September 2017
This year’s Autumn Fair was a huge success. A massive thanks to everyone who came along and
enjoyed the day with us. Face painting, rides, bouncy castles, a fantastic barbeque and great
performances all added to the excitement of the day. A grand total of £3009 was raised and will be
spent on some exciting projects for the school this year.
Article 13: Your right
to have information..
Positivity • Focusing on solutions not
problems
• Thinking about the next step
rather than what went wrong
Article 15: Your right to meet with friends and join groups and clubs.
Rugby
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Diary Dates for October… 3rd ~ Year 7 trip to the TATE
3rd ~ Year 8 trip to RAF Northolt
3rd ~ Year 9 trip to the London
Wetland Centre
4th ~ Open Evening
23rd - 27th ~ Half Term
30th ~ Staff Training Day
31st ~ Students return to school
Article 31: You have the right
to play and relax.
Clubs
Our new clubs programme has been launched. Our students are taking
part in netball, football, dance, badminton, running and cheerleading.
There is also art, Minecraft, film, sign language, textiles, junk band,
geo-citizens, photography, journalism, drama, chess and mindfulness.
We also have a thriving choir. Every night students can also attend home
learning club.
In PE our students have been
learning to play rugby and to
run long distances. Students
are about to put their new skills
to the test by taking on local
schools.
Art
Year 8 students have been
designing and creating giant
animal sculptures and Year 7s
have begun making volcanoes.
Our students are loving using our
new table tennis tables which
have been delivered and installed.
Table Tennis
The year 7s are learning how to use
a Bunsen burner, and how to
conduct a full scientific
investigation. The year 8s and 9s
are learning about forces, the
periodic table and the human body,
including practical lessons on food
tests, using magnets and some
heart dissections.
Year 8s have started cooking in
DT, this week they made Indian
vegetable puff. The focus of this
practical was to develop their
cutting skills and to use spices in
their cooking.
Year 7
Yousef Elanizy
Chennai Hasan
Rohitha Norton
Clim Voishan
Ines Matine
Diana Bandrabur
Hamza Islam
Haydar Memar
Bianca Gruia
Wynona Webb-Stevens
Year 8
Kenzie Brown
Hamzah Haider
Vidhi Bhaichande
Riquelme Charlton-Cornelius
Maia Florea
Anamaria Samargi
Jay Wong
Hardika Sanjaykumar
Caleb Clarke
Year 9
Stan Liviu
Fin Sheridan
Jenita Ghale
Howa Yassin
Aryan Ahmad
Hawraa Hazzaa
Naveed Nisfer
Aleena Kaleem
Ellie Doyle
Article 28: Your right to learn
and go to school..
Huge congratulations to the
following students who have
been presented with the
Positivity Award:
Every half term students take part in
a theme project. Year 7s have been
learning about volcanoes in
Geography, have made them in Art,
exploded them in Science and are
writing a piece of flash fiction about
their consequences in English. Year
8s will be learning about the weather
in geography, speaking about it in
French, exploring climate change
with non-fiction texts in English and creating animated characters to
produce weather forecasts in Computing.
Article 29: Your right to become
the best that you can be.
Students have been learning to
play musical instruments in their
music lessons and many
students are taking up the
opportunity to have extra
instrument lessons.
Music