PARENTAL NEWS BULLETIN

HEADLINE NOTICES Promoting Healthy Active Lifestyles

-A booklet providing information and advice regarding what constitutes a ‘Healthy, Active Lifestyle’, and how Kingsdale School promotes and supports this will be made available to students, parents, carers and guardians via an electronic link sent by text and email this week. Please encourage your child to access this booklet and the information within it, concerning social & mental well-being, the importance of rest & sleep, maintaining a healthy diet, physical activity and healthy lifestyles. Please address any queries to Ms Turner, via pe@kingsdale.southwark.sch.uk

End of Spring Term Arrangements & Kingsdale Culture Festival A reminder that the Spring ---------------------------------Term ends on Friday 31st --------------------------------------March 2017. School will finish ---------------------------------at the normal time of 3.10pm. ---------------------------------On this day, our Senior -----------------------------------------Prefect Team have organised ----------------------------------a special Culture Festival to celebrate differing cultural traditions and diversity. A range of activities will be taking place throughout the day alongside a celebratory assembly. Further details will be issued separately.

Holiday & Absence Requests

A reminder to all parents that we are unable to authorise absence requests during term time for holidays. Parents are asked to ensure that holidays are not organised during term to avoid disappointment.

Year 7 France Trip 2017 A reminder that the information forms, sent to parents of Year 7 students due to attend this trip in the Summer must be completed and returned to the school by the 31st March 2017. The Parents’ Meeting for this trip will be held on 25th April at 6pm at the school. Please note that any outstanding monies must be paid by Friday 31st March unless special arrangements apply. Contact Mr Willis for more information year7hol@kingsdale.southwark.sch.uk

SCHOOL NEWS This is a call from the Art Department. We need your donations. Objects that can be used to draw in a still life, fabric (patterned or plain), magazines or any equipment that you feel you’d like to give to a good home, would be most welcome. Parents are asked to send the items into school with their child(ren) or to contact the Art Department via performarts@kingsdale.southwark.sch.uk Many thanks in advance.

Issue 25 Monday 27th March 2017

KINGSDALE FOUN

DATION SCH

OOL THEME OF THE WEEK

Easter ‘The highest act of love is the giving of

the best gift, and if necessary, at the greatest cost to the least deserving’

Your Child’s Online Welfare Last week we held a Digital Well-being session for parents providing extremely useful information and advice on how to keep your child safe online. In today’s technological age it is important that we keep abreast of the dangers faced by young children on the internet and on social media. The handout is available via the school’s website or via the link below. However if you would prefer a hard copy please contact Mr Fatodu by email housesystem@kingsdale.southwark.sch.uk Please click here or on the image to the right of this text to access a copy of the Parenting in the Digital Age leaflet previously issued to parents.

Southwark Holiday Cycling Opportunity

Holiday Cycling Opportunity

Holiday Cycling Opportunity

SCHOOL NEWS cont. Hamlet at the Almeida Theatre

Last week, on Wednesday afternoon, our Year 13 English Literature students went to the Almeida Theatre to watch Robert Icke's production of ‘Hamlet’. The -----------------------------------------students had a wonderful time and enjoyed seeing a contemporary interpretation of the play. The use of CCTV, a Bob Dylan soundtrack and inventive staging proved particularly popular, while everyone enjoyed the comic take on the material. Significantly, the performance will be very helpful when it comes to their Shakespeare exam, as the pupils will be assessed on how they evaluate alternative interpretations of the play. All in all, a great day out!

WORD OF THE WEEK

Countenance Pronounced: ˈkaʊnt(ə)nəns/

Definition: A person’s facial expression. ‘Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile.’

Kingsdale v Bishop Thomas Grant South London Cup Quarter Final

The Kingsdale Year 7 Boys’ football team played against Bishop Thomas Grant last week, Friday 17th March. They had an amazing match with a final score of: Kingsdale: 10 (Yes! 10!) Bishop Thomas Grant 0

Very well done to our Year 7 Boys for this great win, They have worked very hard this season getting so far. The boys are still in 3 Cup competitions, 2 Semi- Finals and 1 Quarter-Final. We look forward to seeing how they get on and wish them the best of luck!

Man of the Match: Jayden Luker for his 5 great goals.

-Year 8 SOAS Languages Challenge The Year 8 Languages Challenge ---------------------------------overseen by the School of Oriental and --------------------------Asian Studies (SOAS) is well underway ---------------------------with teams already finishing their first ----------------------------activities! Maria, Anayah, Hazel and Edrisa completed the Bake-Off challenge. Using a French recipe, they baked some delicieux meringues à la pêche! Fantastique! We’re looking forward to the next challenge!

American Football Workshop Our Sports Scholars thoroughly enjoyed our American Football workshop on Thursday 23rd March! Many of the students are talking about joining clubs already! We would like to thank JAGS UK for the session.

SCHOOL NEWS cont.

House News FRIDAY 24th March This week is Miss Agboola’s turn and she has been looking at Ghana.

PROJECT PROFILE A recent census found there are more than 30,000 young girls living and working on the streets of Accra, the capital of Ghana. Many have small children to support. Street Girls Aid provides good quality early years education services, including pre-primary education, to children of these young mothers. Comic Relief helps to fund a number of their services, from early years education, to peer support groups for parents, awareness raising, skills training, saving and loan schemes to help families escape poverty.

Adjoa & Sharifa’s story When Adjoa’s sister died 3 years ago, Adjoa

moved to Accra, Ghana’s capital city to support her 2 nieces along with her 2 youngest children to sell

charcoal to make money. Life was tough so she could not afford to send her daughter, Sharifa

who was 7 at the time, to school. “When we came here there were financial

problems. We didn’t have any money so that made me stop sending Sharifa to school. I only sell charcoal. She washes plates and generally

helps me around but she is not engaged in the selling of charcoal unless I have to go somewhere. The school came to advise me that my daughter is

growing and needs to go to school. I told them that I didn’t have much because I needed to buy

certain things like books and shoes.” Staff at a kindergarten run by Street Girls Aid

urged Adjoa to send Sharifa to regular lessons as she was already behind in her education and

they said even if Adjoa did not have enough money they would not turn her away. The project is a local partner of Street Child Africa, which receives money

raised through Red Nose Day to support parents and provide good quality early years teaching to children who would not otherwise be in school.

“I’m happy that my daughter goes to school now. I’d prefer that my daughter grows up to become a nurse or doctor or goes into the police or military. I will be happy with that.” Sharifa has been attending school regularly for ---several months and teachers hope she will be able -to join her own peer group if she keeps up with ----her lessons.

Sharifa: “I wanted to learn so I always wanted to go to school. I didn’t like selling charcoal. I am

now in school learning. I feel happy that I am no longer selling charcoal and that I’m in school.

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SPORTS FIXTURES Monday 27th March 2017 • Year 7 Boys’ Football (Astro) Home Game against

Forest Hill Boys School. 3pm Kick off – Finish 5.30pm approx: Mr Price/Mr Foster

• Year 7 Boys’ Rugby (Fields) Home Game against Harris South Norwood. 2pm Kick off – Finish 5pm approx: Mr Willis

• Year 7 Girls’ Football Away Game against City Academy. Leave school at 1.30pm - return to school at 5.45pm approx. 3pm Kick off: Ms McNamara/Mr Foster

Tuesday 28th March 2017 • Year 11 Boys’ Semi Final Football Home Game against

Evelyn Grace. 3pm Kick off – Finish 5.15 approx: Mr Price/Mr Foster

• Year 8 Boys’ Rugby Home Game against Carshalton Boys. 2.30pm Kick off – Finish 5pm approx: Mr Ashton

• Year 9 Boys’ Rugby Away Game against Bishop Thomas Grant at Dulwich Sports Ground. Leave school at 2pm – return to school at 4.15pm approx. 2.30pm Kick off: Mr Stewart

Wednesday 29th March 2017 • Years 9 & 10 Boys’ Indoor Cricket Finals at

Ashcombe School Surrey. Leave school at 11.50am – return to school at 6pm approx. 1.30pm start: Mr Price/Mr Foster

• 6th Form Football Home Game against Glyn School. 2pm Kick off – Finish 4.45pm approx: Mr Dash

• Key Stage 3 & 4 Badminton Tournament at Bacon’s College Leave School 1pm – return to school at 5pm approx. 2pm start: Mr Hodgkinson

Thursday 30th March 2017 • Selected Year 7 students trip to a Trampoline

Park. Separate details to be sent by Mr Willis Remember that all fixtures are available to view on http://www.kingsdaleschoolsports.org.uk School Emergency Contact Number: 07852336724

Diary Dates The full School Calendar can be viewed at www.kingsdalefoundationschool.org.uk Friday 31st March End of Spring Term & Culture Day – School ends 3.10pm Tuesday 18th April Start of Summer Term for staff – INSET DAY Wednesday 19th April Start of Summer Term for students Friday 21st April Parents’ Forum – All Years – 7pm in the FLC