SALESIAN NEWSLETTER Issue 10 8 Salesian Newsletter 19th July 2019 RESPECT, UNDERSTANDING, AFFECTION & HAPPINESS WWW.SALESIAN.SURREY.SCH.UK Faith, Hope & Love to stop and help the man in distress. Not only did he and Professional Learning under SSAT’s Framework by James Kibble, Executive Headteacher stop to help but he did so completely selflessly despite for Exceptional Education. This line from St. Paul has been our guide this week. the fact that there appeared to be no gain for him in As we were coming towards the end of the academic doing so. year and starting to worry about how we were going Acts of authentic Christian, loving kindness such as to get everything done before the holidays, suddenly helping those in distress are the practical steps we can The Framework for Exceptional Education is a self- an incident of such enormity struck that it caused us to all take every day to building the Kingdom. There are review and planning tool incorporating SSAT’s 30 completely re-evaluate our priorities. The events of no shortage of opportunities to reach out and help years of experience in school improvement. Co- this week have been challenging in the extreme and it others on a daily basis, no matter who you are, where developed with a group of high-performing schools can be difficult to make sense of how to move forward you are, how busy you are, or indeed, what you may and reviewed by leading academics, the framework but once again, we have discovered that when we live already be struggling with personally. supports schools in quality-assuring their work and in hope, trust in faith and follow the example of Christ Any decent Catholic school will have already sharing effective practice. by acting with compassion and love, some sense of established a culture of selfless help for those in need. To achieve accreditation as transforming in practice, order can be re-established. As I have said in my The challenge is to ensure that those leaving the Salesian School, Chertsey was reviewed by another updates throughout the week, the children have community - as some students and staff inevitably do high-performing school and an independent responded brilliantly to everything they have had to at the end of the academic year – go out and spread moderator from SSAT. SSAT’s Chief Executive, Sue face; they have acted with dignity, maturity and this culture wherever they go. Williamson comments “for a school to be accredited sensitivity, they have looked after one another and Reflections on the Eucharist: for transforming practice is a real credit to their team demonstrated real resilience to cope with adversity. What have I achieved that I am proud of this year? and the quality of the work that they are doing.” The staff have continued to be super-human in their How will I stay alert to opportunities to provide Kerry Gray, our most recent moderator, said efforts to support the children whilst keeping things selfless aid when I step out into the world? “Enlightening minds and uplifting hearts are the “normal” and coping with their own emotions. As for How have I moved closer to God this year? school motto and this is lived and modelled on a daily you, the parents and friends of the school, we couldn’t Parent Survey Results basis both in classrooms and generally around the have asked for more warmth, encouragement and school. High education standards along with a sound Thank you to all those parents who took part in the affirmation – I don’t know how we would have got moral and religious education is at the heart of recent survey; the results are laid out below. We will through the week without you. Salesian.” On a practical note, if you didn’t receive the latest follow up with our response to the additional comments made, next term. James Kibble, said “Everyone at the school is delighted update from the school, it included an information to have gained this prestigious accreditation. We all Question Score sheet on all the places that students and parents can work exceedingly hard here to ensure that every child go to over the summer holidays for support if they are My child is happy at school 94% receives the best possible education and this can only struggling as a result of this week’s events. A copy of My child feels safe at school 97% happen when standards of teaching are exceptional. this information sheet can be found on the homepage My child makes good progress at school 94% These are challenging awards to achieve and they are of the school website. Please do continue to The school provides my child with a 97% a testament to the exceedingly high standards we set remember those who will be struggling this holiday in strong Catholic education at Salesian and a reflection of our very special and your prayers. My child is well looked after at school 96% quite wonderful school community. We look forward The rest of this half term seems like a long time ago My child is well taught at school 97% to plenty more achievement and celebration in the now but we were keen to finish the year by future!” My child receives appropriate homework 88% remembering some of the good things that have Josie Jeffery (Asst Headteacher) happened. We hope you enjoy reading something of for their age what makes Salesian such a great community school The school ensures that its students are 96% Warm Welcome to our 2019/20 Year 7s in the following pages. well behaved It was great to welcome the Year 6 students into nd rd With all best wishes for a peaceful summer, The school deals effectively with bullying 95% Salesian on both 2 and 3 July ahead of the next academic year. As a cohort, they were a fabulous Yours in hope, faith & love. The school is well led and managed 98% bunch and we are most excited to welcome them into James Kibble The school responds well to an concerns I 92% our school community. Over the course of the two raise Gospel Reflection days, the students got a taste of what it is like to be a Luke 10: 25-37 The school provides me with valuable 90% student at Salesian. The students heard about our 2018-19: Carry on building the Kingdom! information about my child’s progress founder Don Bosco as well as getting involved with an We finish the year with one of the most famous Transforming Practice investigation in Science as to who poisoned Mr Kibble, parables from the Gospel. The Good Samaritan would We recently achieved a further two accreditations for playing dodgeball and much more. However, a have been seen as the least likely of those passing by transforming practice namely, Climate for learning SALESIAN NEWSLETTER | Issue 10 2 favourite for many was the opportunity to sample the Year 12 Geography Trip and Entrepreneurship visited the Mini Factory in food in our school canteen! Oxford. The students, in small groups were given guided tours by staff, some of whom have worked for BMW Mini for over 30 years! They were shown the production process and told how the factory has changed over the years with cars now manufactured mostly by robots. The students enjoyed seeing how the robots worked together to develop the cars and how the employees were also involved in the production process. They were able to see how some of the content they have previously learnt in the classroom is established in industry, which enabled Being a community centered school; it was great the topics to come to life for the students. getting a chance to welcome parents in on the On Tuesday 2nd July, all Year 12 Geographers visited Charlotte Greenwood (Teacher of Business Studies & Tuesday evening to discuss how we can work together Stratford to see first-hand the impact of Regeneration Economics) over the coming years. We aim to ensure all the young in the area. Brian who was an expert on the area, people in our care are able to leave happy and healthy Year 12 CERN Trip having lived in East London for 67 years, guided us. An young people having reached their potential and we ex-deputy head and geography teacher knew have no doubt our next cohort of Year 7s will get an everything and everyone! It was fascinating to hear his equally great deal. point of view on the changes in and around Newham Kate Honeywood (Asst Headteacher) over the years. We started by walking around Old Post 18 Options Stratford.followed by lunch in Westfield Shopping Centre and then continued with a guided walk around When we arrived in Geneva on Friday – still slightly the Olympic Site and Hackney. I recorded that we tired from arriving at Gatwick for 6am – the first thing walked over 23,000 steps in total! Brian spoke about we did was find somewhere to eat lunch and inevitably the impacts of the new (and very expensive housing) ended up in a McDonald’s in some vague attempt to as well as the demographics of East London and how sample the local cuisine! After checking into our it has changed over time. We had a fabulous day and hostel, we then went down to Lake Geneva, a short 5- came away with a greater knowledge. minute walk away, and spent a couple of hours swimming or reading at the shore. In the evening, we Pippa Clarke (Head of Year 12, Teacher of Geography) all ate dinner at the hostel, before having a little time On Thursday 27th June, our Year 12s spent the day Year 12 Graphics visit Lightbox Museum to explore the area, and perhaps head to a bar.