Surbiton High School University and Careers Fair this Saturday
 

SHS are hosting 30 universities and 23 career consultants from a range of professions as part of their annual University and Careers Fair at Surbiton Crescent, KT1 2JT.  It starts at 09:30am and finishes at 12:30pm and is aimed at Yrs 10, 11, 12 and 13.

Please see below this year's homework schedule.  All homework will be set in Edulink so that pupils and parents are able to see the details and deadlines set by teachers. We also continue to expect all pupils to read for at least 20 minutes each day. To support pupils with homework, we are introducing a KS3 homework club which will take place every day between 3pm and 4pm in S1-1. Pupils are able to come and work independently or will be able to request support from KS5 prefects and staff. KS4 pupils can use the breakout spaces around school to work independently up to 5pm each day.

PE & Sport Roundup (from last week)
(not published last week in respect of the announcement of
Queen Elizabeth's passing)
 

I hope you are well and all had a restful and exciting summer. There is no other place I can start than to mention the amazing victory of the Lionesses in the summer. The England Women’s Team were outstanding in winning the European Championships. I was lucky enough to be at Wembley to witness history unfold in front of my eyes and it was even more special to see members of the TKA community at Wembley (Elizabeth K, Katya VDL and Evie H). The Lionesses victory came shortly after our U13 Girls London Cup victory - a special moment in the last academic year.

I would like to congratulate all A Level and GCSE PE students on their success in this year's exam. We are all super proud of you and wish you all the best for your future endeavours. 

We welcome our new GCSE, CNAT and A Level students and look forward to seeing them grow and achieve over the next two years.

A massive well done to Tom B in Y8 for his outstanding summer achievements in his National Lead Climbing Championships..   

As we begin the new term in earnest please be reminded that students are required to bring their PE kit to all lessons regardless if they are injured or not feeling great. 

A reminder of the PE Kit requirements: 

Compulsory items

TKA polo shirt
TKA sports shorts or TKA skort
Trainers - non-marking sole
Sports bag

Optional items

Plain navy base layer
TKA navy tracksuit top
Track pants - black or navy, no logos
TKA hoodie

Please see below two links where you can purchase TKA PE kit from:

School Zone                                                      

Kit Locker  

The PE department is busily scheduling numerous fixtures across a number of sports - I look forward to seeing more successes across the various sports teams this year. 

Please see below the PE Enrichment Timetable for this half term, please note all after school clubs will be finished by 4.15pm. 

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in contact with myself or a member of the PE team.

Welcome to this week's PE & Sport Roundup. The PE department has come alive in full earnest this week with all extra-curricular clubs up and running. We have had 27 PE clubs running this week that have seen hundreds of our students train hard whilst enjoying themselves along with their fellows peers. All of our extra-curricular activities are open to all students, so if you have not signed up for a club yet - please do get yourself along next week. Here is the Extracurricular timetable again for reference PE Enrichment TT . 

Furthermore this week has seen our newly appointed PE Assistants begin their roles with supporting the PE department in delivering the extra curricular clubs. We have over 20 PE Assistants helping to support their TKA community. The PE Assistants will be developing their; leadership, communication, organisation and creativity skills whilst supporting their fellow peers.  

Well done to Gabriel in Y7 who competed in Portugal at the start of term in the Liga Pro Skate Almada – Pro Series Street Internacional Open and came out on top winning the category.

Looking ahead to next week we have our Open Evening on Wednesday night. Thank you to all the PE students who have signed up to help out that evening - it certainly is very special to have our talented PE students showcase our department and talk to prospective parents and students about their experiences.  

Next Friday sees our U14 girls football team (formally the U13s) compete in their ESFA National Cup 1st round fixture and by the virtues of sport they have been drawn against the team they defeated in the London Cup Final. Mr Arun has the girls prepared for what no doubt will be a very tough fixture as Kingsdale look for revenge, however we know how great our girls are.

Furthermore the Y10 boys team kick off their ESFA National Cup campaign away at Rutlish school. Mr Lockett is in a confident mood after some excellent early practice sessions with the team. 

Good luck to all teams next week in their fixtures. 

 

Well done to Gabriel in Y7 who competed in Portugal at the start of term in the Liga Pro Skate Almada – Pro Series Street Internacional Open and came out on top, winning the category. Gabriel has shown huge commitment to his studies whilst being away at the competition and we are excited to see his tricks and talent progress over the course of the year! Well done Gabriel and good luck in your upcoming competitions.

All pupils in Years 10 and 11 have access to an amazing resource called GCSEPod which breaks down their GCSE courses into short videos that they can access on any internet-enabled device. The videos use lots of key language that students need for their exams and are a great support throughout the course. We encourage all students to engage with GCSEPod. 

To help maximise home learning using GCSEPod, they have created this 4-minute video for parents/carers and are hosting a free webinar on 6th October - further details and registration are here. 

If your child is having difficulty accessing this fantastic resource, please contact Mr Holmes.

Is your child a Young Carer for someone at home? Perhaps they help look after someone at home with: 

• A sensory impairment

• A long-term illness

• A physical or learning disability

• A drug or alcohol problem

• Mental ill health

If you think that this applies to your child, and you haven’t done so already, please complete this Google Form. We have around 40 Young Carers who are known to us, however we also know that that number will be much higher. 

We work closely with Kingston Young Carers Project who come in once a month for lunch with our Young Carers. Kingston YCP is a fantastic organisation that has a weekly youth club and provides excursions and activities to the Young Carers that they support. If your child is a Young Carer and you haven’t signed up yet, do consider registering with KYCP. 

In school we run a weekly Young Carers Club after school on Tuesdays in Pupil Support. 

If you would like any further information please contact Mr Holmes or Ms Jacques.

Due to our membership of the Mental Health Support Team we are fortunate to have an Education Wellbeing Practitioner based in TKA one day each week, doing group work and supporting individual pupils who are experiencing low level anxiety and/or low mood. Click here for more information. If you think that this would be a helpful service for your child, please complete this referral form.

Talking to your child about online sexual harrassment:
A Guide for Parents

The Children's Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza DBE, has recently published a guidance document for parents/carers helping to support them to understand online sexual harassment.

The commissioner's team brought together a group of 16 - 21 year olds and asked them talk about what they think parents should know, and what they should say to their children when talking about sexualised bullying and the pressures of growing up online.

The report and poster 'The things I wish my parents had known…' can be downloaded here.