RAF Newsletter - Autumn Week 6

Dates for your diary

Here are details of important events in the next few weeks.

Year Group	Date	Timings	Event details
Year 6	Monday 13th October	Daytime	Trip to Imperial War Museum
Year 5	Tuesday 14th October	2.30pm – 3.15pm	Getting to Know You Event
Year 1	Monday 20th October	2.30pm – 3.15pm	Getting to Know You Event
All Families	Tuesday 21st October	7pm - 8.30pm	Midsummer Night's Dream: School Takeover performance of some RAF pupils at Arts Centre Hounslow. Tickets £10.
Nursery	Wednesday 22nd October	10.30am (families of morning children) 2.30pm (families of afternoon and all day children	Getting to Know You Event
Reception	Thursday 23rd October	2pm – 3pm	Getting to Know You Event
All year groups	Monday 27th October - Friday 31st October	All day	Half term holiday
All Year groups	Monday 3rd November	Daytime	Back to school
Parents of children starting reception in Sept 26	Tuesday 4th November	9am and 1pm	Open Event
Parents of children starting reception in Sept 26	Tuesday 11th November	9am and 1pm	Open Event
Year 6	Tuesday 18th November	Daytime	Trip to Saatchi Gallery
Year 11	Wednesday 26th November	5pm to 7pm	Feltham College Open Event
All Year Groups	Thursday 4th December	Daytime	Team Reach Day

Today, Friday 10th October marks World Mental Health Day... It is so important for us to mark this day and reset and think: what can I do to look after myself and other people, and how can I treat everyone with obvious kindness? That way we can all do our best for our child(ren) and ourselves.

As we have mentioned before, we are signed up to the fantastic resource, The Wellbeing Hub, which offers a wealth of information and resources about any topic you may have encountered while bringing up your families. You can find more information on this here.

We also have our Family Team: Kay Stone and new joiner, Michelle Coyte supporting our families. Kay has written this blog to mark World Mental Health Day, with top tips on how to look after yourself so that you can best support your child(ren).

There are also some useful tips on the Mental Health Website here.

Young Carers

We'd like to have an accurate picture of our young carers in the school, so we can build on what we provide already and offer them a supportive space in school, if needed. If you think your child might be a young carer, please complete this survey.

A Midsummer Night's Dream: School Takeover

On Tuesday 21st October, pupils from Reach Academy Feltham are taking over the Arts Centre Hounslow to perform in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by William Shakespeare. This is such a fantastic opportunity for them to perform in front of a public audience in our community and we very much hope you can come and support them. The play is one of Shakespeare's most well-known comedies, and centres around a number of misunderstandings about identity. The initiative sees schools from across the borough taking part over one week, with our turn on Tuesday 21st.

Tickets are priced at £10 and available through the Arts Centre by clicking here or scanning the QR code below. We hope to see you there!

In the Seedlings class, we read 'What I Like About Me', a wonderful book that celebrates what makes us all unique!

Soon, we'll be painting our self-portraits! Using mirrors to observe our features, we'll try to capture what makes each of us special!

Thank you for logging onto Tapestry. You'll soon be receiving lovely photos of your children as they explore, learn and discover amazing things.

Getting to Know You Events

Our first nursery event will take place on Wednesday, 22nd October.

Parents of children in the AM nursery should arrive at 10:30am at the primary gate.
Parents of children in the PM nursery and those who attend all day should arrive at 2:30pm.

During the session, you’ll have the opportunity to join your child in making fun craft activities linked to our topic, All About Me and get to know each other too.

Your attendance at this event is really important. It will make a big difference to your child's self-esteem and enhance their enjoyment of nursery life.

To support your child at home, give them opportunities to practise writing their name with the correct grip.

Short, regular practice makes a big difference. To develop their hand grip and strength you could use playdough.

Here is a link to a dough disco activity that can support this.

Coats

As the weather becomes colder, we are helping children become more independent in managing their own coats, especially learning to zip them up. This not only keeps them warm, but also builds confidence and self-care skills.

At home, please encourage your child to practise putting on and zipping up their coat by themselves. It might take time, but your support will really help them succeed.

We use this fun way to describe to the children how to zip up their coat.

Hold the train, hold the station
Put the train in the station
Then the train goes up the track

As a reminder coats, hats, scarves, gloves and hair accessories must be black, navy blue or royal blue (the same blue as the standard school jumper).

Getting To Know You Event

The Year 1 Get To Know You Event is on Monday 20th October at 2pm. Keep your eyes peeled for official invitations coming soon! And don't forget to let us know you are coming by signing up on this form here.

Writing

In Writing, the children have begun to innovate their own story, 'The Tiger Who Came To Lunch!' We are really excited to see their own ideas come to life. They have been working incredibly hard with their grammatical and phonetic knowledge to create their own narratives and they have made so much progress.

Maths

We have started to explore addition and subtraction, using knowledge of number bonds and starting to learn new strategies. We have also explored composition of number and drawing on reasoning skills in Maths Meeting.

Books and Reading

Book change will continue to run on a Friday and Reading Records are checked every day. Please ensure you are reading with your child and signing every day. This is so important for their progress and we really appreciate your support with it.

Thank you so much!

Get to Know You Event

A huge thank you to everyone who came to our Get to Know You Event! It was so lovely to see parents and children playing and learning together. We really enjoyed getting to know each of you better, not just as parents, but as individuals with your own interests, talents, and stories. Building these connections helps us work as a team to support your children in the best way possible.

Writing

The children have now finished writing their reports on pirates, and what a fantastic job they did! We saw brilliant use of facts, expanded noun phrases and pirate-themed vocabulary. After reading their writing, we are now focusing on being consistent when writing in the past tense.

We have learned about:

Regular verbs, which end in –ed in the past tense (e.g. walk → walked, jump → jumped).
Irregular verbs, which don’t follow that rule (e.g. go → went, see → saw).

You can help at home by spotting past tense verbs when reading or by asking, “How would we say that if it already happened?”

Book Club

In Book Club, we have just finished reading 'Gorilla' by Anthony Browne: a beautiful story about Hannah, a girl who feels lonely until she has a magical adventure with a kind and gentle gorilla. The book explores themes of imagination, loneliness, and love.

You could ask your child questions such as:

Why was Hannah sad at the beginning of the story?
What did the gorilla do that showed he cared for Hannah?
Why do you think Anthony Browne chose a gorilla and not another animal?
How do the pictures help tell the story?

Maths

Last week we finished our first unit and took an end of unit quiz (we call it a “show what you know”). The children were able to show what they had learned about number bonds to 20, comparing numbers using the language “greater/less than” and “equal to”, ordering numbers and using place value charts.

This week we started unit 2: Addition and Subtraction with 100. We reviewed number bonds to 10 and started thinking about how our knowledge of numbers to 10 can help with adding and subtracting within 100, using the sentence “If I know _, then I know _”. For example, “if I know that 3+4=7, then I know 13+4=17 and 30+40=70”.

Homework

This week marked our first week of homework in Year 2, and we want to say a big thank you for the support you’ve shown at home. We are so pleased to see children completing their three daily pieces: reading, writing and maths.

Building strong homework habits early on is key to helping children take responsibility for their own learning and to develop routines that will support them all through school. It all makes a difference: from practising core maths facts to improving handwriting speed and fluency, to reading every day to grow their vocabulary and confidence. Your encouragement at home truly makes a difference.

Behaviour update

Last week, the children were introduced to our Year 2 system for demerits and sanctions. As part of this, any child who receives 15 or more demerits in a week spends Golden Time Friday reflecting with the help of an adult, thinking about what they can do differently the following week to reduce the number of demerits they receive.

This helps children take ownership of their choices and build strong self awareness skills. We have already seen many children showing real reflection and determination to make positive changes.

Religious Studies

We've explored the life of Jesus, including his birth, key teachings and miracles. The children have been particularly interested in the parables Jesus told, like the Good Samaritan, which teaches kindness and helping others.

The children have enjoyed learning about these stories and how they still influence people today!

This knowledge has allowed children to ask really insightful questions during our trip to St Lawrence Church Feltham. Here are some pictures from our visit.

Year 4

We have had a great few weeks in Year 4 and we are getting so close to achieving the marbles required for our marble jar rewards at the end of the term!

Firstly, a massive thank you to all the adults who attended our Getting To Know You event last week. We loved meeting you and hope you enjoyed taking part in our sporting games!

Alongside all the fun, we have been working hard inside the classroom!

In Science, we are learning about ‘States of Matter’ and last week we learnt more about the properties of solids, liquids and gases. We also watched how these all reacted when they were heated. Please see this impressive booklet work from Niah.

Poetry Slam

Still to come this term, we have the poetry slam! We started to learn our poem this week. Please practice our poem at home, so we can get our first win of the year!

I started my work, “Too tricky!” I cried,
But then I remembered, Reflect, and I tried.
A slip isn’t failure, mistakes help me grow,
Endeavour means sticking it out, even when it’s slow.

I pictured my dreams: bold, bright, and sky-high,
“Aspire!” I whispered. “Reach up! Give it a try!”
At break we played games, shared giggles and sun,
We learn even better when we can Have Fun!

Later, in writing, my hands felt like glue,
But I stood up tall and Showed Courage right through.
The more that I try, the stronger I get,
I’m learning, I’m growing, I’m not finished yet!

Thanks for all your continued support!

Jason, Alex, Jade and Yaran.

It has been a busy few weeks in Year 5 as we have completed our first independent writing piece, powered through our history unit on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and stormed through our maths unit on addition and subtraction.

In History, we have explored the ways in which enslaved people rebelled against the slave trade, focusing on riots that erupted in Barbados and Jamaica.

We encourage all our pupils to complete as many of the challenges in the homework grid below to consolidate their learning. There will be a special prize from Haniya for students who show lots of endeavour with this!

Homework

Lots of parents have enquired about homework, so here is the homework schedule for Year 5. Thank you for your continued support with this!

Century: THIS WEEK (W/C 6th October)
TTRS: NEXT WEEK (W/C 13th October)

Reading records will continue to be checked daily. Please encourage your child to read out loud to you as much as possible to ensure they continue to build their fluency.

Maths Wizards

Last week, four of our Year 5 pupils (Sampada, Hateem, Samuel and Kelechi) represented us in a Maths Wizard competition hosted by Hampton School. They proved themselves to be ambassadors to our school community, showing off their obvious kindness and strong mathematical knowledge. Find some lovely pictures of their day at the competition below.

Excellent progress!

Our wonderful pupils have continued to make excellent progress in all areas of the curriculum. They have continued to show exemplary behaviour in their lessons and are beginning to reap the benefits of their hard work.

Congratulations!

We want to congratulate our recent merit and value certificate winners!

Date	Merit Winners		Value Certificate Winners
Date	Y6 Esk	Y6 Medway	Y6 Esk	Y6 Medway
26.9.25	Madena	Zidane	Coby	Zamzam
3.10.25	Lara	Ahlaam	Sahasra	Olivia

Attendance

The attendance of our Year 6 cohort since the beginning of the year is 86%, which is far below our target figure of 97%. It is so important for your child to be in school as it's proven that this has a massive beneficial affect on academic progress and success.

PE

Our pupils have worked extremely hard to improve their general fitness, with a major focus on agility, speed, stamina and strength. We have been getting stuck in with a variety of activities and exercises designed to improve all of these areas. We have made impressive progress since the beginning of the term!

Trip to the Imperial War Museum

As a reminder, we will be visiting the Imperial War Museum on Monday, 13th October. We will leave Reach Academy at about 9:10am, reaching the IWM via train and a short walk from London Waterloo. At the museum, we will explore its many exhibits, before returning home just in time for dismissal. We aim to be back by 3:30pm and we will keep you all updated if there are any changes to this.

On this day, please ensure that your children wear normal school uniform. They should bring a coat with them and their school bags, so they can carry their school lunch which we provide. Please ensure they have a water bottle with them as well as their reading book. If your child requires any medication, please make sure you administer this before the trip.

Your child will receive a packed lunch which you may compliment with fruits. Please do not send any additional snacks such as crisps, or chocolates, or any items containing nuts.

Homework

Please continue to support your child to complete their homework on time, in their homework book. If your child is unable to access the work, or is having difficulty completing it, then please do let us know as soon as possible so that we can provide support.

Class invite link

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Playground update

We have now added a magnetic darts board to the Primary playground! Our pupils have been having so much fun playing, whilst ensuring that they keep themselves and others safe.

Permission to go home

If you would like your child to go home by themselves, please make sure you complete this form. Here is the letter containing the relevant information.

Year 7 are having such an amazing week - I am so proud of their increasing maturity and their unstoppable aspiration and endeavour!

Megan: SO to 7B in drama today - they are endeavouring so hard on their Midas scripts and are working really well in their groups together. So much kindness and encouragement in the room! Special SOs to Vihaan for his portrayal of King Midas, Roman who learnt his lines in a lesson, Aari for excellent facial expressions and Jaylen for giving such constructive feedback!

Izzy: SO to Bella Mersey for reflect, she had an excellent RS lesson working with Kavisha, following instructions and getting all her work done. Sticker was well deserved!!

Rachael: SO to Mersey who are always so enthusiastic when I teach them! Special SO to Omar who has been working super hard since his removal last week! 🥳

Tom: SO also to Mersey for history yesterday. They blew me away with how perceptive they are when looking at various sources in history! SO in particular to David and to Jade

Tom: SO to Wensum for yet another fantastic history lesson - particular SO to Taiem who was HotR

Rachael: SO to Mersey for a super focused double maths lesson! Lots of merits awarded and a REACH score of 5!

Izzy: SO to Wensum, I am so blown away by how supportive and kind they were to each other in our TR lesson today. Zuheib read a paragraph aloud and almost every pupil was giving him silent praise. Mahathi, Javeria and Michael were being so helpful with explaining routines and tasks to him. In focus, they give such a range of SOs and are so kind about each other's successes.✨✨✨

Chloe: SO to Team Mersey, we had such a lovely lesson with some great recall of last week's ideas. They also showed some great writing skills. SO in particular to Omar and Shane for Reflect - they were fantastic this lesson taking any opportunity to show their knowledge!

Ben: shoutout to Y7 PE, they have made a fantastic start to PE this year and were superb today. Shoutouts in particular to Tanish, Anas and Mason who had superb endeavour throughout the lesson.

Vihaan: SO to Vihaan, he has reduced his demerits from well above average to only TWO in just a week. Very proud of him, please give lots of praise for his efforts

Anastasia: Shoutout to Pharell today in Science. I had the privilege of being at the back with him during his Science lesson today and he is showing so much endeavour in his answers, writing in full sentences, and getting the questions correct! Well done Pharell!🥳

Megan: SO to 7C in drama today - some real enthusiasm and obvious kindness, they are such a joy! Especially for reflect as they have improved so much since the start of the lesson. Special SOs to Macey, Shane, Annabella, Mazie, Mahathi, and Deetya who are working so well with their groups on their performances ⭐⭐⭐

Anastasia: Massive SO to 7Wensum who are being exceptional during their first science practical - if we have 30 golden tickets, every single one of them deserves one! They are listening to instructions amazingly, answering questions and recalling theoretical knowledge so they can apply to practical! # aspire

Jonny: SO to Javeria who has got 100% on her quiz for the third time in a row, an outcome of excellent endeavour in lessons and for all homework

SO to Deetya who is improving SO MUCH in her quiz scores in Maths: from below 50% to now up to 85%, all a result of her working hard on her Practice Quiz 2 to prepare for her real quiz on Tuesdays

SO to Isla who has now got up into 90% in her quiz having gone 80, 85, 85, 85 over the first 4 quizzes!

And joining the 100% club this week we have Vihaan, who has been showing higher endeavour in lessons to work through to the stretch UKMT questions at the end of the booklet!

We have made a brilliant start to the week in week 6 with so many students working incredibly hard and earning themselves Golden Tickets. Please see shoutouts below:

Chloé V: SO to Cherwell who impressed me during the writing task, they all aspired to write a whole paragraph on their family and friend and special SO to Eisa who did fantastic and showed courage having his book under the visualiser! 🎉

Lowri: SO to Ouse for showing so much endeavour this morning in their English cover lesson - particular shout outs to JoJo who showed amazing aspire and Olive and Cien for constantly contributing fantastic answers!

Kit: SO to Rhea who was able to recall a tricky concept and explain it very eloquently to the class #aspire

Sophie: SO to Ouse who acted very mature despite disruption beyond their control. SO to Aurelia who showed great endeavour all lesson achieving a golden ticket, Harvey, Jason and Pele for showing great enthusiasm towards the subject.

Kit: SO to Milana and Saif for being obviously kind to me today, by tracking me down in the staff room to return my whiteboard pen!!

Izzy: Two wonderful lessons with Ouse and Cherwell today! So much aspire and endeavour in both rooms. I enjoyed teaching them a lot 😊 HOTR to Aurelia and to Fola 🤩

Kit: SO to Zaynab, Carey, Aarya, and so many more in Team Cherwell who not only were converting between bits and bytes with ease, but were able to verbally explain their working out really clearly #aspire #computingisjustmaths

Sophie: SO to Agamya for a brilliant piece of extended writing, Adam for showing great endeavour and receiving lots of merits and to Chidera for showing courage for persevering even though she didn't feel 100%.

Cherwell have also received the Attendance award 3 weeks in a row for their excellent attendance as a team, earning themselves an extended break time on Friday.

Year 9 Sporting Superstars!

As you will have picked up in the last newsletter, Year 9 have made a really strong start to the completion of their DofE Bronze award. In particular, as a PE teacher, it has been great to see the number of pupils attending a sports club. Whilst the boys may not have taken the win in their most recent football match, I am sure success is not far away!

Year 9 continue to be awarded lots of Golden Tickets for excellent input in lessons and regularly praised for being obviously kind to staff. It is really important we reinforce the message of obvious kindness between each other as well, to make sure as a team we are all supporting each other as best we can.

We know that this is a big year in preparing our Year 9s for GCSEs and a big part of that is promoting their academic independence. Please do make sure they are logging into Google Classroom and keeping on top of their homework. Encourage them to speak to teachers ahead of the deadline if they are having any difficulties to make sure homework is fully completed.

Finally, please see below some incredible shout outs demonstrating Year 9’s Endeavour in over the last two weeks - let’s keep it going!

Shout Outs:

Ruksar: SO to 9 Tyne, they had their first independent practical analysing onion and cheek cells, they worked incredibly well in their own groups of 3, they followed all the steps accurately and we had some excellent results for their next newsletter!

Chloe: Massive SO to Don, looooooved teaching them French language tenses today. They were so on it in identifying what tense it was and I absolutely loved the lesson (I wished it had been a double and not single as it was too short!!) SO in particular to Qayam who showed so much endeavour and got all answers right first time, SO to Joelle who showed resilience in getting it right and understand the different tenses and to Riley who also showed lots of endeavour and was so proud to get it right as well as being able to explain why!

Tom: SO to Preston, Royce, Amelia, and Aaliyah who were relentless in their endeavour in history!

Eve: SO to Tyne, they had an amazing RS lesson this morning and contributed loads of fantastic ideas. Especially Preston!

Kit: SO to Mikaal, Dylan, Zakariya, Na’shawn and Krish in Comp Sci. They all showed so much courage in answering questions I was really impressed! SO to Phoebe for perfectly recalling the story of the Trojan horse - so we could link to our new understanding of Trojan programs!

Sophie: SO to team Don who showed endeavour in today's lesson, completing extended writing at GCSE level. SO to Asil for an excellent piece of extended writing, Riley for showing courage, endeavour and Fiyin for great contributions to discussions and Dylan for reflect and finishing the lesson with lots of merits.

Phoebe: SO to team Tyne from yesterday. I enjoyed the lesson SO much. They were incredibly independent and resilient in writing their beautiful paragraphs without my help. Special SO to Amir who was absolutely phenomenal all double, Hajerah who wrote a fantastic paragraph and Aaliyah who is just Always a legend and working so hard. A joy to teach.

Form Tutor Awards:

Cycle 1 Week 5:

Leam: Iqra for Aspire - you have received many Shout Outs for showing Aspire in particular in Spanish where you have taken on the challenge to learn the language this year for your GCSE. It shows a lot of courage and I am sure you aspire to be an amazing linguist!

Thames: Jayda for Show Courage - you have received so many mentions this week for your endeavour and increasing courage in lessons, consistently putting yourself out there to better your learning - well done!

Cycle 1 Week 6:

Leam: Miley for Show Courage and Aspire - You have shown so much resilience staying after school for IS to complete your homework and have a healthier lifestyle at home as a result but you also aspired to get your attendance still at the highest by coming in when you weren’t feeling good. Well done!

Thames: Patryk for Aspire: you are always so hardworking and endeavour to do your best - you are such a brilliant model of excellence to those around you. You often quietly go about doing the right thing and stretching your learning which is fantastic to see!

Head of Year Award:

The Head of Year award is for the highest payslip earner in each class. Congratulations to:

Cycle 1 Week 5:

Leam: Bikal (153)

Thames: Kayla (155)

Cycle 1 Week 6:

Leam: Nihanya (141)

Thames: Esther (166)

Jack Petchy: Speak Out Challenge Finalists!

Congratulations to our Speak Out Challenge finalists from both classes, I will share details for the finale which will take place during an assembly - stay tuned!

Leam: Lilly, Nihanya and Willow

Thames: Hannah, Esther and Kayla

Highly commended: Alan and Sharun

Shout Outs!

Anastasia: SO to Rabah and Tyler for contributing insightfully to the Jack Petchey session - their enthusiasm was so great to see! 🥳
Faduma: SO to Ananya for giving us such great plot twists in our creative stories and for Calleigh for getting out of her comfort zone and walking with a powerful stride!
Leah: Shout out to Yara, David, Nihanya and Shreyash who have their hands up to answer every question that James asks!
Leah: Shoutout to DJ and Susam for being time keeping extraordinaires
Leah: Shoutout out to Maisey who is pushing herself out of her comfort zone
Chloe.V: SO to Esther and Avneet for Showing Courage reading in French for the class, SO to Patryk for some fantastic engagement and to Lorenzo for Reflect, he had a fantastic lesson showing lots of participation and some great translation skills from English to French (not an easy task to achieve!)
Sarah: Huge SO to Fatima Y who has missed her first few art lessons but has caught up with some incredible work! #aspire#endeavour!
Anastasia: Massive SO to 10Sr Chemists - their focus and endeavour during their HW quiz is eerie! Special SO to Ismaeel who, even though he has missed lessons, is working so hard to remember content from previous years so he can answer the questions! #aspire 🥳 SO to George B who is always putting his hand up to answer questions!
Chloe.V SO to Y10 French who completed a GCSE type Listening question and all did fantastic! I was very impressed with the results 🙂
Megan.T: SO to Thames this morning - super focused English lesson looking at comparing poems for their first full GCSE essay!
Rachael: SO to 10MAT.2 who absolutely smashed completing the square today! Such hard workers and a really focused lesson!
Chloe.S: So impressed with Y10 Spanish Class today - they worked so hard and their recall is super impressive! Really pleased with their writings and they were interleaving CORNETTOS like pros. SO to Zarlish, Ishaan & Bikal who have written great paragraphs!
Arrim: SO to Year 10 business students who were engaged in lessons and completed challenging work on different business concepts "risks and rewards" and answered skillfully. 🙌
Arrim: SO to Austas, first business lesson he participated in the lesson and had his hand up to answer every single question I asked! He was awarded the "Golden Ticket" for his contributions in today's lesson! 🙌🌠🥳
Megan:P: Huge shout out to Elias for Show Courage! When we first got to the European Day of Languages event he was so nervous going up and talking to the embassies. At the end of the event he had spoken to every single country and learnt loads of new words in over 10 different languages! 🥳
Kit: SO to Elias, Tyler, Yara, and Susam who despite their very busy day turned up to after school computer science and are showing lots of endeavour!!
Megan.P: SO to Elias, Tyler, Yara, and Susam who despite their very busy day turned up to after school computer science and are showing lots of endeavour!!
Phoebe: SO to the Y10 linguists from yesterday, they were an absolute credit to Reach. So beautifully they represented themselves and us when in public and so engaged at the event. I felt so proud watching them speak so politely and enthusiastically to so many adults working on the stalls.
Ruksar: SO to Y10 for another week of no S1's - that's 4 weeks in a row now! - Please celebrate them during your lessons 💯
Chloe.S: SO to Year 10 Spanish who all achieved 70+ on their HW Quiz today! Massive SO to Alan who achieved 100% and Lena who got 98%! 🇪🇸🤩👑
Chloe.V: SO to Year 10 French for another fantastic focus during the writing task. They have such a high level of vocabulary and grammar recall, it makes me so proud of them! SO in particular to Rosie who showed courage when her writing was corrected under the visualiser but she helped build the lovely culture of error!
Chloe.V: SO to Ananya and Avneet who were sharing their love of their home language! Avneet knows (or is learning) 10 languages!! What a linguist!
Chloe.V: SO to George B, Miley, Fatima.Y, Fatima.A as well as Ismaeel for #HaveFun in science with Ruksar - they are doing an experiment 🔬 and the recall as a result with Ruksar firing quick questions is so amazing with 100% participation

Year 11

As we reach the end of the first half term, we want to take a moment to celebrate the fantastic effort and determination shown by our Year 11 students over the past six weeks. They have approached their studies with focus and maturity, and it’s been wonderful to see their commitment to achieving their best!

Mock Exams

Year 11 mock exams will begin on Thursday, 7th November. Timetables have been shared with students via Google Classroom, so please encourage your child to check these carefully and plan their revision accordingly. These assessments are an important opportunity for students to demonstrate their progress and identify areas to develop before the final exams.

Homework and Revision

We would like to remind all Year 11 students of the importance of completing homework regularly. Homework supports classroom learning and helps consolidate key knowledge and skills, making it an essential part of effective revision in preparation for the mocks.

Thank you for your continued support in helping Year 11 make such a positive start to this crucial year. We are very proud of their hard work so far and look forward to seeing their achievements in the weeks ahead.

Celebrating work

Year 11 have made an amazing start in Religious Studies this term. They have shown real curiosity and maturity in exploring key beliefs and teachings from Christianity and Islam. Their discussions have been thoughtful, their written work impressive, and their dedication to revision outstanding. We are so proud of the effort and enthusiasm they have shown – well done! Here are some examples of the amazing work.

Shout Outs

Chloe S: SO to Miriam who has been working super hard in Spanish!

Chloe S: SO to MoD who was absolutely increíble in Spanish today! 🤩🥳

Ryme: SO to MoD who sea rched for me all day to show me his golden ticket! He was so proud of himself and loved being celebrated

Anastacia: SO to Duriel's obvious kindness day in and day out and making sure others are also being obviously kind to me. Brightens up my day!

Faduma: Had such a fantastic lesson with 11 Tao who have shown so much reflect and worked brilliantly right till the very last minute of the lesson!! They all want to work hard as their mocks are in "exactly a month" - thank you Y11 team for keeping it on their radar 🎉🌟

Anastacia: SO to Aaishah , Miriam and Steven who are always aspiring to do amazing in their GCSEs, follow instructions first time every time, and are so kind to their teachers and peers

Phoebe: Another set of phenomenal quiz scores for Y11 Spanish this week - Valli on 87%, Kai on 82%, Iris-Jay on 84%, Ameer on 79%, Eshan on 83%, Ruby on 86%, Elias on 79%. And these are no easy quizzes, they have had to answer grammar, reading, listening questions and write me a paragraph in Spanihs! Incredible endeavour!!

Megan P: SO to Daniya, Sofiyah, Sara and Praise in French yesterday. They all showed courage when working on their French speaking skills and when I gave them feedback on their pronunciation and answers, they all endeavoured to improve! I was so impressed by their French🥳🤩

We hope this message finds you well. Please find below some important updates for our Year 12 and Year 13 students.

Year 12 Assessment Point 1

Year 12 students have now completed their AP1 assessments. These assessments help us to gauge how well students have settled into their courses and identify any areas where extra support might be helpful. We will be in touch with you directly if there are any specific concerns regarding your child’s progress. As always, if you have any questions about your child’s performance or progress, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the Sixth Form team.

Year 13 Mini Mocks

Year 13 students are preparing for their upcoming Mini Mock Examinations, which will take place during the week beginning Monday 10th November. These mini mocks provide an excellent opportunity for students to experience exam conditions and assess their readiness for the final exams later this year.

Please find the Mini Mock Timetable below:

	Mon Nov. 10th	Tues Nov. 11th	Weds Nov 12th	Thurs Nov 13th	Fri Nov. 14th
Form (8:25 - 8:45)	Form	Form	Form	Form	Form
Period 1 (8:45 - 9:40)	lessons	Block A Exams History Chemistry Business Geography Computing	Block A Exams History Chemistry Business Geography Computing	Block D Exams Biology Maths A Business	Block B Exams Further Maths Maths B Politics
Period 2 (9:40 - 10:35)	lessons			Block D Exams Biology Maths A Business
Break (10:35 - 10:50)	Break	Break	Break	Break	Break
Period 3 (10:50 - 11:45)	Block C Exams Psychology English Physics Economics	Spanish & French Exams 13 Elective	Block C Exams Psychology English Physics Economics	Block B Exams Further Maths Maths B Politics	lessons
Period 4 (11:45 - 12:40)		Spanish & French Exams 13 Elective			lessons
Lunch (12:40 - 13:05)	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
Lunch (13:05 - 13:30)	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
Period 5 (13:30 - 14:25)	Block D Exams Biology Maths A Business	lessons	lessons	lessons	lessons
Period 6 (14:25 - 15:20)	Block D Exams Biology Maths A Business	lessons			lessons
Focus (15:20 - 15:30)	Focus	Focus	Focus	Focus	Focus

We encourage students to begin preparing early, using class notes, revision guides, and feedback from previous assessments.

Year 13 UCAS Applications

Our Year 13s have now been introduced to their UCAS mentors and given their mini deadlines to help them stay on track with university applications. Please take a moment to ask your child about their UCAS progress — especially their Personal Statement, which they should now be drafting and refining with their mentor’s support.

Shout outs

Madina - SO to the Prom Committee (Lamia, Zahra S, Cathy and Elisha!) 🎉
They are so DETERMINED to throw the best prom Reach has ever seen! Their creativity, problem-solving and organisational skills are being maximised… I’m excited for them to show us what they’re made of! 💪🏼✨SO to the Triple HSC Y13 class for powering through loads of content in a short period of time ahead of their jan exam… the focus and drive is ALWAYS acknowledged ✨
Kit - SO to Zoya who 100% of the time without fail says hello to me and asks how I am! She is so kind! SO to Ibrahim who shows real endeavour by joining in class discussions and putting his hand up in lessons to answer all questions, ensuring he remains engaged and actively involved! #🙌 SO to Mahak, Rewanth, Fatima, Poorna, Anu, Ahmed H, Rhea, Maha and so many more for being excellent geographers with our sporcle quiz! we got 47/47 on Europe and Asia! SO to Ahmed H for his excellent engagement in TR about criminal exploitation #showcourage. So to Nathan for connecting his knowledge of algorithms from Further Maths to Comp Sci ! #russianpeasantalgorithm #mathsiscool
Arrim - SO to Daniella, she consistently perseveres in both classwork and homework tasks and produces some excellent work! She always tries her best! #superstar 🤩SO Kelen who has showed fresh focus and endeavour in computer science, contributing really interesting points in lesson and working well with his peers 🧠 SO to Gurmehr who has shown a significant and positive shift in his approach to learning. Gurmehr is consistently putting in extra effort after school to complete work and revise, which reflects his determination to succeed!
Chloe S - SO to Year 13 Spanish I just had the best time with them online ! What gems! The topic was tough (mexican immigration to the US) but they handled it like pros and were super organised! 🤩👑🥳SO to Michael, Vinnie, Ayaan, Zahra S, Lamia & Poorna who are so focused! 👑 Minimocks get ready.SO to Year 12 who are already smashing IS in week 5 of Sixth Form life! 🤩
Tom - SO to Adline for always thoughtful and insightful commentary. SO to Isobel, Celina, and Immanuel for always being so polite and friendly
Eve - SO to Philosophy Club for making such thoughtful contributions and thinking really deeply about their assumptions and opinions that were being challenged. SO to Evie for always being obviously kind and having the biggest smile! SO to Abdi for being wonderfully polite. SO to Eli T for always having a thought-provoking philosophy/history/ethics question to ask me!

Attendance

As we move into October, we want to draw your attention to national trends in school attendance and the importance of maintaining good attendance right from the start of term.

Recent data shows that absence rates tend to climb during the autumn term, with illness and authorised absence contributing significantly. Pupils who begin the year with even small amounts of absence are at greater risk of falling into patterns of poor attendance.

What this means for your child:

Every day counts. Missing days early in the term makes it harder to catch up academically and socially.
Even short absences can accumulate. Ten missed periods in ten weeks is already at the threshold of 'persistent absence.'
Good attendance supports routine, relationships and success. Pupils who attend regularly tend to perform better and engage more with school life.
If your child is unwell, clear communication with the school helps, as does returning as soon as they are able. Please call us before 8.30am one each day of absence to keep us informed.

Wellbeing Hub

We encourage all of our families to join the Wellbeing Hub. Our school is signed up to this fantastic resource which gives families and their children free access to great content on everything including starting school for the first time, puberty, smartphones and anxiety. There are really helpful resources for all ages.

If you haven’t joined the Hub yet, we urge you to do so through using the QR code opposite.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Kay Stone. kay.stone@reachacademy.org.uk

The Wool Shop Closure

Some of you might be aware that Anne and Paul's Feltham Wool Shop next to Reach Academy Feltham is due to close down on Saturday 8th November. They have been trying to find someone to take over the shop, but so far have not found the right fit. If anyone is interested they're urging people to drop in or give them a call on 02088937779.

As closing date becomes closer there will be some bulk discounts at the shop. The owners would like to say a heartfelt thank you to staff and customers over the years for their unwavering support.

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AUTUMN 2025

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Getting to Know You Events

Reception

Literacy

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Year 1

Kew Gardens Trip

Getting To Know You Event

Writing

Maths

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Get to Know You Event

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Book Club

Maths

Homework

Behaviour update

Year 3

Autumn is Here

Maths

Book Club

Religious Studies

Year 4

Humanities

Poetry Slam

Year 5

Homework

Maths Wizards

Year 6

Excellent progress!

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Book Club

Maths

Humanities

Attendance

PE

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Homework

Playground update

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Secondary

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 9 Sporting Superstars!

Shout Outs:

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Form Tutor Awards:

Head of Year Award:

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Shout Outs!

Spotlight

Year 11

Mock Exams

Homework and Revision

Celebrating work

Shout Outs

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