Our Values: Respect, Success, Passion for Learning, Personal Challenge, Harmony

Friday 15th February 2019 Editor: Ms D Sianou

dina.sianou@rokeby.newham.sch.uk

Last week, some of our Year 7, 8 and 9s took part in a unique programme when an organisation ‘Faith in Schools’ delivered memorable lessons at Rokeby school. The year 7 lesson was on the topic ‘Introduction to Christianity’. Year 8s explored the Bible as part of our Sacred Texts unit and year 9, who are starting their GCSE course, looked at the topic ‘Sin and Salvation’. Our students were very engaged and showed great enthusiasm throughout the lessons. They worked in groups led by volunteers who shared testimonies and answered students’ questions. The level of curiosity and in-depth strategic questioning from our boys was phenomenal as observed by Rich Barton, a facilitator from Faith in Schools: ‘I was really impressed with the behaviour and character of the students we met around the School. We were also very impressed with the questions they asked us and their inquisitiveness.’ Likewise, students’ passion and motivation were evidenced in their active participation in all the activities and group work during the lessons. One of the students commented ‘I will always remember this lesson.’. Ms Wayoe - RE Teacher

A few yr 11 boys have been lucky enough to complete a mentoring programme with Aeonian. We cover a range of topics in the weekly sessions including virtual reality, life skills, careers, healthy living, coping techniques and building resilience. In November set a competition for learners to design my company logo as I want-ed them to have an input in the future of my business and what it stands for. I ex-plained to them the meaning of the name ( Aeonian Advocacy ) Aeonian - Greek word for infinity and Advocacy meaning support . Learners from 6 schools entered the competition and all the entries were submit-ted anonymously to a judging panel of four people within the industry. Rokeby produced excellent results by securing 1st and 2nd place in the

competition. Brian won the first prize, a virtual headset and Miamy the second, an amazon voucher. The logos will be digitally reproduced over the coming weeks by the learners who will be mentored by industry professionals and the new website will be launched.

Ms Amanda Ruth - Aeonian Advocacy

Write a Book Review on a book you have enjoyed and would like to recommend to your friends! 4 winning entries from each year group will receive a Golden Ticket, inviting them to the Literary Feast Print off a book review form from Show My Home Work. All entries need to be handed to Miss Hendrickson in the library by Monday 25th February.

THOUGHT OF THE WEEK:

“We all live with the objective of being happy; Our lives are all different and yet the same”

Rokeby School contact details: Barking Road, London E16 4DD; School reception office hours: 8am - 4.30pm;

Tel: 020 7540 5620 email: info@rokeby.newham.sch.uk; website: http://www.rokeby.newham.sch.uk

WORD OF THE

WEEK

This week our word of the week is …

Tolerance

Can you find the meaning of this word

and make a sentence? Once you have, come to the library and see

Ms Hendrickson for an achievement point.

Monday 18th - Friday 22nd

February

* Half Term

Monday 25th February

* Back to school

Wednesday 27th February

* Y11 Future Pathways

Thursday 28th February

* Y10 Parents Evening

Best Attendance

7Y - 100%

Best Punctuality

8R - 99.1%

Did you know:

90% attendance = 1/2 day missed every

week.

90% attendance over one school year = 4

whole weeks of missed lessons!

Can you use the word of the week to make a sentence to show to your language teacher for an achievement point?

Spanish : Tolerancia

French: Tolérance

Russian: толерантность

INTERNATIONAL CORNER

An organisation called the London Renters Union (LRU) has been in school this week speaking to students and meeting with parents to raise awareness of their work in supporting communities experiencing housing problems. The LRU is a member-led, campaigning union that is taking action to transform the housing system by giving a voice to local communities. Within our school many families are experiencing housing difficul-ties be it disputes with landlords, disrepair, overcrowding or homelessness. LRU organises regular branch meetings, training and social events to build a community of renters who can speak with a united front to tackle exploitation and malpractice within the housing sector. Our parents’ meeting was well attended and gave many the opportunity to share their experiences and to realise the benefits of building a supportive network. LRU will be back in school on Thursday, 28th February at 9.45am to run a Renters’ Rights workshop. The workshop aims to raise awareness of the rights of tenants and to give attendees the confidence and skills to challenge landlords and to know where and how to get good advice. For more information contact Ms Henderson at sarah.henderson@rokeby.newham.sch.uk or call 0207 540 5620 ext 140

On February 14th 2019 yr 9s at Rokeby took part in a workshop on Personal Finance. The organisation MyBank, worked closely with the students covering important topics like income tax, brexit and salaries. Leon Dallman 9R said "we learned stuff we didn't know like the difference between a savings account and a current account" The workshop will help year 9s in the lead up to their Personal Finance exams in March.

Mr Uddin - Head of Maths

The Rokeby year 8 rugby team travelled to Barking Rugby club this week to compete in their first major rugby tournament of the year. The team have been working very hard on developing their rugby skills and knowledge over the past few months. The boys have showed a fantastic level of commitment to the Rokeby rugby club through training every week, despite the weather conditions. On the day of the tournament every team member played a valuable position within the squad, dedicating high levels of determination and team cohesion. Overall, the boys came third in their group, drawing two of their games and narrowly losing their final game. The main try scorers in the tournament were Edgar Lungumba 8E and Kennedy Felix 8E. Overall it was a fantastic and valuable experience for the boys involved and I was impressed with every individual. The year 8 squad will continue to practice and develop their holis-tic rugby skills, preparing for future fixtures.

Mr Adams. - PE Teacher