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The Harefield Academy Newsletter Redgrave House EditionDecember 2014

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Welcome to our December Newsletter

Merry Christmas and BestWishes for a happy 2015

Mark Poulter Principal

Upper School CelebrationEvening

ldquoWhat a fantastic eveninghelliprdquo was echoed aroundThe Harefield Academy following the wonderfulUpper School Celebration Eveningon Thursday 27th November Vice PrincipalFiona OrsquoSullivan who led on the organisation ofevening said that it was a fantastic opportunityto celebrate our studentsrsquo achievements staffand students alike were inspired by the successthat was celebrated Guest of Honour andOlympian Dave Long said that as an Olympianit was so refreshing to see the ethos ofexcellence hard work and sheer enjoymentbeing celebrated at The Harefield Academy ldquoThecohesive teamwork of students teachersadministrators parents and backers was plain tosee and deserves to be applauded The WatfordFootball Club Award for Contribution to Footballwas presented by Watford FC Sporting DirectorLuke Dowling and with Head of Academy ChrisMcGuane in the audience boarder Carl Weserstepped up to receive the Award Twenty special

Our Guest of Honour Dave Long afterpresenting Hugh Vickers with The Grove HotelAward for Achievement in Hospitality andCatering with Assistant Principal PaulaMonaghan

Here are some of our Awardwinners

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Awards were presented by our supporters whichincluded The Merchant Taylorsrsquo School Awardfor A Level Studies (Head Girl Nikita Sodha) TheBrunel University Award for University Potential(Andrew Noel) and The Principalrsquos Award forServices to The Academy and the Communitywhich was presented to our Head Boy (JackRamsay) The entertainment was secondshytoshynonewith the delightful Harefield Academy choiropening the Celebration Evening and a displayfrom Harefield Gymnastics closing the event withsuch panache Principal Mark Poulter saidCongratulations to all the Award winners and abig thank you to all members of staffGovernors sponsors and parents for thetremendous work they have done over the lastfew years to get the students to this level Anoutstanding evening for all involvedFull details of our Awards and recipients can befound by clicking here (Mrs Reynolds)

A message from Mrs Bolger Student Manager forRedgrave House

It is a real pleasure and an honour to be theRedgrave House Student Manager and I havefelt so very welcome here since I began workingat The Harefield Academy back in September I have really enjoyed getting to know youall you are a fantastic group of students and Iam very proud of youI would like to wish you all a very HappyChristmas and New Year Make sure you take awellshyearned rest and keep safe

and from Ms GordonAssistant Principal for Redgrave

House

Vivian Montesano with her Jonathan GreenAward for lsquoOverall Achievementrsquo pictured

here with Mr ConnollyVivian is one of the finest students the staff atThe Harefield Academy has ever had the pleasureof working with Her truly excellent results at ASshylevel and predicted grades at A2 is testament toher hard work and ability to carry outindependent research enabling her to writeessays in a mature and confident style Heracademic success is a direct result of being ableto plan purposefully prepare thoughtfullyproceed positively and pursue her target gradespersistently She has achieved all of this whileliving a long way from home and working in hersecond language Vivian makes everything lookeffortless

Annabelle Katumba receiving The DavidMeller Award for Èffort and

Determination`The writer John Ruskin once said that lsquoquality isnever an accident It is always the result ofintelligent effortrsquo Annabelle epitomises the very



We have the most dedicated teachers the mostsupportive parents and some of the bestfacilities a school can offer but we can onlyshow our true colours if we all keep believing inourselves You work hard in school you payattention to those teachers and you listen toyour parents grandparents and other adultsand you always put in the hard work it takes tosucceed Thatrsquos why I want to focus oncongratulating Redgrave House to focus oncontinuing the responsibility each of us has inschool and to achieve the best results possibleEvery single one of you has something yoursquoregood at every single one of you has somethingto offer and you should be proud of this Thewill to win the desire to succeed the urge toreach your full potential these are the keysthat will unlock the door to personal excellence

Meet some of our talentedRedgrave House students

Redgrave House student Georgia Baker comesfrom a background of Acrobatic Gymnastics Shewas three times British National Champion inwomens pairs 2010 2011 and 2013 andrepresented her club and region both in the UKand internationally She was fortunate enoughto train and appear with Spelbound (BGTwinners) and was part of the 2012 Olympic

essence of effort and determination As a GCSEstudent she laboured for many hours voluntarilyaftershyschool to complete extra work Herwonderful results were a testament of her manyhours toil As a Sixth Form student she hascontinued her outstanding work ethic achievingsuperb ASshylevel grades in the summer as a resultAnnabelle also recently gave up her half termholiday to work at the Brick Court Chambers inLondon a crucial legal work experienceplacement for her law university application Weexpect great things from Annabelle and shenever disappoints

Aaron Mather with his Haig OundjianAward for Òlympian Qualities` pictured

here with Miss LeonardTo be an Olympian requires outstanding qualitiesand characteristics such as sporting techniqueand skill commitment focus and determinationalongside being a leader and role modelinspiring future generations Therefore therecipient of the Olympic award has to showthese qualities alongside the potential tocompete in such a blue ribbon event as theOlympicsThis pathway is not easy and has its fair share ofdisappointments as well as accolades Finding abalance between the amount and intensity oftraining required day after day alongsidemaintaining an academic focus can lead tomany potential champions falling by thewayside Not so for the recipient of this yearrsquosOlympian Award Aaron has been with us sinceYear 7 and maintained his love for his sport Taekwon Do Training every week for most of hislife he has honed his talent and performs to thehighest level Not content with being British oreven European champion he set his sights on



closing ceremony with them Georgia started cheerleading after leaving Acroin 2013 with Unity Allstars Pearl (Junior Level 3amp 4) They were undefeated this season andwon the title Grand Champs This coming seasonGeorgia will be competing with Unity Pearl andUnity Saffron her first competition will be theSouthern Regionals in January Georgia alsofeatured in the CBBC series My Team theCheerleaders with Unity Pearl which was anamazing experience (Report by Mrs Baker shy mother of Georgia Baker)

Jaz RatterayshySmith (top left) Year 13 studentJaz recently had to fly home as he was called upto play football for BermudaDominykas Kolesnikovas (top right) shy I playBasketball for The Academy and London UnitedEarlier this year I competed at an Internationalcompetition in PolandNathan Davis (bottom left) shy I play football forBrentford FC and last year competed at the MilkCup in Northern Ireland the same tournamentthat David Beckham played in as a youngsterLouise Livingstone (bottom right) shy I competein acrobatic gymnastics and won second placeat the national finals in Turin last year afterwinning the British regionals

Cross CountrySuccess

the highest prize and when given theopportunity he literally fought his way tobecoming World Champion in Rome 2014

Ocean Gregory with her MichaelSherwood

Award for lsquoMoral and Ethical Behaviourpictured here with Peter Wastall

The German Philosopher Hegel once saidlsquoEducation is the art of making man ethicalrsquoHere at The Academy we strive to ensure ouryoung people develop proper attitudes and thatthey can confidently distinguish right fromwrong This yearrsquos winner of the Michael SherwoodAward has always had an innate moral compasswhich has empowered her to give her time andenergy to others Ocean is a model student andoutstanding footballer with enormous potentialShe always volunteers herself for all Academyextrashycurricular events She can adapt her skillshyset to a number of situations and has given backto The Academy by being a mentor herself foryounger students as well as helping to runschool events This summer she will leave TheAcademy to pursue her dream of studying in theUSA Oceans dedication and conscientiousnessmake her the perfect recipient of this award

Saviour of MampS visits TheHarefield Academy



Hillingdon Schools Cross Country sawmany Harefield Academy students run tosuccess They all performed fantastically in verycold conditions showing real grit anddetermination A number of students finished inthe Top 10 which is outstanding as most raceshad over 100 students running From here ateam is selected to run as Hillingdon in theMiddlesex cross country championships Theteam and overall results are to be publishedsoonThe Top 10 finishers wereYear 7 Girls shy 2nd place Remi Benhajkacem5th place Sameenah ToussaintYear 7 Boys shy 2nd place Essa Mohamad RashanYear 89 Boys shy 1st place Marcus Loh 4th Place Daniel GoddenYear 1011 Boys shy 2nd place OwenGreenbank 5th place Kiran MartinshyBright8th place Pablo Riesgo (special mentionrunning 2 years up) 12th place Nathan Bishop (Mr Littlewood)

Hillingdon Schools AchievementAwards

The Jack Petchey Foundation AchievementAwards are presented to students every year atthe Beck TheatreThe Achievement Award Scheme aims to enableschools colleges and youth organisations torecognise reward and celebrate theachievements of their young people JackPetchey wants young people to raise theiraspirations believe in themselves and make a

On Friday 12th December 2014 the Year 11 12and 13 Business and Maths students weretreated to a special talk by guest speaker SirStuart Rose Sir Stuart spent an hour with the students inwhat was a truly enthralling assembly talkingabout his career to date and he offered somewords of wisdom for the students for their lifeafter studies saying that lsquo50 of life is plannedthe other 50 is down to others decisionsrsquo andthat lsquoall doors are opportunities unless theyhave man trapsrsquoSir Stuart is well known for being the formerexecutive chairman of Marks and Spencerrsquos andis regarded as the lsquosaviour of MampSrsquo and has alsohad successful spells as CEO at the ArcadiaGroup Argos and the Burton GroupFor more information on Sir Stuart Roses visitplease click here Article by Year 13 StudentBradley Hayden

Senior Residents ChristmasHigh Tea

On Monday 15th December eighty seniorHarefield residents were invited to our annualSenior Residents Christmas High Tea Theyjoined in with Year 7 students to sing ChristmasCarols Sixth Form student Shuling Jones playeda saxophone solo and The Harefield AcademyOrchestra played a Scottish Medley This yearrsquosgames consisted of giant pass the parcel



contribution to their societyThese awards are designed to recognise a widerange of achievements its not just about beingclever or gifted but about putting the effort inand doing your bestTwo award winners from The Harefield AcademyGeorgia Simmonds and Lucy Wood fromRedgrave House will be presented withmedallions to accompany their framedcertificates and pound200 cheques (Ms Gordon)

Sixth Formers Meet ShaunAttwood

The annual Sixth Form ReligiousEducation Conference took place this term Ourguest this year was the former stockshymarketmillionaire and Ecstasy dealer turned antishydrugsactivist Shaun Attwood Shaunrsquos story wascovered in the National Geographic documentarylsquoRaving Arizonarsquo Shaun is now an antishydrugscampaigner and has written numerous books onhis experiences in American prisons His writinghas subsequently put the international mediaspotlight on US prison conditions and Shaunhas inadvertently become an advocate ofprisonersrsquo rights Shaun talked about his life andthe mistakes he had made very honestly andallowed the students to ask him questions abouthis experiences and his struggle to findenlightenment (Miss Fitzgerald)

The Harefield AcademyAlumniFormer Students

reindeer drive and a chocolate eating game thatinvolved eating AftershyEights as quick as theycould The High tea was excellent and wasprepared by our catering students who alsoassisted by serving at tables SixthForm students helped by welcoming our guestsand serving them sherry The quiz and rafflehelped round off a wonderful and enjoyableafternoon (Mr Smith)

The Olympians VisitThe Academy

Recently we had the pleasure of having threeOlympic athletes at The Academy at the sametime One being our wonderful sponsor HaigOundjian and the others being Joslyn HoyteshySmith and Louise Collins Joslyn is a former Great Britain 400m runnerwho competed in the 1980 Olympics in Moscowand Louise is a 200m sprinter who competed inthe 1988 Seoul Olympics Both are part of The Olympians which was setup in 2013 and is the body established tomaintain a network and to harness the goodwillskill resource and inspirational potential of allliving British Olympians It was a fantastic experience for staff to discussthe future of sport in schools with two GreatBritain athletes and in part this is how TheOlympians would like to make use of thebreadth of Olympic athlete experience we havein the country (Mr Littlewood)

Third in thewhole Country



We would like to get back in touch with asmany former students of THA as possible we areworking alongside a company called Future Firstto build THArsquos first ever Alumni network offormer students Future First has been designedto keep you and your former school in touchwith the aim of providing opportunities tocurrent students This could include anythingfrom careers insight and mentoring to workexperience Once yoursquove signed up yourschoolcollege will be in touch to offer youopportunities that you may be interested in Aswell as keeping you up to date with news fromyour old school the network can offer you lotsof ways to support the young people sat in yourold seats Whether you are still in the area orhave moved far away wersquod love to have yourhelp To sign up please go to the Sixth Form page ofthe website Then to the AlumniFormerStudents page and click on the Future First linkat the bottom of the page Signing up onlytakes a couple of minutes (Miss Fitzgerald)

Sixth Formers Raise Fundsfor Children In Need

On Friday 14th November our Sixth Formstudents came to school in lsquofancy dressrsquo to raisemoney for Children in Need We had a largenumber of Sixth Formers join in with the funTutor groups were visited by a horse WherersquosWally Peter Pan a harlequin a pirate amechanic Winnie the Pooh and a largecollection of animals to name just a few andraised pound20841 The Sixth Formers also raisedpound17840 for the Poppy Appeal by sellingpoppies within school to staff and studentsMassive thanks to all the staff and students whodressed up and donated (Miss Fitzgerald)

Winter WoollieWonderland

Sixth form students Mitchell Jones and DannyLewis competed in the National Table Tennisfinals on the 22nd November in PrestonCompeting in the U18 doubles category theymade a fantastic team winning their waythrough group stages and the quarter finalsThey were only stopped in the semishyfinal by thenumber 1 and 2 ranked players in the countrywho had teamed upTo come 3rd in the country is a hugeachievement and a credit to the daily trainingthey have received for the last seven yearsthrough coach Eli Baraty and GreenhouseCharity (Mr Littlewood)

U13 West London Champions ndashJust

Mitchell Pidgeon Chandler Cash Jay Frost Marshall Cash and Matthew VincentshyEdwards arethrough to the English Schools London TableTennis finals in JanuaryThey convincingly beat Burlington Danes andWilson schools but had a battle with WhitmoreSchool Having just beat them in the groupstages they faced Whitmore again in the final Athriller is an understatement ndash this was a battleso close only counting back the points woncould separate the two teams Scores were tiedat four games all the last game went to 17 ndash 17and then points scored were checked TheHarefield Academy had 167 and Whitmore 161 An epic battle that resulted in The HarefieldAcademy being crowned U13 West LondonChampions (Mr Littlewood)



On Friday 12th December the staff and SixthFormers of The Harefield Academy woreChristmas jumpers to support the charity Savethe Children Recently the charity has beenadvertising on television that the 12th Decemberwas lsquoChristmas Jumper Dayrsquo All staff and SixthFormers paid pound2 each to wear their jumpers andmany had to swallow their pride The jumpersranged from snowmen to Santa and Rudolphthere were also jumpers that lit up The Academyraised over pound130 (Miss Fitzgerald)

Parent Events2015

Harrow Borough 1st TeamFootball

After impressive performances for The HarefieldAcademy 1st team on Wednesdays and HarrowBorough U21 team on Sundays six currentplayers from The Harefield Academy SportingExcellence Scheme were selected by the HarrowBorough first team manager to play in theHarrow Borough first team They playedalongside other first team players and exshyHarefield Academy Sporting Excellence Schemestudents in a cup match against Clapton FCwhich they won 3shy0 Carl Weser impressedenough to be selected for the first team to playfor Harrow Borough in the FA cup In additionto this both Keiron Noel and Carl Weser havebeen given trials with Watford FC and Englandschool boys The Sporting Excellence Scheme has fantasticopportunities for the players to develop underthe monitoring of Watford FC with trials forthose who are excelling The opportunity toplay U21 football for The Academy team inpartnership with Harrow Borough is a newdevelopment this season which enables playersto step towards mens football by earning firstteam call ups and a possible contract Excitingdevelopments for next year include TheAcademy team playing in the FA Youth Cup inpartnership with Harrow Borough FC Theachievement by these players demonstrates thestrength of the football package in the SixthForm here at The Harefield Academy as it nowoffers the very best opportunities for any playerwanting to succeed in football (Mr Brown)

Girls Basketball Booms



January 2015Thu 15th shy Year 11 Parents Evening

330pm shy 630pmThu 29th shy Year 12 and Year 13 Parents

Evening400pm shy 700pmFebruary 2015

Thu 12th shy Year 9 Parents Evening330pm shy 630pmMarch 2015

Thu 5th shy Year 8 Parents and Options Evening330pm shy 630pmApril 2015

Thu 23rd shy Year 7 Parents Evening330pm shy 630pm

Spring 2015 Staff INSET Day Mon 5th January Start of Module 3 Tue 6th JanuaryModule ends on Fri 13th Feb

February Holiday Mon 16th February to Fri 20thFebruary

Staff INSET Day Mon 23rd FebruaryStart of Module 4 Tue 24th FebruaryModule ends on Fri 27th March

Spring Holiday Mon 30th March to Fri 10th April(Good Friday ndash 3rd April Easter Mon ndash 6th April)

Summer 2015 Start of Module 5 Mon 13th AprilModule ends on Fri 22nd May May Day Holiday Mon 4th May

On Tuesday 11th November approximately 50girls of all ages took part in the BoroughBasketball Tournament at The HarefieldAcademy There were two competitions runningat the same time the U14 and U16 age groupsFor both age groups Vyners and The HarefieldAcademy were in the finalBoth games were very close with some greatbasketball being played by both teams Vynerswon the U14 competition and The HarefieldAcademy won the U16 competition This nowmeans that both schools can progress to theLondon Youth Games representingHillingdon (Mr Littlewood)

Sixth Formers Josie and Sianvisit Auschwitz

On Wednesday 1st October Sixth Form studentsJosie Cook and Sian Jones travelled with theLessons from Auschwitz project to visit the Naziconcentration and extermination campAuschwitzshyBirkenau They also met and wereable to ask questions of real Holocaust survivorsas part of a workshop Both students found theexperience deeply moving and will now design away to educate young people about theHolocaust as their final project (MissFitzgerald)

Extra Curricular ActivitiesSport



May Holiday Mon 25th May to Fri 29th MayStart of Module 6 Mon 1st JuneModule ends on Fri 17th July

At The Academy we do not authorise anyholiday booked in term time as since September2013 Government instruction has stated that noholidays in term time can be authorised

Extra Curricular ActivitiesVisual and Performing Arts

For information on a wide range of extrashycurricular activities that the Visual andPerforming Arts department offers pleaseclick here

All Staff at The Harefield Academy would like towish you a very Merry Christmas and a safe andHappy New Year

For information on a wide range of extrashycurricular Sporting activities that we offer pleaseclick here

Click on the Christmas pudding to reveal our eshyfriendly Seasonrsquos GreetingsThis years eshycard was designed by Year 7Redgrave House student Joe BrayThe runners up in the fabulous Christmas cardcompetition are Juliette Mournier (Yr 7 LewisHouse) and Amy Doherty (Year 8 NavratilovaHouse) All entries were fantastic A very welldone to you all

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Awards were presented by our supporters whichincluded The Merchant Taylorsrsquo School Awardfor A Level Studies (Head Girl Nikita Sodha) TheBrunel University Award for University Potential(Andrew Noel) and The Principalrsquos Award forServices to The Academy and the Communitywhich was presented to our Head Boy (JackRamsay) The entertainment was secondshytoshynonewith the delightful Harefield Academy choiropening the Celebration Evening and a displayfrom Harefield Gymnastics closing the event withsuch panache Principal Mark Poulter saidCongratulations to all the Award winners and abig thank you to all members of staffGovernors sponsors and parents for thetremendous work they have done over the lastfew years to get the students to this level Anoutstanding evening for all involvedFull details of our Awards and recipients can befound by clicking here (Mrs Reynolds)

A message from Mrs Bolger Student Manager forRedgrave House

It is a real pleasure and an honour to be theRedgrave House Student Manager and I havefelt so very welcome here since I began workingat The Harefield Academy back in September I have really enjoyed getting to know youall you are a fantastic group of students and Iam very proud of youI would like to wish you all a very HappyChristmas and New Year Make sure you take awellshyearned rest and keep safe

and from Ms GordonAssistant Principal for Redgrave

House

Vivian Montesano with her Jonathan GreenAward for lsquoOverall Achievementrsquo pictured

here with Mr ConnollyVivian is one of the finest students the staff atThe Harefield Academy has ever had the pleasureof working with Her truly excellent results at ASshylevel and predicted grades at A2 is testament toher hard work and ability to carry outindependent research enabling her to writeessays in a mature and confident style Heracademic success is a direct result of being ableto plan purposefully prepare thoughtfullyproceed positively and pursue her target gradespersistently She has achieved all of this whileliving a long way from home and working in hersecond language Vivian makes everything lookeffortless

Annabelle Katumba receiving The DavidMeller Award for Èffort and

Determination`The writer John Ruskin once said that lsquoquality isnever an accident It is always the result ofintelligent effortrsquo Annabelle epitomises the very

















































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