Middle School Newsletter

Date for the Diary
 

Wednesday 27th June - Year 7 Trip to the London Dungeons
(Hard copies handed out and emailed)

Wednesday 20th June - Year 5 Legoland Trip
(Hard Copies handed out and emailed)

Saturday 23rd June - Parkrun 200

Tuesday 26th June - Literacy Festival Year 7

Thursday 28th June - Year 6 Transition Day

Monday 9th July - Summer Sports Day

Wednesday 11th July - Inset Day
(School closed to all students)

Thursday 12th July - Band Project Gala Concert
(See Poster Below)

Friday 13th July - Summer Fair

Monday 16th July - Oscars

Wednesday 18th July - Exhibition of Beautiful Work
(1:00pm finish)

Thursday 19th July - Last Day of Term
(1:00pm finish)

Summer Break - Friday 20th July - Friday 7th September 

Important Notices:

*It is important for the safety of our students and local residents that all parents who drive to school in the mornings and afternoons are adhering to the road rules. 

We ask you all to consider the following: 

- Do not speed on our surrounding roads as many families walk to and from school and this compromises their safety.
- Do not park on the zig zag lines at the front of the school as this impacts on our students safely crossing the road. 
- Do not park across the driveways of our neighbours, as this will disrupt access to their private property.

As a school we suggest walking or catching public transport to school to where possible. If you have to drive, there is often ample parking spaces a little further away from the school, which may also alleviate the congestion and stress of the morning. 

We thank you for your cooperation on this matter and your consideration of our local community.  

**Late arrival to school results in interruptions to the learning process. Parents are encouraged to have students to school on time. Parents who come to drop their child to school after 8:30am start must come in to the office to sign-in.  All children need to be signed in using our new electronic system, which will change the class register to show that they are on school premises.  Excessive tardiness to school may be referred to the Local Authority for action and possible court referral.

***School Uniform - Children must always come into school with correct full school uniform which includes tie and black shoes (black trainers are not acceptable). If your child comes to school in the incorrect uniform parents will be notified.  Please ensure that your child has the correct School21 PE Kit on PE days.

****Equipment - Parents please ensure your child comes into school with all the equipment and food they will need for the day.  The front office will not be responsible for taking things to classroom as this is disruptive to children's learning.

Reminder to Parents 

- No bicycles or scooters are to be ridden in the school gates, this includes when coming to collect from after school clubs 

- No climbing is permitted on the bicycle racks

GDPR Compliance

Please refer to the school’s website for Student and Parent Privacy Notices:   https://www.school21.org.uk/policies

Community Choir

The next two community choir rehearsals will take place on Friday 8th June and Friday 22nd June, running from 4:00 - 5:00pm. We will be working with instruments as we build towards a fantastic community parade in July. Come along and enjoy the fun! No experience necessary

Parkrun 200

Training for Parkrun200 is well underway! Our aim is to get 200 people from School 21 to run a 5km course, at Hackney Marshes, on Saturday 23rd June at 9am.

Years 5 - 9 train at 3:30pm every Tuesday. Years 10 - 12 train at 4:20pm every Tuesday.  EVERYONE is welcome

Lego Systems Go! 

The big day finally arrived this week! The year 5s split into their teams for the last time, ready to take on the huge challenge table with its 5 different courses. 

The teams free flowed around the middle school, timing their group to build, code, complete the challenge and then deconstruct their robots. 

They earned time advantages for excellent team work and time penalties for not taking care of their LEGO kits! Some special mentions for the day are Ridhwan for his grit over the project, Kishi for showing great professionalism and focus today, Jacky, Amina, Eleanor, Ibrahim and Isaiah for their robotics expertise and everyone for the great teamwork strategies they developed over the project!

The times throughout the day have been recorded and final calculations are being done - everyone is eagerly awaiting the results! Who will win the robot trophies? Who’s robots will rule? 

Please remember to make Legoland payments via PayPal if you wish your child to attend. Also note that the children should wear their PE kits on the day, including comfortable shoes.

Overdue Library Books

It's been great to see lots of overdue books being returned to the library. Thank you to those that have hunted for missing books. Unfortunately there are still lots more to be returned. If you have received a letter about overdue books and they have been lost, these can now be paid for via ParentPay.

Mrs Fisher
Librarian

All Clubs are running as normal until Week Ending 6th July