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Issue 74 Spring Term 2024
Save The Date Upcoming Events for the Spring Term
Year 11 Barclays Bank Aspire Programme
12th - 16th February 2024 Half Term Holiday 21st February 2024 Year 9 Options Evening Week beg. 4th March Year 11 Mocks 20th March 2024 Year 10 Parents Evening 28th March 2024 Last Day of the Spring Term 29th March - 12th April 2024 Easter Holidays 17th April 2024 Year 8 Parents’ Evening 6th May 2024 May Day Bank Holiday 8th May 2024 Year 8 PArents Evening
Eastlea Community School has partnered up with Barclays Bank and Start Young UK. We have had 12 lucky Year 11 students accepted onto the ASPIRE program which runs over a course of 8 sessions, teaching students a range of vital employability skills, CV, applications and interview techniques, inspirational workshops and incredible work experience. The students have received thought-provoking workshops from Amani Simpson and Christopher Oliver (SAS: Who Dares Wins & Barclays CEO Chief Security) so far, encouraging them to think outside the box and develop confidence in themselves and their skillset. These sessions are held in Barclays Head Office in Canary Wharf, and at the end of the program 5 students will be selected for a full time apprenticeship to work for the bank. Our students have excelled in these sessions and have continued to represent the school well, all adults who have worked with them have been thoroughly impressed with their maturity, engagement and commitment to their own futures. Ms Anderson, Assistant Headteacher
27th - 31st May 2024 Half Term Holiday
Extracurricular Clubs
See what’s on offer here
Eastlea Community School works with Place2Be, a national charity, to provide counselling and support to students in the school. Please see this letter from the school counsellor for further information about the service. Deborah Hegan, Assistant Headteacher & Designated Safeguarding Lead
Go4Schools We are delighted to inform you that the school is using Go4Schools, an online system that can be accessed from anywhere. The system enables you to keep a track of your child’s behaviour and assessment data/progress. Please see the list of things parents can see on Go4s. ● ●
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Attendance - you can see live attendance and punctuality to school and to lessons Behaviour summary - you can see how well your child is behaving in school and whether or not they are receiving achievement points progress in each subject according to their target grades School reports - summary of all your child's progress data
Here’s how to log in. Step 1: visit https://www.go4schools.com/ Step 2: Click on ‘Log in’ followed by ‘Parents login’ Step 3: Click on ‘first-time user’ and enter the email that you have provided to the school, a new password will be sent to that email Mr Ahmed, Deputy Headteacher
PSHE at Eastlea Ms Bhanu, Head of PSHE, has launched the PSHE newsletter which lets parents know about the topics which will be covered in PSHE each half term. You can find the most recent letter here: PSHE Spring Term 2
Newham Parent Carer Forum Coffee Morning Date: 20th February 6pm - 7.30 pm via Zoom with Helen Cusick, Manager of the disabled children and young people - Update on social care and Cllr Sarah Ruiz, Cabinet Lead for Children’s Social Care and Education - Update on what’s happening across Newham for Children & Young People Meeting ID: 810 8765 0001 Passcode: 218844
Information for Parents
INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES
Term dates and calendar
BREAKFAST CLUB Breakfast Club runs from 7.30am to 8.30am and students wishing to attend Breakfast Club should arrive via the Exning Road entrance.
A reminder that our term dates and calendar, which includes all key dates for the year can be found on our website. Spring Term
Spring Term 1 Monday 8 January - Friday 9 February 2024 Half Term Holiday Monday 12 February 2024 – Friday 16 February 2024 Spring Term 2 Monday 19 February – Thursday 28 March 2024
GENERAL SCHOOL LINKS: Term dates 23-24 Free School Meals
Easter Holidays Friday 29 March 2024 – Friday 12 April 2024
Uniform Reminders Go 4 Schools
Summer Term
Summer Term 1 Monday 15 April 2024 – Friday 24 May 2024 Half Term Holiday Monday 27 May 2024 – Friday 31 May 2024 Summer Term 2 Monday 3 June 2024 – Friday 19 July 2024 Additional Closures May Day: Monday 6 May 2024
LUNCH MENU You may like to know that the school’s uniform supplier, Fashion Shop, now has a website where you can order uniform. Here is the link to the website. Here is the link to the Lunch Menu We will be on week 1 next week.
PARENTING SUPPORT & RESOURCES Mental health support: adults Mental health support: children & young people Free Money Management Courses for Adults Family Navigators (supporting with signposting, advice & advocacy) Newham Form Filling Services Support for those struggling financially Support for those worried about winter fuel costs Community Health Champions: Help With Money NHS
Talking
Therapies
Well Newham Directory of Services 12 Ways to Make the Best of Christmas
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