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1st April 2021
KHS News
Messages from the Headteacher
As we approach the end of the Spring Term, I am extremely proud of the resilience of
our students, staff and families. We spent Christmas planning for mass testing that was
then delayed by the government, entered a last-minute national lockdown requiring an
immediate switch to remote learning, oversaw almost 4000 on site COVID-19 tests and
have recently experienced a peak of local cases, requiring some year groups to finish
the Term with a final few days of remote learning. Thank you for your patience and
understanding!
At every stage, we have sought to act decisively and to communicate quickly. We have
also continued to focus on our long-term school improvement priorities and we have
much to be proud of once again:
5870 live lessons during lockdown
94% of students attended live lessons compared to 34% in April 2020.
We have created and launched our Year 11/13 grading system
We have sent out more Year 7 offers than last year and Sixth Form applications have doubled.
Looking ahead with optimism – new DHT and Chelsea FC
We also have much to look forward to. After Easter, our new Deputy Headteacher, Mrs Ribbans-Opara joins us, and will work
closely with our existing Deputy Headteacher, Miss Gibbs. The Senior Leadership Team will be at full capacity for the first time
since October 2020.
I am also delighted to announce an extraordinary new association for our school. Chelsea FC Foundation has been successful
in its tender application to run the Odyssey Trust for Educa-
tion Football Academy, based here at King Henry School.
KHS and Chelsea FC Foundation will now finalise the terms
of the association to enable our Sixth Form Football Acade-
my students to be coached by Chelsea FC coaches, to wear
the Chelsea badge and to compete at the highest levels of
school football from September 2021 – good luck to all stu-
dents who are participating in trials over the Easter break!
Students in younger years will also have opportunities to
work with Chelsea FC Foundation.
Blue is the truly the colour here at KHS!
Return to School:
All students return to school on Monday 19th April 2021 at our usual staggered times:
KS3 – to be registered in tutor time at 8.45am
KS4/5 – to arrive at 9am for extended tutor time
We will begin the Summer Term with an extended Tutor Time, focusing on students well-being and mental health. This will
last for Period 1 for all students on Monday 19th April. Have a wonderful Easter break!
Best wishes,
Mr R Leitch
Headteacher (rleitch@kinghenry.org.uk)
rleitch@kinghenry.org.uk
Building our extraordinary school
Getting to know the King Henry Staff
Out student parliament have come up with a series of questions to quiz our staff with to find out a bit more
about them. Here are this week’s contestants !
My name is Mrs Whipps and I am the Office Manager at KHS. I
have worked at KHS (previously Erith School) for 14 years and I
Miss Grealish—Head of English
am part of a fantastic team, which faculty
includes Reception. I have 3 adult
children, 2 boys and a girl and I
1. Do you prefer winter or
am very much looking forward to
spending time with them when Summer—Summer
we are out of lockdown. I love
gardening and last year grew 2. What hobbies do you
some vegetables for the first
time. The tomatoes grew well but have— walking reading and
the potatoes were a disaster, and
the carrots were unusual! I hate
baking
cooking and am quite happy most
of the time with a cheese and 3. If you can go back in time,
piccalilli sandwich and a bag of what decade would you
Hoola Hoops (original flavour always).
like to go to - 1920’s
1. What is your favourite take away - Indian 4. What is your favourite
2. If you could be on a TV game show what would it be - 8
book—Little Women
Out of 10 Cats
3. Do you have a pet ? if so what is it and what is it called - 5. If you were not a teacher,
Yes, Miniature Schnauzer called Lola
4. Sweet or savoury food - Savoury what would you be—Nurse
5. What film character would you be and why - Mary Pop-
pins, because she is practically perfect in every way
Hi, I’m Mrs Tierney and I am the amazing Mr Leitch’s Personal As-
sistant. I have spent most of my working career in the City in In-
vestment Banking, where I was lucky enough to work in some fab-
ulous cities abroad. I have an 18 year old son, who is just about
leave school and go to University. I have worked at KHS since Jan-
uary 2019.
1. Favourite takeaway—Thai, every time !
2. What car do you drive—Jaguar F pace
3. Favourite sweet—Cadburys Giant Chocolate buttons—but I
make one bag last about 2 weeks !
4. What football team do you sup-
port—Lifelong West Ham season
ticket holder
5. What film character would you be—
Baby Houseman from Dirty Danc-
ing ; if only for the dance at the end
with Patrick Swayze
Information regarding SMS messages sent from Arbor. On Monday 22nd March 2021, Arbor will be switching their SMS provider. This is following some is- sues in relation to Virgin, Tesco, GiffGaff and Sky mobile accounts not being able to reply to SMS sent through Arbor. This means that a new bank of numbers will replace the current numbers we use to send SMS messages from via Arbor. Please do not reply to any messages stored in your phone prior to Monday 22nd March. The old num- bers will continue to work for 1 week, but after 29th March 2021 they will be switched off. Anyone who responds to an old SMS from one of these numbers after 29th will receive a reply asking them to contact us school via alternative means. We are delighted that 33 students have so far signed up for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Bronze Award. This is open to all students currently in Year 8, with the programme starting in September 2021.We already have some very en- thusiastic students forming their own expedition groups and thinking about where they would like to do their two- day expedition hikes! This is an amazing opportunity for students to develop skills, physical activities, volunteering and outdoor naviga- tion, camping and cooking. Enrolment is open until 5 May and deposits are due by this date as well. Students and par- ents can get more information from Mr Martin in AT2B or by email at mmar- tin@kinghenry.org.uk. Students can sign up at tinyurl.com/khs-dofe Message from Miss Wilson: "7S1 have been practicing positivity and gratitude weekly for a few weeks during lockdown. When we returned to school we thought about ways to encourage positivity in school and keep our school community happy. We talked about what we thought makes a good teacher and then wrote our favourite teacher a note to tell them!!
A huge shout out to Alice D in 8W2, who is taking part in the ‘ walk all over cancer’ 10,000 steps per day in March. Well done Alice, fantastic effort for a wonderful cause. Hegarty Maths at KHS The Mathematics department are delighted to an- nounce we are offering the award winning Hegarty Maths to all of our students. All students have been sent an email with helpful videos on how to access and use the website. Each week the Maths department will set at least two assignments on the topics covered in lessons for your sons / daughters to complete. Students who produce extraordinary pieces of work will be rewarded with certificates and prizes. Message from PC Maria Evershed—Safer Schools Officer I’m sure some of you may have seen me around the school lately, but I would like to officially introduce myself as your new Safer Schools Police Officer. My name is PC Ma- ria Evershed. I have been a Police Officer for approximately 22 years and have worked in many different areas within the Metropolitan Police Service, this has given me quite extensive knowledge and practical experience in helping and supporting all members of the community in various ways. My primary role as a Safer Schools Officer is to provide advice and support to students and teachers in relation to advice around crime and its prevention, through various different forms for example presentations and talks. My main priority is to build strong and lasting relationships with students and teachers and to prevent our students from getting into any negative incidents and situations which could possibly warrant police intervention. I want to create a positive role model for our students and will always be happy to give any advice and support as when needed by any of student, teacher or parent. I look forward to working with you all in safeguarding our young people as they are ultimately our future.
Join our new
Youth Board
I’ve been thrilled to receive excellent submissions from students at King Henry to join our new Arts and Culture Youth Board,
but I’d love to have more! The board will comprise students from both schools (Townley Grammar and King Henry) who will
contribute to how we develop our arts activity across the trust. If you’re passionate about the arts, creativity and culture I’d
love to hear from you.
Members of the Youth board will help with the
upcoming Arts and Culture Festival in July, help
get our magazine and podcast started and be
part of new films we will be creating in the
summer.
If you’re interested you just need to answer the
two questions below and email a response to
Dr Berryman by Friday 26 March at
arts@odysseytrust.org.uk
Look forward to receiving submissions to
join the board!
I’ll announce the board members on 31
March.
Dr Berryman
Word of the Week
The ‘Word of the Week’ is designed to encourage staff
and students to adopt ambitious vocabulary. As well as
learning new words, students also have the opportunity
to demonstrate their understanding by incorporating the
words into sentences, paragraphs or poems.
Here are some recent
entries and winners from the
Spring Term:
w/c : 15th March 2021 “Slumber”
w/c : 1st February 2021 “Express” (World Sleep Day)
(Children’s Mental Health Week) A necessary luxury that sometimes eludes us,
Checking myself every day That shallow peace that we need to soothe us.
Making sure that I’m okay Half-world, the grey, yet colourful area we visit,
The times we live in are tough Where life and death revolve on a pivot.
Keep thinking about stuff To sleep. To sleep!
My mind is muddled
I miss the times where we could be cuddled Empty your mind of all consternation from today's
woes.
Life was so simple Relax, and float on the dying day's throes.
It’s giving me pimples Soon you might just cross-over, into empty form-
less deep.
We’re all a year younger
Abyssal plains into which your dreams seep.
Lockdown has made us hungrier
To sleep. To sleep!
To get out of this mess
And make us feel blessed
Mr Bowdery (Cleaning Manager)
Ellen W (10S3)
If you would like to enter the competition: please ensure that you look out for the ‘Word of the
Week’ on Monday’s ‘Right Here, Right Now’ PowerPoint and send your entry to me:
gbrown@kinghenry.org.uk by 2.30pm on Thursdays.
Miss Brown
Deputy Curriculum Leader of English and Media Studies
At King Henry, we were very privileged to celebrate international Women’s Day on 8th March. Teachers nominated their favourite international women and we covered our cor- ridors with extraordinary women from all over the world who have so many extraordinary achievements. This was a great success, and was seconded by a competition set in RHRN for students. Their task was to find the posters around the school and facts about these women. It was amazing to see / hear some comments by our students. The most common was “oh, I didn’t know this woman!” I was very proud to help with this international event that gave even more confidence to our future great women of King Henry Mrs Dacoury-Tabley Global learning and International Lead
The DT Department has set the Year 7s and Year 8s with a challenge - build the tallest, freestanding structure made from 10 sheets of recycled A4 paper and some tape. Working in pairs, each class has raced against the clock to build the strongest/highest paper building. As you can see from the photos, this has proved to be a popular lesson, with many students reaching the classroom ceiling - thanks to some ingenious planning, paper folding and collaborative thinking. Students can look forward to more one-off lessons, like this, embracing Science Technol- ogy Engineering Art and Maths (STEAM) over the coming weeks.
Having lain dormant for 2 years, the workshops is finally back up and running. The Year 10 GCSE Re- sistant Materials classes were first to get out the tools and it was fantastic to hear the noise of wood and metal being cut up. In the photos you can see the students making a materials sample board - where the properties of all the different woods and metals are analysed, tested and recorded as part of the GCSE course- work. The Design & Technology department looks forward to welcoming all of our students back into the workshops as soon as it is deemed safe. All the tools and surfaces are clinically cleaned after each lesson.
British Science Week went very well with students and staff enjoying kitchen science. Our lunchtime demos were well re-
ceived and students particularly liked the methane bubbles. Below are some of our fantastic entries for our house comple-
tion. Well done to all the students and their families for supporting them with their fantastic experiments.
George in Year 8 completed the rainbow in the glass with some excellent results and scientific conclusions. Along with an
additional experiment of a snow volcano:
Isabelle Year 7 tried 2 of
the experiments with
Leah in year 9 in-
amazing results, includ-
vestigated growing
ing the blow up balloon:
crystals in her
kitchen producing
some amazing re-
sults and included
an excellent scien-
tific write up of her
work.
Sam in year 9 experimented with the
corn-flour slime practical producing
some exciting results.
A massive well done to the students again
and all have been awarded house points
for their excellent efforts.
Mrs O’Donnell
Head of SciencePE Extracurricular clubs
Students must have permission from home that they are allowed to attend after school PE activities.
This can be completed on Evolve or by returning the reply slip from a permission letter.
Basketball Year group Start time
Monday 7 Boys & Girls 2.30pm
Tuesday 9 Boys 2.30pm
Wednesday 8 Boys & Girls 2.30pm
Thursday 9 Girls 2.30pm
Friday 10 Boys & Girls 3.20pm
Football Year group Start time
Monday 7-11 Girls 2.30pm
Tuesday - -
Wednesday 11 Boys 3.20pm
Thursday 7-9 Boys 2.30pm
Friday 10 Boys 3.20pm
Latest House Point
Competition Scores
Congratulations to all KHS students who
continue to compete for House points.
Each week, thousands of House points are
achieved by our students - up to date to-
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