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9th April 2020

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VAHEGURU JI KA KHALSA VAHEGURU JI KI FATEH

Seva School Link House Eden Road Coventry West Midlands CV2 2TB

Tel: 02477 987619

Home Online Learning

Please remember that Microsoft Teams (MS Teams) has been shutdown for the duration of the Easter Break. (up until Friday 24th April). If school closures are still in place after the holidays, we will then fully open MS teams, so online learning can resume. Submission dates for any outstanding work will be extended. In the meantime please visit our website for the holiday challenges: http://sevakeducationtrust.org/

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Message from Trust Board

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ka Fateh

We find ourselves in extraordinary circumstances which seem to be changing very rapidly as the days pass. It's probably the toughest challenge we've had to face, ever. The Trust would like to thank you all. We are very grateful for your dedication, resilience and flexibility at this challenging time.

In the face of adversity, our Seva School family has always stood strong, worked tirelessly and deliv-ered unselfishly.

We all have different ways of dealing with difficult times and so it is important to look after ourselves and reach out to others at our low points. Please talk and share your feelings - whatever you do, don't keep things bottled up.

We continue to pray for the health and well-being of the entire Seva School community during these very difficult times. We would like to wish you all a very Happy Easter and best wishes for Vaisakhi

Sevak Education Trust

https://www.sikhnet.com/gurbani/audio/deh-shiva-bar-mohe-2a

http://sevakeducationtrust.org/

http://sevakeducationtrust.org/




Seva School Link House Eden Road Coventry West Midlands CV2 2TB Tel: 02477 987619

HOLIDAY CHALLENGES

Check out our website for our holiday challenges to try out over the Easter break...



UPDATES

INFORMATION ON EXAMS

GCSEs 2019/20

The past few weeks have been extremely unsettling for students and families. We have now re-ceived information from the examination regulator Ofqual on the process for awarding GCSE grades to students. Over the next few weeks teachers will be asked to submit predicted grades for all of the subjects the students have been studying. These grades will be based on a range of criteria and not just mock examination results including: Classwork In class assignments and assessments Mock Examination grades General progress throughout the course It is therefore important students continue to complete the work they are being set through Mi-crosoft Teams to the best of their ability as this work may be used to inform the predicted grades being awarded. Additionally; by continuing to work diligently they will continue to de-velop skills required in the next stages of their education. These grades will be sent to the examination boards who will perform a range of statistical cal-culations to derive the student’s final grades. In line with Ofqual guidelines students and parents will not be able to see the grades sent to the examination boards. This information is confidential so I kindly ask you not to request this in-formation from any of the teachers or the school. The current guidance from Ofqual suggests the final results will be published no later than the original GCSE results date – 20th August 2020. As soon as we have a confirmed date you will be informed. The examination boards are all working together to identify a suitable timeslot after the release of the summer 2020 GCSE grades in which to offer additional examinations during the autumn term. You will be informed of the dates of these examinations once they are published. You should be reassured the grades the students receive this summer will look exactly the same as in previous years, and they will have equal status with colleges, universities and employers to help them move forward in their lives as planned.



WELLBEING

PSHE news

https://www.theguardian.com/newswise/2018/sep/17/tips-for-parents

School Nurse Service:

As usual the School Nursing team are available and can be contacted with any questions / que-ries you may have. Please continue to send in referrals to the safeguarding email: [email protected] where we can safely access them. We are also available via phone to parents. This can be done via parent line, please TEXT on 07507 329 114. We can then call the parent back.

https://www.theguardian.com/newswise/2018/sep/17/tips-for-parents

mailto:[email protected]



PRIMARY HOME LEARNING

Our learning about The 5 K’s



PRIMARY HOME LEARNING

Enrichment activities



SECONDARY HOME LEARNING

Year 9 have responded to their brief to design and make a bag from recycled materials using CAD (Computer Aided Design) CAM (Computer Aided Manufacture) with hand stitched details. This term they have learned about plastic pollution in the oceans and researched how designers are responding to climate change with sustainable ideas of up cycling fabrics and creating new ones. Thank you to all the families that have made contributions to the textile depart-ment and helping towards our zero waste initiative.

Syed - Joker inspired design

Lewis—bag design using CAD; he has added a woven, woolen central design detail, on aqua droplet sublimated fabric highlighted with running stitch, double black outline with soft, blue glow and ultramarine handle. He will use the school's new sublimating machine to create one of his fabrics.

Satjeet - has used CAD (Com puter Aided Design) for a 100% recycled cotton tote bag, clean lines, great use of monochrome and on trend colour detail of leafy green.

Komalpreet—has hand stitched a monochrome credit card accessory with cross stitch embellish-ment, contrasting running stitch joining the fabric with big button detail. She has used felt which is a natural, sustain-able fabric made from sheep's wool.



SECONDARY HOME LEARNING

INGREDIENTS:

cashew nuts 2 tbsp

onion 1 small, roughly chopped

green chilli 1, roughly chopped

ginger a walnut-sized piece, roughly chopped

garlic 2 cloves, roughly chopped

oil 2 tbsp

cardamom 5 pods, bashed

cloves 3, crushed

cinnamon ½ stick

chopped tomatoes 200g from a tin

hot chilli powder ½ tsp

ground coriander 1 tsp

ground fenugreek ½ tsp

paneer 50g pack, cut into cubes

coriander a handful, chopped

double cream 4 tbsp

naan bread or rice to serve

STEP 1 PUT THE CASHEW NUTS IN A SMALL BOWL AND POUR OVER 150ML BOILING WATER. LEAVE FOR 15 MINUTES TO SOAK AND SOFTEN. STEP 2 PUT THE ONION, CHILLI, GINGER, GARLIC AND A SPLASH OF WATER IN A SMALL FOOD PROCESSOR AND WHIZZ TO A PURÉE. STEP 3 HEAT 1 TBSP OF OIL IN A PAN AND COOK THE ONION PURÉE FOR 7-10 MINUTES OR UNTIL IT STARTS TO DRY OUT AND TURN LIGHTLY GOLDEN. ADD THE CARDAMOM, CLOVES AND CINNAMON. STEP 4 WHIZZ THE TOMATOES IN THE SAME BLENDER (NO NEED TO WASH IT) THEN ADD TO THE PAN. ADD THE CHILLI POWDER, GROUND CORIANDER AND FENUGREEK. SIMMER FOR 5 MINUTES. STEP 5 WHIZZ THE CASHEWS AND SOAKING WATER IN THE SAME BLENDER, THEN ADD TO THE PAN. COVER AND SIM-MER GENTLY FOR 15 MINUTES. STEP 6 FRY THE PANEER IN A SEPARATE PAN WITH LOTS OF SEASONING AND THE REMAINING TBSP OF OIL, UNTIL GOLDEN, THEN ADD TO THE SAUCE WITH 100ML OF WATER AND SIMMER GENTLY FOR 10 MINUTES. STIR IN THE CORIANDER AND CREAM JUST BEFORE SERVING WITH NAAN BREAD OR RICE.

BY:MANNAT SINGH



SCHOOL LIFE

Build challenges

Kheer

• Kheer is Indian rice pudding made with only three basic ingredients-rice, milk and sugar. And I think that’s the reason it is so commonly made in India because the basic ingredients are so readily available everywhere. To make vegan kheer just swap the regular milk with almond milk and it would taste just as good.

• I added rose water, almonds and pistachio nuts

• Happy Vaisakhi from Mrs. Shoker



NOTICE

COVID-19: PROVISION at SEVA SCHOOL

In Seva School’s effort to support the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, we joined schools across the country in partially closing our school to most of our children on Monday 23rd March until further notice. This was followed by measures to support pupils to continue their learning from home; to stay connected and to stay safe. We are proud to acknowledge that we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with all front-line workers in the UK and across the world at this time. In this endeavour we opened our doors to children of critical key workers and to families with children deemed vulnerable. To ensure the health of all pupils and staff was taken into consideration we put the measures described in the para-graphs below into action. We thank you for your support in these matters. Our school is open to children of critical key workers including those who work in the NHS, emergency services, food delivery services and military personnel. To see the full list and infor-mation in many languages including Panjabi follow the URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance. This is where both parents are within these groups and there is no alternative childcare provision available or that they are a single parent. In situations where one parent is in these groups and one is not, it is expected that the non-critical key worker will care for their child/children at home. Parents of children who are allowed to drop their child(ren) off at school, because they fall within the critical key worker category, must bring in proof of occupation and confirmation that their place of work is still open. Consideration beyond this will be given to families who have critical key workers within them on a case by case basis. Families of children who are within the vulnerable groups categories have been contacted individually. In the interests of health we are not permitted to receive parents in the school building and they must stand 2 metres away from the school gate at drop off and collection. The school opening and closing times are as follows: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 08:30 to 16:15 and Wednesday and Friday 08:30 to 15:15. Seva School staff are working on a rota system to su-pervise children whilst on site. To support us in planning for the staff supervision rota we would be very grateful if parents of those that qualify email [email protected] at least 24 hours in advance of the booking to confirm their child’s place. This will be the pro-cedure until a new system is introduced to replace it. In the interests of reducing risk of cross infection we are requesting that all children bring in a vegetarian packed lunch with a bottle of water. Children who are entitled to FSM have been issued with vouchers. For security reasons, children are requested to wear school uniform with trainers. All of the above measures have been put in place to keep every child and staff member safe and healthy. This provision at Seva School is accurate at the point of publication and is subject to change in line with new govern-ment and Local authority guidance and arrangements. Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Ji Ki Fateh

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance

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