HEADLINE NOTICES

Year 11, 12 & 13 Parents’ Evenings

Please be reminded that this half-term, we shall be holding online Parents’ Evenings for students in years 11, 12 & 13 as follows: Years 12 & 13: 4 – 8pm Wednesday 9th December 2020 Year 11: 4 – 8pm Wednesday 16th December 2020 All appointments will be ‘virtual’ and will run via our online Parents’ Evening System portal. Further details have been provided separately. We would be grateful if parents of students in Years 11-13 could prepare for these events by ensuring that they can successfully log in to the portal via this link here. Parents are asked to contact our support team via ithelpdesk@kingsdale.southwark.sch.uk should they have any technical queries.

Kingsdale Christmas Music -- ---Concerts

This week, we are pleased to announce that we shall be starting to record individual musical performances from our students for inclusion in our Christmas Music Concert series which we shall be broadcasting in the run up to the festive period. Whilst this online approach replaces the annual concerts that take place in the Music School, we are confident that the same wonderful range of musical performances and high standards will be clearly evident and we are excited to be able to offer parents this musical extravaganza at a time of national coronavirus restrictions. Further details of the arrangements for recordings have been issued to all students involved and their parents separately. Please watch this space and our ongoing communications for details of when each exciting concert will premiere! Any queries regarding this notice should be directed to Mrs Graham, Director of Performing Arts, via performarts@kingsdale.southwark.sch.uk

How to become a Barrister

On Wednesday 25th November 2020 between 1 & 2pm, we are delighted to be welcoming Barrister David Grant who will be speaking to Sixth Form students about careers in Law. David practices commercial law in the Outer Temple Chambers in London and with many students in the Sixth Form considering their options for the future, this will be a wonderful opportunity to listen to someone with David’s experience and knowledge of the profession. The session is also open to students in Years 10 & 11. Those interested in attending should contact Mr Unwin, Head of Learning for Year 12 via on year12hol@kingsdale.southwark.sch.uk for more details. Places must be booked in advance for the session no later than the 24 November 2020.

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MATHS NEWS

UK Senior Maths Challenge 2020

The Mathematics Faculty would like to congratulate all of the KFS students who won awards in the recent UK Maths Trust Senior Mathematics Challenge 2020.

This is a prestigious national competition and achieving an award puts them in the top ranks of students nationally for mathematical aptitude. We are particularly pleased to see so many Gold Award winners this year – what amazing mathematics students we have at Kingsdale!

Top School Achiever Callum Brown (Year 13) – Gold

Best In Year 12 Matteo Ajanaku – Gold

Gold Award

Anaya Shah (Year 12), Alliyah Nakadiyan (Year 12) & Natasha Chan (Year 12)

Silver Award

Anton Gursoy (Year 13), Kateryna Afanasenko (Year 12), Marci Talbot (Year 13), Leo Nguyen (Year 13), Francis Adams

(Year 13) & Lucas Santos (Year 12)

Bronze Award Elia Jarrett-Vaz Year 12), Nikolai Goodwin

(Year 13), Natan Malese (Year 12), Maria Korsell (Year 12) & Andrews Agyei (Year 13)

PARENTAL

NEWS NEWS BULLETIN

Issue 9 Monday 23rd November 2020

THEME & WORD OF THE WEEK

Compassion ‘You make a living by what you get, but you make a life

by what you give.’

Ombudsman ‘An official appointed to investigate

public complaints against a company or organisation.’

Ways we communicate with

Parents and students

We continue to communicate with students and parents via:

Student & Parent Email Please ensure we have your correct email and mobile phone contact details. Students should also be regularly accessing their student email accounts.

MS Teams Used to deliver interactive online lessons to students and to share school work, assignments and files.

Twitter/Website You can find us at @kingsdalefs. Our website is at www.kingsdalefoundationschool.org.uk

ShowMyHomework (SMHW) Used to share class & homework details and other school news via the Notice Board feature with students and parents: www.showmyhomework.co.uk. Students should submit work completed as part of our remote learning programme via the SMHW online submission option.

MyEd app Downloaded for free at https://www.myedschoolapp. com/ This app provides a range of useful information for parents.

Teacher Recommendation This week Ms Koch from the Languages department would like to recommend: Humankind A hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

There is the general assumption that humans are bad. It’s a notion that can be found in newspapers and in the stories we tell ourselves.

Human beings are by nature selfish and governed by self-interest. However, is this actually true? This book by the Dutch historian Rutger Bregman sets out to prove that we are hardwired for kindness and cooperation rather than competition and are inclined to trust rather than to doubt one another. Ms Koch loved this book because it demonstrates that it pays off to show kindness to one another. This book is recommended to students in Key Stages 4 & 5.

SEN NEWS

Session: The Role of Executive Functions in Learning at Secondary School - Monday, November 23, 2020 7-8pm

Join Victoria Bagnall, co-founder of Connections in Mind, is presenting this talk at Bell House on executive functioning in secondary school children. Victoria will cover what executive functioning is, why these processes are essential for success and happiness during school and adult life and how it can help with organising thoughts on paper, essay writing and homework. The event is free although Bell House would be very grateful for any donations which would be shared equally between Connections in Mind and Bell House. A suggested donation of £5 or whatever you feel you are able to give. All Kingsdale parents are welcome to attend and the session can be accessed via the link below: https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2020/11/23/ak36o6ne9rkrv287t9slt5qwc9kmgl

Student Recommendation

Stanley Kersahw in Year 9 would like to recommend: The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd

He recommends this book for anybody who is a fan of books that are full of mystery and suspense, as the reader gets to piece

together the mystery alongside the characters. The story focuses on Ted, a boy with Asperger syndrome and his sister Kat who lose their cousin Salim who seemingly disappears into thin air from inside a sealed capsule on The London Eye. This book is very gripping as you are immersed into the action straight away, and then feel like a detective when you are using the clues to try and piece together what has happened to Salim. This book also has a sequel called The Guggenheim Mystery for anybody who enjoys Dowd’s writing.

Juanita Yebuah Year 7

Reading Recommendations

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ENGLISH NEWS Year 8 Short Stories

During the first Autumn half-term, Year 8 students have written their own short stories about a special object. Here is snapshot of the brilliant work produced by Ms Loosemore’s students. Huge congratulations are given to all our budding authors!

An extract from the Legend of The Golden

Dragon by Ajaaz Ajmal

A sickening crack; a dull thud. The whip was

smeared with ruby. A soldier, towering thrice over

us, had a face engraved with a patronising smile

of treachery. The life he’d taken was that of a

robin, destroyed mid-freedom flight.

Meanwhile, the clouds shone an ominous shade of

grey; dull and lifeless. The bitter wind made us

grovel for mercy. Malleable skeletal trees were

rooted on the infertile, dying grass strangling the

dray, arid soil with its gnarled twisted roots -

anaconda-like as they pulverized the earth to a

mere thought. Up above, the inconsolable clouds

howled in sorrow, thrusting boulder-like hail that

plummeted towards us.

The legions and centurions had stamped away all

the citizens, rampaging and looting like ravenous

beasts, vandalising property that meant the world

to their owners. I had watched a man and woman

be hauled away from their children. My back

stiffened. My heart roared out like an untamed

beast, before shattering at the mere thought of

what was happening.

Looking back now, I know that I had no choice.

As the loathsome soldier raised his rusted axe,

I gripped the pommel of my Grandma's sword

and prepared to vent my fury...

Year 11 NEWS

Year 11 GCSE Support and Curriculum Recovery Extra Classes

The school has organised a series of catch-up and support study sessions for our GCSE students as part of the Year 11 Recovery Curriculum Programme. This intervention programme is available to all our Year 11 students throughout the course of this academic year and has recommenced from this week following the half-term break. The programme aims to help students revise the units of study in the GCSE curriculum, focus on exam style questions and build the knowledge and skills required for success in various subjects. The intervention is being offered via the Blended Learning model (on-site and remote provision). Alongside invitation only limited on-site sessions for targeted students, online sessions are available to all students through Microsoft Teams. Staff expect students to be punctual for these sessions. The online sessions will be recorded and students will be able to review and access the learning during the following week in case there are conflicting commitments. Below is the overview of the Year 11 Catch-Up and Revision Programme for all subjects this half-term:

SUBJECT GCSE CATCH-UP DAY & TIME

English Saturdays 10am - 12pm

Maths Saturdays 10am - 12pm

Science Saturdays 12.30pm - 2.00pm

History Saturdays 12.30pm - 2.30pm

Geography Saturdays 12.30pm - 2.30pm

Citizenship Saturdays 12.30pm - 2.30pm

RE Wednesdays 4.00pm - 5.15pm

Sociology Monday

PE Saturday 12.00pm -2.00pm Wednesday 4.00pm-5.00pm

French Tuesday 3.30pm - 4.30pm & Saturdays 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Latin Tuesday 3.30pm - 4.30pm & Wednesday 7.30am - 8.30am

German Tuesday 3.30-4.30pm

Spanish Tuesday 3.30pm - 4.30pm & Saturdays 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Catch-up sessions for additional subjects will commence shortly and further details will be communicated separately. Students have been provided with information by their teachers on which Microsoft Team to join for each session at the times listed above. Classes should be accessed online via the ‘Join’ function. For further information, please contact Year 11 Heads of Learning via year11hols@kingsdale.southwark.sch.uk

House Challenge

Visual Art Competition: ‘United Against Bullying’

The theme of Anti-Bullying Week 2020 which we are celebrating is ‘United Against Bullying’. During this challenging and uncertain year, we have definitely experienced the power of society coming together to tackle a challenge. Bullying can have a devastating and long-lasting effect on those who experience and witness it. However, through our collective efforts, we can reduce bullying together.

TASK: Create a drawing/painting/poster/collage to represent one of the following titles:

1. United Against Bullying

2. We Are All a Piece of the Puzzle

3. Take a Minute to Unite Against Bullying

HOW TO ENTER: Students should submit entries to housesystem@kingsdale.southwark.sch.uk Ensure entries are accompanied by the student’s full name and tutor group. Prizes will be awarded to outstanding entries. We look forward to seeing the work of our students! Together, we are United Against Bullying’.

House News

Anti-Bullying Week - More House Challenges

Last week was Anti-Bullying Week and a theme which the House Team were very keen to get the entire school community involved with. There were lots of activities going on in different parts of the school during lessons, tutor time & virtual assemblies. Here are FOUR ways students can get involved to undertake challenges to help raise awareness of the anti-bullying week campaign. Please encourage your child to take part in the House Challenges on SMHW, these include the following:

A Poem ‘Celebrating Our Differences’ (video) An Anti-Bullying Guide on ‘How to be an Upstander’

House Kindness Challenge United Against Bullying - House Art Challenge

If you would like more information on how to support your child in tackling bullying during this Anti-Bullying promotion period and beyond, please see the link below:

An Anti-Bullying Information Tool Kit for

Parents https://www.antibullyingalliance.org.uk/sites/default/files/field/attachment/Parent%20information%20tool%20-%20flyer.pdf We are looking forward to your active participation.

REMEMBER - ‘Kingsdale is a telling school’,

The House Leader Board

2020-21

Week commencing 23rd November 2020

1st Place – Falcon with 1855 Points

2nd Place – Albatross with 1843 Points

3rd Place – Swift with 1780 Points

4th Place – Dove with 1725 Points

5th Place – Eagle with 1679 Points

Falcon are still keeping ahead of this close race.

Who is going to catch them?

PE NEWS 6th Form Enrichment – Archery

We thought you would enjoy this image of our exciting 6th Form Archery enrichment that takes place each week during the school day. We hope to be able to start our main school extra-curricular programme soon. More details to follow!

Kingsdale Foundation School, Alleyn Park, Dulwich, London, SE21 8SQ

Web: www.kingsdalefoundationschool.org.uk Tel: 0208 670 7575 (To report student absence use Option 2)