Friern Barnet School Newsletter
‘Enjoy and Excel’
MAY 2016
Introduction
Welcome to the May newsletter where, once again, I can happily extol the virtues of the school. We have
recently had two great events that have been inspirational and uplifting. The first was the Key Stage 4
prize giving which is our annual celebration of achievement and progress across years 10 and 11. This
year our speaker was Chris Preddie OBE who has a great story to tell of how he overcame many barriers
on his journey from a north London estate to being honoured by the Queen for his outstanding youth
work. It was a great way to celebrate the achievements of the Year 11 students who are almost at the
end of their time here as well as to inspire the Year 10 students as they get ready to move up to the final
year.
We have also hosted a university fair for the first time. We were visited by a wide range of universities
including the London School of Economics, Oxford University and Cambridge University. The
representatives from each university explained entrance requirements and tried to entice our students
with a fascinating range of courses and career paths. Students from years 9, 10 and 11 took part. I have
to give particular thanks to Mrs Myer, our innovative and tireless Careers Officer, for organising this. She
has been working with students from Year 7 upwards on careers and personal development this year
and the work she does is outstanding. All students get high quality and impartial guidance here which
allows them to make informed choices about their futures which suit their needs and aspirations.
Mr S Horne
Head Teacher
Contents Overview
Introduction
Attendance
Student of the Month
FBS Reunion
Head Teacher’s Award
Extra Curricular
Careers
‘The Big Friendly Read’
House News
Parent Governor Vacancy
Do you have:
• an interest in the performance of the school
• a desire to contribute to and represent the community
• an open and enquiring mind
• the ability to look at issues objectively
• the confidence to ask questions and join in debate
• a willingness to listen and make informed judgements
• the ability to work well with others
• a child or children currently attending Friern Barnet school?
If you match the above description, you may be the very person to become a Parent
Governor at Friern Barnet School. Everyone has something to offer and we want
people from as many backgrounds and with as wide a range of interests as possible.
What can we offer you?
• a chance to develop skills in strategic management
• the opportunity to work with our team of governors and staff in improving our
school
• training to develop an understanding of specific school management issues
• a sense of achievement in making a difference to our school
• the pleasure of helping students reach their potential
If you would like an application form, or further information please email the Clerk to
the Governors, Mrs Jane Canavan: [email protected]
Student of the Month for April 2016
Every month, Form Tutors will nominate a tutee as ‘Student of the Month’ to celebrate a special
achievement, consistent outstanding work or for being a positive member of the tutor group.
Congratulations to all who have been selected.
Galia Atanasova
Guney Deniz
Rosie Agbeyo
Isabella Peers
Omar Ahmed
7A
7B
7C
7D
7E
Jessie Cann
Dzhesika Hristova
7F
8A
Linda Hamitouche
8B
Shadiya Khan
Laura Martins Marques
Nicole Armitov
Aylin Mutlu
Shaanuka Gunaratne
Alika Shah
Moe Tamura
8C
8D
8E
8F
9A
9B
9C
Karol Jandzis
9D
Ceyda Mehmed
Kasheif Prayogg
Jai Gosai
Rachel Gandiova
Samuil Georgiev
Anaas Ghalayini
Toni Martin
9E
9F
10A
10B
10C
10D
10E
Aryana Ghanbari
Treyvarne Khan-Doyle
Nathaniel Swartland
10F
11A
11B
Angelica Otto
11C
Riah Chesmin
11D
Marius Sultan
Ariella Da Gama
11E
11F
For being kind and considerate every day since the start of the year.
For having an excellent attitude to learning and for 100% attendance.
For outstanding attendance, punctuality and organisation of equipment.
For consistently showing a studious attitude in form time.
For an excellent report showing excellent focus and attention to
learning.
For having a resilient attitude to learning and an optimistic mind set.
For excellent attendance and punctuality and for also being very
respectful and following all instructions.
For her enthusiasm in the maths and literacy activities in form time.
For improved attitude to learning and general contribution to form.
For always being punctual, polite and super organised.
For being extremely helpful in form and helping with displays every day.
For improved attitude in form and for good lesson feedback.
For excellent attendance, punctuality, attitude to school and positivity.
For her excellent attendance and positive attitude around school
For her outstanding attitude to learning in all subjects and for being very
helpful and supportive.
For helping less able students in the class and for his outstanding
attitude to learning.
For having a great attitude across all of her lessons.
For having a great attitude and being considerate of others.
For showing enthusiasm, dedication and resilience towards science.
For having an excellent attitude to learning and for 100% attendance.
For all round excellence and effort.
For having an excellent attitude to learning and for 100% attendance.
For excellent attitude during form time activities and exemplary
organisational skills.
For improved punctuality to morning registrations.
For his incredible resilience and progress overall.
For his positive attitude to form activities, and earning lots of positive
reports this year.
For 100% attendance and a dedicated and positive attitude towards her
exams.
For 100% attendance and a dedicated and positive attitude towards her
exams.
For lots of positive comments on Eportal.
For her outstanding effort and hard work in preparing for her
examinations.
Head Teacher Award
May 2016
Anna Christie
Georgia Windess
Gaye Ayten Ibrahim
Ryan Perry
8B
8E
8F
9D
For exemplary representation of FBS at Year 7 Parents' Evening
For exemplary representation of FBS at Year 7 Parents' Evening
For exemplary representation of FBS at Year 7 Parents' Evening
For exemplary representation of FBS at the Year 9 Careers Event
Medical Appointments in School Term Time
Following DfE Attendance Guidelines: ‘missing registration for a medical or dental appointment is
counted as an authorised absence’.
At FBS we encourage parents to make appointments out of school hours and during school holidays.
Where this is not possible, the pupil should only be out of school for the minimum amount of time
necessary for the appointment. We expect students to attend school in the morning if they have an
afternoon appointment and return to school if they have a morning appointment.
Please try to organise doctor and dentist appointments out of school hours
Dates To Remember
07.06.16 Year 9 Art Trip
21.06.16 EAPs Auditions round 2 2016.17
07.06.16 Year 9 Trip to Imperial War Museum
22.06.16 FBS’ Got Talent
08.06.16 Year 9 STEM Trip
29.06.16 Year 11 Leavers’ Assembly
08.06.16 Year 10 Trip to University of Westminster 29.06.16 Friern Barnet Film Festival
09.06.16 Year 9 Trip to Imperial War Museum
30.06.16 Year 10 Geography Field Trip
10.06.16 Year 9 Trip to Imperial War Museum
30.06.16 KS3 Prize Giving
14.06.16 Year 9 Trip to Imperial War Museum
For a more comprehensive list of dates, please visit the school website: www.friern.barnet.sch.uk
CAREERS
Mrs Myer, Head or Careers [email protected]
University Fair
On Wednesday 18 May, FBS held a very successful University Fair for students in Years 9, 10 and 11.
Sixteen universities and a representative from whatuni.com attended.
Pupils had the chance to sit down with the universities and talk face to face with their representative.
Here’s what one pupil said “I’m definitely going to university now!” and “I didn’t know which university
to talk to but just sat down at yours and today is my lucky day I love the sound of your uni”
Here is some feedback from the Universities that attended:
“Thank you for your e-mail, I’m glad your students had a productive day. Our student ambassador has
just arrived back and said the stand was really popular, which is great to hear.”
“It was a lovely event from our perspective too. Thank you for organising and inviting us. The format was
very good too - it was great to have structured slots with the students to work past the 'grab a
prospectus and run mentality' that often happens when students are unsure/overwhelmed.”
“Many thanks for inviting us to Friern Barnet School this morning, it was lovely to speak to so many
students with really interesting ideas about their future plans!”
I also received feedback from the ambassador who was there; She said “It was wonderful and was the
favourite HE fair she has worked on so far! Please pass that on to the students as well.”
If you would like to know more about possible university courses, you can find the universities that came
to FBS here, with a list of their courses.
Cambridge University
www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses
Central School of Speech and Drama
www.cssd.ac.uk/coursefinder
East London University
www.uel.ac.uk/coursesearch
Goldsmiths University
www.gold.ac.uk/admissions
Greenwich University
www.gre.ac.uk/study
Kings University
www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/index
Kingston University
www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses
London Metropolitan University
www.londonmet.ac.uk/courses
London School of Economics
www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/courseguides
London South Bank University
www.lsbu.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate
Middlesex University
www.mdx.ac.uk/courses
Oxford University
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/courses
SOAS
www.soas.ac.uk/admissions/ug/progs
Westminster University
www.westminster.ac.uk/courses
Hertfordshire University
www.herts.ac.uk
Hotcourses.com
Mrs D Myer
Head of Careers
House News
Coming Soon...
Friern Barnet’s Got Talent Auditions
Monday 6 June to Friday 10 June
1:25pm—2:10pm
U2-1
ATTENDANCE NEWS
Congratulations to those Tutor Groups attaining
94%+ from 3 May 2016
7A
7B
7C
7D
7E
7F
97.11%
93.85%
95.99%
96.28%
96.67%
97.98%
8B
8C
8D
8E
96.25%
97.04%
89.23%
97.50%
9A
9B
9C
9D
95.62%
93.8%
95.77%
94.33%
10B
10C
10D
10E
10F
96.80%
93.95%
96.17%
92.96
97.23%
11A
11B
11C
11D
11E
97.65%
94.94%
95.12%
94.32%
94.23%
Congratulations to those Tutor Groups attaining an ongoing
94%+ from 4 September 2015
7A
7B
7C
7D
7E
7F
96.19%
94.35%
95.08%
97.31%
96.57%
96.54%
8B
8E
8F
94.57%
94.59%
95.75%
9C
9D
9E
95.99%
94.62%
95.37%
10B
10C
10D
95.06%
94.33%
94.41%
11A
11C
11E
94.69%
95.54%
94.56%
If you have any concerns regarding your child's attendance please telephone their Head of Year
Congratulations
100% Attendance and Punctuality Winners for the period 18.03.16 - 04.05.16
Congratulations to all our students who achieved 100% attendance and punctuality for this
period. The lucky winners of a £10 gift voucher were:
Melyne Woolcock 7D, Leonard Rexha 8B & Chloe Rudge 9E
Best Form Attendance for the period 18.03.16 - 04.05.16:
7D 98%, 8F 95%, 9E 96%, 10B 95% & 11C 93%
A reminder to parents that if your son/daughter is absent from school for any reason, please contact the
Attendance Officer on ext. 678 or Student Services ext. 660/699 on the FIRST and each day of absence.
Alternatively email: [email protected]
Thank you
ARE YOU AN OLD PUPIL OF FRIERN BARNET
SCHOOL?
OR
DID YOU WORK AT FRIERN BARNET SCHOOL?
We are holding our first ever FBS reunion at the school
on
Wednesday 6 July 2016
at
5:30-8:30pm
There will be...
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IT WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO LET US KNOW YOU ARE COMING
AND WHAT YEAR YOU LEFT FBS BY EMAILING
MRS MYER, HEAD OF CAREERS, ON
[email protected]
We are looking forward to seeing you
MONDAY
TUESDAY
BEFORE SCHOOL
Football 8:00-8:30 (all)
LUNCHTIME
GCSE Art Support in A1-1/A1-2
GCSE Product Design in U1-4
KS4 Fitness Room (Boys and Girls)
KS3 Computing Catch- up Club in U2-7
KS3 History Film Club 1:30 – 2:00 in M3-7
Maths Home Learning Drop In 1:40-2:05 in M3-13
Table Tennis (all
Trampolining (all)
Cricket
AFTER SCHOOL
GCSE Art Support 3:30-4:30 in A1-1/A1-2
GCSE Dance Support 3:30-5:00 in Hall/Gym
GCSE Food Technology Revision in M1-6
Animation Club 3:30-4:30 in U2-6
Boys’ Choir 3:30-4:15 in A1-4
Orchestra 3:30-4:30 in A1-5
BEFORE SCHOOL
Football 8:00-8:30 (all)
LUNCHTIME
GCSE Art Support in A1-1/A1-2
GCSE Product Design in U1-4
KS3 History Homework Drop In in M3-7
Basketball (all)
Badminton and Table Tennis
Brass Group in A1-5
English Words and Pictures
AFTER SCHOOL
GCSE Art Support 3:30-4:30 in A1-1/A1-2
GCSE Film Studies in U2-6
KS4 Computing Coding Club in U2-7
Film Club 3:15 -4:45 in M2-4
Break Dance 3:45-5:00 in Hall
Gospel Choir 3:30-4:45 in A1-4
Cricket
Y10 Science Revision 3:15-4:15 M1-2
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
BEFORE SCHOOL
Football 8:00-8:30 (all)
LUNCHTIME
GCSE Art Support in A1-1/A1-2
GCSE Film and Media Support in U2-6
History Film Club (all) in M3-7
GCSE Product Design in U1-4
KS4 Fitness Room (Boys and Girls)
Cricket
Girls’ Basketball
Computing Tech Future Girls’ Club in U2-7
Year 7 & 8 Spanish & French Revision Club 1.45 in M3-5
AFTER SCHOOL
GCSE Art Support 3:30-4:30 in A1-1/A1-2
GSCE History Revision in M3-7
GCSE Music Support 3:30-4:30 in A1-5
GCSE Computer Science Revision 3.30-4.30 in U2-7
KS4 Cooking Club 3:30-4:45 in Food Room
Music Tech Club 3:30-4:45 in M2-4
Chess Club 3:30-4:30 in M3-13
Boys’ Dance Company 3:45-4:45 in Hall
Athletics Club
BEFORE SCHOOL
Football 8:00-8:30 (all)
LUNCHTIME
GCSE Art Support in A1-1/A1-2
GCSE Film and Media support in U2-6
GCSE History Drop In in M3-7
GCSE Product Design in U1-4
Basketball (all)
Badminton and Table Tennis
Computing Game Creation with Scratch in U2-5
Year 7 Maths Home Learning Drop In 1.40-2.05 in M3-13
AFTER SCHOOL
GCSE Art Support 3:30-4:30 in A1-1/A1-2B
KS3 Cooking Club in 3:30-4:45 Food Room
GCSE Drama Revision
Photoshop Club 3:30-4:30 in LRC
Year 8 to 10 VEX Robotics Club 3:30-4:30 in M3-4
Table Tennis (all)
Girls’ Fitness
EAP Drama 3:30-4:30 in U2-1
FRIDAY
BEFORE SCHOOL
Football 8:00-8:30 (all)
LUNCHTIME
GCSE Product Design in U1-4
KS4 Fitness Room (Boys and Girls)
Cricket
Maths Home Learning Drop In 1.40-2.05 in M3-13
Trampolining (all)
Table Tennis (all)
AFTER SCHOOL
KS3 History Film Club in M3-7
KS3 Dance Company 3:45-4:45 in Hall
GCSE Drama Revision
Extra-curricular Clubs
Summer 2016
Maths
English
Science
Performing Arts
Humanities
MFL
PE
Learning support
Design & Technology
Young Volunteers in Barnet Libraries Summer Reading Challenge 2016
Every year Barnet Libraries runs the Summer Reading Challenge. This is a national scheme to
encourage children (usually 4 to 11 year olds), to read for pleasure during their summer holidays.
The challenge for them is to read just six books over the summer. There is a different theme each
year and this year we are celebrating 100 years of Roald Dahl with The Big Friendly Read.
Children visit the library to tell us about what they have read and to collect their free stickers and
prizes. When they have read six books, we give them a special award and a certificate for
completing the challenge.
The summer reading challenge is always very popular in Barnet (last year we had over 5,000
children take part) and we would like to give you the chance to share in this great scheme. It’s fun
and rewarding listening to young children and experiencing their enjoyment of reading.
Here is what we want you to do:
 encourage children to join the ‘The Big Friendly Read’
 help with admin, e.g. filing membership cards
 encourage children to borrow books and talk to them about what they like to read
 help to shelf tidy in the children’s library
 give out the stickers and prizes
 encourage them to complete the challenge, so they can get their gold medals!
 help staff with arts and crafts events
 help with displays.
You must be aged 14 – 18. You will be asked to volunteer for 2 hours per session for 4 sessions (8
hours in total). This will usually be either 10am – 12 noon or 2pm – 4pm Monday – Saturday by
arrangement with the library concerned. We are very flexible and can work round any holidays
you might be taking in the summer.
What we will do for you
 We will provide you with training before the challenge starts.
 We will keep a record of the hours you volunteer for us.
 We will make sure you are happy with your tasks and are able to carry them
out for us.
 There will be recognition for the volunteering you have done.
 If you are working towards a Duke of Edinburgh award, this volunteering opportunity may
count towards the hours you are required to do.
 We can give you a reference.
Remember!
A member of staff will always be there to help you.
Person Specification: We are looking for people who are:
1. Calm when things are busy, but able to find things to do when it’s quiet.
2. Happy to talk to young children and their parents.
3. Enthusiastic about reading
4. Committed to helping libraries and our customers.
Summer Reading Challenge 2016
Volunteer Application Form
Completing the Application Form
We’re really glad that you want to volunteer with us. It would help us if you would answer a
few questions, so we can find out what you want to get out of volunteering with us and
how to contact you.
1. Please fill in the application form as completely as you can.
2. When you fill in your form, look at the notes in the Person Specification on the previous
page. We are looking for young people who show enthusiasm and commitment to
volunteer with us.
3. You must get one of your teachers or another responsible adult to sign your
application form as your referee. Applications will not be considered without this
signature.
4. If you are successful in your application you will be given details about when training
has been arranged for you at your placement library.
Name……………………………………………………………………………………………….
Tel no(s) …………………………………………………………………………………………..
Address ………………………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
E-mail …………………………………………………………………………………………….
Emergency contact name………………………………………………………………….
Emergency contact number ……………………………………………………………………..
Please give details of any medical conditions we should know about that may affect
your volunteering (we do not exclude anyone because of a medical condition)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Please tell us why you want to volunteer with us
Which library would you like to volunteer at? ……………………………………………..
What skills do you have that might help with your volunteering? e.g. are you creative
or good with computers? Have you got experience of young children through your family?
What other things are you good at?
Is there anything you would particularly like to do as part of your volunteering
experience? e.g. talking with children about books, using computers, designing posters
Are there any dates when you aren’t available to volunteer? e.g. holidays
Do you want to be accredited for your volunteering? Yes/No/maybe
Are you already working towards any accreditation that we could help you with?
e.g. Duke of Edinburgh Award, NCS, Arts Award? If YES please tell us which one
Please sign below and ask a parent and responsible adult to sign this form in
support of your application to volunteer with us. A responsible adult is someone
who knows you and can be a teacher, youth worker, rabbi, priest, key worker or
similar.
Signed: …………………………………………
Date: ………………….
Parents signature: …………………………………………
Date: ………………….
Responsible adult’s signature: …………………………………………
Responsible adult’s position: …………………………………………..
Do you think working with children is a suitable role
for this applicant?
Yes
No
If no, please tell us why? …………………………………………………………………….......
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Responsible adult’s contact phone number: ………………………….
Date: ………………………
Please send your completed form to:
Lucy Merritt at [email protected] (Please put “The Big Friendly Read
Volunteer” in the subject line when returning your completed form by email).
Or you can post your form to:
Lucy Merritt
The Big Friendly Read Volunteer
North London Business Park
Building 4, Libraries
Oakleigh Road South
London
N11 1NP
Or drop it into your local library and they will send it to the above address.
The closing date for entries is FRIDAY 10 JUNE 2016. Please make sure your
application reaches us by this date, as due to the high volume of appplications we
received last year, late submissions will not be considered.
Please don’t hesitate to call Lucy Merritt on 020 8359 4411 or email
[email protected], with any questions. Good luck!