Dear Parent/Carer,

I hope you enjoyed the Coronation Bank Holiday weekend. We certainly have been spoilt with two Bank Holidays. It is good to see the children returned and refreshed. The formal GCSEs, vocational courses and A Level written exams start next week. We wish all of our young people the best of luck.

GCSE and A Level Public Examinations Timetable and Ofqual Guidance

Please find a reminder of the official GCSE and A Level timetable taking place this summer using this link.

You can also find guidance from the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) for examinations using this link. Please go through this with your child.

Safaplace Conference – Saturday 13th May 9.30am – 1.00pm

We are pleased to have this year’s Safaplace conference on site. Safaplace is your local young people’s mental health charity, and hosting its fifth annual conference on Saturday 13th May. The conference, which is free to attend, will showcase some of the many organisations doing great work to support the mental health and well-being of young people in the community and offer a range of workshops to support parent/carers.

The theme this year’s conference is ‘It’s on Us’ – how the positive mental health and well-being of young people is a community responsibility. Over the course of the morning questions will be asked – and advice will be given – about what more we can do to offer and to find support.

Kooth PLC, the digital mental health and wellbeing company that provides a welcoming space for digital mental health care, is generously sponsoring the event. Sign up to save your place now!

Year 8 Parent/Carer Virtual Forum – Wednesday 17th May 5.00pm – 6.00pm

The next Year 8 forum for parent/carers will take place virtually on Wednesday 17th May at 5.00pm – 6.00pm. The forum will focus on the GCSE Options Process and key information for the rest of the academic year. You can join the meeting using this link.

Year 10 Parent/Carer Virtual Forum – Wednesday 17th May 6.00pm – 7.00pm

The Year 10 forum has been moved to take place on Wednesday 17th May to ensure parent/carers are up to date with key information before mock examinations and work experience commences. You can join the meeting using this link.

Community Evening – Thursday 25th May 5.00pm – 7.00pm

Our fantastic Community Evening will be taking place on Thursday 25th May, which is a brilliant opportunity to celebrate our international and diverse community. The dress code is national dress, National football team kit or colours of the football team you support. There will also be a huge array of events including street food from around the world, dance and music workshops, fundraising stools.

If you would like to be involved in cooking food from your country/background, would like to share any skills/talents or if you represent a local organisation and would like to have a stall, please email Ms Anna Gluckstein on Ann.Glu@sns.hackney.sch.uk

We are compiling a playlist of music from around the world. Please email David Bunce on Dav.Bun@sns.hackney.sch.uk if you have any song submissions.

Following on directly from our Community Evening celebrations, there will then be a Music Concert taking place from 7pm until 8.15pm in the theatre. This will be a wonderful opportunity to hear our many musical ensembles in action, featuring numbers from our Jazz Band, Chamber Orchestra, Show Choir and Show Band, Singing Club, Band Club, plus some year 11 soloists and performances from our Sixth Formers. We are incredibly proud of our talented musicians at SNS, so come along and cheer them on. No ticket necessary and free of charge, just turn up on the night and enjoy!

We look forward to welcoming you all on Thursday 25th May to celebrate our wonderful community.

Year 11 and Year 13 Donations, Hoodies and Prom Tickets – Mr Ian Burn, Head of Year 11

If you are parent/carer of a student in Year 11 or Year 13 and would like to make a donation towards the prom events, you can make a donation on the School’s ParentPay Shop using this link. You will also be able to purchase Leavers Hoodies and Prom tickets using the link too. All proceeds will be added up to help reduce the cost of prom tickets. Prom dates are below:

  • Year 11 Prom - Thursday 29th June 2023
  • Year 13 Prom - Friday 30th June 2023

Free Access to E-Resources from The French Institute – Ms Lucie Dehon, Library Assistant

The French Institute is offering free access to French books, magazines and podcasts for adults and children.

To benefit from this free offer, visit their digital library using this link and create an account to access their wide range of content.

Term Dates for 2023 – 2024

Our term dates for next academic year have now been confirmed and can be viewed using this link.

Key dates and Local Cultural Events

Please see a link to our key dates here for this term on our school calendar that include Information Evenings, Forums, and Parents’ Evenings.

You can also find our webpage which is regularly updated, promoting local cultural events for this month using this link.

Wishing you a restful weekend and looking forward to seeing the students on Monday.

With best wishes,

Zehra Jaffer