Success For All

JULY 2018

New s l e t t e r

Monday 3rd September 2018Teacher Training Day – school remains closed to students

Tuesday 4th September 2018Teacher Training Day – school remains closed to students

Wednesday 5th September 2018Year 7 Induction 10.00am – 2.00pm (students to wear uniform)

Year 12 registration – 10.00am in Common RoomThursday 6th September 2018

Year 7 – Arrive at 8.45am line up under cycle shelter ready for assemblyYear 8 – Arrive at 9.15am line up under cycle shelter ready for assemblyYear 9 – Arrive at 9.45am line up under cycle shelter ready for assembly

Year 10 – Arrive at 10.15am line up under cycle shelter ready for assemblyYear 11 – Arrive at 10.45am line up under cycle shelter ready for assembly

Year 12 – Out of School All Day – details to be confirmedYear 13 – Arrive 11.15am registration in form rooms

Friday 7th September 2018Normal School day for Years 7 – 13 8.45am to 3.10pm

Monday 10th September – Friday 14th September 2018Year 11 out on Work Experience all week

Dear Parents/Carers

We are at the end of another school year. We hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable summer.

On our return in the Autumn Term, the school continues to focus on raising standards. As the Summer holidays are often a time for replacing uniform, I would like to remind you that shoes remain an issue for some students. Canvas

plimsolls and trainers are not deemed suitable footwear. Ties need to be to the full standard length. Unnatural hair colour is not allowed or patterns cut into a hair style. The school’s uniform dress code is available on the school website.

Since the start of this academic year Holly Lodge in partnership with The Albion Foundation have run a KICKS football session on Wednesday evenings after school. As part of the Kicks program students from Holly Lodge have represented the school at tournaments facilitated by and held at the Hawthorns Football Stadium. This week, 16 boys, 8 from Key Stage 3, and 8 from Key Stage 4 represented Holly Lodge at the annual Kicks football tournament, ‘Live the Kicks dream’. The Key Stage 3 boys were unfortunately defeated in the semi-finals on penalties, by the eventual winners of the tournament. However, the Key Stage 4 boys, faced with some tough opposition, some of whom were 3 years older, went on to win the tournament involving some very tense semi-final and final penalty shootouts. As a result of last night’s victory the Key Stage 4 will be representing WBA at the Kicks final tournament in London this July. George Owusu received the ‘Player of the tournament’ Award, for his outstanding display in goal, saving 4 penalties in the lead up to, and including the final.

Sgt Brian Steatham, Smethwick Town Neighbourhood Team, who was involved in refereeing at the tournament said, “It was a fantastic tournament and the behaviour of the students was excellent. We help support the Kicks project in Smethwick which is part of our community engagement to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour”

Students are pictured with Police Officers Jon Hewett and Brian Steatham, along with Lewis West, Senior Inspire Coach from Albion Foundation

KICKS – In partnerShIp

wIth the albIon FoundatIon

Defibrillator Fund RaisingThe Student Council at Holly Lodge is currently running a fund raising campaign to purchase a potentially life-saving valuable piece of equipment for Holly Lodge community. Events have taken place across school this term to raise funds to purchase a defibrillator.

Darren Moore, the Manager of West Bromwich Albion, got to hear about our Kicks Football Team and invited them to meet him at the trainng ground. The boys had breakfast in the players’ restaurant and were then treated to an inspirational talk from Darren, who was voted Premier League Manager of the Month in April 2018.

The Kicks Football Team were also invited to the BBC Crimewatch Live Roadshow with PC Hughie Treasure and they appeared live on TV

Holly Lodge Student Rahil Akhlaq (9JRU) becomes 1 of 10 in the UK trained as an Anti- Bullying Ambassador in the “Diana Award Anti Bullying Campaign”

Rahil was successfully appointed as a Year 9 Captain in September 2018, since being a Year Captain he has trained as an Anti-bullying Ambassador for ‘The Diana Award Anti-Bullying Campaign’. Through this role he has delivered sessions to younger students on self-esteem, selfies and how to stay safe gaming alongside the other Year Captains in 8-11. Off his own back Rahil has then applied to be part of the Awards ‘Supercell Anti-Bullying Youth Board’ and he was successful in being selected as one of 10 members. Through this role Rahil will have the opportunity to be a voice for his peers and speak on a national level regarding Anti-bullying issues in the online setting. He has represented Holly Lodge and travelled to Helsinki for the launch project in the Easter Holidays and will regularly be required to go to London to help design an online safety curriculum that will be globally applicable.

Anti - Bullying Ambassador

Rajni Chamba and Kavita Riyat are pictured.

Students from Holly Lodge have participated and successfully completed The Brilliant Club Program. They attended a graduation ceremony at Oxford University on 10 May 2018. These students excelled on this university style course with Arjun Singh and Anisa Saddique both receiving a first class pass and the other students achieving a 2:1 pass. An excellent achievement for the school and its students.

The students who participated are Riyhan Ali, Anouska Antoine, Aditya Dadwal, Lovpreet Deol, Dhamanjoot Dhillon, Joacey Jawanda, Inam Khan, Anisur Rahman, Netania Reid, Anisa Saddique and Arjun Singh

A number of students from Holly Lodge take part in Bhangra dancing. 6th Formers Kavita Riyat and Rajni Chamba are senior members of a Bhangra dance group – ‘Gabhru Panjab De’ who take part in competitions and shows in front of hundreds of people. A lot of the younger students from the school train with them and take part in the classes as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award. They will shortly be representing the UK in the Llangolen Music Festival in Wales. Kavita is also going to be starring in the forthcoming sequel to “Bend it Like Beckham” – Kavita and other members of the group are heading to London to take part in filming dance sequences for the hugely anticipated film.

The Brilliant Club Program

Sixth Formers

Holly Lodge High School is very proud to be associated with PC Hughie Treasure, Young Person Officer at Sandwell Police. PC Treasure has been awarded the MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for 2018. He does some excellent work with our students including projects helping to steer children away from crime and anti-social behaviour. We send him our warmest congratulations for achieving this honour.

PC Hughie Treasure

A group of Year 12 students have volunteered to be Food Bank Representatives for the local Smethwick Food Bank. Having visited the Holy Trinity Church where this operates and meeting with their staff, they are busy advertising the work of the Food Bank around school and collecting required items such as toiletries and breakfast cereals from Year 7 Forms.

Foodbank

Congratulations to the following students who have become Student Sports leaders…

Sabir Mohammed Oddin 9CKNKamraj Dhesi 10LSURyan Bains 10LSUIsmail Hussain 9NPETaryn Banner-Msyk 9JRUFatoumata Konleh Batchilly 10LSUJahlicia Williams 10CROJade Graf Haro (Ariana) 10CROFelicity Banner Msyk 10SKUNaimur Rahman 8MHEShannia Ward 8MHE

Student Leadership

They are pictured here with collected items that will be donated to the Food Bank before Easter.

For two weeks during June, Year 7 have been working on some science projects in their lessons. We had some excellent ideas and presentations. The new Annual Science Fayre was then held. All of the students worked really well. Well done year 7, great job!

Below is the list of winners:we have a joint first 1st - Salahuddin Ekmalay 7SHA1st - Reehan Abeelack 7MAL2nd - Randa Mohamed; Delisha Newman; Krshma Humayan, Yasmin Begum , Sunneyna Kauser in 7ELE3rd - Sky Norton , Nura Abdilahi, Rickayla Sinclair in 7JRB

Science Fayre

Since September, the recreation of the concept of Police Cadets was set up. Four of our students have continued with this pilot scheme from the start, with the aim being:To encourage community cohesion and engagementDevelop active citizensOffer early intervention to vulnerable studentsCreate a platform for positive relationship with the Police, and Community GroupsAid recruitment for the futureThey attend on a weekly basis at Shireland Collegiate Academy and undertaken various activities, including an Induction Day where they meet the Police Commissioner.

Students involved are:Aleena JabbarSuwayne Irving BarnettNasara BowmanKainat Ahmed(All from Year 9)

Police Cadets

The Big Bang Science Club

Students from Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 have been working hard all year looking at the applications of science. Including:-

University style experiments · Pupils were challenged with researching and completing university experiments that they would not normally come across in school. Pupils used new pieces of equipment and wrote up their work.

Animal husbandry· What is needed to look after animals that are not common pets. They also looked at adaptation and evolution during these sessions

Rollercoaster design· pupils visited Thorpe park and spoke to engineers about what is needed to make a rollercoaster. Looking at the physics evolved in making sure it all works

Pupils have been a credit to the school and have excelled in their work.

Here are some photos from their work.

Year 10 Boys qualified for the National Kicks Finals in London on Sunday 17th June after having won their previous tournament which was held at the Hawthorns before May half term. The boys were playing in an under 17s tournament with all of them being aged under 15. They did very well and again represented the school exceptionally, they got through to the quarter finals having not conceded any goals.

KICKS Football

SportS report

Vishav Kumar (Curie)Abubakari Sessay Forfana (Darwin)George Owusu (Fleming)Barnabas Adjei (Edison)Kaleb Coomson (Edison)Mamadu Camara (Curie)Belal Bance (Edison)Joel Wilson (Franklin)

U15 HandballOur Year 10 Boys Handball Team qualified for the England Handball Schools National Finals on Saturday 9th June, after having won both their local and regional rounds. The boys played extremely well throughout all tournaments and represented the school to an exceptionally high standard. They came 7th in the finals, drawing to the eventual national winners. We are extremely proud of all they have achieved and they are being invited to regional trials next month.

Barnabas Adjei (Edison)Jordin Pedro (Franklin)Kamraj Dhesi (Fleming)Anmolpreet Singh (Edison)George Owusu (Fleming)Saphal Sapkota (Curie)Joel Wilson (Franklin)Danyaal Ahmed (Franklin)

RoundersYear 7-10 girls have been taking part in the Sandwell Rounders Tournament over the last two months. Our Year 9 girls have won their league qualifying for the Black Country School games and the Year 10 girls have come 2nd. The girls from Years 8, 9 and 10 have done exceptionally well winning the majority if not all of their games and it has been a pleasure to take them to these tour-naments and watch them develop as a team to the highest level.

Sports LeadershipFrom Year 7 – Year 11 our young leaders have achieved so much this year:• They led a Sandwell Primary school event at Tipton Sports

Academy• Led Sandwell Quad Athletics for SEN pupils at Tipton Sports

Academy• Our EAL leaders became County sports leaders for the Black

Country• Both our EAL leaders and sports leaders lead in the SMILE

event at Wolverhampton University• They worked with SEN pupils from over the West Midlands• Hosted Primary Cricket Sandwell Finals• Led in PE lessons and Extra-Curricular clubs• Sports leaders helped Year 7 forms to sign up for events for

Sports day• Sports leaders were attached to a form on Year 7 sports day to

help run whole event

• The Leaders have a passport to log hours they have led to see if they achieve bronze/silver/gold at end of year

U15 HandballOur Year 10 Boys Handball Team qualified for the England Handball Schools National Finals on Saturday 9th June, after having won both their local and regional rounds. The boys played extremely well throughout all tournaments and represented the school to an exceptionally high standard. They came 7th in the finals, drawing to the eventual national winners. We are extremely proud of all they have achieved and they are being invited to regional trials next month.

Barnabas Adjei (Edison)Jordin Pedro (Franklin)Kamraj Dhesi (Fleming)Anmolpreet Singh (Edison)George Owusu (Fleming)Saphal Sapkota (Curie)Joel Wilson (Franklin)Danyaal Ahmed (Franklin)

House System Friday 29th June was our Year 7 Sports Day. It was run as an inter-house competition with over 200 students participating in an individual event as well as competing in the tug-of-war finale. Students’ behaviour and attitude was first class and it was a thoroughly enjoyable day in the sunshine.

Results were:1st Curie, 2nd Franklin, 3rd Darwin, 4th Fleming & 5th Edison

Year7 Sports day

Inter-houSe CompetItIonS

Edison – Birmingham Children’s HospitalFranklin – Smethwick FoodbankFleming – BUDS

House Charities Staff and students have voted for the local charity that they want their house to represent in 2018-19. At Holly Lodge we do a lot of excellent fundraising and I believe that by having House Charities will provide further links with the local community.

Darwin – Birmingham MindCurie – Marie Curie Edison – Birmingham Children’s HospitalFranklin – Smethwick FoodbankFleming – BUDS

House ResultsA big congratulations to Franklin House and their Head of House Miss Ruprai for winning the first ever Holly Lodge House Competition. The House System acknowledges and rewards students for their attendance, behaviour, extra-curricular participation and participation in Inter-House Competitions. Miss Ruprai and her Franklin team have been extremely successful in all of these areas this year and thoroughly deserve the winner’s trophy.

Final results are below:

Our World Cup inter-house 5-a-side football engaged around 40 students per lunchtime during the week commencing 2nd July 2018.

Sports LeadersHolly Lodge Physical Education Department and EAL (English as an Additional Language) Department have both supported students to become Sports Leaders. The EAL students have attended a Sports Leadership Day at Wolverhampton University and now qualified as County leaders.

All of the Sports Leaders have represented the school in numerous events across Sandwell.

Big Spring CleanA group of Holly Lodge students recently took part in Sandwell’s ‘Big Spring Clean’. This involved litter picking in the local community in order to make the area a cleaner and safer place to live.

Autumn Term 2018

From: Monday 3rd September

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Monday24th December

Friday4th January

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Monday29th October

Friday2nd November

From: Monday 7th January

To: Friday 12th April

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Monday15th April

Friday26th April

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Monday18th February

Friday22nd February

Spring Term 2019

From: Monday 29th April

To: Monday 12th July

From: Tuesday23rd July

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Monday27th May

Friday31st May

Summer Term 2019

Christmas: Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th December 2018 New Year: Tuesday 1st January 2019Good Friday: Friday 19th April 2019Easter Monday: Monday 22nd April 2019May Day: Monday 6th May 2019Spring Bank Holiday: Monday 27th May 2019

Main Holidays Half-Term Holidays

Academic Year 2018 - 2019