INSIDE THIS ISSUE

• Message from the Principal • School Uniform Policy • Moat App • Free school meals eligibility • Charity news • Great British spring clean • Outward Bound • Awards evening • Careers • What’s happening around the departments • ESOL classes at Moat • Tutor Doctor • Privacy notice/use of personal data

Dear Parent/Carers,

We are nearly at the end of another happy and successful year at Moat Community College. We are very proud of what our students have achieved this year, both academically and in other areas, and I am very privileged in my role to be able to see so many aspects of college life. I often visit classrooms or other events that are taking place in the college and it is always inspiring to see our students’ enthusiasm and progress.

I also see staff working incredibly hard for our students and taking pride in their progress, happiness and success. I would like to thank all of the college’s staff for their work.

Our year 11 students have recently finished their exams and left college. This is always an emotional moment for staff and students. We are saying ‘goodbye’ to them, but we are also very excited about them going out into the world and what they will achieve there. This year group have made tremendous progress, both academically and personally. Some of them have overcome huge challenges to enable them to enjoy academic success. The preparation for their exams and the exams themselves went well, and we now await the results. We will miss this year group!

All other year groups in the school have also completed formal exams. Our students do find these challenging, but it is excellent preparation for when they are in year 11. It also gives teaching staff very useful information to help and support students in the future.

As always there have been many events and activities, which our students have enjoyed this year, many of which you can read about in this newsletter. One of the highlights includes our students competing very successfully in Area Athletics at Saffron Lane sports centre. They showed real commitment and sportsmanship during the event. Another area of success for the college was in the City Holocaust Day Poetry Competition; four of our students won awards. Their poetry was both thoughtful and moving. They also attended the very moving holocaust memorial event.

At Moat we are constantly looking to inspire our students to realise that with hard work and commitment, there is no limit to what they can achieve. We arrange for visits from outside speakers and visits out of college to expand our students’ range of experiences. Highlights this year have included Geoff Barton, a national literacy expert, visiting the college and organising debating teams. He also arranged for our students to take part in national competitions - a challenging and unique experience! We also had a visit from Jon Snow, the Channel 4 news reader. He spoke to our staff and ran several workshops for students. Many of our students felt that these activities had changed their view of the world and their place within it.

We have held a number of parental events this year. They are designed to give information to parents, but also to collect views and ideas from parents so that we can improve what we do in school. These have included information on careers education at Moat and our use of Go4Schools with parents. In November we held a briefing for parents on Prevent, the government’s programme to keep young people safe from radicalisation. This was attended by over 200 people, which is an excellent response.

Our partnership with parents is a crucial aspect of the college’s work. It allows us to really support and challenge our students to achieve their potential. We have worked hard to encourage all parents to attend parents’ evening this year. The attendances at parents’ evenings this year have all been between 75% and 93%, which is excellent. We are sure that they will be just as good next year.

Parents can give their views on the college using the parent view website (www.parentview.ofsted.gov.uk). I would urge you to do this, as your feedback helps us to improve the quality of the education and care that we provide.

In the coming months we will be launching an app - the Moat College App to help you keep in touch with events in the school. We will send you log in details and instructions on how to install, and I urge you to download and use the app. It will provide general information and specific information about your son/daughter. We will also be using it as a method of communication with parents.

At this time of year, we make plans to welcome our new year 7s to the school. They will visit for two days and take part in a range on induction activities. We are always very excited to meet them and help them start to integrate into the college. We also hold an evening for parents, so that they can start to get to know the school as well.

In January of this year we had a visit from OFSTED. This is a stressful time for any school and I was incredibly pleased and proud of the outcome. Staff, students, parents and governors contributed to the college achieving such a good report. I am particularly pleased for all of our staff, who work so hard and are so passionate about the college. I have already sent the OFSTED report home to you all. However, I would like to include a couple of quotes in this newsletter:

• Due to the college’s focus on improving the quality of teaching and learning, GCSE outcomes improved considerably in 2017. • Throughout the school, it was evident that most pupils behave respectfully and conduct themselves well. • Pupils understand and demonstrate the school’s values of learning excellence, responsibility, respect, honesty and kindness. As a result, the school is a calm and purposeful community. • Leaders and governors focus on ensuring that pupils’ well-being and safety are paramount. • Pupils were able to speak about the range of information that is shared with them about how to keep safe in the local area and further afield.

I would also like to mention our Governing Body, as they play an important role in overseeing the work of the college. They constantly challenge us to do better for our students as well as giving us support and advice. As well as attending meetings our governors regularly visit the school to look at aspects of our work and report back to the full Governing Body. When OFSTED visit, they look very closely at the work of the governing body. Our governors came out of this very well. The report commented that ‘Governors are skilled and well-informed and therefore provide the college with a good balance of support and challenge.’ I would like to thank all our Governors for the work that they do.

As you already know we start the next school year with a completely new school uniform at the college. This is a much more formal uniform, including a blazer, tie and lanyards. Staff and students at the college are excited about this change. Our students will look smart and professional. This is crucial in raising their aspirations. It will also encourage our sense of unity and purpose.

A very detailed description of the new uniform is included in this newsletter. Most of the compulsory items on the list are available at school wear stockists. The blazer, tie and jumper are available to purchase directly from our official supplier:

Uniform Direct (www.uniform-direct.com), 54-56 Humberstone Gate, Leicester. Telephone – 0116 2511844

Our students are all looking forward to the long summer holiday. Could I ask that you encourage them to read as much as possible over the summer? They could join one of the local libraries to help them to do this. Research evidence shows that regular reading, as well as being very enjoyable, leads directly to higher exam results. I also feel that our year 10 students should review their year 10 work in preparation for year 11. It’s never too early to start revision!

I would like to mention a very sad aspect in the life of our college. As you are aware Mr Dhillon’s wife Kate was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. We came together as a college to raise funds for her treatment. As always staff, students, parents and the community were incredibly generous with their time and donations and the college raised over £9000 to go towards Kate’s treatment. Kate has now started her treatment and we hope that it will be successful. Our thoughts are with Mr Dhillon, Kate and their families.

I would like to mention several staff who are sadly leaving us this summer. These include Mrs Brockbank, Miss Kadar, Miss Ganatra, Mrs Faulkner, Mr Hill, Miss Allen, Mrs Hewitt, Mr Seedat, Mr Gould, Mr Garner and Mrs Lane.

We wish all the staff leaving us the very best of luck.

Finally, I wish you all a very good summer holiday.

Please note that students return to school on Thursday 30th August 2018.

New Year 7 students - 8.30am Years 8, 9, 10 & 11 students - 10.50am

Mr B Killeen Principal

Item Acceptable Unacceptable Trousers Plain black, school style No black jeans, combats or denim style. Flat or pleated front Skinny/clingy trousers are not allowed. Full length bootleg or Trousers tucked into socks. straight style. Cropped trousers/shorts No decoration e.g. gold/silver buttons, embellishments, motifs, large zips, buckles, laces. Leggings/jeggings/tracksuit bottoms (only for PE)

Skirt Skirts must be plain black and Denim, tube or skinny fitting styles/jersey/lycra knee to ankle length Slits Pleated or A-line style Floor length No decoration e.g. gold/silver buttons, embellishments, motifs, large zips, buckles, laces.

Shirt/ Plain white collared shirt with No polo shirts

Blouse either long or short sleeves Coloured shirts, Patterned/Embroidered School range Capped sleeves Plain white t-shirts/vest tops Midriff on show, Sheer/transparent may be worn under shirts Socks/ Plain black Crop leggings Tights/ Leggings - full length, worn Leggings worn alone without a skirt leggings underneath a skirt Patterned or footless tights

Jumper/ Moat Logo jumper/cardigan Jumpers/cardigans without the Moat logo are Cardigan purchased through the school not to be worn supplier No hoodies allowed

Religious Plain black hijab/topi No fancy embroidery or embellishments on clothing headwear

Shoes Plain black shoes Logos i.e. Nike, adidas, puma, Lonsdale etc School range Trainers Shoes you can polish/shine Coloured laces Large buckles, on shoes Trousers tucked into boots Plimsolls or Canvas shoes Flip flops or sandals Heels over 2”/large platform soles

Outdoor Jackets/Coats Should not be worn in the building wear Lanyards These are part of the uniform and should be worn at all times

Jewellery Small studded earrings only Excessive Jewellery is not permitted and Belts - plain and small and Hats, caps and hoods are not to be worn in the accessories only used for practical college building at any time. purposes. Headbands, bobbles, clips must be small and plain black without decoration

Makeup Some discreet makeup is Students will be asked to remove makeup that allowed is considered to be extreme

COLLEGE UNIFORM - BOYS

Compulsory items These College items are available from: Moat logo blazer Uniform Direct 54-56 Humberstone Gate, Moat tie Leicester LE1 3PJ

Telephone 0116 2511844

Compulsory items Purchase from any shop

Plain white cotton shirt (must have a collar)

Plain black trousers

School style

Full length

Compulsory items Purchase from any shop

Socks (Plain black)

Plain black shoes (Shoes you can polish/ shine)

Optional item: This College item is available from: Plain black Moat logo jumper (worn Uniform Direct 54-56 Humberstone Gate, underneath the college Leicester blazer) LE1 3PJ

Telephone 0116 2511844

Optional item Purchase from any shop

Plain black topi

COLLEGE UNIFORM - GIRLS

Compulsory Items These College items are available from: Moat logo blazer Uniform Direct 54-56 Humberstone Gate, Moat tie Leicester LE1 3PJ

Telephone 0116 2511844

Compulsory Items Purchase from any shop

Plain white cotton shirt (must have a collar)

Plain black trousers

School style

Full length

Compulsory Items Purchase from any shop

Plain black skirt

Pleated or A-line

(knee length or longer)

Compulsory Items Purchase from any shop

Socks – Plain black

Tights – Plain black (worn underneath the skirt)

Leggings – Plain black, full length, (worn underneath the skirt)

Plain black shoes (Shoes you can polish/ shine)

Optional item: Jumper/cardigan available from: Plain black Moat logo cardigan/jumper Uniform Direct

(worn underneath the Hijab - Purchase from college blazer) any shop

Plain black hijab – (no fancy embroidery)

PE UNIFORM – GIRLS & BOYS

White t-shirt or Purchase from any shop polo-shirt (short or long sleeves)

Plain black sweatshirt

Purchase from any shop

Plain black tracksuit Purchase from any shop bottoms/shorts or

leggings

Trainers worn with Purchase from any shop white socks

• Students must remove all items of jewellery before participating in physical activity, for safety reasons. • During the winter months, students are allowed to wear extra layers but not wear their coat/jacket for PE.

MOAT APP FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS LAUNCHES THIS SUMMER

We have been working with a company called Weduc to create a Moat app which will let parents and students communicate with the college more easily.

Moat’s mobile app allows you to view live updates about your child’s education including: • College news • Key dates and events • Attendance reports • Child’s behaviour • Trip updates • Lesson timetables

Moat will also be able to message you directly via the app for any personal communication or reminders such as late arrivals or detentions.

The new app includes a cashless payment system which means that you won’t have to manage separate usernames and passwords and can top-up your child’s account through the app, online or at participating shops across the city. Any balance from your existing ParentPay account will be transferred automatically to the new system over the summer holiday.

We will be sending out enrolment instructions during the Summer holiday that explains what you need to do to start using the Moat app.

Dear Parents/Carers

CHANGES TO FREE SCHOOL MEAL ELIGIBILITY UNDER UNIVERSAL CREDIT

ISBADAL LAGU SAMEEYAY XAQ ULAHAANSHA CUNTADA ISKUULKA EE FREE GA AH (LACAG LA’AAN)

Is bedel ayaa ku dhacay sidii laysugu ogolaan jiray school free meals. Halkaan hoosena waxaan ku sharaxnay isbedelkaa dhacay.

Maxaa ka mid ah habka cusub ee lagu ogolaanayo free meals ka?

Ardeydu waxay xaq uleeyihiin cunto lacag la’aan ah haddii waalidkood qaato ama la siiyo lacagahan soo socda mid ka mid ah.

Universal Credit, provided they have an annual net earned income not exceeding £7,400 (£616.67 per month).

Universal Credit aan ka badnayn £7,400 sanadkii ama £616.67 bishiiba

• Hadii aad qaadato Income Support • Hadii aad qaadato Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance • Hadii aad qaadato Income-related Employment and Support Allowance • Hadii aad qaadato Support under Part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 • Hadii aad qaadato The guarantee element of Pension Credit

Child Tax Credit, provided they are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190, as assessed by HMRC

Haddii qaadato Child Tax Credit lacagta guud ee sanadkii kusoo gashaana anaay ka badnayn £16,190 laakiin aadan qaadan Working Tax Credit.

Working Tax Credit run on – paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit

Hadda ma qaadano free meals ee maxaan sameeyaa?

Haddii aad hubto inaad xaq uleedahay free mealska codsi soo qor oo keen schoolka ama xafiiska dawlada hoose. Schoolka ayaana haya foomka la buuxinayo. Macluumaadka aad kusoo qortaan foomka ayaana laga ogaan doonaa inaad xaq uleedahay iyo inkale. Haddii lagu soo ogolaado city councilka ayaa schoolka usoo shegaysa waxaan schoolka lagu soo shubayaa lacagta loogu talo galay free mealska ardayga

Hadda waa qaadanaa free mealska ee arintani maxay iila mid tahay?

Dadka badankooda arintani ma khuseyso. Haddii aad hada qaadato free meals laakiin aadan buuxin shuruudaha cusub free mealsku wuu sii soconayaa ilaa laga garayo Universal Credit rollout period.

Hadii xataa dhaqaalahaagu kordho amaba lagaa joojiyo lacagta Universal Credi, markastaba free mealska waad helaysaa. Universal Credit rollout period wuxuu dhamaanayaa March 2022. Arintani markey dhacdo(Universal Credit rollout) cunugaagu wuu sii haysanayaa free mealska ilaa uka dhameynayo waxbarashadiisa hadba tay tahay. Hoose dhexe ama sare (secondary).

Where can I get more information?

If you need any further information, please speak to a member of the school staff or the local authority.

Haddii aad rabto warbixin intaa ka badan fadlan la xiriir schoolka ma xafiiska dawlada hoose waxaad kaloo booqan kartaa bogaan hoose

https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals

Moat continues to uphold one of its principal values of kindness by raising an astounding amount of money this year through three non-uniform charity days. So far, over £5000 has been raised with one event still to happen at the end of term. Not only did we raise over £1000 for the Jo Humphries Memorial Trust, (a local charity that helps young people with heart conditions) but we are now working with them in order to ensure that, in future, all students leave Moat having been trained in CPR and the use of a defibrillator. More will be announced in the Autumn term. We have also raised nearly £1000 for Sports Relief and of course the staggering amount of £3000 for the Paul and Kate fund.

I would like to thank the organisation of the School Council and the generosity of the students with support from parents. Moat is a school that changes lives for others, which we are all proud of.

Mr Padam

Chairman of the Jo Humphries Memorial Trust who came into Moat to hand us a certificate.

A little less litter

On 20th March, twenty students and three staff members took part in Keep Britain Tidy’s GreatBritish Spring Clean Weekend. We picked litter from the Elephant Garden which is currently an unused part of our site and full of potential when it comes to Nature. The amount of rubbish that had accumulated there was staggering. Working for close to two hours, we filled twelve bags of rubbish and fourteen of recycling materials. Tiring but oh so satisfying. Mr Masaiti and his team reached all the way through the narrow woodland area till they were near the railway wall. Ms Amrani and her team were working opposite the mosque, through really tangled overgrown bushes and, eventually spotted a tiny, perfectly formed bird’s nest.

After coming in for a wash, snacks and getting our litter placards which we’d created together, we travelled to our primary partner school. We had lunch together, played football and games with them, then walked onto Abbey Park together. Many other Leicester schools had congregated and we had all the litter bags collected from that one day’s effort in the middle of the grass in front of us. All the City Wardens were there and Mr Jowett, who manages an environmental education programme for the City’s schools spoke to us. It was the largest amount of rubbish Keep Britain Tidy had seen for their Spring Clean Launch. Can’t wait to be a part of it all again next year. Although the Elephant Garden still needs lots more clearing and cleaning, we’ve since seen daffodils, bluebells, cow parsley and tulips naturally springing up there. It’s our own inner city oasis.

Ms. Bora.

On Monday 23rd March twenty intrepid Moat students from year 8 set forth on another Outward Bound trip to Aberdovey, North Wales. After waving good bye to tearful parents and their mobile phones they set off with myself and Miss Smalley for the five day residential.

During this week of mixed weather the students climbed waterfalls, camped in the wild and explored the coastline. Plastic and other rubbish found was also removed from the beach including four nearly new lobster pots. These were dragged through the sand and taken back to the centre where the harbour master took them to be recycled. He was very grateful for the environmental work Moat students had done.

The students learnt a lot about listening, leading, planning and about the environment. Most of all they learnt how to look after each other and themselves.

We arrived back at Moat College just after 6pm on Friday 27th March. All a little tired but I am sure all the better for our adventure.

Mr Hefford

Awards Evening The annual Awards Evening was held in May to present awards to students for their progress, effort and achievement. The prizes were awarded by the Lord Mayor of Leicester, Councillor Rashmikant Joshi.

Different departments awarded individual student prizes for achievement in their subject and the Year Achievement Coordinators awarded prizes to students who have contributed to the year group.

The following students received awards from departments:

Ivan Bryan Prize for Student Award for Technological Achievement Innovation Dyusha Tandel Wajiha Iqbal

Dipak Chatterjee Prize for Personal Development Student Achievement Education Award Aafreen Sau Abrar Nazim Mova

Stephen Knight Prize — Modern Information Technology Award Foreign Languages Vishvangi Tandel Bilal Sayeed History Award

Chunabhai Patel Prize - Science Abdullah Daya Abdullah Daya Geography Award

Gordon Baxter Prize - English Almaas Desai

Almaas Desai Religious Education Award

Student Achievement in Inas Issuf Mathematics

Almaas Desai Drama Award

Kulthoom Jameel

Sportsman of the year Film Studies Award

Muhammed Omar Ali Ismail Patel

Sportswoman of the year Freda Hussain Award

Shahanara Shohaly Abdullah Daya

Business and Enterprise Award Anjar Asraf

English as an Additional Language Award Yonas Dawit

Personal Endeavour and Achievement Award Khushi Manoj

Award for Creativity Zakiyah Xecur

In Easter a few of our students took part in the Leicester Law competition and did incredibly well. The law competition consisted of many different schools from the county. Schools would then go up against each other and compete in an actual court room in front of actual judges! They were then scored on various different things. The school with the best score would be provided with a prize, as well as a certificate.

Each school had to create a team. Each team had various different roles, from witnesses, defendants, barristers and jurors. With less than 2 months before the competition, we created our dream team. All of our students were incredibly hard working, coming in every single day after school and giving up their lunch times to learn lines, understand laws and how court rooms work, as well as learning different characters.

Although we didn't win anything our team did an incredible job. Sabri in year 10 was a fantastic witness, and our two Barristers were phenomenal. Summaya Abdi in year 10 gave an amazing closing speech, which the head Judge on the day commended her for. Ramzanali in year 9 even made a witness confess!. In the few short weeks we had in comparison to other schools, they did all of their homework; understanding their job roles, learning legal terms, understanding how to build a case, questioning witnesses and even learning some Latin!

Well done team!

Students who took part:

Advocates: Advocate 1: Ramzanali Ismail - 9.7 Advocate 2: Sumaiyah Abdi Ali - 10.7

Witness 1: Fatima Dulabhai - 10.2

Witness 2: Sara Zemmouri - 10.2

Witness care: Abrar Mova - 10.8

Usher/Court Clerk: Asma Husein - 9.4

Press Reporter: Nuwaal Yusuf - 9.7

Jurors: Husain Vaka - 9.8 Sumaiyah Sidat - 10.1 Maariyah Lala - 10.2 Sabrina Hersi - 9.3 Ilhan Ibrahim - 9.4 Sabirin Hussain - 9.5 Madeeha Malamji - 11.4 Aisha Khonat - 10.3

and PDE department

The Careers and PDE department prepare students for life after Moat Community College by empowering them to make informed choices throughout their lives and become well rounded individuals.

At Moat, we have a multi-faceted approach to careers-related learning. There are progressive elements of careers education from years 7 to 11. These include specialist careers-based lessons in years 8 and 10. In addition to this the tutorial programme supports years 7, 9 and 11 with their careers-based education. In addition to the education within lessons and the tutorial programme, we provide further careers content to inspire our students, including assemblies, visits, visiting speakers, work experience and the use of alumni to work with current students. It is our vision that careers information, education and advice have influence in all areas of the curriculum.

Visit to the Houses of Parliament

The year 10 GCSE Citizenship class visited the Houses of Parliament earlier this year and the visit consisted of a tour and workshop about voting.

The tour portion of our visit included:

 The House of Commons and/or House of Lords chambers  A visit to a public gallery to observe the MPs and Lords at work  Westminster Hall, the last remaining part of the original Palace  Central Lobby, at the very heart of the Parliamentary Estate

This was an excellent learning opportunity about democracy for our students!

Preparing year 10 for the world of work

This term the year 10 students have been preparing for the world of work. They have taken part in mock interviews with a number of employers from various industries to develop their interview skills and following on from this they have completed work experience to enhance their employability skills. By the end of year 10 the students should be better equipped for the world of work.

Mrs Chorera

University Visits

Throughout the year, students from years 7, 8, 9 and 10 have visited Leicester, Loughborough and De Montfort University to see what it would be like to go to University. Students in year 7 spent a morning at De Montfort University taking part in problem solving activities.

Students in year 8 took part in a life skills day, alongside other Leicester Schools at De Montfort University. They learnt how to budget their money and had the chance to learn some Mandarin. Some other year 8 students also spent the day at De Montfort University looking at their option choices, seeing how they work best and what skills they each have.

A group of year 9 students went to Leicester University and spent the day on campus with some current university students. They had a tour around the campus and created their own society. Another group went to Loughborough University for the day and had the chance to see the campus and the outstanding sports facilities there.

Year 10 students visited Loughborough University for a challenge day and De Montfort University for an experience day.

News

The Carnegie Shadowing Book Club 2018

What is the Carnegie Book Club you may ask? Well, we are a HUGE group of students who review eight shortlisted books and we act like judges to decide who our winner will be. We consider the writing style, the plot and the theme but especially whether we like it or not! The winning author will receive the Carnegie medal along with well-deserved publicity.

I have been part of this book club since I was in Year 7 and I feel that it has benefitted me greatly. Not all of us are consistent readers but this club gives us a prod in the right direction and encourages us to read books we may not choose for ourselves.

The shortlist this year has been an interesting selection. My personal favourite so far is ‘The Hate You Give’ a book that tackles everyday issues in America such as racism and police brutality whilst following a young protagonist drawn to activism concerning those issues.

Moat has collaborated with two other schools this year, and , and this has helped to bring a variety of opinions to the table. Our school hosted the first joint meeting and we had lots of interesting discussions.

We visited Ratcliffe College at the end of June where we watched a live stream of the judge’s decision.

Sabrina Hersi

Newsroom trip

On Wednesday 2nd of May, twenty five competition winners were able to go on a trip to London to visit The Guardian Newsroom. The bus set off at 8am, filled with eager Year 9 students and staff reaching the amazing and iconic Guardian building at 11am.

When we entered the building, it was just as big on the inside as it was on the outside. Margaret, our mentor for the day, welcomed us with such warmth and kindness and showed us to our very own newsroom for the day. As we walked through the building we saw so many writers and editors working on their stories, inspiring us already to learn how to create, write and edit our very own front pages.

We learnt a lot about The Guardian before we started to work on our front pages, looking at various different stories for our main story and little sub stories. Our carefully chosen stories had to be written into the template which was a difficult task in itself.

After that, we looked at pictures and picked our headlines, sub headlines and our newspaper names. There were many interesting paper names, such as The Moat Squeal, The Regency and many more. We were very impressed with how professional our front pages looked!

The Guardian encouraged us to act like real journalists for the day and, given our surroundings, that is exactly how we felt. Although it was a tiring journey and an intense workshop, we had the most amazing experience and it is certainly a day we will remember for a long time!

Nuwaal Yusuf and Rumaisa Hussen

Rampaging in the Reading Room!

For the past 3 months Moat has been alive to the rustles of turning pages and the rumbles of awakening imaginations as Year 7 students have been gripped by the Reading Rampage, an annual challenge to read as many books as possible from a given list of 20.

During this period an impressive 101 Rampagers read a staggering 440 books, earning between them 60 certificates of achievement and a grand total of 240 Moaties.

Six students are worthy of special mention as they managed to read all 20 books: Azmina Mowa (7.4), Maisha Abdin(7.7), Aysha Hasan (7.7), Maariya Amujee (7.8), Aisha Patel (7.7) and Halimah Daud (7.5)

Two forms achieved 100% participation: 7.6 making a late challenge for the Top Form Award which was finally secured by the mighty 7.7 who took and maintained an early lead.

The most popular book was ‘The White Fox’ by Jackie Morris – a beautifully illustrated book about our spiritual connection to nature and to home, closely followed by ‘Being Miss Nobody’ by author Tamsin White about Rosalind, who finds speaking difficult, but de- cides to make her voice heard in other ways.

The reading and enthusiasm of 15 students earned them the opportunity to spend a morning at the Reading Rampage Awards Ceremony where they met some of the authors of the books they had read and where Azmina Mowa was awarded the prize for Moat’s most dedicated Rampager.

Miss Gillain

Students in years 7-10 were entered into the UKMT Mathematics Challenge. This is a national competition held across the UK aimed at the higher attaining students. The papers include questions beyond the school curriculum. Our students achieved some amazing results!

Well done to the following students.

Years 7 and 8 were entered into the Junior Mathematics Challenge, with the following results:

Year 7: Bronze Certificates:

Muhammad Kasu, Mohammed Makda, Usaym Salloo, Humaira Shaikh, Ammaar Tateeya, Aaliyah Khaled, Ayas Landi, Shaad Dadu, Uzair Khalifa, Muhammad Saleem Abdullah

Silver Certificates:

Huzaifa Garda, Hannah Jilla

Gold Certificate:

Mohamed Faisal Abshir

Year 8: Bronze Certificates:

Abdullahi Abubakar, Fatima Bhula, Madiha Ussen, Zaynab Ashker, Mohammed Khan, Hasan Nauman Amin

Silver Cetificates: Bilal Anees, Ubeidullah Iqbal Cassia, Zaid Sidat, Mehrin Latif Abdurahman Patel in year 8 received a silver certificate in the Junior Mathematics Challenge.

Gold Certificates and Junior Kangaroo Certificates:

Husayn Nasrulla and Mundhir Abdallah

Husayn and Mundhir have both been invited by UKMT to enter a follow on round, the Junior Kangaroo.

Years 9 and 10 were entered into the Intermediate Mathematics Challenge, with the following results:

Year 9: Bronze Certificates:

Fadil Amirudin and Abdirahim Nur

Year 10: Bronze Certificates:

Aathif Farish, Muhammad Zain Bhamji, Asha Ayni Mussa, Sara Zemmouri, Aakifah Alimuddin, Huzaifah Kasuji, Mohamed Abubaker, Abdullateef Vahora, Yusra Latif

Miss Bux

News

Dynamic DNA Trip

In September last year, sixty Year 9 students took part in the Dynamic DNA trip held at the University of Leicester. Students took part in fun, hands on activities that were related to genetics and DNA. Some of the activities included learning about cloning; extracting DNA from a banana; solving a crime using DNA fingerprinting and learning about the structure and function of DNA. KS4 teaching objectives for science were covered including the positive and negative effects of scientific developments; deductive reasoning and DNA in the body. Pupils from Moat Community College represented the school in an extremely positive light and had a fantastic day!

EON STEM Workshop

In March this year sixty Year 7 students part in ‘The Creative Conductors Workshop’ which was organised and delivered by EON. It was a very exciting hands-on day where students got to use “Makey Makey” circuits. Using this technology students had to find different solutions for real life problems combining their knowledge of energy concepts with engineering thinking.

British Science Week is a ten day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths - featuring fascinating, entertaining and engaging events and activities across the UK for people of all ages. This year the British Science week took place between 9th – 18th of March. At Moat Community College we embraced this opportunity to the fullest, hosting science quizzes every day, having a special science week lesson, selecting a science based ‘talking point’ and organising wonderful educational experiences for pupils too. During science week, selected pupils visited the The National Space Centre, Severn Trent and Magna Centre in Rotherham.

Science Club

During the first 2 school terms selected pupils in Year 7 and 8 took part in Science Club every Tuesday after school. Pupils that attended took part in fascinating practical experiments that they don’t usually get the chance to do in science lessons. The practicals were themed around oil, fire, water, sodium, acid and blood! The standout practical had to be the Lava Lamps which pupils also got to take home too. Science Club will be now back in the Autumn Term with even more exceptional practicals.

The Vocab Express League of Champions

Our Spanish and French students took part in an online National Vocabulary competition organised by VocabExpress during the month of March.

Our students needed to spell words in Spanish / French and English properly to get points. This competition helped them with their literacy skills.

The Genius Cup is based on the scores of the 25 best students at each school; whilst the Challenge Cup is based on everyone’s score at the school.

MFL HOMEWORK CLINIC

What ? A 30 minute homework clinic for MFL students

Who for ? All years

Why ? Why not ? Try something new Avoid detentions and improve your grades all at the same time

Where ? When ? Every Wednesday at 12.40pm (lunch)

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Year 11 PiXL Revision Conference

Year 11 French students gave up a day of their Easter holiday to go to an exam revision conference in Nottingham. They took part in a number of activities that helped them to revise and to practise important skills. Students were also given a book of materials that contained useful tips and information that would help them to improve their language and so perform at a better level in the exam.

Ascentis Exams (EFL)

The inaugural exams for the EFL students took place on 18th May 2018. On marking the scripts, the pass rates for the reading and writing assessments looked promising. However, the External Quality Assurer from Ascentis needs to verify the exams so the proverbial chickens cannot be counted just yet. Regardless of the outcome, I would like to say how happy I was with the level of maturity of the students during the examination, and I wish them all the best in their future endeavours.

Mr Hill

Languages Film Festival 2018

In November, the MFL department was lucky enough to get access to FREE cinema tickets during the Into Film Languages Film Festival 2018. Two groups of keen linguists in Year 8 and 9 went out to watch a film in French and Spanish, making the most of their language skills but also developing their wider understanding of French and Spanish culture. The French film (Ma Via de Courgette/My life as a Courgette) was a Cannes Film Festival winner and many students were surprised at how much they understood without needing the subtitles! The Spanish group were doubly lucky, partly thanks to Mrs Contreras quick thinking, as they had the chance to watch two films in one go! One was an Italian film, which the kids loved, as for the Spanish film, Zip y Zap (Zip and Zap), it has now become a favourite amongst our students. Based on the reviews of our students we will surely be returning to the festival next year too!

Foreign Languages Theatre Plays

On Thursday 16th November our year 7 – 10 French students enjoyed watching and taking part on the “Mes Cheres Voisins” theatre play. The play was performed by two native French actors.

The play was a delightfully humorous collection of different storylines linking five different teenagers who live on the same street.

On Monday 12th March our Spanish students had the opportunity to see a Spanish theatre play in our school.

The play was presented by Onatti Productions and our students had a fantastic time.

They enjoyed the play and some students took part!!!

The play was called “La Casa Encantada” and it was about two teenagers who shelter in a derelict house from a bad storm.

St Omer - France

Year 7 day trip to France

The long awaited year 7 trip to St Omer France on the 29th of June was a huge success. The weather was lovely and the students had great fun making croissants and bread at the boulangerie. The treasure hunt in the town of St Omer and the trip to the hypermarket were definitely the highlights of the day. It was a fun filled day and it is going to be even bigger and better next year. Watch out for the advert in October!!

In March a group of Year 10 and Year 11 students made the long trip to London for a Psychology conference. In the morning, we heard from Dr Phillip Banyard, who discussed whether ‘Psychology can save the world’. This led nicely into a discussion of what makes us who we are – is it nature or is it nurture? The final lecture of the morning addressed the issue of burnout and how to avoid it, very useful in the run-up to the GCSE exams. In the afternoon we welcomed the guest speaker, Dr Phillip Zimbardo who joined us to speak about his (in) famous Stanford Prison Experiment. We learnt about how we behave differently in different situations and how ‘bad situations make good people behave in a bad way’. He went on to explain how we can use the bad and turn it to good, or as he put it, turn zero into hero. We left for the long journey home feeling educated and entertained and we are looking forward to next year’s conference where Elisabeth Loftus will be the guest speaker. Miss Hughes

Geography GCSE class - Go to Norfolk

This April the year 10 Geography pupils went on a residential trip to Norfolk. After a long bus journey we finally reached the coastal town of Sheringham. The sun was shining and the pupils had a great day learning about the coastline, exploring the town and relaxing on the beach. At our accommodation, we enjoyed several fun activities and had lesson time to learn about the areas we were studying. On the second day, we went to the river Glaven where pupils put on their waders and got into the river to learn new and important GCSE fieldwork skills. The trip was very successful and all the pupils have learnt a lot in preparation for their GCSE. Thank you to all the pupils who behaved excellently and their parents for allowing their children to take part.

The Geography Department.

Department ‘Earlier this year Ms Lee and Ms Dimitropoulou’s Year 10 Art groups visited Watermead and Braunstone parks as part of a five weeks Printing Parks collaborative project with Leicester Printworkshop. Students learnt about the history and wildlife of the parks and then over four weeks created lino cuts in response to their visit. There was an exhibition and Postcards produced to document the students work. The students had great fun learning about the printing techniques and they worked really hard too!’

Privacy notice for parents/carers – use of your child’s personal data

Moat Community College collects and holds personal information about students. Under data protection law, individuals have a right to be informed about how the school uses any personal data that we hold about them. We comply with this right by providing ‘privacy notices’ (sometimes called ‘fair processing notices’) to individuals where we are processing their personal data.

This privacy notice explains how we collect, store and use personal data about students.

We, Moat Community College, are the ‘data controller’ for the purposes of data protection law.

Our data protection officer is Steph McDonald (see ‘Contact us’ below). The personal data we hold Personal data that we may collect, use, store and share (when appropriate) about students includes, but is not restricted to:

• Contact details, contact preferences, date of birth, identification documents

• Results of internal assessments and externally set tests

• Student and curricular records • Behavioural information (such as number of temporary exclusions)

• Characteristics, such as ethnic background, eligibility for free school meals, or special educational needs • Exclusion information

• Details of any medical conditions, including physical and mental health

• Attendance information

• Safeguarding information

• Details of any support received, including care packages, plans and support providers

• Photographs

• CCTV images captured in school

Why we collect and use this data

We use this data to:

• Support student learning • Monitor and report on student progress • Provide appropriate pastoral care • Protect and safeguard students • Assess the quality of our services and how well the college is performing • Carry out research • Comply with the law regarding data sharing • To undertake marketing and promotional activities that we believe are in the interests of the students, parents/carers.

Our legal basis for using this data We only collect and use students’ personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we process it where:

• We need to comply with a legal obligation

• We need it to perform an official task in the public interest

Less commonly, we may also process students’ personal data in situations where:

• We have obtained consent to use it in a certain way

• We need to protect the individual’s vital interests (or someone else’s interests)

Where we have obtained consent to use students’ personal data, this consent can be withdrawn at any time. We will make this clear when we ask for consent, and explain how consent can be withdrawn.

Some of the reasons listed above for collecting and using students’ personal data overlap, and there may be several grounds which justify our use of this data. Collecting student information While the majority of information we collect about students is mandatory, there is some information that can be provided voluntarily.

Whenever we seek to collect information from you or your child, we make it clear whether providing it is mandatory or optional. If it is mandatory, we will explain the possible consequences of not complying. How we store this data We keep personal information about pupils while they are attending the college. We may also keep it beyond their attendance at our school if this is necessary in order to comply with our legal obligations. For details on our retention policy please refer to the: Information and Records Management Society’s toolkit for schools Who we share student information with We do not share information about students with any third party without consent unless the law and our policies allow us to do so.

Where it is legally required, or necessary (and it complies with data protection law) we may share personal information about students. We routinely share student information with:

• Schools and/or post-16 provision that the student attends after leaving us this includes assessment information and relevant safeguarding information • Our local authority, including Connexions in order to comply with our legal obligations for statutory data returns such as School Census • The Department for Education (DfE) in order to comply with our legal obligations for statutory data returns such as Key Stage Two tests • Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust for delivery of child health services, such as inoculation programmes and school nurses. They also use information about students for data research and statistical purposes. • NHS Digital for analysing and presenting a range of health & social care data, including height and weight of students • Education Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) and Learning Records Service (LRS) • Leicester Education Strategic Partnership (LESP), including Leicester Primary Partnership (LPP) and the Education Improvement Partnership (EIP) • Leicestershire Police • Contractors providing IT and other services

National Student Database

We are required to provide information about students to the Department for Education as part of statutory data collections such as the school census.

Some of this information is then stored in the National Student Database (NPD), which is owned and managed by the Department and provides evidence on school performance to inform research.

The database is held electronically so it can easily be turned into statistics. The information is securely collected from a range of sources including schools, local authorities and exam boards.

The Department for Education may share information from the NPD with other organisations which promote children’s education or wellbeing in England. Such organisations must agree to strict terms and conditions about how they will use the data.

For more information, see the Department’s webpage on: how it collects and shares research data.

You can also contact the Department for Education with any further questions about the NPD.

Youth support services

Once our students reach the age of 13, we are legally required to pass on certain information about them to Leicester Education Business Company (LEBC)/Connexions, as it has legal responsibilities regarding the education or training of 13-19 year-olds.

This information enables it to provide youth support services, post-16 education and training services, and careers advisers.

A parent or guardian can request that only their child’s name, address and date of birth is passed to their local authority or provider of LEBC/Connexions by informing us. This right is transferred to the child / student once he/she reaches the age 16. Transferring data internationally

Where we transfer personal data to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area, we will do so in accordance with data protection law. Parents and students’ rights regarding personal data Individuals have a right to make a ‘subject access request’ to gain access to personal information that the school holds about them.

Parents/carers can make a request with respect to their child’s data where the child is not considered mature enough to understand their rights over their own data (usually under the age of 12), or where the child has provided consent.

If you make a subject access request, and if we do hold information about you or your child, we will:

• Give you a description of it

• Tell you why we are holding and processing it, and how long we will keep it for

• Explain where we got it from, if not from you or your child

• Tell you who it has been, or will be, shared with

• Let you know whether any automated decision-making is being applied to the data, and any consequences of this

• Give you a copy of the information in an intelligible form

Individuals also have the right for their personal information to be transmitted electronically to another organisation in certain circumstances.

If you would like to make a request please contact our data protection officer.

As a maintained school parents/carers also have a legal right to access to their child’s educational record. To request access, please contact the main office.

Other rights

Under data protection law, individuals have certain rights regarding how their personal data is used and kept safe, including the right to:

• Object to the use of personal data if it would cause, or is causing, damage or distress

• Prevent it being used to send direct marketing

• Object to decisions being taken by automated means (by a computer or machine, rather than by a person)

• In certain circumstances, have inaccurate personal data corrected, deleted or destroyed, or restrict processing

• Claim compensation for damages caused by a breach of the data protection regulations

To exercise any of these rights, please contact our data protection officer.

Complaints We take any complaints about our collection and use of personal information very seriously.

If you think that our collection or use of personal information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate, or have any other concern about our data processing, please raise this with us in the first instance.

To make a complaint, please contact our data protection officer.

Alternatively, you can make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office:

• Report a concern online at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

• Call 0303 123 1113

• Or write to: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Contact us

If you have any questions, concerns or would like more information about anything mentioned in this privacy notice, please contact our data protection officer: Mrs S McDonald: [email protected]

This notice is based on the Department for Education’s model privacy notice for students, amended for parents and to reflect the way we use data in this school. Moat Community College Maidstone Road Leicester LE2 OTU Principal: Mr B Killeen