Elthorne Park High School Newsletter

Issue 754 17th November 2016

New Building I am glad to be able to report that our long awaited £14 million new building is almost complete and that we have a confirmed handover date of the end of January 2017. In order to minimise disruption to the working of the school we will therefore be moving all 17 classrooms, numerous offices and stores from the temporary block into the new building during the February half term break. This will mean that all students will be issued with new timetables in February. The Governing Body have agreed that we should suspend teaching for all students on Friday 10th February and on this day they should study at home. Please also note that Monday 20th February is a staff training day and students should study at home on this day. Last day of lessons before the half term break is Thursday 9th February Students not in school from Friday 10th February to Monday 20th February First day of lessons after the half term break is Tuesday 21st February

Mr Wong Parking to collect/drop off students If you are collecting or dropping off your child at any stage during the school day, including after school, please park on Boston Road when collecting students to avoid congestion in Westlea Road. Mr White Parent-Governor results We are pleased to announce that the following parents have been nominated to the four current parent governor vacancies:

Rosi Soni – parent of a child in Yr8 Zoe Jordan – parent of a child in Yr7 Matthew Williams – parent of a child in Yr7 Joe Voelcker – parent of a child in Yr8

Many congratulations from our existing governors. Ms Henderson, Clerk to the Governing Body

Newsletter Contents:

New Building & Decant Day

Parking at School Parent-Governor Results Term Dates Extracurricular Offer Yr10 Parents Evening Domestic Examinations MathsWatch changes Word of the Week Year 11 Yearbook Homework Clubs Yr10 Berlin residential Topping up canteen

accounts National Success Reader of the Week Yr11 English activities Yr11 History Intervention D&T Designer of the

Month D&T Intervention 8O Raffle Senior UKMT Results H.S.A news & update Bookbuzz

Don’t Forget

Year 10 Parents Evening Wednesday 30th November

Yr11/13 Domestic Exams

Start Monday 5th December

Christmas Arts Festival Wednesday 7th December

H.S.A. Christmas Tree Sale Saturday 10th December

Christmas Holidays

Tuesday 20th December Early closure 12.15pm

Tel : 020 8566 1166 Fax : 020 8566 1177

Email: elthorne@ephs.ealing.sch.uk Website: http://www.ephs.ealing.sch.uk Follow the news on Twitter @ElthorneHighSch

Student Academic Year

2016 - 2017

Autumn Term

Autumn/1

Tuesday 6th September - Thursday 20th October

Half Term

Friday 21st October - Friday 28th October

Autumn/2

Monday 31st October - Tuesday 20th December

Christmas Holiday

Wednesday 21st December - Tuesday 3rd January

Spring Term

Spring/1

Wednesday 4th January - Thursday 9th February

Half Term

Friday 10th February - Monday 20th February

Spring/2

Tuesday 21st February - Friday 31st March

Easter Holiday

Monday 3rd April - Monday 17th April

Summer Term

Summer/1

Tuesday 18th April - Friday 26th May

Half Term

Monday 29th May - Friday 2nd June

Summer/2

Monday 5th June - Friday 21st July

Summer Holiday starts

Monday 24th July

Thought for the Week

Elthorne Park High School Newsletter 17th November 2016

Term dates Please be aware that the term dates on this page show the dates that students are expected in school. The half term and holiday dates represent the days that students are not expected in school and include staff training days. Extracurricular offer Please see our website for details of extracurricular clubs on offer at http://www.ephs.ealing.sch.uk/extracurricular-offer.html Ms Wells

Year 10 Parents Evening Our consultation evening for parents and carers of Year 10 students will take place on Wednesday 30th November from 4.30pm until 7.30pm in the school hall and the Sixth Form block. The evening will give you an opportunity to discuss your child’s progress with subject staff and your child’s Form Tutor. Years 11 and 13 Domestic exams December 2016 Domestic exams for these year groups will commence on Monday 5th December 2016. All tutors have been issued with a general timetable and a copy of this is available on the school website. http://www.ephs.ealing.sch.uk/uploads/7/4/6/2/74626919/domestic_exams_december_2016.pdf Year 10 students will also have an RS exam during this period. Individual timetables with seat allocations, will be issued as soon as possible. Any questions regarding the content of the exams should be directed to the subject teachers. Ms M Yates, Examinations Officer Changes to Mathswatch for KS3 and 4 students As from 1st December 2016 Mathswatch will be upgraded. Students can access Mathswatch at www.vle.mathswatch.com. A student’s username is their personal login to Mymaths with @ephs added at the end. For example, a student who logs into their portal on Mymaths with the username 123 would now log into Mathswatch with the login 123@ephs. All students’ passwords have been set to password . Up until 1st December 2016, students will still be able to access the old website that they are familiar with. The new website is now compatible with all smart devices and the app is no longer needed. Mathswatch continues to be a great source for students in not only helping to prepare for their internal assessments or external exams but also to consolidate work learnt in lessons. Work with your son/daughter to plan a regular time in their week when they use Mathswatch for these purposes. Ms N Worthey, Head of Maths.

Word of the Week - JOCULAR Jocular is an adjective used to describe someone or something which is characterised by jokes and fun.

Example of use:

1. Her jocular personality always made the customers smile.

2. You could tell by his serious tone of voice that he wasn’t in a jocular mood.

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Year 11 Yearbook reminders: Letters with full details have been sent to parents this week and paper copies were given to students in the same week. Students should send photos, which they would like included in the yearbook to elthorneyearbook@gmail.com. The deadline for payment is Wednesday 30 November 2016. Queries regarding payment via Parentpay (please note the only way to secure your yearbook is through this method): email Ms Patel on spatel@ephs.ealing.sch.uk or call 020 8566 1166 ext 1058. For other queries about Yearbook/Prom/Hoodies email Ms Roberts on sroberts@ephs.ealing.sch.uk or phone 020 8566 1166 ext 1407. Please note payment for the Prom will be requested in January and for the Hoodies in March. Ms S Roberts Year Homework Clubs Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from 3:10 until 3:55 students from Year 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 are welcome to attend Year Homework Club. Students will be able to receive support from staff members and Sixth Form students to help them with any questions or concepts they may find challenging and to produce outstanding pieces of homework. Students are able to work collaboratively, access ICT facilities and enjoy juice and biscuits to keep their energy levels up! We look forward to seeing lots of students in attendance in the coming weeks. Year 10 Berlin Residential 2017 The payment schedule for the Berlin Residential is as shown below. If you have any queries regarding the above or need a password reminder please either e-mail spatel@ephs.ealing.sch.uk or call 020 8566 1166 and choose the Finance option. If there are any problems with payment, please contact Ms Patel in our Finance Department. Friday 25th November - £100; Friday 6th January - £50; Friday 3rd February - £50; Friday 3rd March - £50 Topping up your canteen account A reminder to parents and students that our preferred method for topping up your account is via ParentPay at www.parentpay.com.Please contact the finance office on 0208 566 1166 (Option 4) if you require your login details. Please be aware that our revaluation machines that can be used to manually top up you account do not yet accept the new polymer £5 notes. Students who have these new notes to add to their accounts should see a member of the catering team towards the end of break or lunch time. National success for Karis Haugh 8T Congratulations to Karis who represented England in a National gymnastics competition last week-end. Karis's team won gold and Karis also scored the highest mark in the competition for her floor routine.

Reader of the week Maya Kilani and Olivia Coultas-Pitman, 7O

For showing great initiative and enthusiasm for reading by starting their own

school bookclub!

Please come to the library to choose your PRIZE!

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Year 11 Tutor Time Literacy Activity: Developing Reading Skills for the English Examination Paper 2

Now that Year 11 have completed their mock examination on Paper 1, the focus in English lessons will now be Paper 2, where they will be studying non-fiction texts. When completing paper 2, they will need to read and answer questions on two different non-fiction texts from two different time periods. In tutor time, students will be developing the skills that they need to answer question 1 and question 3 of the Paper 2 examination.

Question 1 will always assess their ability to retrieve information from the text and will be written in a ‘true or false’ format.

Question 3 will always assess their ability to understand how the writer uses language to convey his or her ideas

This week, the text is taken from Paul Theroux’s travel article, ‘The Lesson of My Life’. After you have read the extract, there are two different questions for you to answer, similar to a ‘question 1’ or ‘question 3’ that you would find in Paper 2 of your English Examination.

Extract: I became a teacher in Africa and my whole life changed. I was happier, I had a purpose, and no one ever asked me, "What are you going to do with your life?" I had left home. I was becoming the person I wanted to be, not just a young man with a job but someone developing a sensibility. I had volunteered because I wanted to know the world and myself better. The route from New York to my destination, Nyasaland, took in Rome, Ben-ghazi (Libya), Nairobi, Salisbury (Rhodesia), and finally the tiny aerodrome at Blantyre. Flying low into that last stop, I could see tiny thatched-roof mud huts surrounded by banana groves and maize fields. This sight lifted my spirits. The thrill was intensely like being on another planet. In some ways it was just as remote, a parallel universe, but I thought of it as my Eden. That first departure for Africa led me to a lifetime of travel. It shaped the way I see the world and showed me that there was more to write about than my own inner miseries. I realized that what at first seemed so alien - a schoolhouse of barefoot students at the end of a red clay road - was not so different at all. Wishing to express this experience, I became a writer. People talk about culture shock - I should have experienced it when I saw those mud huts or had my first case of malaria, or my surprising bout of myiasis the putzi, or tumbu, fly eggs from my infested shirt hatching into maggots under my skin... I learned to cope. I got culture shock when I came back to the United States. The country was pretty much the same. But I was different. Like many people who have been affected by such an experience in a distant land, I did not come all the way home; nor did I leave that experience behind. It stayed in my mind, it informed my decisions, it made me strong. To all of this, there are people who will say, "What's the point?" But those are the same people who'll say what's the point of writing a poem, or learning a language, or going for a hike, or lingering on a wooded path to watch a bird flash onto a branch. Whenever someone asks me what I think he should do with his life, I always say, First, leave home. Get out there, where if you care to listen, you will find many other people dreaming of making connections and changing the world, just like you. The only mistake is in thinking that you will make an important difference in the lives of the people you're among. The difference will be in you. Q1: Choose four statements below which are true.

The writer volunteered because he wanted to become a teacher back home in the USA. He travelled from New York City to Africa. He was nervous when he first laid eyes on the thatched roof mud huts and banana groves. The writer didn’t get ill whilst he was in Africa. The first trip to Africa inspired a life time of travel. The first trip also made him want to become a writer. He sometimes askes himself, ‘What’s the point in being a writer?’ Whenever anyone asks him what they should do with their lives, he always advises them to leave home.

Q3: How does Paul Theroux use language to convey his first experience of travel? Remember when you answer question three you should aim to write four ‘Point, Evidence and Analysis’ paragraphs about four different language techniques

The point should refer to language technique used The evidence should be a short quotation. The analysis should analyse the effect and link it back to the question.

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Support for the History Year 11 Mock Exam A pack of revision materials has been emailed to all parents/carers of Year 11 GCSE History students in the next week. The pack will help them prepare for their mock examination in December. The pack has activities, notes and example exam questions as well as guidance on how to answer the exam questions. Students should complete the following types of revision activities in the run up to their exams:

1. Make revision notes on the chapters of their history textbook.

2. Make revision notes in different ways:

3. Mind-mapping

4. Flash cards of key facts

5. Make quizzes with questions and answers

6. Practice exam questions

7. On-line revision can be completed using the following http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/z8x3nbk http://www.mrallsophistory.com/revision/british-civilians-in-the-first-world-war.html https://quizlet.com/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/britain/votesforwomenrev1.shtml

Ms Clark D&T Designer of the Month Congratulations to the following students who have been awarded Designer of the Month for their fantastic work in DT this year. Design Technology Year 11 Catch up Please note that controlled assessment catch up sessions are running as follows: Food technology - Tuesday after school and Wednesday lunch time Graphics and Textiles - Wednesday lunch time and after school Resistant Materials - Friday after school These sessions are compulsory for anyone who is behind with their controlled assessment (worth 60% of the final GCSE grade). Ms Short

Evie Gutherie 7R Kotoe Nakayama 7T Jude Booker 7L

Athena Freemantle 7P Charlotte Rigley 7H Yara Cabral 7O

Bo Parker 7E Luke Labuschagne 7R Ellie James 7N

Lily Hackney 7E Amy Lay 8H Caitlin Moss 8R

Adrian Gasik 8L Rebecca Harrington 8N Rachapol Kanokvilasporn 8E

Beth Reeve 8R Tess Gerard 8L Karis Haugh 8T

Jessica Adams 8R Jessica Lau 9H Lyubomir Milanov 9T

Lucie Pribyl 9L Ella David-Fong 9R Kathryn Mackay 9R

Oscar Bryan 9L Sara Boudoukha 9H Jakub Hundel 9O

Anthony Atanasov 10E Isabella Jonal 10O George Powell 10E

Caragh Taylor 10H Sukayna Nassar 11R Maguy Goncalves 11E

Lottie Horton 11O Elsa Picton-Falk 11E

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8O Raffle The results are in. 8O raised £110 for the senior citizens’ party by selling raffle tickets to win a chocolate themed hamper so thank you to everyone for your support. The winning tickets are:

Pink 142 (Nadia 8O) Pink 75 (Dylan 7H) Pink 16 (Elsa 8E) Blue 193 (Rob Singh Yr 12) Blue 124 (Lizzie 10E) Blue 2016 (Ms Stanbridge) Blue 111 (Andrew 7E) Blue 104 (Luka T 7O)

If you have not claimed your prize, please come to room 117 after school to collect it. Ms Short

Senior UKMT Maths Challenge Results A huge congratulations to the 20 students across Years 12 and 13 who took part in the Senior UKMT Maths Challenge on 8th November 2016. Special congratulations go to Max Warren who achieved Gold with qualification to the British Mathematical Olympiad, Calvin Coffey and Kate Wills who have achieved Gold with qualification to the next round, and Harrison Thornley who has been awarded a Gold Certificate also. Details of those who achieved an award are below.

H.S.A. Update: Many thanks to all our Quiz teams who came along on Thursday, to Becky Hartnup and the fab parents who came up with the questions, Cidinha Bishop for the wonderful food and Carolyn Fallek and Susie Wright for all their time getting in the supplies. Our next events are:

Wednesday 7 December - supporting the Christmas Concert with refreshments. Saturday 10 December - Christmas Tree Sale (on the forecourt of St Thomas's Church Hall) from 9am - 1pm.

Year 7 Calendar: Further details to be circulated shortly. Please contact us on ElthorneHSA@hotmail.co.uk if you wish to help at either of these two events, or if you would like to send us your comments or suggestions.

Max Warren Gold

Ali Abdullah Silver

Ishak Hussain Bronze

Eliot Stewart Bronze

Kate Wills Gold

Calvin Coffey Gold

Harrison Thornley Gold

Oskar Wiej Silver

Ibrahim Ileye Bronze

Jack Fitzgerald Bronze

Umut Korkmaz Bronze

Jaymin Shah Bronze

Alex Andrews Bronze

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This week and next week, all our Year 7 students will bring home a free

book. This is a book which they have chosen to read themselves and which

they can keep and has been provided as part of the national Bookbuzz

scheme funded by BookTrust and the school, to promote the importance

of reading for pleasure, independent choice and a whole school reading

culture. I really hope they enjoy the book they chose.

Please support your child’s reading at home whenever possible. Whatever

ability your child has, please continue to show an interest in their reading. Encourage them to use the school and public

libraries to loan books and if your child is not yet fluent in their reading, or is still learning English, please spend time

reading with them.

There are copies of all this year’s Bookbuzz books to borrow in the library so if they really enjoyed their book but want to

read the others, they can. If you would like more information and activities related to the books, go to the Bookbuzz

website: http://www.bookbuzz.org.uk/.

If you would like guidance or advice on encouraging your child to read at home, please contact me.

Ms Martino, Librarian

Suggested answers to English Questions A1: Choose four statements below which are true.

The writer volunteered because he wanted to become a teacher back home in the USA. He travelled from New York City to Africa. He was nervous when he first laid eyes on the thatched roof mud huts and banana groves. The writer didn’t get ill whilst he was in Africa. The first trip to Africa inspired a life time of travel. The first trip also made him want to become a writer. He sometimes askes himself, ‘What’s the point in being a writer?’ Whenever anyone asks him what they should do with their lives, he always advises them to leave home.

A3: How does Paul Theroux use language to convey his first experience of travel?

Rule of three - ‘I was happier, I had a purpose, and no one ever asked me, "What are you going to do with your life?“’ – reinforce the joy and objective of the experience of travel.

Use of a list - ‘The route from New York to my destination, Nyasaland, took in Rome, Ben-ghazi (Libya), Nairobi, Salisbury (Rhodesia), and finally the tiny aerodrome at Blantyre’- reflects the length and complexity of the journey he took to reach his destination.

Use of simile - ‘The thrill was intensely like being on another planet.’- to convey how different it was from the world that he had come from and how isolated he felt.

Use of metaphor - ‘but I thought of it as my Eden’- to illustrate how he felt about the place that he had travelled to- it was paradise and it belonged to him.’

Use of powerful verbs - ‘fly eggs from my infested shirt hatching into maggots under my skin’ to highlight the horror of the experience of being ill.

Use of imperative verbs - ‘leave home. Get out there’ - to add weight to his view that all young people should experience travel in order to find themselves.