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Little Ilford School News & Events Summer 2022 - Issue 33 XX In this edition: Sports Success Scholars’ Club Gallery visits Theatre productions Visit to the Houses of Parliament …. And much more
COURAGE COMMITMENT COMPASSION
Dear Parents and Carers, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support throughout this academic year and wish you all a happy and safe holiday. As we celebrated our Year 11 students completing their education journey at Little Ilford School at their Prom last week, it was evident that they will be leaving us not only with their examination results but also with our school values of Courage, Commitment, and Compassion. We send them our best wishes for their future endeavours and look forward to examination results day and celebrating with them again. As I cast my mind back over the past academic year, I have been reflecting on many examples of how we have been delivering on our vision:
We take ownership of our learning and aspirations so that we fulfil our unique potential We promote equality and respect so that we feel safe, looked after and valued We embrace challenge and change so that we have the confidence to broaden our horizons We improve and achieve through resilience and self-reflection so that we are role models within the local community and the wider world Our students have faced challenges that would have been unimaginable a few years ago. However, they have continued to dream, aspire, support each other, embrace challenges and most of all they have been resilient. Accepting changes to the ways of teaching online, socially distanced and wearing masks. This level of resilience will stand them in good stead throughout their lives. Following this, I am sure they will be ready for any challenge. I eagerly await the start of the new school year as we will implement our new Key Stage 3 Curriculum and a new Behaviour Strategy. The Key Stage 3 Curriculum has been developed in house over the past year, tailor made specifically for our students with 7 key principles underlying the design:
A broad, balanced and rigorous curriculum that ensures challenge and support for all to fulfill their unique potential. A curriculum that develops a love of learning, nurtures creativity and instils independent thinking. A curriculum that celebrates diversity, promotes equality and has effective transition built into each Key Stage. A curriculum that reinforces prior learning and increases cognitive complexity through the effective teaching of reading, literacy, reasoning and problem solving. A curriculum that delivers opportunities for students to learn to be successful, to gain useful transferable skills whilst also building relevant knowledge. A curriculum that fosters a strength of character, and resilience that will help pupils to cope with choices and overcome the challenges they are likely to encounter in life. A curriculum that expands students' horizons through a range of spiritual, moral, social and cultural opportunities to promote their sense of moral and social responsibility. For more details regarding our new Behaviour Strategy and other updates, please refer to this week's parent letter, which can be accessed here. I want to conclude by thanking the staff at Little Ilford School, who have also shown excellent resilience throughout the year and I know they are also eagerly awaiting the start of the next academic year, thank you for all your hard work. I hope everyone has an enjoyable and safe holiday and I look forward to welcoming our new Year 7 students to school on Friday 2nd September 2022 and all other Year Groups on Monday 5th September 2022. Andrew Finn Headteacher