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HEADTEACHER’S NEWS

Early finish Tuesday 22nd March I just wanted to take this opportunity to give you advance warning about Tuesday 22nd March. On this day, school will finish early to allow teaching staff important moderation time for GCSE coursework. Students will be dismissed at 12:35pm and food will be available as usual at break time.

Happy Easter I would like to wish all members of the JRCS community a very happy Easter and I hope that you have a restful and enjoyable break. As you will be aware, our Easter revision school runs throughout the holiday for our Year 11, 12 and 13 students. I look forward to seeing as many as possible of our students who are preparing for Summer examinations in school during this time.

We return to school on Monday 11th April at the normal time.

Well done Naomi! On 13th of March, Naomi Timothy, 10B, competed in a regional gymnastics competition at Europa in Bromley. Performing two difficult routines, she won gold. As she got a score of 49.755, she got through to compete in a national competition in May.

Mr Smith Headteacher

GENERAL NEWS

Year 10 Parents’ Evening The Year 10 Parents’ Evening will be held on Thursday 14th April from 4:00pm – 7:00pm. Could parents please check that the students are making appointments with their teachers.

Miss Savva Head of Year 10

Spain Water Sports Parent Meeting

Just a reminder of the parents/carers meeting that will be held in Boothroyd Hall on Monday 21st March 2016 at 5:45pm. It is important that ALL students and parents attend this meeting, as there will be detailed information to ensure your child has a safe and enjoyable trip.

Parents are also required to bring to the meeting the students passport and EHIC card, as the details are needed by the tour operator prior to departure.

Mr Newport PE Teacher Lost Property Can all parents please be reminded to ask students to check the lost property basket before the end of term as any items left will be disposed of.

Mrs Stone Office Manager

Issue 496 Friday 11th March 2016 issued every Friday Next week is week 2

Week beginning 11/04/16 is week 1

WE Day 2016

Wednesday 9th March, We Day UK 2016 was unforgettable. Wembley saw 12,000 young volunteers treated to inspiring speakers, A list celebrities and crowd-pumping performances, all to celebrate a year of young people making a difference in their local communities.

Niranjana Unni and Reggie Ryan from our school were invited to speak on stage in front of a packed arena and Abigail Hall was invited into the Press Room where the celebrities were being interviewed. The two students presented the amazing work their school has done on several social action for change campaigns. ‘It was incredible to see so many young people in one spot who have a passion for making a difference and creating a better world!’ said Reggie. Niranjana said ‘One of my favourite things about today was the unity all of the students in that one arena. We saw young people on stage bringing attention to the work others are doing, supporting one another in their endeavours, and truly demonstrating the power WE have when we stand together to make change.’

Jo Richardson Community School have been praised locally and nationally for their recent We Are Silent March and the work for LBGTQ inclusivity.

Fleur East, Revelation Avenue and Labarinth performed their songs while Hollywood megastar Marlee Martin and Rita Ora spoke about the personal hurdles they have had to overcome and Professor Brian Cox spoke about the power of volunteering in your community. The day was a huge success.

Ms Boller said ‘Our mission at Jo Richardson is to make change a reality, and I am so proud of our own speakers Reggie and Niranjana who left the huge crowd seriously inspired and ready to take action. We take pride in our students desire to make a change in their community, be it locally or globally and that is what makes our school such an incredible place to work and to be a student.’

Ms Boller Student Communication Manager ARP News

Autism Awareness week at JRCS is fast approaching! Look out for our flyers to keep you informed as to the exciting events that will be taking place. The date this year will be from Monday 18th April to Friday 22nd April, so hope to see you all in Main Street at break and lunch.

Our next parent support meeting will be on Thursday 14th April, which is a week later than normal due to the Easter break. Our guest will be Marcello Cooper who will be guiding us through completing an Educational Health and Care Plan.

Happy Easter to you all!

The ARP Team Attention Year 11s - GCSE Revision For all those who need help structuring and planning revision or for tips and ideas on how to revise, don’t stress! Just come to GCSE Revision Skills Club with me every Friday. Students should meet in the KS4 Pastoral Office at 3:15pm.

Look forward to seeing you!

Mrs Eades Pastoral Support Assistant (KS4)

Mayor of London Award On Monday 7th March, Jo Richardson Community School Student Voice received the Mayor of London award for our Social Action projects for 2015/16. Reggie Ryan, Niranjana Unni and Abigail Hall received the award from Boris Johnson at City Hall.

It has been an incredible year for our school in terms of local and national recognition for the amazing community action projects. We are a school that prides ourselves on not only high standards in the classroom but also outside of the classroom where our students have become advocates of change.

Thanks to our incredible parents and students we have collected over 750kg of food for our local food bank, taken our Student Voice system to Preston, London and Liverpool where our model is now being implemented. Introduced discreet LGBTQ lesson plans into the curriculum for LGBTQ awareness month and had two of our students speaking on stage at Wembley Arena last week about our projects in front of 12000 young people, celebrities and chart-topping singers.

Well done to everyone who supports our Student Voice. This award was for all involved

Ms Boller Student Communication Manager Return your library books before the Easter break All library books must be returned to the Library before the Easter break, last day is Thursday 24 March.

If you have lost a library book, the library fine of £5 should be paid, do not wait for a letter home before paying this. Payment is made via ParentPay, under ‘overdue library books’. Once the fine is paid a student’s library account will be cleared of the lost book.

Thank you to all students and parents for their support concerning library books.

Have a really good break.

Ms Osland School Librarian Young people and the media For our citizenship course work we are addressing the issue of how the young people are represented in the media. This is an issue that we have strongly considered as something that really does effect young people in our society. The media often cast young people in a bad light which doesn’t really reflect us in a true way and other people in society start to develop stereotypical views of all young people, portraying them as ‘all the same’. The media represents young people as ‘drug dealers’, ‘trouble makers’, ‘violent’ and ‘anti-social’. They also cast young ethnic groups in a negative way such as ‘because you’re Black or Asian or so on you are either involved in a ‘gang’ or some form of ‘terrorism.’ These stereotypical views reflect badly on young people because the way the media presents us isn’t as appealing to society and this can affect our lives and our futures. No teenager or young person wants to walk down the street in fear of what negative opinions other people around them must be thinking. No young person wants to come to school and be unfairly treated because of the views of others and no young person wants to start to believe all the negativity the media posts about them, this could make them act out with anti-social behaviour. Young people just want to be appreciated and not looked down upon or categorized due to how other certain small groups of young people behave. This issue is something that is ongoing and should be recognised by all. Young people have a say as well as the media do, so don’t let stereotypical views that the media portray cloud your judgement. Let’s make people think positively about the young!

By: Bukky, James and Josh Year 11 Citizenship students Sixth Form kick Sport Relief into the back of the net! Last week the Sixth Form had an inter-form football competition to raise money for Sport Relief. It was a brilliant success and seven

form groups and a staff team participated. There were a series of exciting games leading to a tense final between 12D and staff. In the last 30 seconds of extra-time Mr Howard made an explosive run and scored an excellent goal to secure the winning trophy for the staff team.

During the week students helped to raise almost £100 for Sport Relief and I would like to say thank you to all students that participated in the competition or came along to show their support and cheer on the players.

Mrs Evans Head of Social Development

GOLD SEAGULL

This week’s Gold Seagull winners are:

Earaj Rahimi 7B Stella Obareti 7J Brannon Goodwin 8B Lewis Jones 9D Zaine Duffus 9D OFFICE ASSISTANTS

Office assistants for next week:

Monday Anneliese Humbasha 8F Tuesday Ahmed Ismaila 8F Wednesday Moshopefoluwa Johnson 8F Thursday Ellie Lapping 8F Friday Plamedi Mateus 8F

The Office Assistants for week beginning 11th April 2016:

Monday Maisie Moloney 8F Tuesday Clare Morgan 8F Wednesday Grace Nicholas 8F Thursday Esraa Salem 8F Friday Anita Sheikh 8F

Love London Working

Coffee Morning Monday 21st March

At East Potential we are delighted to be working on the Love London Working Programme, funded by the European Social Fund and match funded by East Thames Group. This programme enables us to work with Economically Inactive Participants within the local area. We are keen to build relationships with local Schools to help unemployed parents into training or sustained employment. Some of the services available through Love London Working include:

help with writing a CV;

placements on one of our many training programmes;

support with securing work experience;

help with job search;

mentoring support;

help with training

help with childcare

We can help those effected by the benefit cap as well as undertake a ‘better off calculation’ to help participants claim the benefit they are entitled to once returning to work! Our aim is to work with local schools to run workshops as well as undertake 1-2-1 support.

We have already helped 200 participants find the jobs they want, in 2014/2015 and look forward to helping out the parents at your School and hopefully build a successful and fruitful relationship. We have arranged our first Coffee Morning on Monday the 21st March at 9am till 11.30am, please come along for an informal chat to see what we can offer you.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Yours Sincerely

Mr James Briggs Employment & Training Co-ordinator

Registered office: 29-35 West Ham Lane, Stratford, London E15 4PH

Tel: 020 8522 2000 Email: info@east-thames.co.uk Web: www.east-

thames.co.uk

East Thames Group Limited: Registered in England & Wales (4091100)

Registered Charity (1084952) Homes & Communities Agency Registered

(LH4309)

East Thames Group is comprised of the following subsidiaries – East Homes

Limited: Registered under the Industrial & Provident Societies Act 1965 (22557R),

an exempt Charity, Homes & Communities Agency (LH2833). East Potential, a

limited company: Registered in England & Wales (3123368) Registered Charity

(1053142). East Living Limited: Registered under the Industrial & Provident

Societies Act 1965 (27902R), an exempt Charity. East Treasury Limited:

Registered in England & Wales (04660101). East Place Limited: Registered in

England & Wales (04301063). East Regen Limited: Registered in England &

Wales (04660100). East Thames Partnership Limited: Registered in England &

Wales (04701731). East Finance plc: Registered in England & Wales (07984573).

East Homes Services Limited: Registered in England & Wales (08747446).

YEAR 11 Easter Revision School Timetable Date 9:00am – 11:00am 11:15am – 1:15pm 1:30pm – 3:30/4:30pm

Monday 28th

March BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY – SCHOOL CLOSED BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY – SCHOOL CLOSED BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY – SCHOOL CLOSED

Tuesday 29th March

Maths - Miss Moody (Year 11) Maths - Miss Bhandari (Year 11) Maths - Miss Thomas (Year 11)

A*/A revision A*/A revision C grade booster revision

MA1 (30) MA5 (30) MA9 (30)

Citizenship - Miss Hector (Yr11) Citizenship - Miss Hector (Yr11)

3 levels of progress Exam skills workshop

PD1 (30) PD1 (30)

Wednesday 30th March

Spanish - Miss Duncan (Year 11) GCSE Business - Mr Marks & Miss Howe (Yr11)

Exam technique preparation Unit 1 and 3 revision

MFL4 (16) BS1 & BS2 (50) This session will end at 4:30

French - Mr Ahiko (Year 11) French - Mr Ahiko (Year 11) GCSE Economics - Miss Wright (Year 11)

Exam technique preparation Listening exam preparation Unit 1 and Context Masterclass

MFL1 (21) MFL1 (21) MA12 (27)

Dance - Miss England & Miss Simpson (Year 11) Dance - Miss England & Miss Simpson (Year 11)

Solo composition improvements Solo composition improvements

DA1 & DA2 (18) DA1 & DA2 (18)

Thursday 31st March

Music - Mr Jenner (JEN) Music - Mr Jenner (JEN) Music - Mr Jenner (JEN)

GCSE music listening paper GCSE music listening paper GCSE music listening paper

MU1 & MU2 (11R) MU1 & MU2 (11S) MU1 & MU2 (11C)

Computer Science - Mr Sturdy

Computer Science Exam Preparation IT1 (30)

ICT - Miss Hibbert

ICT Exam Preparation IT3 (30)

Friday 1st April

Science - Mr Glover, Mr Agyapong, Mr Monzon, Mrs Clift Matthews

Science - Mr Glover, Mr Agyapong, Mr Monzon, Mrs Clift Matthews

Science - Mr Glover, Mr Agyapong, Mr Monzon, Mrs Clift Matthews

B2,C2&P2 revision B2,C2&P2 revision B2,C2&P2 revision

SC1 & SC2 & SC3 (40) SC1 & SC2 & SC3 (40) SC1 & SC2 & SC3 (40)

Science - Miss Clift-Matthews Science - Miss Clift-Matthews

Early entry Year 10 revision session Early entry Year 10 revision session

SC9 (Year 10 only) SC9 (Year 10 only)

Date

Monday 4th April

YEAR 11 Easter Revision School Timetable

9:00am – 11:00am 11:15am – 1:15pm 1:30pm – 3:30/4:30pm

PE - Mr Cole, Miss Wright & Miss Boulton PE - Mr Cole, Miss Wright & Miss Boulton GCSE Economics - Miss McCormack (Year 11)

GCSE PE theory exam GCSE PE theory exam Unit 1 and Unit 5

PE1 & Sports Hall PE1 & Sports Hall BS1 (27)

Tuesday 5th April

Maths - Mr Pointon, Miss Thomas & Miss Doshi Maths - Mr Pointon, Miss Thomas & Miss Doshi

Walking talking mock paper Walking talking mock paper

Boothroyd Hall Boothroyd Hall

This session starts at 10:00AM This session will finish at 12:30PM

Wednesday 6th April

English - Miss Eastman, Miss Tingey, Miss Davies, Miss Isat, Mr Vincent, Miss Sumpsion, Miss Foreman,

Mr Donovan & Miss Sharhana

English - Miss Eastman, Miss Tingey, Miss Davies, Miss Isat, Mr Vincent, Miss Sumpsion, Miss Foreman, Mr Donovan & Miss Sharhana

English - Miss Eastman, Miss Tingey, Miss Davies, Miss Isat, Mr Vincent, Miss Sumpsion, Miss Foreman, Mr Donovan & Miss Sharhana

English Core IGSCE workshop & English Extended IGCSE workshop

English Core IGSCE workshop & English Extended IGCSE workshop

English Extended IGCSE workshop

Boothroyd Hall Boothroyd Hall Boothroyd Hall

Core students arrive 8.45, Extended students arrive 11.00

Core students dismissed at 13.15 Extended students dismissed at 15.30

Thursday 7th April

English - Miss Eastman, English - Miss Eastman, English - Miss Eastman,

Coursework workshop Coursework workshop Coursework workshop

English staff base English staff base English staff base

Media - Miss Butler Media - Miss Butler Media - Miss Butler

Science fiction examples and media theory Planning and marketing a Sci-Fi film Practical production task

MS2 (44) MS2 (44) MS2 (44)

Friday 8th April

Drama - Miss Boller Drama - Miss Boller Drama - Miss Boller

Drama exam rehearsal Drama exam rehearsal Drama exam rehearsal

All drama rooms + Plumbing studio All drama rooms + Plumbing studio All drama rooms + Plumbing studio

Sixth Form Easter Revision School Timetable Date 9:00am – 11:00am 11:15am – 1:15pm 1:30pm – 3:30/4:30pm

Monday 28th March

BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY – SCHOOL CLOSED BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY – SCHOOL CLOSED BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY – SCHOOL CLOSED

Tuesday 29th March

Sociology - Mrs Evans (Year 12 AS) Sociology - Mrs Evans (Year 13) Sociology - Mrs Evans (Year 12 A level)

Education and methods SS1 (6) Crime and deviance & theory + methods SS1 (18) Education and methods SS1 (11)

Sociology - Miss Akinbode (Year 12 A level)

Family and households SS2 (11)

Biology - Mr Agyapong & Miss Shahin (Yr 13) Biology - Mr Agyapong & Miss Shahin (Year 13) Biology - Mr Agyapong & Miss Shahin (Yr13)

Unit 4&5 revision SC1 & SC2 Unit 4&5 revision SC1 & SC2 Unit 4&5 revision SC1 & SC2

Wednesday 30th March

English - Miss Osborne (Yr13) English - Miss Osborne (Year 13) English - Miss Osborne (Year 13)

King Lear exam prep EN8 (14) Blake/Tis Pity exam EN8 (14) Frankenstein/Browning exam prep EN8 (6) resits

Business - Miss Wright (Year 12)

Theme 2 (AS One Year only) BS2 (18)

Biology - Eastbury School (Year 12) Biology - Eastbury School (Year 12) Biology - Eastbury School (Yr12)

Revision for all topics & exam practice 09:00 - 3:30 Revision for all topics & exam practice 09:00 - 3:30 Revision for all topics & exam practice 09:00 - 3:30

Thursday 31st March

Psychology - Miss Draisey and Mrs Ma'ani (Yr13)

Psychology - Miss Draisey and Mrs Ma'ani (Year 13)

Psychology - Miss Draisey and Mrs Ma'ani (Year 13)

Unit 3 SS1 & SS2 (31) Unit 4 SS1 & SS2 (31) Exam practice and mocks SS1 & SS2 (31)

Chemistry - Sydney Russell (Year 12) Chemistry - Sydney Russell (Year 12) Chemistry - Sydney Russell (Year 12)

Revision for all topics & exam practice 09:00 - 3:30 Revision for all topics & exam practice 09:00 - 3:30 Revision for all topics & exam practice 09:00 - 3:30

Friday 1st April

Psychology - Mrs Ma'ani (Year 12 resit) Psychology - Mrs Ma'ani (Year 12 resit) Psychology - Mrs Ma'ani (Year 12 resit)

Revision for units and exam practice SS2 Revision for units and exam practice SS2 Revision for units and exam practice SS2

Religious studies - Mr Bennett (Year 12)

Paper 1 & 2 RS1 (8)

Monday 4th April

Physics - Mr Tizzard (Year 12) Physics - Mr Tizzard (Year 13) Physics - Mr Tizzard (Year 13)

Topic revision and exam skills SC6 A2 Physics revision SC6 A2 Physics revision SC6

Business - Mr Marks (Year 12)

Theme 1 (AS One Year only) BS2 (18)

Tuesday 5th April

Economics - Miss McCormack (Year 12) Economics - Miss McCormack (Year 12)

Micro economics BS1 (22) Micro economics BS1 (22)

Wednesday 6th April

Maths - Mr Gaudoin (Year 12 &13 resit) Maths - Mr Gaudoin (Year 12 &13 resit) C1 & C2 revision MA12 (20) This session starts at 10:00AM

C1 & C2 revision MA12 (20)

Thurday 7th April

Maths - Mr Gaudoin (Year 13)

C3 revision MA12 (12)