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Week Commencing 14 June 2021
Weekly Bulletin for Families
Message from the Head of School
‘Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater
clarity of vision.’
Indira Gandhi - Prime Minister of India 1966 - 1977
The first week of June has been a week full of new challenges and
adventure for many students at SET Ixworth School.
Monday 7 June saw the launch of GCSE option subjects for Year 9
as they embarked on their personalised GCSE journeys. Students
have made an excellent start to their courses, rising to the
Mrs P Parker
challenge with confidence.
Head of School
On Thursday 10 and Friday 11 June, our Year 10 Duke of Edinburgh
Award group set out on the first two of their four days of
expedition planned for this half of term. In groups, students navigated routes between Rede and
Hoggards Green on day one and Haughley to Bacton on day two, whilst carrying their rucksacks
with kit including waterproofs, shoes, sleeping bags, roll mats, clothing and camping crockery.
The students demonstrated impressive teamwork skills and resilience, working co-operatively
and with great commitment. Well done to all of those who took part and a big ‘Thank you’ to
the team of staff who made the expedition possible: Mr Langford, Mrs Stroud, Mrs Bass and Mrs
Campbell and in particular to Mr Spurin for his extensive preparation work for the trips and
delivery of the Duke of Edinburgh Award as part of our Enrichment programme.
This week Year 10 students have also had the opportunity to engage in new experiences of a
completely different kind as the interview process began for our 2021/ 22 Student Leadership
team. Overseen by Mr Jackson, students had already been busy preparing their letters of
application; interviews and presentations will be continuing to run in the coming weeks and we
look forward to introducing the team for the academic year ahead prior to the summer break.
One of the first sample roles of leadership for our Year 10 students has been in supporting
Year 7 in their transition to lessons all around the school site in subject specialist rooms. The
school has been re-energised by the students’ movement and the joy students have found
in working in rooms such as our Science Labs, Drama Studio, Music, Art and DT rooms has
been tangible. For Year 7 this has been an entirely new experience, and for those students in
Year 8 the classrooms outside of their year group bubble had become a distant memory not
having had the opportunity to move around the school since March of last year.
Our final focus for the week on new experiences and adventure is a celebration. We are
delighted to congratulate our Year 9 MFL French Pop Video group on their outstandingachievement as: Vainqueurs régionaux - Angleterre Est (Regional winners for the East of
England) with their entry ‘Au revoir confinement’. Each winning regional entry receives an
£80 National Book Token and qualifies to compete for the national final where a jury will
determine the best videos in the three age-categories UK-wide. The national winners will be
announced on the 23 June at the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni. Our congratulations to
Mrs Kelly and all the students involved!
Mrs P Parker,
Head of School
F r e n ch pop video competition
Édition 2021
Vainqueurs régionaux
Écosse Angleterre – Londres et sud-est
« La vie en temps du Covid » de Merchiston Castle School (12-15) « Youpi » de Saint Jerome Bilingual School (7-11)
« Notre terre » de Stewart’s Melville College and the Mary Erskine School (16-18) « Les amis sont pour la vie » de Glendower Preparatory School (7-11)
« La jardinière » de Royal Latin School (12-15)
Irlande du nord « La quarantaine » de Saint Cecilia’s Church of England School (12-15)
« On va en vacances » de Drumragh Integrated College (12-15)
« Je chanterais de joie » de Saint Cecilia’s Church of England School (16-18)
Pays de Galles « Un demain meilleur » de Tonbridge Grammar School (16-18)
« Bonjour ! Bonjour ! » de Ysgol Pencae (7-11)
Angleterre – Midlands
Angleterre - Est « Sauvez la terre » de Crocketts Community Primary School (7-11)
« Au revoir confinement » de SET Ixworth School (12-15) « Le carrousel » de Chellaston Academy (12-15)
« Tout va bien » de One Sixth Form College (16-18) « J'en ai marre » de Hereford Cathedral School (16-18)
Angleterre - Nord Angleterre – Sud-ouest
« Environnement et planète en péril » de St Teresa’s RC Primary (7-11) « Il fait beau à la plage » de Avonwood Primary school
« La soif d’aventure » de Lancaster Royal grammar School (12-15) « Un confinement douloureux » de Magdalen College School (12-15)
Mentions honorables
« Mon jardin » de St Paul’s Girls’ School « Mon vrai moyen » de Woodbridge School « La lumière de mille étoiles » de St John Fisher Catholic HS
« Mon amour » de Glendower Preparatory School « Qui nous inspire » de Glendower Preparatory School « Paris dans la nuit » de Kent CollegeYear 10 Duke of Edinburgh Award in pictures
Reminder of Additional Progress Events
Full details to follow via Parentmail
Year 7 - Thursday 17 June
Year 9 - Thursday 24 June
Parent/Carers Forum
9.30 – 10.30 am 25 June
Continued Covid Lateral Flow Testing
Thank you to our families, students and
staff for their on-going support of the twice
weekly home lateral flow testing programme,
maximising Covid-safety both in school and
the wider community. Further test kits will be
allocated to students across this coming week;
families are able to order lateral flow tests
using the link here.
Water Bottles and Sun Protection
Please can parent/ carers ensure that all
students bring water bottles into school
daily. Regular drinking of water supports
students’ concentration and energy
throughout the school day.
Students should also come to school with
suitable sun protection.Please note the change in date for our
Sports Day 2021, with a move from Tuesday
15 June ( as published) to Thursday 1 July.
Our apologies for the late notice, the date
change has been made to ensure that, following
lockdown, students have the maximum amount
of preparation time possible for all events and
to use Sports Day as a transition to the final
Enrichment days for this academic year.
SET Ixworth Angels are walking for a good cause!
A group of colleagues from SET Ixworth School are taking part in the St Nicholas Hospice
Girls Night Out on 11 September, an 11.2 mile evening walk around Bury St Edmunds. The
hospice is an amazing charity offering so much support to local families and now more than
ever, following the pandemic, they need all the help they can get.
You can donate to the JustGiving page by clicking here.Dates For Your Diary Year 7 Friday 25 June: Progress Checkpoint 4 data entry deadline (all years) Monday 28 June: Progress Checkpoint 4 checking week Monday 5 July: Progress Checkpoint 4 - reports sent home Year 8 Friday 25 June: Progress Checkpoint 4 data entry deadline (all years) Monday 28 June: Progress Checkpoint 4 checking week Monday 5 July: Progress Checkpoint 4 - reports sent home Year 9 Monday 21 June: Year 9/10 “Is University for You?” Evening Friday 25 June: Progress Checkpoint 4 data entry deadline (all years) Monday 28 June: Progress Checkpoint 4 checking week Monday 5 July: Progress Checkpoint 4 - reports sent home Year 10 Monday 21 June: Year 9/10 “Is University for You?” Evening Friday 25 June: Progress Checkpoint 4 data entry deadline (all years) Monday 28 June: Progress Checkpoint 4 checking week Monday 5 July: Progress Checkpoint 4 - reports sent home Year 11 Tuesday 16 June: Head of school signs off CAG grades Wednesday 17 June: CAG grades submitted to the exam board Parents’ and Carers’ Open Forum Friday 25 June: 9.30 – 10.30am Year 6 Into 7 Transition Wednesday 16 June: Transition Evening/ Meet the Tutor (5.00 - 7.00pm) Tuesday 29 - Wednesday 30 June: Transition Days
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