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