Eastlea Echo 77

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Issue 76 Spring Term 2024

Save The Date Upcoming Events for the Spring Term

1th March 2024.

9.30 -10.30 Parent Coffee Meeting 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 27th - 31st May 2024 Half Term Holiday

Newham Boccia Team Secure a Silver Medal at the London Youth Games Congratulations to Ruby Evans, Jorge Pereira, Surraya Hilowle, Fahim Gazi, Shajed Mahi and Hamza Elmi. After competing with other schools in Newham and securing a gold medal the Eastlea team were chosen to represent Newham in the London Youth Games.

Last week they headed down to the Tennis and Hockey Centre at the Olympic park to compete in the London Youth Games and once again were unstoppable. The Newham team eliminated 16 teams across London boroughs and made it all the way to the final where they managed to secure a silver medal. This is the first time Newham have ever made it all the way to the final. What a team. They have made Eastlea so proud.

Parent coffee morning - extracurricular activities Eastlea Community School invites you to join us on Monday 11th March from 9:30 - 10:30am for parent coffee morning. There will be a short presentation about what extracurricular clubs are currently on offer at our school and the benefits of joining a club followed by a Q&A session for you to ask us any questions regarding our current offer. This is a fantastic opportunity for parents to get together, share ideas or discuss concerns over a cup of coffee. Mr Hawkins (Head of PE) and Ms Stechmann (Achievement Leader Year 8) are available for you to discuss the benefits of young people joining in extracurricular activities. See what’s on offer here.

Ms Stechmann, Year 8 Achievement Leader

Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge On Thursday, 29th February, Eastlea Community School once more participated in the Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge. Two trainers from the Speaker's Trust helped facilitate the public speaking workshop, which was to promote youth engagement and public speaking. Eastlea's Year 10 students distinguished themselves and showed great enthusiasm throughout the event.

At the end of the workshop, six candidates were selected to move onto the next phase of the Speak Out Challenge, selecting a finalist to represent Eastlea Community School at the Newham Regional finals held on 24th April at St Angela's Ursuline School.

Mr Hibbs, Teacher of English

Eastlea students first took turns building their confidence by sharing a short biography about themselves, focusing on tone of voice and body posture.

Two sessions took place simultaneously.

Here, students again supported one another and built their confidence through speaking exercises.

Congratulations to Gurleen Singh Kaur and Ihsan Abdullah for being finalists in the first phase of the Speak Out Challenge. Both were selected with four others to move on to the next phase of the Speak Out Challenge, selecting a finalist to represent Eastlea Community School at the Newham Regional Finals.

Girls of The World Eastlea Community School buzzed with excitement on Tuesday as we hosted the "Girls of the World" event, celebrating International Women's Day. The event aimed to inspire and empower young women from Year 5, providing them with positive role models, building confidence, and fostering connections as they prepare for the transition to secondary school.

Girls from Star, Curwen, Stratford Manor, St Lukes, and Selwyn primary schools joined their peers at Eastlea for the day. They learned valuable tools for self-expression in "How to be Assertive and Get Your Voice Heard", unleashed their creativity in the badge-making workshop, and even discovered the power of movement through a fun and energetic capoeira session with Ms Anderson.

The day delved into inspiring stories of female achievements with workshops like "Green Women Around the World," highlighting environmental champions, and "Herstory: Amazing Women in History," showcasing the diverse contributions of women throughout history. To top it all off, the girls belted out Katy Perry's empowering anthem "Roar" in a special singing lesson, leaving them feeling ready to take on the world.

This collaborative event proved to be a resounding success. The girls not only gained valuable skills and knowledge but also forged new friendships and built a sense of community. The smiles on their faces as they left Eastlea were a testament to the positive impact of the "Girls of the World" initiative, leaving a lasting impression as they embark on their next chapter in secondary school.

Ms Shirani, Assistant Headteacher

World Book Day

How to Spend Your Voucher

On 7th March staff celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as book characters. The English department dressed as Dickens characters and Keystage 3 students had a Dickens related lesson.

The admin staff dressed a characters from J M Barrie’s Peter Pan. Students had an exciting day full of various activities in the library with many taking part in the Charles Dickens scavenger hunt, looking for clues around the school, as well as making their own reading badges, decorating bookmarks, doing book quizzes and entering the favourite character competitions. Well done to everyone who took part and the winners of all the prizes will be announced soon!

Ms Khanom, Head of English

World Book Day Earlier in the week famous author Karen McCombie did a special assembly for year 7 students ahead of World Book day. In her presentation, she spoke about the fascinating experiences of being an author, outlining the random places she gets her inspiration from, and all the struggles she came across before picking up a book and reading. She's the writer of many wonderful books, including 'How to be a Human', 'The Mystery of Me' and Fagin's Girl, a Victorian tale with a nod to Oliver Twist. Students have mentioned that they felt inspired by Karen and a group of 30 year 7 students did a workshop where they had a chance to make up their own suspense stories.

For online line activities from National Book tokens, including the opportunity to win a day out in a bookshop follow this Link.

Rushnara Khanom, School Librarian

Information for Parents HAF Programme

Parents’ Guide to National Careers Week 2024 - 4th - 11th March

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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 2 Monday 19 February – Thursday 28 March 2024

GENERAL SCHOOL LINKS:

Easter Holidays

Term dates 23-24

Friday 29 March 2024 – Friday 12 April 2024

Free School Meals

Summer Term

Uniform Reminders

Summer Term 1 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

Go 4 Schools

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 new 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 Newham Talking Therapies March Newsletter

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