The Rosedale Hewens Academy Trust is delighted to announce the details of the Year 11 Prom, taking place on the evening of Friday 14th July 2023. The event will celebrate the end of the GCSE examinations and will be a time to mark the end of Key Stage Four for our Year 11 cohort.
Bookings for Hillingdon’s Easter Holiday, Activities and Food (HAF) programme have now opened! Through their programme of free healthy food and fun activities, children and young people can develop new skills, take part in creative and physical activities, learn about food and cooking, and enjoy a nutritious meal each day.
The holiday programme is open to school-aged children from reception to Year 11 (inclusive) who receive benefits-related free school meals. They are also able to provide a limited number of discretionary places to vulnerable children that do not meet the Free School Meal criteria, if you would like for a child you are supporting to be considered for a HAF place, please email HAFprogramme@hillingdon.gov.uk with the child's name, date of birth, address and parent contact details.
Activities this Easter include:
Find out more on their website - Easter HAF programme - Hillingdon Council where you can find out more about HAF, check out the Easter programme offer and find booking information.
To help make World Book Day special – and to encourage reading for the rest of the year too – please download the free World Book Day Family pack which includes tips and tools to help your child develop a reading for pleasure habit, and find the joy in reading!
You can download more fun World Book Day resources here: https://www.worldbookday.com/resources/
As part of the Business and enterprise ethos at De Salis, students regularly take part in project-based learning. Valentine’s Day was no exception, when our students decided to create a production line and hand wrap their own roses, sweets, fudge, and chocolates to sell as gifts. They created handmade labels and cards, along with marketing materials, and later used the Pop-Up shop to sell these to their peers. Students even came up with the idea of ‘secret deliveries’ where they took orders which could later be delivered to the person of their choice, anonymously. The event gave the entire college a buzz of energy and excitement and we can’t wait to see what the students come up with next!
Whilst Enrichment week is used for catch up and booster sessions, it’s also a way to further students interests and personal development, that’s why we offer CPR courses and countryside trips, along with new ways of learning. This enrichment week was no exception! Students taking the CPR course got the chance to see a real-life defibrillator, whilst Criminology students played a game of ‘water pong’ where they aimed to get the ping-pong ball into the other team’s cup - each time they missed, the other team would ask them an assessment question. This gave students the opportunity to build on their teamwork whilst learning valuable revision and study skills.
Electrolysis of copper (II) sulphate solution was all the rage this Friday amongst our scientifically inclined Year 10 students. In this science experiment, students learnt that during the electrolysis of aqueous copper sulphate using copper electrodes, copper ions are generated at the anode, that go into the copper sulphate solution used as electrolyte. Next the copper ions from the electrolyte are deposited at the cathode. Experiments are a fun way to put learning into real life, and allow students to be hands on when testing their theories.
Brilliant Parents present a 'Lunch and Learn' Webinar on The Digital World for Teenagers with Dr Michele McDowell on Friday 10th February 2023 at 12:30pm to 1:30pm.
Register for free here.
Light is one of the most fundamental energy forms and an understanding of several of its properties is essential to any understanding of science. In Physics class this week, students investigated the reflection and refraction of light using different transparent blocks. In this investigation, students verify the Law of Refection by drawing ray diagrams and measuring the angles of incident and reflection with a protractor. Students also observed the phenomenon of refraction of light where light changes direction as it passes through different media.
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MyHealth are running FREE Asthma workshops for parents who have children with Asthma. These sessions are run by the Hillingdon Hospital asthma nurses giving you the chance to learn from health professionals and to ask them questions directly. Some of the content included in these sessions is asthma attacks, asthma triggers, in techniques and asthma action plans.
The workshops are run online via ZOOM from 4:00pm to 5:00pm and you can register your FREE place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/myhealth-asthma-workshop-for-parents-children-tickets-191548726397
They are taking place on January 16th, February 6th and March 6th.
You can also contact the MyHealth team on tel: 01895 543 437 or nhsnwlccg.myhealth@nhs.net
This week, Chris from the Metropolitan Police attended De Salis Studio College to give a talk that covered many different issues young people are currently facing or hearing about in the media. These included policing by consent, discussions about shooting by police, what is meant by snaking, snitching and grassing, followed by a brief look at UK terrorism. Students and staff found the talk to be really insightful. A massive thank you to Chris for taking time out of his busy schedule!
Hillingdon have published their Winter Wellness Directory. The directory includes:
Download the Online Winter Wellness Directory below:
There are still places available for families to book their children onto the Holiday Activity & Food (HAF) Winter programme organized by the Local Authority. Their holiday programme is open to school-aged children from reception to year 11 (inclusive) who receive benefits-related free school meals.
Through their programme of free healthy food and fun activities, children and young people can develop new skills, take part in creative and physical activities, learn about food and cooking, and enjoy a nutritious meal each day.
Activities this winter include:
View their webpage December HAF programme - Hillingdon Council where you can find out more about HAF, check out the winter programme offer and find booking information.
