February 2017 Issue #151
Word on the Street The Newsletter of Green Spring Academy SHOREDITCH and Sixth Form
A world of imagination and books Green Spring Academy Shoreditch joined in the world wide celebration of books and reading during World Book Week from Monday 27th February to Friday 3rd March 2017. The theme of our book week was magical creatures. The main aim of World Book Week at the academy is to encourage students to explore the pleasure of reading through activities including ‘drop everything and read’, and share with student’s book-related activities and puzzles during break time. ‘Jackanory’ took place every lunch time with a member of staff reading extracts from one of their favourite books and discussing the book in detail. Students also had an opportunity to meet author Joshua Davis and Mr Marsh during a Tea Time Talk. World Book Week ended with students having an opportunity to dress up to bring their favourite book character to life. There was a competition for students to display the imaginative characters they recreated, as well as speeches to help develop confidence and public speaking skills. We hope this week has encouraged students to read more actively.
27 February
2017
Interfaith Week @GSAS
The week commencing 20th February the academy’s Interfaith Week celebrations took place. The week of activities aims to build positive interfaith relations and explores how people of different faiths and beliefs work together for the common good of our society. Students participated in a range of fun and engaging activities, including group discussions, Mindfulness meditation drop in sessions and workshops involving mixed year groups. On Tuesday 21st February, Sixth Form students welcomed Mehri Nicknam MBE and Rabbi David from the Joseph Interfaith Foundation. Students were treated to an enlightening and often quite humorous journey through the ins and outs of Judaism and Islam. On the morning of Thursday 23rd February, Year 7, 8 and 9 students were taken off timetable to explore commonality between key religious parables and they also looked at case studies on how someone should respond to prejudice in familiar situations. The week ended with a lunchtime celebration enabling students to speak about their experiences and to showcase some of their work. The event was joyfully accompanied by biscuits and cakes inspired created using a range of religious symbols.
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to 3 March
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