SACRED HEART NEWS Summer Term—Issue 3 Friday 10th May 2019 MESSAGE FROM ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER Dear Parents, Guardians and Students, This week, sporng news has been dominated by the amazing turn around in fortune of the two English clubs in the champions league semi-finals. As well as being an amazing and emoonal spectacle for fans, we can all take something away from the spirit shown by the teams in their amazing comebacks. We all face set-backs in life and can at mes face challeng- es that seem too great to surpass. However, in the words of Mo Salah’s t-shirt, we should “Never give up”. We may not always succeed, even with the greatest of efforts, but amazing things can, and do happen, if we put in the work, and keep trying. The other powerful message, for me, from watching these matches was the power of the team. We all need a team behind us to succeed, and never is this more the case than during stressful mes, such as the coming exam period. We should value our own teams of parents, family, teachers and friends and make sure we are doing what we can to be the best team mates possible for others. Do you remember to liſt people up rather than bring them down? Are you a friend who knows when to listen and when to speak? Can you help your friends to make good choices and be there for them when things go wrong? As Chrisans, we should remember too, that we are part of God’s team. We all have our individual roles to play. No team of 11 strikers, or 11 goalkeepers would ever succeed! Our diversity of talents, experience and skills can be used to beer the world rather than diminish it. We should value the differences in others and play our part in life to the best of our ability. As Year 11 leave us today for study leave we wish them all the best of luck. Year 11s own team spirit was much in evidence during today’s Mass, t-shirt signing and other final school rituals marking this important milestone in their life journey. They can also be confident that they have been well prepared for their examinaons by their team of outstanding teachers and now is the me for them to keep supporng each other and keep trying unl the very end. Have a wonderful weekend. Mrs Hetherington Assistant Headteacher
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S A C R E D H E A R T N E W S
Summer Term—Issue 3 Friday 10th May 2019
MESSAGE FROM ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER
Dear Parents, Guardians and Students,
This week, sporting news has been dominated by the amazing turn around in fortune of the two English clubs in the champions league semi-finals. As well as being an amazing and emotional spectacle for fans, we can all take something away from the spirit shown by the teams in their amazing comebacks.
We all
face set-backs in life and can at times face challeng-es that seem too great to surpass. However, in the words of Mo Salah’s t-shirt, we should “Never give up”. We may not always succeed, even with the greatest of efforts, but amazing things can, and do happen, if we put in the work, and keep trying.
The other powerful message, for me, from watching these matches was the power of the team. We all need a team behind us to succeed, and never is this more the case than during stressful times, such as the coming exam period. We should value our own teams of parents, family, teachers and friends and make sure we are doing what we can to be the best team mates possible for others. Do you remember to lift people up rather than bring them down? Are you a friend who knows when to listen and when to speak? Can you help your friends to make good choices and be there for them when things go wrong?
As Christians, we should remember too, that we are part of God’s team. We all have our individual roles to play. No team of 11 strikers, or 11 goalkeepers would ever succeed! Our diversity of talents, experience and skills can be used to better the world rather than diminish it. We should value the differences in others and play our part in life to the best of our ability. As Year 11 leave us today for study leave we wish them all the best of luck. Year 11s own team spirit was much in evidence during today’s Mass, t-shirt signing and other final school rituals marking this important milestone in their life journey. They can also be confident that they have been well prepared for their examinations by their team of outstanding teachers and now is the time for them to keep supporting each other and keep trying until the very end. Have a wonderful weekend. Mrs Hetherington Assistant Headteacher
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IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE WEEK (Commencing Monday 13th May 2019)
Monday 13th May
Public Exam commence Tuesday 14th May Y 10 Assembly—Family Y13 Graphics Exam (all day) Y7-9 Track & Field Cup—Mr Ojuriye Weds 15th May Y9 Assembly—Family Y13 Graphics Exam (all day) Thursday 16th May Y8 Assembly—Family Thailand Trip Parents meeting @5pm Friday 17th May Y7 & Y13 Assembly—Family Y10 Twilight-Periods 5&6 Y9 Romeo & Juliet (School Hall) (pm) Y13 Study Leave Y13 Liturgy P4
HONESTY AWARDS
Congratulations to the following
pupils for finding and
handing these items into reception…
Name: Sabrina – 13DT Found: A Iphone Name: Zilal – 9T Found: A upper school tie
SCHOOL MEAL PRICE INCREASE FROM JUNE 2019
To meet escalating food costs. and increases in the London Living Wage, the Governing Body approved the decision to increase school meal prices from 1st June 2019. Meal of the Day will increase from £1.70 to £1.75 Pudding/drinks will increase from £0.65 to £0.70 Daily Free School Meal Allowance will increase
from £2.35 to £2.45 * (*£2.45 will be enough to cover other food combinations should your child not opt for the Meal of the Day.)
Please see the school website for these new
tariffs.
Reminder from the Safeguarding Team
A copy of our Safeguarding Policy is available on the School Website.
A hard copy of this is available
in the School Office.
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ACHIEVEMENT ASSEMBLY May 2019
This term, Y8 had an assembly to recognise and reward outstand-ing attitudes to learning. Each Form tutor nominated pupils who
excelled during that term. Pupils received a certificate and gift voucher.
Mr White Head of Year 8
ACHIEVEMENT ASSEMBLY
Mr White’s Guide to Success!!!
Abieyuwa 8B
Joseph 8C
Enaefe, 8M
Stephanie 8P
Suyi 8T
FORM TUTOR AWARDS ...
HEAD OF YEAR AWARD GOES TO ...
Jahn Liam 8P
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Achievement Assembly May 2019
Top Ten for Achievement this term goes to ….
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Achievement Assembly May 2019
0 Bad Mentions since September...
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Since October last year, 12 students from Years 10-12 have taken part in a playwriting competition run by the National Theatre:
During the sessions, students learnt about different styles of plays, read a range of scripts and explored the process of writing a plot, creating interesting characters and building tension. To inspire the students further in writing their own one act plays, I took the students to see a performance of ‘Hadestown’ at The National Theatre. Finally, they took part in a writing workshop and one-to-one feedback session with the professional playwright Jennifer Farmer who writes extensively with and for marginalised communities and under-represented voices. After submitting their 30 minute one act plays at the end of April, there was just a short wait until the results were in! I am delighted to announce that two students from Sacred Heart have had their plays longlisted for the competition. Rachel Daramola’s play ‘Not all Secrets Die with you’ and Makayla Fender’s ‘The Long Road’ were picked out by the judges from 350 entries from schools all over the UK. An outstanding achievement! Further congratulations must go to all of the students who submitted plays for the competition, the Head of the Programme, Sarah Eastaff, said that they were so impressed with the quality of the entries from Sacred Heart. We wish the best of luck to Rachel and Makayla in the next stage of the competition where judges from The National Theatre will whittle the longlist of 97 entries down to just 9 plays for the shortlist, which will be announced on 20th May. The winning play overall will be performed by professional actors at The National Theatre in July and all of the Sacred Heart playwrights are invited to attend the evening celebration.
If you are interested in taking part in this exciting competition next year, please see Madam Dorman as soon as possible.
SACRED HEART SCHOOL CAMBERWELL NEW ROAD, LONDON SE5 0RP
SATURDAY 8TH JUNE 2019
11am to 3pm
Table Top Sale
(£10 per table)
Food, face painting, and much, much more...
If you wish to hire a table, please contact Mrs T Barton on 020 7274 6844
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COUNTDOWN TO EXAMS
For the dates of all forthcoming exams, please go to the Sacred Heart website –
www.sacredheart.southwark.sch.uk. Click on ‘Parents’, then on ‘Forthcoming exams’. This page
of the website is updated throughout the year as exam
timetables and dates are finalised, so please check it on a regular basis.
Parents are reminded that students should not be taken out of school for any reason during exam periods. Medical or dental appointments must not be made during this
time, as exams cannot be rescheduled or taken at another time to suit the student. A stu-dent who misses an exam (for whatever reason) will score zero marks, exactly as they
would for a public exam such as a GCSE or an A level. In such a circumstance, subject teach-ers will base their assessment on classwork and
homework and write reports accordingly.
As a minimum, they should have several black pens,
pencils, a set of colouring pencils, a rubber, ruler and
pencil-sharpener, mathematical equipment
(protractor, set-square, compasses and a working
calculator). All students MUST also have a large
TRANSPARENT PENCIL-CASE.
Please make sure that your son/
daughter is properly equipped for
their forthcoming exams
How many school weeks away ?
Year Group
Exams
0 ! Years 10-13 PUBLIC EXAMS BEGIN (GCSE & GCE) ON 13TH MAY 2019
3 Year 9 ‘End-of-year’ exams for Year 9 take place in the week beginning 10th June 2019
4 Year 8 ‘End-of-Key Stage 3’ exams for Year 8 take place in the week beginning 17th June 2019
5 Year 10 ‘End-of-year’ exams for Year 10 take place in the week beginning 24th June 2019
