This Issue: 16 Th January 2015 Headteacher’S Award

This issue: 16 th January 2015 Headteacher’s Award

Headteacher’s Award Below is the name of the student who is this week’s winner of the Headteacher’s Award. She has received a Certificate and 25 Vivo points Careers credited to her Vivo account:

Year 10: Lisa Kent (10P1) PTA Quiz Night

Careers Disabled Parking

nd Space Kingston College – open day is on Thursday 22 January, 4.30pm-7.00pm. Students need to register to attend. www.kingston-college.ac.uk

School Jumpers West Thames College – open morning is on Saturday 7th February, 10.00am- 12.00pm. Students need to register to attend. www.west-thames.ac.uk

Performing Arts Heathrow Jobs & Careers Fair, The Hilton Hotel, Heathrow Airport, T5 – Tuesday 10 th February, 3.30pm-7.00pm. For more information please visit CSE Awareness http://www.heathrowjobsandcareersfair.co.uk/

Session Richmond College – open day is on Tuesday 10 th February, 5.00pm-8.00pm. Students need to register to attend. www.rutc.ac.uk

ICT Workshop Fashion Retail Academy

st Message from Surrey Open Day at the Fashion Retail Academy is on Wednesday 21 January 2015 from 1.00pm – 5.30pm. This is an excellent opportunity for students Police to meet tutors from the Academy and also to have tours of their fantastic facilities. To register your place please visit: http://www.fashionretailacademy.ac.uk/joining-fra/open-days Thamesmead Plus The Fashion Retail Academy delivers a unique contemporary educational Yr9 Photos experience, with a range of vocational and work-orientated courses to successfully prepare learners, aged 16+ for employment in the fashion retail sector. An initial government-matched investment from the Arcadia Books of the Week Group, Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Next and Experian has been followed by practical support from other retailers. They now work with over 130 retail companies who provide meaningful work placements, master classes and resources to aid teaching and equip FRA students for working life. MFL Star of the Week Current Course offering for 2015/16 entry includes:

Level 2 Diploma in Fashion and Retail Word of the Week Level 3 Diploma in Fashion Retail Level 3 Extended Diploma in Fashion Design Diploma Key Dates: Level 4 Fashion Retail Diploma Level 4 Fashion Retail Merchandising Diploma Level 4 Fashion Retail Buying and Range Planning Diploma th Tuesday 20 January Level 4 Fashion Garment Technology Diploma Level 4 Visual Merchandising for Fashion Retail Diploma Yr10 FSB/Men C

Vaccinations

Monday 26 th January

Yr11 Progress Meetings PTA Quiz Night

Friday 30 th January Friday 27 th February, 6.30pm for a 7.00pm prompt start in the school hall and will finish at approx. 9.30pm. Teams of up to 8, children welcome. The Inset Day PTA will be running a bar and please feel free to bring your own nibbles. Great raffle prizes to be won too! Tickets available from Mandy Irwin in the Monday 9 th February main school office - see attached flyer for more information.

Yr10 Progress Meetings

Monday 16 th – Friday 20 th February Disabled Parking Space Half Term A reminder that visitors to the school should not wait for students in their Friday 27 th February vehicles in the disabled parking space. We need to keep this space clear for visitors who may be disabled who need to leave their car and come into the school building. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. PTA Quiz Night

Monday 2 nd March

Yr9 Progress & Options Mtgs School Jumpers

th Wednesday 11 March The following sizes of Thamesmead School House Jumpers are available second hand from the PTA for £5. Yr9 Photos Please contact the school office if you would like one.

Monday 9 th -13 th March Phoenix size 32 (2), 34 (2), 36 (1) Dragon size 32 (1), 34 (3), 36 (1) Griffin size 35 (1), 38 (1) WEX Week

Monday 23 rd March

Yr8 Progress Meetings

Monday 30 th March- Thamesmead X-Factor Friday 10 th April On the last Friday of autumn term, finalists from Years 7-10 took part in the Spring Break Thamesmead X Factor. An impressive 86 pupils from across those year groups entered the audition stages, with only 18 acts making it through to the 2 finals. The first show was won by Amelia, who gave a beautiful Monday 27 April rendition of On My Own. Runners up were Safia and Lily with their harmonious version of Titanium whilst Courtney and Lauren, who Yr7 Progress Meetings energetically danced and sang along to recent hit Uptown Funk, came third. Other finalists were Tom, Chloe, Darcey, Isabella and Georgia. The second Monday 18 th May show saw Boaz win with his soulful rendition of Superstition. Second place were Elle and Matt with their clever medley of tunes whilst Suraya and Lydia came third singing Ho Hey. Other finalists were Caris, James, Will, Y8 HPV Vaccination Eliza and Kerem, Molly, Arturs, Take This (Alfie, Micky, Joe, Harvey and Pavan) and Sulli and the Others (Sulli, Fred, Sam and Tom). A full calendar of the Congratulations to all those involved! school holiday dates for Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation Awareness Session 2014/2015 We would like to invite you to attend a free child sexual abuse and and 2015/2016 are exploitation awareness session (flyer attached) and workshop taking place on Tuesday 20 th January 2015 in the Jubilee Centre, 6.30pm – 8.00pm. This available on our website. has been rescheduled from the previous date in November. We realise how important this subject is, for us as a school and for you as families, ATTACHMENTS: parents and carers.

What’s Coming Up? The event is being delivered by local child protection charity The Lucy Faithfull Foundation and will last approximately 90 minutes. There will also be time available at the end of the session for you to ask any questions. PTA Quiz Night Flyer Please return the slip on the attached flyer so that we can confirm numbers for the event. Thank you. Mrs Chambers and Mrs Broughton, Student CSE Parent Flyer & Event Support Team.

Air Products WEX

Thamesmead Plus

Programme ICT Workshop

Strode’s Open Evening On Tuesday, Year 8 participated in a workshop hosted by MyKindaCrowd. The focus was on Digitalisation (digital integration of with everyday life) and developing their understanding of how IT skills relate to specific jobs. Richmond College Open Students were given the task of following the Project Lifecycle and Evening developing a concept for a new mobile app. This linked in well to the projects Year 8 students have been working on in ICT & Computing. The students were very professional and came up with some fantastic creative ideas. The winning teams were D'Supplier (Jordan, Charlie, Dylan, Callum and Ben) and Swim See (Katie, Sian and Cameron). They will receive certificates and may go on to a regional competition in London.

Message from Surrey Police

There have been a number of Burglaries recently in the Spelthorne area and predominantly entry has been gained through doors and windows at the rear of houses often where keys have been left in locks. Please consider the following to make burgling your house less attractive and much harder:

Treat the side gate to your property as you would your front door as once they are at the back of your house, they are 'out of sight out of mind'. Do not leave bins in front of gates or fences as they become stepping stones. If you have a side or rear fence or wall that adjoins a footpath/road, then consider adding height and defensive planting. Don't leave keys in windows and doors as this assists the burglar to gain entry to your property. Finally if you see or hear anything that is unusual then please do not hesitate to report it at the time. Surrey Police would rather attend a report where all is in order than a burglary. House to house enquires often reveal that the burglar was possibly seen or an out of place noise such as breaking glass was heard but it wasn’t reported as they didn't want to bother us. Please bother us!!!

For further security advice, please ring 101 and ask to speak to one of the Northern Crime Reduction Advisors either Elaine Burtenshaw or Vic Smith.

Thamesmead Plus Programme is attached with full information.

Vocalistix club started back this week and they are busy rehearsing for Spelthorne Music Festival.

Year 9 Photos

Year 9 photos will be taken on Wednesday 11 th March and not 5 th March as previously communicated.

Books of the Week

KS3 - Winter Horses by Philip Kerr

Kalinka is the sole survivor after her family are massacred. Trying to survive the winter in the vast Ukranian steppe, she encounters the Przewalski’s horses (remarkable horses, who are renowned for both their wildness and their cunning) and an incredible bond is formed. They are all being pursued to extinction by the Nazis. So far she has just been surviving but now she has a reason to live. Can she save these precious horses?

The fast-paced action will keep you turning the page and is a good read for anyone interested in horses or history.

KS4 - Land by Alex Campbell – The sea rose .

Civilisation was wiped out, countries drowned. Out of the ashes of a desperate refugee camp, a new society was born. Decades after, 17-year- old Christy’s life is on the cusp of irrevocable change. Her only hope of protection lies with her rebel father… but nothing goes as it is supposed to. Christy is forced to face a whole new world, one where she must choose between those she cares about and the greater good.

A tense and passionate novel about choices, obsession, destiny and power. MFL Star of the Week

The MFL Star of the Week Award for excellent effort in modern languages was awarded this week to:

In French Year 7 Rhys Lloyd, Coralie Young, Anya Parsons Year 8 Rosie Finnigan, Lauren Hall, Georgia Baines Year 9 Evie Barrell-Mitchell, Zion Amone-Tavares, Hannah Beasley, Francesca Kitchener Year 10 Melanie Ferris Year 11 Owain Newman, Ganeev Virdee

In Spanish Year 7 Ben Shephard, Amelia Kettle, Patrick Coffey Year 8 Ellie Moylan, Max Windwood, Bethany Blasdell, Keeleigh Knowles Year 9 Molly-May Greenwood, Meg Tuvey, Jessica Bernard Year 10 Jack Rose, Joshua Harper, Joel Rapley Year 11 Alex Wagstaff, Rory Taverner

MFL Star of Half Term

The MFL Linguist of the Half Term Award for outstanding effort in modern languages over the previous half term was awarded to:

In French Year 7 Rhiannon Glands, Sophia Halpenny, Lauren Corti Year 8 Holly Rutherford, Sarah Sahnoun, Tom Betteridge Year 9 Lucila Rago, Elliot Mills, Tanith Stewart, Mia Middleton Year 10 Pavan Patel Year 11 Daniele Cotton, Victoria Hedges

In Spanish Year 7 Savannah Harrow, Molly Sapsford, Faye Macdonald Year 8 Meg Matthews, Sam Saunders, Harry Degen, Lily Egleton Year 9 Luke Wivell, Mia Gibson, Eliza Culley Year 10 William Roberts, Isabelle Hardy, Eleanor Bidgood Year 11 Chloe Brownlie, Abigail Gomez

The WORD of the WEEK for the week commencing Monday 19 th January is:

WEATHER

French: temps Spanish: tiempo

2015 What’s coming up in Years 9,10,11 Find out more

Now and Register for Apprenticeships. Log on often to www.apprenticeships.org.uk ongoing keep your account live. Now and Applications for many Colleges continue Contact the college ongoing Now and Use of u-explore and Kudos inspire Make a note of your passwords as you ongoing can use these at home to help research your future plans. 13/1 Careers in Computing workshop, Year 8

22/1 Kingston College Open event 4.30-7.00pm Register to attend on www.kingston-college.ac.uk 26/1 Year 11 Progress Review evening. Careers School hall advice available from our Careers Advisor.

07/2 West Thames College Isleworth Open morning Register to attend on 1000am – 1200pm www.west-thames.ac.uk

09/2 Year 10 Progress Review evening. Careers and School hall work experience advice available.

10/2 Heathrow Jobs and Careers Fair Details to follow

10/2 Richmond College Open Event 5.00-8.00pm Register to attend on www.rutc.ac.uk

02/3 Year 9 Progress Review meeting. Careers School hall advice available from our Careers Advisor.

04/3 Merrist Wood College Open Evening 5.30- Register to attend on 8.00pm www.merristwood.ac.uk

05/3 Guildford College Open Evening 5.30-8.00pm Register to attend on www.guildford.ac.uk

10/3 Weybridge Campus Brooklands College Open www.brooklands.ac.uk Get organised and start planning start and organised Get evening 5.30-7.30pm

11/3 Kingston College Open event (with Register to attend on Apprenticeship focus) 4.30pm-7pm www.kingston-college.ac.uk

17/6 Merrist Wood College General Open Evening Register to attend on 5.30-8.00pm www.merristwood.ac.uk

26/6 Kingston College Open event 11.00am-2.00pm Register to attend on www.kingston-college.ac.uk

2/7 Strode’s College Open Evening 5.00-8.00pm www.strodes.ac.uk Apply by 31st October

Engineering Work Experience Week Air Products European Head Quarters, Hersham, Walton-on-Thames

• Five full days of engineering activities • Experience chemical, mechanical and electrical engineering • Appreciate how di

Work experience week dates: 29 June – 03 July 2015

Please send your CV and covering letter to [email protected].

Closing date for applications is 2 April 2015.

You must be aged 15-18.

“I liked meeting the young engineers. They were very friendly and answered any questions I had about what they did.”

2014 Engineering Work Experience Participant

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STRODE’S COLLEGE EGHAM

APPLY NOW FOR 2015 OPEN EVENING THURSDAY 5 MARCH 2015 5:00PM - 8.00PM Tel: 01784 437506 Visit: www.strodes.ac.uk Email: [email protected]

14 January 2015

Dear Parents / Guardians

Thamesmead PTA are pleased to announce a Quiz Night hosted by Mr Lever on Friday 27th February in the school hall. Please arrive from 6pm, and the quiz will start promptly at 6.30pm. The quiz will end at 9.30pm and there will be a prize for the winning team.

We are fundraising for school lCT equipment and other essential school items and so your support for this event is hugely appreciated as we aim to reach our target for this year.

Tickets cost just £5 per person. Teams can have a maximum of 8 participants and can include students. You can make up your own team or are welcome come along and join with others on the night. There will be a raffle with some excellent prizes and some fundraising games along the way too.

As this is a fundraising event please do not bring your own alcohol as our licence does not permit this. There will be a licenced bar with wines and beer for sale. Do feel free to bring your own snacks and nibbles.

It is important that tickets are bought in advance so we can stock the bar accordingly so please return the slip and payment below to the school office by Monday 23rd February to reserve your places. Tickets will be returned to you via students nearer the time.

Please park on the school site rather than in Manygate Lane and leave quietly after the event in consideration of our neighbours. Thank you.

Yours faithfully

Thamesmead School PTA ......

To: the Main Office, Thamesmead School Re: Quiz Night – Friday 27th February

Quiz tickets are £5.00 each.

I/We would like to purchase ...... tickets.

I enclose £ ...... ………..cash / cheque. (Cheques payable to ‘Thamesmead PTA’)

Signed...... Date ......

Tickets to be returned via

Name of student...... Tutor Group ......

THAMESMEAD SCHOOL is hosting a child sexual abuse and exploitation awareness session for its parents and carers, teaching staff and school governors.

The event is free and will be delivered by local child protection charity The Lucy Faithfull Foundation.

Tuesday 20th January

6.30pm – 8.00pm

JUBILEE CENTRE

This event will help us understand what we can do to prevent abuse from occurring and protect our children from sexual harm.

A leaflet is attached explaining a bit more about the event

www.parentsprotect.co.uk | www.stopitnow.org.uk

Sign me up!

(Parent Name/s)______

Your student ______Tutor Group ______(NB: Students do not attend this event)

I / we will be attending the sexual abuse and exploitation seminar on Tuesday 20th January

Please return to Student Support Team c/o Main School office by Friday 9th January 2015