Co-Headteachers: Mr Peter Hyman & Mr Oli de Botton Middle School NewsletterKey Dates Attendance Update 5 Matterhorn - 100% OVERALL WINNERS! *Please note that students who are performing in the band at the Cultural Banquet will receive free tickets for themselves and 1 parent/carer! Year 7/8 Reflection After School A reminder to all parents and carers of Year 7 and Year 8 students: At times students may need to stay back to speak to their teachers at the end of the day if a restorative conversation or reflection session needs to be completed. These discussions can take up to 15 minutes so may result in students leaving at 3:30pm. If a student is required to stay longer than this time, this will be clearly communicated with parents beforehand so that the student and their family is very clear on this. We appreciate your support of families on this matter. Reflection at the end of the day is important to both ensure students are ready to start the next day with a clean start and also work as a deterrent for disruption in class. Primary Gate Closing Time Please be advised that the green primary gate will close and be locked at 3:30pm. If you are speaking to a teacher and finish after this time, they will accompany you to the front reception to leave. Similarly, your child will exit through the main reception doors if they are leaving after this time. Please also ensure that your children are not playing on the primary school climbing frame after school. The gate will be locked at this time to ensure the school is safe and secure. Thank you for your support on both of these matters. iPad Reminders - keeping you and your device safe Today in the whole school Monday Meet Up, Year 7 and 8 students were reminded of the iPad agreement everyone signed before they collected their iPads. The user agreement is above for reference. Students were reminded that iPads are learning tools and should only be out and in use at school during lessons - and that they needed to be used as directed by teachers at this time. If students are not using their iPads correctly, they will be confiscated and parents will be contacted. If there is repeated misuse, students will have to store their iPads in the leadership office and collect with a teacher when needed, or, in extreme cases, not be allowed to use their iPad at all. We thank parents in advance for their support on ensuring iPad use is safe and their child is aware of and following expectations. We also reminded students that iPads MUST be away out of sight in bags as they come to and leave from school every morning and afternoon to keep themselves safe. Walking with an iPad out makes students easy targets for muggings. Please reiterate the importance of this message at home as well. Staff on the gates will always ensure iPads are away as students leave. January Out and About Above and Beyond Winners Congratulations to the January winners of Above and Beyond. Each month, the coaches of each middle school class choose a nominee who has represented our Values of Openness, Humanity, Community, Excellence and Responsibility. Well done to Deimante, Ameera, Julia, Muheem, Smilte, Joshua, Anashe, Xavi, Joel, Tamjid, Mansur and Nyla (who is coming next month as she had a trip clash!) for being January's winners. Watch this space to see who is selected next month. Millionaire Reader's Club This week we had Numair (Y7) hit his 3 million word milestone and Alexia and Arjun (Y6) both hit their 1 million word milestones this week! Congratulations and keep reading everyone! To become a word millionaire too, all you need to do is get reading, then log onto the Accelerated Reader program to answer some questions about what you've read! Ask your class teacher, coach or Ms Druce and Ms McLear if you need help accessing your account. Davi's Dojo! I'm proud for myself, I had lots of support from my Master Dayang Uli, my mum, my dad and my brother. Now new belt, new step to continue growing at self defense martial art. ORANGE COLOUR ️🔝 ️ ️ If your child would like to celebrate an achievement or example of Excellence they have earned outside of school and they would like to celebrate this in the newsletter, please email Ms Kyrk (akyrk@school21.org.uk) with a short blurb and 1-2 photographs and this will be added! Kooth Free Online Counselling A reminder that Kooth Online Counselling is available and promoted at School 21 to all of our young people. It is a portal through which free, anonymous counselling is offered by trained professionals. Click here to visit the website to learn more about and to access this offer. Latest Star Winners - Update! Congratulations to this weeks' additions to the Red Star winners list: Year 5: A'Sheerah, Emelia K, Faizan, Frank, Nassir, Shailah, Telerig We also welcome the newest winners of the prestigious Blues Stars! Congratulations to:Year 6: *There is a delay on our order of Green and Red stars currently! Hopefully they will arrive by the end of the week - our apologies to students who are waiting on these for the delay! Recognition Last Week Even though we only had 4 days of school last week, we still had 700 names added to the recognition board over the week! Keep demonstrating our values and making our school #middlestrong! Student Safety Advice - Mobile Phones With winter well on its way and hours of darkness lasting for longer each day, it is advisable to speak to your child about staying safe on the journey to and from school, especially in regards to carrying their mobile telephone. This link: https://www.met.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention/violence/stay-safe/ gives information on things to consider to help stay safe when out and about with your mobile phone. Please read through this with your child and ensure you are equipping them with the knowledge to stay safe! Dear Parents/Carers, Thank you to those who have registered with the Easy Fundraising platform, the donations have already started to come in! For those who haven’t, this platform allows us to turn everyday online shopping into donations for the school which can then be spent on equipment and facilities. If you haven’t registered yet and are happy to help (at no cost to you!), we ask that you do two things: 1. Sign up to Easy Fundraising and register School 21 as your cause of choice here: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/invite/GO6EW2/. (We get a £5 donation for every person that signs up via that link!). 2. Install the donation reminder on your computer: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/donation-reminder/. This is a totally unobtrusive button that sits on your internet bar, and pops up with a subtle reminder every time you shop with a retailer that donates to us. Finally, please share with any family and friends. All at School 21 First Aid Notice If you son/daughter needs to take medication at school it has to be brought to school by an adult and a form needs to be signed. Please do not send medication in with your son/daughter as this is going against our school policy and the medication may not be administered. Your help and cooperation is greatly appreciated. Important Middle School Links: Information on ParentPay and School Lunches Payments - click here. Email Ms Nandra (rnandra@school21.org.uk) if you need any assistance. Walking Home Alone Permission - to register your permission for your child to walk home alone, please click here. See your child's teacher/coach with any questions or concerns. For access to the online Homework Google Classrooms please fill in your details through this link. See you child's coach/teacher for help if needed. Use this link to see all the homework set for your child. The Lunch Menu for This Week is Week 2! |