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Issue 192
Clocks go forward one hour at 01:00 on Sunday, 29th March 2015.
AFTER EASTER HOLIDAY
Mon
13th
April
First day of summer term
COMING UP IN APRIL
Mon 13th
Weekly Bulletin
13/04/2015
WEEK A
MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER
Dear Parents/Carers/Students,
As another term draws to a close, we say a big thank you to
Mr Preston, Mrs Ronaghan and Mr Eastmond, who are leaving us to
take up new positions, and we wish them all the best for the future.
We are also saying farewell to one of our long-serving members of
staff, Mrs Jackson — Senior Receptionist - who is retiring after
nearly 23 years at Hatch End High. The whole staff joins me in
saying how much we will miss her wonderfully calm and
professional approach in what is essentially the busy central hub of
the school. Her patience and understanding when dealing with both
students, staff and all our visitors, along with her dedication and commitment to the school and Harrow Shed, has made her a hard act to follow, and
we extend a huge thank you and our best wishes to her for a long and happy
retirement—she will be sorely missed by everyone.
Most of you will be aware that next term sees the beginning of exam season
for all our Year 10s (for some subjects) and our Year 11s and Sixth Formers.
We will be running a comprehensive Intervention/Revision programme over
the holiday to help focus our students’ on the task ahead and many students
will be taking advantage of this excellent opportunity to help them with
their studies. Some students will be specifically targeted for certain interventions, and attendance is compulsory. I would like to thank all our staff
who are giving up their time to run these classes, which offer support and
encouragement to students at what can, for some, be a very challenging
time. As has been proved in the past, these additional classes really do
make a difference to students’ outcomes in their final exams. You can also
view the Interventions timetable on our website and page 3 of this bulletin.
There will also be lots of events taking place in the summer term, so please
check your weekly bulletin to find out what’s been happening at Hatch End
High.
May I wish you all a very happy Easter holiday, and hopefully we’ll all enjoy
some good weather.
Best Wishes
Ms Sue Maguire
Headteacher
Normal start time for all students
Wed
22nd
Year 10 Mock Interview Day in Great
Hall
Thurs
23rd
4.30-7.30pm Year 9 Parents’ Evening
Fri 24th
Year 8 Girls’ HPVs in Seminar Room
STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
Year 7
Dhruvi Raichande & Dinojan Wiky
Year 8
Masood Mohammad &
Blenddina Metaj
Year 9
Eleanor Clavin & Eidi Hibro
Year 10
Ruzha Vasileva & Gulshan Hotaki
Year 11
Jessica Jaber &
Awadhy Mohammed
6th Form
Aziza Hashi (Year 12) for excellent
mentoring of a Year 9 student in
Maths
TUTOR GROUPS OF THE WEEK
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
7MSO with 94 Praises
8LGA with 51 Praises
9CFR with 141 Praises
10GAD with 75 Praises
11RCL with 49 Praises
SIXTH FORM NOTICES
Study Leave details—see page 4
VISITING STUDENTS
Over the past two weeks Hatch End High has
hosted students from both German and
French schools.
We extend this annual
invitation that allows them to see how a
British school runs—they sit in on classes and
interact with students at break times. It is a
fantastic opportunity for them and they really
appreciate this mutual collaboration. Thanks
to everyone at HEHS who gave them all such a
warm welcome—it was much appreciated.
Great for Anglo-French/German relations too!
If you require British Sign Language to access any school events,
please contact the Communication Support Team ( DRB) at least
24 hours beforehand. Tel. 020 8428 4330 ext. 2018
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SPORT
FOOTBALL
O
ur current Year 9 Football team this week reached
their 3rd Harrow League Football final in as many
years! They played Harrow High School on the
beautiful private school grounds at Harrow School
and came away with a very close 2 – 1 victory.
A brilliant performance from all involved – hopefully they can
go and now win it for the second year running.
MATHS FEAST
C
hallenging, in my opinion, is the most relevant word to describe the maths that four Year 10 students, including myself,
were faced with at the Maths Feast that took place at Pimlico Academy on Monday 9 th March. It is also a word to
describe the journey across Euston station (the station at which we changed lines to get to and from Pimlico) at rush
hour. Upon arriving at the Academy, we were lead to our table. All of the teachers accompanying the students from
the different schools then had to play what looked very much like my favourite party game at the age of six: musical chairs. In
this particular version of the game, however, there was no music (and I don’t think our teacher Ms Shapcott was rushing not to
be the last one to find a chair). The first round was a card-sort based on the relationship between algebraic expressions,
sequences, areas of shapes and multiplication tables. Round two consisted of working out which of the numerical descriptions
A and B was bigger. Following on from this, we had a completely new concept introduced to us called Set Theory, to do with
Venn diagrams and sets of numbers. After the break, in which we were offered a splendid assortment of biscuits, we were set
the task of solving some fiendishly difficult problems; some involving logic, others involving algebraic knowledge, others
involving knowledge on computer storage. It was after this that we took the leap of managing reasonably well (even taking 2 nd
place on a couple of the rounds), to not coping well at all with the task in hand. This new form of challenge did not involve the
sine rule, or the area of a circle, or simultaneous equations, or compound and simple interest. It involved paper, and the ability
to fold it in such a way that a shape or object is formed. It was origami, a discipline in which I have no skill or capability
whatsoever, and an activity that I believe is not strongly linked to maths at all. By the end, we score three out of twenty-five,
which was an anti-climax to a very enjoyable competition.
By Timothy Fenn, with Anumpama, Shalaka, Zaiba and Ms Shapcott
SIXTH FORM STUDY LEAVE
Year 12 Study Leave
Study leave for Year 12 students begins on Monday 11th May 2015 and concludes on Tuesday 10th June 2015. During this
period students are not required to attend registration or normal timetabled AS lessons and we only require students to attend
school for their examinations and BTEC lessons which continue as normal.
Students should make sure that they arrive in school well before any examination to ensure that they are aware of the location
for that examination as there are many additional venues being used this summer.
Students are welcome to make use of our study facilities and teachers will remain in their normal classrooms for timetabled AS
lessons until the relevant examinations have been completed. This means that students can come into school to see a member
of staff during their normal lesson times if they wish and if they have any queries or questions that need to be resolved.
The week of 15th-19th June 2015 is the Year 12 work experience week for all students and preparation for this will happen on
Wednesday 10th June – Friday 12th June. The normal lesson timetable then resumes for all year 12 students from the 22 nd June
to 17th July 2015.
Year 13 Study Leave
Year 13 students studying BTEC Nationals will not complete their course until 25th June 2015 and therefore BTEC students
should be in normal timetabled lessons until 25th June 2015 unless they have an 'A' Level examination, in which case they will
be given study leave on the day of that examination and on the day before that examination.
Study leave for Year 13 'A' Level students begins on Friday 22nd May 2015. During this period 'A' Level students are not
required to attend registration or normal timetabled lessons and only need to attend school for their examinations. ‘A’ Level
students should make sure that they arrive in school well before each examination to ensure that they are aware of the
location of their examination as there are many additional venues being used this summer.
During study leave Year 13 students are welcome to make use of our study facilities and teachers will remain in their normal
classrooms for timetabled ‘A’ Level lessons until the relevant examinations have been completed. This means that students can
come into school to see a member of staff during their normal lesson times if they wish or if they have any queries or questions
that need to be resolved.
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EASTER INTERVENTIONS TIMETABLE FOR STUDENTS
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LITERACY
CAREERS CORNER
ACCELERATED

Year 10 Work Experience 13th -17th July
READERS OF THE WEEK

Year 10 Mock Interview Day is Wednesday, 22nd April
in the Great Hall
TOP BOY — SHAD AHMAD 7MSO
TOP GIRL — ANJALI KHATRI 7WWO
TUTOR GROUP OF THE WEEK &
WINNERS OF THE PIZZA PARTY
7MSO
CONGRATULATIONS
SPELLING BEE 2015
POSTSCRIPT
A postscript (P.S.) is an afterthought— a thought occurring
after the letter has been written and signed. The term comes
from the Latin post scriptum, an expression meaning "written
after" (which may be interpreted in the sense of "that which
comes after the writing").
Sometimes, when additional points are made after the first
postscript, abbreviations such as PSS (post-super-scriptum),
PPS (postquam-post-scriptum) and PPPS (post-post-postscriptum, and so on, ad infinitum) are used, though only PPS
is more commonly used.
WORD OF THE WEEK
“FORTHCOMING”
Definition—Forthcoming—adj. 1. about to appear;
readily available; approaching. 2. sociable, communicative.
Etymology—Forthcoming—formed from forth +
coming. Forth was developed from Old English forth,
meaning forward. Coming is a derivative of come, from
comen, earlier cumen from Old English cuman.
EVERY DAY COUNTS!
Congratulations to 7SPT 9GKE and 11 SAN; all three tutor
groups attained 100% attendance last week. Well done to
7MSO and 10 GAD; both tutor groups had over 99%
attendance.
Well done to every pupil who was able to attend every day
and on time.
Mrs V O’Brien
Attendance and Welfare Officer
0208 428 4330 x2116
A
fter a dramatic final, in which all the
contestants did really well, the winner was
Regis Vata 7MSO.
Congratulations to all, as it was very
daunting to stand in front of the whole year group.
Mrs Harwood
NUMERACY CORNER
Jelly Beans!
Kara bought a bag of jelly beans. As she was walking
home, she noticed a hole in the bottom of the bag and
that only a handful of jelly beans were left.
She could not remember how many jelly beans she had
started with, but she knew that it was fewer than 100.
If she had counted by twos, threes, or fours, one would
have been left over, but none would have been left over
if she had counted by fives.
How many jelly beans could Kara have started with?
Answer in next week’s bulletin.
Last week’s solution
Peach Trees
One solution is shown—
others are possible.
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