This Week
Volume 15, Issue 31
24 May 2013
From the Principal:
We are very pleased to report the success of our Young
Enterprise company, `Ignite’ who competed against five other
companies from five county schools to be named Leicestershire
Company of the Year at a ceremony at the Holiday Inn,
Leicester on Monday 20 May. Ignite will now go forward to the
East Midlands regional final in Nottingham on 18 June.
Alison Merrills
Student Safety:
We once again remind students about the need to be aware of
their safety on their journeys to and from College. If anything
happens on their journey which worries them, such as a
member of the public speaking to them in a way which makes
them feel uncomfortable, they should report it to their parents
and to a member of staff.
BE SAFE!
Thought for the Week
‘Just remember, there's a right way and a wrong way to do
everything and the wrong way is to keep trying to make
everybody else do it the right way. ’
M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
COLLEGE CALENDAR
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Term dates for 2012-2013 are available on the College
Thought for the Week
website: www.sjncc.leicester.sch.uk
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YOUNG ENTERPRISE SUCCESS
REACHES NEW HEIGHTS
The success of the Young Enterprise Company Ignite continued
on Tuesday 20 May. They competed in the Leicestershire
County Final at the Holiday Inn Hotel. They went through the
same process as at the area final with setting up their trade
stand, being interviewed by the judges and then giving a
presentation about their experiences so far.
At the end of the evening the nervous girls sat down awaiting
the results. Out of the six awards available they won the New
Media Award for the best advert, the Environmental Award and
the best Financial Management Award.
The announcement of the overall winner was then made and
they are now the Leicestershire County Winners. They now go
forward to the regional final in June to be held at the University
of Nottingham on Tuesday 18 June to compete for a place at
the national finals.
The judges commented that they have a sustainable business
and had taken social responsibility as a core theme for their
business.
If you would like to view the advert please visit
http://sjnccnews.tumblr.com/
The girls have been absolutely fantastic so far this year and are
reaping the rewards for all of their hard work.
Mr Pope, Humanities Team
LITERACY TIP OF THE WEEK
Spelling Strategies 1 Chunking
Chunking is what top spellers do. It’s the way we remember
telephone numbers. Break long words into groups of three or
four letters. This is to picture long words in smaller easy to
imagine pieces. Some people refer to this as visualisation.
Here’s a really long word which, admittedly, we’re unlikely to
use but it serves our purpose!
Antidisestablishmentarianism
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This is one of the longest words in the English language.
However, once it’s been broken down, each chunk is just as
easy to spell as any other small word. Break the word into 9
chunks. Each part is just as easy to spell as any other small
word like ‘tree’ or ‘cat’.
Try it with longer words such as alliteration or even
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Mrs Cowling, Lead Teacher Literacy
YEAR 8 – START CHALLENGE
SPOTLIGHT ON YEAR 11
The time has come to say our goodbyes and thanks.
Exam Preparation Time has begun; there are no
more ‘get ups’!
After half term, we expect to see Year 11 in college
now for lessons in which they still have exams.
Make sure half term is a healthy balance of time off
and revision so you are well prepared and
confident.
It was a huge pleasure to see everyone so
beautifully turned out for the Prom last Friday. It
was a fabulous evening, I am sure you will all agree.
The last time we will see you all together again will
be on Results Day - between 11am and 12 noon on
Thursday 22 August.
All that remains to be said is that it has been a great
pleasure to be your Year Team Leader – I hope you
will look back on your days at Sir Jonathan North
with fond memories and I wish you all well in
whatever you choose to do in the future.
On Thursday 16 May fifteen students attended a ‘start challenge’
workshop at the Energy Academy in Leicester. The workshop was jointly
run by Young Enterprise and the Federation of Small Businesses. The
challenge was to become entrepreneurs for the day. They worked in
groups of five to decide upon and design a product which could be sold to
the public. They then produced marketing material and the first page of a
website for their business.
The groups came up with some fantastic ideas such as an environmentally
friendly cosmetics range, animal based mobile phone covers and animal
based furniture. They then had to pitch their ideas to two judges from the
Federation of Small Businesses. All three groups produced superb
presentations of their ideas and the judges scored two of them with
exactly the same score. This meant that they had to go back to previous
tasks undertaken earlier in the day. Buzz scored the highest on the
business quiz and were declared the winners. They now have six weeks to
produce a prototype, brochures, leaflet and a five minute presentation
about their product. They will represent Leicestershire at an East Midlands
business luncheon in September when they will compete against schools
from Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.
Mrs Wyatt, Assistant Principal
Mr Pope
WORK EXPERIENCE 2013
The Year 10s have returned from two successful weeks on work experience. They worked in roles as diverse as optical care, building,
archaeological work, community arts, laboratory work and as retail assistants. Thank you to all involved for making it a success.
“It gave me an insight into the
responsibility of a real job.”
Beth Swallow 10.6
“Finding so many different medicines
was interesting.”
Shannon Basi 10.4
“I am very grateful for this
opportunity as it has given me more
confidence and shown me more
about business.”
Isabella Strachan 10.5
“I feel more confident. I worked
with the team and enjoyed working
there.”
Hannah Haley 10.8
with Hannah Toon 10.5
“It has made me want to go
into business more.”
Katherine Hughes 10.4
“The best things were customer
interaction and the experience of
working with other people.”
Martha Lambert 10.9
“It was very interesting and I looked
forward to going back.” Laila Ali 10.3
“It helped me to decide for the
future.”
Asma Patel 10.2 and Dhara Shiva 10.1
Ms Mason, Voc Ed and Guidance Admin Assistant
WEST AREA SPORTS EVENT
On Tuesday 21 May we took a squad of 80 students to our local area athletics event. Once again Sir Jonathan North was amazing,
both staff and students alike!
The Year 7 Sir Jonathan North girls were overall winners with 154 points; New College came second with 77 and Babington third with
43 points. Year 8 and 9 girls won with 161 points, English Martyrs came second with 70 and New College came third with 68 points.
The Year 10 and 11 girls won with 151 points with Babington coming second with 69 and English Martyrs at third with 68 points.
Overall Results:
Sir Jonathan North 466 points,
English Martyrs 183,
New College 168.
Congratulations to:
Laine Lucas, Josie Chappell, Sana Badan, Katie Simmons, Charlotte Rainton, Anna Copping, Grace Jowsey, Freya Lewin Clarke, Fran
Santy, Evie Loyal, Phoebe Pyatt, Eleutheria Brissett, Mugabi Musinguzi, Lucy Simmons, Sinead Fletcher, Rianna Kidd, Erin Kelly,
Laura Richards, Ysabel Drewitt, Shahida Siraj, Ellie Daynes, Tasmina Rashid, Hannah Cramphorn, Tamia Peters, Desrea Taylor,
Aisha Siddiq, Poppy Briggs, Hermoine Alston Edwards, Tafadzwa Chandenga, Riah Dogra, Beth Melia, Alice Cox, Natasha Dattani,
Beth Taylor, Farina Rashid, Joan Kafaya, Amelia Harris, Taisha Thompson Gregory, Yaqine Drari, Shante Taylor, Monet James.
We have been selected to represent the West Area of Leicester at the County Sports event on Saturday 3 July 2013.
Well done everyone – a great team effort.
Ms Lowther, Curriculum Team Leader – Physical Education
YEAR 8 FUNDRAISING
For the past few weeks Geography classes in Year 8 have been raising money for schools in Tanzania. We have raised money doing
creative activities such as car washing, selling samosas, cakes and cookies; painting nails, lucky dips, raffles, guessing games and even
sponging the teachers! Students in Year 8 enjoyed doing this. Thank you to everyone who supported and participated in these
events.
We will inform you how much we have raised after half term.
Amrita Dhanda and Fahima Cassia 8.7
SUMMER CONCERT 2013
The Sounds of Summer Music showcase took place last Wednesday evening and was well attended by parents, students and staff.
The concert highlighted the musical talents of our College orchestra, choir and soloists.
Students from all year groups took part and proved once again just how skilled and talented our students are. Very well done to all
performers!
Ms Paris, Expressive Arts Team
13th June 6pm
£3 tickets to be sold on the door
Dance/Drama Studio
Sir Jonathan North Community College
Year 10 & 11 GCSE Examination Timetable Summer 2013
Students taking GCSE exams should go to the room indicated on their ‘Statement of Entry’ promptly at 8.45 a.m. for morning exams
and at 1.45 p.m. for afternoon exams.
If your daughter has an afternoon GCSE exam and travels home by private hire car or van, you will need to make alternative
arrangements for her to get home as the exam will not finish until after these vehicles normally leave.
Exam Team