Enrichment Day Cinema Trip - 4th December

The Year 7 Enrichment Day Cinema Visit on 4th December was a huge success. Despite the walk to the Cinema, and a longer than anticipated wait in the cold, the students remained in very high spirits, conducted themselves impeccably, and proved themselves to be a real credit to the school.
Both students and staff really enjoyed the Film – Fantastic Mr Fox.

Dear Year 7 Parent/Carer,

Following the very positive and well attended Year 7 PSA meeting, I have decided to set up a Year 7 PSA Working Group, with a parental representative from each of the nine tutor groups.

The group will meet once a half term, to discuss parental concerns, and work together to improve the teaching and learning experience for all children within the Year Group. Furthermore, it is hoped that this would increase and develop parental involvement within the Year Group, and ensure regular communications between parents, the PSA and the school.

The role of each representative is largely a social one, helping parental relations within the Tutor Group, encourage networking and communications, and to listen to any concerns or suggestions you would like to be put forward to the PSA and School.

Parental Class Representative contact details;

H
Laura Cavendish
lcavendish@blueyonder.co.uk
0208 3489461

I
Chris Tully
chris.tully@bakerbrown.co.uk

G
Tamsin Oglesby (Boxer)
tamsin.o@virgin.net
07985954492

A
Katherine and Andrew Boardman
kglossop@hotmail.com, bbboardy@hotmail.com

T
Brain Deal (Carter)
bdeal@steds.org.uk
07960 357 573

E
Julie Barber (Friedman)
barberjulies@googlemail.com
0208 8835950

W
Petra Ghose-Coveney
petracoveney@googlemail.com
07590 831966

D
Arabella Weir
arabellaweir@mac.com
0207 2812131

S
Jeanie Fraser
jeaniesymefraser@hotmail.com


Parents wishing to communicate/socialise with others within their child’s Tutor Group should contact their class representative at their convenience.

Yours sincerely,


Kevin Brokenshire
Head of Learning Year 7

Year 7 Cinema Reward Trip - 4th December

Year 7 students have made a tremendous start to Highgate Wood School. The group have very quickly settled into the school community, and as a Year Group, they have worked extremely hard within lessons, joined many clubs, become involved in many extra curricular activities, and have consistently demonstrated ‘Consideration’ , ‘Courtesy’, ‘Cooperation’ and in general ‘Contributed’ fantastically well.

With this in mind, and as a reward for their efforts, a Cinema Rewards Visit will take place on Friday 4th December

Students should attend school as normal, in uniform, on Friday 4th.

At 9.00am, following a short assembly, students, supervised by staff will make their way by foot to the Odeon Cinema in Muswell Hill.

Following our arrival at 10.00am, students will be given the opportunity to purchase snacks and refreshments from the Cinema Foyer – (although they are also very welcome to bring suitable drinks and snacks from home).

An appropriate film will be shown to students, on the Cinema’s main screen at 10.30am.

At 12.00, students will leave the cinema and be escorted back to the school site. Students will enjoy their lunch break as normal, before completing some further activities during the final lesson of the day. They will be dismissed from the school site as usual at 3.10pm.

There is no cost for the visit, and I would hope that all students attend. To enable your child to do so, please complete the permission slip below, and return it to their tutor before Friday 27th November.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Year 7 Homework Projects

The concept of homework projects for Year 7 students, was newly introduced this year. There are several rationale's of this, one being a more structured/balanced approach to the setting and monitoring of homework - which we hope will help you and your children understand when and for which subjects homework will be set.
Aside of Maths, English, Science and Languages homework, which is set regularly, students have been asked to complete the projects over a half term - 2-3 subject projects at a time. There have however been teething problems, which have led to ICT and PE becoming delayed. I apologise if this has caused inconvenience or concern, and conscious that issuing these projects now could caused an overload of project work. This half term students will be asked to complete projects in Drama and Music, with the addition of ICT. The PE project will now be issued after Christmas, with Art and History projects.
I hope this clarifies.

Hillcrest AIDS Charity Fundraising

Book Collection for South Africa

Can you help to fill the empty bookshelves of a library in a South African school? We are looking for fiction and non-fiction books for children of all ages to be sent over. Please bring all your unwanted books to Ms Druce in A20, or to Mr Brokenshire’s office. Thank you in advance!

(And don’t forget to bring money for a fundraising cake sale next Thursday, 12th November!)

South Africa Committee

Key Stage Three Handbook

I have had a couple of requests for copies of the KS3 Handbook.
This can be found here;

http://www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/haringey/schools/hws/hws/309/main/documents.htm

Should you require a hard copy, please let me know. It can be easily printed , and sent home.

Academic Review Day

If you are not already aware, lessons are cancelled on Thursday 5th November as Academic Review Day will be taking place. This is an opporunity for parents/carers, with their child to come to the school and speak with their Form Tutor, regarding their progress to date, and how they have settled at the school. Your childs Form Tutor should already have been in contact with you regarding an appointment time. If not, please do not hesitate to contact them via email of telephone.

Year 7 Toilet Concerns

Following concerns raised at the recent Year 7 PSA meeting regarding the cleanliness of student toilets, the matter was discuss within the School Leadership Team - led by Mr Cozier.
The following actions have been agreed;
1. The toilets will be cleaned if required during the school day,
2. The toilets will be patrolled more regularly, by the School Leadership Team whilst on duty (one member is on duty during every lesson of the school day),
3. The toilets will be more thoroughly at the end of each school day.

Year Group - School Council Rep's

Congratulations to Lucy Carter and Ben Edwards, both of 7T, who have been nominated Year Council Rep's. They will now be meeting with the whole School Council to ensure Year 7 students have their voices heard!

Please speak to them about any pressing issues you beleive need to be addressed!

Well Done 7W!!

A big Well Done to 7W who were exceptionally settled, and ready to listen with Assembly this morning.

Ebeveyn Çalışanlar Birliği Toplantısın

7 yıl öğrencilerine dün ebeveynlere, ‘Ebeveyn Çalışanlar Birliği Toplantısını’ hatırlatma amaçlı bir mektup dağıtıldı. Geçen haftaki News Weekly de belirtilenin aksine ‘Ebeveyn Çalışanlar Birliği Toplantısı’ 13 Ekim Salı günü saat 7:00 de olacak. Ms Allaway ve ben de toplantıya katılacağız.

Parent Staff Association Meeting

A letter has been distributed to Year 7 students today, which informs Parents/Careers of Parent Staff Association Meeting which focuses on Year 7.
Contrary to the time published in News Weekly last week - the meeting will take place on Tuesday 13th October at 7.00PM.
Ms Allaway, and I will both be attending the meeting.

Year Council - First Meeting Today

A big thank you to all 'Form Reps' that attended the Year Council meeting today. There were a range of very interesting topics discussed. Notes from the meeting will be made available from Ms Birnie, later in the week.

For your voice to be heard both within Year and Whole School Councils, please speak to your class representaives;

H
Eliot Brittain
Harry Vinall-Smeeth

I
Georgia Bitmead Sadik
Sam Holmes-Kelly

G
Adyna Moseley
D-Quarn Adeniyi

A
Lucy-Sarah Parfitt
Miles Grant

T
Lucy Carter
Ben Edwards

E
Kelsey Sadler
Sam Pettey

W
Madeline Ioannou
Ted Nash

D
Izzy Weir
Frankie Morrisey

S
Safa Abdel Hamid
Lyndon Leissle

Highgate Wood okuluna hoş geldiniz.

Highgate Wood okuluna hoş geldiniz. Öncelikle öğrencilerin herbirini yeni döneme böyle olumlu bir başlangıç yaptıkları için tebrik eder ve bu durumun onların akademik kariyeri boyunca devam etmesini umarım. Biz öğrencileri desteklemek için çok çalışıyoruz. Ancak eğer herhangi bir endişeniz olursa bana Kevin Brokenshire Yedinci Yıl Koordinatörü veya Meltem Erbil Türkçe konuşan Okul İrtibat Görevlisine ulaşmaktan tereddüt etmeyin.

Saygılar

Kevin Brokenshire
Yedinci Yıl Koordinatörü

Great start for Year 7's

Welcome everyone, and apologisies for the technical problems we have experienced with the Blog.

A huge congratualtions to all Year 7 students who have made an exceptional start to their time at Highgate Wood School.

I have been discussing the importance of good communication between school, parents and our students both in assembly today, and at the PSA meeting last night. Please contact your childs tutor, myself, or an another appropriate staff member if you have any concerns or queries.
I have included some important email addresses within a previous post.

A big well done our Year 7 male and female football teams who both won yesterday - the girls
3-0 against Fortismere, and the boys 5-0 against Northumerland Park. Great Results!!

Year 7 Pastoral Support Officer (PSO) - Ms Senior

One of the many changes to the school, is the introduction of a Pastoral Support Officer (PSO) to each Year Group.

The PSO working with Year 7 students will be Ms Senior. She will be working closly with me and the Year 7 tutors, in the first instance to support your child through the transition process, and then offering pastoral care to your child and supporting their learning.

Ms Senior and I have very high expectations of the new Year 7 students, and are looking forward to meeting them again on September 7th.

Ms Senior can be contacted via email - sms@hws.haringey.sch.uk

Welcome to Highgate Wood Year 7 Blog

Welcome Students, Parents and Staff to the New Year 7 Blog.

I hope that this will improve communication between staff, students and parents of Year 7 2009-10.

Should you have any queries, please no not hesitate to contact your childs Form Tutor. A list of Tutors with email addresses can be found below;

7H - Ms Ellingham - sel@hws.haringey.sch.uk
7I - Ms Ryan - - ary@hws.haringey.sch.uk
7G - Ms Dornan - kdo@hws.haringey.sch.uk
7A - Ms Choudury - sch@hws.haringey.sch.uk
7T - Mr Attafuah - jat@hws.haringey.sch.uk
7E - Mr Marguier - gma@hws.haringey.sch.uk
7w - Mr O'Connor -noc@hws.haringey.sch.uk
7D - Ms Lewis - mle@hws.haringey.sch.uk
7S - Mr Nayar - dna@hws.haringey.sch.uk

I can be contacted at kbr@hws.haringey.sch.uk

Just a final reminder that Year 7 students should arrive at school on Monday 7th September at 10.45am - dressed in full uniform, with bags/appropriate equipment, meeting in the main playground. We will have an assembly, before students will spent time with their tutors. Their day will finish at 2.30pm.

The following day - Tuesday 8th will be a full/normal day - commencing at 8.35am.

I wish you a pleasant summer.