Issue no. 1088 Friday 17 Oct 2014 School Bulletin Communication and pastoral care I have had some very helpful feedback from parents and carers this half-term and I would like to take this opportunity to remind families about the pastoral structure in the school to support home-school communication and collaboration. The first port of call for pastoral matters is usually the Form Tutor. Heads of Year, and other supporting middle leaders are also available for more serious, urgent and persistent matters. Every year group is line-managed by a Senior Leader, and the pastoral system is overseen by Anna Peduzzi, Associate Headteacher. Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Year 13 Head of Year: Dylan Owen Head of Year: Siobhan Owens Form Tutors Key Stage 3 Assistant Pastoral Leader: Gamu Tauro Assistant Head of Year 8: Chris Nicol Key Stage 4 Assistant Pastoral Leader: Jason Ault Head of Year: Oliver Rosen Head of Year: Harriet Rye Acting Head of Year: Sam Kirkwood Head of Year: Syed Ali Head of Year: Ron Stokes and Acting AHoY Sean McHugh Senior Leader: Annie Parkin Senior Leader: Allana Gay Senior Leader: Michele Phillips Senior Leader: Rosie Toop Senior Leader: Sally Spiers Senior Leader: Maurice Quirke Associate Headteacher: Anna Peduzzi Learning and literacy: developing thinking, reading, writing and communication We continue to raise the bar in terms of the quality of learning and teaching across the curriculum. Rosie Toop, Deputy Headteacher for learning and teaching, has launched the next whole-school focus which is on questioning in order to develop higher order thinking skills (HOTS). Teachers will be supporting, probing and challenging students, using a range of targeted and differentiated questions, in order to probe and extend their thinking and learning. Also, Danielle Bowe, Literacy Coordinator, is launching a new classroom learning and teaching tool to help students act on their teachers’ marking and make high quality improvements to their work following their teachers’ feedback and guidance. Developing further sixth-form academic literacy will also be a focus half-term. Sue Higgins Executive Headteacher ABPTA Important dates Thank you to Carol Dean and Sarah Sutcliffe for volunteering to coordinate the Year 7 group. If you aren't on the Year Group email lists, please email the coordinators: Tuesday 21 October ■ Yr 11 Dance rehearsal P2 &4 Year 7 Wednesday 22 October ■ Yr 7 Humanities trip to Stratford Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Carol Dean Sarah Sutcliffe Deborah Oakley Lidunka Vocadlo Sarah Withers Hilary Kavanagh [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, November 12 and the topic will be Drugs and Alcohol - Presenter, Patricia Monero from FWD Camden Drug and Alcohol Service, 7-8.30pm in the Sixth Form Common Room. Come and share any concerns you have and hear about how this service offers support and advice. Friday 24 October ■ Yr 7 Gothic Writing trip to the British Library Della Dwyer & Loan Tran ABPTA Co-chairs Acland Burghley School Burghley Road London NW5 1UJ t 020 7485 8515 f 020 7284 3462 e [email protected] w aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk Acland Burghley Parent Teacher Association (AB-PTA) Co-Chairs: Della Dwyer and Loan Tran Year 10 Fundraiser Cake and Popcorn Sale Friday 24th October lunchtime. Come and grab a tasty treat! Y9 Parents and Carers Group Meeting Our next meeting will be on Monday 20 October 20, 6-8pm in the il@b. All Year 9 parents and carers are welcome. International Day of the Girl Last week Friday I took 4 girls to celebrate International Day of the Girl at London’s Southbank. The girls had a lovely day prepared for them including, mentoring sessions on the London Eye, t-shirt making led by a feminist artist, performances by a female beat-boxer and planning their ideal Women of the World event. Despite having to be in school before sunrise, the girls were in good spirits throughout the day and represented the school very well. My favourite part of the day was seeing the girls bond through sharing their snacks, laughing and learning together. Here are some comments from the girls: Paige 7EOT - “I had a great day and really enjoyed going on the London Eye and meeting new people”. Lily 8ECO - “The London Eye was fun because we got to know about successful women’s experiences. I also enjoyed the performances because the artists were very talented”. Melanie 7EOT - “Overall the trip was very exciting”. Thank you to Oliver Rosen and Kelly Chapman for organising the trip. We had a great day. Ms Tauro Let’s Get Cooking! Stars of the Week 7NSH Jay Lawrence 7LRO Lauren Knowles 7SMI Aleya Dilek 7EOT Sol Scheinmann 7LBR Tristan Ellis 10ASO Melanie Worroll 10KWY Aliyah Aubyn 10ATU Melina Zand 10IFI Ronald Alexander 10JUZ Toby Hanks We are pleased to be running Let’s Get Cooking again this year and are now taking on new members. On Tuesdays we will be running a mixed group open to all year groups. We are asking each member to pay a supplementary cost of £10 for ingredients and those who are entitled to Free School Meals will pay £5 this will cover your child up until the end of the course in October. If you would like to take part, but it will be difficult to find this money, please talk to Ms Louka or Ms Parkin. Please email your child’s details including name and their form to [email protected] Brookfield Ballers Acland Burghley was pleased to welcome Year 6 pupils from Brookfield School for a football tournament. They played against the Year 7 football squad and equipped themselves extremely well. They played lots of matches and had great fun. We look forward to welcoming their girls’ teams after half term. Dave Jacob, PE Dept. Book of the Week What has happened to the world since the dead took over? Where have the humans gone to hide? Who do the living most have to fear? B Smith is heading for unknown territory...Leading a group of humans through London and out into zombie-infested suburbs sounds like suicide - but not for the undead! Even so, the horrors of the journey will be beyond anything B has yet seen...Do not underestimate the dangers of this mission. Other zombies will not ignore you when they catch the scent of fresh brains. You will almost surely be called upon to fight. The city and countryside are full of angry, bitter people who are trying to execute as many of the undead as they can. They will not distinguish. NAS ASD Parent Support Coffee Morning Join us on October 23, 2014 from 10.00am-12.00pm in the Woodlands Training Room located on Netley Street, NW1 3EJ. All Camden Parents/Carers welcome! Please RSVP to Gianna Colizza by email E-mail: [email protected] Twitter:@NASCamden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CamdenNAS STOP PRESS! ALL YOU BUDDING WRITERS, POETS, SONG WRITERS! The Black Balloon Ever wondered what it’s like being part of a family with an autistic child? Check out the film - The Black Balloon. Recommended by Ms Williams. This is a competition too good to miss. Write up to 850 words on the theme of ‘HOME’. In any shape or form. See MS Walcott in the il@b ASAP for more details. SLAMbassadors Acland Burghley Poets hit the West End! The word is spreading! There is a quiet revolution taking place in schools across the UK. It is spoken word. Shhhhhhhhh!!! Following a brilliant two day workshop with an exciting poet from the Poetry Society’s SLAMbassadors UK, Ibrahim 8ECO and Alfie 8SGR were chosen to represent the school and perform their poems in front of a massive LIVE audience at the Arts Theatre. Having never performed live before, Alfie and Ibrahim did the school proud - their work was received with loud applause and cheers. Fresh Youth Academy 25 Bertram Street London, N19 5DQ Check out their work and other fabulous stuff from schools in and around London on this website: http://slam.poetrysociety.org.uk/ Ms Walcott BECOME A PARENT GOVERNOR AT ACLAND BURGHLEY IN 2014 Acland Burghley School needs to appoint a new Parent Governor The Governing Body of every school includes Parent Governors. Parent Governors have the same status, duties and responsibilities as the other Governors. They are elected by the parents of children registered at the school and their term of office lasts for four years. The Governing Body meets four times a year, and has formed committees which also meet twice each term to discuss specific aspects of the Governors' responsibilities. The meetings usually take place in the early evening. Every parent of a child registered at the school is eligible to serve as a Parent Governor. The definition of parent includes natural parents of the child, whether or not they are living with them, and those who have legal or actual custody of the child. We nominations from all parents, particularly those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds as these groups are under-represented on our governing body. If you would like to serve as a Parent Governor yourself, or would like to nominate another person as a Parent Governor, you will need to complete a nomination form, and the nominee may provide a personal statement of up to 150 words, to be returned to the Acland Burghley School Office (for the attention of the Head’s PA) by 9am on WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMEBER. More nomination forms are available from the school office. The arrangements for the nomination of Parent Governors are: Nomination forms, together with personal statements of up to 150 words are to be returned to the Acland Burghley School Office (for the attention of the Head’s PA) by 9am on WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMBER. If there is only one nomination, then the person nominated will automatically be declared a Governor and this will be notified to all parents in the school bulletin on FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER. If the number of nominations is greater than the number of vacancies, an election will be held. The arrangements for an election for Parent Governors will be as follows: The school will send ballot papers listing the names of the candidates and their personal statements to all parents and carers – one ballot paper per household. The candidate nominations list and personal statements will also be set out in the school bulletin on FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER and on the school’s website. Voting will take place by returning the ballot papers to the school office. These must be received by 9am on FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER. The Headteacher will conduct the count. In the event of a tie, the position shall fall to the parent with the youngest child in the school. The count will take place at 10am on FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER at the school. The Headteacher will notify the candidates of the results. The names of the successful candidates will be published in the school bulletin on FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER. If you would like to find out more about being a Parent Governor, please contact the school. Our present Parent Governors are Kevin Barton, Sebastian Camisuli, Josie Smalling, James Stephenson, Julian Turner and Melissa Danbury. Any of them would be pleased to explain the role. You can contact them via the school. PARENT GOVERNOR ELECTIONS ACLAND BURGHLEY SCHOOL NOVEMBER 2014 VACANCY Name of Nominee: Address: Phone Number: Parent of: Signature of Nominee: Proposer’s Name: Parent of: Signature: Seconder’s Name: Parent of: Signature: Please note 1. Only a parent of a child registered at the school can propose or nominate a candidate for Parent Governor. 2. Anyone who is prohibited by court order from contacting his or her child is not eligible to participate in the election. 3. No person can serve as a Governor of more than two schools. 4. No person who has been declared bankrupt can serve as a governor unless: a. The bankruptcy order has been discharged or annulled. b. A composition order or arrangement has been made with creditors under which payment has been made in full or three years have elapsed since the terms of the arrangement were fulfilled. 5. No person with any of the following criminal convictions may serve as a Governor: a. A conviction carrying a sentence of imprisonment of more than 3 months (without the option of a fine) within the last 5 years; b. A conviction carrying a sentence of more than two and a half years within the last 20 years; c. A conviction carrying a sentence of more than 5 years at any time in the past. 6. The person nominated should attach a short personal statement to this nomination form of up to 150 words. The personal statement should include something about yourself, what you feel you can bring to the school and why you would like to be a Governor. This will be issued to parents with the ballot papers. The person nominated should sign the form to show their willingness to stand for election. Please return this form with the 150 word personal statement to the Acland Burghley School Office (for the attention of the Head’s PA) by 9am on WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMBER.
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