Elthorne Park High School Newsletter

Issue 843 – 14th March 2019

World Book Day Winners After much deliberation, we announced the winners of the World Book Day Competition on Monday. The following students collected their prizes (a highly valued chocolate medal and a book prize!

Mia Nelson, 8E – Marvin from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Noah Dryden Pell, 7R – St. George from The Enemy by Charlie Higson Chloe Yuen, 8O – Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier by Joe Simon/Jack Kirby/Marvel Comics

Congratulation to everyone who dressed up to celebrate World Book Day. You were all winners! Ms Martino & Ms McKinstry, Librarians

Careers Fair Years 11 - 13 On Wednesday 20th March we will be running a Careers Fair for students in years 11-13. This is an exciting opportunity which will provide our students with a greater insight into the world of work and possible career paths. Professionals will be representing a wide variety of careers, and will be here to share their experiences with students, and students can approach them to discuss their chosen field. 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. We are inviting Year 11 students to attend on Wednesday 20th March, from 4:30pm -5:30pm, and Sixth Form Students to attend from 5:30pm - 6:30pm. Ms Carey, Year Leader - Sixth Form French Exchange 2019

Thank you to all parents/carers who have already paid the deposit. Payments can be made via Parent Pay (log-in to ParentPay, enter username and password, follow the payment procedure all the way through and check that you receive a confirmation e-mail of your payment.) Please make payments either in full or in instalments as follows:

Instalment 2 - by Thursday 25th April 2019 - £20. You will need to If you have any queries regarding the above or need a password reminder, please either e-mail spatel@ephs.ealing.sch.uk or call 020 8566 1166 and choose the Finance option. All Yr8 students of French have seen the letters from the French participants and have written a letter to introduce themselves so that all can benefit from the link we have with the French school. A parental meeting will take place on Monday 1st April 2019 at 6pm in the school library where the original documents for the DBS check can be photocopied. Ms Kahan, Faculty Leader - MFL

Don’t Forget W/B Monday 11th March

Yr11 PPEs continue

Wednesday 20th March Sixth Form Careers Evening

Wednesday 27th March

Yr9 Options Evening

Thursday 28th March Spanish & German

Exchanges

Thursday 4th April Yr9 Options Taster Day

Friday 5th April

Last Day of Term School closes @ 12:15pm

Tuesday 23rd April

Yr13 Assessment Week

Thursday 25th April Yr9 Parents Evening

Monday 29th April

HSA Meeting @ 7:30pm

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

Newsletter Contents: World Book Day Winners Careers Fair French Exchange Yr9 Options Process GCSE D&T Controlled

Assessment Deadline Classical Music Concert HSA Update Illustrator of the Week Yr11 Lunchtime & After

school revision sessions HSA Quiz & Curry Night Ealing Parent & Carer

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Elthorne Park High School Newsletter 14th March 2019

Student Academic Year

2018 - 2019

Spring Term 2019 Spring/1

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

Student Academic Year 2019 - 2020

Autumn Term 2019 Autumn/1

Wednesday 4th September - Friday 18th October

Half-Term

Monday 21st October - Monday 28th October

Autumn/2

Tuesday 29th October - Thursday 19th December

Christmas Holiday

Friday 20th December - Friday 3rd January 2020

Thought for the Week

Year 9 Options Process - Key Dates Wednesday 27th March – Year 9 Options Evening – 5:30pm - 7:30pm At Options Evening, all students will be able to collect their personalised Year 9 options booklet outlining our Key Stage 4 curriculum, as well as their Spring Progress Report. The evening will begin with a presentation in the school hall at 5:30pm. Afterwards, you and your child will be given the opportunity to visit individual subject areas and find out more about the courses on offer at Key Stage 4. The evening will finish at 7:30pm. Thursday 4th April – GCSE Options Taster Day Students will be given the opportunity to take part in GCSE taster sessions which will allow them to sample the subject content and skills that will covered in different subjects during Key Stage 4. These lessons will showcase the increased rigour and challenge that students will experience during their GCSE courses and support them in making informed and appropriate GCSE choices. Thursday 25th April – Year 9 Parents Evening – 4:30pm - 7:30pm If you have any further queries regarding Options, there will be another opportunity to ask questions during parents evening. As well as checking your child’s progress, if your child is considering choosing that subject as one of their options, you will be able to ask the teachers for subject-specific guidance and advice. Ms Borde, Year Leader - Year 9

GCSE D&T NEA Deadline Just to remind you that the final deadline for GCSE DT Coursework is 1st April. This includes all practical work and the final evaluation. Please ensure that your child completes all the work set ready to hand in on this date. If they are behind with practical work they MUST attend additional sessions after school or at lunchtime in order to catch up. Please note that as the coursework makes up 50% of the GCSE grade it is very important that students complete this to a high standard. Ms Short, Faculty Leader - Art & Design

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Old Style Uniform January Sale – 50% OFF Please pop along to the uniform shop where you will be able to buy the old style uniform at half price in our January Sale, subject to availability. Please hurry as once it’s gone it’s gone! Ms Mitchell, Finance Office

HSA Update Classical Music Concert - Thursday 21st March we are serving refreshments before the event and during the interval. Looking forward to a wonderful musical evening.

HOLD THE DATE - Friday 10th May 2019 - HSA Quiz and Curry night Book out your diary and book up your friends for our next HSA Quiz and Curry night - teams of 4-8 please. Reserve your place via ParentPay using 'Pay for Other Items', 'HSA-Events' and pay £10 per person and mark the payment 'Quiz Night' and note your 'Chicken or Veg' curry preference. Looking forward to seeing you there.

HSA Spending Money at School We are currently saving towards Chrome books for the Geography department, having spent our current funds on new lunchtime benches, footballs for use at break time and Music software for use by all year groups and paid towards the set for the recent School Musical "Fame". New Volunteers Our current Chair is stepping down and it would be great to get a larger group of parents involved in our fundraising. Please come along to our next meeting, or get in touch by email (see below) to join in with our fundraising activities. The more people get involved, the more fun it will be and the more funds we can raise. As always, please get in touch with us at elthornehsa@hotmail.co.uk or join our Facebook group called 'Elthorne Park High School - HSA' to keep up with our activities. Our next meeting is at 7:30pm on Monday 29th April in the 6th form block. Everyone is welcome.

Illustrator of the Week Alec Gething (7R)

For being a regular library user and always using his time to draw and create something magical. Well done Alec, you could be the

next Quentin Blake!

Please come to the library to choose your PRIZE.

Elthorne Park High School Newsletter 14th March 2019

Year 11 - Lunchtime and After School sessions – Spring Term 2019 All departments have organised intervention sessions at lunchtime and after school for all Year 11 students. Please encourage your child to attend these subject support, revision and catch up sessions to help with preparation towards their GCSEs. If your child needs to attend a targeted session (indicated on the programme with an asterisk *), you will be sent an email or letter by the Head of Department. Also, the library is open for Year 11 students to study or revise from Monday to Thursday, starting at 8am and after school until 4.30pm.

Elthorne Park High School Newsletter 14th March 2019

Elthorne HSA

Quiz & Curry Night

Come & have a fun evening

testing your mental agility

& enjoy a delicious curry

Please advise if Chicken or Veg curry is

required when you book

Make up a table of 6-8 people

Or come and join in with others

The more the merrier!!!

Friday 10th May 2019 Doors open at 7:15pm

Quiz starts at 7:30pm Curry served during interval

Bar & nibbles available on Sale

(Please don’t BYOB)

Cost of ticket £10 per person Pre book through ParentPay

Pay for Other Items / HSA-Events and add in £10 per

person and put Quiz Night in the ‘notes’ or email

elthornehsa@hotmail.co.uk & pay on the night.

Elthorne Park High School Newsletter 14th March 2019

Elthorne Park High School Newsletter 14th March 2019