Determined Admission Arrangements – September 2020

1st March 2019Mr T Gava

Determined Admission Arrangements – September 2020

The law requires that all schools must have admission arrangements that clearly set out how children will be admitted, including the criteria that will be applied if there are more applications than places at the school. Admission arrangements are determined by admission authorities.

All admission authorities must determine (i.e. formally agree) admission arrangements annually, even if they have not changed from previous years and a consultation has not been required. Admission authorities must determine admission arrangements for entry in September 2020, by 28 February 2019.  The Newham Community Schools Trust is the admission authority for Lister Community School and we have formally agreed to adopt the LB Newham’s admission arrangements for September 2020.

For any proposed changes to the existing determined arrangements a formal consultation must take place and must be for a minimum of 6 weeks and must take place between 1 October and 31 January of the school year before those arrangements are to apply. For example: for arrangements which are to apply to applications in 2019 (entry in September 2020), consultation must be completed by 31 January 2019. This consultation period allows parents, other schools, religious authorities and the local community to raise any concerns about proposed arrangements.  We did not propose any changes for 2020 as our changes were made and consulted upon for entry in September 2019

https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/ServiceChild/School-admissions-statutory-consultation.aspx#Previousconsultations

Our Determined Arrangements for the school year starting in September 2020 are:

LB Newham School Admission Arrangements Sept 2020

You can object to these arrangements or the arrangements of any school by referring to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator. Objections to admission arrangements for entry in September 2020 must be referred to the Adjudicator by 15 May 2019. Any decision of the Adjudicator must be acted on by the admission authority and admission arrangements amended accordingly.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE REGARDING VOUCHERS FOR FREE SCHOOL MEALS

31st March 2020Mr T Gava

IMPORTANT MESSAGE REGARDING VOUCHERS FOR FREE SCHOOL MEALS

Vouchers for Free School Meals have not yet been sent out.

We wrote to families last week to parents whose children are eligible to receive a Free School Meal.  We did this because we wanted to introduce a voucher scheme to ensure children had access to their meal.  Parents were asked to check their contact details and let us know if any changes were required.

However, the Government issued further guidance last night on the introduction of a National Scheme.  Rather than running two separate voucher schemes, we want families to benefit from the National scheme, which will be of a higher value and will allow you to spend your voucher in more places.  We will also be able to send the vouchers to your home.

This means it will take one or two more days to get the new system up and running.

Please be assured that we will send the full value of these vouchers to you as soon as they become available.  In the meantime, if your contact details need amending, please email meals@lister.newham.sch.uk no later than 12pm (midday) on Wednesday 1st April 2020

I sincerely apologise for any inconvenience.

Regards

Claudia O’Garro

School Business Manager

Lister News  – Out Now

30th March 2020Mr T Gava

Lister News  – Out Now

Please click on the link to enjoy this digital copy of Lister News, showcasing all of the excellent achievements and opportunities from the Spring Term at Lister.

UPDATE: Vouchers for Free School Meals

29th March 2020Mr T Gava

A notice for for parents of children entitled to free school meals. 

Please note: the latest government guidance on FSM was published late on the 30th March. We will update our system accordingly by the 1st April.

FREE SCHOOL MEALS: VOUCHERS DURING SCHOOL CLOSURE

While the school remains closed due to the Coronavirus situation, your child is still eligible to receive a free school meal.

In order to encourage families to stay at home, we have made the decision to offer a voucher scheme rather than asking you to collect a meal from the school.

From Monday 30th March 2020, you will receive a voucher during each term time week that the school is closed so that your child can still benefit from this support.  The value of the weekly voucher will be £11.35 (£2.35 x 5 days).

You will receive a text message from a company called WONDE asking you which supermarket you would like to spend your voucher in.  After you have made your choice from the list provided, you will receive an email informing you that your vouchers will be with you in due course.  They will be sent to you via your phone or an email. They will not ask you for your banking details (see important information below regarding scams).

It is very important that the contact details we have for you at the school are correct.   In the next day or so, you will receive a letter from us in the post asking you to check your primary contact details, particularly your mobile number and email address.  If they are incorrect, we will not be able to get the vouchers to you.

If the details are incorrect, please email meals@lister.newham.sch.uk and provide us with the correct email and/or mobile phone details.  Please do not forget to give us your child’s name and date of birth in the email, along with your own name.  If your contact details are correct, you will not need to take any further action.

Scam Warning – Be aware of scam emails

We have been informed that some parents have received an email stating the following: ‘As schools will be closing, if you’re entitled to free school meals, please send your bank details and we’ll make sure you’re supported’.

We can confirm that this is a scam email and is not official. We urge parents that if you receive any emails like this, please do not respond, and delete it immediately.

 

Yours faithfully

Claudia O’Garro

School Business Manager

School Closure Information and Home Learning Guidance

18th March 2020Mr T Gava

School is now closed to the majority of students. Please check this page if you are a keyworker.

Vouchers for Families with Children Eligible for Free School Meals

In order to encourage families to stay at home, we have made the decision to offer a voucher scheme rather than asking you to collect a meal from the school. All eligible families will be contacted about the voucher system which we are using from 30th March.  Please see full details on this page.

Home Learning and Curriculum Guidance for Students and Parents

While students are studying at home, they should be following the same timetable as they would in school – 6 lessons a day. Students can use their normal school timetable to help them structure their time.

On each of these documents is a summary of all the work that has been set for students by teachers. Students should work their way through the subjects they would normally have on the days that they are not in school. Most of the work is on Google Classroom – here is a student guide to help. This guide is also available in different languages here. 

If students have questions about work that they have been set, they should email their class teacher.

The tasks shown here were due to be completed by Friday 3rd April. New tasks will be shared for the Summer term on Friday 17th April. 

Year 7 Home Learning

(please also refer to the Lower School Curriculum Booklet for useful information about each subject and topic)

Year 8 Home Learning

(please also refer to the Lower School Curriculum Booklet for useful information about each subject and topic)

Year 9 Home Learning

(please also refer to the Upper School Curriculum Booklet for useful information about each subject and topic)

Year 10 Home Learning

(please also refer to the Upper School Curriculum Booklet for useful information about each subject and topic)

Year 11 Home Learning

(please also refer to the Upper School Curriculum Booklet for useful information about each subject and topic)

Useful Websites

This document summarises many useful websites to support your learning.

You can see information on this page about supporting your wellbeing.

We also have a website page of tips for supporting effective home study and other recommended activities.

Coronavirus: Update on 17 March 2020

17th March 2020Mr T Gava

Changes to school operations due to capacity


Coronavirus: Update on 17 March 2020

We would like to update you on the school’s response to the current coronavirus situation. Due to staff absences, we will no longer be able to operate school for all year groups.

Please see the attached guidance which we urge all parents to read. The letter contains further information on how the school plans to operate for the next three days. It also contains important reminders of the key guidance on how we can all keep ourselves and the community safe.

From Wednesday 18th March we will be sharing information about home learning for students who are not in school, so please do check for updates.

If the situation changes we will of course update you via email, text and website.

Anthony Wilson
Headteacher

The Place Dance Partnership

12th March 2020Mr T Gava

The Place Dance Partnership

We have been enjoying our relationship with the London Contemporary Dance School, The Place In Kings Cross.

We are lucky to be a Centre of Advanced  Training Scheme (CAT) partnership school.  So far our GCSE classes have had workshops with Blue Makwana, year 8s and 9 students went to the Place had a tour and watched students in contemporary and ballet classes.  The Year 11s went to see performances by Kloe Dean and.Linda Haysford.

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In May the London Contemporary Dance School BA (hons) graduate company, LCD3 will visit us at Lister and perform as part of their tour. This will include a performance and workshops

Maths Award Winners

9th March 2020Mr T Gava

Maths Award Winners

On Thursday 6th February 45 Upper School students successfully achieved an award in UKMT Intermediate Challenge, a national Maths competition.In total they achieved 25 Bronze awards, 17 Silver awards and 3 Gold awards.  Jayden Aranas who achieved the highest mark in the school along with Het Vora (Yr 9) Eshann (Yr9) Hammad Zahid (Yr 10)  were successful in progressing through to the next round. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of the students that participated in the competition.  It’s a brilliant achievement for them and the school.

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On Tuesday 3rd March, Het Vora, Maryiam Khatri, Annis Coulton and Irini Sozosmenu represented the school in the regional round of the UKMT Team Challenge. After scoring excellent scores in three of the four rounds, they were on their way to the podium. Unfortunately, despite their brilliant problem solving and running skills, they were pipped at the final hurdle in the relay round. In the end, they finished 4th out of 24 schools; a magnificent achievement especially as it was the first time they had competed in this competition.

Lister shines in Poetry by Heart Competition

3rd March 2020Mr T Gava

Newham Poetry by Heart Recital Competition

Last week, Lister Community School hosted the first Newham Poetry by Heart Recital Competition. The event saw multiple primary and secondary schools across Newham perform a variety of different poems. It was fantastic to see so many students engaging with poetry and not only memorising the poems, but truly performing them.

 

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We had an amazing variety of group performances and individual acts, all of which were clearly prepared and rehearsed meticulously. A big well done to all of the students who performed on Thursday – they were all fantastic to watch! A particular congratulations for our primary and secondary winners and runners up, Abigail and Andre from St Joachim’s Catholic Primary and Chloe and Foujia from Lister Community School. Another big congratulations to our group winners and runner up Rokeby School and Central Park Primary. 
 
It was fantastic for students to gain personalised feedback from a judging table full of professionals. Allie Esiri and Adam Kammerling, both working in the field of poetry, Jane Lofthouse, representation from Newham Council and Tim Shortis from Poetry by Heart! The judges were really impressed by the quality of all of the performances and by the hospitality and politeness of all Lister students who supported with the event.
As a school, it was fantastic to see 3 out of 6 of the finalists representing Lister Community School. Well done everyone who worked so hard to make this event a success!

Holiday, what holiday?

26th February 2020Mr T Gava
The Year 11 GCSE Dance cohort  did not begin their Half Term holidays until Tuesday.  They were in school attending an Artspool Dance Conference run by Heather Worrall on the written paper which is worth 40% of their total GCSE grade.

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As well as learning new acronyms and acrostic poems to remember key facts and structuring model answers for the essay questions, they constructed model sets for the 6 professional works in the anthology.

“I’m glad I came. Heather made me understand the paper more”  Emily

“I know how to structure an answer for a 12 mark question” Gabriela

“All I need to do is write up the notes from the session and do a few of the essays we planned and I’ll feel very confident about the written paper” Gilberto

“She helped to make links between all the works and the components” Vera