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Family International

Cultural Day 20th May 2018

On Sunday 20th May from

12 noon until 3pm, Kingsdale Foundation School is hosting

another splendid festival of cultural diversity across the

world with our fundraising ‘Family International Culture Day

2018’ event. All funds that we raise will go to ‘Mind’- a

charity for mental health and well-being.

The highlights of this

event will include

multi-cultural cuisine,

dances & music from

around the world,

street theatre, the sale

and display of cultural

items like handmade

jewellery, handicrafts,

costumes & paintings and a range of interactive activities

on cultural diversity!

Our school community has come together to put up

cultural stalls representing China, India, Jamaica, Mexico,

Nigeria, Spain, Thailand, Ethiopia, Bulgaria, the UK and this

list is growing every day. There will also be bouncy castles,

balloons, candy floss - attractions to occupy all age groups.

Tickets are free and can be collected by either students or

parents from the school’s Main Reception. If you are able to

get involved by running food/cultural stalls or donating

raffle prizes for the event, please contact Mrs S Chaudhary

via email at english@kingsdale.southwark.sch.uk .We would

very much appreciate your support and help. Do join us in

this special celebration with your family and friends! Last

year’s event was one of the highlights of our year.

Student Emails

Students across all year groups have

now been issued with their school email

account details, including logins and

passwords. Parents are asked to remind their children to

check them regularly. Students who require a reminder of

their login details can obtain these from their tutor or the

Attendance Office.

Year 9 Examinations Week

Well done to all the Year 9 students for their hard work

with their exams last week! They were very well focused and

a real credit to the school community and themselves.

Year 7 Parents’ Evening & Early Closure

SEN NEWS Autism Awareness

During Autism Awareness Week, staff received

training from Jonathan England, Autism

Spectrum Disorder (ASD) consultant for

Southwark. Jonathan delivered training

on the functions of behaviour and

strategies to support students using

the ‘ABC’ approach. Students were

given information about Autism and

resources were disseminated to

teachers to use in lessons. It was a

positive week and we look forward to further

developing our support for students with ASD.

Dyslexia Workshops

Dr Ward, our dyslexia specialist teacher, has

delivered a range of workshops over the past

three weeks to students with dyslexia in Years

10 and 11. The sessions have focused on

revision and memory strategies, as well as

reading and writing for essays. The sessions

were well received and students’ feedback

indicated that they had benefitted from

attending them. Ms Morris, our Speech and

Language Therapist from Southwark is in school

every Monday and will be passing top tips to

teachers to support students. Please contact Mr

Syron or Mrs Chaudhary for more information

via senco@kingsdale.southwark.sch.uk

Issue 29 Monday 7th May 2018

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THEME & WORD OF THE WEEK

Destiny

“We know what we are but know not

what we may be”.

William Shakespeare

Tenacity ‘The determination to continue what

you are doing’

Year 11 Spanish Trip

In the second week of the Easter holidays, 24 Year 11

students went to Spain to complete an intensive

Spanish course ahead of their GCSE examinations.

“Whilst we were in Málaga, we worked hard to improve our

Spanish. But it wasn’t just lessons, we also stayed with

Spanish host families. In the evenings, we ate dinner with

our families and practised our speaking skills. On the

weekdays, we went to an international school, where we

built on these skills and our grammar. Both after school

and on the weekends we had tours of different areas of

Málaga. To improve our listening skills, the tours were given

in Spanish and we had to translate to check we

understood. Overall, I found this trip to be very useful for

improving my Spanish listening and speaking skills and if it

were to run again, I’d love to go back!”

Alex Singhgolden 11JSA

“This was meant to be a revision trip and it certainly

delivered! We attended an international school, taking

intensive Spanish lessons to help us prepare for our

GCSE. Every day we went on different cultural

excursions; for example, we visited the caves of Nerja.

This was helpful to build confidence by listening and

using our Spanish in real-life situations. I hope to have

another experience like this in the future!”

Charlie Sanders 11JGO

Kingsdale Year 7 Boys’ Football crowned

English Schools 5-a-side Champions!

A huge well done

and congratulations

to the Year 7 Boys’

football team who

were crowned

English Schools’

5-a-side

Champions last

week in Birmingham.

The tournament, featuring nearly 800 teams from

around the country, started way back in December

with Kingsdale winning the area competition held at

Evelyn Grace School, then moving on to Millwall FC

for the area finals. The boys came out winners,

playing 5 games and beating City of London

Academy in the final. In February, the team went to

Barking in East London for the Regional finals (South

East Regional), where 16 teams competed for the ‘big

one’ (English Schools) at Birmingham. Kingsdale came

top of their pool winning all games and went on to

play in the semi-final against a team from Sutton,

winning 3-1. The final was Kingsdale v Brighton; the

players by now tired, dug deep to win 3-1,

making Kingsdale the Regional Champions.

The winning team were Felix Bowen, Archie Jefferies,

Nana Kufor, David Obou, Zak Lovelace, Rylan Withers,

Tobias Brenan and Rivah Bailey.

Player of the tournament and voted for by all the

other teams was Zak. Well done to all!

Under 12 Boys’ Rugby

On Wednesday 2nd May, the

Under 12s Boys’ Rugby

team competed in a Rugby

Finals tournament at Streatham and

Croydon RFC against the 3 other top place finishers

of the Southwark Leagues. The first match Kingsdale

won 15-0 against Carshalton; sweet revenge for the

boys! The 2nd game finished a draw with Bishop

Thomas Grant 10-10. The final game - the decider

for 1st place - saw us hold our own for much of the

match against a much improved Harris Academy

South Norwood side. The score was tied until the

last minute when Harris Academy South Norwood’s

winger broke free to score the deciding try. The boys

should be incredibly proud of their achievements on

the finals day and this season overall and we look

forward with great anticipation to what next season

will bring for them. Well done!

Lost Property

Please remember that Lost Property

is located in the Pupil Support Office at the

Bottom of the Yellow Stairs. Students can go there

to locate lost or mislaid items in the first instance.

SCHOOL NEWS cont.

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Book of the Week Recommended by teachers, librarians, pupils and parents

Book Title: Welcome to Nowhere

Author: Elizabeth Laird

Age Range: 12+

Why students should read it:

Welcome to Nowhere (shortlisted for the Scottish Teen

Book Award and the UKLA Book Award) by the award-

winning author Elizabeth Laird is a powerful and beautifully

written story about the life of one family caught up in civil

war. Twelve-year-old Omar and his brothers and sisters

were born and raised in the beautiful and bustling city of

Bosra, Syria. Omar doesn't care about

politics - all he wants is to grow up to

become a successful businessman who

will take the world by storm. But when

his clever older brother, Musa, gets mixed

up with some young political activists,

everything changes.

You can find this book in our libraries.

Email us your recommendations at

library@kingsdale.southwark.sch.uk

House News House Award for Excellence

Congratulations to Holly Wilson 10DAH

(Eagle House) for being selected as the

recipient of this week’s House Award for

Excellence!Holly is currently completing the

Volunteering section of

the Duke of Edinburgh

Award (Bronze).

She has chosen to coach Netball to a

group of primary school children. Eagle

House members will be proud that Holly is

an Outstanding Ambassador for the school

and of course her House. We look forward

to hearing more news about her coaching

experiences.

Mandarin Sessions

Every Monday After-School

Please note that the Mandarin sessions are

still running every Monday- after school.

from 3.50pm-4.50pm.

Sessions take place

in the Room MLC.

If you wish for your

child to participate,

please contact

Mr Fatodu, Senior

Head of House at

housesystem@kingsdale.southwark.sc.uk

SPORTS FIXTURES Monday 7th May 2018

Bank Holiday

Tuesday 8th May 2018

Year 9 Boys’ Football Semi-Final against City of London

Academy at Burgess Park. Leave school at 2.15pm –

return at 5.30pm approx. 3pm kick off: Mr Foster

Wednesday 9th May 2018

Year 7 - 9 Southwark Inter-Schools Athletics

Championships at Croydon Arena. Leave school at

8.30pm – return at 5.30pm approx. 9am check-in and

compete until 4.30pm: Ms Ceesay/Mr Price/Mr

Brendan/Mr Foster

Thursday 10th May 2018

Year 7 Boys’ Football South London Cup Semi-Final

Astro Home Game against Elm Green School. 3.30pm

kick off – finish 5.30pm approx: Mr Price/Mr McAspurn

Year 9 & 10 Girls’ Cricket Away Game against Blackheath

High School. Leave school at 2.15pm – return at

5.45pm approx. 3pm start: Mr McWhirter/Mr Foster

Friday 11th May 2018

No planned fixtures

Remember that all fixtures are available to view on

http://www.kingsdaleschoolsports.org.uk Sports Fixtures Emergency Contact Number:

07852336724

Kingsdale Foundation School, Alleyn Park, Dulwich, London, SE21 8SQ Web: www.kingsdalefoundationschool.org.uk Tel: 0208 670 7575 (To report student absence use Option 2)

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Diary Dates The full School Calendar can be viewed at

www.kingsdalefoundationalschool.org.uk

Monday 7th May 2018

May Bank Holiday – School Closed

Sunday 20th May 2018

Family International Culture Day 12-3pm

Friday 25th May 2018

End of 1st Summer Term

Parents’ Forum for all year groups – 7pm in the

Flexible Learning centre

Monday 4th June 2018

Start of 2nd Summer Half Term

Thursday 19th July 2018

House Sports Day – Further details to follow