Dear Parents and Carers
I could not be prouder of the effort and commitment our founding cohort have demonstrated through the school's first GCSE exams. Thanks to their hard work, your support and the effort of their teachers they come out of every exam with their heads held high and ready to give 100% effort to their upcoming exams. From this Wednesday they will have shorter school days - and will finish school at 12.20 - please ensure that they use their afternoons for revision at home.
Exams for KS3 start this Thursday (11th June) and for Y10 next Thursday (18th June). These are an important opportunity for your child to demonstrate just how much they have learned over the past year. Please see dates of exams below:
| Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 | Year 10 | |
| Thursday 11th | English History | |||
| Friday 12th | English History | English | ||
| Monday 15th | History | |||
| Tuesday 16th | Geography | French Geography | Biology Chemistry | |
| Wednesday 17th | French RP | RP | French RP | |
| Thursday 18th | Science | Maths Science | Physics Geography | Maths (NC) |
| Friday 19th | Maths | Maths | Biology | |
| Monday 22nd | History English Literature | |||
| Tuesday 23rd | Chemistry French (writing) Geography | |||
| Wednesday 24th | Maths © English Language | |||
| Thursday 25th | French (listening) RP | |||
| Friday 26th | French (reading) Physics |
Once exams are complete we have a busy few weeks leading up to the End of Term. Please ensure your child has 100% attendance through to the Summer Holiday:
2nd July - Summer Fete
3rd July - School closed for INSET
9th July - Summer Concert
10th July - Early finish (2.00)
14th-16th July - School Trips and Sports Day
17th July - End of Term - Early Finish (12.45)
Enjoy the remainder of the weekend.
Mr Neuberger
This Week's Highlights
The winners of last term's art competition have been announced. The theme was 'Faces' and there were some absolutely incredible entries from all across the school. The winners were Adullah A and Zaynah in Year 9, with first runners-up Kiswa from Year 8 and Navya from Year 7 and the second runner-up being Year 8's Kaja. Congratulations everyone! Please have a look at these marvellous pieces below.
Our next competition centres around the theme 'Religion'. If you want to take part the details are below:
Entry requirements: put your name and year group on the back of work and give it to your tutor.
Work requirement: Any medium, size, style are welcome.
We can't wait to see what you make!
Notices
End of Year exams
As we approach the end of the academic year, students are now beginning to prepare for their end of year exams. This is an important moment for students, as it gives them a chance to demonstrate the progress they have made across the year, and to practice good exam revision habits. Form tutors will be supporting your child with revising, helping them to complete a revision timetable. They will be expected to bring their revision work into school each day to show their tutor.
Each year group will complete their exams between the following dates:
Year 7- between Friday 12th and Friday 19th June
Year 8 - between Thursday 11th and Thursday 18th June
Year 9 - between Friday 12th and Friday 19th June
Year 10 - between Thursday 18th and Friday 26th June
You can support your child by checking that they have completed their revision timetable each night, and by reminding them of the importance of revision to their academic success. The content that will be assessed is shown below:
| Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9
| Year 10 | |
| English | Unseen Poetry –
| Animal Farm
| Journeys poetry
| Literature: Macbeth
An Inspector Calls
Unseen poetry practice
Language:
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| Maths |
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Some question for Y7 topics |
Some questions for Y7 and Y8 topics |
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| Science |
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| B1 Cells
B2 Organisation (Digestive System, Circulatory System)
C1 Atoms & Periodic Table
C2 Bonding and Structure
P1 Energy
P3 Particle Model
| Biology B1 – Cells B2 - Organisation (Digestive System, Circulatory System and Plants) B3 – Infection and Response B4 – Bioenergetics
Chemistry C1 – Atoms and Periodic Table C2 – Bonding and Structure C3 – Quantitative Chemistry C4- Chemical Changes C5 – Energy Changes
Physics P1 – Energy P2 – Electricity P3 – Particle Model P4 – Atomic Structure and Radioactivity. |
| History |
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| Medicine through time (1250-present)
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| Geography | 7.1 Introduction to Geography
7.2 Landscape and tectonics
7.3 Coasts
7.4 Urban Geography
| 8.1 Rivers
8.2 Urban Geography
8.3 Energy
8.4 Food and famine
8.5 Biomes
| 9.1 Development Geography
9.2 Restless Earth
9.3 Urban challenges: Rio de Janeiro
9.4 Oceans
| Paper 1: The living world
Physical landscapes of the UK
Paper 2: Urban challenges:
Paper 3
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| Religion and Philosophy |
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| French | My family : numbers, ages, birthdays, dates, family members, physical and personality description.
My home and town: places to live, activities, places in town, directions, transport.
My school: subjects, school building, school day, uniform, rules and teachers. | Free time: sports and hobbies, weather, cinema, shopping.
Travel: places, activities, transport, accommodation, restaurant/cafe. Careers and future plans : future studies, jobs and workplace, skills. | Lifestyle and relationships: staying healthy, celebrations, identity, accidents and injuries.
Problems and solutions: environmental problems, protecting the environment, social issues, charity work.
Technology: internet, mobil phones, social media, television, celebrities. | Media and technology: social media and gaming, music, TV and film.
My personal world: family, friends, relationships.
Lifestyle and wellbeing: sports, food and drink, mental wellbeing.
Studying and my future: school, future opportunities. |
| Art | The Grid method
Value
Value layering | The Grid method
Value
Layer, Lift, Look | The Grid method
Value
Layer, Lift, Look | Personal exam piece will be created in 5-hour exam based on coursework.
Prior to the exam:
Ensure you have organised your materials. |
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Summer Fete - Thursday 2nd July, 2PM-4PM
On Thursday 2nd July we will be hosting our third Summer Fete. This is a wonderful celebration for our community, with stalls, food, music, and activities. We will be fundraising for Ealing Foodbank at the event. The event will run from 2PM-4PM - students will be dismissed at 2PM that day.
We have a small number of slots available for food stalls – if you would like to run a table, please let us know by completing this MS Form: Soane Summer Fete - food stalls – Fill in form. Please be aware there will be no access to electricity at the stalls.
We will be in touch if we are able to host your stall. Please note that we may not be able to take all offers to run a stall, for example if there are multiple offers for a similar stall.
Orwell Society Visit
We are delighted to have our rescheduled our first ever visit from the Orwell Society Wednesday, June 10th during the Year 8 Assembly. The Orwell society is a renowned organization that brings George Orwell's work alive to people across the world through talks, trips and school engagement. We are so lucky to have Mr. Dear join us as a distinguished member of the Orwell Society, who has study journalism and writing himself in addition to his scholarly work on Orwell.
Uniform Donations
The Soane Parents Association are collecting donations of good quality second hand school uniform sale on the 19th July. We are collecting the following items:
- Trousers and skirts
- PE kits
- Jumpers, skirts, blazers and ties
- Backpacks and PE bags
If you are a parent, donations will be collected at the school reception. Students can hand in donations at the pupil entrance (alongside lost property).
Thank you for helping our school community!
