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HOUSE NEWS
Christmas Jumper Day – Friday
18th December 2020
Each year our students and staff participate in
the wearing of a Christmas Jumper in support of
the Save The Children Charity. Although this falls on
the 11th December, we have chosen to postpone this
to Friday 18th December to coincide with our
annual Christmas lunch; which is due to be served at
the school on this day. It is also the final day of
collections for our Food Drive.
Students who wish to wear their Christmas jumper
on Friday 18th December are asked to either donate
a can or packet of food as outlined
below, OR £1 that will go to the above charity.
Food Drive 2020 Campaign
The above campaign organised by our
Sixth Form students will help provide much
needed supplies for the local Food Banks in
Southwark, Lewisham and Lambeth. Donations
are being accepted each day from Monday
14th December onwards. Specially socially
distanced deposit stations will be located at the
allocated entrances for each year group. We
would ask that donations comprise only non-
perishable dried or tinned food items.
HEADLINE NOTICES
Early School Closure at 2.30pm on
Wednesday 9th & 16th December 2020
--------------- Please be reminded that in order to facilitate the
--------------- virtual Year 12 & 13 and Year 11 Parents’ Evening,
school will finish early on Wednesday 9th & 16th December 2020 at
2.20pm for students in Years 7, 11, 12 & 13 and at 2.30pm for students
in Years 8, 9 & 10. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience
caused. Should parents wish their child(ren) to remain at school on
these days, this will be accommodated. Please contact a Head of
Learning for your child should this be the case.
Year 7 Musical Ensembles
We are delighted to announce that our Year 7 musical ensembles
recommenced last week. As such, we would like all Year 7 pupils
that play a musical instrument to join one of the following ensembles:
The weekly schedule is as follows:
--Monday 3.30 - 4.00pm: All acoustic guitar players with Mr ---------
-----Molovski. --Don’t forget to bring your Guitars! (Electric Guitars --
will start -----next term.)
--Tuesday 3.30 - 4.00pm: All woodwind players including clarinets, --
---flutes, oboes, saxophones and bassoons with Ms Cawley
--Wednesday 3.30 - 4.00pm: All strings players including violins,
--violas, cellos, double bass and harps with Ms Melvin
--Thursday 3.30 - 4.00pm: All brass players including trumpets, ------
---trombones, French horns, tenor horns, euphoniums and tubas with
---Mr Musk and Mr Brown
--Friday 3.30 - 4.00pm: All percussion players including drummers --
---and pianists with Mr Jones
All rehearsals will take place in the Performance Hall which is a
voluminous space and will be subject to our strict DfE approved
COVID-19 protocols. All students must bring their own instruments.
Rehearsals for singers will commence next term. Please direct any
queries regarding this exciting announcement to Mrs Graham via the
email address below [email protected]
Resumption of Extra-Curricular Activities
We are very pleased to report that, in accordance with Department for
Education (DfE) guidance, all extra-curricular activities have now
resumed following the end of the recent national lockdown
restrictions. Please access our website here for full details of our
extensive programmes.
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NEWS NEWS BULLETIN
Issue 11 Monday 7th December 2020
THEME & WORD OF THE WEEK
Universal Declaration Of Human Rights
• All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards each other in a spirit of brotherhood.
• Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
• No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Archipelago ‘An extensive group of islands.’
Teacher
Recommendation
This week Mr Ross from
the Maths department
would like to recommend:
Excession
by Iain M Banks
This is the 5th book in the ‘Culture’ series (but you can
read them in any order).
What would future civilizations do when confronted by a
strange, new, and exceptionally powerful object in the
universe? Would it lead to galactic war or usher in a new
era of enlightenment?
‘I love this book as it describes a future where spaceships
are themselves intelligent minds and fight battles at
super-computer speeds lasting just seconds. The ships
talk to each other in their own language and have
cheeky, funny, dangerous or rude personalities. Humans
are mostly along for the ride in these space-adventures.’
Suitable for Key Stage 4 or 5 students.
Student
Recommendation
Crystal Norris in Year
10 would like to
recommend:
The Tomorrow Code
by Brian Falkner
Break the code – or
tomorrow is history…
This novel follows the
story of teenagers Tane and Rebecca, who are
receiving messages from the future,
and these messages are predicting the end of the
world. They have a matter of days to decode the
messages, or the entire human race will be destroyed.
Can they break the code in time?
Crystal would like to recommend this book because of
the fast-paced action of the narrative. The elements of
time travel are really interesting and really cleverly
done. The plot is designed to keep you questioning
the fate of the characters the whole way through!
This book is suitable for Key Stage 3 & 4 students.
Juanita Yebuah Year 7
Languages News
Year 7 French Penpals
Here are the first penpal letters from Year 7 students to
their correspondents in St-Germain.En-Laye (Paris). This
is a new scheme this year, that’s running in addition to
the Year 8 scheme in Brittany.
La Casa De Bernarda Alba
The Cervantes Theatre is back with its production of
Garcia Lorca’s ‘La Casa de Bernarda Alba’ that sold out in
2017, 2018 and 2019. It will be available online from the
9th December. This is a special edition with English
subtitles aimed at A Level Spanish students with a post-
show Question & Answer session with the director, Jorge
de Juan.
The play was written in 1936 by Federico García
Lorca (1898-1936) just before the Spanish Civil War
broke out. The play was first performed in Buenos Aires
in 1945. It was banned in Spain until 1963, partly because
of its political implications and partly because the
behaviour and language of the characters was regarded
as shockingly immoral.
For more information please contact the Spanish
department via [email protected]
Reading Recommendations
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LANGUAGES NEWS
Routes into Languages
Christmas Card Competition
Language students from Years 7 to Year 9 are taking part in a
Christmas card competition held by “Routes into Languages”. As
part of this initiative, students have to design a card, featuring any
foreign language except English.
Routes into Languages, managed by the University Council of
Modern Languages is an initiative to promote the take-up of
foreign languages through cooperation between universities,
schools and colleges in England.
Routes into Languages West Midlands will choose two Christmas
cards amongst all the entries and they will be used as the
Christmas E-card for 2020.
Kingsdale Foundation School has received many superb entries
from our students. The images displayed are just a few examples.
For more information, please contact the Languages Faculty via
ART UPDATE
Art Department’s New Pottery Wheel!
The Art department is excited to announce that we have
a new pottery wheel! The wheel has been purchased with
the prize money from our ‘Big Draw’ wins and will provide
exciting new opportunities to all our Art students.
Congratulations and well done to all the students who
participated in The Big Draw events and we look
forward to seeing the exciting outcomes off the wheel.
Alex Papp, one of our amazing Year 13 Art students
has already been getting to grips with the wheel and
has been making these fantastic ceramic pieces.
Accelerated Reader: All Year 7 Students!
The English Department have been checking
their lists and checking them again…Last
chance to get QUIZZING before certificates are
issued next week.
We are looking to reward students who have
read the most words, completed the most
quizzes and have made the most progress in
each Year 7 class!
All students in Year 7 have exclusive access to
online quizzes for hundreds of books and
newspaper articles!
To access please follow this link:
https://ukhosted71.renlearn.co.uk/1917389/default.aspx
Username: First letter of their name
+ first 4 letters of their surname
(John Smith would
be JSMIT)
Password: ABC
What is Renaissance Accelerated Reader (AR)?
AR is a reading program that helps teachers support
and monitor children’s reading practice. Students pick a
book at their own level and read it at their own pace.
When finished, they take a short online quiz to measure
how much of the book they understood.
Parents: How can I help my child become a
better reader?
Make time for them to read at home. Children need
to read for at least 20 minutes every day to improve
their reading ability.
Encourage your child to read; discuss books, asking
questions about what they have read.
Find suitable books for your child at
www.arbookfind.co.uk. Use the Search function to
look for specific titles or topics or go to Advanced
Search to browse for books within your child’s
interest level.
If you would like to find out more, there is a parent
guide here:
https://www.renaissance.com/2016/09/09/parents-
guide-renaissance-accelerated-reader-360/
Come and Get your Christmas Tree!
It’s a great family day out!
We are pleased to announce that Pines
and Needles have once again provided
the school with Christmas Trees. They
have offered Kingsdale staff and parents a
discount on all their Christmas trees.
Visit their store in Norwood Road, Herne Hill, from the 22nd
November 2020 using the code FESTIVE19 to get your free
gift with a purchase or visit their website via
https://www.pinesandneedles.com/pages/realchristmas-
tree-stores-london for details for further information.
Discount Codes:
FESTIVE10 - 10% off Mon - Thurs (walk-in sales only not click
and collect)
NHS10 - 10% off Fri-Sun or NHS15 -15% off Mon-Thurs
House Challenge This week’s challenge from the House Team is all to
do with showing some more acts of kindness this
month of December.
Do Good December: Kindness Calendar 2020 has been a tough year in many ways. One thing
that can unite us and help us get through difficulties is
kindness. Although we cannot change our situation,
we can certainly respond to others with kindness.
When we are kind, we help others, we help ourselves
and we encourage others to be kinder too.
TASK:
Use the Kindness Calendar on the next page,
by Action for Happiness, to be kind to
others throughout the festive period.
Be sure to share your experience with the House Team
via our email address:
Please ensure that every entry is accompanied by the
student’s full name and tutor group as this will help to
generate valuable points for their House!!!
House News
Transgender Awareness Week is a one-week celebration
leading up to Transgender Day of Remembrance, which
memorialises victims of transphobic violence. This year
Transgender Week was the 13th-19th November and
many of the usual celebrations took place online due
to COVID-19.
We must not continue ignoring the inequalities transgender
people face. We must work together to ensure trans and non-
binary people in the UK and around the world are treated
with dignity and respect.
Peadar Byrne (12KNH)
The House Leader Board 2020-21
Week commencing 4th December 2020
1st Place – Albatross with 2,311 Points
2nd Place – Falcon with 2,274 Points
3rd Place – Swift with 2,268 Points
4th Place – Dove with 2,195 Points
5th Place – Eagle with 2,123 Points
Albatross is now leading this close race.
Who is going to catch them if possible?
Inter-House Football Tournament (Year 7)
This Competition will take place on the
afternoon of Friday 11th December 2020.
If you wish your child to take part,
please contact the House Team at
Alternatively, they can submit
their name to their tutor.
There is a separate competition
for boys and girls enabling everyone
to participate.
House Extra-Curricular Activities
Programme Resumes!
We are pleased to announce a resumption of our House extra-
curricular activities programme following the lifting of the
government restrictions that were in place during the lockdown
period.
Please click here to acess the full programme and register your
child for a range of different activities.
Please direct any queries about our extensive extra-curriicular
programme to Mr Fatodu, Senior Head of House via
PE NEWS
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