NEWSLETTER YOUR TERMLY UPDATE EASTER 2019 ISSUE 5 SUMMARY Teaching Internship 03 in Physics or Maths Year 7 Paris Trip 05 Year 12 Visit - The 06 House of Commons Alnwick Mob 08 Football Story Nepal and Vietnam 09 Teams Update Lunchtime 10 Arrangements Girls’ U15 Rugby 12 County Cup Winners Vegas Acro Cup Gold 12 medal winner North East Sports 13 Disability Awards Evening 1 WELCOME Welcome to the Easter edition of April 2019. Please refer to our ‘Pastoral’ Harton News, the termly newsletter for pages for further information relating parents, students, staff, governors and to the start of the new summer term members of the community. 2019. The academic term leading up to the I would like to take this opportunity Easter holidays, as always, has been to express my sincere thanks to very busy this year with a huge number everyone for your tremendous support of activities continuing to be a welcome which continues to make Harton the feature of school life. ‘outstanding’ school that it is. The very important examination Finally, I would like to wish you period commences immediately after all a fantastic Easter break with we return to school, making this your families and I look forward to free time an ideal opportunity for welcoming our students back to school students to organise and commence a on Tuesday 23rd April 2019. comprehensive revision schedule. We break up at 3:15pm on Friday 5th Best wishes April and all students return to school Sir Ken Gibson after the Easter holiday on Tuesday 23rd Executive Head Teacher ISSUEIN 5 THIS/ EASTER 2019 ISSUE PASTORAL PAGES STORIES 10 BACK TO SCHOOL - TUESDAY 23 APRIL 2019 MEDICAL CONDITIONS & CONTACT SPECIAL FEATURES INFORMATION 03 TEACHING INTERNSHIP IN PHYSICS OR MATHS MEDICATION IN SCHOOL GCSE EXAM PREPARATION ATTENDANCE GCSEPOD THE RED BOX PROJECT HOW DO YOU REVISE FOR ENGLISH? LUNCHTIME ARRANGEMENTS START OF EXAMINATION PERIOD USE OF BIKES DURING THE SUMMER TERM IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY STUDENT ACTIVITIES 05 SKI TRIP TO ITALY YEAR 7 PARIS TRIP SPORTING HIGHLIGHTS TYNESIDE OUTDOORS 12 GIRLS’ U15 RUGBY COUNTY CUP WINNERS THE HARTON ‘ECO-TEAM’ VEGAS ACRO CUP GOLD MEDAL WINNER BRITISH SCHOOLS’ NATIONAL JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019 SIXTH FORM 06 FUNDRAISING ‘BOXING DAY DIP’ NE REGIONAL INDOOR ROWING FINALS LORD GLENAMARA MEMORIAL PRIZE YEAR 8 SCHOOLS’ NETBALL TOURNAMENT YEAR 12 VISIT - THE HOUSE OF COMMONS SPORTS HALL ATHLETICS REGIONAL FINALS YEAR 12 DEBATING COMPETITION KS5 FOOTBALL A LEVEL ‘REVISION DAY’ AT TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY NORTH EAST SPORTS DISABILITY AWARDS A LEVEL ‘GEOGRAPHY REVISION’ EVENT EVENING ALNWICK MOB FOOTBALL STORY NEPAL AND VIETNAM TEAMS UPDATE 15 HARTON SPORTS CENTRE DESTINATION BORNEO FOR 2021 CONTACT INFORMATION Harton Academy Lisle Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE34 6DL T | 0191 427 4050 F | 0191 427 1478 Follow us on Facebook & Instagram E | [email protected] @HartonAcademy 2 W | www.hartonacademy.co.uk TEACHING INTERNSHIP IN PHYSICS OR MATHS! Payment of £300 per week Guaranteed interview for our teacher training programme Support to make an application through UCAS for Teacher Training Application deadline Monday 22nd April 2019 Interviews will be in the week beginning Monday 29th April 2019 Placement Monday 17th June - Friday 12th July 2019 Experiences on offer: We are looking for enthusiastic second • Supporting teaching, running science projects, clubs, year university students who are confident etc. and passionate about their subject and are • Offering 1-1 and group support to children interested in becoming a Physics or Maths • Helping with experiments and laboratory work teacher. We are looking for people who • Shadowing and lesson observation are interested in taking part in an exciting • One-to-one support from subject specialist mentors opportunity, becoming a member of our • Opportunities to network with qualified subject school’s Physics or Maths department and specialists gaining experience that would enhance your CV. • Careers advice and application guidance We have 10 available places and are offering To apply you need: successful candidates the opportunity to • To be in your penultimate year of study at University complete a 4 week, paid internship this • To be studying a Maths or Physics-related degree summer term – a fantastic opportunity to • To have a C or above in GCSE English and Maths work alongside outstanding practitioners in an • To have a passion for working with young people outstanding school setting to gain invaluable • To be professional and reliable school experience. • To be enthusiastic and passionate about your subject. How to apply Please visit our website. www.hartonacademy.co.uk 3 Special Features How Do You Revise for English? ForEverything any students or parents You Need asking the to recurring Know! GCSE Exam Preparation question “how are you supposed to revise English?” “The best preparation for tomorrow is Our Year 12 and Year 13 students have been sharing doing your best today” (H Jackson Brown Jr.) some top tips from their time at GCSE. Varying from If you are one of our Year 11 parents, you will no doubt be beginning to feel the looming prospect of your child commencing preparations for what may be their final examinations in Harton Academy, before many of them move on to pastures new. GCSEPod provides over 6,000 3 to 5 minute bursts of visual learning ‘Pods’. GCSEPod mind-maps to flash-cards, GCSEPod to Mr Bruff, all of also maps ‘Pods’ your answers can be found on Harton Academy’s Vimeo according to exam boards and specific papers for each page https://vimeo.com/324157509 and the VLE. subject. Some of the students are already regular users but others have yet to take advantage of this resource. I Start of Examination Period would be very grateful if you could discuss GCSEPod MondayGCE and 13th GCSE May Examinations sees the start of the GCE and GCSE with your child. If they are already using the resources Examination period which lasts until the end of June. you could perhaps ask them for a demonstration. If they are yet to use it this might be an ideal opportunity to explore the resources together. Viewing 5 Pods a day is only approximately 20 minutes of revision! GCSEPod helps to make revision seem much more manageable with organised Exam–Specific Playlists, which you can find in the My Courses area of your child’s account. OneRevision of the best on things the about Go! GCSEPod is the ability to download the content onto a mobile device so During the examination period, we expect students it’s like the students are carrying text books in their to behave in an acceptable fashion in line with school pockets without the need for an internet connection! policy and examination board regulations. Here are a The GCSEPod app can be downloaded from the App few examination related reminders: Store for added convenience (Apple and Android are • Students will be expected to attend examinations in supported) and content downloaded straight to your full school uniform. child’s device. GCSEPod is the perfect resource to • Students must arrive to scheduled examinations ensure your child isn’t missing out on their key revision approximately 15 minutes before they are due to time. Together we might even be able to make their commence. smartphones a learning aid instead of a constant • Students are reminded that they must come distraction! prepared with all of the correct equipment needed for their examinations. The school only has a limited Accessing GCSEPod amount of spare stationery available and this is Your child has already been registered with GCSEPod loaned out on a first come first served basis. and simply needs to click on the GCSEPod link in the • For every examination, students will need (at the school VLE. For more ways you can help support your very least) a black pen! child using GCSEPod, please visit www.gcsepod.com/ • If your child is ill on the day of an examination, you parents where you will find lots more information and must inform the school and obtain a medical note resources. from your GP to cover this absence. Please make sure your email contact details are correct. • All missed examinations (not covered by a medical Any changes should be notified to Mrs Jayne Wallace, note) will incur a charge of £45. our newly appointed Attendance Officer: If you have any queries regarding examinations, [email protected] please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Le Blanc, our Examinations Officer, on extension 326. We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our students every success in their forthcoming examinations! 4 STUDENT ACTIVITIES Ski Trip - 76 Students ‘Hit the Slopes’ in Italy! Harton Academy organised another hugely successful ski trip during February half term 2019. Seventy six students and staff made the trip to Folgaria in Italy and had an amazing time! The weather was perfect, the sun shone for the whole week and every student achieved success. As expected, the behaviour of all students was exemplary and we look forward to planning next year’s trip to Austria during Easter 2020. FortyYear of our7 Paris year 7 students Trip enjoyed a lovely long weekend in Paris. We explored the main tourist attractions, practised our French and spent an entire fun-filled day in Disneyland, meeting the characters, going on the rides and watching the firework display. A great time was had by all! 5 TwoTyneside Harton pupils, Outdoors Jake Dalton (year 7) and Dylan Simpson (year HARTON 6th FORM 8) have given up their free time to work with Tyneside Outdoors. As a reward for their efforts, they were invited to attend an award ceremony hosted by the Tyne and Wear High Sheriff at the Beacon of Light on Monday evening (24th March).