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SACRED HEART C A T H O L I C S C H O O L
Spring Term—Issue 2 Thursday, 18th January 2018
Dear Parents, Guardians and Students,
As I write this, I am reviewing the destinations of those students who graduated from Sacred Heart last summer, so that they can take their place on the Honours Boards in the school hall. It is an impressive list.
Last year’s Year 13 have travelled far and wide to study at a wide range of top universities, from close by in London to across the Atlantic in Canada; within the UK from South-ampton and Portsmouth on the south coast to Manchester in the north-west. As an enthusiast for north-east England myself, I note that this is an area which Sacred Heart has yet to really conquer; in previous years the odd student has ventured as far north as Lancaster, and one even to Glasgow, but no-one yet to either Durham or Newcastle. Perhaps the lack of Sacred Heart input is the reason why the ‘Northern Powerhouse’ has not yet really got off the ground – something we must rectify!
Shortly before Christmas, Ms Bonar held her annual ‘Meet the Undergraduate’ event, at which past pupils come back from university to talk to our current sixth formers, and we were delighted to learn that Angela Caipa Garcia (2013) is now studying for her PhD in Biochemistry at Kings, while Rodney Gold Detchebs (2014) is pursuing a Masters in Economics at Warwick, and Agatha-Christie Onwuzuruike (2014) has graduated with first-class honours from Oxford and taken up a position with Credit Suisse in the City.
At the Sixth Form Open Evening last term, John Vu (2017) won over the audience in style, by outlining his route to studying Medicine at Kings. Sacred Heart students go far, in more ways than one!
These ‘destinations’ must seem a long way off for a pupil in Year 7, for example, but as someone who has been at Sacred Heart a very long time, I can assure those lower down in the school that the years will fly by, and their turn will quickly come to reach their full potential and fly high, like those who have gone before them. The main ingredients for success are no secret, as any Sacred Heart graduate will tell you – ambition, perseverance and plain hard work!
Mr N Williams – Deputy Head
INSET DAY
Friday, 19th January 2018 School closed to pupils, except for pupils
having Sixth Form Interviews.
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is traditionally observed from the 18 to 25 January. During the week Christians are remind-ed of Jesus’ prayer for his disciples that “they may be one so that the world may believe” (John 17.21). Christians from different churches come together to pray for their unity. Congregations and parishes all over the world exchange preachers or arrange special celebrations and prayer services.
Eternal Father, we praise you for sending your Son to be one of us and to save us. Look upon your people with mercy,
for we are divided in so many ways, and give us the Spirit of Jesus to make us one in love.
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IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE WEEK (Commencing Monday 15th January 2018)
Monday, 22nd January
Y11 Assembly
School rehearsal (3.15—4.30)
Y8 exams
Tuesday, 23rd January
Y9 Assembly
Y12 & Y13 Government & Politics Trip
Y9 Basketball @ 4pm
Y10 Young Vic Trip @ 5pm
Y8 exams
Wednesday, 24th January
Y10 Assembly
10/10 Theatre: Y7 (p1); Y9 (p3); Y10 (p5)
Y8 exams Thursday, 25th January
Y7 & Y12 Assembly
Y9 Sportshall Athletics @ 4pm
Y7, 8 & 9 Debate Competition
School Rehearsal @ 3.15—4.30pm
Y11 Parents’ Evening Friday, 26th January
Y10 Mass
Y8 & Y13 Assembly
Dear Time (P1)
Business Breakfast—Property
Eminent Aikore – 7C Found: An umbrella & lower school tie Tife Ogunlowo – 7P Found: A form captain badge Naqueela Nortey – 7M Found: A lower school planner Harrison Sodje – 9P Found: A mobile phone
Andre Goncalves – 10P Found: A pair of glasses Eliezer Ekoue – 7P Found: Shin pads Dickchi Metuk – 7P & Brendan Quintero – 7T Found: An oyster card
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Gentrification in East London….
Year 12 and 13 students spent Thursday morning studying and measuring the effects of gentrifi-cation (the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper or middle-income families or individuals) in and around East London. They looked at how Spitalfields and Hackney Wick have both been subjected to gentrification and the impact this has had on the community. This was a practice investigation for Y13 who are investigating the cur-rent gentrification that is going on in Peckham and Brixton as part of their A-Level coursework.
Mr J Goodhew
Students visited the ‘Cereal Killer café’ where people can enjoy a bowl of cereal and milk for £6!
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Gentrification in East London….
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PE DEPARTMENT
Year 7 & 8 Rugby
Sacred Heart in
partnership with
Southwark Tigers
Every Tuesday, after school, Coach Tim is coming to start the Sacred Heart Rugby Club for Year 7 & 8!!!
Tuesday after school!!!
Inner London County Football – 1st Round
Team Against Result
Year 7 Boys John Roan N/A
Year 8 Boys Wetherby Senior (Home) Won 6-1
Year 9 Boys John Roan (Away) Lost 4-1
Year 10 Boys Haverstock (Away) Tuesday 16th January
Year 11 Boys UCL Academy W/O
U19 Boys Burlington Danes W/O
U12 Girls BTG (Away) Lost 5-0
U14 Girls Charter East Dulwich (Away) Won 9-0
2ND Round
Team Against Result
Year 8 Boys Deptford Green (Away) Wednesday 24th January
U19 Boys Woolwich Poly Wednesday 24th January
U14 Girls Hammersmith (Away) 30th November
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PE DEPARTMENT NEWS ...
Greater London Cup – 1st Round
2ND Round
Team Against Result
Year 7 Boys Kingsford (Home) Lost 12-0
Year 8 Boys Bishop Challoner (Home) Won 8-1
Year 9 Boys St Bon’s (Home) 3-3 (Lost 5-4 on penalties)
Year 10 Boys STAC (Away) Lost 4-1
U19 Boys West London Free (Away) TBC
2nd Round
Team Against Result
Year 8 Boys Lambeth Academy (Away) Won 3-0
U19 Boys Bishop Challoner/Woolwich Poly (Home)
TBC
South London Cup – 1st Round
Team Against Result
Year 7 Boys St Michaels (Away) Lost 6-1
Year 8 Boys Dunraven (Home) Wednesday 17th Jnauary
Year 9 Boys Norwood (Home) 29th January
Year 10 Boys Bye N/A
Year 11 Boys Bacons (Away) TBC
U19 Boys Lillian Bayliss (Home) TBC
Team Against Result
Year 10 Boys Kingsdale (Away) W/O
South London Schools District Football Congratulations to Kaden Rodney, Akai Coleman & Gideon Atiase (Year 8) have all been selected to represent South London District in the National cup this weekend. Good luck boys!!!!
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PE DEPARTMENT
Once again Sacred Heart has won a place in the Junior NBA compe-tition. Last year we were the Sac-ramento Kings. This year we have been drafted a current NBA Champions Golden State Warriors!!! Congratulations boys. Good luck in the matches. Keep your eyes peeled for the students reports on the draft!
Basketball Fixtures
Team Against Date
Year 9 Harris Peckham Tuesday 23rd January
Year 7 L.A Lakers Pheonix Suns
w/c 5th Febuary
Year 7 L.A Clippers Sacramento Kings
Thursday 3rd March
Year 7 Pheonix Suns L.A Clippers
Monday 26th March
Year 7 L.A Lakers Sacramento Kings
w/c 23rd April
Athletics
From the 22nd November Sacred heart will be hosting the borough Indoor Athletics
Championships for Year 7 & 9. Having dominated the competition in recent years the stu-
dents are looking forward to home field advantage and hopefully more success for Coach
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PE DEPARTMENT
YOUR BASKETBALL TEAM NEEDS YOU!!
If you want to play JrNBA Basketball. Training Tuesday after school 3:15-4:30 The JrNBA is a mixed competition so girls can play too!!!!
Mr P Blake Head of PE Department
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Sacred Heart U13 Boys, U13 Girls and U16 boys compet-ed in the London Table Tennis Championships on Satur-day, 13th January 2018
U13 girls came first in the London Championships which
means they qualify for the next round which is regional. U13 boys are runners up in the London Championships
which means that they also qualify for the regionals. U16 boys took Bronze In the London Championships
and are rated the third best team in London! Mr Basterfield Table tennis coach
Table Tennis news….
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Table Tennis news….
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COUNTDOWN TO
EXAMS
For the dates of all forthcoming exams, please go to the Sacred Heart website – www.sacredheart.southwark.sch.uk. Click on ‘Parents’, then on ‘Forthcoming exams’. This
page of the website is updated throughout the year as exam timetables and dates are finalised, so please check it on a regular basis.
How many school weeks away ?
Year group
Exams
0! Year 8 Mid-Year Exams for Year 8 take place in the week be-ginning 22-01-18
0! Year 11 Parents’ Evening on 25-01-18, at which exam results/reports will be distributed, exam entries will be final-ised & public exam deposits (£50 per pupil) must be paid
2 Year 12 Mock AS exams for Year 12 take place in the week beginning 05-02-18. Y12 students will be on study leave for this week.
3 Year 13 Mock A-level exams for Year 13 take place in the week beginning 19-02-18. Y13 students will be on study leave for this week.
ADVANCE WARNING FOR YEAR 11 PARENTS EXAM ENTRY DEPOSIT REQUIRED FOR GCSE EXAMINATIONS
You will already be aware that your son/daughter will be taking their GCSE exams this year. To confirm their entry to these exams, the school requires you to pay an exam entry deposit of £50. This payment will be returnable to you, once your son/daughter has satisfactorily completed all of their coursework and exams and returned all school textbooks at the end of Year 11.
THE SCHOOL WILL NOT MAKE EXAM ENTRIES FOR YOUR SON/DAUGHTER UNLESS THE DEPOSIT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
Please note that £50 is a small fraction of what the school has to pay to the exam board(s) – entry for a typical GCSE qualification costs around £30-£40, so a pupil taking 10 GCSEs will cost the school around £300-£400 in entry fees.
This year parents have the facility to pay the £50 exam deposit on ParentPay. We highly recommend that parents use this method of payment. The deadline by which it must be paid is Wed 31st January. Once the money is refunded back to the ParentPay account after the exams, parents can then withdraw the funds directly back onto their bank card. Alternatively, many parents choose to make the payment by cash or cheque (made payable to Sacred
Heart School) at the Year 11 Parents’ Evening on Thursday 25th January. Cash or cheques are the only
forms of payment available at the Parents Evening itself.