NEWSLETTER
SUMMER
Week 8
As we continue our summer term, we have lots to celebrate and congratulate.
This newsletter features plenty of proud moments from teachers and great memories made by students across each year group. There's plenty of talking topics to connect with your children on, plus some ideas for practising their new skills at home. We'll provide key dates at the top of the newsletter but please do also check relevant year groups for additional dates and info.
Dates for your diary
Take note of these upcoming events and visit the parent's calendar to see an overview for the term...
Remember:
- Whole school mufti day, fundraising for sports equipment - July 5th (please bring £1 to wear your own clothes!)
- Year 5 Southbank Poetry Workshop trip - Tues 25th June
Celebration and Graduation Events
- Year 3 Parent Celebration Event - Mon 8th July, 2:30pm - 3:15pm
- Year 4 Parent Celebration Event - Tues 9th July, 2:45pm - 3:15pm
- Year 6 Parent Celebration Event - Mon 15th July, 2:45pm - 3:30pm
- Year 1 Parent Celebration Event - Tues 16th July, 2:30pm - 3:00pm
- Year 2 Graduation Event - Weds 17th July, 2:30pm - 3:15pm
- Year R Graduation Event - Thurs 18th July, 2:30pm - 3:00pm
- Year 5 Graduation Event - Fri 19th July, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
- Nursery Parent Celebration Event - Fri 19th July, 10:30am - 11:00am, 2:30pm - 3:00pm
*Please note that Year 2 and Year 5 will be having a graduation event as they will be moving up the building to the next phase.
P.E spotlight on...
Twickenham Stadium Tour
We had an amazing time on our 23/24 PE trip to Twickenham Stadium. A few weeks ago, 30 students from Y3-Y12 got to tour around 80,000 seater stadium and follow in the footsteps of some of rugby’s greatest players.
We saw the famous Twickenham gates, the changing rooms, media centre and got to run out of the tunnel and stand pitchside at the national rugby stadium. We then attended the World Rugby Museum where we tested our rugby ability in some interactive games and saw the famous William Webb-Ellis Rugby World Cup trophy. After that, we went to a local park and played some of our own rugby games.
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The trip was amazing and we can’t wait to tour another famous stadium next year!
Primary
Early Years - Key Stage 2
Primary spotlight on...
Reach's Got Talent!
Excitingly, on Friday 7th July we had the finals of Reach’s Got Talent. We had over 140 children audition for the talent show and we want to say a huge congratulations to every single pupil that entered. They all showed so much courage and endeavour! The children thoroughly enjoyed the finals on Friday and were amazed by the talent that is evident within Reach.
A very big congratulations goes to all of our finalists who performed in front of over 400 people.
Here were our finalists:
- Srijay - Year 6
- Callisto - Year 2
- Zain - Year 1
- Khadija.D, Khadija.H, Maryam, Rian, Rosina & Aliza - Year 3
- Sky - Year 4
- Dorcas, Cien & Pele - Year 6
Then, a very big well done to our WINNERS:
1st place: Dorcas, Pele and Cien - Year 6
2nd place: Zain - Year 1
3rd place: Khadija.D, Khadija.H, Maryam, Rosina, Rian, Aliza.H - Year 3
Nursery
In the last week of term, Nursery children and parents took part in an art celebration event. It was lovely to see so many parents supporting their children to listen to instructions and create a beautiful field of flowers. The Seedlings created some wonderful art by using different objects to paint with, for example sponges, fruit, brushes and toy cars.
We have also been exploring the new playdough making station. We are using pictorial instructions to use the right quantity of ingredients and learning how much water to use through trial and error to ensure the playdough is not too dry or sticky.
This term, we are learning all about transport. Learning about transport will help to expand children's awareness of the world outside their homes and nursery. This continuously growing awareness will serve them well as they begin to interact with new people and visit different places. We created a train outside by using crates and a wheel. “All aboard the Nursery train!”
Reminder - please remember to sign consent form for your child’s trip and donate £1.
Thank you.
Reception
Literacy
Rainbow Fish
In Literacy, we have started a new book called The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. We learnt the story by drawing a story map and stepping out the story with actions. We created a Rainbow Fish tuff tray so that the children could independently retell the story with their peers. We are currently innovating the story and thinking about which new ocean creature the Rainbow Fish could meet on his journey. You can ask your child to retell the story of The Rainbow Fish to you at home.
Maths
In Maths, we are developing our knowledge of number bonds to 5 and to 10. The children have been successful at creating the numbers 5 and 10 in different ways using items that they have found in provision. The children have been working hard to do this with their talk partners during their maths session and taking it in turn to learn their number bonds.
Big goals
The children have shown great courage and confidence with their big goal and have presented their ‘all about me’ box to the class. They have spoken about what makes them unique, their hobbies and interests and how they have changed over time. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents/carers for your support with helping your child create their box.
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Year 1
A trip to the Natural History Museum!
We had an amazing time on our trip to the Natural History Museum last week. We all took part in an incredible Super Stegosaurus workshop and also got to explore the dinosaur section of the museum.
In the Super Stegosaurus workshop, we learned about the oldest Stegosaurus ever found, who was called Sophie. She was alive over 130 million years ago and she had a long tail and plates on her back to protect her from predators. We became palaeontologists and pieced together some of her fossils to create our very own Sophie. We also got to learn about what the earth looked like during this time and each class got a Super Stegosaurus certificate.
We also got to explore the dinosaur exhibition in the museum. We saw lots of different dinosaurs, some of which were quite scary! We learnt about how dinosaurs hunted and protected themselves and also got to touch some dinosaur horns and teeth. After that, we explored the main part of the museum where there was a skeleton of a blue whale which was huge!
We had the best day and can’t wait to go back another time!
Writing
In Writing, we have started another non-fiction unit where children are learning how to write a formal letter. They have begun to understand the structure of letters and now know that the address goes on the top right along with the long date underneath. Children are being exposed to the difference between writing formally to show professionalism and informally. At home, you can show them some letters so they can see one in person!
Maths
In Maths, we have finished the unit on 3-digit numbers. During this unit, we explored representing numbers using dienes and pictorially, before practising partitioning them. This week, we began our unit on measures. We practised measuring temperature in Degrees Celsius using thermometers.
Science
In Science, we are developing our understanding of all different kinds of habitats in our wonderful, wide world. Exploring micro habitats is likely to fascinate you; with all of us likely to dive straight out to the park to explore all the different organisms we can spot within these micro habitats! Oh, and who (or rather, what?) is Mrs GREN? We’re all very excited to find out!
Geography
In geography, we have begun to learn our brand new unit called ‘Villages, Towns and Cities’. We were astonished to find that there are around 8 billion people around the world currently and in 2050 the predicted global population will be about 10 billion! Another interesting fact we learned was that, in the time it took us to complete a lesson, almost 20,000 new babies would have been born across the world!
DT
In DT, we will be using the skills developed within our science unit last term to design and create our very own healthy wrap! What are the best portions of each food group to include? There are so many different foods out there, how can we check the contents, and what do the values on the front mean? All of these are vital to consider when planning and making our wrap to make it delightfully tasty, but also healthy!
PE
In PE, we will be focusing on developing our fundamental movements, ready for our transition into Year 3. Running, balancing, skipping, they all sound pretty easy, right? Well there’s more to it than you’d think! Athleticism and the development of fundamental movement skills are 100% certain to build on our wealth of sporting techniques to improve our performance; ready to be star athletes!
Year 3 have had a fantastic start to the term! They have been working so hard already and we can’t wait to see what they achieve.
We are so proud of all of the Year 3 pupils that auditioned for Reach’s Got Talent. They showed so much courage! Excitingly, a group of Year 3 girls got into the finals and came 3rd! The group was Khadija.D, Khadija.H, Maryam, Rosina, Aliza.H and Rian.
In computing this week, the children learnt about social media and the age restrictions for many social media apps. They were very surprised to find that the age restriction for Instagram is 13+. In DT, the children are learning how to sew a cushion and started their designs this week!
Maths
This term in maths, the children are securing their multiplication and division facts. They are learning about all of the different equations they can make from one array.
Practise at home: Please ask your child to write down all of the different equations they can derive from this array:
A recommended read for Year 3!
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch
Mary Hoffman’s inspirational, much-loved story of overcoming obstacles is the first in a bestselling series about Grace.
Year 4
Computing
This week in Year 4, the children started their new computing unit, which is all about computational thinking. Before each unit, we always do two internet safety lessons and this week the children learnt all about bots. They then got to design their own class bots and write the benefits and risks of these bots.
See some excellent, creative ideas below:
Writing
In writing, we have been learning all about plastic pollution and how it is affecting marine life. The children are writing a non-fiction newspaper report about an unknown creature washing up on British shores due to plastic pollution. They have worked so hard on their sentences and produced some amazing pieces of work that are creative and engaging. Before they start planning, they have drawn and add detail about their own unknown creature that wash up due to plastic pollution. See some excellent ones below:
Year 5
This half term, we have returned to school being absolute role models. All of our teachers have been so impressed with our attitudes to learning and high levels of endeavour across all lessons. We’d like to showcase some of this fantastic work by showing off some of our books. Take a look at our work in…
Book Club
Maths with Scarlett:
Writing with Andie:
Humanities with Eve:
Year 6
A trip to Hyde Park
On Thursday 6th July, pupils enjoyed a post-SATs celebration at Hyde Park. After taking the train to Waterloo, we walked through central London, across the Jubilee Bridge, through Trafalgar Square and onto the Mall where we stopped to look at Buckingham Palace. We sat down for a snack in St. James’ Park and then continued to Hyde Park where we stopped for a picnic. Pupils enjoyed playing football and cricket and exploring the trees around the edge of the park. We also met some French exchange students who were eager to join our pupils’ game of football. After around half an hour of a tense football match which ended in a 3-3 draw, we walked back to London Waterloo and enjoyed an ice-cream before taking the train back to Feltham. As always, it was a pleasure to take the students into London and all of the Reach students represented the Academy proudly.
We are now looking forward to lots more exciting events over the next few weeks:
- Southbank Poetry Workshop trip, Tuesday 25th June
- London Docklands trip, Thursday 4th July
- First Give Showcase (parents and carers will be invited), Friday 5th July, 9.30am - 11am
- Jamie’s Farm Residential, 8th - 13th July
- Parent Celebration Event, Monday 15th July, 3pm
- Reach Score and Auction, Thursday 18th July
Secondary
Key stage 3 & 4
Headteachers' Lunch
The headteachers’ lunch invitation goes to Tanya in Don class.
Head of Year 7, Michelle, said: “Tanya is an extremely hardworking student who paves the way for success in each and every one of her lessons. Tanya is someone who goes above and beyond for her teachers and is highly respected by her peers. Tanya is recognised for this headteachers’ lunch for ALWAYS being an exemplary student. Well done Tanya.”
Key Dates
Y7 Assessment week: Monday 24th June - Friday 5th July
Y7 Residential Hill End, Oxfordshire: Monday 15th July - Wednesday 18th July.
Attendance
We have been celebrating success across Year 7 as a number of students in the last 2 weeks have achieved a fantastic 100% attendance.
Preston won the attendance certificate this week
Payslip Hero Asma earned over 250 points
Team Don, congratulations on becoming the Attendance Champions of Year 7 for the fourth time running and Team Don well done for the Payslip Champions.
Team Tyne you still have plenty of time to claim your award!!!
Shout-Outs
- Kit - SO to Team Tyne who are 100% focused and endeavouring in their science factual recall! ⭐⭐
- Tom P - Massive SO to Tyne for their English lesson today - genuinely remarkable endeavour across the board. Particularly SO to Amelia P for endeavour who, when told time was up and that it was break time, shouted out 'But I don't care about break' and asked to keep going!
- Chloe V - SO to team Don for such a lovely lesson in particular Riley-James and Ayan who have done really great!
- Kit - HOTR to Nelab who became the teacher and not only drew a food chain on the WB in front of the class but also explained it expertly!
- Tom P - I was literally unable to select a HotR today in Tyne. Every single person in the room produced either some fascinating insights, enrapturing writing, or, in virtually all cases, both. Massive S/O to the entire team who prove every day just how much progress they’ve made over the course of the year!
Excellent Endeavour!
8 Thames did a project with King's College London last half term all about their 'perfect school' and what makes a 'perfect teacher' - an illustrator brought their thoughts to life! Here are the final products 😍
Athletics
Year 8 Boys went to Orleans Park school to take part in Athletics time trials. The boys were on top form with several of them competing at high levels. Lorenzo won the 100 metres and DJ was only .005 of a second behind him. Patryk then ran an excellent 800 metres. The boys then put together an excellent Relay performance setting themsevles up for the Borough Athletics at Osterley on 11.6.24 where they and the rest of the 7 and 8 team will compete.
Key Dates:
Y8 Assessment weeks: Monday 24th June - Friday 5th July
Y8 Residential (Buddens Activity Centre - Dorset): Monday 15th July - Wednesday 17th July.
RS Trip to St. Paul’s Cathedral: Thames - Thursday 11th July Leam - Thursday 18th July
Trip to St Mary’s University - Thursday 18th July
Shout Outs!
- Leah - Early shoutout to Willow, Eliza and Ishaan who very kindly loaned their calculators to some Y11s this morning!
- Lily B - SO to Thames - a perfect 5 on the Reach Score today - HOTR was Bertie for some excellent answers and for doing the right thing - first time every time!
- Shiv - SO to team Thames for a perfect 5 reach score. HOTR to R-Jay for consistently showing excellent layout of method in his book
- Gareth - Really calm return to science for Leam, SO to Max and Stanley for their knowledge of greenhouse gases
- Kit - SO to Thames for a great science lesson! So much insight into global warming and a lovely book presentation! HOTR went to Brandon and Rjay who were the embodiment of #aspire !
- Chloe S - Thames were incredible today (perhaps one of my favourite lessons in all of teaching). They settled so quickly after their exciting workshop and worked so hard on their phonics and listening. We had a wonderful class discussion about cognates and false friends in French and how all languages have borrowed words from each other discovering that the word for nightmare is the same in French, Russian, Romanian, Lithuanian and Polish. They are so respectful of each other's cultures in lessons and so interested in the world! Thames are such wonderful linguists and a joy to teach ❤️🎉 Can they all be HOTR? 😂🌊
- Izzy - Leam were a joy today also! Special mentions for Max for excellent knowledge, Maisey for HOTR, Yara for showing so much reflect, Nihanya and Willow for endeavour
- Izzy - So to Thames such an impressive lesson, no reminders or reach score deductions required at all. Xavier Austas Rosie Avneet all pushing themselves with a stretch. Elias wrote loads on a practise question. HOTR to Tyler for consistent endeavour and enthusiasm✨✨✨
- Lily B - Thames also had an amazing English lesson - SO to Elias and Austas for some excellent contributions, joint HOTR
Computer Science
Max wrote a letter to Beck about what to do about litter in school, using data he had collected in Computer Science lessons:
French
Malak’s use of complex sentence structure ahead of going into Y10 has shown her amazing progress in the language this year!
English:
Ruby E’s beautifully presented quotation explosion shows the level of analysis pupils are applying to complex Shakespearean language:
Year 9 and 10 Sports report
The year 9 and 10 athletics team went to Osterley Sports park on 16/5/24 to compete in the Hounslow Borough Athletics. The students endeavoured throughout the day proving to be competitive in most of the events including some excellent relay races were we close to qualifying for the final. Shoutout to Aryaan and Max for running excellent 200m and 1500m respectively. Kai and Harry were excellent in the throwing events. Teachers from other schools commented on how respectful they were and for ‘bringing good vibes’.
Year 10
Below is a copy of the Y10 exam timetable for W10 which they all have access to on Google classroom.
As a parent you can help them prepare for these exams in the following ways:
- Check in on their timetable and encourage them to do lots of short bursts of revision
- Make sure they are getting enough sleep and relaxing whilst not revising
- Checking in with them to help them manage stress in the build up to Week 8/
Residential and day trip
Communications around the day trip to London (Mon 24th) and the residential (Tue 25th - Fri 28th) have been sent out. If there are any further questions please get in contact with the Front Office or Gareth (Head of Year). If your child is not attending they are expected to be in school as normal where lessons will be running.
Shout-outs!
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A recommended read for Year 10!
Station Eleven by Emily St.John Mandel
An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.
Year 11
We are incredibly proud of Y11 and all of the amazing effort they have shown throughout their GCSEs. We will be waving goodbye to the majority of the cohort on Friday following Physics Paper 2, with a small number returning for their final Further Maths paper the week after. Below are some final messages from their Form Tutors:
It has been an absolute pleasure to be Clyde's form tutor for the past 2 years. Your children have inspired me and made me laugh almost everyday. What a frontier cohort!
Love Sam.
I could not have picked a more engaging, characterful, and generally fantastic year group to be working with for my first year of teaching. It has been incredible to witness the maturity and humanity with which you have all approached the end of your GCSEs and I cannot wait to see all the fantastic grades that you have all worked so hard to achieve. Well done and good luck for everything in the future.
Tom
I am so lucky to have been with Eden for the last 2 and half years! I am immensely proud of all their hard work and achievements! It has truly been a privilege to be a part of such a talented and joyful group, and I will always cherish the memories we have created together. You got this kiddos!
Navjot
Teaching Eden and Clyde has been one of the greatest privileges of my career at Reach. They embody everything it is to be a Reach student and no doubt all of their hard work will pay off this summer. Most importantly, they are the best humans - all incredible in their own right. GOOD LUCK - you all have bright futures ahead of yourselves!
Sarah
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A number of our Year 12 scholars will be taking additional exams this Summer as they are planning to apply to Oxford, Cambridge or to make an application to Medical school. Here are a few of them setting off on a trip to Hampton School to sit some mock papers in preparation for the UCAT, TMU or TSA.
Next week sees the end of Year 13 exams and the pupils are invited to come together for a final dinner with their peers and teachers on Friday 21st.. We are so proud of each and everyone of them and wish them the best of luck for results day.
