Biometric Cashless Catering System
We are pleased to announce that our existing cashless catering system is being replaced by a new biometric system commencing 16 July 2012. The system is being installed in the week commencing 9 July and during that week the students will be asked to register their fingerprint image.
Students, parents and staff can rest assured that the fingerprint images cannot be used by any other source for identification purposes. The system uses an image of the fingerprint to create a mathematical algorithm and then discards the fingerprint; only the numbers remain and these cannot be reinterpreted back into a fingerprint image. Further information is available here.
Student Wins Design Challenge
Swindon Commercial Services (SCS) recently bought an eco-friendly car and challenged Swindon pupils to come up with an 'eco' design to highlight how environmentally friendly the vehicle is. Out of the 500 entrees submitted Isambard student Sean Elliot's striking design was selected as the winner.
Sean's design has been affixed to the Mitsubishi iMiEV which will soon be seen on streets of Swindon. Speaking of his design Sean said: “I wanted to get the idea of the sun powering the car. The design looks really good, different from when I was doing it on the computer. It’s good to know that people around the town will see it.” Read more...
Link Project With Oakhurst Primary School
Every Wednesday for the past four weeks a group of dedicated Year 7 students have been heading down to the main hall to greet and work with 75 year 4/5 Oakhurst students.
Started as a joint project to show Primary school students what they can expect from Secondary school; it has now developed into a full scale performance of overcoming adverse situations. Our students have helped the year 4/5s to come up with ideas about: problems they may have, find ways of resolving them, write a script to show people how this can be done and eventually turn it into a performance piece.
They have worked extremely hard to ensure that everyone involved has had an incredibly positive experience; we shall be heading over to Oakhurst next week to watch the plays and see all their hard work come to fruition. We’ve also had some help from some of our Year 11s who on Wednesday 14th put on a very convincing performance of an argument to give the Oakhurst students tips on how to act. Their acting was so believable that a teacher actually stepped in to stop them arguing!
Massive congratulations to all students involved – you have been exceptionally helpful and really shown how exciting life at Isambard can be!
Comenius German Visit
Our 20 students have just arrived back from a ten day cultural exchange with our partner school in Salzgitter, Germany. This visit was funded by the British Council through their Comenius programme. As well as a sight seeing trip to Berlin, a tour of the huge Volkswagon Factory and a trip down a mine, students enjoyed sharing film and media work with their German partners. The Comenius group will be sharing their experiences with the rest of the school very soon.
Mrs Carter would like to thank the rest of the team: Mr Faghihi, Mr Bartlett, Miss Quick, Mr Turney and Miss Holmes for helping to make the exchange so successful.
Isambard Students Win Inter-School Competition
Gifted and talented students from Isambard Community School have won an inter-school challenge. Two teams of 6 students took part in a challenge day for Swindon Schools at Nova Herod School on Wednesday 29th February.
The students took part in a series of curriculum based challenges, competing for points against other Swindon Schools. Students were accompanied by Miss Stacy, Design and Technology Teacher, who set the school teams a challenge to design a logo, poster and invite for a sweet shop called 'Sweet Dreams'. Some of the other challenges looked at volcanoes, advertising and team sports. Students were judged on their skills, teamwork and creativity.
Ofsted Inspection 2011 - Full Report
"This is a good and rapidly improving school. Students’ attendance is high and they behave well and flourish within the caring and supportive environment created by the headteacher and the staff. Students make an outstanding contribution to the school, contributing their views and taking on a very wide range of responsibilities, and to the local area where they engage in the work of many different groups. The school is a harmonious community and students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is outstanding."
The full report can be found here.
Anti-Bullying Accreditation
We are currently in the process of applying for an anti-bullying accreditation, with the aim of having achieved accreditation in early 2012. As a school we strongly believe that bullying in all forms is wrong and harmful so naturally wish to raise awareness about bullying and the impact it can have. We have recently set up a focus group including Dr Fortune, parents, teachers, governors, pupils and the local PCSO to support us in working towards accreditation.
Updates regarding our progress will be available here.
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