Elthorne Park High School Newsletter Issue 822 - 20th September 2018

Year Ahead Meetings The aim of these meetings is to give you an insight into the expectations of your child over the course of the academic year. In addition, we provide parents with information regarding key dates, suggestions about how you can work in partnership with the school and assisting in dealing with the inevitable pressures caused by increased work assignments and approaching coursework deadlines. Year Ahead and Parents Evenings Meetings

Year Ahead Meetings start at 6:00pm. The Parents evenings are from 4:30pm until 7:30pm. A reminder that our 6th Form Open Evening will be held on Wednesday 17th October. Yr8 Year Ahead I hope you all had a lovely summer break and are ready for the new adventures of Year 8. It has been lovely to see how enthusiastic the students have been upon their return and there has been a really positive atmosphere amongst the year group that we wish to continue. An opportunity to meet your child’s Year Leader and tutor will be provided at the upcoming Year 8 Year Ahead meeting on Wednesday 26th September at 6pm in the main hall. A letter has been sent by the office which you should have received and all students have been informed of the evening by their tutors. I look forward to meeting you then Ms Kular, Head of Year 8

Yr7 Year Ahead It has been a pleasure to see the new Year 7s embrace the transition to secondary school, especially looking so smart in their new uniform. The students have already been involved in a wide range of activities and I look forward to seeing them continue to grow and shine throughout the year. On the 10th October the school will be hosting a ‘Meet the Tutor’ and ‘Year Ahead’ meeting which will enable you to get to see the school again, meet your child’s tutor and see how well they’ve got to know their way around the school. More details will be coming out shortly and I look forward to meeting you then. Mrs Brown, Head of Year 7

YEAR AHEAD MEETINGS

Year 8 Wednesday 26th September

Year 9 Thursday 27th September

Year 7 Wednesday 10th October

Newsletter Contents: Year Ahead & Parents

Evening Dates Sixth Form Careers Fair Music Tuition Lessons KS3 MFL Equipment English Faculty

Recommends Bookbuzz! Reader of the Week GCSE French Support FAME the Musical Touch Typing Club Yr10 Berlin Trip Uniform Leaving school during the

day School Photographs Ealing ISAID & EHCPs

Don’t Forget Wednesday 26th September

Yr8 Year Ahead Meeting

Thursday 27th September Yr9 Year Ahead Meeting

Wednesday 3rd October

School Photographs

W/B Monday 8th October Yr10, Yr12 & Yr13 Transition Exams

Wednesday 17th October Sixth Form Open Evening

Monday 29th October

Training Day School Closed

W/B Tuesday 30th October University Admissions

Exams

W/B Monday 5th November Post16 GCSE Maths &

English resits

Phone : 020 8566 1166 Email: elthorne@ephs.ealing.sch.uk Website: www.ephs.ealing.sch.uk Follow the news on Twitter @ElthorneHighSch

PARENTS EVENINGS (IN DATE ORDER )

Year 11 Wednesday 12th December

Year 7 Thursday 17th January

Year 8 Thursday 31st January

Years 12 & 13 Thursday 7th February

Year 10 Wednesday 6th March

Year 9 Wednesday 25th April

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Student Academic Year

2018 - 2019

Autumn Term 2018 Autumn/1

Wednesday 5th September – Friday 19th October

Half Term

Monday 22nd October – Monday 29th October

Autumn/2

Tuesday 30th October – Friday 21st December

Christmas Holiday

Monday 24th December – Friday 4th January

Spring Term 2019

Spring/1

Monday 7th January – Friday 15th February

Half-Term

Monday 18th February – Friday 22nd February

Spring/2

Monday 25th February – Friday 5th April

Easter Holiday

Monday 8th April – Monday 22nd April

Summer Term 2019 Summer/1

Tuesday 23rd April – Friday 24th May

Half-Term

Monday 27th May – Friday 31st May

Summer/2

Monday 3rd June – Friday 19th July

Summer Holiday

Commences Monday 22nd July

Thought for the Week

Sixth Form Careers Fair - professionals needed!

In March we will be running a Careers Fair to provide our students with a greater insight into the world of work and possible career paths. In previous years, this event has been hugely successful due to the extensive range of experience that we are able to draw on across our wider school community. If you, or anyone you know, would be willing to attend the event to represent your career or field, I would be very grateful. The event will run from 6pm - 8pm on 20th or 21st March and our guest professionals will all have a table in the hall where students can approach them to discuss their chosen field. If you would be willing to help, could you please email Jayshree Kashap at jkashap@ephs.ealing.sch.uk, stating your career and whether you would be available on 20th March, 21st of March or both. Ms Caray, Head of Sixth Form Music Tuition Lessons Notice Music tuition lessons can commence from Monday September 17th and your child will have 15 lessons up until February half term. You should be emailed your child’s first lesson date and time in the next week. Please make sure this time is recorded in your child’s planner and remind your child to attend on the day. If your child’s lesson is during am or pm registration (8:30 and 3pm), they should sign in at reception. All lessons are taught in the numbered practice rooms in F block. Steel pan lessons are in F04. You will receive a green home learning lesson book which your child should be using and 1 formal report in December to feedback on progress. If your child is bringing an instrument to school, please make sure they label their full name on the case. They can store it in one of the cupboards in F block by the music and drama rooms. They should take their instrument home on the same day of their lesson/club. If there is an issue with a lesson, you must give 48 hours notice if you need to cancel or change. Please make sure all lesson time and dates are recorded in your child’s planner. Thank you. Any queries, please contact me at mwickens@ephs.ealing.sch.uk. Ms Wickens, Head of Music MFL Equipment Yr 7 Year 7 students are currently doing the first of their 3 language tasters. They have each been given a booklet used in class, for homework and for vocabulary learning. They must bring their booklets to every lesson. If they have lost the booklet they must see their Languages teacher to replace it. Yr8 and Yr9 Students in years 8 and 9 are continuing to use the workbooks and the dictionary they purchased in Year7. They need to bring their exercise book, dictionary and workbook to every lesson in a protective plastic sleeve. If they have lost any of the items, please write a note to the class teacher who will organise for you to purchase replacements. Ms Kahan, Head of MFL

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English Faculty Recommends

Following sell-out seasons in 2012, 2013 and 2016 and critical and audience acclaim, Simon Callow returns in this much-lauded production of A Christmas Carol, playing at the Arts Theatre West End for a strictly limited season from 8 December. Intensely dramatic and profoundly heart-warming, A Christmas Carol is one of the greatest ghost stories ever written. This is storytelling at its very finest. Using the adaptation Dickens made for his own public performances, Simon Callow and director and designer Tom Cairns have conjured up a moving, funny and fast-paced one-man theatrical spectacular that will leave you with a warm festive glow. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is one of the most beloved books in the English language and has become a classic Christmas tale for generations of grown-ups and children alike. Brought to life by the magnificent Simon Callow, this is a Christmas must see for 8 to 108-year olds! Visit https://artstheatrewestend.co.uk/ to book tickets. Ms Daniel, KS5 English Co-ordinator Bookbuzz is coming to EPHS! On Monday 24th September, all of our new Year 7s will attend the launch of this year’s Bookbuzz scheme. Bookbuzz is a national scheme run by the children’s literacy charity Booktrust and one of the ways we encourage reading for pleasure at EPHS. The aim of Bookbuzz is to inspire a love of reading in children who have just arrived in high school and to offer them a choice of books to start them on their reading journey in their new school. On Monday, they will hear extracts from 12 new and exciting books and will be able to choose one to keep for themselves. We hope they will share their choices with you. Books will be delivered to school once all orders have been received and more information about how you can support your child’s reading at home will follow. Ms Martino, Librarian

Reader of the week

Piotr Rakowski (7E) For making a fantastic start to his reading at Elthorne and for loaning and returning his first book within 24

hours! Great reading Piotr!

Please come to the library to choose your PRIZE.

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GCSE French Support sessions – Speaking and Conversation I will be running support sessions for year 11 students studying GCSE French. The sessions will help students to prepare and practise key questions from each module as well as revise verbs and tenses. Please encourage your child to attend at lunch time on Wednesdays from 1:20 - 1:50pm in D14. Ms Montgomery, MFL Teacher Fame the Musical! Chorus rehearsals for the School Musical (Yrs 7 - 10) are on Monday and Tuesday lunchtimes from 1:25 - 1:55pm in room C103. They begin Monday 24th September. All Year 7 students are welcome to register. Main cast rehearsals (Yrs 9 & 10) are on Thursdays after school 3:20 - 5pm in room C103. Musical band rehearsal are in Tuesdays after school and Wednesdays at lunch. Dance Auditions are this Friday and Monday. Year 8 at lunch. Year 7, 9, 10 and 12 after school. Ms Wickens, Head of Music Units of Sound and Touch Typing Club The school is running Units of Sound and Touch Typing club again this year. Units of Sound is an interactive computer program overseen by Ms Willis, our dyslexia specialist. Pupils are invited who show signs of dyslexia or have been diagnosed, however, if you have concerns about your child’s reading, spelling and/or understanding email either Ms Willis awillis@ephs.ealing.sch.uk or Ms Nurse cnurse@ephs.ealing.sch.uk to see whether your child is eligible. Touch typing uses Google Typing Club, a structured and fun programme where students go at their own pace. Students come after school on Thursdays for one hour from 3:10 pm to 4:10 pm and / or Friday morning before school from 8 am to 8:40 am. Ms Newstead, Teaching Assistant Year 10 Berlin Residential 2019 The History and German Department are organising a residential to Berlin in July 2019. The trip is open for students of GCSE History or GCSE German. Letters are available to collect from Ms Clark in E102 (Sixth Form Block). The deadline for returning the signed slip is Friday 28th September at 3:10pm. Slips must be returned to Ms Clark. Ms Clark, Head of Humanities Uniform We still have a limited number of the previous (old logo) style uniform for sale . These are available to the current Years 8 to 11 to purchase from the uniform shop ONLY and will not be available to buy on line. These items will be sold on a strictly first come first served basis. The Uniform shop is open from 11am to 12pm every Saturday morning, unless stated other-wise in the newsletter. Leaving school during the day If your child has to leave school for any reason (such as appointments) during the day, please ensure that they have a note signed by you and counter signed by their tutor. Students must present this note to the receptionist when they need to leave to be signed out for health and safety purposes. Mr White, Deputy Headteacher Whole School Photographs - Wednesday 3rd October 2018 School photographs will take place on Wednesday 3rd October. Students must be in full school uniform and will be called individually to have their photograph taken. Sibling photos will be taken during lunch time. More information about purchasing these will be made available at the start of October. Mrs Marr, School Office

Elthorne Park High School Newsletter 20th September 2018