Acting Headteacher: Mr Peter Hyman Middle School NewsletterJust like that, the final week of the Autumn half term is upon us. I want to take this opportunity to thank our community for a very strong, positive start to the school year. We appreciate all of the support and openness our parent/carer community provide us with and are very excited to keep building our Middle School with you this year. Read on to hear about what has been happening in Middle School last week, and what is coming up. Autumn 1 Key Dates Monday 14th October: Year 6 Pathways - Moving onto secondary at School 21 Workshop for Year 6 Parents & Students (5:00pm - 6:00pm) Year 7 iPads UPDATE: A letter has been sent home with further details on ordering a 1:1 Device and the upcoming Information session. Key dates are listed below: - Portal open for orders by the end of this week Middle School Attendance Winners 5 Matterhorn 99.2% MIDDLE WINNERS 6 Kilimanjaro 96.7% 7 Rockies 98.1% 8 Olympus 97.9% Dropping off Lunches / Equipment during the day Collection after Clubs Please note that parents collecting students after clubs are dismissed, must wait outside the main reception office on the left hand side for their children. The reception area must be kept free and clear for a safe dismissal, so waiting inside is not possible. Thank you for your support and understanding in this matter. Please see Middle School After School Clubs Timetable below: Community choir is back! We welcome all parents, students, teachers and friends of our School21 community to join us on Friday 18th October from 4:15pm - 5.:15pm in the Main Hall. This is a brilliant way to meet new parents, sing together and build connections with all the members of our school community in an informal setting. Please arrive via reception by 4.15pm. We look forward to seeing you! Rebuilding our Community If you have any concerns about your child being affected by this incident, please let their class teacher / coach know so we can offer support at school as well. Congratulations Student Voice Reps! Green star Milestone recipients! How was Britain shaped by the Windrush Generation? Celebrating our Community Davi works hard for self defense classes with Master Dayang Uli. He takes classes twice a week and on August 29 with great pride of parents and Master, he switched to yellow and black. He is very proud of himself, and of course, his mum is also proud! If you have an outside-of-school achievement you'd like us to celebrate from our community please email Ms Kyrk at akyrk@school21.org.uk with a short explanation and a picture or two and we will include it in an upcoming newsletter! Debating Ancient Greek Style This week in Year 6 we began our introduction to democracy with a debate on whether or not the Ancient Greeks should have built The Parthenon. Students are learning about the history element of this project, and will work on creating their own original Greek-style myth. Watch this space for more updates! Freedom Writing in Year 7 Year 7 have a session in their English classes where students are given the freedom to write about anything they wish, aptly called 'Freedom Writing'. Ahmed has asked to share his work with the community; his piece is particularly moving, focused on what it felt like to leave his primary school and join School 21. Ask your Year 7 child about what their piece was about to find out more! Thank you to Ahmed for his openness in wanting to share this personal piece. School Lunches A reminder that Year 5 and 6 students continue to receive free school lunches as part of the Mayor of Newham's initiative, however, when students start Year 7 they must pay for their school lunches through your Parent Pay account. A letter was sent again last week regarding this, including how to sign up through the Newham website if you feel you are eligible for Free School Meals. Walking Home Alone Permission All Year 5 and 6 students whose parents give permission for them to travel home alone must complete the online permission form sent home earlier this week. The link for doing so is available again here. Please note that students will not be permitted to walk home unless this permission has been received. If you have any problems completing the form, please contact the front reception for support. Thank you for your support in this matter. Middle School Homework This year all of our 12 coaching groups / classrooms have their own Google Classroom set up. All home learning tasks will be set through these online portals. Parents are warmly invited to sign up as guardians on these classrooms; this will give you the opportunity to see all the tasks set for your child so you can keep up to date and support them at home. If you would like to be added to your child's classroom, please follow this link to add your details. Please note the classrooms and student logins are being set up over this week so there may be a short delay before you are able to access them. Please bear with us! Year 7 and 8 students must log on at school to be able to access their Google Account. If your child is having issues or cannot remember their password, please direct them to see their coach or Mr Roworth and the IT team at school. Thank you for your support. Art Department Holiday Assignment Over the holiday periods, the Art Department sets all students in middle school a common homework challenge. However, work that goes over and above and demonstrates excellence of our attributes of spark and craft will be exhibited in our Middle School gallery. For this autumn half term, we are setting the following 'Spoof Poster' assignment (see poster below). Please encourage your child to try their best and discuss possible ideas with them to ignite their imagination. We recommend that they complete the task in different stages: First, discuss ideas with friends and family and sketch out rough ideas on scrap paper; Secondly, research pictures that can be used as reference; Thirdly, draw out your design / composition lightly in pencil on an A4 sheet of paper; Once confident with the design, add tone (value) and colour in. Refer to the homework poster for more details of what to include. Finally, place your work in a protective sleeve and make sure it is not crushed or folder when handed in. It is recommended that they to spend smaller amounts of time working i.e. 40 minute sessions over a few days. It should take a couple of hours to complete, but could take much longer once you get in the zone. Many thanks for your support, Mr Hoeben, Head of Art & Design Recognition Board Another big week of recognition! Is your name below? Congratulations to everyone included on the boards - you have stepped up to live our values of Openness, Community, Humanity, Excellence and Responsibility! The Lunch Menu for This Week is Week 3! |