NPCS Summer Newsletter 2013

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From theHeadteacherSummer has finally arrivedthe blue skies and radiantheat has lifted spirits of theof the NPCS community. Thehot weather is welcomed incontrast to the end of the lastacademic year.Thisnewsletter is busy as everwith activities, educationalvisits, school events andcelebrations.

The school will be busyduring the first two weeks ofthe summer holidays withour Year 6 transition summerschool programme. Thewhole school community nowneeds to rest, relax andrecharge the batteries, readyfor the new academic year.

Please encourage your childto keep reading over thesummer holiday. Please notethe terms dates for weekcommencing 2nd September2013.

I wish you a your family afun packed and peacefulsummer break - best wishes.

Ms Duncan, Headteacher

Years 8 and 11 return to school on Thursday 5th September 2013

Monday 28th October to Friday 1st November 2013

Monday 4th November to Friday 20th December 2013

Monday 23rd December 2013 to Friday 3rd Janaury 2014

Monday 6th January to Friday 14th February 2014

Monday 17th February to Friday 21st February 2014

Monday 24th February to Friday 4th April 2014

Tuesday 22nd April to Friday 23rd May 2014

Tuesday 27th May to Friday 30th May 2014

Monday 2nd June to Tuesday 22nd July 2014

Monday 2nd September to Friday 25th October 2013

Year 7 start school on Wednesday 4th September 2013

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Head Boy and Head Girl SpeechWe have reached a point in our school journey where, us year 11s, such as

Hadia and myself, must say goodbye to Northumberland Park CommunitySchool. For a majority of us, the last five years has been a rollercoaster of:

amazing events, opportunities and experiences. Our year group has beenhonoured to be exposed to a variety of real life experiences,which in a couple of years

or so we will be taking on. These would include things like interview skills day, work experienceand even trips to universities. Many of these activities have provided us with good memories, strongfriendships and excellent character building skills, which we will cherish for the rest of our lives.

Over the last five years our school has provided us with the knowledge, skills andattributes to succeed and accomplish whatever we decide to do in the future. Notonly has the education been of the highest of standards but the extra-curricularactivities have also been excellent. For the last five years many students,including myself, have been privileged to participate in so many sportingactivities, ranging from badminton, basketball, football and even table tennis. It isclear that Northumberland Park tends to students’ every need.

It is also clear that without the tremendous support and amazing persistence ofstaff and teachers our year group would not have been able to achieve the thingswe have done or are currently doing. As a result of that, I would like to say amassive thank you to all the staff and teachers who,over the years, haveconstantly worked hard and pushed us to do better and accomplish excellence.

As Head Boy and Head Girl we have had first-hand experience in witnessing allthe major things that have been put into place in order to benefit the students in every possible way,whether it be creating extra booster classes for students or even changing the referral and reward systemto help students with behaviour , Northumberland Park has gone over and beyond to cater for studentsover the years.

To conclude, I would like to say a massive thank you to the staff who have aided us over the last fiveyears. I know I speak for every student when I say, if it was not for all the effort and hard work this schoolhad tirelessly put in on my behalf I would not be the person I am today. So I say goodbye and good luck toNorthumberland Park Community school. You have helped me and so many other students. It is clear thatthis school abides by its motto as it has motivated me to do my best in whatever I do, helped me to aspireto want to accomplish greatness in the future and transformed me from an immature boy to a drivenyoung man. Thank you.

From Michael-Joel and Hadia

The Bank of England Museum visit

On Tuesday, 21st May, the Maths department arranged for 40 year 7students to visit the Bank of England Museum. The students enjoyed an educational Pounds & Pence presentationand a discussion where they learnt all about money, how it was made,its uses - past and present - and why we trust its value. They alsolearnt about prices, including why they change and how the Bank ofEngland stops them from rising too rapidly. The students also hadtime to explore the museum by themselves. The students were verywell behaved and their good behaviour was commented on andpraised by the museum staff.

This timely visit was planned to coincide with this year’s My MoneyWeek, which was from 3rd – 9th June 2013. During the week thestudents in year 7, 8 and 9 engaged in a week of fun financialeducational activities in maths lessons. Some of the activities involvedunderstanding the difference between wants and needs, opening abank account and saving, contributing to charities, a school basedcompetition for year 7 entitled ‘Life without money’, and somestudents also entered a national competition, ‘The A – Z of Money’.These fun activities were designed to fully engage the students andhelp them learn to make good financial decisions in life.

Mrs J Imiere

Visit by American Colleagues

On June 14th we hosted six American visitors from Columbus, Ohio,who came to look at how students are educated in England.They were all very impressed by the school facilities, thefriendliness of the staff and the politeness and welcome of ourstudents. They could not believe our excellent attendance figures,96%+, because some work in an area in Ohio similar to Tottenhamand they are lucky if they get 40% of their students attending school!

Special thanks to all the staff who gave their time on Friday to speakto our visitors about our work at NPCS; Joanna Chu 7S, Vinh Le 7R,and Pel Ahmed 7S who were such brilliant ambassadors and hostsand Mrs Hay for making the day run smoothly.

Some quotes from thevisitors:

'This school is really wellorganised. I would love toexperience some of yourcurriculum here. I was soimpressed with thecommunity work you doand your extended schools'programme. Thank you.'Jungjin Kim

'The visit was a valuable experience for my research. I am veryimpressed with the staff, students and assistance I received. I felt sowelcomed by everyone.' James. P. Evans.

'Miss Raheem and Mr Conaghan were so wonderful to speak with.They have so many creative ideas and really helped me as ateacher.'

Ms M Dean

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Cristal RobertsIt is always lovely to hear that past students are doing well and evenlovelier when they come back to visit you. Cristal Roberts left last yearto study A' Levels in Art, Textiles and PE. After successfullycompleting her first year at Leyton Sixth Form she has decided to goto art school and is currently looking at BA degree courses in Fine Art.Cristal was a very enthusiastic and conscientious student during herGCSE courses and it does not surpriseme that she would dedicate herself toher A' Level studies too.We wish her the very best in her futureand look forward to hearing from heragain soon.

Mrs G Selwynand theTechnologyDepartment

Year 8 Science Trip to London Zoo

On Thursday 20 June 40 Year 8 ALPS pupils attended a trip toLondon Zoo to observe adaptations of animals and plants in theirhabitats. The aim of the visit was to provide learning opportunities,for higher attaining pupilsin science, outside of theclassroom.

We were able to visit themajority of the animals inthe Zoo, and even get upclose to a few. Mr.Ibrahim shrieked withfear, alongside Jodie-Rose Searle and HelenAkgul, as the SilverbackGorilla charged towardsthem and banged on theglass window. Out of all of the weird and wonderful creatures at theZoo, our pupils most enjoyed petting the goats!

A big thank you to Ms Braganza, Ms Wikramaratne and Mr. Ibrahimwho supported me on this trip.

Miss I Kilic

Japanese Master Class Day

On Tuesday, 18th June 15 Year 7 students from NPCS, accompaniedby myself and Mr Carrington - or Carrington Sensei, which he nowprefers – accepted an invitation to London University’s School ofOriental and African Studies to attend a Japanese Master Class Day.

We enjoyed a day of ‘edutainment’ where we sampled the delightfulManga and Anime art forms, the inscrutable Japanese writing systemand the highly entertaining Kamishibai (紙芝居), literally “paperdrama.” We were also taught a few Japanese phrases.

I’ll let the pictures below recount the story of our culturally enrichingexperience.

Penny AnthonyHead of Modern Foreign Languages

Deciphering Japanese characters

Tony Nguyen recounts hisKamishibai tale

Demonstrating our newlyacquired speaking skills

HRH The Countess of Wessex visits NPCSHer Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex (GCVO) was treated to a right royal welcome when she arrived for a blooming day out atHaringey Council’s special school - The Vale on Tuesday 2nd July. The royal visitor spent time at the secondary resource department foryoung people with physical disabilities and special educational needs, located within Northumberland Park Community School.

Patron of the London Children’s Flower Society - an organisation that has been managing gardening competitions with local schools for over60 years - The Countess chatted to students and staff from The Vale School and saw some of the recent award-winning work they do ingrowing flowers, vegetables and herbs.

During the royal tour, music was played by the school band and The Countess met students in the Vale garden before being presented with aposy of flowers and signing a special visitors' book.

Sarah McLay, Headteacher of The Vale School, said "It was a pleasure to welcome Her Royal Highness and esteemed guests to our school.We are very proud of our students for winning the 'Alice Street' Trophy awarded by the London Children’s Flower Society. This visit helped usto celebrate our school, and our students' achievements, as well as the hard work of all the staff, including our gardening expert, RichardTharp."

"The Countess spoke to every student which made them feel very special."

Duke of EdinburghAward

Wind, fire and rain! The Duke of Edinburgh campers faced it all andsucceeded. A group of seventeen Year 10 students participated in aPractice and an Assessed Camping Expedition to Epping Forestthis June. The students had to prove they could hike for six hourseach day with all of their equipment on their backs. This trip allowedthe students to practice their orienteering skills, develop their campcraft and experience a lot of firsts, like sleeping in tents away fromtheir families and cooking their own food outdoors.

The most important lessons learned were that teams needed towork together to accomplish the tasks, maps needed to bereferenced constantly to stay on track and that waterproof clothingwas essential.

The students now need to complete a presentation based on theirexperiences and await the assessor’s decision to see if theysuccessfully passed their Bronze Award level camping expedition.

Miss MacDonald

Wellington College

On the 23rd of June nine Year 10students were given theopportunity to spend one week atWellington College, one of thecountry’s top 10 public schools. Wewere joined by five other inner cityschools to gain experience andknowledge of how learning differsfrom a state school, and a publicschool.

We were all apprehensive ontaking on this challenge atfirst, however as weentered, we were instantlyawe-struck by thesurroundings andatmosphere within theinstitution. It was far beyondour expectations.

On the first day, we wereintroduced to the staff, who would besupporting us on our journey. We were taken to the dorms that wewould be staying in for the week and got to meet some of theboarding students, who were very welcoming and made us feel athome.

Throughout the course of the week, we undertook many subjects thatwe were not familiar with, such as: Philosophy, Classics (History) andvarious sporting activities, for example slack rope. These were taughtto us in a very different yet efficient manner, which positively alteredour perception towards learning.

At the end of the week, we were united with our families at abarbeque set up by Wellington. We were joined by teachers fromNPCS and the Wellington staff where a speech was given.

Nazifa Uddin and Ryan Pessoa gave a speech on the experience andhow much this week meant to them.

We would just like to thank Ms. Duncan,Ms. Liversidge, Ms. Kirk, Mr. Schneider,Mr. Hendrick and all of the staff andstudents who were involved in this projectand making it a memorable experiencethat will be forever cherished.


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Watchmaking Workshop On the 7th of May Design & Technology took 4 Year 10 students to aWatchmaking Master Class delivered by Jaeger-LeCoulture. Studentstravelled to Harrods (Pic 1) where Jaeger-LeCoulture is celebrating 180years of fine watchmaking and on arrival our students were given a tourof the examples of the extremely elaborate and expensive watcheswhich were on display. They were also taken into the window display tosee what a watchmaker’s workshop would look like 180 years ago.(Pics 2 & 3)

A master craftsman from Switzerland introduced our students to themechanisms and engineering involved in making a manual watch anddemonstrated how to dismantle a watch mechanism using the tiny toolsto work the minute parts (Pics 4 & 5). Our students performed brilliantly,they each dismantled their mechanisms and were able to reassemblethem accurately. All 4 students must be the proud owners of perfecteyesight as no-one needed the use of the available magnifying glassesto complete their delicate tasks and only one tiny screw went missing inaction (Pics 6 & 7).

On completing their master class tasks each student was awarded acertificate from Jaeger-LeCoulture (Pics 8 & 9) and received a Harrodsgift bag (Pic 10). The students involved were Yunus Bulmus 10, LediLoka 10, Kinga Stalmach 10 and Sally Nguyen 10.

J Penny

Year 5 studentsworking in FoodTechnology and ResistantMaterialsYear 5 students from Lea Valley Primary School have continued thepartnership with the D&T department. They have been working inFood and Resistant Materials weekly, to gain experience of whattechnology is like at secondary school. Students have been learningskills such as drilling, sawing, painting, rendering, researching,pastry making, using the oven, chopping,rolling, cutting, shaping, weighing, baking,kneading, rubbing in, as well as safety in aworkshop and kitchen and how to designand make products.

“In food tech I have enjoyed using theequipment and ingredients because wemight not have the opportunity to do it atprimary school or at home”.Daniel

“In food tech I have enjoyed using newequipment and finding out aboutingredients. Importantly I have learnt howto work together. I have also learnt how towork responsibly and carefully whenhandling unusual equipment”.Ishmail

Joint English and DramaTheatre Visit

On April 29th over 30 Year 7 students enjoyedan innovative interpretation of “Romeo andJuliet” by Box Clever Theatre Company atthe Unicorn Theatre by London Bridge.

The original text was mixed withcontemporary language to create a realisticworld in which the lovers and theirfate spoke directly to a young 21stcentury audience. The set wassmall and with only 3 actors wewere quite surprised at just howsuccessful they were at creating thekey scenes in the play.

We travelled by bus and it washeartwarming to see our studentsadhering to the “Book as Uniform”policy and genuinely delighting inreading on the 141.

Arriving slightly early we tookadvantage of the glorious weatherto explore the riverside and views ofHMS Belfast, Tower Bridge, TheShard and City Hall. We even gotchatting to a group of Americantourists who gate crashed one of our photos. Hays Galleria provedinteresting with its fantastic sculpture and interesting shops. Hopefullywe’ll have a return visit next year!

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Fashion Capital Apprenticeships

On the 3rd of May, 23 Design & Technology year 11students attendeda presentation by Jenny Holloway from Fashion Capital. Thecompany has 20 apprenticeship places to offer to school leavers. Theapprenticeships are in a variety of roles within the Fashion Industry.Jenny introduced the students to the range of roles available withinthe industry from skilled pattern cutters to retail buyers. The processfor applying for an apprenticeship was outlined and support withpreparing for interviews in industry was offered to the attending students.

Alongside the full Apprenticeship Programme students were invited toapply for 6 week summer placements which a number of studentswere very interested in. Students were excellent throughout thepresentation giving good responses to direct questions and leavingsome lovely feedback comments forJenny and Fashion Capital.

I look forward to hearing studentshave forwarded their CV’s toFashion Capital and hopefully wewill be kept up to date with progressfrom there.

J Penny

Year 6 Taster Day Drumming workshops

Half of the cohort arriving in September spent the morning in theMusic department attending four one hour workshops given byJohanne James, drummer in the band ‘Threshold’. He gave aterrific display of how the drums could be performed by a top classprofessional and gave each student the chance to have a gothemselves. They then went on to perform a class piece consistingof call and response patterns using conga drums, samba drums andun-tuned percussion instruments. Quite a few students appeared tobe potential drummers/musicians.

If any student is interested in learning the drums, or any otherinstrument, in September, please see Ms Quow or Mr West for anapplication form. We will be continuing our flat fee policy of £30 aterm for 10 x 20 minute lessons.

Ms Quow

Year 9NYSE Trip

During this Summer term a group of Year 9 students were luckyenough to attend a school trip to the New York Stock Exchange.This was a trip organised by our maths teachers. At the venuewe did activities that got us thinking about our future, such as, alife map, job hunting, our personal achievements and what wewould want to achieve in the future.

We also gained some knowledge of how things run now and howit used to run e.g. before they used to have people shouting inthe room, arguing but now they do their business online. We arelooking forward for future trips like this one.

Students Comments:

We were split into two groups – employers and job hunters. We allhad been given cards which had a description and a CV of acharacter with questions. We had to go by the description and try andget employed. It was really good practice for interviews and the skillswe need.Anil Dogan

“Opportunities are often missed because they are dressed in overallsand disguised as hard work!” On this trip, the thing I learnt was thatwhen you go to an interview the question you ask the interviewer is asimportant as the question the interviewer asks you, so in this way youwould know what job is better for you. The most fun part of the tripwas the part where we were split into 2 sides, the interviewer and thejob hunter, and they made us try to apply for some jobs, and thismade us realise how we need to be in a real life interview and how weshould act.Serpil Er


6The best thing today was when we had to interview other studentsfrom other schools. We met new people and learnt new things. Weimproved our socialising and collaborating skills.Fatma Gurgur

Wow! What a wonderful day I had. So many different people I sawand I spoke to. The best thing was interviewing other students fromother schools. I was one of the employers which employed the jobhunters. This meant a lot to me. I think this was a chance to showoff how mature and professional we could be! I learnt so many newthings which I will need later on in my life.Alena Comak

The day began as we gathered up at Purple Lane by 8am, only towaste 15 minutes waiting for the late-students to arrive. We thentook transportation which consisted of a walk to the tube station,then a few trains.We had a great day there as we did many activities as well asmeeting the other students that attend different schools. The eventwas very diverse with many ethnic groups. Overall, I had a funday, probably the best trip ever. James Nguyen

The day went really well. We had a laugh but we also learnt newskills about interviews. I learnt that you need to have a goodposture, good communication skills and the key is to be on timeand punctual. We met new people and learnt new things aboutthem too. We also learnt new skills. My highlight was theinterviews. I was the interviewer so I had to interview the jobhunters. The day was useful, a great opportunity and it turned outgreat.Hanna Mohamed

The trip was good because we did a range of different activitiesthat will help us understand more about financial income and whatis good for the future. We did an activity where we had to faceopposite to someone we didn’t know. One side were the employersand the other side were the job hunters. We interviewed eachperson for four minutes each before changing. This helped usbecome prepared for the future when we get interviewed.Brandon Smith

This is the first time we had to look professional and extremelypresentable. We SUITED UP! The day started off with a few latecomers, but no worries. We experienced how to interview and howto be interviewed. Also we expressed what we want to do in thefuture. Brilliant trip. JUST Brilliant. Hope there is another trip thatcan top this one!Rin Nguyen

Teacher - Jodeth David

Food TechnologyAs part of Design and Technology week, a year 7 class had acompetition to make cupcakes and decorate them. Studentscould use different coloured icing, chocolate chips, hundredsand thousands, different shaped confetti, shimmer spray anddaisies. Students learnt how to mix colours and pipe icing.Students needed to design their decoration, make the cakes andthen decorate them.

There were prizes of chocolates and cookbooks, the prizewinners were: Pel Ahmed, Rene Boakye, Guled Hassan andGamze Rifatoglu.

“I enjoyed using new skills and being able to use decorations ofmy choice. I also enjoyed being a designer for the day!” Taliyah

“I enjoyed learning how to use the piping bag and showing myskills”. Pel

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8Organic Planter Design

On Thursday 20th June 15 Year 8 students worked in Technology todesign and construct garden planters. The students were set the taskto complete their planters using reclaimed materials only. Theworkshop was a great success, with students gaining a betterunderstanding of this year’s theme of “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle”.All students put in a great deal of effort in creating bright, colourfuland imaginative planters. They especially enjoyed seeing theirproducts in use once they had been filled with compost and plantedwith Marigolds and Petunias.

On behalf of the Technology Department I would like to congratulatethe following year 8 students for their excellent work on the day:

Bilal Ahmed, 8R • Khalid Al-Mubarak, 8R • Harry Cherfan, 8R Nabiha Choudhry, 8R • Rebecca Gogos 8R • Hazal Gokteke 8R Symone Hedman, 8R • Burak Koten, 8R • Fatima Alawi, 8J Tonislav Angelov, 8K • Caner Arslan, 8J • Hanane Bouhalla, 8J Ersan Cicekli, 8J • Done-Helen Dogan, 8J • Tequilla Francis, 8J

Mr P Maisuria

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle“To say that Design & Technology is important to our future islike saying breathing is useful.”Tim SmitChief executive and co-founder of the Eden Project

This year the Technology Department planned a packed design weekwith activities offered Monday to Thursday for years 7 – 10. Thetheme this year was the 3R’s; Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. The aim wasto raise awareness of the Design Industries impact on ourenvironment by asking our future designers if they can begin to thinkabout the resources they use, if they could use reclaimed materials inan interesting manner and show us they can be responsibledesigners. The design challenge set was to create a new productusing only recycled materials. The deadline for completed entries wasFriday 21st June.

I would like to congratulate Bianca Kaplan 8V who entered a perfectlyconstructed bag made from scrap fabrics of different textures and isthis years’ Design Challenge winner. I would alsolike to give a big thank you to all the Design &Technology staff and students for their hardwork and fantastic outcomes during theweek.

Ms J Penny.

‘Tree of Life’

On Monday, 17th June, sixteen students from across Year 7came together to create a 'Tree of Life' for design week.They were given a textiles design brief which asked them torelate to the artists Gustav Klimt and Kerry Darlington. Theywere also able to look at Mexican art and what a 'Tree ofLife' means in Mexican culture. The tree was decorated withpadded shapes, applique, hand embroidery and cutbackMola techniques in the shapes of birds, flowers, leaves, apples andpears. They also added quotes from the artists across the bark andbranches. The students worked incredibly hard and the outcomelooked beautiful.

Well done to Melisa Kardesoglu 7G Eric Chu 7H Hasan Tas,Lauren Ruffell 7J Tania De Ceita, Joshua Jones 7K NikolaDoroskevica, Van Hong Huynh, Rhys Payne, Taliyah Stephen 7R,Joanna Chu, Tyrell Boothe 7S Berek Cocelli, Berhat Durmaz, Ana-Maria Paun 7T Yennifer Rocquett, Jessica Woloncewicz and JunYu Chen 7V.

Year 9 Patchwork Quilting Workshop

On Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th June sixteen Year 9students participated in a patchwork quilting workshop deliveredby a professional craftsperson, Mrs K Cottington. As part of ourdesign week this workshop linked nicely to this year’s ‘3Rs’ themeas patch working is traditionally a process of reusing andrecycling old fabrics.

Year 9 were shown beautiful examples of quilting that have beenproduced by Mrs Cottington and were then given directions oncorrect techniques and processes to use. Students were asked todevelop their own quilting designs based on traditional templates.

Over the two days students worked extremely well to completetheir own samples, in fact they worked so well we were able todevelop their completed samples into cushion covers once bordershad been added. Patchwork quilting is a technique that requires a lotof concentration and precision and our students worked calmly anddemonstrated a wealth of patience in an effort to complete their work.

Both Mrs Cottington and I were amazed with the outcome of theworkshop. Many NPCS staff came to visit the students while theywere working over the 2 days and commented on the quality of thework. Students were obviously very keen to take their completedquilting home but the standard was so high the department has heldonto them to be included in the upcoming Art & Technology Exhibitionin July.

We would like to pass on a huge thank you to Mrs Cottington for allher hard work in sharing her skills with us and a big well done to allstudents involved:

Lauren Green, Deeq Hussein, Georgia Terry, Verona Nuha, ShuqinWang, Chloe Webster, Rin Nguyen, Sarah Al-Mubarak, Dilan Koc,Paulina Majda, Margina Nessa, Brittany Roach, Yener Ermis,Umut Gumus, Georgia Goldberg and Morgan Richards.

Ms J Penny

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10Saatchi Gallery Project

In March thirteen students from years eight and nine were veryexcited to learn that artwork they create would go on display at theprestigious Saatchi Gallery. Artworks were produced during five busyworkshops led by visiting artist Jack Brown. The project wassponsored by The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts.

The aim of the project was to improve one of the most fundamentalart making skills, drawing form life. Some of the students involvedwere confident in drawing and a few were not. This project allowedthem to develop and explore their own making and drawing skills,whether it be drawing from life or making collaged work. All the workis on display until July 27th so there is still plenty of time for you tovisit.

The students and I would like to thank the artist Jack Brown andEmma Moorby at The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts(http://www.childrenandarts.org.uk/) and Francesca Wilson at theSaatchi Gallery (http://www.saatchigallery.com).

You can read more about the project on a blog set up by the artisthttp://wearethefutureproject.blogspot.co.uk/

Mrs G Selwyn

Design & Technology visit to The TecxitementRoom

In April a group of year 7 students visited the Tecxitement Room inWood Green. The Tecxitement Room is filled with an inspiringmixture of the latest technology, such as green screen film kit, stopmotion animation, Macs and iPads and innovative furniture includingtable tops made of recycled yoghurt pots. The entire facility hasbeen designed for pupils by pupils.

The visit was a great success, with our students enjoying theirintroduction to new technologies through a variety of activities.Students learnt how to use GSP (Dynamic Geometry software) toenhance technical drawing techniques such as perspective drawingusing an isometric grid. Students also had the opportunity toexperience designing and building using a LEGO Mindstorms NXTrobot. Year 7 were very excited when they were introduced to thecentres state of the art cameras and were able to film themselvesutilising green screen technology to present their projects.

Our students were excellent throughout the day and remainedengrossed in their work at all times. The Tecxitement Room isclearly a wonderful facility to have access to and I’m sure we will bevisiting again.

Mr P Maisuria.

Gifted and Talented In February I took a group of 12 Year 10 students to a large conference in Westminster about applying for top Universities. There were hundreds of studentsfrom all over London and our students acquitted themselves well . Speaker after speaker described the importance of thinking about applications well beforethe deadlines in year 12. They emphasized not only the importance of hard work , dedication and aspiration but also the crucial fact that where you come fromdoes not have to be a barrier to success . They all left feeling that this was something worth aiming for ….aim higher indeed ! …and that the first step is gainingexcellent GCSE grades . ‘ I definitely felt that this is something I really want to go for now ‘ said one student and the sentiment was echoed by all.

By the end of the year over 50 more able students from years 7 and 8 have travelled to the Texcitement room at Heartlands school to grab the opportunity ofusing ICT technology that we cannot easily offer at school ; for example, green screen technology for making mock TV programmes , reviewing and testingeducational games and apps. Unfortunately the project will not be carrying on next year but I know that the many students who have benefited from theexperience have really enjoyed the opportunity.

There have been many more visits and trips throughout the year for our more able students and these can be read about under subjects based headings.

During March and April I carried out an audit into provision for the more able at Northumberland Park. Lessons were observed , work was scrutinised ,progress monitored and students interviewed. The outcomes showed that provision for the more able is good with the capacity to become outstanding .Students are making good progress towards their targets and teachers are providing challenging and interesting learning opportunities for them. The findingswere reported to Governors. Going forward there are some training issues for staff and I hope to carry that into next year in order to improve provision evenfurther.Mr Catsis

Chickenshed TheatreSome students in year 7 have had the opportunity to work withChicken Shed Theatre Company. This was a brilliant chance toimprove our Drama. Chickenshed Theatre, acted out a true storythat had happened to someone close to them. They wanted to showthe audience, the problems that can be associated with gangviolence.

My Drama teacher, Ms. Christopher, chose my class,7T, to work withChickenshed, making us extremely proud and filled with excitementto work with real actors who have many skills to teach us.

Year 6 from Lancasterian Primary School have been working with usand acting with us. We have been working together, boosting ourteamwork, and no matter what, we have been striving hard to makethe play as outstanding as we could.

The actors split my class into 3 groups and each group had 2 actorsto guide and help. We introduced each other and then talked aboutwhat has been happening in the newspapers. They explained to usthe meaning behind the play they had presented to the whole year7. My personal opinion was that it wasn't scary or anything difficult. Itwas fun and it was different from my usual drama lessons. I askedsome of my classmates what they thought:

“I didn't mind it. It was fun.”“I can’t wait till next lesson to see what we do.”“They were cool people!”

We worked very hard and earnestly because we wanted to showwhat Year 7 at Northumberland Park can do in Drama.

Berrak Cocelli 7T

YpresOn Tuesday 3rd of July, a number of KS3/4 students spent anenduring day in Ypres, Belgium. With the day starting with heavy rainwe all hoped that it would clear.

The experience was like a first-hand source of how difficult the warwas for the many soldiers who sacrificed their lives for us. The daystarted with a tour around the Flanders Field’s museum, which is filledwith artefacts from the war, including priceless journals of soldiersdescribing their time on the front line and the doctors and nurses whocared for the wounded soldiers. They also shared some recent newsthat during a building project they discovered even more bodies (over200) of fallen soldiers. 100 years on there are still horrific remindersfor the people of Ypres.

After the museum students were then given free time in the squareand a chance to buy and enjoy some famous Belgium chocolate. Thiswas just before being driven off to Essex Farm to see where some ofthe graves of soldiers are. During our drive we realised just how manygrave sites there are throughout the area. Most of us were astonishedby how young some of the men who fought were. One of the soldiersburied at Essex Farm was only 15 years old when his life endedduring battle, a cruel fate for such a young child. Students also got towitness the place where the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ was written bythe poet and WW1 doctor John McCrae. The tour guide was veryhelpful and gave us lots of information and some very interestingbackground information about the men that were buried in Essex Farm.

The excursion continued with a tour of the German cemetery,Langemarck, which was completely different from the British cemeteryin many ways. First of all, the British had tombstones engraved withsoldiers names but the Langemarck cemetery had mass graves withover 1400 soldiers buried on top of each other. Furthermore,Langemark was very gloomy and dark compared to Essex Farm.There seemed to be a chilling feeling. As we entered it didn’t feel rightand was totally different to the British cemeteries.

Next, the students were taken to Tyne Cot, another British cemeterybefore being escorted to Hill 60 where there’s a lake caused by anunderground explosion. The tour ended with the trenches at Hill 60.Students climbed through the trenches regardless of how wet it was.With mud up to the ankles those of us who forgot our wellies couldonly look on!

Towards the end of our visit to Belgium, the students were taken backto Ypres where we had a very enjoyable dinner. The day ended with adaily memorial: The Last Post of the Menin Gate, performed toremember those who gave their lives for the future. The ceremonywas moving and gave us all a chance to reflect on what we had seenand learnt for the day. At this stage we boarded the coach for thejourney home to sleep off our long and exhausting day.

Maconde and Jay. Year 10.

Drama Performances May 2013

In May the GCSE and Btec year 11 Drama students showcasedsome of their work. The GCSE students put together a fantasticevening of devised work that formed their final examination. Fourgroups of students worked with guest directors to produce originalpieces of drama that they devised themselves. They presented theirwork to parents and friends on the 2nd May and showed just howtalented they were with a wonderful evening of varied andinteresting stories. The Btec group alsopresented scenes from ‘TheHeights’ by Lisa Mcgee on the8th May. They workedtirelessly to learn their linesand put together aprofessional and slickproduction.

The Drama departmentwould like to congratulateeach and every year 11student for their hard workand commitment this year.Well done!

Mrs Christopher and Mr Bawden


12My Money Week 2013Numeracy Across the Curriculum

For My Money Week 2013, students and staff at Northumberland Park School enjoyed a range of activities to raise awareness of MoneyMatters and issues facing younger people with respect to financial management. These activities took place across the entire school andculminated during the week of June 3rd – 7th.

Ernst & Young Finance Master-ClassOn Tuesday 4th June, selected Year 10 students participated in a Finance Master-Class designed by Ernst & Young LLP (EY). EY is oneof the top four accounting firms in the world and managers from their London office spent the day at Northumberland Park School toconduct this workshop. The students enjoyed learning about issues such as the cost of living, credit and debit cards, budgeting, andsavings. Our Year 10s particularly excelled at the summary quiz and many of them said that they benefited most from the real-lifeexamples of budgeting and how credit card interest calculated.

The EY managers described the day as a “very positive experience; a pleasure to work with this group of students”. They have alsoexpressed interest in working with NPCS in the future, forging a relationship that brings similar opportunities to our other pupils.

Oxford University ResearchOur Year 10 cohort participated in research conducted by a PhD student from Oxford University, the focus of which was measuringchildren’s financial literacy. Financial literacy refers to the skills, knowledge and attitudes involved in managing one’s personal finances.We are pleased to report that our Year 10 pupils have good financial literacy and this was reflected in the research as it revealed that theyare very confident about managing money and secure in understanding the risks involved in borrowing.

HSBC&NPCS Money Workshop- Year 7

All Year 7 students participated in a two hour finance conference which was assisted by volunteers from HSBC. The aim was to give ouryounger students an introduction to the basic concepts of financial management and provide the tools for future decision making. Theconference was an unquestionable success with the students having benefited from the knowledge of the volunteers and NPCS staff.Our enthusiastic Year 7 cohort were able to benefit from the expertise advise from HSBC branch employees and participate in games andpuzzles with their teachers. Two lucky groups have won a trip to HSBC’s office in Canary Wharf next term. The representatives fromHSBC were very complementary to our school and will continue to build on the strong relationships developed.

Tutor Time ActivitiesAll students and tutors were involved in 15 minute activities during registration during My Money week. Each day, the whole schoolparticipated in poems, quizzes, and problem solving and discussions around the topic of finance and money matters.Tutors said that “students enjoyed the activities and were excited about exploring the topic further”. Teaching and non-teaching staff feltthat the activities were very helpful and applicable to everyday life.

“The Price of Pudding”Years 7, 8 and 9 took part in a competition which combined their skills in ICT, Food Technology and Mathematics. After learning to cook arange of desserts in the previous weeks, students then had the opportunity to learn how to use online supermarket shopping to sourceingredients. Applying the mathematical skills of Ratio & Proportion, they converted the recipe for a given number of people and sourcedthe ingredients based on a fixed budget.

The winners for these competitions are Maggie Lee 7S, Natalie Bankole 7S,Savannah Smith 8H, Damla Bozkurt 8H and Marigona Kastrati 9G.

Ms J David

HastingsHastings, the place of sun, rock, and sea. Unfortunately, we foundmist and fog! Despite the damp atmosphere the pupils got stuckinto different activities on the beach at Pett Level. We usedSatsumas to investigate long-shore drift with Mr McEntee, MissBraganza investigated the cliff face and the pupils searched forfossils, Ms Madaser investigated the array of sea defences on thebeach, I looked at how the pupils interacted with the space andplaces around them, and Mr Ibrahim… looked after the pupils ontheir break.

As the sun began to break through we piled back on the coach andheaded through to the Old Town of Hastings. The pupils walkedaround in groups answering questions and getting to grips with atourist seaside location. A well-earned 99flake was wolfed down bymost of the pupils and staff (Mr Ibraham was loving the strawberrysauce and hundreds and thousands!), before it was time to headback on the road after a jammed pack day.

“The Hastings trip gave us the opportunity to see erosion, long-shore drift and the effects of tourism on local people andbusinesses.” Selin Nagas 10K

“The Hastings trip gave us a chance to apply our knowledge of thecoastline to the actual thing and see some of the processeshappening.” Nastassja Jordan 10K

The pupils were amazing and a huge credit to the school. Whilstbeing stuck in every conceivabletraffic jam on the way homethere was not a single complaintfrom the pupils and the driverwas amazed at how well theybehaved. Well done to everyoneinvolved, especially year 9 and10 pupils!

Mr Hewett

Ex NPCS Student visits Year 9 in the TechnologyDepartment

In April ex Technology student, Declan Ring, visited the department towork with a small group of year 9 design students. Declan has goneon to continue his studies in the design field and is currently in histhird year of his Design degree course at the University of EastLondon.

The aim of the project was to introducefurther 2D and graphic skills to ourstudents. It was an excellent opportunityfor the students to extend theirexperiences in this field and also providean insight into working on assignments atuniversity level.

Over 2 evening workshops the studentslooked at a variety of animation techniquesusing different 2D graphic programmesand were also shown a portfolio ofDeclan’s work.

Ms F Byrne.

Duke of Edinburgh Technology Projects

The Duke of Edinburgh award has been popular in the TechnologyDepartment, where year 10 and year 11 students have been learningnew skills during evening workshops.

This activity has seen a revival of traditional furniture making skillswith two year 11 students designing and making book/DVD shelvesusing traditional methods, such as housing joints, tongue & groovepanel backs and routered edging. All this and studying for their GCSEexams.

Alongside furniture making workshops , further D of E students learntneedle felting and went on to use this skill to produce their ownjewellery .

Ms F Byrne.

Citi BankOn June 17 a group of year 9s visited the Citi Bank where theywere given advice on how to write acceptable and attractiveCV's and were exposed to interview skills. They sat and rubbedshoulders with CEO's and other reputable staff members of theCiti Bank.

Ms R Riley


14International Cricket Council Game. India vWest Indies

On Tuesday 12th June members of the cricket club were treated to aday out at the Oval; yes the Kia Oval Cricket ground to watch the ICC(International Cricket Council) Champions Trophy match betweenIndia and the West Indies. Having got there we were quickly seatedby stewards to watch both teams participate in their national anthems.With a seating capacity on the day of 23, 500, there was a sea ofblue; the Indian supporters were out in full to watch their team.

West Indies were put in and asked to bat first. They made a goodstart scoring 92 for 1 in 17 overs, with Johnson Charles timing the ballwell. Big hitting Chris Gayle was caught in the slips fairly early to thedelight of the Indian team. The Indian bowlers were finding it difficultto contain Charles until the introduction of Ravindra Jadeja, a spinbowler, who varied his speed to get 5 wickets in the game. The WestIndies could only make 234 runs in their 50 overs, despite DarrenSammy hitting 56 off 35 balls.

During the interval, we were treated to jerk chicken, rice & peas andchips for lunch. It was India’s time to bat. Having shown other teamshow to field, they went on to dominate the batting, hitting fours at willwith the opener Shikhar Dhawan scoring a century (100 runs). Indiawon the game with 10.5 overs to spare (65 balls). India went on to winthe tournament to become the ICC world champions 2013, beatingEngland in the final at Edgbaston, the last of its kind. This trophy willbe replaced with an ICC test world Champions Trophy. It was a greatexperience for us all seeing international cricketers so close up inaction.

Mr C Cameron

Jack Petchey AwardsThe students below were Jack Petchey award winners this academicyear. Northumberland Park is a Gold award school which means wehave 9 Jack Petchey winners. They received a certificate, badge and£200 which they have spent on something of their choice in school.

Students were nominated by members of the school community fortheir contributions to school life. The School Council decided uponthe winners based on the information provided. All these studentshave made a difference to our school community and are seen asoutstanding role models.

As a result, they were invited to a special presentation put on by theJack Petchey Foundation on the evening of 20th June to berecognised for their outstanding achievements. All 9 students werepresented with a Medallion and treated to an evening ofentertainment. The event was also attended by Ms Duncan, MsThompson, Ms Lee, Mr Liversidge and the families of all the awardwinners.

We congratulate our award winners:September Anh Nguyen – 11H (Giving Service within the school community)OctoberLeah Westrandall, 8T (Helping others, being a good role model)

NovemberAisha Mazhar 11K (Helping others, being a good role model) DecemberSally Nguyen 10K (Giving Service within the school community)

JanuaryPatrick Badewa 10V (Giving Service within the schoolcommunity)

FebruaryJennee Pottinger 7H (Being a good role model)

March Michael-Joel Stuart 11K

AprilShugin Wang 9S

MayJade Taylor 7T

Mr Cameron

Prince’s Teaching Institute

Over thirty years ago I graduated from Keele University. A three-day residential at Homerton College, Cambridge, took me back tomy university days of having to make new friends, live in crampedHalls of Residence and make sure you were on time for lectures!

The Prince's Teaching Institute course focused on the importanceof studying English Literature, its integrity as a subject and itsplace within the curriculum and how schools should introducepupils, whatever their background or ability, to challenging texts inorder to promote interest in the subject. Over the course of thethree days I heard several very academic lectures onShakespeare, Lyric Language,and grammar to name a few. I alsoparticipated in an excellent Royal Shakespeare Companyworkshop and an engaging creative writing session. The highlightof the course had to be listening to playwright Sir Tom Stoppardspeak and regale us with wonderful anecdotes about his writing.

The days were long, from 8.30am -10.15pm until after the lastspeaker had finished (with an hour off from 6-7!) but interspersedwith fabulous food in a setting that resembled Hogwarts! As thephoto suggests, we only needed a few Hegwigs swooping downto complete the scene.

My holiday homework consists of an action plan with severalchallenging targets but hopefully 2014 will see NPCS awarded thePTI kitemark for English.

Ms E Bolton

50 shades of grey, emotions, Hogwarts.... Have I been sent on aschool training residential or somewhere completely different?!Fortunately, within 10seconds of the first lecture, I learnt 50 shades ofgrey referred to rocks and the lecture to the very topical discussion offracking for shale gas in the UK and wider debate on our nation’senergy budget. The fact that this lecture was delivered by ProfessorIan Stewart, of BBC documentary fame, made it all the moreengaging.

A field trip to the nearby decade old village of Cambourne enabled usto experiment with new technology, monitoring our emotions throughsweat gland technology plugged into a GPS. We plotted this datausing Google earth and the results of how we interact with the spaceand places around us provided a fascinating insight into thegeography of emotions, and one that will help our pupils engage withtopics on both urban and rural geography.

Couple this with many more motivating and enthusing lectures by avariety of experts in their field; enlightening encouraging, andpartnership building conversations with fellowteachers; and food, wine and a location to rivalHogwarts, the Princes' Trust subject specifictraining residential comes highlyrecommended! The added plus of making 11challenging targets for the department toachieve over the coming year is exciting,although slightly daunting. With hard work andgood collaboration hopefully the geographydepartment will be awarded the covetedPrinces’ Trust Mark come this time next year.

D Hewett

With the offer of hearing Michael Wood speak on medieval historyhow could you say no? However, lectures seemed like a distantmemory and so many years behind me I was unsure how I wouldcope being spoken to for hours. It turns out that listening to interestingspeakers with a follow up Q and A is actually quite easily done.Especially, when you have professors and experts of TV fame talkingon the subject.

I had the benefit of having lectures on subjects I know well and teachand some on things I have never covered. It was particularlyinteresting to find out about Cromwell in a lecture. To have the lecturefollowed up with a trip to Cromwell’s old university and where theyburied his head made it even more so! This was especially gruesomeas we were being shown a number of images of the head, not for thefaint hearted.

It was lucky for us there was free flowing coffee as we had lecturesgoing all day and into the evening. We learnt so much that we weren’talways sure what to do with it. Lectures on Cromwell, the BritishEmpire, Stalin, World War 1 and Alfred the Great not to mention somany workshops giving us the opportunity to share with other schoolsit is impossible to see how they managed to fit it all in. Now on to thehard bit, completing those targets to gain our kite mark.

Ms E Laws-Beatham


16Year 11

Prom 2013Our Year 11s have worked extremely well during thisacademic year: classwork, homework, coursework,controlled assessments, half-term revision sessions,morning revision sessions, Saturday revisionsessions, mock exams, actual exams… The studentscoped with all these pressures in a mature andprofessional way and still raised a smile. This is whatmakes them so special to all of us.

Staff have once again shown their dedication to thestudents at the school with the number of hours put inand the high expectations they have of each and every one of the students. Year 11 students and teachers have echoed theschool motto through their commitment and hard work throughout the year: to motivate themselves and others.

On Friday 28th June our lovely Year 11 students had their prom at Tottenham Town Hall. The prom was an occasion for ourstudents to celebrate the end of their examinations and for the students to have one last special evening with their peers andteachers. Staff and students were dressed to impress and looked fantastic against the grand settings of Tottenham Town Hall. Theevent was enjoyed by all and we gave our Year 11s a tremendous send off.

We leave our Year 11s with two quotes for the future:“The first step toward success is when you refuse tobe a captive of the environment in which you first findyourself,” (Mark Caine) and “Our greatest glory is notin never falling, but in rising every time we fall”Confucius. We hope that our students build on thehard work that they have started at NorthumberlandPark Community School and lead happy andsuccessful lives. We will miss all of you.

Mr Guyver, Achievement Coordinator Year 11 Ms O’Connor, Assistant Achievement CoordinatorYear 11Ms Linton, Line Manager Year 11Mr Liversidge, Enhanced Learning CoordinatorMr Sayid, Former Achievement Coordinator Year11

We wish you all the best on the 22nd August 2013when you get your examination results.Remember, success is the sum of small efforts,repeated day in and day out – keep on working hardand challenging yourselves.Remember to come back to Northumberland ParkCommunity School and share news of your successand achievements.

Ready Steady Cook 2013During the Design Technology week, the Food Technology department hosted

another successful year of Ready Steady Cook. About 30 students participatedin this competition in its 8th year of running. The students wereenthusiastic, calm , well behaved and worked extremely well producing a variety ofdishes from a range of cultures such as Arab, English, Italian, African, Mexican, Turkish,American, Caribbean, Asian, Jamaican and Vietnamese. The students workedindependently to design and make their products of choice expressing a variety of skills.

Thanks to Ms Duncan, the technology department and to the judges that did a fantasticjob which contributed to the success of this year’s Ready Steady Cook. The judges for theday were Chef Collette, Ms Penny, Ms Robinson, Ms Christopher, Ms Henry, Mr Maisuriaand Mr Rennalls. The winners won JD vouchers, Ready Steady Cook medal and recipebooks, in addition each participant received a big toblerone. The winners for this year’scompetition are:

Year 9 & 10 Year 7 & 81st: Nazifa Uddin 10S Robert Abdin 8T2nd: Patrick Badewa 10V Zedika Palmer 8H3rd: Morgan Richards 9T & Dilan Koc 9S Bradley Bodger 7H

Quotes from studentsPatrick Badewa“It was fun, everyone was happy sharing and working together. I also enjoyed showing offmy skills and working independently. I am glad I came in 2nd place. It was a great eventand I love the prizes I received”.

Dilan Koc“Ready Steady Cook was a really nice experience. I liked cooking and being a part of thecompetition. It was enjoyable and a fun day for me to express my cooking skills.”

Zedika Palmer “Ready Steady Cook was a fun experience for me. I enjoyed the competitive part ofworking under pressure and trying out foods from different cultures.”

Bradley Bodger“I enjoyed Ready Steady Cook because ofthe pressure of making my product rightwithin a short period of time. It also helpedme to be fully focused therefore Iconcentrated fully on my product which wasrewarding because I received a gift voucher,a recipe book and a Ready Steady Cookmedal.”

Mrs Adetoba


18 Sports dayWeeks of planning from the PE department and, in particular Ms Edwards, goes in to making sure sports day runs smoothly and with the help ofall at Northumberland Park Community (teachers, teaching assistants, premises staff, canteen staff and cleaning staff) the day proved to be aroaring success. What resonated most with those present, was the enjoyment pupils got from competing andwatching their peers compete in the events.

There were some standout performances on the day with school records being smashed. Jennee Pottinger (7H)smashed the girls 200m record. Stephen Wiredu launched the Shot Putt a massive 11.76mtrs. Year 9s standoutperformance came from Deeq Hussein who broke Kishur Williams 200m record from the previous year.However, Kishur himself broke the Year 10 200m record (and in the process set Deeq a target for next year). Allpupils were presented with their medals in assembly and those who were record breakers received anadditional certificate. Talented all-rounder Sasha Deterville set two new year 9 girls' records in both the track(800m) and the field (javelin). The competition everyone wanted to win was the overallpoints total for each year. In four tightly contested groups the winning teams were: 7S, 8K, 9G, 10R.

As is customary at NPCS sports day, the teachers squared up in a tug of war led bytheir two respective captains Mr Demirel and Mr Green. The much vaunted Demirelteam included some heavyweight pullers and were hot favourites for the event, but withno stipulation on the amount of competitors per team and some creative work from MrGreen and Mr Cameron, it was not even close and was a comfortable 2-0 victory for MrGreen’s team.

Mr T Green

Tug of War QualifyingIn the build-up to this year’s sports day, the qualifying rounds for thetutor tug of war competitions, took place in the weeks leading up tosports day. These were conducted on the AstroTurf football pitch inschool during PE lessons. The groups would compete against thetutor groups on their side of the draw. (G, H, Jand K on one side of the draw and R, S, T, V onthe other side) The winners would then face offagainst each other at sports day.

Winning teams and sports day finalists: 7J and 7S8K and 8T9J and 9R10J and 10S

The tug of war competition was also notable forthe annual boys versus girls competition which,led by the master of ceremonies, Mr Demirel, pitthe ten strongest girls against 10 strongest boys(as chosen by their peers). In what can only bedescribed as a David vs Goliath performance the girls in years 8, 9and 10 overcame the odds to score knockout victories. All threecontests were captured on video by Mr Green and played in PurpleLanes the following week, much to the consternation of the losingboys.

Mr B Demirel


18Haringey Borough Athletics

History was broken at the Haringey Athletics Championships yesterday, with Northumberland Park Community School collecting a record haulof medals. Steady progression has been made in the last few years in the PE department with regard to athletic performance, culminating inwinning 6 medals at last year’s events. However, that total was smashed at the track this year with NPCS claiming a hugely impressive 19medals from the day’s events.

In a day of high drama and athletic excellence, there were a few standout performances. Ryan Pessoa (10R) took gold in the year 10/11, 200metres final. This was a race, where Ryan was not only competing against his fellow year 10 pupils, but also the best of year 11. KishurWilliams (10V), another NPCS year 10 student, also took bronze in this race. Fellow speed merchant, Feresha Mcdowell (9V) raced to a silver inthe year 9 100m. Chris Eduardo (10S) ran a mature race to take silver in the 400m, adding to the bronze he had already picked up in the 100mhurdles. J’ardell Stirling was unable to repeat the upset he caused in the 800 heats where he defeated the reigning borough champion but stilldid enough to take a bronze.

However, the drama of the day was saved for the 800m. First, Gemma Trew (10R) held off a fight back in the home straight to win silver, andthen, in one of the day’s most thrilling races, less than a second separated Deeq Hussein (9R) from a gold medal in the 800m. Neck and neckwith his opponent in the final straight, a small stumble saw Deeq ultimately come home with silver. Northumberland Park’s glory was not savedjust for the track and silver medals were achieved by Adjei Agozino (9T), Stephen Wiredu (8V) and Symone Hedman (8R) in the shot putt.

A selection of the best performers, were then asked, to represent Haringey borough in the County championships. All pupils should becommended, not only on their efforts, but also their behaviour, which was befitting of students from Northumberland Park.

A big thank you goes out to the staff, who made the day such a success. The event was a number of weeks in the planning and it has taken acombined effort from staff, starting from the teachers who gave up their time to take pupils to the qualifying events: in no particular order MsCorbin, Ms Thompson, Mr Mawulawde, Mr West, Mr Demirel, Mr Green, Mr Cameron, Ms Cox and Ms Edwards.

Swimming GalaNPCS was host to the 2013 Haringey swimming gala, attended byFortesmere, Gladesmore, Highgate Wood, Alexandra Park and ofcourse Northumberland Park. In what proved to be a high calibrefield. Highgate Wood and Fortesmere entered swimmers who

compete regularly for their clubs and NPCS, without theirbest club swimmers through injury, still managed to rise tothe challenge. Schools were competing over fivedisciplines, the front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke,butterfly and the 4x1 relay.

The Year 7 boys produced an excellent performance tocome second overall and this was matched by the boysand girls in Year 8. The Year 9 boys team came away witha bronze in the overall team standing and Eriz Pulat (10V)produced a phenomenal swim on the front crawl to comesecond.

Thanks goes out to Mr Turner, Ms Lowrie, Ms Edwardsand Mr Demirel for their assistance and swimming adviceon the day.

Badminton Borough Championships

NPCS dominated at the borough championships with the year 11girls taking second place and the boys sweeping all before them to

take gold. It was a fantastic effort from the girls’ teamincluding Rebecca Vachos, Marie Foster and MariaEduarda Rodrigues. The boys fielded their strongestteam of Michael-Joel Stuart, Serhat Atila, Florian Caniand Temi Babasanya and it showed as they dominatedthe event, winning their singles and doubles matches.This victory has been long in the planning and the boysin particular had put in a number of hours of practice atschool in lunch club and after school with Miss Edwardsin preparation for the championship.

PE Lunch ClubThe PE department’s highly successful lunch club, continued torun up until the last day of term. Numbers have swelled as theyear has progressed and it is open to all pupils. Pupils have thechoice of Badminton and Table Tennis as well as the luxury ofexternal basketball coaches who come into the school twice aweek.

We now look ahead to even more success next year. Have agreat summer!


20Tutor Football

TournamentThe dust has only just settled on the tutor football tournamentand once again it was a resounding success. Led by Mr Demireland Mr Green, there was a fantastic turnout from each yeargroup. 7G and 7T contested the final for the year 7’s with 7G,winning 4-1, thanks to a brace and a man of the matchperformance from J’ardell Stirling.

The Year 8 football tournament saw a big turnout from Year 8tutors who showed fantastic support. In a nail biting final between8V and 8H, watched by a large crowd, the underdogs 8H wentahead through a deflected effort from Nedim Custic. That wasonly the start of the drama as a hotly disputed free kick in injurytime gave 8V the chance to level. Aaron Williams-Bushellstepped up and curled a sumptious effort over the keeper. Thatmeant sudden death penalties and with pupils feeling thepressure, the first two spot kicks were saved. With 8H alsomissing their second penalty it was left to Aaron to once againstep up and score the decisive penalty, securing victory for 8V.

In the much anticipated Year 10 competition, the draw resulted inpre-tournament favourites 10S and 10H meeting in the semi-finals. With the two teams unable to be separated in normal time,10H held their nerve to win on penalties and go through to thefinal to face 10K. A game that was close for large periods, saw10H run away with the win as 10K chased the game and finished4-1 to 10H.

Football SeasonIn a football season decimated by the winter conditions a numberof fixtures were played,where possible, in the Easter term. In whatis a very important time in the life of a year 11 pupil, footballfixtures took a backseat in preparation for the upcoming exams.However, they still managed to reach the semi-finals of theborough cup after winning a thrilling penalty shoot. There wereoutstanding performances from both Michael Ferry and AdamBright in defence and heroics from goalkeeper Mehmet Gur in theshoot-out. All of which meant, it was left to captain AntoniPackowski to convert the winning penalty, sparking jubilantcelebrations on the astro-turf. Unfortunately it was not to be theiryear and they suffered defeat at the hands of Greig City in thesemi-final.

The standout football team of the year were the Year 10s, whorecorded victories over rivals Gladesmore, St Thomas Moore,Greig City and Highgate Wood twice. Led by excellentperformances from Captain Halil Dondu, leading scorer HalilPekkalo and midfield dynamo Ryan Pessoa, the team remainedundefeated and will be one of the favourites for the league nextyear.

Year 9 finished with a winning season and a record of 3 wins, 2defeats and a draw. They avenged a loss to Gladesmore with animpressive 4-2 victory and will be looking forward to the newseason with relish. Things were slightly harder for Year 8 anddespite the best efforts of Mr Sisupalan and numerous trainingsessions they were unable to record a win.

Finally it was a season of mixed results for Year 7, winning twoand losing three of their games. There was clear progress madeas the season unfolded and the boys got to know each otherbetter and some leaders began to emerge from the group,particularly, Captain Ergys Ibra and dependable right back CairoClarke.

A big thanks to Mr West (Yr7), Mr Sisupalan (Yr8), Mr Walker andMr Ibrahim (Yr9), Mr Demirel and Mr Green (Yr10) and MrCameron for all their efforts and free time they have given up totake training and matches.

ACE day at Middlesex UniversityWe thank Middlesex University staff for hosting two ACE days for our entire Year 9 cohort on 20th and 21st June. All of our studentswere given the opportunity to visit the Hendon campus of Middlesex University, tour the grounds and buildings, see the amazingfacilities on offer and to get a sense of what University life may entail.

A special programme was devised for our students to introduce them to the many facets of University life. Our students worked ingroups throughout the day, assisted by an undergraduate host looking at the range of courses on offer within the university, accessroutes onto degree courses, how to budget financially and had to consider what an ideal student may be like. They were given theopportunity to be as creative as possible as they were required to make 3D models illustrating their ideal student! After each exercise,our pupils discussed their findings and fed back to their peer group audience. In the afternoon they had the opportunity to listen toundergraduates talk about their personal route into university and the reasons why they chose their particular courses. Our hosts wereexcellent student ambassadors and provide our pupils with a real insight into higher education.

Opportunities such as this help to shape our pupils’aspirations into pursuing a higher education course andwiden their personal experiences and knowledge. Ourthanks also to Jenny Kirk, our Careers Advisor and MsLiversidge, Assistant Head Teacher, who arranged thisprogramme with Middlesex University. Our year group look forward to further enrichment visitssuch as this throughout their KS4 years.

Ms J. Thompson

Oxford University VisitA group of Year 10 pupils tookpart in a visit to OxfordUniversity that was organisedby Highgate School. Thestudents learnt about universitylife, the application process andstudent finances. They had theopportunity to work alongsideOxford undergraduates on arange of workshops. The daywas highly motivational for thestudents and they now allaspire to study at Oxford.

Year 7

Year 8

Year 10


22Year 9 Maths Workshop

On Friday 5th July 2013 all of year 9 took part in an exciting mathsworkshop where we had a competition to design a hat out of paperand a frame of folded shapes. We learnt how to make 2 differenttypes of kites and a rhombus, and also folded a hexagon out of paper.We were really creative with the different coloured paper withoutusing any scissors.

There was also a questionnaire about shapes where we had to look ina book for the answers. It was a good opportunity to work with otherpeople from different sets and contribute our ideas. We reallyenjoyed the workshop, and would like to take part in anotherworkshop again. It was a funexperience.

Thuy & Marigona 9G

Year 10WorkExperienceAll Year 10 pupils took part in WorkExperience at the end of the SpringTerm. The pupils were well preparedduring PSHE and tutorial sessions. Theyall sat the British Safety Councilqualification ’Health and Safety at WorkCourse’ prior to Work Experience.

There was a wide range of placementsincluding banks, shops, schools and theHead Office of BT in St Paul’s. A smallgroup of students also worked very hardon an Enterprise Project in school andthey raised £300 for charity. Two verylucky students spent their WorkExperience in the offices of PrinceCharles in Clarence House.

Ms D Liversidge

Yia sas (‘goodbye’ for those who don’t speak Greek) from Mrs Dean

In the summer of 1977 Icame to NorthumberlandPark for an interview forthe post of an Englishteacher. TheHeadteacher then wasDavid Pert and when Iwas at school (whereGladesmore is now) hewas my Housemaster. Itfelt very strange beinginterviewed by someonewho was my teacher, butI got the job and stayedever since.

I remember Davidshowing me the plans forhis new school andtelling me how proud hewas to be theHeadteacher of thisbrand new school inHaringey.

Northumberland Park started life in Town Hall Approach Road,near where CONEL is now. Students went there for the first twoyears and then everyone transferred onto the site where theschool is now.

I still remember my first day as a teacher, all those years ago. Iwas just as nervous as the new Year 7 students (they were Y1 ofsecondary school then) especially since I was given a Y7 tutorgroup, but that was a good thing because I loved being a tutorand I still remember some of the ‘characters’ in that group. I alsolove teaching English, particularly Literature and for me there isnothing better that when a student suddenly understands theideas and concepts I have been trying to put across.

I was very glad when new technology began to be introduced intoschools, because I hated using chalk to write on the board,especially when I had to rub out work. I was always covered infine chalk dust and, just like many teachers at that time. I spent afortune on dry cleaning clothes!

From 1977 to this day, visitors have said the same things: ‘Thereis a special atmosphere in this school’ or ‘The students at thisschool are great’. I think this is absolutely true and it makes mevery proud to be part of the ‘Northumberland Park’ community. Iguess I proved this by staying here for thirty six years!

I have enjoyed working here and it is with sadness that I amsaying goodbye, but I look forward to travelling, reading a lot, andgetting up when I want. I may even learn another language…maybe Italian!With love and best wishes to you all.

Maroulla Dean

Year 10 Visit Post 16 ProvidersAs part of the Key Stage 4 Transition programme all Year 10 studentsvisited a Further Education College or Sixth Form in readiness fortheir college applications. Students completed a questionnaire prior totheir visit and they were placed in groups by subject.

All of the providers put on a programme which included tasterlessons, a tour of the college and information about the applicationprocess and student finances. The subjects on offer included A levelsin Sciences and Humanities, Forensic Science, Sports, ICT, Business,Hair and Beauty, Engineering and Health and Social Care.

The colleges and Sixth Forms have all agreed to attend the Year 11Parents Evening inSeptember where theywill give out details oftheir courses to bothstudents and parents.

Documents

NPCS Summer Newsletter 2013