School Bulletin Communication and pastoral care

Issue no. 1088
Friday 17 Oct 2014
School Bulletin
Communication and pastoral care
I have had some very helpful feedback from parents and carers this half-term and I would like to take this
opportunity to remind families about the pastoral structure in the school to support home-school communication
and collaboration.
The first port of call for pastoral matters is usually the Form Tutor. Heads of Year, and other supporting middle
leaders are also available for more serious, urgent and persistent matters. Every year group is line-managed by a
Senior Leader, and the pastoral system is overseen by Anna Peduzzi, Associate Headteacher.
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Year 12
Year 13
Head of Year:
Dylan
Owen
Head of Year:
Siobhan
Owens
Form Tutors
Key Stage 3 Assistant Pastoral Leader:
Gamu Tauro
Assistant Head of Year 8: Chris Nicol
Key Stage 4 Assistant
Pastoral Leader:
Jason Ault
Head of Year:
Oliver Rosen
Head of Year:
Harriet Rye
Acting Head of
Year:
Sam
Kirkwood
Head of Year:
Syed Ali
Head of Year:
Ron Stokes and
Acting AHoY
Sean McHugh
Senior Leader:
Annie Parkin
Senior Leader:
Allana Gay
Senior Leader:
Michele Phillips
Senior Leader:
Rosie Toop
Senior Leader:
Sally Spiers
Senior Leader:
Maurice Quirke
Associate Headteacher: Anna Peduzzi
Learning and literacy: developing thinking, reading, writing and communication
We continue to raise the bar in terms of the quality of learning and teaching across the
curriculum. Rosie Toop, Deputy Headteacher for learning and teaching, has launched
the next whole-school focus which is on questioning in order to develop higher order
thinking skills (HOTS). Teachers will be supporting, probing and challenging students,
using a range of targeted and differentiated questions, in order to probe and extend
their thinking and learning. Also, Danielle Bowe, Literacy Coordinator, is launching a
new classroom learning and teaching tool to help students act on their teachers’
marking and make high quality improvements to their work following their teachers’
feedback and guidance. Developing further sixth-form academic literacy will also be
a focus half-term.
Sue Higgins
Executive Headteacher
ABPTA
Important dates
Thank you to Carol Dean and Sarah Sutcliffe for volunteering to coordinate the Year
7 group. If you aren't on the Year Group email lists, please email the coordinators:
Tuesday 21 October
■ Yr 11 Dance rehearsal P2
&4
Year 7
Wednesday 22 October
■ Yr 7 Humanities trip to
Stratford
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Carol Dean
Sarah Sutcliffe
Deborah Oakley
Lidunka Vocadlo
Sarah Withers
Hilary Kavanagh
timcarolmaxwill@mac.com
sarahsutcliffe@me.com
dcoakley@blueyonder.co.uk
l.vocadlo@ucl.ac.uk
sarah@withers.com
hilandderm@tiscali.co.uk
Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, November 12 and the topic will be Drugs
and Alcohol - Presenter, Patricia Monero from FWD Camden Drug and Alcohol
Service, 7-8.30pm in the Sixth Form Common Room. Come and share any concerns
you have and hear about how this service offers support and advice.
Friday 24 October
■ Yr 7 Gothic Writing trip to
the British Library
Della Dwyer & Loan Tran
ABPTA Co-chairs
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Acland Burghley Parent Teacher Association (AB-PTA)
Co-Chairs: Della Dwyer and Loan Tran
Year 10 Fundraiser
Cake and Popcorn Sale
Friday 24th October lunchtime.
Come and grab a tasty
treat!
Y9 Parents and Carers Group
Meeting
Our next meeting will be on Monday
20 October 20, 6-8pm in the il@b. All
Year 9 parents and carers are
welcome.
International Day of the Girl
Last week Friday I took 4 girls to celebrate International Day of the Girl at
London’s Southbank. The girls had a lovely day prepared for them including,
mentoring sessions on the London Eye, t-shirt making led by a feminist artist,
performances by a female beat-boxer and planning their ideal Women of
the World event.
Despite having to be in school before
sunrise, the girls were in good spirits throughout the day and represented the school very
well. My favourite part of the day was seeing
the girls bond through sharing their snacks,
laughing and learning together.
Here are some comments from the girls:
Paige 7EOT - “I had a great day and really
enjoyed going on the London Eye and
meeting new people”.
Lily 8ECO - “The London Eye was fun
because we got to know about successful
women’s experiences. I also enjoyed the
performances because the artists were very talented”.
Melanie 7EOT - “Overall the trip was very exciting”.
Thank you to Oliver Rosen and Kelly Chapman for organising the trip. We
had a great day. 

Ms Tauro
Let’s Get Cooking!
Stars of the Week
7NSH Jay Lawrence
7LRO Lauren Knowles
7SMI Aleya Dilek
7EOT Sol Scheinmann
7LBR Tristan Ellis
10ASO Melanie Worroll
10KWY Aliyah Aubyn
10ATU Melina Zand
10IFI Ronald Alexander
10JUZ Toby Hanks
We are pleased to be running Let’s Get Cooking again this year
and are now taking on new members. On Tuesdays we will be
running a mixed group open to all year groups. We are asking
each member to pay a supplementary cost of £10 for ingredients and those
who are entitled to Free School Meals will pay £5 this will cover your child up
until the end of the course in October. If you would like to take part, but it will
be difficult to find this money, please talk to Ms Louka or Ms Parkin.
Please email your child’s details including name and their form to
clouka@aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk
Brookfield Ballers
Acland Burghley was pleased to welcome Year 6 pupils from Brookfield
School for a football tournament. They played against the Year 7 football
squad and equipped themselves extremely well.
They played lots of matches and had great fun.
We look forward to welcoming their girls’ teams
after half term.
Dave Jacob, PE Dept.
Book of the Week
What has happened to the world since the dead took over? Where have the humans gone to
hide? Who do the living most have to fear? B Smith is heading for unknown territory...Leading a
group of humans through London and out into zombie-infested suburbs sounds like suicide - but not
for the undead! Even so, the horrors of the journey will be beyond anything B has yet seen...Do not
underestimate the dangers of this mission. Other zombies will not ignore you when they catch the
scent of fresh brains. You will almost surely be called upon to fight. The city and countryside are full
of angry, bitter people who are trying to execute as many of the undead as they can. They will not
distinguish.
NAS ASD Parent Support Coffee Morning
Join us on October 23, 2014 from 10.00am-12.00pm in the
Woodlands Training Room located on Netley
Street, NW1 3EJ.
All Camden Parents/Carers welcome!
Please RSVP to Gianna Colizza by email
E-mail: g.colizza@netley.camden.sch.uk
Twitter:@NASCamden
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CamdenNAS
STOP PRESS! ALL YOU BUDDING WRITERS,
POETS, SONG WRITERS!
The Black Balloon
Ever wondered what it’s like being part of a
family with an autistic child? Check out the
film - The Black Balloon.
Recommended by Ms Williams.
This is a competition too good to miss. Write up to 850
words on the theme of ‘HOME’. In any shape or
form.
See MS Walcott in the il@b ASAP for more details.
SLAMbassadors
Acland Burghley Poets hit the West End! The word is
spreading! There is a quiet revolution taking place in
schools across the UK. It is spoken word.
Shhhhhhhhh!!!
Following a brilliant two day workshop with an
exciting poet from the Poetry
Society’s SLAMbassadors UK, Ibrahim
8ECO and Alfie 8SGR were chosen
to represent the school and perform
their poems in front of a massive LIVE
audience at the Arts Theatre.
Having never performed live before,
Alfie and Ibrahim did the school
proud - their work was received with
loud applause and cheers.
Fresh Youth Academy
25 Bertram Street
London, N19 5DQ
Check out their work and other
fabulous stuff from schools in and
around London on this website:
http://slam.poetrysociety.org.uk/
Ms Walcott
BECOME A PARENT GOVERNOR AT ACLAND BURGHLEY IN 2014
Acland Burghley School needs to appoint a new Parent Governor
The Governing Body of every school includes Parent Governors. Parent Governors have the same status, duties and
responsibilities as the other Governors. They are elected by the parents of children registered at the school and their
term of office lasts for four years.
The Governing Body meets four times a year, and has formed committees which also meet twice each term to discuss
specific aspects of the Governors' responsibilities. The meetings usually take place in the early evening.
Every parent of a child registered at the school is eligible to serve as a Parent Governor. The definition of parent
includes natural parents of the child, whether or not they are living with them, and those who have legal or actual
custody of the child.
We nominations from all parents, particularly those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds as these groups are
under-represented on our governing body.
If you would like to serve as a Parent Governor yourself, or would like to nominate another person as a Parent
Governor, you will need to complete a nomination form, and the nominee may provide a personal statement of up to
150 words, to be returned to the Acland Burghley School Office (for the attention of the Head’s PA) by 9am on
WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMEBER. More nomination forms are available from the school office.
The arrangements for the nomination of Parent Governors are:

Nomination forms, together with personal statements of up to 150 words are to be returned to the Acland
Burghley School Office (for the attention of the Head’s PA) by 9am on WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMBER.

If there is only one nomination, then the person nominated will automatically be declared a Governor and this
will be notified to all parents in the school bulletin on FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER.

If the number of nominations is greater than the number of vacancies, an election will be held.
The arrangements for an election for Parent Governors will be as follows:

The school will send ballot papers listing the names of the candidates and their personal statements to all
parents and carers – one ballot paper per household. The candidate nominations list and personal statements
will also be set out in the school bulletin on FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER and on the school’s website.

Voting will take place by returning the ballot papers to the school office. These must be received by 9am on
FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER. The Headteacher will conduct the count. In the event of a tie, the position shall fall to
the parent with the youngest child in the school. The count will take place at 10am on FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER at
the school. The Headteacher will notify the candidates of the results. The names of the successful candidates
will be published in the school bulletin on FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER.
If you would like to find out more about being a Parent Governor, please contact the school. Our present Parent
Governors are Kevin Barton, Sebastian Camisuli, Josie Smalling, James Stephenson, Julian Turner and Melissa Danbury.
Any of them would be pleased to explain the role. You can contact them via the school.
PARENT GOVERNOR ELECTIONS
ACLAND BURGHLEY SCHOOL
NOVEMBER 2014 VACANCY
Name of Nominee:
Address:
Phone Number:
Parent of:
Signature of Nominee:
Proposer’s Name:
Parent of:
Signature:
Seconder’s Name:
Parent of:
Signature:
Please note
1. Only a parent of a child registered at the school can propose or
nominate a candidate for Parent Governor.
2. Anyone who is prohibited by court order from contacting his or
her child is not eligible to participate in the election.
3. No person can serve as a Governor of more than two schools.
4. No person who has been declared bankrupt can serve as a
governor unless:
a. The bankruptcy order has been discharged or annulled.
b. A composition order or arrangement has been made with
creditors under which payment has been made in full or
three years have elapsed since the terms of the
arrangement were fulfilled.
5. No person with any of the following criminal convictions may
serve as a Governor:
a. A conviction carrying a sentence of imprisonment of more
than 3 months (without the option of a fine) within the last 5
years;
b. A conviction carrying a sentence of more than two and a
half years within the last 20 years;
c. A conviction carrying a sentence of more than 5 years at
any time in the past.
6. The person nominated should attach a short personal
statement to this nomination form of up to 150 words. The
personal statement should include something about yourself,
what you feel you can bring to the school and why you would
like to be a Governor. This will be issued to parents with the
ballot papers.
The person nominated should sign the form to show their willingness to stand for election. Please return this form with
the 150 word personal statement to the Acland Burghley School Office (for the attention of the Head’s PA) by 9am on
WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMBER.