Newsletter_Edition_1_2017

SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER 2017 EDITION 1 

Interview Debate Winner Charity work 

MY FIRST HALF TERM U.N DEBATING WINNERS MARIE CURIE REMEMBRANCE 

An insight into the first 7 weeks at 

JFS for our new Year 7 students 

Mark Whiteley and Aaron Conmee 

win the title for JFS 

JFS gives over £3000 to charities 

between September and October

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Tom and Oliver helped to pack 

over 200 shoe boxes on sunday 

29th October (Their half term!!) 

for the Mustard Seed Charity- 

‘Love in a Box’ campaign. 

Here is a picture of the Year 

7 Boys selected for being the 

most polite, kind, courteous and 

respectful this term. This is our 

theme for the year. 

Former John Fisher teacher, Mr. Miller, undetook a huge challenge when he left for Australia 

in July 2017. His goal: Travel through 23 countries over a 4 month period to arrive 

in Australia for the 1st Test of the Ashes series. Easy enough? The only condition was he 

would not use a plane!! 

He has already had his money stolen, been held hostage, undertaken a 27 hour coach 

journey and slept in a room with 199 other people. You can see more on his travel diary 

and website: 

http://www.theedventures.com/category/travel-diary/ 

He is raising money for OddBalls, a great charity who support men with testicular cancer. 

If you want to donate, please go to his Justgiving page: 

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/theedventures 

Two of the 120 students who planted a Daffodil 

in the new Celebration and Remembrance Garden. 

Each house has its own species of Daffodil 

and all money donated was sent to Marie Curie. 

A big thank you to Able Waste Services, new 

commercial partner of the school, who have 

sponsored a plaque to showcase the names of 

all those being celebrated and remembered. 

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SUTTON REVIEW 2017 FEEDBACK 

A MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER, MR P E MCCULLAGH 

It has been a fantastic first half term for us at The John Fisher School. Our new Year 7 and Year 

12 students have settled in brilliantly and we have been most impressed with the impact of our 

new staff members already. We were delighted to have won the Arsenal FC ‘School in the Community’ 

Award and the ‘National Rugby School of the Year’ Award at the end of last year. In this 

academic year so far our Head of Modern Foreign Language and Specialist Leader in Education, 

Mr Evans, won First Give’s ‘Teacher of the Year Award’ for 2017 and one of our student’s, 

Mathew Kerwick, was a finalist for the Partners in Excellence (PiXL) ‘Simon Bell Special Award’ in 

2017 for overcoming adversity and securing top grades having been in a road traffic accident. 

Two of our Year 13 students, Aaron Conmee and Mark Whiteley, won the prestigious United 

Nations Association (UNA) debating competition for Sutton, Croydon and Surrey schools. The 

school has not won this competition since 1980. We were also extremely pleased that last year 

one of our Yr. 13 students secured a place at the Royal College of Music and one student secured 

a place at the University of Oxford. Six of our current Yr. 13 students have applied for 

Oxbridge for next year. 

We have started on the development of our Sixth Form building this half term, introduced a 

new inclusion department and improvements are taking place to both our Main Hall and our 

Chapel. Future projects include the opening of a kitchen garden and a remembrance garden as 

part of our refurbishment programme. 

Students have been involved in fundraising for local charities such as the South-East Cancer 

Centre this half term and through the ‘Love in a Box’ appeal along with making a contribution to 

national charities such as Macmillan and Blind Veterans UK. We have also been celebrating the 

European Day of Languages and Black History month. Student leadership remains a priority for 

us a school and in this half term we have been a training a group of students as ‘Digital leaders’. 

We welcomed an external review from a Sutton 

Review Team on October 2nd to October 3rd. The 

team of five were invited in to assess the school’s 

strengths and identify any areas for further development. 

The focus of the review was to determine 

the effectiveness of teaching and learning, 

to evaluate the curriculum provision and to assess 

the standard of ‘Oracy’ and ‘Student leadership’. 

We await the final report but I would like to 

share with you some of the comments made by 

the Review team: 

“The school has a strong ethos and culture with 

relationships between staff, students and parents/carers 

valued highly.” 

“The pastoral system is excellent and parents 

value teachers as role models.” 

“Staff, students and parents do not feel bullying is 

an issue within the school environment and any 

issues are acted upon promptly with compassion 

and efficiency.” 

“Opportunities for student leadership are strong.” 

“Parents/carers are pleased that the school is developing 

their children with holistic and enjoyable 

provision.” 

“Punctuality and attendance are excellent.” 

“The Headteacher and leaders at all levels are 

passionate about improving outcomes for students. 

They are aware of areas for development 

and are taking steps to make improvements.” 

“Staff, students and parents do not feel bullying is 

an issue within the school environment and any 

issues are acted upon promptly with compassion 

and efficiency.” 

“Opportunities for student leadership are strong.” 

“Parents/carers are pleased that the school is developing 

their children with holistic and enjoyable 

provision.” 

“Punctuality and attendance are excellent.” 

“The Headteacher and leaders at all levels are 

passionate about improving outcomes for students. 

They are aware of areas for development 

and are taking steps to make improvements.” 

I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely 

thank all of the students, staff members, parents/ 

carers and governors for their involvement in this 

Review process. 

Finally, it is with regret that I have to inform you 

that at The John Fisher Association (JFA) AGM 

meeting on Wednesday 6th September no parent/carer 

was elected in the positions of Chair, 

Vice Chair or Secretary. The John Fisher Association 

has been extremely successful in the past 

and annually raises close to £20,000 which has 

helped fund new computers and equipment in 

two of our classrooms, paid for our new school 

website, paid for new noticeboards and helped 

with the decoration of our new Inclusion department. 

The former Chair, Rachel Rogan, did a tremendous 

job while her son has been at The John 

Fisher School and I would like to thank her for all 

of her hard work. 

If you would like to consider any of the vacant 

positions or would like to discuss any of the 

roles could you please contact Mr Andrew Dean 

(adean10@suttonmail.org) or Mr Mike Simpson 

(msimpson@suttonmail.org) at school. Current 

school budgets are unsustainable and local 

authority funding has also been reduced and we 

therefore rely heavily on the money raised by The 

John Fisher Association. 

Thank you for your continued support and I hope 

that your son enjoys his well-earned rest. 

Kind Regards, 

Mr McCullagh 

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We are delighted that Rawlings Opticians have joined us as a sponsor. They are 

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Rawlings has the sme ethos and values as John Fisher. It has a long standing relationship 

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MUSIC AND PSHE UPDATE 

The first term is always really busy for our successful music department. With 

clubs, choirs and orchestras running every lunchtime, there is an opportunity for 

every student to get involved, no matter their experience or level. 

The music department has continued 

to develop and grow this year . We 

are offering all students the chance to 

undertake music lessons in a variety 

of instruments, including the Saxophone, 

Drums and Violin. The choir 

continues to improve and we are 

now working very hard on our festive 

pieces ready for the variety of concerts 

and community performances 

we have in November and December. 

With 13 events or concerts in the 

next 7 weeks, we are very busy!! This 

includes singing at local Primary and 

special needs schools, Tesco in Purley 

and the St. Nicholas centre, Sutton. 

We have had two Epilogues so far 

this term and we have been recording 

these with the view to share them 

in the future with those who wish to 

download. Our next Epilogue is being 

held at St. Marks (around the corner) 

on Thursday 23rd November at 4pm. 

The staff choir practice every thursday 

morning and have attracted 

some new talent...you will need to 

come and see them to find out who! 

We look forward to seeing you at one 

of our events. 

Mrs. Harrington-Booth. 

(Head of Music) 

On Saturday 7th September, all Year 7 students 

were invited to trial a whole range of musical instruments 

after their rugby training session. As 

you can see, many of our students took up the 

opportunity and are now taking lessons in a variety 

of instruments. 

This event saw over 120 Year 7 parents and carers 

attend a PSHE morning to help improve the 

transition of their son to John Fisher. The teachers 

ran sessions on mental health, literacy and 

numeracy, and had Year 8 parents giving advice. 

Mr. Evans. 

(Head of MFL and PSHE) 


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JFS: NATIONAL RUGBY 

SCHOOL OF THE YEAR 2017 

In August we were invited to Twickenham stadium for the National 

Rugby Awards 2017. Shortlisted for the ‘School of the Year’ 

award, we arrived with very little expectation that we would win. 

However.... 

A truly remarkable achievement. Having been shortlisted with 

Brighton College, Rugby School and Cranleigh, we didnt really 

believe we would win this national award. Our story was simple; 

a truly unique state school which can field up to 23 teams 

every saturday, playing against the very best school’s in the 

country. The judges read our application and judged us the 

winners based on our ‘brilliant example for other schools to 

follow’. Mr. Street (Head of Rugby) said, “ I accept this award 

on behalf of all the staff, students and Old Boys of the school. I 

have received this award but there are so many who have earnt 

it. This award recognises how unique we are at Fisher and highlights 

the dedication so many staff have put in over the years. 

Well done to all who have contributed to this.” 

Mr. Street. 

(Head of Physical Education and Rugby) 

The Rugby ‘School of the Year’ award 

“ 

A unique school. A shining 

example for any school 

that wants to go up 

against the odds. 

Judges, 2017 

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INTRODUCING A NEW PARTNER OF THE SCHOOL: 

KLICKSMART PHOTOGRAPHY 

CHARITY COMES FIRST 

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In the first seven weeks of term, The John Fisher School has already 

raised over £3,000 with many local charities benefitting. 

As we 

approach Christmas, there will be more work to be done to 

support the frail, vulnerable and homeless at this time. Please 

do support our initiatives where possible. 

Up next: British Legion Poppy appeal 

Next to the Sports Hall and 

Music Centre we now have 

a remembrance garden. 

Students, staff and alumni 

donated £1 to plant a 

Daffodil on behalf of friends 

and family who have battled 

cancer. This raised 

over £250. 

We held a Cake sale on our 

INSET day in September to 

help raise money for Macmillan 

cancer care. The staff 

brought in a range of baked 

goodies and helped raise 

over £230 for this great 

cause. 

We continue to support charities 

through our First Give, 

House Charity and regular donations. 

In November we will be 

collecting for the British Legion 

by selling Poppies. 

The South East Cancer 

centre operates in Purley, 

supporting the local people 

with Cancer. A small charity 

it may be, but it provides 

services for those who really 

need it and desperately 

needs support to continue 

this. We were able to give 

£500 from our mufti day. 

We have been contributing to 

Love in a Box for 8 years and 

we continue to play a big part 

in making Christmas a little bit 

better for children in orphanages 

all over Europe. This year 

we were able to help St. Pauls 

Church send 213 boxes with 

our boxes, unwanted goods 

and £500 from the mufti day. 


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TOYOTA ‘DREAM CAR’ COMPETITION KICKS OFF 

Students pose next to 

the new Lexus LC500 

and Toyota CH-R as 

we launch this years 

‘Dream Car’ Art competition 

in partnership with 

Jemca- Croydon. 

Winning team: Mark Whiteley and Aaron Conmee with former 

Mayor of Croydon, and John Fisher Alumni, Wayne Trakas-Lawlor 

FISHER WINS THE UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION DEBATING 

2017 

YEAR 8 WERE TREATED TO AN EXCITING START TO THIS YEAR’S COMPETITION 

WITH A VISIT FROM OUR PARTNERS AT TOYOTA AND LEXUS, CROYDON 

Year 8 are starting a six week 

project which will see them 

all design and draw the next 

generation ‘Dream Car’. The 

competition is run by Toyota 

UK and challenges the students 

to come up with their 

very own design of how cars 

can engage with the environment 

and be a vehicle for 

change. The students will 

enter the UK compeition to 

begin with, but the competition 

is run all over the world 

and we hope our very best 

students will get a chance to 

go up against the very best 

from around the globe. 

Head of Art Mr. McKenzie 

said, “ This is a great competition 

and one which 

really suits us as a school. 

Working with our commercial 

partner, Toyota, 

we are able to inspire the 

students with real life 

projects which link to local 

organisations. 

Students in Years 9 and 

10 are also being allowed 

to enter so watch this 

space, perhaps the next 

winner is at JFS! 

Mr. McKenzie 

(Head of Art) 

The Sutton & Croydon Branch of the United Nations Association has been running this competition 

since 1977. More than 20 secondary schools (a mix of state, public and private), from Croydon, Sutton 

and Surrey, compete annually in the competition . The local UNA Branch publish a list of Topics 

for debate and the Draw. The “home” team selects the topic and the away team decides whether to 

propose or oppose. The Branch provides three independent judges. 

The schools now compete on a knockout basis, seeded into three Rounds, semi finals and now the 

Final. In the earlier rounds school teams of two speakers each speak for up to 8 minutes and in the 

semis and the final they are asked to each speak for up to 10 minutes. In the Final each team of 

two speakers each speak for 10 minutes, and then the Chair ( Stephen Harrow) opened to the floor 

the opportunity to ask questions of both teams after which each team delivered a 5 minute summary. 

The Final Debate was against Croydon High School and our debaters were Aaron Conmee & Mark 

Whiteley. They proposed the motion: “This House believes the future of British Youth is compromised 

by Brexit” 

The three judges (Pat Cook, Les Kemp & Rodney Towner) were really impressed by the standard 

of the debate and awarded the winning shield, the DIGBY WEIGHTMANN SHIELD, to our team. In 

addition to this Mark Whiteley also won the award for the best individual speaker and received the 

MAYORAL TROPHY. The trophies were presented to Aaron and Mark by the Past Mayor of Croydon 

Councillor Wayne Trakas-Lawlor. 

Miss. Smith 

(Head of History) 


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YEAR 7: MY FIRST HALF TERM 

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C. KILAMA 7F 

ON MY FIRST DAY I WAS EXTREMELY NERVOUS. ALTHOUGH I KNEW OTHER 

STUDENTS FROM MY PRIMARY SCHOOL I WAS STILL WORRIED. WITHIN 

THE FIRST WEEK I HAD GOT TO KNOW ALL THE PEOPLE IN MY FORM. I 

THOROUGHLY ENJOYED MEETING ALL MY NEW TEACHERS. 

WHEN I JOINED THE SCHOOL, I HAD NEVER TOUCHED A RUGBY BALL BUT 

NOW I LOVE REPRESENTING THE SCHOOL. 

P. CAROTENUTO 7T 

MY FIRST DAY WAS SCARY. I DIDN’T HAVE ANY FRIENDS; I ONLY 

HAD MYSELF. THEN, IN MY RUGBY SESSION I STARTED TO KNOW 

SOME PEOPLE. THEN I JOINED THE ITALIAN CLUB AND OTHER 

CLUBS. I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IN THE CHOIR BUT IT TAKES PLACE 

TOO EARLY FOR ME. THE SCHOOL REALLY HELPED ME, I MADE 

LOTS OF FRIENDS AND I’M A SCHOOL COUNCIL MEMBER! I HAVE 

REALLY ENJOINED MY LEARNING AND I REALLY LIKED ALL THE 

SUBJECTS, SUCH AS: SCIENCE, DURING THE PRACTICAL. IN MU- 

SIC, WE PLAYED PIANO, I LOVE IT 

K. STEVENS 7F 

MY FIRST FEW WEEKS AT JOHN FISHER HAVE 

BEEN AMAZING AND SURPRISING. AT FIRST, 

I WASNT QUITE SURE IF I WANTED TO GO 

HERE BUT NOW I AM HERE AND EXPERIENC- 

ING WHAT IT IS LIKE, I WISH I COULD STAY 

FOREEVER. I ENJOY ALL MY SUBJECTS, EVEN 

THE ONES I AM STRUGGLING WITH. 

J. ROGERS 7T 

THE JOHN FISHER SCHOOL HAS REACHED ALL MY EXPEC- 

TATION. EVEN THE HIGHEST; NO BULLYING, NO SHOUTING, 

GOOD DISCIPLINARY AND GOOD BEHAVIOR. THE TEACHERS 

TEACH TO THE HIGHEST AND EXPECT TIDY BOOKS. AS PART 

OF THE JOHN FISHER SCHOOL, I WILL MEET THESE EX- 

PECTATIONS BECAUSE I AM A JOHN FISHER STUDENT AND 

THEREFORE IT’S NOT HARD. 

C. FOLEY-DAVIES 7N 

I HAVE COMPLETED MY FIRST TERM AT THE JOHN FISHER 

SCHOOL.MY FIRST TERM HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE AS I HAVE GONE 

FROM ACADEMY TO THE F TEAM AND ALSO I HAVE NOW GOT THE 

HANG OF THINGS AT JFS. NOW THAT I HAVE COMPLETED MY 

FIRST TERM I FEEL KNOW I CAN MAKE MORE OF A DIFFERENCE IN 

THE NEXT TERM. 

LIAM UNSWORTH 7M 

THE FIRST 7 WEEKS AT JOHN FISHER HAVE BEEN AMAZING AS IT WAS 

BETTER AND VERY DIFFERENT TO PRIMARY SCHOOL AND ALSO THE 

OLDER CHILDREN SHOWED ME WHERE ALL THE ROOMS WERE. MY 

FIRST RUGBY SESSION WAS DIFFICULT AS I DID NOT KNOW THE RULES 

OF RUGBY BUT I LEARNT EVENTUALLY HOW TO PLAY IT. 


CHAIR OF GOVERNORS 

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A message from the Chair of Governors, Mr E Samuels 

On behalf of the Governing Body, I wanted to congratulate the students and staff at school 

on such a positive first half term. The academic, debating and sporting awards reflect all of 

the hard work which is currently being shown at The John Fisher School. I was delighted to 

find out the Sutton Review team’s reflections on the standard of governance at the school 

when they visited at the beginning of October. The team commented in their report that 

“Governors have a strong understanding of their role within the school and the moral purpose 

of the school as and within the Catholic community.” 

We should feel very proud that we have such a successful Catholic school in our local catholic 

community and truly appreciate how our students benefit from the thoughtfulness that 

our Catholic teaching and distinctiveness encourages. Our success does not make us complacent 

however and we want to continue to work on being the best that we can be. I would 

stress to parents/carers the importance of being part of our John Fisher School Association 

and would encourage you to attend the events which will hopefully take place this year. Let’s 

hope we can find some volunteers to take up the leadership roles in this successful Parent 

Teacher Association as we move the school further forward together. 

Yours sincerely, 

Mr Samuels 

ENGLISH SCHOOL’S CHAMPION: 200M 

We were delighted for Year c12 student, D. Da Costa , who won the 

English School’s 100m final in July 2017 


FIRST GIVE 

Entering our third year with Just Give, we have already seen over £3,000 donated to local charities 

on our behalf, as well as raised the profile of many smaller charities which rely on local 

support. We have the perfect person at the helm for this, our very own ‘Teacher of the Year 2017’, 

Mr. Evans. 

“ 

An amazing experience, I cant believe we 

were lucky enough to go up to Cit Hall and 

experience the final event. It was great to 

see so many people from around the UK, 

sharing their experiences and success. 

Even better, Mr. Evans won!!! 

” 

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The ‘First Give’ annual awards event took place at London’s iconic City Hall on Monday 2nd October. 

As a school, we were one of a handful of schools who piloted the award 2 years ago and since its 

introduction, the First Give award has become ever present within the Year 9 PSHE programme at 

John Fisher. 

Due to selfless dedication and efforts to raise awareness of social issues in our communities, the 

winning form from Year 10 (Newman)were invited to the celebration event to compete in the ‘Soapbox 

challenge’. They performed extremely well once again and we wait with excitement the results 

of the challenge. 

Fortunately, there was some success on the night for John Fisher when Mr Evans won ‘Teacher Of 

The Year 2017’, beating off competition from teacher’s at 280 other schools around the UK. 

#inspireconfidence 

#empowerchange 

Our Year 9 students have begun 

their work on the First Give 

project for this academic year 

and we will be holding the finals 

on Tuesday 6th March 2018, at 

4.30-6.00pm, with a range of 

guest judges. 


You use, everyone benefits. 

John Fisher is delighted to have such a broad range of partners who kindly 

donate to the school for any referrals or usage from John Fisher. Whether it’s 

you, a friend or family, if use these businesses, John Fisher, and your son, 

benefits. 

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mortgages, pension advice, investments, 

savings accounts, tax changes and insurance. 

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Toyota and Lexus, Croydon- All parents enjoy 

£1,000 off a new Lexus 

£500 off a new Toyota 

Free MOT with your service (Any car make or 

model, not just Toyota or Lexus) 

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National LandLord Investment Show 

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Park and Bailey, Coulsdon. 

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or sell their house. 

Contact Hadley Lyas (Director) by ringing 0203 332 0037. 

Able Waste Services 

You can now access special discount for skip 

hire- £225+VAT for 8 foot skip, £275+ VAT for 

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are gift bags which can be made up, including a 

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You can access a whole range of services such as 

Portraits, Weddings, events off family shots at a heavily 

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Special offer: A one photo session Only £25 (RRP £75) 

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Purley Dental Practice 

Parents and Carers can join the practice as either 

NHS or Private clients and access a professional 

service only a few minutes from school. 

All of the companies below sponsor and support the school in many different areas: 

Would you or your business want to sponsor The National School of the Year for Rugby? 

Or an award winning Choir? 

Field and Flower 

For fresh produce delivered directly to your door- 

Join John Fisher’s ‘flock’ and receive special offers, 

recipes and news from their farms- just make sure 

you use your special school code JOHNFISHER 

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Follow the school at @thejfschool 

This year we have been able to provide a whole range of facilities, opportunities and 

equipment because of these businesses. If your own or work for a business that would like to 

become a partner, please contact Mr. Dean on adean10@suttonmail.org 


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SPEED 

CAREERS 

2017 

LOVE IN A BOX 2017 

Dear Mr Dean, 

Please pass on my thanks to everyone concerned with “Love in a Box.” 

We completed 213 boxes on Sunday, and this was followed by another 

8 boxes brought to the church by members of Mencap Sutton. It was a 

real delight to see the students of John Fisher come to help pack the boxes 

on a Sunday on their half term. Please do pass on my thanks to them 

all. The contributions from John Fisher parents, staff and students mean 

that we can continue to support those less fortunate than ourselves at 

Christmas. 

The boxes are due to be collected sometime today though I don’t know 

their final destination. They will definitely be with the children by Christmas. 

Thanks again for all the hard work for these children. 

Yours sincerely, 

Pam Oubridge. 

(On behalf of Mustard Seed Chairy: Love in a Box) 

We will be holding our annual ‘Speed Careers’ event on Thursday 16th November from 1.00pm- 

3.30pm. The aim of the event is to raise awareness of the variety of careers and opportunities 

available to our students when they leave the School. If you can join us from 1.00pm, lunch will 

be provided for all guests. 

The event is split into two parts: 

Lunch will be served from 1.00pm-1.30pm for all guests. 

Part 1: 1.45pm-2.15pm 

We are looking for guests to offer a short talk on their career, experience and journey to a group 

of students who will select one talk to attend. We would love to offer a wide range of talks so that 

students can pick one that is really relevant to what they are looking to undertake. This will be in 

a classroom and a PC/Projector would be available. Due to space, we anticipate only being able to 

accommodate 10 talks at once so please do let us know if you would be willing to do this. 

Part 2: 2.15pm-3.15pm 

The entire year group will join you in the sports hall for a speed dating style event. Guests will 

be spread around the hall at a small table, with small groups of students spending a few minutes 

hearing what you do ad how you got there. You will have room for pop up banners, laptops 

(please make sure these are charged) and other props We will spread out the various industries 

and sectors so that students do not hear from the same career more than once. We purposely mix 

up the order of the guests and make the students follow a set order so that they talk to people in 

all areas rather than just a few. We believe that this helps widen their awareness and makes them 

think about careers they may not have considered. The small groups only spend a few minutes 

with you before moving on to the next guest. This will continue for around 45 minutes before time 

is given to students to walk around the hall and chat to any guests they have missed or would like 

more information from. 

If you, or your business, can spare some time to help Inspire the next generation 

then please email us directly, outlining whether you can participate in Part 1, Part 2 

or both. 

Mrs. Ada. Okonkwo 

(e) aokonkwo1@suttonmail.org 

(t) 0208 660 4555? 


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JOHN FISHER JOINS A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IN 

SUBSCRIBING TO ‘RETURN2PLAY’. THIS SERVICE 

HELPS SUPPORT THE SCHOOL, STUDENT AND 

PARENTS WHEN STUDENTS ARE RETURNING TO 

PLAYING SPORT AFTER CONCUSSION. 

As a school we are committed to providing 

the best posisble care for our 

students. With active youngsters comes 

a risk of injury and we are delighted to 

have linked up with ‘Return2Play’ to provide 

a more robust monitoring system 

which communicates to parents, staff 

and external clubs. 

Coaches are now able to complete an 

injury form from their phone using an 

App. This will then start the ‘Return2Play’ 

procedure which will require students to 

undertake the required checks. 

The School is also working with Bath University 

in their national project focussing on rugby 

injuries. In return for injury data we receive free 

video coverage of some of our games, as well as 

the analysis that goes alongside it. 

With rugby being played by over 550 students 

at John Fisher, we belive we are giving students 

the best care and support avaliable and look 

forward to working with ‘Return2Play’ and Bath 

University for years to come. 

The system is excellent for all injuries 

but especially for concussion. Students 

will need to follow the RFU guidelines 

which includes seeing a GP. To make 

this easier, parents and carers will be 

able to book online virtual appointments 

with registered GP’s who can assess the 

students and give advice. This removes 

the need for taking time off work as they 

can be between 6pm-8pm throghout the 

week. 

Thisn is an additional service costing £25 

for a year. 

“ 

Using the Return 2 Play system 

will allow us to record, track and 

monitor all of our students who 

get injured through sport and 

other activities. 

” 

Mr. T. Street (Head of Rugby) 


CONTACT US 

If you have any feedback, contributions or would like 

to know more about working with the school please 

contact Mr. A. Dean (Assistant Headteacher) 

(e) adean10@suttonmail.org 

(t) 0208 660 4555 

‘Aspiring for Academic, Cultural and Sporting Excellence’

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