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ISSUE 29 OAKS PARK NEWS 8TH MAY 2015

DIARY DATES

Mon 11 May

AS & A2 Exams begin full details are on the School Website

Y11 MFL Exams Spanish

Tues 12 May

Weds 13 May

MFL Exams Y12 & 13

Thurs 14 May

MFL ExamsY12 & 13

Fri 15 May

Travel Green Friday

Examinations A reminder to ALL students that it is very important that examina-tion procedures are followed. Any breach of these is likely to have serious consequences for the student concerned.

In particular students MUST NOT under any circumstances take a mobile phone or a watch into the examination room.

Half Term A reminder that we break up for half term on Friday 22nd May at 3:10pm

S Wilks Headteacher

School Expansion The Reception area at the front of the school has now been completed and is looking very good indeed. The wait has most certainly been worthwhile!

Work is progressing at pace at the back of the school on the new

changing rooms and the new 6th Form Block. Completion date for

the 6th Form Block is still scheduled for the end of October. This will

greatly help us with our expansion of our 6th Form numbers and the

increase from 8 to 10 forms of entry in the lower years over the

next five years.

Mr D Dutch

Deputy Headteacher

OAKS PARK HIGH SCHOOL

A Specialist Music College

Learning Together, Achieving Together.

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OAKS PARK H IGH SCHOOL , OAKS LANE , NEWBURY PARK , ILFORD ESSEX IG2 7PQ

TEL:020 8590 2245 FAX: 020 8590 2246 SCHOOL MOBILES 07742 587922 (P.E .) 07742 587921 WEBSITE :WWW .OAKSPARK .CO .UK EMAIL :ADMIN@OAKSPARK .REDBRIDGE .SCH .UK

Students Exams

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Exam season is already upon us with some exams already having taken place in subjects such as Drama and Art Photography. All students have been issued personalised timetables and a timetable of all examinations can be found on the school website. They will also have been issued with revision materials from their subjects for them to work with at home.

It is essential that all students are in full uniform for all exams. Students are advised to arrive to the location of their exam at least 15 minutes before it is due to start. Students who will be doing their exams through Curriculum Access need to ensure they have checked the location of their exams on their timetable or check the board outside A22.

We advise students not to bring their phones or watches to school as they are items that if taken into the exam will disqualify them, (and potentially other exams too). If necessary they will be collected on entry to the exam and reissued afterwards, but that will require them finding their Head of Year upon the completion of the exam.

Providing all-round support

The best way to support your child during the stress of revision and exams is to make home life as calm and pleasant as possible. It helps if other members of the household are aware that your child may be under pressure and that allowances should be made for this.

Make sure there are plenty of healthy snacks in the fridge and try to provide good, nutritious food at regular intervals. Encourage your child to join family meals, even if it is a busy revision day - it's important to have a change of scene and get away from the books and computer for a while. Also encourage your child to take regular exercise. A brisk walk around the block can help clear the mind before the next revision session.

It is important to get a good night's sleep before an exam, so discourage your child from staying up late to cram. And make sure he or she eats a good breakfast on the morning of the exam.

Mr Webber

Head of Year

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Connect 4 Tournament Week 2

A much busier week this week as Year 10 poured in every day, but a handful of Year 7s have been showing some of them how it’s done!

Omega 1524 (Emily 10B (339), Yasmin 10Y (201), Adib 7Y (188))

Sigma 1388 (Kelsey 10P (221), Vilius 10P (185), Jake 10P (155), Mahfuzur 10W (155)

Alpha 1313 (Ronan 10E (523), Ninuja 7U (408), Bhavya 7U (191))

Kappa 671 (Yaaseen 10N (423), Isabella 10N (105), Alannah 10R (84))

Alpha have certainly been lighting up the top of the individual competition, with the number 1 and 3 ranked players in Ronan and Ninuja, but they haven’t had the depth of the top two houses. Yaaseen has been left to do almost all the work for Kappa and they lag behind a bit at this point. Omega have deserved their place at the top of the table with their strength in depth. They have been the only house to have players from more than three forms, and three players in the top 10. With Sigma’s 10P being registered in C9, they have contributed the lion’s share (over 1000) of Sigma’s points, but they can’t sustain it all by themselves!

The competition continues every lunchtime in C9 until half term, and the scor-ing system has been updated so that playing a game scores 1 point for your house regardless of the result, and winning a game will score your house at least 10 points instead of the old minimum of 1 point.

See you in C9!

Mr A Bissett Maths Team Leader

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Girls Swimming Gala – Thursday 30th April

The Year 7, 8 & 10 girls swimming teams took part in the annual borough swimming gala against several local schools, competing in individual freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke & butterfly as well team freestyle and medley relays.

All of the girls did incredibly well against tough opposition, of which the majority have regular access to a pool, something that unfortunately we cannot boast. The Year 10 team proved to be our best team on the day coming 3rd place for their year group. This was aided by some exceptional performances from Prasha Maniccadevan who came 1st in the individual backstroke and Zoe Williams who came 2nd in the individual breastroke.

The whole year 10 team also swam well in the freestyle relay, securing 2nd. Emily Bown swam one of the best races of the day in the Year 8 individual butterfly to win first place. The results for each year team were combined to produce a team score, the results of which have not yet been released.

Year 7 team: Kirischnny Ponnuturai, Tanya Ssbana, Saima Rana, Abby Cundy, Gabrielle Artiaga

Year 8 team: Bethany Smith, Tunmise Williams, Emily Bown, Mia Blainey

Year 10 team: Prasha Maniccadevan, Zoe Williams, Sankavee Karunakaran, Madison Den-tith

Ms G Tricker

PE Department

The Year 8 Swimming Team

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Here’s Mr Cullen on the way to a fantastic personal best time of 3:42:25 in the London Marathon last Sunday. He finished 216 in his age category. It’s not too late to sponsor him using the details below.

Thank you to everyone that has already done so.

https://www.justgiving.com/declan-cullen/

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Do you beatbox, sing or harmonise

but nobody hears you?! North East London Voices (NELV) is looking for Young Collaborators to

work with…and it could be YOU if you are 11-18yrs.

We’re looking for Soloists; Beatboxers; Vocal Leaders; Songwriters; MCs and much more…

Come along to our

Hidden Talent Auditions

And show us what you’ve got!

NELV have two Vocal groups across Redbridge and Waltham Forest who meet weekly and we’re looking for more talented individuals to join us…Come and share your vocal talent and vision and help us inject some funk

into the Royal Albert Hall in 2016!

Audition Workshops will take place on Saturday May 9th:

Please bring one song to sing – something that you’re comfortable with! Audition workshops

will be very laidback and friendly; you will sing your chosen song and then take part in a

Vocal Workshop with the rest of your group. You will be required for the full amount of time

at your chosen venue.

Most importantly; you will have fun with your voice!

Please register your attendance beforehand by emailing [email protected]

Find out more information at www.northeastlondonvoices.com

@NELondonVoices

Waltham Forest

10:30-1pm

Waltham Forest Music Service

12 Church Hill, London

E17 3AG

Redbridge

1:30-4pm

Redbridge Music Service

John Savage Centre

Fencepiece Road, Ilford, IG6 2NB

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Wednesdays at Valentine’s Park

On Wednesday 6 May the Harriers sessions at Valentine’s park are being re-launched with beginners and improvers courses.

A 12 week course which takes those new to running to a level where they can run 5km..

IMPROVERS

These sessions will help runners improve their endurance and speed.

Ideal for lowering Parkrun times

This event is being publicised by Redbridge Council and Vision. It is featured on the London Athletics website.

Meet at the Melbourne Park entrance of Valentine’s Park at 7pm.

Look out for the Ilford flag.

http://ilfordathleticclub.co.uk/

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