Week 2 - 26th April 2013 - Sacred Heart Catholic School

SACRED HEART
C A T H O L I C S C H O O L
Summer Term—Issue 2
Friday 26th April 2013
Dear Parents,
For those of you who follow football, you might
appreciate the significance of our year 7 football team
winning their league on the same evening as Manchester
United secured the premiership title. A ‘coach-load’ of
supporters made the trip to Chelsea’s training ground at
Cobham to cheer on our talented year 7 team who put on
a very assured performance to win 6 – 0. Mr Lansiquot,
Manager and Head Coach for the team, has worked
tirelessly all year to train and prepare for Monday
evening, and with the end of the season now upon us,
rumours abound that Barcelona are looking for a new
manager. Well done to everyone involved!
Staying with sport, we congratulate Nathan Bekele from
year 10 who ran in the youth section of the London
Marathon and was placed a very credible 20 th against
national opposition.
With opportunities for our young people to develop their
sporting talents as well as academic avenues, it should
never come as a surprise that we get inundated every
year with applications for places at Sacred Heart School.
Our Year 6 admissions appeals take place on Monday and
at this most stressful of times, we remember those
involved in the process.
WORKING
TOGETHER
TO ACHIEVE
Public exams tend to dominate the life of the school
for the next six weeks or so, and while teachers are
busy preparing revision material and running extra
classes, we should not forget how daunting this time
of year can be for many of our pupils as they sit in the
exam hall. And so we always remember that our
young people understand that they are loved and
cared for, and that with the support of those around
them we only want them to do of their very best.
- Ms B Boyle
Deputy Headteacher
*** STOP PRESS ***
School will be closed to staff and pupils on Monday 6th May (May Day Bank Holiday).
Students will return to school as normal on Tuesday 7th May.
IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE WEEK (Commencing Monday 29th April 2013)
Assemblies:
Monday 29th April: Year 11 Assembly
Tuesday 30th April: Year 7 Assembly
Wednesday 1st May: Year 10 Assembly
Thursday 2nd May: Year 8 Assembly
Friday 3rd May: Year 9 Assembly
Events:
Monday 29th April: Year 6 Admissions Appeals
Wednesday 1st May: Year 9 Mass
Ten Ten Theatre, Year 8-10
Thursday 2nd May: Year 9 History Trip
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ARE YOU READY FOR
THE EXAMS?
How many
SCHOOL DAYS
left ?
YEAR
GROUP
5 Year 9
EXAMS
Only 5 school days left until their
end-of-KS3 exams begin on 7 th May
9
Years 10, 11, 12 &
13
Only 9 school days left until the
written public exams (GCE & GCSE)
begin on 13 th May
25 Year 7
31 Year 8
Only 25 school days left until their
end-of-year exams begin on 11 th June
Only 31 school days left until their
end-of-year exams begin on 19 th June
The dates above show when the main written public (GCE & GCSE) exams are starting for each yeargroup.
However, there are many GCE & GCSE practical exams (in Art & Design, Graphic Communication,
Physical Education, Music, Drama and Foreign Languages) which take place BEFORE the main
written exams begin. Some have already taken place. Candidates should see their teacher(s) for details
if they are at all unsure about their practical exams.
ALL EXAM TIMETABLES FOR YEARS 7 TO 13 ARE NOW ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE (Go to ‘News &
dates’, then ‘Forthcoming Exams’)
Please make sure that your son/daughter is properly equipped for the forthcoming exams.
As a minimum, they should have several black pens, pencils, a rubber, ruler and pencilsharpener,
mathematical equipment (protractor, set-square, compasses and a working
calculator) all stored in a large TRANSPARENT PENCIL-CASE.
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STEM CLUB NEWS
Well done to the following pupils who are regular
attendees of STEM club and have now received their
badges.
John
Hanz
Thien
Jerome
Mark
Onyi
Derrick
David
Callum
Natasha
Michael
Aaron
Jennifer
Naomi
Omotalani
Beverley
9M
9M
9M
9M
9M
8P
7P
7P
7P
7P
7P
7M
7M
7M
7M
7M
We have done lots of exciting activities so far this year
including bridge building, marble runs, designing towers,
electrical fruit, making rainbows, boat design
competitions, and lava lamps.
Please join us in the construction department every
Monday @3pm for a new exciting project.
- Ms Dewhurst and Mr Ashton
HOUSE NEWS
NEW SIGN-UP SHEET SYSTEM
The house competition for this term is starting next
week on Wednesday 1 st May. Are you in Year 7? Do
you have athletic skill? Can you work well in a team?
If the answer is yes, then the athletics competition is
your chance to win points for your house. The Year 7
athletics competition will be running after school next
Wednesday, in the gym. If you are interested in being a
part of your house team, go and sign up for your house
in the PE department.
The dodgeball tournament will be rescheduled to a
later date in the school term.
In the future for house events, a sign-up sheet will be
posted for students to sign up for house events. If you
would like to play/represent your house in any further
house competitions, then you will have to sign-up,
instead of going to see your house leader directly. Your
house leader will then select students from the list to
compete. This new system will enable all the students
to be pro-active about supporting their houses. The sign
-up sheets will temporarily be in the PE department,
until a permanent home is found for them in the school.
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GET INVOLVED IN THE HOUSE COMPETITION AND
COME AND SUPPORT YOUR HOUSE!!!

Each week I will be stealthily walking around with a camera…
will you be the one to be CAUGHT READING?
If you have been “caught reading”, you can claim your prize from Madam
Price in the English office, room 2.07.
Check out the newsletter each week… It could be you!
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