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Reigate School
Issue No: 177 NEWSLETTER Friday 22nd May 2020
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Office: 01737 243166 Absence Line: 01737 245241
MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL
On Wednesday this week (20
th May) it was National Thank a Teacher Day. I would like to say thank you to all of the
teachers, teaching assistants and support staff at Reigate School for their continual support and hard work. In this newsletter we wanted to celebrate some of the excellent baking that the children have been completing at home. We also wanted to share some of the amazing community spirit shown by some of the children. Have a great half term. Stay safe and well. Mr Alexander
HOME WORKING HEROES OF THE WEEK RE
Freya Woodford and Oscar Nott (Year 9) for working hard and being conscientious. SOCIOLOGY
Thomas Goodbourn and Lana Payne-Olufunwa (Year 10) for their superb work.
HUMANITIES Joshua Stockton, Rebecca Day, Eve Mackay (Year 9) for working hard this half term to keep up to date with their Geography work. PE
Emily Hill (Year 10) for her excellent effort on her Sports Studies coursework.
MFL
Mia Beckmann Adams (Year 9) for always completing the work set on time and to a high standard. Derren Mitchell –Belton (Year 7) for great skill shown in writing Haikus in foreign languages and being diligent with his
home work. ENGLISH
Sam Sherwin (Year 10) for being a super-star on the first live online-lesson that the school trialled.
HOSPITALITY AND CATERING Ruby Finnigan (Year 9) who has consistently met all her homework deadlines.
FOOD AND NUTRITION
Aimee Baldan and Paige McNulty (Year 10) for consistently meeting all of their homework deadlines.
Hero
HOME WORKING HEROES OF THE WEEK (Cont) MATHS
Well done to the following children for all of their hard work in Maths. They always make a tremendous effort to do the work set and message us to let us know how they are getting on. They are simply brilliant! Tasmia Ali, William Blair, Milly Drury, Eve Green, Ella Hilder, Derren Mitchell-Belton, Luca Montefusco and Poppy Scott (Year 7) Tristyn Bean, James Blok, Zac Cusden, Sophia Ellis Rampertab, Zara Islam, Priyanka Patel, Sienna Rogers, Grace Weids and Lily Woodhams (Year 8) Bethany Liao (Year 10) Jack Besley, Archie Carlin, Beatrice Clementson, Joshua Dance, Chloe Fuchs, Aaron Newsam, Ben Packham and Chanise Snape (Year 8) for completing all tasks set on time so far. Claudia D’Angelo (Year 7) for her consistent and diligent effort with Hegartymaths and good study skills. CREATIVE IMEDIA
Oscar Spenceley (Year 9) for his excellent iMedia work. The task set was to develop a product for helping people cope with the lockdown. Oscar’s idea was an exercise machine. He not only described his product clearly but also spent time mocking it up and developing a how to use explanation. He really put himself out to fulfil the task. Kacey Breach-Finch and Eva Smallman (Year 9) who have shown dedication for the subject, using skills they learnt at school and have developed them further whilst distance learning to produce fantastic insightful work of great quality.
ARTIST OF THE WEEK LOIS HUMPHREYS Lois Humphreys (Year 7) for completing all of the options given to Year 7, resulting in some fabulous work.
Happy tune playlist by
Evie Pawlowicz
If I can’t have you - Shawn Mendes Sweet but psycho - Ava Max High hopes - Panic! At The Disco Don’t call me up - Mabel Shotgun - George Ezra I knew you were trouble - Taylor Swift Shut up and dance - Walk The Moon Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus Grenade - Bruno Mars Take a bow - Rihanna Somebody that I used to know - Gotye Call me maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen Run away baby - Bruno Mars Pump it - Black Eyed Peas Get stupid - Aston Merrygold Happy tunes by Derren Mitchell - Belton
Shotgun - George Ezra Chocolate - Soul Control
Chi Chi Wa Wa - La Chiquilleria
ARTWORK
PERFORMING ARTS
More outstanding A-Z music task completion this week from: Derren Mitchell- Belton Henry Clark Matilda Burrell Robyn Everley Well done to you all, great job!
This week Year 8 have been looking at different types of graffiti. The children have responded with these fantastic chalk graffiti pieces! Well done they will certainty cheer up the neighbours!
Ava Turner-Potter
PERFORMING ARTS
In my Drama classes the children were asked to make tragedy and comedy masks and personalise them. Finley Taylor (Year 8) said the NHS rainbow was important so he has made his amazing tragedy and comedy masks NHS themed. Superstar work well done Finley!
Nila Nasekhian (Year 7) made her tragedy and comedy masks with accents of gold, another amazing piece of work. Well done!
Reported by Miss Swift
FOOD TECHNOLOGY
OD TECHNOLO
Jesse Parker (Year 7)
Freddie Carini-Jenns (Year 7)
STAR BAKERS Some of the children have
been baking some amazing foods at home.
COMMUNITY SPIRIT
Nyah Fisher has been making cloth bags for the NHS, doctors, care homes for about five weeks through a coordinator. Nyah has also diversified into cloth masks and is supplying St Matthews Primary School and nursery in Redhill who have sent a lovely thank you note. Well done Nyah what amazing work.
COMMUNITY SPIRIT
Before lockdown Tasmia did a street collection to raise funds for the Renewed Hope Trust. This year Tasmia didn’t celebrate her birthday the way she always does. Tasmia wanted to give homeless people food and water and bring a smile to their face as her birthday gift, so donated all the money she had saved to them. Tasmia received a lovely message from the Renewed Hope Trust just after her birthday. Tasmia’s family and Reigate School are very proud.
GCSE HISTORY REVISION
A Reigate History GCSE Quizlet has been created for Years 9 and 10 so they can use this regularly to revise knowledge for GCSE topics. Please use the link below to access the Quizlet.
https://quizlet.com/join/9nFTm9MwZ
WEEKLY WELL-BEING FOCUS
Every Monday, visit the Notice Board on SMHW for a Weekly Well-Being Focus.
We are committed to ensuring that we continue to support you and your child with their studies and pastoral care, whilst Reigate school is closed. Every Monday on SMHW Notice Board, all
children will receive a single-paged power-point that will focus on one element of their well-being. Included will be interesting facts to discuss with your child and a task to try at home, based on the weekly topic. We hope you keep well and find this a useful resource during this time. – PSHE Department
CAREERS
The next week of career talks from a variety of professionals online through Speakers for Schools starts on Tuesday. For more information regarding the speakers and to access the talks please visit the link below. https://www.speakersforschools.org/inspiration/vtalks/upcoming-vtalks/
DATE SPEAKER INFO
Tues 26th May
10am
Baroness Mary Goudie, Life Peer & Campaigner
Baroness Mary Goudie will be joining us to talk about her career and passion for tackling social injustices. Mary is happy to answer questions and looks forward to an interesting discussion!
Wed 27th May
10am
Dr Wanda Wyporska Executive Director, The Equality Trust
Dr Wyporska will discuss her experience of being a young carer and how she got started in her career journey. Wanda will also discuss the topic of inequality in the UK.
Fri 29th May
10am
Nick Boyle, CEO of Lightsource BP Nick is the CEO of Lightsource BP, an innovative solar company, and will be joining us to discuss his own career and motivations, and provide insights into low carbon businesses and technologies.
OUR CHANGING WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Photography Competition 2020 This week I would like to invite all Reigate School children, parents/ carers and staff members to take part in the photography competition organised by the Royal Society of Biology. ‘Our changing world’ is the theme of the competition in 2020. Life on Earth is dynamic and we invite you to capture these transformations. Your photograph could illustrate the changes which occur within nature, including metamorphosis and shifts from young to adult. You might wish to depict how habitats develop during ecological succession, how wildlife adapts, or the impacts humans have on nature. We also welcome entries that explore this theme at the cellular, genetic and molecular level, exploring how life can change at a variety of different scales. Prizes
Photographer of the Year (18 and over) - £1,000 top prize
Young Photographer of the Year (under 18) - £500 top prize
Rules
Each entrant may enter up to three photographs into the competition.
Images should be high resolution JPEG or PNG files and no larger than 10MB in size.
Deadline: Friday 24th July 2020.
Please click below for more details and how to apply: https://www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved/rsb-competitions/photography-competition Children please do not forget to email your photos to me too for a Reigate School Biology display.
Thank you Mrs Hudson
SCIENCE QUIZ
A to Z of Science A HUGE WELL DONE to all of the Year 7 and 8 children who enjoyed completing the A to Z of Science. These are the 10 fastest children who responded with all (or most) of the correct answers! Year 7: Afua Larbi-Yeboa, Lois Humphreys, Alfie Jackson, Paige Hyett,
Ava Madsen, Avery Samolczyk, Ella Hilder, Claudia D’Angelo, Alister Millar, Nila Nasekhian, Owen Haacke. Year 8: Finley Taylor, Luke Stone, Maddy Friday, Tilly Richardson, Tristyn
Bean, Keira Fenton, Isabelle Walker, Amy Dunlop. A big thank you to all of the other Year 7s who tried the quiz and gave it their best shot. I really appreciated it.
Enjoy the half term break Mrs Hudson
DRAMA QUIZ
The winners of this week’s Drama 'Race to 100%' quiz are....
Congratulations to all those who took part and see you for the quiz after half term! Mr Kirby and Mr Jones
Year 9: Year 10: Year 11: Rowan Greene Ami Abourezk Eleanor Warner
Susannah Wallbank Heather Halsey Angelina Else
Lauren Thompsett Prazna Moktan Jessica Munro
HEGARTYMATHS
Congratulations to the following children who have clocked up the most learning hours on HegartyMaths this week.
Top Correct Answers 15th May – 22
nd May
Year 7
Adile Yavuz Elisha O'Reilly Keifer Nicholas Harry Wickens Seth Brading Daisy Wells
Charlotte Hawkins Jesse Parker
Tamia Quantick Alexander Jarman
Year 8
Emilia Marriott Finley Taylor Tom Lucas
Ben Lowther Lily-May Fiech
Evie Lord James Delany
Emily MacKenzie Dan Hammond
Alba Lawrence-Virgillito
Year 9
Kayla O'Neill
Theodore Perry-Brown Ruby Finnigan Daisy Bamford Anya Sedgwick Florence Weids Ami Abourezk
Jessica Chapman Emily Dansie-Smith Jessica Sturgeon
Year 10
Alfie Taylor
Paige McNulty Ella Bryant
Harry Newell Joanne Lewer Clodagh Blake James Musk
Thomas Maidment Hayley Driskell Jacob Charlton
EDUCAKE
Congratulations to the following children who have clocked up the most learning hours on Educake this week.
Top Correct Answers 15th May – 22
nd May
Year 7
Izzy Davies Ella-Louise Bentley
Poppy Johnson Claudia D’Angelo
Tymoteusz Harasim Amy Hedges Joseph Patey
Zaine Brathwaite Charlie Brownlee
Callum Kelley
Year 8
Joaquin Sidir Lily-Rae Sepulveda
Oscar Yermo Sophia Bryant
Jessica Scriven Emma Shaw
Evie Lord Mathilda Houghton
Amy Dunlop Lucas Walton
Year 9
Sophia Walsh Gracie Budgen
Luci Steer Cailen Harrap Emma Knight
Caitlyn Thomas Erin Cosens Holly Holman Malik Mariout Jay Mepham
Year 10
Mia Ferrao Ella Bryant
Veronika Ramm Lauren O’Donnell
Ollie Large Ashleigh Norman Madeline Howland
Jacob Mizon Zoe Medhurst Matthew King
Year 11
Kirstie Milne Lucy Stevenson
Connor Patterson Archie Adams
Ayshah Saleem Monty Collins
Reece Ramnanansingh Jessica Munro
Francesca Evered Ella Woods
TASSOMAI
Congratulations to the following children who have clocked up the most learning hours on Tassomai this week.
Top Correct Answers 15th May – 22
nd May
Year 7
Dawson Francis OliviaThompson
Jack Borrett Charlie Marsden
Adam Smith Summer Leuchter-Stevens
Rafe Stevenson Lucy Bond Ethan Ward Layla Clarke
Year 8
Tilly Richardson
Oscar Yermo Sophia Bryant
Leian Wye Elliot Bartley
Cameron Turner Amy Dunlop
Oscar Graham George Marcroft
Jay Lloyd
Year 9
Alex Cheung
Louis Jackson Theodore Perry-Brown
Greta Hall Jack Dempsey
Lyla Smith Jamie Cattermole
Thomas Foot Christian Larbi-Yeboa
Alexander Blair
Year 10
Thomas Goodbourn
Ella Bryant Alexander Walters
Alistair Bell Adam Gatland Nikita Izbrodin Sadie Jenkins
Annie Thompson Lana Payne-Olufunwa
Chloe Lacey
VOCAB EXPRESS
The MFL team are so impressed with the Vocab Express achievements. Little and often is the most effective way to learn vocabulary in a foreign language. Keep up the great work!
15th May – 22
nd May Challenge – Congratulations to the following children:
Year 7
Layla Clarke – 900 Charlie Marsden – 880 Afua Larbi-Yeboa– 645
Robert Sherriff– 645 Kiki Timson– 645
Niyo Uthuba-Hatari – 645 Owen Haacke – 505
Rafe Stevenson – 360
Year 8
Tristyn Bean – 2,040 Iris Kibuuka – 2,020
Thomas Romaine – 1,135 Oscar Leary – 1,100
Tilly Richardson – 790
Year 9
Sienna Bean – 400
Midhun Kirupaharan – 380 Harriet Seymour - 360
Year 10
Jake Harding – 1,620
Thomas Goodbourn – 1,400 India Whitton – 1,260
Bertram Bramham – 975 Mia Ferrao - 960
NOTICES
For children aged between 11 and 19 there is a ChatHealth Service available provided by the Surrey School Nursing Service.
For more information please visit the website https://childrenshealthsurrey.nhs.uk/ChatHealth
STARLINE
StarLine is a national home learning helpline offering expert information and advice to parents and carers. StarLine advisers are qualified teachers and education and parenting experts from schools, trusts and national organisations. They work in different types of schools, in different towns, and cities and have different subject specialisms. They all understand the challenges of home learning and want to help parents and carers support their children’s learning. StarLine can help parents and carers in the following ways:
By providing access to a team of qualified teachers, education and parenting experts.
By focussing on providing practical ideas, support and reassurance.
By offering tips, techniques and resources to enable parents to give their children the support they need to
continue learning while schools are closed.
By supporting family wellbeing and mental health.
By covering all phases of education and subjects plus behaviour, pupil wellbeing and SEND.
StarLine is available to parents and carers of children from all schools nationwide. Free, confidential advice is available six days a week by phoning the StarLine team on 0330 313 9162. For more information, visit https://www.starline.org.uk/ or follow @StarLineSupport on Twitter.
COMMUNITY HELPLINE
Surrey County Council have set up a new community helpline to direct families to services that can help during the coronavirus pandemic. This community phone line is here for two things: - To help direct residents who need support, if friends and family are unable to help with such things as picking up shopping, prescription collections or having someone who can be a telephone friend, and other services that can help. - To provide advice on where to register your offer of help to support your community. Community Helpline number: 0300 200 1008 (Monday to Friday: 8am to 6pm, Saturday and Sunday: 10am to 2pm) https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/emergency-planning-and-community-safety/coronavirus/community-support/need-help
ONLINE SAFETY AT HOME
#OnlinesafetyAtHome has been created by the NCA-CEOP ThinkuKnow Education Team to support parents and carers during COVID-19 and the closure of schools.
Each fortnight, a new home activity pack is released with simple 15 minute activities parents and carers can do with their child to support their online safety at home. For more information and to access the activity packs please visit the website below.
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
Parent Info is a collaboration between Parent Zone and NCA-CEOP, providing support and guidance for parents and carers related to the digital world from leading experts and organisations. Specific articles have been created for Parent Info to support families during this difficult time. For more information and to access articles please visit the website below.
Parent Info
NOTICES
SAFEGUARDING
Thinkuknow is an education programme from the National Crime Agency’s CEOP Command. Since 2006, Thinkuknow has been keeping children and young people safe by providing education about sexual abuse and sexual exploitation. Thinkuknow is unique. It is underpinned by the latest intelligence about child sex offending from CEOP Command. Thinkuknow aims to ensure that everyone has access to this practical information – children, young people, their parents and carers and the professionals who work with them. Alongside the Thinkuknow website the programme provides educational resources, including films, cartoons and lesson plans, to help parent/carers and professionals raise young people’s awareness. https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk
CAREERS
CAREERS GUIDANCE
We have a careers section on the school website which contains useful information regarding college open events, up and coming careers events at Reigate School, details regarding apprenticeships and how to search and apply for them along with links to useful websites. There is also a link to a quiz which is fun to take and will give children an idea of what kind of careers will suit their personalities. Go to Academic-Careers or Academic-Option at post 16 for details of local college open events. Below are some other very useful websites which have plenty of information regarding further education, apprenticeships and careers choices plus interview techniques and many other tips.
www.barclayslifeskills.com
www.apprenticeships.org.uk www.allaboutschoolleavers.co.uk
www.notgoingtouni.co.uk
www.icould.com
