Year 8 News Bulletin – 5 April 2019

Dear Parents/Carers

I am glad that this half term has ended more positively. Fewer students are in detention, fewer

students are receiving behaviour points and more students are receiving achievement points on

SIMS. In a recent year team meeting, the year 8 team had a close look at students’ progress this half

term. As a team, we have now identified students who require additional support next half term.

Our year 8 celebration assembly was full off positivity and success. Congratulations to everyone who

has continued to work diligently this half term and to those who have still maintained their

attendance above 96%.

I wish you all a very happy Easter holiday and I look forward to the final term as year 8.

Reasons given for the High Achievers Award

Afia 8A Geography for demonstrating good effort and having an excellent attitude to learning.

Fiona 8A Design & Technology for creativity and effort in lessons.

Joseph 8A Dance for his continued dedication and hard work to develop his skills across dance styles.

Tyrell 8A Religious Education for working hard to make good progress.

Beyza 8B English for being very self-motivated and working consistently hard to make rapid progress in English.

Pearl 8B Art for producing outstanding high quality art work.

Shota 8B Maths for always producing high quality work and helping others when needed.

Shota 8B Science for consistently high assessment results in science and outstanding learning behaviours.

Rina 8B Religious Education for demonstrating good effort and having an excellent attitude to learning.

Kyle 8C Music for challenging himself in lessons and commitment to developing his skills.

Alex 8C French for having an excellent attitude to learning.

Fia 8D History for demonstrating good effort and having an excellent attitude to learning.

Amber 8E PE for excellent performances in cross country and indoor athletics.

Amber 8E Drama for being a great leader in rehearsals and really improving her performance through class and LAMDA lessons.

Rosemarie 8E History for working hard to make good progress.

Yagmur 8F Geography for working hard to make good progress.

Callum 8F PE for excellent performances in cross country and indoor athletics.

Callum 8F Spanish for having an excellent attitude to learning.

Ela was nominated for having an

outstanding attitude to learning and for

fully engaging in all aspects of school life.

Head of Year Half Termly Challenge

Healthy living and nutrition week took place in March. Here is

another great poster created by Lora 8D.

Student of the Week

Congratulations to everyone below who achieved student of the week last week.

8A 8B 8C 8D 8E 8F

Hall of Fame

Years 8 are a very talented group of young people who have many interests, hobbies and strengths.

To ensure that your child is included in our weekly bulletin, please email any achievements and

supporting photographs so that they can get the recognition they deserve.

Loris Rina Alex Lora Amber Nicola

Aryan was nominated for being a

diligent student with impeccable

manners

Callum ran in the Watford Harriers Junior 2019 race at the weekend and not

only was he the first U14 boy to finish; he was the first to finish the whole

race! As usual, we are all very proud of Callum’s achievements and I hope he

is proud of himself too.

Uniform

Please remember that hoodies are not allowed to be worn in school. Please

encourage your child to wear a warm coat to school and a school V neck jumper.

More auditions dates added

We are auditioning for a new play!

Brainstorm will be performed in the summer term to the public.

It was part of the National youth theatre connexions festival in 2016.

We want students to audition who are opinionated and expressive as it’s a possibility they may be performing as themselves.

For the play to be the best it can be we are looking for a really diverse cast with a variety of gender identities, ethnicities, nationalities, personality types etc. (the play is about how varied and interesting the teenage brain is, so we need lots of different types of teenagers!)

Please show this video to give them a taster of what we want to do: https://vimeo.com/151931227

A fearless company of teenagers investigate the workings of the adolescent brain. Created with cognitive

neuroscientist Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and drawing...

Benefits of participating:

PiXL Edge/ CV- auditioning experience/interview experience

Build confidence (and shows confidence)

Fun/exciting experience

There are some students in the school who have decided they’re not the performing ‘type’, the point of this play is to get lots of different people together and I’ll be looking for that as much as possible in the casting process. By Ms Pearman (Head of Drama)

Replacing PE Kit

If you need to replace your child’s PE kit please be aware that the kit is changing. However, it is not

necessary to replace your child’s kit until they have outgrown it.

Attendance Matters

1. If your child has a cough or a cold, please send them to school with tissues and a water

bottle. If you have given permission, we will give them a paracetamol if required.

2. If your child is sick and unable to come to school, please call student services before 8a.m.

3. If your child has a medical appointment during the day, they must come to school first, if

possible and return to school after the appointment.

Tutor group attendance 4 September – to date

8A 8B 8C 8D 8E 8F

96.96% 96.84% 96.61% 96.39% 97.21% 95.29%

What a great half term of attendance. Well done parents and students and I look forward to more

attendance success in the Summer term. Remember we return to school on Tuesday 23 April

equipped for week 2. Have a great Easter holiday.

Mrs C Bernard

Head of Year 8