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Friday 8th October 2021
KHS News 2021-22
Trips, Sports Fixtures and
Chickens…..School life resuming at KHS
We are now six and a half weeks into the Autumn Term—one of the
busiest times of the school year, particularly this year as more of the
wider school provisions have been re-established following COVID-19
disruption.
On Saturday, our Head of Outdoor Education, Mr Martin, rehomed 10
battery chickens who had been badly treated. These chickens form
part of our Outdoor Education curriculum and have provoked
curiosity and interest amongst our students this week.
We are also incredibly proud of the 380 students who have already
achieved their Bronze badge, the 44 already achieving Silver and the 4
students who have achieved Gold for having over 300 House points
already this year!
We will also be issuing our new KHS Student Leadership tie to mem-
bers of our School Council and Mental Health Student Ambassadors
once they arrive (see picture below).
It has also been good to see the return of trips and visits, with A Level
Geography and Photography trips taking place over the past week. We
look forward to expanding our trips and visit opportunities post-
pandemic to all students.
Finally, a big congratulations to our Year 7 football team who beat Harris
Garrard on penalties 4-3 on Tuesday evening after a close 2-2 draw—a
great effort by this new team.
Mr R Leitch
Headteacher, King Henry School (rleitch@kinghenry.org.uk)
Key dates:
Year 11 GCSE Fayre—Tuesday 19th October
Sixth Form Open Evening—Thursday 21st October
Year 7 Meet the Tutor Evening (virtual) - Thursday 21st October
End of term—Friday 22nd October
Return to school—Monday 8th November
King Henry School are currently consulting on our Admission Policy for 2023 - 2024 and a copy has been published below. Consultation on a proposed reduction in Published Admission Number (PAN) for King Henry School with effect from September 2023. Background The current Published Admissions Number (PAN) for King Henry School is 300 Year 7 on roll (previous Years): 2020: 246 2019: 330 2018: 303 2017: 316 2016: 289 Specific proposal The Governing Body plan to reduce the Published Admission Number (PAN) of the school from 300 to 250 with effect from September 2023. The number of places available for children in Year 7 in 2023 – and all subsequent Year 7 cohorts will at 250. Factors that have been considered by the Governing Body in deciding to consult include: Additional changes to the oversubscription criteria are listed below: Priority 3 – Sibling This is given to a child with a brother or sister attending a school within the ‘Odyssey Trust for Education’ at the time of application, other than where the older sibling started at an Odyssey school in the sixth form. Priority 4 – Staff Child (new) Staff Children – those students with a parent or registered guardian employed within the Odyssey Trust for Education on a permanent basis at the time of application. How to respond The consultation period will end on: Friday 31st January 2022; if you have any comments please write to the Chair of Governors – Ms S Sykes at the school or email Mrs C Dooley, EA to the CEO at cdooley@odysseytrust.org.uk clearly marked for the attention of Ms Sykes with the heading: Consultation to King Henry’s Admissions Policy 2023/2024 by the above date.
"Mental Health and Wellbeing Ambassadors: I would like to congratulate all the students that have been nominated and chosen to be part of our Mental Health and Wellbeing Am- bassadors. We have had our first meeting and the students have had their training from our external provider. The students participated very well and showed politeness, kindness, re- spect and courage during all the activities. The students will be providing drop-in sessions for any students that want to talk to someone about mental health and any worries they have. This will be on a Monday at break time in the New Hall. All students are welcome to pop in and talk to one of our trained Mental Health and Well-being Am- bassadors. It is very exciting to be able to support, and work with the ambassadors at King Henry School. Well done to them all. Mrs O'Donnell " JAMES BROKENSHIRE MP As a Trust and school community, Odyssey, Townley Grammar and King Henry school would like to ex- press our deep sorrow at the passing of James Brokenshire MP. As an MP, a parent at TGS and a friend, James was the epitome of in- telligence, good grace and kindness. We have been blessed by his presence and his absence will leave a hollow which was once filled with the very best of humanity. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this difficult time. May they find comfort in the legacy left by this remarkable soul. Mr Deehan
Anti-Bullying Ambassadors I would like to congratulate all the students that have been nominated and chosen to be part of our Anti-Bullying Ambassa- dors. We have had our first meeting and the students have pre- sented in our assemblies. The students participated very well and showed politeness, kindness, respect and courage during all the activities. The students will be providing drop-in sessions for any students who want to talk to someone about any bulling issues and any worries they have. This will be on a Monday at after school in S2B for 10 minutes at 2.30. All students are welcome to pop in and talk to one of our trained Anti-Bullying Ambassadors. We also have worry boxes in house offices and form rooms for students to use. A fantastic example of this is in Mr Martin's 8L2 form who created a worry monster, gave it horns and a snaggle- toothed mouth to eat the worries.
Success for our KHS Year 11 student ! "A massive congratulations to Maddison H in Year 11 who recently won the Emmerse Education essay competition with an essay looking at the issue of modern slavery. Maddison won a 30% scholarship which allows her to take up a two-week ac- ademic enrichment program at either Oxford or Cambridge University this summer taught by expert tutors from World class universities like Cambridge, Oxford and Harvard. Maddison will be sharing her success with students at school this week dur- ing assemblies and will be fundraising to help her attend in the summer.”
MFL News
What a great beginning of the year with MFL celebrating European Day of
Languages in collaboration with the canteen and as you can see below, it
was a great success.
Students were given the opportunity to taste different European food and
the menu that day offered:
The famous Coq au vin ( French)
An very delicious Goulash ( Hungarian )
An exquisite Frittata ( Italian) and Patatas Bravas ( Spanish) for our
vegetarian gourmets
The whole event was manned mostly by our MFL Ambassador Ellen
who convinced lots of her peers to taste these dishes.
As per usual in King Henry the atmosphere was extraordinary and very inclu-
sive with students and teachers joining this multiculturalism venture.
Mandarin extracurricular club:
The mandarin club is going really well. EAL update:
We have enthusiastic pupils who are We have finished the year 7 EAL screen-
getting to grips with this very different ing. We are pleased to say that we will
language. I have to say that I have been be starting interventions for those pupils
impressed by how quickly they have un- who need it soon. We are also pleased to
announce that we will be hosting a wel-
derstood the challenging concepts.
come breakfast for parents of our EAL
There are still some spaces available and pupils. The date will be announced
it is not too late to join! shortly, and we will be in contact to in-
谢谢 vite parents.
New Safeguarding Policies
To support the safeguarding procedures at King Henry School we have introduced a series
of new policies to compliment the child protection and safeguarding policy in place. The
list of new policies includes a Medical Policy, Positive Mental Health Policy, E-Safety Policy
and an Anti-Bullying policy. All policies can be found on the KHS website: https://
www.kinghenry.org.uk/information/school-policies-and-reports
School Policies and Reports | King Henry
School
Annual reports and Expenditure plans. Our annual reports on the
pupil premium spend and impact can be found here: 2018-19 Pu-
pil Premium Breakdown and Expenditure plan
Request from Drama Department
We are in desperate need for coat hangers for our
costumes please ! If you have any spare, we
would be so grateful . Please bring to the Main or
Student Reception where they will be collected.
KHS Student gains black belt in
Karate !
On Sunday, i passed my black
belt grading with International
Shotokan Karate, i couldn't thank
the chief instructor Sensei Lee
(8th dan) enough for helping me
reach this incredible milestone.
I've been doing karate for 11
years and it has given me so
many good times and has hugely
shaped my personality into what
it is today.
Ellen W - Year 11
Every School Day Counts The guidance below has been taken from the NHS website which is focused particularly around common illnesses when school has been missed. It is vital that all parents follow this guidance as King Henry School will issue an unauthorised absence if we feel your child is well enough to come to school. Coughs and Colds It is fine to send your child to school with a minor cough or cold. But if they have a fever, keep them off school until the fever goes. A new, continuous cough could be Coronavirus (Covid-19) so in this in- stance please get your child tested. Sore throat You can still send your child to school with a sore throat. But if they also have a fever, they should stay at home. Headache You can still send your child to school with a headache. But if they also have a fever, they should stay at home. Menstrual Cramps You can still send your child to school as school should not be missed due to ‘the time of the month’. It is important for your child to have pads or tampons with them at all times and to ensure they are comfortable to make regular trips to the bathroom. Consider whether medication is needed if nausea and pain is recurring and talk to the school about whether this can be stored for use at school. At King Henry School we have emergency sanitary products available in the House office should a child not have access to them. Vomiting and Diarrhoea A child with diarrhoea or vomiting should stay away from school for 2 days until their symptoms have gone. Ear Infection If your child has an ear infection and a fever or severe headache, keep them off school until they are feeling better. Take them to the doctors. Conjunctivitis You do not need to keep your child off school. Get advice from the pharmacist and encourage your child to not rub their eyes It is the parent/carers responsibility to notify the school by 8am (email: attend- ance@kinghenry.org.uk or call: 01322 339 642 if their child is absent. A reason must be provided. Failure to report a child’s absence by midday will result in an unauthorised ab- sence.
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