PARENTAL NEWS BULLETIN

HEADLINE NOTICES Love West Dulwich Banner Exhibition

The winning entries for the

Love West Dulwich banner

competition can be seen in a

special exhibition at Volcano

Coffee House, (Ground Floor)

Parkhall Business Centre,

40 Martell Rd, West Dulwich,

SE21 8EN. During the month

of April the completed banners

will be installed on 60

lamp-posts in the area and

officially unveiled at the Love West Dulwich Spring Fair

on Saturday 20 May. Well done once again to our

winning students and their designs - Amelia Mitchell,

Rosie Kaniewska & Eithne Cox.

Promoting Healthy Active Lifestyles

A booklet providing information and

advice regarding what constitutes a

‘Healthy, Active Lifestyle’, and how

Kingsdale School promotes and

supports this has now been published

to students, parents, carers and

guardians and is also available on our website by clicking

here. Please access this booklet and the information

within it and encourage your child to do the same. It

covers social & mental well-being, the importance of rest

& sleep, maintaining a healthy diet, physical activity and

healthy lifestyles.

Holiday & Absence Requests

SCHOOL NEWS Sky Skills Academy Visit for Year 8

Tuesday 21st March 2017

Twenty eight Year 8 students were introduced

to the media giant Sky, exploring the variety of

careers for their 16,000 employees. Students

were requested to complete a detailed report

exploring the topic of 'cyber bullying' and

looking at the different roles and responsibilities

required to create a report for the national and

international television stage. The Kingsdale

Blast (TKB) is a new school magazine run by

students and the visit gave the students an

insight into how to create news media for the

Kingsdale community using iPads.

“It was a great

opportunity to

learn about new

skills surrounding

news reporting.

I learnt how to

present in front

of a camera

professionally” Izzy, aged 13 The students enjoyed being involved in the Sky

Challenge, learning the skills, reading the scripts,

editing the footage and preparing the details for

the final recording. They put together a glowing

video report which will be shown at a Year 8

assembly during the Summer term.

It was an amazing insight into how the media

functions. I also learnt how to direct a set. Sebastian, aged 13

Kingsdale v Bishop Thomas Grant

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Kingsdale Year 10 basketball

team beat Bishop Thomas

Grant School last week.

The team, which is coached

and managed by Mohamed

Fofanah in Year 11, played

an outstanding game!

Well done boys!

Man of the match –

G Bemiro (Team Captain)

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THEME OF THE WEEK

We are all teachers of each other

‘By example we teach and by example we learn; so set a good example’

Ypres and the Somme Trip

23rd - 24th March 2017

In a trip led by Mr McLoughlin

and Ms George of the History

department, 45 students went

on an informative, and some-

times emotional, trip to Ypres

and the Somme.

Standing up well to the blustery

conditions, the students and

staff were able to see both

battlefields and memorials.

Areas of the Somme visited

included Sunken Lane, Mansel

Copse and Lochnagar Crater.

Whilst learning all about these

battles, and the people and

equipment involved, the

students were also able to

pay their respects at Lijssenhoek and

Tyne Cot War Cemeteries before witnessing the Last

Post ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres.

All of our students found themselves caught up in the

emotion of a ritual that has taken place in liberated

Ypres every night since 1928. Echoing the famous poem

were the words of one of the young people at the gate,

“We really will remember them.”

Gliding Taster day for 6th Formers in Dunstable

for Summer Scholarships 2017

On Tuesday 28th March, 15 Year 12 & 13 Kingsdale

students were selected as part of an Annual

Scholarship Programme offered by the giants Boeing,

Linklaters & British Airways. This programme offers

students from urban areas an opportunity to fly a

glider and learn some practical interview techniques.

The gliding taster day enables the students to apply

for a scholarship to attend a 2 Week Summer Flying

Course, with all expenses paid!

As part of the selection

process the students

must attend a 3 fold

interview at Heathrow

HQ in May. Competition

is fierce and only a few

get selected.

Watch this space for

further developments!

SCHOOL NEWS cont. Writing Camp at Kingsdale

Foundation School!

Nico Weide, Maya Freshwater, Jahtreas

Pitt, Keisi Smajli, Ronnie Tidder, Sanjida

Khan, Darcy Gosford, Edward Ikefoya from Year 9 took

part in a writing camp to create a collaborative novel

using innovative design processes and computer supported

technology. Whilst on the programme, the students were

guided by writers from White

Water Writers organisation

(funded by the charitable

organisation, the SHINE

Foundation) to develop their

creative writing skills, to share

their imaginative world through

words and to produce a novel in just one week. The draft

has now been completed and is ready for the next stage

of editing and printing! The novel will be published soon

and we are sure you will be able to relish the final

product by ordering your own copy! Watch this space for

more details from our published authors.

WORD OF THE WEEK

Correlation Pronounced: /ˈkɒrəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

Definition: mutual relation of two or more things,

parts, etc.

The student noticed a close correlation between the

time she spent revising and her test results.

Upcoming Language Trips!

The Languages Faculty is buzzing with activity at the

moment and has organised 3 residential trips for the

next academic year. For pupils currently in Years 7 & 8

a Latin trip is running to the Bay of Naples in October

2017. We will visit Mt Vesuvius, Pompeii and

Herculaneum as well as squeezing in time for pizza and

gelato ice cream making lessons. For pupils currently in

Year 9 a trip to La Grande Ferme in Normandy is being

run in September by the French department. In addition

to French lessons and activities there will also be day

trips to Parc Astérix and the centre of Paris. For current

Year 10 Spanish students there is an action packed trip

to Murcia in November 2017 where students will have the

opportunity to participate in cooking lessons, water

sports, salsa dancing and much more!

For more information

on how students can

participate in these

exciting trips, please

see the letters

published on the

ShowMyHomework

Notice Board or

contact the faculty

via email on mfl@kingsdale.southwark.sch.uk

SCHOOL NEWS cont.

After the Easter break After the Easter break

Ways we communicate

with Parents and

students During the past academic year,

we have been improving the ways

that we communicate with parents. These include:

Weekly Parental News Bulletin

This is emailed to parents who provided us with their

email address.

Email/Text

Please ensure we have your latest email

and mobile phone contact details.

Twitter

You can find us at @kingsdalefs

Our new improved website at

www.kingsdalefoundationschool.org.uk

ShowMyHomework

Used to share homework details and other school news via

the Notice Board feature with students and parents.

www.showmyhomework.co.uk

House News

FRIDAY 24th March

Thank you to all staff, students and

parents for their support of Red Nose

Day. Everyone was asked to attend

wearing something red in support of this

great cause. We will let you know how

much we raised after the Easter break. In

the meantime here are a few shots of

Kingsdale’s amazing efforts.

Kingsdale Foundation School, Alleyn Park, Dulwich, London, SE21 8SQ Web: www.kingsdalefoundationschool.org.uk Tel: 0208 670 7575 (To report student absence use Option 2)

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SPORTS FIXTURES Week beginning Monday 17th April 2017

There are no planned fixtures taking place this

week. Fixtures will recommence week beginning

Monday 24th April 2017.

Please remember that all fixtures are available to view

on http://www.kingsdaleschoolsports.org.uk

Diary Dates The full School Calendar can be viewed at

www.kingsdalefoundationschool.org.uk

Tuesday 18th April

Start of Summer Term for staff – INSET DAY – School

closed for students other than by appointment

Wednesday 19th April

Start of Summer Term for students at 08.30am

Friday 21st April

Parents’ Forum – All Years – 7pm in the Flexible Learning

Centre (FLC)

Monday 24th – Friday 28th April

Year 9 Examinations Week

Wednesday 26th April

Year 7 Full Reports issued via Go4Schools

Wednesday 3rd May

Year 7 Parents’ Evening – further details issued separately