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Issue 470 Friday 12th June 2015 issued every Friday
Enquiries: 020 8270 6222
Absence Line: 020 8724 1531
Website: www.jorichardson.org.uk
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HEADTEACHER’S NEWS
Farewell Year 11!
Yesterday was our last day in Key Stage 4 for
our Year 11 students. We had shirt signing,
gifts, tears and a fantastic end of year
assembly. I would like to wish every single one
of this fantastic year group the very best of luck
in the future. Many of them will be continuing
their journey at JRCS in our Sixth Form and I
look forward to celebrating another year of
excellent results with them this coming August.
Next week is week 1
Name:
Form:
Entry to school in the morning
From Monday 15th June students will not be
able to enter school by the north entrance until
8:20am. All students who wish to come into
school from 7:45am onwards must now come in
via the Castle Green entrance.
Mr Smith
Headteacher
GENERAL NEWS
School Fete – Cirque du Seagull
The Jo Richardson Community School biannual fete will run on Friday 3rd July from
4:00pm – 6.30pm. Perhaps you might like to
take the opportunity to promote your business
to your local customers. Stall prices will vary,
from £10 - £20, and this can be discussed in
more detail if you are interested. The theme of
this year’s fete is the circus and, as in previous
years, we expect it to be a very popular event
attracting people from the local community, our
local primary schools, as well as our students
and their families. There will be fairground
rides, fairground stalls, performers, a ‘circus
ring’ and a raffle.
If a stall is not of use to your business, you
could offer a raffle prize and we promise to
promote your business in school, at the event
and via our weekly newsletter, The Seagull.
10E, Georgia Wyatt 10F, Kelsey Symes 10G,
Moyin Adetoye, and Macey Rees both 10H.
For more information, please contact me.
Miss Wright
Head of Business and Economics
Year 9 aspiring Sports Leaders do a brilliant
job!
It has been my pleasure over the last few
weeks to work with around 100 students from
Year 9 who are thinking of taking up the option
of the Level 1 Sports Leadership qualification in
their core PE lessons next year in Year 10.
They have been working with children in Years
1, 2, 3 and 4 from James Cambell Primary
School in order to run multi-skills festivals in our
Sports Hall. There has been some excellent
feedback from the primary school staff who
found our students to be very mature and
responsible in the way they worked with the
younger children. Many congratulations to all
those involved, and I hope that you seriously
consider taking up the option of Sports
Leadership.
Young Gymnastics Judges in Year 10
Congratulations to the 13 students who helped
out alongside students from Barking Abbey
School at the Primary Key Steps Gymnastics
Competitions held here at JRCS both the week
before half-term and on Thursday 4th June.
Thirteen girls from Year 10 trained (mostly in
their own time) as Young Gymnastics Judges
and then took part in judging these two
competitions. They carried out their
responsibilities very professionally and helped
to ensure that the event ran very smoothly.
They are:
Jessica Idahosa 10A, Alice Campbell 10B,
Emily Meehan 10C, Ibukun Aluko, Sinead
Murphy, Estrela Andre and Olivia Husak all
10D, Isioma Uwajeh and Sarah Singleton both
Ms Montague
School Games Co-ordinator
D of E News - Year 9 new recruits
It has been really rewarding to welcome the 52
students in Year 9 who have applied for the
Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award. I have now
met with all of the students following their
interviews and they have been allocated a
JRCS D of E staff mentor. They are now
regarded as D of E probationers, and it is now
their job to make a start on the volunteering,
skills and physical parts of the award, and get
their mauve probationer’s cards completed.
We will meet again on Tuesday 15th September
when the students must bring along their
completed mauve cards in order to continue
with the award. At this stage, if they have met
their targets as probationers they will become
full members of the group, they will be invited to
take part in their first residential training
weekend which will take place on 2nd and 3rd
October for those in forms A – D and 9th and
10th October for those in forms E – H. The
Year 9 students now involved with starting their
bronze award are:
Jessica Smith, Lucy Payne, Matthew Norris,
Zak Barrett, Georgina Hart and Daniel Odejide,
all 9A, Oliwia Lopaczewska, Eniz Phillips, Mac
Harvey, Brooke Spence, Josephina Muskollari,
Lauren Tooze, Foreman Petrie, Jack Slattery,
Abigail Jacobs all 9B, Taylor Paul, David
Adebajo, Sabrina Asrafora, Mayaz Talukder,
Reggie Ryan and Erjon Uraj, all 9C, Paris
Tankard, Nathan Batt, Victoria Gawel, Hafusat
Adeyemi, Jyotika Antty, and Emmanuel Nnadi
all 9D, Maria Oyenuga and Emilija Vanagaite
both 9E, Alfie Lee, Melissa Arch, Jennifer
Taborda Da Silva and Shanice Makili all 9F,
Joshua Stuart-Evans, Megha Islam, Jake
Sanchez, Teri Keenan, Jodie Chesney, Demi
Ogunti, Angela Omorere, Axel Adams, Jack
Riches and Alfie Patching all 9G, Yasmine Raji,
Billy Tyler, Karolina Derlukiewicz, Hanan
Abdulhamid, Lucy Whyte, Faith Barovbe, Faye
Barker, Jamie Adekeye, and Emma Davison all
9H. Good luck to every one of you with starting
on your award activities. If you have any
questions, please either approach your D of E
mentor or speak to me.
Year 10 Bronze Practice Expedition -15th and
16th May
The Group 2 practice expedition took place the
weekend before half-term in the Lea Valley and
Enfield area. The groups did well on the Friday
evening and made their way to Theobalds Park
Campsite in under the route card time of four
hours. Once there they wasted no time in
putting up tents and cooking their evening
meal. I was very encouraged when visiting
each of the groups during the evening to see
some great team work with students sharing
their food and cooking together (rather than
each cooking their own meals). The groups
also had a very realistic idea of the time it
would take to pack up, eat breakfast and get
underway in the morning.
Everyone was awake by 6:30am and worked
well together to get breakfast cooked and tents
and equipment packed away. There were a
few mistakes with navigation on Saturday, but
the groups soon learned their lessons and got
back on track. They were all relieved to reach
Trent Park and the end of their journey, where
refreshments and ice creams could be
purchased!
Congratulations to all of group 2 (and those
who joined us from group 1) who certainly put
up a very resilient performance throughout the
weekend. Thanks go to Mr Marks,
Mr Hill, Bill Lockton and Miss Davies, without
whom the weekend would not have been
possible. They provided superb supervision
and guidance from which the students
benefited enormously. The students involved
were: Emi Shabani 10A, Charley Hunt 10C,
Anisha Makwana, Oreoluwa Olayinka,
Mahmoud Kayiizi, Noor (Ashan) Moraby, Aydin
Phillips, Kelech Ogbonna all 10E, Radoan
Mohamed – Ali, Morgan O’Connell, Nathaniel
Atuejide and Thomas Woolman all 10F, Louise
Toms and Aiesha Francis 10G, Moyin Adetoye,
Marin Distafa, Macey Rees and Lauren Toms
all 10H.
I am sure you will join me in wishing them all
the very best with their qualifying expedition in
the Epping Forest and Hainault area on Friday
and Saturday 3rd and 4th July.
Ms Montague
D of E Manager
Weekly Challenge
Write a paragraph answering the following
question: How would you describe a cube to
someone who has never seen one?
Ms Moody
Accelerated Learning Co-ordinator
Police drop in surgery
For any parents or students who would like to
speak to police for a chat or advice, there will
be a drop in surgery at the school every first
and third Thursday of the month between
1:30pm and 2:10pm. This will start in July 2015
and will be run by the School’s Officer, PC
Harris.
Skipathon Fundraiser
The Year 7 and 8
students have been
skipping to raise money
for two charities in their
PE lessons. Following
Miss Wilkinson’s
assembly on Children
with Cancer, many
students expressed a wish to do something
themselves to raise money for the charity.
Therefore the Department decided that, along
with the British Heart Foundation who provide
fitness and fundraising resources, we would let
the children skip for 50 minutes to raise money
whilst keeping fit. Students could either bring in
£1 donation or get sponsored. Then in class
they either skipped to music, or completed in
skipping relay races. Prizes were awarded for
the hardest working or best skippers for boys
and girls in each class and winners have
included:
Ibrahim Kanneh 7E, Josh Volkwyn 7B,
Clare Morgan 7F, Ellie Lapping 7F,
Sonny Foster 8F, Emily Chrysanthou 8H,
Sally Turner 7A, Beautiful Ayogu 8H and
Lauren Simson 8D
your child that under no circumstances should
mobile phones be taken into exam rooms. If
your child is unable to attend any of their
exams, please call the attendance line as usual
and we will require a letter from your doctor.
Prizes will be awarded to the most fantastic
fundraisers for each year. The best fundraisers
so far (they have until the end of the week) are:
Casey Margerison 8D who has raised over
£130, Jay Connelly 8G £60,
Caitlin Chiltern Booth 8A £60, Elizabeth
Ogunyanwo 7G £38 and counting and Hadley
Grant 7G £24.
Monies are still to be counted but we think we
have raised around £500 to split between the
two charities which is amazing. Thanks to all
who took part.
PE Fixtures for next week:
Monday 15th June:
Year 10 Boys’ Tennis vs St Pauls (A)
Year 7 Girls’ Rounders vs Eastbury (A)
Year 10 Girls’ Rounders vs Eastbrook (H)
Tuesday 16th June:
Year 10 Boys’ Tennis vs Bancrofts (H)
Wednesday 17th June:
Year 7 Girls’ Rounders vs Dagenham Park (H)
Miss Wilkinson
PE Department
GCE & GCSE Exams
Below is the exam timetable for GCE & GCSE
exams. These are official exams and students
will be required to attend normal lessons when
they do not have a scheduled exam. Please
make sure students have a good breakfast and
they have the correct equipment with them for
each exam, including a calculator (if needed)
and a black pen. If they wish to, they may bring
water, but this needs to be in a clear plastic
bottle with the label removed. Please remind
Date
Time
Exam name
15/06/2015
9:00am
15/06/2015
9:00am
15/06/2015
2:00pm
15/06/2015
2:00pm
15/06/2015
2:00pm
16/06/2015
9:00am
16/06/2015
9:00am
GCSE POLISH UNIT 2
16/06/2015
9:00am
GCSE POLISH UNIT 4
16/06/2015
2:00pm
17/06/2015
9:00am
17/06/2015
2:00pm
18/06/2015
9:00am
18/06/2015
9:00am
18/06/2015
2:00pm
19/06/2015
9:00am
19/06/2015
9:00am
22/06/2015
9:00am
GCE A2 THEATRE TEXT IN
CONTEXT
GCSE BIOLOGY - USING
BIOLOGY
GCE A2 CHEMISTRY:
EQULB, ENRGS & ELMTS
WRITTEN
GCE A2 SOCIOLOGY UNIT 3
GCSE MEDIA STUDIES UNIT
1
GCE A2 PSYCHOLOGY A
UNIT 4
GCE A2 CORE
MATHEMATICS C4
GCSE CHEMISTRY IN
ACTION
GCE A2 RELIGIOUS
STUDIES UNIT 4A
GCE A2 PHYSICSCREATION/COLLAPSE
GCE A2 SOCIOLOGY UNIT 4
GCSE STATISTICS WRITTEN
PAPER (H)
GCE A2 ECONOMICS THE
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GCSE PHYSICS APPLICATION OF
PHYSICS(F)
GCSE PRDCT DSGN:
DSGNNG INFLUENCES
WRITTEN
OFFICE ASSISTANTS
The Office Assistants for the week beginning
Monday 15th June:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Filip Fois 8H
Morgan Laing 8H
Kira Marsden 8H
Sean Mwangi 8H
Dylan Napier 8H
Woodward Senior Citizens
Club
MILLIONS FOR MESO CHARITY FUNDRAISER
Raising Money for Mesothelioma UK
SATURDAY, 4th JULY 2015
9:30am - 12:00 noon
ADULTS £6.00 / CHILDREN £4.00
Boothroyd Hall, Castle Green, RM9 4UN
Woodward ladies are looking for new members
to come join them on Friday afternoons for a
get together:
Activities include:
 Bingo
 Raffles
 Games
Tea/Coffee and much more…
Join Jason “JK” Kashoumeri and his team of Pure Energy
Instructors for taster classes:
ZUMBA ~ BOKWA ~ PURE DISGLOW ~ KANGOO JUMPS
There will also be:
KIDS’ GAMES & ENTERTAINMENT ~ STALLS ~ RAFFLE ~
TABLE TOP SALE
Please come along for a fantastic morning. All proceeds of
this event will go directly to the Charity!
Every Friday
For more information:
www.justgiving.com/millions-for-meso
www.mesothelioma.uk.com
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Castle Green, Gale Street, Dagenham, Essex, RM9 4UN. Tel: 020 8724 1500
www.lbbd.gov.uk/sites/castlegreen - Find us on Facebook
JRCS PE & Dance
Celebration Evening
The PE & Dance departments invite
Years 7-13
to attend the annual
JRCS PE & Dance
Celebration evening on:
Thursday 2nd July 2015
6.20pm onwards in Boothroyd hall
Come along to see a variety of awards
and prizes presented to students,
special guests, as well as
student performances
Dress Code: Smart casual
(no trainers, hats or hoods)