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March 2016
In this Newsletter
News - in Brief
On the Website
Important arrangements and dates for the half term ahead
Future Newsletters
In order to reduce costs and to be more environmentally friendly, all newsletters will be posted on the school
website. Newsletters will be published on a half-termly basis.
School Communications
Please do get used to using our forms of online communication, listed here. They are the best way to keep upto-date with the daily life of the school. It is also far more efficient to access information via the website or Twitter
account, rather than by telephone.
Website:
Twitter:
Facebook:
Parent Portal:
www.isleworthsyon.org
twitter.com/IsleworthSyon
facebook.com/IsleworthSyon
parent.isleworthsyon.com
Email:
Telephone:
Fax:
school@isleworthsyon.org
020 8568 5791
020 8568 1939
News In Brief
7 Million Expansion Approved
We have just received notice that our plans for a new teaching block have been approved by the local planning
department. This means that work will start on site this coming summer. The development is expected to take
around 18 months and will produce 20 new teaching rooms to house our English and mathematics classes.
At a cost of around 7 million, the new development will produce state-of-the-art teaching facilities for the
students. Towards the end of the project, there will also be some internal adaptations to the existing building as
four new science laboratories will be created from the current English classrooms.
The major building works should not interfere with the normal school routines as the works will be self-contained
on the southern boundary of the school site.
The new building will also allow the school to expand by two forms of entry, as we look to help accommodate
the increased demand in Hounslow for secondary school places.
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1. TURNER
68,685m rowed
2. BRUNEL
67,621m rowed
3. SHACKLETON
67,225m rowed
These outstanding figures means that each house rowed the equivalent distance of Dover to Calais and back
a phenomenal achievement. Students in Years 7-9 were also allowed to dress in sports kit for the day for a
minimum donation of 1. The final total raised by the school for Sport Relief is an excellent 381.95 thank you
to everyone who took part, and to the House Leaders for organising the day.
The Year 13 A-Level Drama and Theatre students gave their final practical performance on Wednesday 9 March,
performing Lines Crossed to a packed audience in Room 100. The play focused on Lance Armstrong and was
devised by the students themselves, using witness testimony and other sources.
It was an outstanding production, and the students results were a testimony to this both Ellis Bloom and George
Bridgewater were awarded an astonishing full marks, while Louis Kelly, Em Shanahan and Jack Takeda were
only a few marks away. Well done to entire group the results are a testament to their hard work!
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Left: the poster for the play; right: James, Tom and Aadi as part of the band (photograph Anna Loveland).
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IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES
crossing at the top of Ridgeway Road and some reorganization of the bus-stops. The project should be
completed in August.
Library Corner
Our librarian Ms Squires has organised a number of activities for students this half term.
STORYTELLING AT WORPLE
On Friday 26 February, a group of keen readers in Years 7-9 visited
Worple Primary to read some stories to the Year 1 pupils, as well as
talking to some Year 4 students about their favourite books. The
boys and girls at the primary school were enraptured as the boys
demonstrated their enthusiasm for stories. The boys did an excellent
job and should be commended for showing the courage to get up
and speak to the group.
MEET THE AUTHOR: ANTHONY MCGOWAN
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Sports Report
In spite of the short nature of the half term, our sportsmen have experienced some great success. Here are just
some of the highlights.
Our Year 8 Indoor Athletes won the Middlesex County Championships and were therefore selected to
compete in the London Youth Games. This competition saw students from across London competing in
a variety of events. Our boys (pictured below) gave an excellent show of themselves, finishing sixth in
the whole of London!
We were delighted to hear that five students represented the local borough, Hounslow, for cricket at the
London Youth Games. The matches took place at Lords, the home of English cricket, and the boys did
the school proud as they and the rest of the borough team ended up as silver medallists! Well done to:
Curran Bains (7A), Zohaib Chaudhri (8F), Zayn Hussain (8D), Ahmed Kalair (8E) and Sukhteshwer
Khaira (8F).
Key Stage 3 cricket has been going from strength to strength, with up to thirty students taking part in
Thursday training sessions ahead of the start of the season next term. Theres been a fantastic level of
commitment, demonstrating what a stellar core of cricketers we have at Isleworth & Syon. Coach Mr
Potter is looking forward to watching the boys develop their skills during the Summer Term.
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The hard work in training clearly paid off for our Year 7 and 8 indoor cricket side (captured below), who
won their regional eight-a-side final on Wednesday 23 March. They now progress on to the Middlesex
final; there is limitless potential in the team, and we cant wait to see what they come up with next!
Harry Williams (8E) competed in the u-13 Badminton England bronze circuit tournament, which took
place in Birmingham on the weekend of 12 March. This was the first time that Harry has competed in this
stage, and he ended up as runner-up! Badminton coach Miss George hopes that Harry can push on from
this to even bigger success in the future.
Year 12 Level 3 BTEC Sport students have taken the Level 2 Street Games award. The aim is to allow
students to gain skills whereby they can engage young people in accessing physical activity, particularly
in rural areas. The boys have thrown themselves into the task and have found it extremely rewarding.
A huge well done and thank you to Harneet Chaggar (13MAS), Omar Habib (12MAS), James McLaughlin
(13MAS), Prince Radhakrishnan (12MAS) and Jamie Tilt (12MAS), all of whom have assisted the PE
department this half term. The boys have demonstrated outstanding levels of commitment in helping to
coach some of the lower school sports teams its been great to see them showing leadership skills!
All Sixth Form students are given the chance to take the Higher Sports Leader course, a nationallyrecognised Level 3 qualification run by Sports Leaders UK. 14 of our current Year 12 and 13 cohort
organised a Sport Relief FUNdamental festival at Marjory Kinnon School on Wednesday 16 March. All
96 students at Marjory Kinnon took part, and students and staff alike were overwhelmed with the
professionalism displayed by the students, who planned, delivered and evaluated a series of sporting
activities (as shown by the photographs below). Well done to the students involved!
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On The Website
Wider Learning Week 2016
We will once again be running Wider Learning Week for Years 7-9 this year; it is scheduled for Monday 4 Friday
8 July, and promises to be not only fun but also extremely rewarding for all the students. This half term we have
launched the Wider Learning Week Hub on the website. This page will host every single piece of communication
related to Wider Learning Week activities, and will include complete weekly itineraries once they have been
confirmed after Easter. Head to http://www.isleworthsyon.org/?page_id=887096.
Home Learning
One of the schools academic priorities for 2015-16 is Independent Learning, encouraging students to go beyond
their classroom studies through Home Learning and other independent tasks. We feel that it is important for
parents/carers to be aware of the work being set for your children; to that end, we asked each curriculum area
to produce Key Stage 3 (Year 7-9) Home Learning Sheets for each of the six half terms this year.
These sheets have been steadily posted to the subject pages on the website; this will continue for the rest of the
year. The sheets give a general idea as to what work your son/ward should be completing at home each week
for each of his subjects.
At the time of writing, Home Learning sheets for most subject areas have been completed and uploaded for the
Spring Term. If you come across a subject page without all of the Home Learning task sheets for the Autumn
and Spring Terms, do not worry they are in progress and will be uploaded in due course. Over the course of
the next half term, we will also be posting the Summer Term sheets.
Revision Resources
As students across the school get closer to their summer examinations, they should be using all the time that
they can to revise. We have a dedicated Study Skills and Support page (www.isleworthsyon.org/?page_id=915)
on the website which contains a variety of resources. This includes blank timetables and revision guides, as well
as a subject-by-subject guide for what resources can help with the revision process. You can also view a
document titled Revision Strategies: Working under Pressure, which details ways that students can cope with
the stresses of the examination period.
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Reminders
Back to School
The Summer Term begins for students on Tuesday 12 April at 8.30am. Students will be expected in school for a
normal school day. Please do ensure that students follow the schools appearance policy at the start of term.
Easter Revision
In the second week of the Easter break, we will be running revision sessions as outlined in the schedule below.
It is important to note that these sessions have been targeted for selected students and are therefore not open
to everyone. Personalised letters have been sent home to those students who need to attend one or more
sessions if you received a letter, it is compulsory that you attend your session(s).
TUES 5 APRIL (AM)
Physics (Triple)
TBI - 220
History A*/B
ANO - 119
Geography (C/D)
CLA - 116
Drama
TMC / LDB - 100
Business (Coursework)
HDN - 208
Geography (UCH)
SML - 117
Art
LPA/RCA 107/108
Chemistry (Triple)
RON - 216
Geography (A*/B)
EDU - 118
English Language
(Foundation Tier)
SHA - 127
Chemistry
(Foundation Tier)
MTA - 204
Music
RPH - 103
Resistant Materials
LEL - 112
TUES 5 APRIL (PM)
History (C/D)
ANO - 119
Art
LPA/RCA 107/108
Business (Coursework)
HDN - 208
Biology (Triple)
NSE - 207
Drama
TMC/LDB - 100
English Language
(Foundation Tier)
SHA - 127
Music
RPH - 103
English Literature
(Of Mice & Men)
GBR - 124
Resistant Materials
LEL - 212
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Hair should be conventional in style and in length (above the collar and no shorter than a blade 2) and
should not be artificially coloured, spiked or contain styling products. Excessively shaven hair (below a
blade 2/where skin on head is visible), shaved eyebrows or any shaven step/lines/patterns/fashion trims
are not acceptable.
Examples of inappropriate hairstyles can be seen below.
FADED SKIN TO 2
PRODUCT
FADE
RELATED TO MUSICAL,
SPORTING OR FASHION TRENDS
SHAVEN PARTING
PATTERNS
HIGH TOP
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Independent Learning
An important whole school objective for 2015-2016 is for students to display greater independent learning. The
misconception is to think that this is solely about homework. In fact, parents/carers can help the school promote
independent learning by encouraging their son/ward to:
1. Make decisions (accept that effort is required in order to be successful; self-check their work, accept
advice without perceiving it as criticism and work without always seeking approval; respond to the
teachers written feedback)
2. Learn how to think (question the teacher about topics as well as their peers, take risks with their learning,
use initiative, be open-minded and offer solutions, re-visit activities or topics without pressure)
3. Work in a systematic and organised manner (they possess school basic equipment; they are resourceful
and manage their time effectively)
4. Read for 20 minutes every evening.
Communications
We are endeavouring to increasingly use email as a means of school-to-home communications. Apart from the
environmental and cost benefits, there are clear benefits in ensuring that information gets home in a timely
manner. We would, therefore, ask that all parents/carers ensure that we have an up-to-date email address.
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If your email address has changed since the last data collection sweep (Target Setting Day, November 2015),
please complete the short form located on the schools website to let us know.
Lost Property
Please note that all lost property will only be kept for a half term; after this point, it will be taken to a local charity
shop or disposed of. It is a good idea to put clear labels in your son/wards uniform and sports kit, outlining his
full name and form group. This will ensure that any Lost Property can make its way back to its rightful owner.
Healthy Behaviours
SAFE CYCLING
A small number of boys have required a reminder
about safe cycling, especially on the way home from
school in the afternoon. All students should have a
cycle helmet as part of their cycle wear and they
must also ensure that some care is taken when
cycling down the hill to the London Road. Again, we
would ask you to discuss these matters if your
son/ward cycles to school. Thank you for your
support.
FIZZY DRINKS
We ask all parents/carers to ensure that packed
lunches do not include fizzy drinks. Such drinks are
not allowed on the school site. In addition we have
noticed some boys purchasing unhealthy drinks and
snacks (including packets of biscuits and large
packs of crisps) on the way to school. We would ask
you to discuss this with your son/ward in an attempt
to prevent such unhealthy behaviour.
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MAY
Monday 2
Thursday 5
Mon 9 Fri 13
Bank Holiday
Year 8 Parents Evening (4.30 - 7.00pm)
Year 9 Examinations
Half Term
JUNE
Wednesday 15
Friday 17
Mon 20 Fri 1 July
Tuesday 21
Wednesday 22
Thursday 23
Friday 24
Tuesday 28
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