Middle School Newsletter

Date for the Diary
 

Wednesday 13th 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.

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

On Your Marks...

On Thursday some of Middle School's finest athletes took part in Cumberland Primary Quadkids Competition. They competed in various track and field events including running, jumping and throwing events.

School 21 were very well represented and a good time was had by all!

A Timely Challenge

In our final practice week, teams worked together in final practice sessions, getting ready for the final robotics challenge which will take place next Wednesday. 

Over the half term break, Mr Bukks and Mr Muggeridge worked hard to build our new challenge board for next week’s show down. We say a huge thank you to both for their hard work! 

Don’t forget to return the permission slips and make the payment on ParentPay for our Legoland trip on the 20th of June. 

Also put 18th July in your diary to come along to the Summer Exhibition of Beautiful Work. The Year 5s will be on hand to teach the exhibition visitors how to build and code the WeDo bots! 
 

Moderate GLA Air Quality Alert for School 21 

Dear Parents/Carers,

As part of the Mayor of London’s drive to increase air quality in London, schools have received the following guidance:

• If at all possible, advise parents not to drive their children to and from school (or students themselves not to drive), as this exacerbates pollution in the school vicinity. Note that pollution levels are often higher inside cars even when the windows are shut.
• For those who continue to drive, ask parents/guardians/students not to idle their engines in the school vicinity.
• For those walking and cycling, try to plan a route to and from school that sticks to side roads or goes through parks or other green areas.

Please help to increase the air quality in our local area.

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