edition 13: 11 december 2020 message from the headteacher
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Edition 13: 11th December 2020
Message from the Headteacher – Mrs John
Thank you to all our parents for their feedback on the new Stanborough Logo. The feedback has been
overwhelmingly positive and I appreciate that so many families felt that this change was needed to reflect the
ambition we have for every one of our students. This week we have also been able to safely open our canteen
to allow our students to enjoy the Christmas season! Our students in Year 7, 8 and 9 have been able to enjoy
Christmas dinner as a year group bubble and we look forward to welcoming the older year groups next week.
As you are aware, year group bubbles have their own areas during break and lunch and this has worked very
well. As a result, we have worked with our catering contractor and are going to reintroduce a catering service
again, when we return in January. Please do refer to the letter that was sent out on the 27th of November or
alternatively refer to the letters section of our website. Thank you again for all your support, for the positive
feedback as well as the constructive feedback to move our school forward. I am always reassured that parents
feel confident to reach out to me to discuss issues that they feel strongly about. Without this feedback from our
parents as a key stakeholder, we will not be able to move forward as a school. I thank our parents personally
for this.
Headteacher’s Commendations
Oliver Model-Shepherd, Isobel Harrington and Jessica Warne (Yr. 7) for becoming millionaire readers;
Evie Smith, (Yr. 7) for an amazing attitude to reading during accelerated reading lessons;
Oreoluwa Oyedare, (Yr. 7) for winning this month’s maths competition in the Stanborough Times;
Aidan Norman, (Yr. 7) for being resilient and adapting extremely well to Stanborough;
Siya Hirani, (Yr. 7) for always producing immaculate work and completing extension tasks;
Hannah Broderick, (Yr. 7) for impressive leadership on the ‘Kindness’ play for the Y7 monthly challenge;
Trisha Ahir and Delia Alexandru, (Yr.7) for excellent work on the ‘Kindness’ play for the Y7 monthly
challenge;
Sean Makoka, (Yr. 8) for going above and beyond in PE;
Sean Wilsmore, (Yr. 8) for demonstrating extreme bravery;
Eloise Laurence, (Yr. 9) for consistently giving a 100% in Business Studies;
Philip Tsitlakidis, (Yr. 10) for an excellent approach to school life
and maintaining an excellent attitude to learning;
Janay Annis, (Yr. 10) for making excellent effort with all tasks set
and for being a positive role model;
Nicholas Wright, (Yr. 10) for excellent effort to complete all work
to a high standard;
Faizan Choudhry, (Yr. 11) for performing beyond his target,
contributing to lessons and supporting other students in maths;
Annabel Dunstan, Louis Ross, Sophie Covill and Charlie Earnshaw, (Yr.12 & Yr. 13) for achieving a
place in the top two in their year group for their ‘Attitude to Learning’ in Y12 and Y13.
Quote of the week: “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
Edith Wharton
Wish you a restful weekend and do keep safe.
Mrs John
Headteacher’s Commendations
Forthcoming Events
14th – 18th December: Week One
14th December Year 10 Christmas Lunch & Non-Uniform, £1 donation
15th December Year 11 Christmas Lunch & Non-Uniform, £1 donation
17th December DEAR Time, Drop Everything and Read. Please ensure your child
brings in a book to read.
Celebration of Achievements Evening, Virtual Event
18th December End of Term, 12.20pm
4th January 2021 Start of Spring Term
Word of the Week W/C 14th December 2020
Analyse
Silent Auction
Last chance to bid!
The Silent Auction will close at
midnight on Sunday 13th December
so get your bids in now!
More items have been added to the
catalogue this week. Make sure you have
a look at the amazing items on offer –
remember you only bid what you’d like
to pay, so it’s a chance to win some
fantastic products at a discounted price.
All the proceeds are going to our
charity for this year, Clic Sargent
Check it out and place your bids before
it’s too late!
Click here for the catalogue
Email your bids to
TODAY!!
Forgotten Items Please remember, due to the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak we regret we are not able to take in forgotten items to students for the foreseeable future. The only exception is medication. This is due to the risk of cross contamination. Please encourage your child to be organised before they leave home. Thank you for your understanding.
Stanborough Student undertakes
24 Hour Charity Fundraiser
Scott has signed up to raise money for Macmillan to support people who are living
with cancer. He is going to take part in a 24hr gaming fundraiser on the 19th
December and will be streaming this live.
If you would like to show your support and donate you can do so via the link below
and help Scott reach his target amount:
https://gameheroes.macmillan.org.uk/fundraising/scott661
School Council Meeting Jonny Baynes, Head Boy, writes:
Last Friday saw the school council convene for the second time this year, with plenty of things to discuss.
The heads of school team and I were pleased that all year groups have come up with ways to fundraise for
CLIC Sargent. Each year group will have to chance to run things such as cake sales on the day of their
respective Christmas lunches, which commenced on Wednesday with Year 7.
We also discussed encouraging students to bring reusable water bottles to school with them, as opposed to
plastic disposable bottles, which are not so environmentally friendly.
Students will be pleased to know the school bell is under review and won’t be so lengthy in the future. This
has been a very hot topic in the school throughout the term.
Finally, get bidding on the silent charity
auction! Nando’s vouchers, Christmas hampers,
and Artwork are just some of the amazing gifts
up for grabs, at excellent prices...
Click here for the catalogue
Submit your bids by midnight
Sunday 13th December to
The Reading Corner
Learning Resource Centre Dec 2020
Book Review…
LRC Opening Times Visit the library on your bubble day
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11
Break & Lunch Break & Lunch Break & Lunch Break & Lunch Break & Lunch
For December by Kacie-may
Jessica Warne 7O Serkan Savasci 7B
Isobel Harrington 7S Oliver Model-Shepherd 7AW
Gabriel Jasson 7K
Year 7 December Maths Puzzle Mrs Nansoz, KS Leader: Mathematics, writes
Well done to those of you who entered last month’s maths competition. Here is the next puzzle for December.
If you wish to enter you can email your answers back to me ([email protected]), or come
and give them to me in person. You can find me in G10 or in the maths Office.
Don’t forget to put your name and form on your entry! I will reveal winners of the prizes next month.
Goodluck!
100 people were surveyed about eye colour and their favourite lesson.
The information is shown below.
a) Complete the two way table.
b) One person is chosen from the 100 at random.
Find the probability it’s a person with Green eyes who chose English.
English Maths Total
Blue 20 35
Brown 20
Green 10 40
Total 55
House Points
Who will be the end of term winner?
Remember all reward points go towards
house points.
Wellbeing and Mental Health Newsletter Issue 2: Dec ‘20
Issue 1
Looking After Your Mental Health
Over Christmas
Keep to a routine and exercise during the break
Be kind to yourself – take time away from family if you
need to
Don’t compare your experience to your friend’s Christmas – this
is never helpful
This week’s
In
In School
Every year leader has their own office where the year leader and deputy year leader are based. This is a great place to go if you have a problem or need help.
Sharing Feelings Sharing feelings can be very daunting, but it can be really useful. Our thoughts and feelings can become overwhelming at times, and it’s useful to share how we are feeling to help make sense of things. It’s important to choose someone you trust, a parent, friend, teacher or other adult. Find a time when they aren’t busy and you’re not going to be interrupted. They may not have all the answers, but saying things out loud or writing them down can make us feel better.
Talk to someone you trust if you need to – it’s good to
share how you feel
Questions of the Week
Business Mr
McCarthy, Business Teacher, writes:
A silver award will be given to the first person to email me the correct answer.
Answers to [email protected]
Who am I?
I was born in 1963, in Washington DC, USA
I work for an organisation that has outlets in every country which every day in the UK alone sees about 3
million customers buying from it.
Although it looks like I’m clowning around I have helped my company attract over £85 million in charity
donations in the UK
It has been claimed that I am the second most recognisable face in the world
A total of 12 actors have helped me to be who I am?
GCSE Drama Answer to last week’s question is:
The East India Company
A joint first place with a silver
going to both:
Olivia Jarzebska (Y8)
Aniket Singh (Y10).
Thank you also too:
Daniel Harrington
Lilly Gyorko,
Karim McCalla
Thomas Linger
.....for also getting it right, a bronze
to all of you for trying!
Question of the Week GCSE Mathematics
Higher GCSE Question
Algebraic Proof
Show that (n + 3)2 − (n − 3)2 is an even number for all positive integer values of n.
Foundation GCSE Question
Area of 2D Shapes
ABDE is a rectangle.
ED is 8cm.
BDC is a right-angled triangle.
BC is 4.5cm.
ABC is a straight line.
The area of the rectangle ABDE is 40cm2.
Work out the area of the triangle BDC.
Unit conversion of the week
1 litre = 1000 cm³
This won’t be given on the GCSE paper; you will have to memorise this!
Mr Modi, Curriculum Leader: Mathematics writes:
SEND YOUR CORRECT ENTRY BY 16.12.20 TO EARN A GOLD AWARD
Choose the Higher or Foundation Maths GCSE question. Send your answers (preferably with workings) by
email to [email protected] on a piece of paper to the Maths Office.
Profile of the Week
Mr Foster
Teacher of Boys PE
Mr Foster started at Stanborough in September 2019.
“I teach boys’ core PE where students develop skills in a wide range of team and
individual sports. I also teach GCSE Sports Studies where students learn about a
variety of aspects which impact sports performance, such as anatomy and
physiology, components of fitness and sport psychology.
I love my job because I can see the joy that a wide range of activities can bring to students which improves
their physical, social and mental health. It is also highly rewarding when pupils regularly learn new skills
and feel a sense of achievement.
In my spare time I enjoy going on long bike rides. I also enjoy going to watch Sunderland AFC on most
Saturdays. Hopefully it won’t be too long until we are back in stadiums again and we can return to the
premier league where we belong!
ON BEHALF OF HERTFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARY
Safer Schools Newsletter – December 2020
With new phones and other devices allowing access to the internet on
so many Christmas wish lists we thought this would be a good time to
remind everyone about how to stay safe online.
Love it or hate it, chances are your child will be online gaming this
Christmas. If you’re like most parents, you’ll have children who play
games online, whether on a tablet, mobile, computer or console.
Click here for the December newsletter from Hertfordshire
Constabulary:
https://stanborough.herts.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Lives-
Not-Knives-Schools-newsletter-December-2020-002.pdf
https://www.getsafeonline.org/safeguarding-children%20/