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Dear Parents,
It has been a very busy and productive week for pupils in school.
On Monday, 29th June we had 60 Year 4 pupils visiting from St Joseph's Primary school who participated in an Art and Photography workshop. The pupils were really excited about visiting our school and working with our pupils in Year 7 and 8. I would like to thank Miss Wilkinson and Ms Hands who led the day.On Tuesday, 30th June, we had over 200 Year 5 boys visiting from several of our Catholic primary partnership schools, including St Joseph’s, St John Fisher’s, St Teresa’s, St Anselm’s, St Georges’ and St Bernadette's. The boys were involved in several different Taster lessons including Science, Maths and Drama, which they really enjoyed. I would like to thank Mr Kerr who coordinated the day and I look forward to working with our Primary schools and pupils over the next year, as they prepare for secondary school transfer. On Wednesday, 1st July, we welcomed our new Year 7 pupils who spent the day with us at Salvatorian College, in preparation for joining us in September. The pupils met their new Form Tutors and Head of Year. During the day, pupils were involved in different lessons and learning activities. The feedback from parents and pupils was overwhelmingly positive about their first day experience and I would like to thank Ms Pereira and Mr Jones who lead the day. I am confident that our school is going from strength to strength and our ability to host these events, for future pupils, shows the capacity we are creating as a school community. More and more parents are talking positively about our school and our pupils’ achievements, which will spread the good news in the wider community. Also on Wednesday a group of Year 10 pupils visited the Phoenix Theatre to see a production of the play ‘Bend it like Beckham’. Thank you to Ms Gallagher who led this enrichment activity for our pupils.
On Monday, 6th July we will be uploading the Year 7 and 8 reports for parents onto the Learning Gateway. I apologise to Year 10 parents that we have been unable to provide Year 10 pupils with the results of their internal exams, however, we will publish these on Monday, 6th July.
Throughout the week, we have had a former pupil of Salvatorian, Will O’Mullane working with the English department as part of his preparation to become a teacher. Will has said that he would be happy to share his experiences with pupils and parents in the near future.
Next week we are looking forward to two major events in our school calendar - our whole school Pilgrimage to Westminster Cathedral on Wednesday, 8th July and our school Sports Day on Friday, 10th July. We are aware of the tube strike on Wednesday, however, we are planning to continue with the programme we have published. !Yours sincerely,!!!
Headteacher’s Letter
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Paul Kassapian Headteacher
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This WeekWednesday, 8th July Mass of Thanksgiving at Westminster Cathedral - all school
Friday, 10th July Sports Day
Friday, 17th July End of Summer Term
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Art Of The Week - Year 7
This week Year 7 have been refining and finishing their gargoyle sculptures by adding colour and gloss. Dan, Derrick and Viktor worked really hard to finish their work. !Well done boys the results are fantastic! !Miss Hands
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Luke Brophy 8A – always applying himself in lessons, producing very good work.- Miss Long Jack Ruddy 8A - always applying himself in lessons, producing very good work.- Miss Long Zachariah Louis 8A – applying his scientific knowledge from class well to interests outside school! - Miss Long Robert Lam 7C – excellent work to overcome difficulty & succeed with balancing chemical equations. - Miss Long Susindu Appuhamy 7C – excellent work at balancing equations, applying himself & listening to feedback to succeed. - Miss LongWilliam Meek 7F made an amazing effort in science – Miss Patharana Theeshand Philip Rajathasan 9B - always has great presentation and exceptional effort in all lessons – Miss Patharana Taylor 8C - planning exceptional starts for the lesson and being able to do great behaviour management. – Miss Patharana Rashad Phillip 8F- Noticeable improvement in English - Miss Stephenson Eoghan Reilly 8F - Noticeable improvement in English – Miss Stephenson Benoit Gentien 8B - Consistently high standard of work in Technology and a great attitude. – Miss Stephenson Stanley Babaloa 9C - for effort and achievement in English.- Miss Gallagher Camilio Bosakwa 7G - improved effort and achievement in English - Miss Gallagher Dante Mackenzie 7F - Improved effort and achievement - Miss Gallagher Sam Mitchell - for fantastic effort and achievement in English – Miss Gallagher Kwaku Dankwa - excellent attitude towards the Science controlled assessment – Miss Ward
Pupil of the Month and all other pupils who were nominated
For making an excellent start
to GCSE geography!
!Miss Browne
Lewis, 9A
Senan Rowe 7B - excellent attitude all the time, he is reflective of his own practice and is always striving to improve on what he has done – Miss Ward Rizalito 8B - Excellent attitude always has a smile on his face – Miss Ward David Doherty 7F – David has 113 achievement points so far this year, which I believe is the highest in the school. He is a great example to other students and is a pleasure to have him in my year group – Mr Jones Patrick Peach 9B - for taking GCSE History really seriously and listening to feedback to greatly extend his effort and level of writing. and also a newly improved focus on his work. – Mr Kearney Milton Justinsuthakaran - 10C for dedication to his CA task and coming back repeatedly after school to improve. - Mr Kearney Stanley Babalola 9C - An excellent and mature start to the Statistics course. – Miss Ahluwalia Jack Mitchell - Consistently hard working and dedicated. An outstanding student! - Miss Ahluwalia Ben Taylor - Consistently hard working and dedicated. An outstanding student! - Miss Ahluwalia Patrick McDonagh 7B - Great improvement in his attitude to learning, presentation and effort during English. – Miss Pasion Bobby McKenna 8B - Great improvement in his attitude to learning, presentation and effort during English assessments - Miss
Pasion
Benjamin Kyla 10B - A maturing attitude toward English and studies that has positively impacted his revision and completion of
internal assessments. - Miss Pasion
James McKenna 9G - A fantastic start to Drama, especially during class discussions and practical work. - Miss Pasion
Martin Pieczonka 9A - Worked really hard all year, really proven that he is taking his English lessons seriously, listens intently and
involves himself in all class discussions.– Miss Shanahan
Luke Apata - for making a really positive start to his GCSE Art and Design course – Miss Wilkinson
Micheal Pietryzk - for making an outstanding start to his GCSE Art and Design course - Miss Wilkinson
Jared Perkins - for making an outstanding start to his GCSE Art and Design course - Miss Wilkinson
Joshua Guerin - for making an outstanding start to his GCSE Art and Design course - Miss Wilkinson
Tino Tom - for making an outstanding start to his GCSE Art and Design course - Miss Wilkinson
Leo Fernando – working hard with the year 4 students attending our art taster day – Miss Wilkinson
Louis Forster - working hard with the year 4 students attending our art taster day – Miss Wilkinson
Pavithran Pakkiyaeeswaren - working hard with the year 4 students attending our art taster day – Miss Wilkinson
Yousuf Danawi - working hard with the year 4 students attending our art taster day – Miss Wilkinson
Joshua Guerin - working hard with the year 4 students attending our art taster day – Miss Wilkinson
Micheal Pietrzyk - working hard with the year 4 students attending our art taster day – Miss Wilkinson
Cary Reyes - working hard with the year 4 students attending our art taster day – Miss Wilkinson
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Liam Twomey - working hard with the year 4 students attending our art taster day – Miss Wilkinson
Tiernan O'Kane - working hard with the year 4 students attending our art taster day – Miss Wilkinson
Dan Spoiala - working hard with the year 4 students attending our art taster day – Miss Wilkinson
Paul Costello - working hard with the year 4 students attending our art taster day – Miss Wilkinson
Alex Moran - working hard with the year 4 students attending our art taster day – Miss Wilkinson
Alfie Van Santen - working hard with the year 4 students attending our art taster day – Miss Wilkinson
William Whealen - Improving attitude to learning in geography, resulting in better exam results – Miss Browne
Frankie Stent - For producing outstanding biomes for his geography assessment - Miss Browne
Henri Gentien - For always trying his best and making so much progress throughout the year - Miss Browne
Jared Perkins - Making an excellent start to GCSE geography - Miss Browne
Jack Burton - Making an excellent start to GCSE geography - Miss Browne
Pupil of the Month and all other pupils who were nominated
Last Wednesday we celebrated the Feast of the Dedication of Westminster Cathedral or as it is officially known: The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Precious Blood Dedicated to the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, To his Blessed Mother, His Foster Father Saint Joseph, and St Peter his Vicar.
During this solemnity we are not celebrating the building but what it represents.
It is the Mother Church of all Catholics within the Diocese of Westminster and the Cathedral or seat of our Bishop. The Bishop represents Christ in the diocese and it is true that when we talk about our local Church we are talking about our Diocese. Every Diocese is a Church in its own right and it is thorough communion with the Holy Father in Rome that we realise our role in the one mystical body of Christ.
It is a happy coincidence that the school will be having Mass with Bishop John Sherrington in the Cathedral next week. The Early Church Fathers recognised the importance of the faithful, Clergy and Bishop gathering together to celebrate Mass. Our pilgrimage to Westminster is therefore both an important part of the spiritual life of our Salvatorian Community but also an expression of the Catholicity or universality of the Church.
The Feast of the Dedication of Westminster Cathedral - Mark Davoren,
School Chaplain
by Brian Whelan
Mike Ratnasothy was a pupil at our school some 3 years ago. Mike is asking for our support. In June he will be volunteering for 10 weeks on a development programme in Bolivia. !This is part of International Citizen Service (ICS), which brings young people together to fight poverty and make a difference where it is needed most. He will be working alongside volunteers from the UK, on a project which works with young people who come from difficult backgrounds, to educate them in important social skills and other key areas. !ICS works with communities that have specifically requested their help. It also aims to inspire young people in the UK and overseas to become active citizens who are passionate about long term community development. With this in mind, the Maths Department have put together a Maths Fun Quiz which the Year 9 are taking part in on Tuesday morning in the hall. The students have put themselves in teams across the year group. All money raised for entry will be donated to the International Citizen Service. Prizes of Amazon vouchers will be given to the top two teams! We are looking forward to this exciting event and hope it will be fun for all! !Ms Ahluwalia
Year 9 Maths Quiz, - Tuesday 7th July, Raising money for the International
Citizen Service
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Maths Challenge
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!TRIPLE TALLY
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4 numbers under ten, and multiply them together.
They all came up with the same answer, even though they don’t all
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Sports day is scheduled to take place on Friday, 10th July 2015, at Bannisters Stadium.
Pupils are required to make their own way to Bannisters Sports Centre, Uxbridge Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA3 6SW.
Pupils should arrive by 8:45am, and remain at Bannisters until they are dismissed at approximately 1.00 – 1:30 pm.
This is a compulsory school day and registers will be taken at the start of the day and before students are dismissed.
Students are to wear their indoor/white PE kit (no jewellery) and they will be issued with a letter corresponding to their House, which will be pinned on the front of their shirt.
Some pins will be available on the day, however it would be helpful if each student could provide their own pins. Students will need to look after their own possessions and they are advised to leave valuable items at home.
Students should bring a packed lunch as there will be no facility available for them to purchase food at Bannisters.
It is advised that all students bring a hat, sun cream, and plenty of water to keep them hydrated throughout the day. Be prepared for varied weather conditions.
Parents are more than welcome to come along and support their boys. We look forward to a good sporting day.
L Linale, Physical Education Department
SPORTS DAY
10th July
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Creative Arts Day - Year 4 Taster Day
On Monday, 29th June we held our first 'Creative Arts Day' aimed at Year 4 pupils from our local primary school, St Joseph's. !Salvatorian had the pleasure of inviting 60 boys and girls to participate in the day. During the sessions the art department taught pupils a series of drawing activities, including continuous line, blind and from memory. !Miss Hands then led a session where students were able to learn some basic camera techniques to produce Pop art inspired portraits. Our own pupils supported throughout the day and were excellent ambassadors for the school. !
The sessions ended with students working with their own photographs to add further pop art features, such as benday dots and callouts. !St Joseph's pupils were also invited to enjoy lunch with us and the food from our café proved extremely popular. !The day ended with pupils and their parents invited to a preview of the art and technology exhibition, and to share in afternoon tea. !We were delighted to be part of this, and a special thanks goes to Miss Hands, Miss Pereira and the students who helped throughout the day.
Mrs Wilkinson
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Year 5 Taster Day
On Tuesday, 30th June Salvatorian college welcomed over two hundred Year 5 pupils from six primary schools in Harrow. !The pupils had some riddles to solve in the main hall before setting off to undertake a number of activities during the taster day - from Science experiments to Drama to fun Maths ( can maths ever be fun?). !The feedback from the Year 5 pupils and their teachers was extremely positive, as you can see from the example. !The fun Maths pupils came back with life-sized model examples of the longest snake ever, the longest hair ever and the tallest man ever. !Who knew maths could be so much fun? !Thank you Miss Ahluwalia! I must personally thank all of the Year 10 pupils who looked after the boys on the day and who proved themselves to be excellent role models. !Thank you also to the Science team - Miss Ward , Miss Long, Miss Kelly and Miss Pathirana and also to Miss Pasion for the wonderful Drama. !Thank you to everyone who contributed to make the day so enjoyable. !Mr Kerr Assistant Head
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Year 5 Taster Day - Photos
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Year 6 Taster Day
We welcomed our new year 7's on Wednesday, 1st July and were able to put on a fun filled day made especially pleasant by the warm, sunny weather! !Pupils were able to get involved in lots of different activities including Art/Photography, Languages, Drama, Science and Maths. !The boys absolutely loved the range of tasks that were put on offer and many commented on the fact that the experience was better than they ever expected. !Towards the latter part of the day, Mr Jones successfully ra n a d o d g e b a l l c o m p e t i t i o n w h i c h t h e boys thoroughly enjoyed. !All in all the day was a tremendous success and we look forward to seeing our new Salvo's in the Autumn term! !Thanks to all who supported in making the day run smoothly! !
‘Bend It Like Beckham’ on the 1st of July was a fantastic performance.
It lived up to its reputation of being a feel-good musical.
The musical encourages you to have a good time while fusing culture, music, emotions and fun.
I was extremely impressed with the boys embracing a genre of music and dance they would not generally be used to. Many of the boys at the finale were dancing with the crowd and it was quite a warming site. We really do have a lot of undiscovered talent in our school.
The musical was jam-packed with warmth, humour and heart. It was a pleasure to take your sons on this theatre trip as they were excellent ambassadors for the school.
Watch out for Nosa Hayble’s Student Review in Next Week’s News Letter.
Miss Gallagher
The Provincial Championships begin on Saturday, July 4th with both London U16 and U18 squads taking on Hertfordshire in St.Josephs GAA Club, Bullsmore Lane, Enfield, EN1 4RQ. The U-16 match is at 4.30 p.m., with the U-18 match at 6.15 p.m. !The following Salvatorian boys have been selected for the London Development Squads. !!London U16 !Sean Rice Conor Redmond Conal Vaughan (Tir Chonaill Gaels) !Joshua Obahor Daniel Maguire (Parnells) !!London U18 !Joshua Obahor Daniel Maguire (Parnells) Conal Vaughan (Tir Chonaill Gaels) !!Joshua, Daniel and Conal are on the squad selection for both U16 and U18 Squads. !Good luck to all the boys for Saturday! !Miss Gallagher
Gaelic Football
Lockers !Can pupils please make sure they completely empty their lockers
before the end of term removing all padlocks. !Lockers will be broken into during the holidays and the school
cannot accept responsibility for any lost items. !Stationery !Pupils are reminded that they will need to be equipped with the
appropriate stationery at the beginning of the next term. !Please ensure you include different colour pens, glue sticks, sticky
tape, grades of pencils, rulers etc.
It is essential that pupils are prepared for lessons.
End of Term Reminder to Pupils
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Salvatorian College Lettings !
Do you have a birthday or a special occasion you want to celebrate. or make use of our classrooms or school hall? !Do you want to use our indoor gymnasium? Please contact the school office on 020 8863 2706 and leave a message for the premises team to contact you. !We will need to know the date and time of your event, facility required and the premises team will contact you to discuss your needs.
School
Notices &
Events
8th July - Mass of Thanksgiving at Westminster Cathedral As part of the Salvatorian Fathers’ Year of Vocation, the school will be celebrating a Mass of
Thanksgiving at Westminster Cathedral on Wednesday, July 8th! !This is an excellent opportunity for the whole school and the school community to gather together
and make this a memorable event for our pupils. You and your family are encouraged to join us for this unique opportunity and enjoy this very special
day in the faith journey of the school. !Please register and make your contribution via Parent Pay as soon as possible. Alternatively you can
now also pay by cheque or by cash via the school office. !We hope to see you all at Westminster Cathedral!
Drug Awareness sessions
Ignite are continuing to work with Salvatorian College to deliver drug awareness sessions
to our Year 9s. The remaining sessions will be held on Monday, 6th July and Monday, 13th
July 2015.
Afternoon Tea Afternoon Tea will be held at 2.00 pm on the Presbytery Lawn on Sunday, 6th September.
Tickets will be on sale shortly.
All are welcome!
Learning Gateway – Tips
1. Forgotten your Username and Password –
contact [email protected]
2. Password reminder – This can only be sent
if you have filled in the Security Question and
Answer on the “My Account Page”, if you
have not filled this in please do so. E.g. Question
“My dogs name” / Answer Fido
!3. Password Changes - The system requires
you to change your password every six months.
4. Password Structure – This must have a mix
of 3 out of 4 character types and at least 8
characters. E.g. Salvo99Fido
a. UPPER case letters
b. Lower case letters
c. Numbers
d. Other characters - £^*$)(
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Parent View !Parent View gives you the chance to tell Ofsted what you think about the school. !Parent View asks for your opinion on 12 aspects of the school, from the quality of teaching, to dealing with bullying and poor behaviour. !Ofsted will use the information you provide when making decisions
!!!about which schools to inspect, and when. !By sharing your views, you will be helping the school to improve. To register your view, please visit: !https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/
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Parent Notices
The government allocates additional funding to schools in the form of ‘The Pupil Premium’. !This is to ensure that all pupils, from Reception through to Year 11, are given the same opportunities to achieve academically, and so that no pupil makes less progress due to economic or social circumstances. !Students have received a variety of valuable materials for a broad range of lessons including geometry sets, a calculator, dictionary, thesaurus and stationary. !Your son could also be eligible for free school meals, if as a parent/carer you receive one of the following support payments: !• Income Support (IS) - a child who receives Income Support can also apply for
free school meals themselves. • Income Related Job Seekers Allowance (JSAIR) !• Income Related Employment Support Allowance (ESAIR) !• Support under Part VI of the Immigration andAsylum Act 1999. !• Pension Credit !• Child Tax Credit (ensuring
that your income is no more than £16,190.00). !
If you believe your son is entitled to the Pupil Premium, please use the link: https://pps.lgfl.org.uk/ in order to identify if you Qualify. !To apply, please go online www.harrow.gov.uk or visit the civic centre.
Pupil Premium
Information for Parents
Governors Fund - A Catholic
Education Partnership 2014/2015Dear parents/carers, thank you
for your contributions towards
the Governors Fund, which it is
greatly appreciated and it is an
important factor in the success
of Catholic education. !As you know the Governors are
endeavouring to ensure staff,
space and resources are
available for your son to learn
and succeed. !You may be aware of the ‘Gift
Aid’ Scheme, whereby the
school can retrieve 25p for
every £1.00 you contribute. Most
families have opted for this
assisting in the financial benefit
to the school, but at no extra
cost to themselves.
If you have paid for Governors
Fund but have not completed a
Gift Aid form, please complete
and return it to the school as
soon as you can. Please find
attached the Gift Aid form or
click on the link: !h"p://www.salvatoriancollege.com/uploads/asset_file/Gi:_Aid_Form_new_style_Sept_14.pdf
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Parents/carers are reminded
that Innovate run a cashless
system in the school’s Cafe. !Please ensure you top-up
your son's account via Parent
Pay and allow 24hrs for the
payment to go through the
system. !To receive a Balance alert on
Lunch Money go to View /
Edit profile then set up the
Phones & emails.
Then go to Alert settings and
select Salvatorian Lunch
Money, set a Threshold value
and select either or both the
email and / or Text alert.
If you have any queries
please speak to Innovate's
Catering Manager or to Pat
Maloney, our IT manager. !Thank you. !
Parent Pay Top - Up Reminder to
Parents
School Uniform
Can parents make sure that
their son’s uniform is labeled
with their full name please. !Please check that your son
is bringing home their own
uniform and not another
pupil’s uniform. Please let
the school know if your son
has someone else’s uniform. !Thank you.
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