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Salvatorian College
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24th June 2016 - No.35
Headteacher’s Letter
This Week
Dear Parents,
Tues 28th June -Yr 11 Art & Design Technology
It has been a busy and productive week and another very successful week for our
Year 11 students, who are nearing the end of their examination season. The last few
weeks seem to have gone very quickly and I know that pupils have worked tirelessly
to ensure they are really well placed to achieve the best GCSE results they are
capable of achieving.
Exhibition 4pm – 6pm
Weds 29th June -New Year 7 Taster Day
Thurs 30th June -Yr 10 St Dominic’s Taster Day
Friday 1st July – Yrs 7-10 Enrichment Day
I would like to add my thanks to teachers who continue to support pupils, in
preparation for the final exams. This additional support is valued very highly by both
pupils and parents. A small group of Year 11 has been involved in completing the EDCL
qualification, after their main GCSE exams have finished. This additional qualification
counts towards pupils overall points score, which can help pupils achieve even better
results.
Yr 11 Prom
Coming up
Friday 8th July
Yrs 7-9 Sports Day – Bannisters
Yr 10 – Entrepreneur Day
I would like to wish all pupils in Year 10, who are undertaking their GCSE Statistics exam next week the very best of luck.
Pupils have prepared well and should feel confident about their first GCSE experience. The Maths department has been
very dedicated to supporting pupils and I know how much this is appreciated.
I would like to congratulate Year 9 pupils, who have undertaken their examinations this week. Feedback from teachers
who were in the hall with pupils was very positive. I would like to thank the team of LSAs, who have been working with
pupils, who require additional support, in reading or writing in examinations.
Pupils have been very positive about this examination experience. They have expressed that they feel more confident,
having begun their GCSEs in Year 9 and they are really making progress towards great results in two years’ time.
On Tuesday, I accompanied our Year 7 pupils to The Good Samaritan Mass, along with hundreds of other young people
from Catholic Schools from the Diocese of Westminster. Pupils really enjoyed the experience and were excellent
ambassadors for our school community.
On Friday, we welcomed over 100 young people from Year 5 from our partner Catholic Primary Schools. It was a great
opportunity for our own pupils, to see younger pupils from their primary schools and to work with them in a variety of
different activities. I would like to thank Mrs Wilkinson who led the day and all staff who participated.
Yours sincerely,
Paul Kassapian
Headteacher
Salvatorian College, High Road, Harrow, HA3 5DY
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ENGLISH READING LISTS
These are the reading lists for the academic year 2016-2017. They are colour-coded according
to students reading ages, not year groups, so it means that each list will be accessed by a broad
spectrum of students from each year group. There is however a designated Key Stage 4
Reading List which contains recommendations appropriate to students of that age group. For
added challenge there are some A-level texts on the list which an * next to them.
English teachers will be informing students by the end of this week which list they should be
reading from.
Please be aware that these lists will be added to over the course of the next academic year, so
please look out for updated versions being shared on the Google Drive/Parent Newsletter.
Green List
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Storm - Kevin Crossley-Holland (R.A.6)
Butterfly Lion - Michael Morpurgo
Farm Boy - Michael Morpurgo
Charlie and the Chocolate factory - Roald Dahl
The Arrival - Shaun Tan
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Book 1 - Jeff Kinney
The Borrowers - Mary Norton
The Family From One End of the Street - Eve
Garnett
9. How to Train Your Dragon - Cressida Cowell
10. Skellig - David Almond
Yellow List
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
One Dog and His Boy - Marion Lloyd
Kensuke’s Kingdom - Michael Morpurgo
Peter Pan - J. M. Barrie
A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snickett
Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
The Red-Headed League - Arthur Conan Doyle
Millions - Frank Cottrell Boyce
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone J.K.Rowling
9. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief - Rich
Riordan
10. Stormbreaker - Anthony Horrowitz
Red List
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
The Speckled Band - Arthur Conan Doyle
Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne
Coram Boy - Jamila Gavin
Noughts and Crosses - Malorie Blackman
Watership Down - Richard Adams
The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness
Northern Lights - Philip Pullman
The Maze Runner - James Dashner
Blue List
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The Sussex Vampire - Arthur Conan Doyle
The Time Machine - H.G.Wells
Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stephenson
The Woman in Black - Susan Hill
Junk - Melvin Burgess
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
The Art of Being Normal - Lisa Williamson
The Last Leaves Falling - Sarah Benwell
The Door That Lead to Nowhere - Sally Gardner
A Darker Shade of Magic - Ve Shwab
Jekyll’s Mirror - William Hussey
End Game - Alan Gibbons
Panther - David Owen
Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon
Black List (KS4)
1. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stephenson
2. The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
3. Felicia’s Journey - William Trevor
4. Dracula - Bram Stoker
5. Great Expectations - Charles Dick *
6. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
7. Heroes - Robert Cormier
8. To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
9. Riding the Black Cockatoo - John Danalis
10. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie
11. Rani and Sukh - Bali Rai
12. The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells
13. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley *
14. A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
15. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde *
16. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
17. A Brave New World - Aldous Huxley *
18. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell *
19. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D.Salinger *
20. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini *
GOLDMAN SACHS WORKSHOP
Further to my update in last week’s newsletter regarding our recent visit from 20
professionals from Goldman Sachs, I am delighted to share some photos from the occasion
with you as well as some of the very positive comments from the professionals involved.
‘ The student concerned show excellent passion about their subjects and answered all
questions well and with confidence. He spoke clearly and made good eye contact at all times’
‘ Great leadership skills, showed creative thinking’
‘Very focused and skilled and clearly wants to succeed at school’
I would like to say a very big thank-you to the students who portrayed themselves as the
articulate and mature young men that we know them to be. This was a wonderful
opportunity for them to show case their skills and I am delighted that they did so with such
enthusiasm and dexterity.
I will be providing all of the students involved with their feedback sheets from the
professionals as I am sure the students will find this to be invaluable for future reference.
YEAR 9 GCSE PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography by Sanjay Karunanithy, George Carroll & Prinston Mascarenhas
YEAR 9 GCSE PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography by Brandon Gilchriest, Ives Cruz, Pravin Prabhakaran, Jack Ruddy
MATHS MASTERCLASS
On the 15th June, twenty Year 7 students participated in a Mathematics Masterclass,
designed to stretch their mathematical skills to the limits and develop their understanding
of the application of Mathematics to the real world.
“We spent the day learning about linear programming and how companies still use this for
finding out the highest profit and smallest loss they can make. The lesson was based on the
discoveries of Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich and how his mathematical skills ended the
war with Germany ten years before expected. Everyone involved enjoyed this day and
learning about linear programming and Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich.’ Darragh Griffin
“Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich was a proud Russian citizen and Professor at a University
since the age of 22. He served Russia in World War Two by coming up with troop
deployment that would maximise German fatalities. This is when he came up with Linear
Programming which is a system for problem solving, depicting constraints as lines. This
method is still used by businesses to maximise profits.” Thomas Haren
“We use inequalities, also known as constraints, to find a feasible region which contains the
maximum or minimum profit for business’s or other enterprises. This is based on the work
done by Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich in order to maximise casualties on the enemy side,
and minimise those on his side during the war.’ Michael Amosu
‘To find out the feasible region we draw in the constraints and shade the unwanted region.
The corners are used to calculate the maximum profit and minimum loss. Christian
Madukah.
At the end of the day awards were given out to all those who had participated:
Jamie Amponsah, Luke Brown, Daire De Haes-White, Viroshan Gamalanthan, Fidelis
Lawrence, Conor Moran, Arunan Nilavannan, Jamal Patel, Tinu Reji, Rares Sofian-Ciornei,
Wiktor Wisniewicz, Aidan Dunne, James Gill, Darragh Griffin, Thomas Haren, Christian
Madukah, Niall O’Kane, Darun Premanathan and Jamie Okoli
And to 6 ‘Star Performers’:
Tinu Reji, Niall O’Kane, Michael Amosu, Jamie Conchado, Rares Sofian-Ciornei and Darun
Premananthan.
ART OF THE WEEK
Art of the week is by Niall O'Kane. Niall has
responded to an 'open' art homework- pupils
were free to establish their own task, plan and
work towards it. Niall knew he wished to work
with some photography and thus planned this
piece of work. Initially Niall collected a series
of old photographs of Harrow. He then
investigated the spots they were taken,
visiting them and attempted to take a polaroid
photo form a similar position. This is a great
piece of work and a wonderful example of
student initiative- well done Niall!
Photos of the week by
Delton Anton Amalanathan,
Zuriel Uche, Ikaia Noel Parke
and Kacper Maciocha
Year 7 attended The Good Samaritan Mass at Westminster Cathedral, along with hundreds of other
young people from Catholic Schools from the Diocese of Westminster. Pupils really enjoyed the
experience and were excellent ambassadors for our school community.
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Password Changes - The system requires you to change your password every 180 days.
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Use Of Mobile
Phones
Parents/Carers are
reminded that they
should not be
calling their sons
whilst they are at
school and in
lessons. Receiving
and answering calls
and/or texts during
lessons will result in
your son’s mobile
phone being
confiscated.
Appointments
During School
Hours
ParentPay - School Guidance
Guidance for supporting parents with username / email login questions
This is to help assist parents who do not presently have a username, which is a
verified email address.
Please note, that by 03 March, all parents will be required to use a verified email
address as their username to login to ParentPay.
Download the guidance here
Pupil Support Agencies
Please note there are times when agencies are invited in to further support pupils at the
school.
Ordinarily, parents/carers are informed, however, this is not always the case, if the
service being offered is one of a confidential nature i.e. counselling.
Parents who do not wish these resources to be available to their son during their time at the
School are requested to inform the Inclusions Manager in writing.
Mr S.Archer
Inclusion Manager
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Please try to
arrange any
appointments that
your son needs to
attend to outside of
school hours as
much as possible.
On occasions
where your son
needs to leave
school early,
parents are
reminded that they
need to send a
note to school (in
the pupil’s link
book) stating the
reason and the time
that they will need
to leave. Also please
remind your son to
come to reception
on time when you
need to collect
them early from
school.
Please also inform
us whether your son
will be collected or
whether he can
leave the school on
his own. All notes
need to be signed
and dated by the
parent/carer.
Thank you for your
cooperation.
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College pg. 8
Revised ‘Responsible Use’
mobile phone policy
Parent
The policy is now on our
website - please use the link
to view our policy:
Notices
Salvatorian
College
Lettings
Do you have a
birthday or a
special occasion
you want to
celebrate. or make
use of our
classrooms or
school hall?
Do you want to
use our indoor
gymnasium?
Please contact the
school office on
020 8863 2706
and leave a
message for the
premises team to
contact you.
We will need to
know the date
and time of your
event, facility
required and the
premises team
will contact you to
discuss your
needs.
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Essential
Stationery
All pupils are
expected to
bring to school
the following
stationery:Pens,
Pencils, Ruler,
Rubber,
Sharpener,
Calculator,
Protractor,
Compass,Glue
stick.
Thank you.
Free School Meals
Salvatorian
College
A Roman Catholic High School For Boys
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FREE SCHOOL MEALS?
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Who is entitled?
If your child is between 5 and 18 years of age and attends a Harrow school, they
may be entitled to free school meals. Your child will be entitled to free school
meals if you receive one of the following income related benefits or support
payments:
Income Support (a child who receives Income Support payments directly can
submit their own application for free school meals).
Job Seekers Allowance: Income Related
Employment and Support Allowance: Income Related
Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
Pension Credit
Child Tax Credit - if your income is below £16,190
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Middlesex HA3 5DY
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If you are receiving Working Tax Credit your child will not be entitled to free
school meals.
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Parent Notices continued
uniform and not another
pupil’s uniform. Please let the
school know if your son has
someone else’s uniform.
School Uniform
Can parents make sure that
their son’s uniform is labeled
with their full name please.
Oyster Card
Requests for 11-15yrs and 16yrs+ Oyster cards now need to
be applied for online, please see the link below for more
information.
https://tfl.gov.uk/fares-and-payments/travel-for-under-18s
Thank you.
Please check that your son is
bringing home their own
Pupil Premium
Information for Parents
Governors Fund - A Catholic
Education Partnership 2015/2016
The government
allocates additional
funding to schools in
the form of ‘The Pupil
Premium’.
assisting in the financial benefit
to the school, but at no extra
cost to themselves.
Dear parents/carers, thank you
for your contributions towards
the Governors Fund, which it is
greatly appreciated and it is an
important factor in the success
of Catholic education.
If you have paid for Governors
Fund but have not completed a
Gift Aid form, please complete
and return it to the school as
soon as you can. Please find
attached the Gift Aid form or
click on the link:
As you know the Governors are
endeavouring to ensure staff,
space and resources are
available for your son to learn
and succeed.
You may be aware of the ‘Gift
Aid’ Scheme, whereby the school
can retrieve 25p for every £1.00
you contribute. Most families
have opted for this
This is to ensure that
all pupils, from
Reception through to
Year 11, are given
the same
opportunities to
achieve academically,
and so that no pupil
makes less progress
due to economic or
social circumstances.
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Parent Pay Top - Up Reminder to Parents Students have
received a variety of
& Account Refunds procedure
Parents/carers are reminded that
Innovate run a cashless system in
the school’s Cafe.
Please ensure you top-up your
son's account via Parent Pay and
allow 24hrs for the payment to go
through the system.
To receive a Balance alert on
Lunch Money go to View /Edit
profile then set up the Phones &
emails.
Then go to Alert settings and
select Salvatorian Lunch Money,
set a Threshold value and select
valuable materials for
either or both the email and / or
Text alert.
Parent View
If you have any queries please
speak to Innovate's Catering
Manager or to Pat Maloney, our
IT manager.
Parent View gives you the
chance to tell Ofsted what you
think about the school.
If you require a refund from your
Parent Pay account, please
contact Hannah Barr directly at:
[email protected]
Thank you.
Parent View asks for your
opinion on 12 aspects of the
school, from the quality of
teaching, to dealing with
bullying and poor
behaviour.
a broad range of
lessons including
geometry sets, a
calculator, dictionary,
thesaurus and
stationary.
If you believe your
son is entitled to the
Pupil Premium,
please use the link:
https://
pps.lgfl.org.uk/ in
order to identify if
you Qualify.
To apply, please go
online
www.harrow.gov.uk
or visit the civic
centre.
Ofsted will use the
information you provide
when making decisions
about which schools to
inspect, and when.
By sharing your views, you
will be helping the school to
improve. To register your
view, please visit:
https://
parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/
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