Issue 446 Friday 7th November 2014 issued every Friday Enquiries: 020 8270 6222 Absence Line: 020 8724 1531 Website: www.jorichardson.org.uk Email: [email protected] Twitter: @JRCS_School Next week is week 2 Name: Form: important day, particularly as I know that this does place an additional responsibility on working families. If a member of staff is unexpectedly absent on SPRD day; this information will be published on our website to save wasted journeys. HEADTEACHER’S NEWS Mr Smith’s absence As many of you are aware, Mr Smith will be absent until after Christmas due to knee surgery. In his absence, it is my pleasure to take up the post of Acting Headteacher. I am sure you will all join me in wishing Mr Smith a speedy recovery. SPRD Appointments Your son/daughter should have brought home a letter detailing their SPRD appointment for Wednesday 12th November. Please bring with you their last report, and their student planner. All students should attend in full school uniform with at least one parent/carer. Please arrive five minutes before your appointment time. Please can parents park in the back playground via the entrance in Gale Street. May I take this opportunity to thank all parents and carers in advance for their support on this very ACHIEVE Days The photographs above are of our recent ACHIEVE Days. As you will be aware, before half term we completed our first phase of the ACHIEVE Days programme, which took our students both abroad and to a number of local museums, exhibitions and experiences. One of the key principles that underpins the work we do at JRCS is to offer our students as many possibilities to extend their learning outside the classroom as possible. Some of the locations visited by students were as far afield as the WWI battlefields of Belgium and Colchester Zoo. New this year was a Year 8 trip to the Science Museum, organised by Miss Hunnisett, where students were able to engage in the exciting world of rocket technology and the more personal interactive activities in the ‘Who am I?’ area. Ms Keane Acting Headteacher GENERAL NEWS Bjorn Limani, Alex Thomas, Steven Hussey and Camilo Mosquero. Aspiration Cohort Careers Evening for Years 9 -13 Your son/daughter should have brought home a letter on Monday describing the upcoming Aspiration Cohort Careers Evening on Tuesday 18th November. Please discuss the career choices with them and you are most welcome to attend with them on the night. Note, it is not a compulsory event but we ask that if you do sign up, that you attend as many of our speakers are travelling considerable distances to be here. If your son/daughter is not yet in the aspiration cohort, please encourage them to achieve a gold behaviour ranking so that they can qualify. Lauren Levy, Jaylee Smith, Katie Chambers and Alfie Owen. Miss Moody Maths Department Margaret Adesunloro, Oliwia Lopaczewska, Erina Uraj and Lucy Payne. Year 9 DT Activities Day Winners During the Design Technology ACHIEVE days, students had the opportunity to understand and build structures. All students applied really good effort in their groups, but could only have one winning group in each session. Kayla Padulla, Nishat Islam, Cameron Welch and Georgina Brown. Demi Ogunti, Yasmine McKenzie, Jodie Chesney and Millie Honeywell. rd Winning Groups on Thursday 23 October 2014 Billy Holmes, Reeni Lawrence, Bethany Auger and Diamand Sefolli. Smith Raul, Michael Mambuene and Sade Akinyemi. Celine McDonald, Cameron Finley and Melbonne Jones. Shannon Still, Sabrina Asrafova and Shannon Gilmore. Well done to all! Miss Banjo Head of DT Ebola Virus - Advice for parents/guardians Parents/guardians should not be unduly worried about the possibility of their children catching the Ebola Virus. You may wish to use the following key points from the Public Health England advice to reassure them:    Winning Groups on Wednesday 22nd October 2014 Danielle Searle and Maria Oyenuga. Dishon Daley, Jordan Deeble, Deanna Hankin and Charlie Hendricks. Limbert Stemarthe, Grace Tayo, Luckman Juma and Hayden Monk.  The risk of Ebola arriving in the UK is low and to date there have been no cases of Ebola Virus Disease being contracted in the UK. Any person arriving in the UK having travelled from any Ebola affected countries will be screened. If they are free of symptoms they are not infectious so there should be no restrictions on their school attendance or normal activities. It is not possible to catch Ebola from a person who is not showing signs of being infected. It can only be caught by direct contact with the blood or body fluids of a person who is ill with the disease. There is no reason why your children should not continue to attend school or their early years setting as normal. Further information on the Government's response to the Ebola virus can be found on GOV.UK Rosie’s Success Rosie Dunn 11A recently competed in the IKU European Championships in London. She was entered into the 14-15 year olds individual open weight category and competed against many other competitors from around the country. She won the silver medal in Wadaryu Kata and also won a bronze medal in the Team Kumite in the open weight category. Library Books Return Date Please check the return date in your library book. There are a number of Year 7s and Year 8s who should have returned their library book/s before now. Failure to return library books will prevent a student from borrowing another book. If you want the book for longer, you need to take the book to the library and have the time extended. Ms Osland School Librarian She is a brown belt 1st Kyu after 8 years of competing and practising. This is an amazing achievement and we all congratulate her on this amazing achievement. Beijing 2016??? Miss Wilkinson PE Department Half-term visit to the partner school Over the half-term I had the pleasure of visiting our partner school Gimnazjum no 4 in Stargard Szczeciński. Visit The Smarties Science Club website http://smartiesjrcs.blogspot.co.uk/ to find out what we were doing. JRCS are now collecting vouchers from the Morrison’s ‘Let’s Grow’ scheme. We will redeem these for gardening equipment and seeds for the Peace Garden which is now under construction. Please drop them into the box at the School Office. Thank you. Miss Smith Peace Garden Co-ordinator OFFICE ASSISTANTS Miss Ochwat Science Department Year 7 Geography Students We are planning on taking the Year 7 students to Barking to learn about the new developments over the next few weeks. This will take place during their lessons. Students have been given stickers to put into their planners on the relevant dates. For the students to attend this trip, parents/carers need to sign next to this sticker to provide parental permission. Thank you for your help and support. Mrs Davids Second in Geography The Office Assistants for the week beginning Monday 10th November: Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday Max Brown 8C Aaron Maxwell 8B Lillymay Cooper 8C Bobby Edmead 8C LIBRARY ASSISTANTS The Library Assistants for the week beginning Monday 10th November: Tuesday Thursday Kiarah Fanning 8C Deanna Finn 8C