As always, we concluded the term with a couple of rewards and celebrations. The top 50 students with the most rewards points within the year group were invited to a Rewards Celebration Event where pupils were treated to a film and pizza in the theatre.

 

In our end of term Celebration Assembly, a number of Year 9 students received certificates to acknowledge their achievements and successes from the Spring Term between Data 1 (November 2021) and Data 2 (February 2022), based on students’ efforts and for those who had made the most progress during this period.

Certificates were awarded across three categories to the top 2 students in each college:

• Achievement (progress against own targets)
• Attainment (highest average points scored)
• Most Reward Points

The tables below show which students received which certificates. All recipients should be extremely proud of their excellent efforts and high levels of engagement across this past term!

Achievement	College	Name	Tutor Group
	Blackdown	Eleanor A.	09BD01
		Fallon D.	09BD02
	Binswood	Chloe F.	09BW02
		Ian de la PW.	09BW02
	Croft	Archie P.	09CT01
		Alfie S.	09CT02
	Manor	Archie G.	09MR02
		Rylee B.	09MR01
	Park	Izzy S.	09PK02
		Luca Di M.	09PK02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attainment	College	Name	Tutor Group
	Blackdown	Tarnvir S.	09BD02
		Eleanor A.	09BD01
	Binswood	Arthur F.	09BW02
		Ian de la PW.	09BW02
	Croft	Lily T.	09CT02
		Freya M.	09CT01
	Manor	Ned B.	09MR02
		Mackenzie W.	09MR01
	Park	Libby R.	09PK02
		Isobel G.	09PK02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reward Points	College	Name	Tutor Group
	Blackdown	Sophie M.	09BD02
		Grace G.	09BD02
	Binswood	Ian de la PW.	09BW02
		Evelyn E.	09BW01
	Croft	Isa P.	09CT01
		Hannah M.	09CT01
	Manor	Fred S.	09MR02
		Lucas RL.	09MR02
	Park	Emilia H.	09PK01
		Hannah S.	09PK01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Learning Mentor Commendation

The following Year 9 students were recognised by their Learning Mentors for a variety of impressive reasons and awarded with a special certificate – well done to you all!

Tutor Group	Learning mentor	Student	Reason
09BD01	Miss Tyreman	Will T.	For always being willing to contribute his ideas to discussions during tutor time sessions.
09BD02	Miss Cessford	Scott W.	Consistent thoughtful contributions to classroom discussions, helpful in the classroom and offering to help out staff and peers.
09BW01	Miss McKinley	Evelyn E.	Evelyn always contributes to our sessions, even the topics that have been more hard hitting this year. She is an outstanding member of our tutor group
09BW02	Mr Sigmundsson	Ian de la PW.	Superb contributions to tutor time discussions.
09CT01	Mrs Spademan	Isa P.	For showing amazing leadership skills, always being willing to lead and help others.
09CT02	Mr Piper	Katie M.	Nominating our hamper recipient, extremely sensible and considered suggestions in tutor time.
09MR01	Miss Reed	Alex C.	Always engages really well in discussions and is always keen to lead sessions and get involved.
09MR02	Ms Walsh	Dhruv M.	Consistent positive attitude and contribution in tutor time. Always polite and helpful. Thoughtful responses and caring attitude to peers. Good contribution to wider school issues.
09PK01	Miss Ryles	Connor D.	Always doing the right thing without being asked. Excellent attitude to learning and attendance which is reflected across all of his lessons.
09PK02	Mrs Wilson/Mrs Harding	Joe C.	Constantly hard working and willing to add to debate with thought and confidence.

 

Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal

Year 9 Charity and Community Leaders were instrumental in organising and packaging the generous donations made by pupils and staff. Please view
how NLS students have helped with the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

 

Tutor Time Curriculum

The focus of our tutor time sessions this half-term has been “Staying Safe – Online and Offline”. Learning Mentors and Student Leaders have delivered sessions relating to topics such as Cyberbullying, Online Grooming and Drugs, Alcohol and Safety. The Year 9 team have once again been really impressed with students’ engagement and contributions, as well as their maturity and curiosity in these relevant topics. Also, during this half-term, students were provided with the opportunity to complete their “2nd Learning Conversation”; a process in which students analyse their own data and progress from their subjects and set themselves challenging yet achievable goals for the next term. As a part of our International School status, students spent a week immersing themselves in a project entitled “Living Without Harm” by creating art work and writing letters, which will be exchanged with our partner school Anjuman Islamic Girls School in India. Lastly, students also spent some time this half-term developing their understanding and importance of a CV and had the opportunity to create their own.

 

Message to Parents and Carers

As we complete the second term of the year, I want to acknowledge and applaud all of the students who continue to sustain their motivation, commitment and determination to their schoolwork. The hard work that has already been put in and is continuing to be put in now will certainly stand students in good stead: they will undoubtedly be rewarded for this consistency as they progress through their GCSE subjects. Finally, I’d like to thank all parents and carers for their continued support over the past few weeks - I wish you all a very happy Easter break!

Mr. Butler