TB Awais SeyyadR Dylan BhurjiI Piyush KarathiaD Abdul-Samad MiahG Jastej PanesarE Leanne HauS Ushna AsimPersonal Progress Annie Nadeem

Jo Spencer,Vice Principal.

YEAR 10

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BRIDGES Mentoring Wednesday 20th JanuaryThe first BRIDGES mentoring session takes place on Wednesday 20th January from 1:45-3:45pm for KS3 students and 1:45-4:15pm for KS4 students. All students will be given a fifteen minute 1:1 coaching session with their BRIDGES mentor.

This is an important opportunity for KS3 students to reflect on how they have developed or strengthened their BRIDGES dispositions, to discuss the dispositions they consider to be their strengths and the ones they need to work on further. Year 10 students will be engaging in a mock interview focusing on their preparedness for GCSEs and work experience and how they are further strengthening their BRIDGES dispositions to achieve success in both.Students will leave school after they have had lunch at around 1:25pm and should return to school for their allocated session. Students with appointments at 1:00pm or 2:00pm may wait for their appointment in the hall. We are unable to supervise other students as all staff are BRIDGES mentors and will be engaged in mentoring session throughout the afternoon.

Parents are not required at the sessions but will be given feedback on how their son or daughter’s BRIDGES skills are progressing later in the year.

Please note that enrichment will be cancelled on this day.Jo SpencerVice Principal

Year 9 Progress meetings Y9 Progress meeting are calendared for Wednesday 27th January 2016 from 2:30-6:30 All students will complete lessons p1 – 4a (Y10 students will complete lesson 4a as per KS3 timings) P4a will finish for all students at 1:05 Students will return to tutor groups from 1:05-1:15 Students who are eligible for Free School Meals who request lunch in advance (via form tutors) can collect a lunch bag from the KS3 desk area as they leave Tutors will escort students to the KS3 gate at 1:15 where students are expected to go directly home and return between 2:30-6:30 with parents Students are expected to attend with an adult family member in full school uniform The progress meeting will take place in the KS3 Hall The last appointment is 6:25 for a 6:30 finish

All students who are not Year 9 will be set independent learning to study at home during the afternoon If you have any questions please contact Mr Crowther-Green 02089116666

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January term all through menu 2016

We are writing to remind all students in Year 9, and their parents, of our GCSE Computer Science Taster Session running the first day back after the holidays.

Computer Science is being offered as a GCSE option for the first time from September 2016. As part of this addition to the KS4 curriculum, a taster session will be delivered to students on Tuesday 5th January 2015 from 3:15 to 4:30pm. This will provide students with a better understanding of the demands of the course, enabling those interested in this subject to make an informed decision about choosing Computing as a GCSE.

Year 9 students have heard about this in assembly and through registration. If you would like your son/daughter to attend this session, encourage your child to collect the letter and return the permission slip to Key Stage 3 Reception as soon as possible.

Marsha Lee DurakuLead Teacher of Computing

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January term all through menu 2016

Year 9 – Remember the Date – Tuesday 5th January 2016Computer Science Taster Session

INA visits.... On Friday 11th of December year 10 students

gave up their Friday evening to attend a public science lecture at UCL. This is what they had to

say about it.

“The lecture was about if we would leave our families to go on a one way trip to Mars. The speech was very interesting as we learnt about the red planet and the outside solar system and how difficult a mission to Mars would actually be. It was also very exciting to hear about how many different projects they are currently working on that could take us to the red planet. We were very grateful that the teachers took time out of their timetables to facilitate our trip. It was very inspirational”.

Dylan, Simran L, and Awais Y10

I look forward to taking more students to my old university in the future and thank them for being a great audience.

Mr A.Clift-MatthewsHead of Science

Ibraheem BhaijeeMilan SehmbiAishah ZahoorArjun SharmaAmreen SandhuAmreese ToorMuaz NawazAbdul-Samad MiahAwais SeyyadManav KatavadaDylan BhurjiSneha PrasannaRawdah Hosenee

Omar HaqueToby SummersDaanyaal AliUnais AhmedAbdur -RahmanSimran LarrTaylor BoonAmrit Ruprai

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INA's trip to

On Wednesday 16th of December 40 students from Years 9 & 10 attended a medical school workshop at Kings College Medical School.

“We went to Kings College for a medical workshop led by students in their second year studying medicine. We took part in a number of activities to develop our clinical skills, such as learning to take someone's blood and practising stitches, which proved to be more difficult then it looked. We also tried CPR and learnt how to save someone's life if they were choking or experienced a heart attack. The tour of the campus showed us what I'd be like to be a medical student in future, and was a valuable experience for the future”.

Neha Rajput& Aishwarya Year 10

“Kings College was a great experience. We took part in a medical workshop learning how to draw blood, perform CPR, measure our blood pressure and perform key-hole surgery and stitches. Learning these skills was a lot more difficult than they looked; however it was great fun. We also went on a tour of the campus and experienced what it would be like to be a medical student”.

Ishani & Zaynab Year 9

We would like to thank the following students for being such great ambassadors for our school and hope this proves some food for thought when considering their future career choices.

Ms D.Ahmed & Mr A.Clift-Matthews

Ahmed, JunaidAhmed, UnaisBhaijee, IbraheemChaudhry, ZaynahMaheswaran, AishwaryaRajput, NehaAli, InshaalRafiq, WahidAnjum, HalemaBilku, SimranDhaliwal, HardeepGill, AsadMiah, Abdul-SamadRahman, NaymShah, ChiragAli, Daanyaal

Bhurji, DylanKatavada, ManavSimran LarrSeyyad, AwaisBrant, MaryRanchan, VikramSeraj, BilalAdams-Huseyin, AaliyahVenkatesan, KeerthivasPillai, AkhilSakkaf, KhaleesPunj, IshaniAkhtar, TasneemBalaj, DenadaGill, OmarMahiya, Zaynab

Shaikh, UmarKiani, AmmanRathod, KunalSohail, AmalMunshi, ZaynKothia, MohammedSummers, ElanahHaleem, Hazna

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Phillips Exeter Academy Summer School

“If you are a serious student, intellectually curious, creative, eager to embrace new challenges and opportunities, then Phillips Exeter Summer School may be for you.”

Last week Ms Abbott-Jones and I spoke to Year 8 students in assembly about a fantastic opportunity for 6 of the year group to attend the Phillips Exeter Summer School from 2nd

July to 6th August 2016. This is a prestigious programme of Harkness lessons, sports and cultural excursions at one of the top independent schools in the USA. Any student wishing to apply to be considered for this trip MUST attend a meeting with their parent/carer at the school on Wednesday 6th January 2016 at 6.30pm prompt, where there will be the opportunity to find out much more and to ask questions. Application forms will be distributed at this meeting, with a deadline of Monday 18th January for returns.

Rachel Macfarlane, Principal

We are noticing an increasing number of parents wanting to pay with cash at reception for their child’s school meals.

As you will be aware, we strive to be a cashless school and we are keen to ensure that all parents have access to, and are familiar with, how to load cash on to their child’s wisepay account via the internet.

If you are experiencing difficulties in accessing your child’s account, or would like help or advice or a reminder of your username and password, please contact Ms Khan on 020 8911 6666 or e-mail info@isaacnewtonacademy.org

Many thanks

Mrs Chamberlain

As you are aware, we consulted recently on the material of the Academy headscarves following reports that the material was too slippery. We liaised with the uniform supplier, Khalsa, and subsequently changed the material to a cotton material which is less slippery. However, we have noticed that the material is becoming very discoloured and is affecting the overall look of the Academy uniform so we are going to have to review our decision and potentially revert back to the previous material. However, we would welcome any input or advice from parents before we do so. If you have any ideas, please contact me in the first instance by Friday, 16th January 2015.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Mrs Chamberlain

Wisepay Headscarves

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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. We know that attendance has a direct link to progress, and would urge you to really consider if a day off school is necessary.

As you can see the competition was close, but a huge well done goes to 7N, 8N, 9I and 10N our Autumn attendance shield winners.

The overall year group winner was Year 7 with a fantastic 96.9%, followed by Year 10 in second place with 96% and in third place Year 8 came in close behind with 95.9%.

Ms. Abbott-JonesLead Pastoral Leader

7N 97.5 8N 96.6 9I 97.1 10N 97.4

7A 97.4 8S 96.3 9E 96.6 10I 97

7T 97.2 8T 96.2 9S 96.4 10T 96.2

7S 97.1 8E 96.1 9A 95.8 10A 95.8

7W 97 8C 96 9T 95.5 10C 95.8

7E 96.6 8A 95.7 9N 95.3 10W 95.5

7I 96.4 8W 95.4 9C 94.9 10E 95.4

7C 96.3 8I 94.5 9W 94.3 10S 95.3

ATTENDANCE

Year 9 96.9%

Year 10 96%

Year 8 95.9%

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How we build learning power and develop character at Isaac Newton Academy

“We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” Isaac Newton

The secondary BRIDGES programme commences on Monday 14th September. BRIDGES are habits of mind or learning characteristics that develop a student's character and learning power and enable them to grow into well rounded individuals and resilient learners.

On a two weekly cycle throughout the year, Year 7 and 8 students are introduced to one or two new habits of mind or learning characteristics that will permeate throughout the curriculum. This will take place through a range of interactive activities. In addition, the students will experience BRIDGES learning objectives in each and every lesson throughout Isaac Newton Academy. Year 9 BRIDGES lessons will focus on strengthening certain BRIDGES learning characteristics through exploration of PHSE topics and themes.

Each fortnight you will find top tips in the newsletter of ways of supporting your child to develop the BRIDGES habits of mind and learning characteristics within the home.

B R I D G E S

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Key Dates for the Autumn Term 2015: Secondary

Spring TermMonday 4th January - Thursday 24th MarchHalf Term 15th - 19th FebruaryINSET days: Monday 4th January and Friday 12th February

Tuesday 5th January Year 8 ISA&C to Bedfordshire UniversityWednesday 6th January Year 8 NEW&T to Bedfordshire UniversityWednesday 6th January 6pm meeting for interested Year 8 families about Exeter Summer SchoolMonday 11th January Year 9 Options Interviews startTuesday 12th January Oxbridge Maths Conference for Girls (10 Year 9 & 10 students)Wednesday 13th January Chem Art trip to Oxford for 5 Year 9 studentsWednesday 13th January Year 9 DTP and meningitis jabsThursday 14th January Chem Art trip to Oxford for 5 Year 10 studentsThursday 14th January Year 8 Kings College Medics workshop (20 students)Thursday 14th January 6pm Growth Mindset Parent Workshop (Primary & Secondary)Sunday 17th January House Band performing at Ronnie Scott’sWednesday 20th January Year 9 Science ExamWednesday 20th January BRIDGES mentoring. No pm lessons for any year groupThursday 21st January KS5 Consultation Evening for all Year 10 students and their parentsFriday 22nd January Sport Shirts DayFriday 22nd January Creative Writing EveningWednesday 27th January Year 9 Progress Meetings (2.30 -6.30pm). Years 7, 8 & 10 studying at home in the afternoon Friday 29th January Year 8 Maths ChallengeSaturday 30th January Medicine Saturday Stretch: Cambridge UniversityTuesday 9th February Year 8 Progress Meetings (2.30 -6.30pm). Years 7, 9 & 10 studying at home in the afternoon Friday 12th February INSET Day. School closed to studentsFriday 26th February Science Live Trip for Year 9sSaturday 27th February Modern Languages and Linguistics Saturday Stretch: Cambridge University Thursday 3rd March Year 10 Progress Meetings (2.30 -6.30pm). Years 7, 8 & 9 studying at home in the afternoonMonday 14th March Year 7 Progress Meetings (2.30 -6.30pm). Years 8, 9 & 10 studying at home in the afternoonWednesday 16th March Maths Challenge Finals at Bow SchoolWednesday 16th March PE Spring SpectacularFriday 18th March Year 9 Maths ChallengeFriday 18th March Year 9 Battle of the Bands Saturday 19th March Biology Saturday Stretch: Southampton UniversityMonday 21st March Year 8 Big Band CompetitionWednesday 23rd March Spring ConcertThursday 24th March Awards Assemblies. End of Term. Half day.

Summer TermMonday 11th April - Wednesday 20th JulyHalf Term 30th May - 3rd JuneINSET days: Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th June, Friday 8th July

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