The John Fisher School: Summer Newsletter 2019

Logging out of a busy year in
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Talk Talk Data Centre in Brentford
On June 11, 2019, BTEC IT students visited the Data Centre at Brentford. The trip was jointly organised
by Mr Newton a parent at the John Fisher School and the Computing dept. The students
had the chance to learn and see all the connections involved with the internet. A huge thank you
to Mr Newton for taking his time and sharing his knowledge on how the internet is transmitted
from the data centre to our homes.
Parent session about online safety
C. Martinz and R. Culas conducted a Saturday morning parent session about Online Safety. The
students shared with parents the concerns in relation to online gaming, online content, social media
and suggested to parents suitable apps that can be used for revision.
Online Safety links for parents
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/
https://www.internetmatters.org/
Villiers Park
E. Pereppadan and J. Nazareth in the Year 12 BTEC Computing group went to a 5 day residential at
Villiers Park in Foxton, Cambridge during the Easter holidays. The week was intensive where they
took part in group projects, listened to Computer Science guest speakers, went on trips to The
Centre for Computing History and used digital devices for programming.
Mrs N Davis
The Hara Band
The Hara band visited The John Fisher
School on April 24th, 2019. They are an
upcoming band who spreads positive
messages to young people in different
schools. On this occasion Year 8 and 10
watched the Hara band perform. The
band sang a few of their songs and gave
advice about online safety and mental
health. Their song ‘Be Somebody’ has
proven a hit with some of our students
and they will be entering the song as
part of the House Music competition in
school.
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