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The Voice Newsletter of The Robert Napier School; July 2008 Page 4 Robert Napier School Cookery Clubs Why join us for cookery club? • We learn how to cook different types of foods • We try new foods we might not have tried before • We make nutritionally balanced foods as well as the odd festive treat! Our Tuesday clubs are: September- December Parent and Child cookery club January- April 6 th Form cookery club Our Thursday Clubs are: January- April key stage 3 cooker club May- July key stage 3 cookery club The Hot Seat Always thought you’d make a better football manager then Fabio Capello? Well now is your chance to prove it. Check out the new enterprise computer game on your shared area called Hot Seat. Experience buying and selling players on a club budget, gaining sponsorship and build a new stadium. Time to polish up those enterprise skills and help Duncastle win the Cup. All cookery clubs will last approximately 2 hours and run for 10 weeks For the last two years these classes have proved very popular and spaces are limited so if you are interested in any of our courses please contact us by returning the slip to:- Mrs Sue Phyall, Hospitality and Catering Instructor Our New School Council for 2008-2009 has arrived! Over this term we have been holding elections for form representative. In year group assemblies the form representatives gave their speech as to why they should be elected onto the School Council. Three school representatives were then elected: Year 8: (8E) Robert Weston, (8H) Sean Busby, (8U) Alfie Andrews Year 9: (9M) Jack Cooke, (8I) Charlie Balderston, (8H) Charlotte Stockdale Year 10: (10M) Harjit Bassan, (10N) Mitchell McKenzie, (10I) Ellouise Lewis Year 11: (11U) Shadise West Head Girl, (11U) Joel Tedham Head Boy (11M) Jack Hursell, (11R) Emilie Bell Vice Head Girl, (11H) Samuel Reid Vice Head Boy Link Teacher: Mrs J Dunnett I would like to thank all the students involved within this process and to thank all the form representatives for their speeches. The school council from next year will be holding their meetings on a Tuesday during registration. If any one would like to make suggestions for the school which they would like the school council to discuss they can place their suggestion in the suggestion box situated in the library. The school council is very keen from next year to create a powerful student voice in the school and Mrs Dunnett will be working with the prefects and Mr Leadbetter to make sure that this happens. The focus will be on litter, creating a nice school environment and making sure the toilets are clean. THE SCHOOL COUNCIL UPDATE YES? THEN COME TO HELD IN THE LIBRARY EVERY TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY 3.00 – 3.45 LSA’S ARE HERE TO HELP YOU. WE HAVE BOOKS, COMPUTERS, A PHOTOCOPIER AND PRINTERS. ASK IN THE LIBRARY FOR A PERMISSION SLIP. PLEASE NOTE: THE TIME HAS CHANGED FROM 3.15 – 4.00 TO 3.00 – 3.45 Getting it Right! Recent research has confirmed what has always been thought: if your attendance dips below 95%, you will do significantly worse than those who are rarely away. This should be no surprise because if you are absent for 10% of the year, you are missing almost two weeks of school, which is hard to catch up. 100% ATTENDANCE So, if you are going to do well next year, aim for 100% attendance. Only be off if you are really ill, and try to book dental and doctor’s appointments for out of school hours. Birthdays are not valid reasons for time off. Family holidays should be taken when school has broken up.
The Voice Newsletter of The Robert Napier School; July 2008 Page 5 Throughout the year a group of year nine students have been taking part in the Aim Higher Languages Project. This course involved us learning about the different languages spoken across the world and how learning to speak some of these languages can be beneficial for us. We had some visits from Chatham grammar school for boys' sixth form where we learnt how essential knowing a variety of languages can be in every day and when applying for jobs. The project organise by the previous learning mentor, Kirsty King, who left in July, had its own website on which we could meet students from other schools who were also taking part in the project. we could also use this to access resources which could help us with our understanding of the different cultures in the world. The course was really advantageous because it made us aware that although we may not realise it, being able to speak other languages can be really useful through our lives. we would like to thank Kirsty for organising such a great project which we all enjoyed and we wish her all her best for her futures. A great thank you to Mrs Lundie for choosing us to take part in he course. we are sure that everything that we've learnt will be handy in our future. by Jeslin Joseph and Sarah Gibson (Year 9) NEWS From the MFL Department Miss Charles has organised a trip to Barcelona for all students studying Spanish. We are going to spend 5 days there in December and have a chance to discover Spanish culture, food and practise some Spanish of course. Meanwhile Ms Rakoto has just booked a trip to Paris in March 2009. We will be visiting the capital city of France as well as enjoy Euro Disney for a day. If you are interested you will be able to pick up a letter from your French teacher in September. Our lunch time Boules club has proved very successful with year 7 pupils with often 20 of them coming to play in the MFL garden. We will be back in September, weather permitting, In September, we will start the after-school languages courses again. This is for year 9-10 and 11 beginners as well as intermediate. We are offering Spanish Entry Level (Levels 1 to 3) and Foundation Certificate (Levels 4 to 6).This year we achieved 100% success rate again. if you are interested by any of these clubs talk to Ms Charles or your French teacher. DATA PROTECTION AND YOUR RIGHTS This school passes on information to various bodies, which include other schools, LEAs, the DfES and QCA. We are also legally required to pass on such information to the Connexions Service and for the Connexions Card. The Connexions Service supports young people, helping them to achieve their potential and to realise the full benefits of education, learning and employment. To do this effectively, the service does need to receive information about the young people, with whom they are working. This includes contact details of students and their parents or carers, gender, date of birth, special educational needs, school attended and Key Stage or examination results. This information is automatically passed onto the Connexions Service by the school. However, if you do not wish this to happen, parents (and after the age of 16, the student) have the right to opt out. Should you wish to opt out, please inform the Headteacher in writing and the necessary arrangements will be made. Up the Workers Miss Miller was delighted to present well earned certificates to 13 of our students for their successful completion of one year of extended work placements. The lunch reception was hosted by the Medway Education Business Partnership at BAE Systems, Rochester. The students attend a work placement two days per week learning hands-on about an area of employment in which they are interested. Placements have included: the Sunlight Café, Kent Bathrooms, Cycle King, and Hidson’s Garage. Review meetings are held every 6 weeks and have shown that our students are the best in the area. CONTINUED POLICY FOR MOBILE PHONES This September we do not want to see any student using their mobile phone at any time during the school day. Mobile phones that ring during lesson time will be confiscated. Phones must be kept in bags and turned off or on silent at all times, even during breaktime and lunch. Once the school day has finished and students are beginning their journey home they will then be able to pick up any messages needed. Our office staff will of course continue to pass on urgent messages you may need to get to your son/daughter as quickly as possible. Use of mobile phones to take photographs, to record sound, or to play music, games or movies is prohibited at school; students using their phones in this way will have them confiscated. The use of mobile telephones to send unwanted messages /calls will be treated as bullying and may result in exclusion. In the school no responsibility is taken by the school for loss of a mobile telephone however this occurs.
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