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Welcome to the first edition of Gravity Matters for the
academic year 2016-17. Our Gravity Matters newsletter
will be sent out three weekly and will contain
information about events and important dates.
Message from the Head of Sir Isaac Newton
I would like to welcome all of our new students and
parents to Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form. The sixth form
is a flurry of excited new students, ready to embark on
a fantastic two year programme. Our year 13 students
are ready to face the challenge of their A levels, and are
showing great motivation and determination already.
The new elective programme is up and running with
students having the choice to join table tennis, STEP
maths, EPQ and the Jungle Book musical on a Tuesday;
football club, cooking club, chemistry Olympiad and
medical, veterinary and dentistry society on a
Wednesday; and SIN talk and mindfulness on a
Thursday. Duke of Edinburgh will be starting in the
coming weeks, as will orchestra and choir.
Our first parent event is happening next week. The
wellbeing evening is a chance to meet our pastoral
team, as well as external professional. You will also be
able to attend taster sessions on mindfulness and meet
some of the external agencies we work with to ensure
all student receive the appropriate support. Students
are more than welcome to attend this event along with
their parents. It will be a great opportunity to meet
some of the team who support all of our students.
We also have our first parents evening on the 11th
October, this is for year 12 parents only. We will be
following up with a year 13 parents evening on the 5th
December. If any year 13 parents or carers would like
any feedback on their students’ progress before parents
evening please do not hesitate to email either their
form tutor or [email protected].
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I know all staff are extremely excited about the year
ahead and are looking forward to meeting parents in
the coming weeks.
Engineering expertise at SIN:
STEMnet is a voluntary network of experts in their
field. We are privileged to be hosting Peter Semaine on
Wednesday 28th September at 3.30. Peter's area of
expertise is engineering and he has worked in several
roles in many countries. Our students with aspirations
to follow an engineering career are invited to attend
room 3.05 to hear Peter's experiences first-hand and
ask his advice about career paths, university study and
the wider benefits of these exciting careers. His
knowledge is second to none and it will provide an
excellent opportunity for students to have their
questions answered.
We look forward to seeing all those interested students
on Wednesday.
Richard Champeney
TSST Session
We welcomed teachers from different subject
backgrounds on Wednesday for an Introductory Session
of the TSST Course. The school is running the course
designed to train teachers who are specialists in other
subjects to be confident to teach maths or physics. The
course will integrate a range of both online and face to
face sessions, boosting participant’s subject knowledge
and the pedagogy behind teaching these subjects. We
are looking forward to the course throughout the
following year and the opportunity to ensure a high
quality of teaching of these subjects locally!
Data collection
Please send all completed data collection sheets to form
tutors by Friday 30th September. The information
assists staff greatly and of course the emergency
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contacts are highly important and need to be added to
our information system as soon as possible.
Director of Maths – Graham Colman
Chemistry Elective
Head of Feynman House – Adam Jarrett
Chemistry Olympiad elective is happening on
Wednesdays at 3:45pm in 3.04. Come along to solve
some chemistry riddles, get better at problem solving
and explore intriguing practical challenges. Get ahead
with the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge and see what
international chemistry looks like with Mrs Gopee.
Director of Science – Rachel Jarrold
(all maths form tutors)
Head of Sachs House – Stefan Cartledge
(all science form tutors)
Maths Team
Mark Cassidy – maths
Operation Christmas child
Graham Colman – maths
This year we are taking part in the
Operation Christmas Child
project, sending shoeboxes
filled with gifts and
supplies to children less
fortunate all around the
world. We would really
appreciate
any
donations of shoeboxes
(full or empty), toys, hygiene items and school supplies.
You can find a full list of suggestions
here: https://www.samaritans-purse.org.uk/whatwe-do/operation-christmas-child/what-goes-in-myshoebox/ with suggestions for different age groups and
genders. If you could bring any donations to the
reception before the 1st of November.
Rob Jackets – maths
Meet the staff
Rebecca Handley-Kirk –psychology/biology
For all parents and carers who are new to Sir Isaac
Newton Sixth Form here is a list of all of our staff:
Adam Jarrett - physics
Leadership Team
Principal – Rebecca Handley-Kirk
Assistant Principal – Chris Jennings
Scott Jermy – maths/computing
Tom Marjoram - maths
Mike Quantrill - computing
Heidi Steele – maths
Science Team
Charlotte Belshaw – biology
Stefan Cartledge - psychology
Richard Champeney – biology/ chemistry
Jess Gopee – chemistry
Rachel Jarrold – biology
Chris Jennings – psychology/chemistry
Rebecca Mainprice – chemistry/biology
Shaun Watling – physics
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Support Staff
Jacqui Avery – pastoral mentor
James Emerson – science technician
Alison Hewitt - receptionist
Carina Nicolson – senior administrator
To contact any staff member please
[email protected]
email
Dates for the diary
Wellbeing event - Tuesday 27th September 5.30-6.30pm
Parents evening - 11th October, 4.30-6.30pm
Year 11 open evening – 1st & 8th November
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