Success Magazine Summer 2017

SUCCESS MAGAZINE

SUMMER 2017

2016–2017

CONTENTS

3 Welcome from

the Head 4 Message from the

Chair of Governors 5 Haringey Children’s

Book Award 8 Charity events 10 English 11 Science 12 Maths 13 Drama 14 Art 17 Music 18 Modern Foreign Languages 19 Ride London 20 Physical Education 21 Computing 22 The Library 24 Beyond Words 26 Design Technology 28 EAL 30 SEND

School Video 31 Aquila 32 Cygnus 33 Lacerta 34 Pegasus 35 Scorpiuz 36 Farewell Year 11s 38 Learning in our

Provision for Autism 44 Dates for Your Diary 2

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Bookmark created by Heartlands Students with Collage Arts for the Haringey Children’s Book Award.

Cut around the dotted line and use whilst you read!

WELCOME FROM THE HEADS

Welcome to the final edition of the SUCCESS magazine for the summer term. Events around the country have been sobering and terrifying over the last few months. I take great solice in that fact that the young people at Heartlands represent what is best about an inclusive school in a diverse community. It gives me great hope that people from all sorts of faiths, backgrounds and races can live and work in harmony together. It is also a powerful reminder that our job as adults, parents and educators is to try and translate these events to young people in an honest and open way that encourages love, tolerance and hope rather than bitterness and division.

Not always an easy task when the dreadful events of the last few weeks make us feel angry. It is a fundamental one though.

I am hugely proud of the work that staff and students have done in the school over the last year. More than ever it is driven by the highest of aspirations and expectations. Heartlands High School is a special place.

We have, as you can see, been very busy here at HHS. Reading through the pages of this edition I am filled, as always, with pride. Our students embrace the SEARCH ethos and this is evident in all the activities and events written about in this fantastic magazine.

As I write this, our Year 11s are sitting their final exams and preparing to celebrate the end of 5 years of hard work and dedication at the end-of-year assembly and prom. I remember with fondness them all arriving in Year 7 full of nerves and excitement, it has been a privilege to watch them grow into young adults. The exam results they get this summer will be a testament to their hard work but they will also leave with a wealth of experience from trips, events and other enrichment activities which will contribute to their character and help them to be successful. As a school, we pride ourselves on both the academic and character education we offer.

As one year group bids us farewell, another arrives.

Many of our new Year 7 students have siblings here already and so join us with some knowledge of the school whilst many are just beginning their journey with Heartlands. I look forward to meeting the parents of all our Year 6 students in July and building the important relationships between home and school which are vital to students’ SUCCESS. I am really looking forward to 2017–18 at Heartlands High School: we have some exciting things planned!

We start Maths Mastery with Year 7 and we are developing our enrichment opportunities and building our partnerships with local businesses and community groups as well as many more exciting curriculum developments.

Lastly, may I take this opportunity to thank students, staff and parents who have made this year such a success. I hope you have a happy holiday and restful break over the summer break.

Elen Roberts Head of School, Heartlands High School Mr Garrill Executive Head Teacher, Heartlands Community Trust

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF GOVERNORS

Joe Dilger, Chair Heartlands Community Trust Board I was delighted to be elected Chair of Heartlands Community Trust Board at the end of March 2017, and I look forward to continue working with all interested parties to ensure the continued success of Heartlands High School, and also in supporting the leadership team with the planning for the opening of the new Grove School in 2019.

Before I continue, it’s only right in this article that I recognise the tremendous service that the Trust Board and Heartlands High School have received over a number of years from both Marianne McCarthy and Michael Rosen. Both sadly made their respective decisions to step down from serving on the Trust Board in the first quarter of 2017.

Both Marianne and Michael (as with all Trust Board members) served as volunteers, and happily gave up many hours to serve Heartlands High School. This included reading papers and preparing for meetings, and also attending and chairing meetings.

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Marianne was actively involved before Heartlands High School was even built and open in 2010, and she brought real energy, professionalism and leadership to chairing the Governing Body of Heartlands High School over many years. The Governing Body and the School also benefitted from Michael’s knowledge and skill particularly in chairing the Finance Committee, which scrutinises at a strategic level the finances of the School and the Heartlands Community Trust, ensuring that the money is well spent and used.

As for me, I joined the Governing Body of Heartlands High School in April 2015, and have served as Vice Chair since September 2015.

I am really privileged to serve in a governance role with Heartlands Community Trust, and am fortunate to work with both Jo Millard as our Clerk to the Governors and also with members of the Local Advisory Board (LAB) of Heartlands High School. In essence, the LAB ‘supports and challenges’ on standards and performance at Heartlands High School, which is led by our Head of School, Elen Roberts. Heartlands Community Trust Board, which I chair and lead, is more focused

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on the overall strategic development of the Trust itself, which includes our plans to open the new Grove School in 2019. The Trust Board works very closely in particular with Simon Garrill as the CEO/Executive Principal of the Trust.

I must also thank all our hard-working and professional teaching and support staff, for all they do each day to help our students at Heartlands High School learn, grow, develop and achieve. We have evidence of the success of this work including the strong set of GCSE results Heartlands High School enjoyed both in summer 2015 and 2016. I’ve also seen a glimpse of what our staff members and students together do in ‘going the extra mile’, by having enjoyed watching the student performances of Little Shop of Horrors in 2016 and Oliver in 2017. Both performances were highly enjoyable and of the highest quality.

Finally, I wish all our students and their families, all our staff members and all involved in working with and supporting the school a very happy and successful summer term.

HARINGEY CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS

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On 24th April, Heartlands High School ran another successful Haringey Children’s Book Award. Organised in collaboration between Haringey school librarians and Collage Arts, the HCBA 2017 saw 20 schools coming together to engage in reading and discussing books, meeting authors and voting on their favourites.

Each shortlisted author ran an interactive writing workshop, followed by a booksigning before finishing with the award ceremony itself, which included contributions from MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, Catherine West, alongside the Deputy Mayor for London and Assembly Member for Enfield and Haringey, Joanna McCartney.

This year’s winner was Belfast author Christine Hamill for The Best Medicine. Based on her own experience of breast cancer, Hamill wrote this humorous story focusing on a young boy and how he coped with his mother’s diagnosis.

Hamill said: ‘I’m so grateful to win the award and to see schemes like this take place … it’s wonderful to see so many young people actively engaged in such a wonderful habit and getting stuck into a good book.’

Local authors, S F Said (2016 winner), Piers Torday, Emer Stamp and Jennifer Killick were also in attendance alongside representatives from Booktrust, Haringey Libraries and Council, Books for Keeps and Big Green Education. The bookstall was supplied by Pickled Pepper Books. Workshops were sponsored by an Arts Council grant via Collage Arts.

What is the HCBA? The Haringey Children’s Book Award is now in its third year, set up by the librarian community in Haringey to promote literacy across the borough through interaction between schools.

The award aims to get more children reading and share fantastic books with them that they may have not noticed. Organised via school bookgroups, children from (mostly) school years 5–7 read the shortlist of books, do various activities on them, and then join altogether for workshops and the award ceremony itself, where they vote on the winner. Participation is open to all Haringey schools.

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HARINGEY CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD

“The impact this kind of work has on the children is profound. Changing the perception of literature among children is so important, especially giving them contemporary novels with different themes from those which they might be used to.

I think it’s fantastic you get to meet the authors after reading their work – something I didn’t have back when I was at school.

It’s inspiring to kids who want to pursue the arts and who want to see that you can make a living from this!”

A F HARROLD, SHORTLISTED AUTHOR

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CHRISTINE HAMILL WINS THIS YEAR’S HARINGEY CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD

SHORTLIST* Winner 2017 The Best Medicine

by Christine Hamill, Little Island Books Catching Falling Stars

by Karen McCombie, Scholastic Cogheart

by Peter Bunzl, Usborne The Imaginary

by A F Harrold & illustr. Emily Gravett, Bloomsbury Library of Lemons

by Jo Cotterill Piccadilly Press Strange Star

by Emma Carroll, Faber & Faber

The Best Medicine by Christine Hamill Twelve-year-old Philip Wright is a comedian in the making. Then one day, he tells his mother a joke, and she breaks down in tears. Philip is confused.

“We are delighted to host the Haringey Children’s Book Award for the third year running. It’s a brilliant event made special by all the schools, the children and especially the authors that make it happen.”

SIMON GARRILL, EXECUTIVE HEAD, HEARTLANDS HIGH SCHOOL

Concerned that he is losing his comedic ability, Philip writes to his hero Harry Hill for advice. Through Philip's narrative, and occasional letters to Hill, we see him discover and explore the truth about his mother's serious illness.

It’s a brave challenge to unite the themes of cancer and comedy – however, the result is successful. The author’s own experience of breast cancer ensures that the ‘serious’ elements of the story ring true, while her humour makes this a light-hearted and effectively irreverent read.

Philip’s candour is refreshing, as he wishes that they could have been affected by a less embarrassing illness; one that did not require him to use the word ‘breast’.

A touching read that is also entertaining and uplifting. *All available in the school library.

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CHARITY It’s been fantastic to see so much charity fundraising taking place across Heartlands this year and it’s always a pleasure to see so many students getting involved in activities and donating money to those less fortunate than ourselves. Making charity a focus at school helps develop our students Character Virtues and leads them to become better citizens with higher levels of empathy and consideration for others.

CHARITY FUNDRAISING DAY On Friday 5th May, Heartlands held its termly fundraising day which included a non-school uniform day, bake sale, staff car wash as well as a staff vs students basketball match!

I want to say a big thank you to all our students and staff for their efforts on the day and want to extend my thanks to you at home for your continued support! We managed to raise a staggering £2,200 on the day which will be shared across our house charities and Africa project.

We managed to raise a staggering £2,200 on the day which will be shared across our house charities and Africa project.

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CHARITY

GHANA TRIP JULY 2017 In July 2017, eleven students from Heartlands will be travelling to Ghana for a once-in-a-lifetime trip. Here they will help build a school, become teachers in class and coach students in sporting activities. Along with this they will visit the tropical areas, experience life in the capital, Accra, and immerse themselves in the culture of the country.

In order to make this trip possible, the students have set themselves a challenging target of raising between £8,000 – £10,000 to support the trip.

In order to do this, the group have tried to come up with a variety of events and fundraising activities that are slightly different from the norm.

So far the group have:

Sponsored Walk Coordinated a walk for 115 students and staff who on May 4th 2017 each walked 26 miles (marathon distance) along the River Thames crossing 19 bridges along route. The Walk, which took 15 hours and started at 6:00am, was an incredible event and has so far raised £2,500.

Strictly Come Dancing This staff event saw 9 couples dance off for the 2017 Strictly Crown which was won by Ms Levenson and Mr Shallow. The evening raised an incredible £1,250 and included a live band (Ms Shakespear, Ms Rundle and Mr Skerry) and a performance from Everyone’s Climbing Tree (local African drumming group).

Bag Packing The groups spent two days at Marks & Spencer in Crouch End helping local people pack their bags – here we raised a fantastic £850. This is just a few of the activities that we have completed and so far we have raised £6,000 – the group would like to thank everyone who has helped support the fundraising so far.

Ghana Tour Group Lauren Sheridan, Marium Matovu, Bailey McCarty-Boxer, Kate Butler, Zoe Bradley, Conrad Friis-Reynolds, Mary Ogundamisi, Jelani Williams, Amber Williams, Felix Elsworth, Robin Sakik and Ms Shakespear. C

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ENGLISH ROB LLOYD JONES VISIT REVIEW

Author Rob Lloyd Jones visited to talk to some of Year 8 students about his new book Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake, a story about a young boy who teams up with his sister and some shady tomb robbers when their parents disappear in the Egyptian desert. Rob explained how he came up with the idea behind the story – something which he told us is very personal to an author. He engaged students by comparing the pieces that formed his novel to clues on a treasure map. He started with tales of his own childhood, describing family members recognisable in characters from Jake Atlas and went on to explain how he became interested in Egyptology (the study of ancient Egypt). Rob’s obvious enthusiasm for the subject made his visit incredibly entertaining as he used interactive demonstrations to illustrate the timeline of the world and where both Ancient Egypt and modern day fit in terms of world history. Students seemed to relish Rob’s stories and inundated him with questions after he read us a short extract, but sadly we ran out of time!

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“He started with tales of his own childhood, describing family members recognisable in characters from Jake Atlas and went on to explain how he became interested in Egyptology”

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SCIENCE

PRIMARY SCHOOL, GOODBYE AND REVISION

OCR There have been some big changes in Science. We have moved from teaching Gateway B and have adopted Gateway (9–1). This is what OCR had to say about it.

Ms Tawil and Mr Theokli performing a demo of making ice cream in the primary school session.

TEACHER QUESTION!

The primary school sessions will be starting up again after half term!

The feedback has been so positive; Mr Theokli and Ms Tawil have become experts in making ice cream using liquid nitrogen.

Many of the local primary schools have come to take part including St Paul’s, Earlham and Lordship Lane.

Years 3 to 6 have been in to see us.

An authentic insight It provides a more traditional grounding in science, and a base level of understanding that will help students progress into future scientific thinking.

Keeps the subject real We’ve embedded practical activities throughout the teaching topics to encourage practical activities in the classroom.

PRIMARY SCHOOL SESSIONS

These primary school sessions have been taken by many of the Science staff including Ms Barrett, Mr Young and Mr Kane.

Why choose OCR GCSE (9–1) Gateway Science Suite?

More choice You have freedom to apply your own context.

Ms Coverdale – what has been your experience of working in the Science department?

Everyone has been so helpful in the department and made me feel very welcome!

Straightforward and engaging to teach It has fair, challenging and relevant assessments that work well in centres and promote practical activity.

GOODBYE!

YEAR 11 REVISION

UPCOMING TRIPS!

We say a farewell to our 5 visiting teachers, Mr Frith, Mr Mohammad, Mr Marmery, Ms Coverdale and Ms Izzo, but, in September, Ms Coverdale and Mr Frith will be returning!

Year 11 have been working so hard revising for their exams, they are working through past papers and using Tassomai to prepare themselves! I hope all your hard work pays off. GOODLUCK!

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MATHS HIGHEST ACHIEVERS IN MATHS Emma Robinson

Natan Pawlaczyk

Yr 10 Selected

by Andrew Matthews

Yr 7 Selected

by Rebecca Rundle

Emma is a very conscientious student who will always try her best in every Maths lesson.

She does not only make a concerted effort to understand the work but she also helps her peers.

Aldrin Marshall Yr 10 Selected by Jonny Kirman Aldrin has worked incredibly hard to focus in every single Maths lesson. He tries to be the best at every topic and works hard outside of lessons to make sure he understands how to overcome difficult topics. His effort in class, for home learning, and for general studying is now always excellent.

Jakub Wochniak

Wale Cole Yr 9 Selected

by Nofer Fari Wale’s attitude towards work has improved significantly over the year and the progress he has made has been significant.

He is determined to complete all tasks to the best of his ability and is supportive of others.

His participation in lessons is exemplary and home learning is a priority for him.

Jackie Zheng Yr 7 Selected

by Gabriel Adegbile Jackie works excellently in every lesson. His home learning is excellent too, as he completes this on time. He is always helping others in lesson when asked to.

Yr 9

Shanea Bevan

Selected by Mona Hassan Always giving 100% effort in Maths, whether it’s class work or home learning. Being resourceful when faced with a mathematical problem and eager to catch up when he has missed a lesson.

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Yr 10 Selected by Elizabeth Style Shanea has shown remarkable effort and focus this term in Maths, with a clear determination to improve her level. I’ve been very impressed with her independence and drive – she deserves to do very well in AFA4!

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Natan’s work ethic is incredible, and he is always keen to contribute in class and go above and beyond expectations set. Natan is a fantastic mathematician and sets an excellent precedent in the classroom.

Akram Ferdous Yr 11 Selected

by Michael Williams Consistently excellent behaviour and focus, which over the last few months has translated into significant academic progress.

Oliver Moran Yr 9 Selected by Laurence Fox Oliver works tirelessly in Maths to make the most progress.

His diligence and independence, that he has developed over time makes him a powerful learner.

Laura Adjei Yr 9 Selected by Lance Rose Laura always tries her best in every Maths lesson. Her book is always well presented and she always does her home learning.

Alejandro Ocampo Yr 10 Selected by Sanjay Tailor Excellent focus over the last few months, especially on harder topics, resulting in a significant improvement in exam results.

Julia Wojdalowicz Yr 11 Selected

by Martha Macharia Julia is a keen pupil who has consistently demonstrated exceptional ability in Mathematics. Her attitude in lessons is exceptional and there is evidence of lots of independent work done with great detail and precision.

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DRAMA

GCSE EXAMS On 27th April, Year 11 GCSE drama students performed in an open rehearsal for staff and parents to showcase their exam pieces. Each group had to produce a 20-minute performance for an external examiner. They had been working on these pieces for four months and every single group had a piece of theatre to be proud of.

Their work covered themes such as family turmoil, sexism and political change and their maturity in devising these pieces was highly commendable. They were supportive and respectful of each other and worked consistently as a team to produce outstanding work. All students worked exceptionally hard and I am extremely proud of their achievement.

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LETTINGS 2017 Astroturf football pitch, sports hall, dance studio, auditorium & classrooms available for hire 7 days a week To book call 020 8826 1230 07787 513 656 07872 468 968

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ART SAATCHI GALLERY, 12TH JULY

OXFAM BANNER PROJECT

From July 6th – 13th, animations and objects created by our fantastic Year 8 students as part of the Jack Petchey Start project will be exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery, Sloane Square. The exhibition is located on the second floor in the Schools’ Art Display Gallery; go and check it out! This year’s project was on the theme of inclusion, and the artist we worked with, Sadie Edgington, was very impressed by how thoughtfully and creatively students approached the challenge of making collaborative sculptures and short animations on this theme. We had a great time taking part and are looking forward to visiting the gallery to see the final outcome.

Last year, we were incredibly proud to see the banner we created celebrating Fair Trade hung first in the Oxfam Headquarters, and then displayed in the VIP area at Glastonbury festival. This year, we are hoping to recreate this success, by creating a banner on the theme of 'Stand as One with families separated by disaster and conflict'. Year 9 and 10 students have started developing ideas – look out for updates on the school website and Twitter account!

MUSIC MURAL Art club runs every Thursday 3.10–4.10 in N5.9, and this half term we have a really special project. We are looking for keen and committed artists to support the painting of a mural for the music corridor. Our brilliant regulars have made a great start, but there's plenty more to do.

Students should speak to Mr Maclaren or Ms Sherwood to find out more about Art Club and the mural.

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preview of their fantastic outcomes: to see more, come to the exhibition on the 20th June. See advert on the next page for more details.

STUDENT GALLERY We are exceptionally proud of our year 11 artists, who excelled in their Art exam in May. Here is a sneak

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1. Pelumi Oyekunle 2. Preslava Lubinova 3. Julia Wjodalowicz 4. Kelsea Ponton Ippoma 5. Manal Chaib 6. Carly Webster 7. Anas Samadi 8. Caleb Hudson-Carrington 9. Jovan Richards

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YEAR 11 ART EXHIBITION Tuesday 20th June 2017

Drop in any time between 16:30 and 19:00 Come to see the fantastic artwork created by our talented Year 11 students and enjoy refreshments and musical entertainment.

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Contact Tessa Hall, Head of Arts tessa.hall@heartlands.haringey.sh.uk @artheartlands

CODING CLUB HAS STARTED UP AGAIN, SO IF THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS INTEREST YOU, OR YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT STEM AND COMPUTERS, COME ALONG ON THURSDAYS 3:10PM-4:10PM.

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MUSIC CLUBS With summer term upon us there are now many after school clubs to choose from in the music department. Full details below.

If you wish to find out more speak to Mrs Shakespeare or Mr Barker.

Each club starts at 3:10 and finishes at 4:10 and is free to attend.

We also provide individual music lessons on a range of instruments which you are welcome to inquire about with Mrs Lloyd.

MONDAY Music Producers Produce your own backing tracks and record vocals in a professional studio in a style of their choice.

Guitar club Learning pieces of traditional guitar music and develop group performance skills.

WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY No clubs

THURSDAY TUESDAY African drumming Learn to play Djembe (a traditional west African drum) in a large group.

Choir Choral versions of pop songs.

Live band Performing modern or classic pop and rock music in a band.

BATTLE OF THE BANDS 2017 We will be holding battle of the bands again this year at the end of the summer term so start preparing now!

If you are interested you can book rehearsal space before school or at lunchtime. No backing tracks are allowed so get advice if you want to sing a song and don’t know musicians to work with. You will need to demonstrate your performance meets a minimum standard.

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MFL MFL VOCABEXPRESS COMPETITIONS During the Easter break, all students had the chance to enrich their French or Spanish vocabulary by taking part in our VocabExpress competition.

Congratulations to all students and more specifically to Lyianda for his victory.

A competition will be set up during the summer break so if you want to start the new year with a lot of merits, get involved!

Students should contact their French or Spanish teacher before the holidays if they have lost their login details.

STRASBOURG TRIP On 11th May 2017, a group of 20 Year 10 students from Heartlands represented the UK at the Euroscola Conference in the EU Parliament, Strasbourg. During the conference, students participated in debates on topical issues such as; Brexit, Migration and environmental issues.

A massive thank you to Mr Fari and Miss Abd el Hafez for your support on the trip.

‘I loved the trip to France because I got to see what the French culture consists of.

I enjoyed speaking French and representing Great Britain at Euroscola.’ Nikola ‘Euroscola was a great trip and a once in a lifetime opportunity,

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I think it was very beneficial for now and the future.’ Diana ‘On the trip I got to learn new words in French and explore new things in Strasbourg.’ Kader ‘I learnt to work as a team with other students. I learnt something new about every country in the EU.’ Dwight ‘I learnt how to ask for things in French and had a really good time.’

Gabriella ‘It was an amazing trip and a once in a lifetime opportunity. I enjoyed every bit of it and learned a whole lot of new things. Also the weather made everything more fun and enjoyable.

My confidence in speaking French rose in just 3 days!’ Ioanna

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RIDE LONDON

RIDE LONDON TEAM Awo Mohamed Kacper Nikeil Rennay Stewart-Walker Trina Hashani Gabe Ackley Aimen Semir Luciano Anacreonte Yago Aguilar Walkley Gulcin Gul Jazzmine Sapla Umar Bakhari Carmel Nabou Nahum Hardy

All pupils are in Year 11 and part of the Ride London team. On top of revising incredibly hard for their GCSE’s, they have also been training for the Prudential Ride London to Surrey 46 mile ride. As part of the process, pupils have attended various workshops to help support them through their process and life after Year 11. Workshops have included nutrition, the character traits required to complete an event like this, as well as them also having sessions at Prudential HQ in London based

around employability, riding around the Olympic Park and a workshop held within the velodrome. This workshop paired pupils up with other schools and also a mentor from within Prudential HQ who worked with them throughout the day. Time was taken to think about CV’s – particularly what makes a good one, as well as lots of discussion around what their options are after school. All pupils have been a credit to the school throughout the process and have thoroughly engaged in workshops they have been at.

As part of the programme, all pupils received a bike and got to ride this around the outdoor track at the Olympic stadium. Mr Maclaren and I have also noticed confidence grown in pupils since the start of the process, as well as them using their bikes to go to and from school.

The ride takes place on July 30th – where Mr Levis is also taking part in the 100 mile event (Good luck!) – there is some serious training to be had between now and then.

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION STAFF V STUDENTS BASKETBALL

HARINGEY TRAMPOLINE COMPETITION HEARTLANDS SQUAD Year 8 and senior winners. Individual 2 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronze.

Super achievement. Well done girls!

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RACE FOR THE LINE Over the last term, our Coding Club students have been working hard on their own rocket cars, based around the design for the Bloodhound Rocket Car which will be attempting to break the land speed record next year.

In March, four teams from Heartlands went to Greig City Academy in Hornsey to race their creations.

Sergi, Fred, Ilies, Robin, Herbie, Lucas and Ivan (all from Year 8) arrived to the day in high hopes and put in their all with some very impressive times. Anxiously awaiting the results, the boys were quietly confident, and rightly so as we came 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. We were through to the London finals.

On 4th May, Mr Gates and the boys headed down to the army reserve base in West Ham to race again, this time with no preparation or help. The boys started their day with an informative talk about the engineering of the Bloodhound rocket and then all teams were go! They had 120 minutes to build their rocket

cars from scratch with no help and then race them against other finalists.

All cars were designed to such a high standard taking into account aerodynamics, downforce, thrust and the ideal design for a winning car.

MY RACE FOR THE LINE EXPERIENCE

by Robin Sakik The journey started by being complex, as we went to multiple train stations and took buses to arrive at our destination. Our destination was an army reserve centre. We got ready in the lounge and there were several schools with us, some of which were eating, and others playing pool.

When the time had come, we started creating our cars. We were given a block which we would have to turn

into the car. We were supplied with equipment such as hot wire cutters, files and sandpaper to make our cars. We were not allowed to use equipment that was not provided – it would be an instant disqualification if we did. My team (Ilies, Herbie and myself) started working on our car.

I worked on the car itself while my teammates started working on the wheels. When the two hours were up, we brought our cars to race. We stood outside in a line, watching the cars race, two by two. The wait was on. We were then instructed to go back to the lounge until the results were calculated. We didn’t win but my team came fifth, which is respectable if you think about the fact that there were 2,500 teams at the start of the competition.

“We stood outside in a line, watching the cars race, two by two.

The wait was on.”

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THE LIBRARY CATHERINE JOHNSON & BOOKSELLING

Year 7 loved their assembly with author Catherine Johnson so much that we have invited her back for the end of the summer term to do writing workshops with Year 7 and 8 classes! She will be visiting on Tuesday 4th July.

Catherine Johnson has written over 18 novels and screenplays such as for the film BulletBoy and TV series like Holby City. She also attended local primary school Tetherdown as a child.

In the survey after her visit, 100% of students who met her said that they would like to read a book by her! So we are currently selling discounted copies of her book “Sawbones” via cash to the library, or on ParentPay, for only £4.90. If these are

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purchased before 30th June, Catherine will sign them when she visits. (This is a Beyond Words level of 5.2.)

Signed books make great rewards and presents and we do recommend buying one – especially at such a great discount!

“I like the way Catherine Johnson writes because it is cliff-hanging and never gets boring or old.” YEAR 7 STUDENT

DESIGNING A SHOP WINDOW Bookclub took over the shop window for a week at Pickled Pepper Bookshop to advertise the Haringey Children’s Book Award.

Usually the window features art and designs by local illustrators so we were very privileged to have a turn!

Leading up to the Haringey Children’s Book Award, we hosted a quiz for Mulberry Primary School and our own Year 7 bookclubbers, all about the six shortlisted books. We mixed pupils up into random teams, and had a lot of fun getting to know each other and talking about these wonderful books! The winning team went home with goodie bags full of books and treats!

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Bookclub have also been doing lots of other fun things this term, such as: interviewing staff members about their favourite books; hosting guests such as Cordelia, the founder of Books Underground who leave books around the tube network for free; making our own books in Art; discussing our favourite books and much more! Bookclub will return in September 2017.

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WE ARE THE ONLY SCHOOL EVER TO HAVE VISITED THE HOUSE OF COMMONS LIBRARY!

As part of the Pupil Librarian training programme, we took a trip to the House of Commons Library, and invited some Student Librarians from Highgate Wood School to come along too.

At the start of May, twelve Pupil Librarians and Ms Davenport visited the Palace of Westminster. Not only

‘MIDDLE SCHOOL’ PANEL Thank you to all students who took part in the reader survey about the Middle School series of books by James Patterson.

The publisher needed feedback on the books for market research, and were very impressed with

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did we get a very full tour of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords we also got to visit the House of Commons Library. Librarians showed us where MPs carry out research, write letters and read parliamentary papers. We are the only school to have been inside the library, because when MPs are sitting only MPs can use the library. Since they were all away campaigning for the next General Election we were allowed to look around. Gerold Biris said, ‘I didn’t know much about politics before the visit but I now know the difference between Parliament and Government’. Andreas Gerasimou said the Palace of Westminster was beyond his expectations!

We have a fantastic team of Pupil Librarians who make the school library a fantastic place to study, learn, love and access books and information.

We would like to take this opportunity

the surveys which our readers filled in.

The books are very popular here at Heartlands – we definitely recommend them! The whole series is available in the school library.

Well done to the following students who won the prize draw for taking

to thank them all for their hard work – especially Andreas Gerasimou and Elaine Harsley who will be leaving the team as they move to further education!

Well done to the following new recruits to add to the student librarian team, who are currently in their probation/training period following successful application forms and interviews. We hope they all go on to permanent positions!

Raniya Zulfikar Luisa Alvarez Chica Molly Dunlop Ilies Lassami Phoebe Willars Alejandro Noriega Sena Top Ameena Malique James Miller Raneem Chemlal

part, and received a free copy of Middle School – the worst years of my life.

Cheyenne Dolan-Cox Alejandro Noriega Harry Ewing Lina Messaadi Tarik Midego

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BEYOND WORDS THE MILLIONAIRE’S CLUB Congratulations to the following students who have read over 1,000,000 words:

Douet, Terence 1,887,363

Guo, Jessie 1,258,119

Benarab, Cherine 1,855,701

Ahmed, Taliah 1,208,952

White, Fred 1,785,753

Ali, Mustafa 1,179,453

Colak, Ezel 1,775,105

Noriega, Alejandro 1,173,192

Sibabi, Amina 1,706,026 Beedham, Fay 1,687,796

Abdi, Suber 3,475,990

Cetinkaya, Ediz 1,686,149

Fang, Chen 2,923,031 Neilson, Eleanor 2,679,761 Willars, Phoebe 2,666,529 Greene, Myfanwy 2,408,639

Kaya, Rokan 1,636,989 Thorpe, Jasmine 1,625,276 Beedham, Miles 1,506,745 Saed, Mustapha 1,496,789

Bougrine, Sam 2,027,041

Shallo, Fatma 1,418,301

Ewing, Harry 2,022,750

Shelton-Barrow, Felix 1,416,118

Miller, James 2,013,763

Laksari, Darya 1,345,716

Reid Taylor, Antonio 1,963,330

Phillips, Karjah 1,341,680

Khan, Ashraf 1,944,549 Van Der DoelenKawazuti, Lucas 1,891,031

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Habib Gojani, Vera 1,305,652 Abdullahi, Abdalla 1,272,267 Berkolli, Elma 1,260,438

Shodipo, Timmy 1,171,584 Ahmed, Ameena 1,122,442 Lin, Yingjian 1,107,735 Kadir, Maariya 1,099,597 Aboymov, Ivan 1,097,130 Messaadi, Lina 1,073,215 Kucaj, Armela 1,071,757 Ali, Barkot 1,069,793 Sapla, Joshua 1,069,218 Whyte, Aaliyah 1,030,522 Lange-Soler, Sergi 17 17 1,024,522

Average percentage correct 85% Engaged time 20 minutes per day

BOOKS READ: 10,957 • WORDS READ: 242,515,468 • AVERAGE % CORRECT: 80.2 • ENGAGED TIME: 15 minutes per day

Beyond Words is our whole school reading programme that creates responsible, resilient and reflective readers. Students have been reading books within their ZPD level and taking quizzes to check their understanding.

RENAISSANCE HOME CONNECT Please continue to encourage your students to read for at least 20 minutes a day and signing their Reading Log in their student planner. You can keep informed of your child’s progress with their reading by logging in to Home Connect visiting tinyurl.com/heartlandshomeconnect using the link under ‘Reading’ on the school’s website and setting up email notifications.

PLATINUM CLUB Well done to all students who now have a reading age of 16 or above! Students in this category automatically become members of Beyond Words Platinum and have access to a secret Platinum library and special events. These students need to regularly check their school email for updates.

The summer term’s event is a visit from author Sarah Matthias, who will be talking about her new book A Berlin Love Song which has been described as ‘one of the most compelling and moving stories you will read all year!’ You will be able to find out what they thought of the visit in the autumn edition of SUCCESS magazine.

Malique, Aminah 1,017,916

We are currently, therefore, selling copies of A Berlin Love Song via cash to the Library, or via ParentPay – and if these are purchased before or on the day, Sarah will sign them. These are available to ANY student in school, not just Platinum readers, although it is a reading level 6.0.

Setti el Issaoui, Mohamed 1,010,337

How does my child access Platinum Club?

If anyone needs advice about how to get into Platinum Club, library staff are very happy to suggest individual targets. Please get in touch!

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SPRING HALL OF FAME The following students beat their Points Target in the spring half term Salman Abdulkadir

Glenda Biris

Emre Ganidagli

Sabir Khan

Adnan Mohamed

Joshua Sapla

Adam Adbullah

Roial Campbell

Tristian Gashi

Walid Khan

Hamsa Mohamed

Benjamin Sarr

Abdalla Abdullahi

Phoenix Capstick

Sourav Ghosh

Klea Kojko

Hamza Mohamed

Suzie Sawicka

Ellen Abiri-Osei

Anthony Brophy

Myfanwy Greene

Mykolas Koroliovas

Ruben Moody

Maria Smirnova

Ivan Aboymov

Zachariah Bull

Owen Grihault

Kilmi Koten

Leah Moore

Felix Shelton-Barrow

Asa Ackley

Aya Cheik

Daisy Guiver

Sebastian Kowowski

Eleanor Neilson

Amina Sibabi

Arshaq Ahmed

Ezel Colak

Jenny Guo

Hilmi Koten

Kaloyan Nikolov

Rajveer Singh

Mohamed Ahmed

Ella Cerny

Toby Glover-Mayer

Armela Kucaj

Alejandro Noriega

Bibilola Adegbie

Ediz Cetinkaya

Melisa Gozubuyuk

Denitsa Kukeva

Ioannis Ntentes

Nathan StewardSparkes

Redwan Aghil

Yaser Chakal

Isaack Hango

Shemae Lewis

Shadia Nassali

Radeyah Al-Faruk

Nancy Charles

Faezah Hasan

Ying Hao Lin

Alexandru Onica

Veneta Alexieva

Joe Dai

Jessie Guo

Yingjian Lin

Ali Ortac

Barkot Ali

Erisa Dauti

Ying Guo

Cintia Kulicsek

Demircan Oskan

Nahim Ahmed

Andre De Sousa

Vera Habib Gojani

Darya Laksari

Ahmed Nurie

Zackariah Ahmed

Wale Cole

Greta Halili

Sergi Lange-Soler

Mary Ogundamisi

Emi Ackay

Sevkan Corten

Yasemin Hincal

Robert Langley

Seyma Aksoy

Archie Courtney

Rashad HolderFrancis

Ilies Lassami

Olukorede Olutu (Victor)

Renae AndrewCrawford Maria Anghel Simina Anghel Mustafa Ali Mustafa Ali Shania Ali Yahyam Ali Jefforson Ashqui Llerena Huseyin Aydemir Bleron Azemaj Fay Beedham Cherine Benarab Fawzan Baksh Sidorel Bokciu Rafael Berahi Elma Berkolli Gerold Biris

Miguel Da Silva Haifen Dai Terence Douet Herbie Doyle Ashley Drummet Molly Dunlop Weronika Dyrko Mantho Dimitri Aymen Djaboub Rbebeca Dolan Anwen Donlon Ugur Ergonul Evren Erturan Harry Ewing Chen Fang Kieran Fitzgerald Jade Francois Lead Frewin

Rashidi Howell Mohammed Hasan Johnny Haxhiasllani Saadia Islam Steven Huynh Fatma Jeilani Nasra Jelaini Kerem Joutai Yasir Kabir Sattar Merriam Jawad Wasim Katende Rokan Kaya Meerko Kadr Ceren Karadeniz Brkan Karakus Ahmetali Kaymak Furkan Keser Saajid Khan

Hannah Mahmud Marwa Malek Aminah Malique Melvan Manaj Merita Lushi Hamiid Macallin Allanafe Macaranas Raheem McKenzie Meara McLawrence Sidney McMeekin Natnael Mebrate Lina Messaadi Ashley Meyer Anas Mezenner Tarik Midego Bruklin Miftaraj Jonathan Mitchell Sayanora Mogege

Ayse Ozdemir Ravi Patel Ivan Pavlov Natan Pawlaczyk Karjah Phillips Antonio Reid Taylor Jayden Reid Tray Rhoden Taznim Rahman Sarah Samadi Hubvraj Samy Seher Sabahat Ilja Semjonovs Mohamed Setti el Issaoui

Sahar Sultan Sultan Tarhan Natalie Soltyk Honei-May Stephenson-Dempsey Wegge Tshiteya Valeria Tuertyaeva Centelia Tuitt-Walker Takiyah Thomas Martha Thompson Jasmine Thorpe Hubert Tomkow Nikolaos Tona Rasheed Velayo Jack Viban Mergim Vllasa Kaspars Ustinov Laura Wojdalowicz Kai Woods Fred White Phoebe Willars Jelani Williams Ciwan Yildrim

Mahmudah Shahid

Hamzah Yousef Adem

Matteo Shahini

Antoan Yovchev

Taahir Shallo Shayma Sharif-Mudhi

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DESIGN TECHNOLOGY TEXTILES KS3 CLUB Jessica Pummell, Jane Er, Maha Bagum and Margarida Soares Dos Reies Alves Lucena have been attending textiles club every Thursday after school to design their own fabric design which they will be turning into cushions after half term.

Well done girls!

Year 7 Memo Holders

KS3 PRODUCT DESIGN & GRAPHICS Heartlands students in Year 7 and 8 have worked really hard in completing their particle projects this term.

Year 8 Puzzles

Year 7 Memo holder Joel Bombatu, Yasmine Bouattar, Dylan Hayes, Deborah Nalbantoglu, Nevin Stefanova, Sahar Sultan, Jasmine Thorpe

Year 8 Puzzles Melisa Gozubuyuk, Sidney Mcmeekin, Ashley Meyer, Ravi Patel, Jessica Pummell

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EAL FIRST EXPERIENCES IN A NEW COUNTRY Denitsa Kukeva, Year 11 First language: Bulgarian When I just sit and think about the whole time I have spent here, in a different country, it’s unbelievable. The day before my parents told me that we were moving to England, I would have never, ever, thought of living even in another city in Bulgaria, let alone in a different country on the other side of Europe.

But that’s not the important part of this story.

Let me tell you about my first impression of England when I came here, I mean the first minutes; literally, the very first moments.

I mean, when I arrived at the airport.

It was one of the most embarrassing moments of my life. Long story short: you may know how stewardesses usually go around handing out little chocolates. On my flight to the UK, I ate my one, but the girl sitting next to me accidentally dropped her chocolate on my seat. When I came back, I didn’t pay attention to what was on my seat at all. The rest of the time in the plane, I could smell the chocolate, which had started to melt under my bottom. When we finally arrived, I stood up to get my luggage and, suddenly, the girl next to me screamed my name. I turned around and I saw her shocked face and the way she tried not to laugh.

I think you get what happened, but if you didn’t, let me tell you: my jeans

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“It is really hard to find the way to ‘survive’ in a new world, but there is always a way to do it.” were covered, from bottom to top, in chocolate.

I didn’t know what to do and the only thing that came to my mind was to use my jacket. Picture me, walking through the whole, massive airport – Heathrow – feeling how everyone was staring at me, obviously because I looked like a complete mess.

So, we went through the passport control, we picked out luggage, and yes, I was still embarrassed. My mum was waiting for me with some high expectations for my looks and then, I appear with my messy hair, chocolate-covered jeans and my leather jacket tied around my waist.

She was more embarrassed than me.

She’d expected me to look turnedout, all her expectations died the moment she saw me.

Don’t you think this story is a metaphor of all people going to a different country? You usually go with some high expectations and one little thing, like a chocolate bar, can ruin everything. Every new start brings hope, but also obstacles. It brings challenges, which we need to overcome. That makes us stronger, but also gives us experience, which will be helpful in the future.

In conclusion, I agree it is really hard to find the way to ‘survive’ in a new world, but there’s always a way to do it.

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FIRST EXPERIENCES IN A NEW COUNTRY Simina Anghel Year 10 First language: Romanian Imagine moving to another country, not speaking their language, or maybe just a few words.

Imagine having to start everything from zero. It is not easy. It was not easy for me either.

I would like to share my experiences with you, which turned out to be not as I had expected.

First and foremost, I had no clue that I was going to come to the UK, until my parents told me. I was really excited but also got a bit worried when I realised it would be hard as I couldn't speak English; however, I wasn’t really concerned about that.

My arrival in London was fabulous.

I felt ready to have a new beginning and start a new life. I wanted to come to Heartlands because I’d heard that it’s a really good school, it was near to my house and also my cousin was there. Unfortunately, initially there wasn’t enough space for me to join.

Due to that, I didn't really have a choice but to go to another school.

So I did. I attended [another school] just for a few months. Even though I went there for a small amount of time, for me, it felt like ages. The reason why I’m saying this is because my time there was not that great.

My first day there was awful. I didn’t know anyone except a teacher, who

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showed me around the school.

Let’s not forget that I couldn’t speak English which made it even harder for me. In my country, if someone new comes to a school, we are really welcoming. For example, a few years ago, when I was in Romania, a new boy came to our school. Literally, everyone surrounded him and tried to make him feel comfortable the minute he came in the class. However, I had the opposite experience in my first school in London. When the students saw me for the first time, they started talking and laughing at me. I didn’t really understand what they were saying, but I could get the gist.

I told my parents about the situation I was going through and they decided to try one more time to move me to Heartlands. After the summer holidays, I found out they had accepted me. When I heard that, I felt as if someone was taking something heavy off my back.

I was relieved. I was really looking forward to starting school.

My first day at Heartlands wasn’t as easy as I had hoped. I kept getting lost and I even ended up in the wrong classroom. Embarrasing, right?

I can still recall myself in that situation vividly. Now, when I look back and remember it, I laugh and, actually, I realise how much I have improved.

I am really grateful for all the support I’ve had (and I still have) from all of my teachers that have been there for me; especially, Ms Garcia, who helped me a lot. Without her help, I wouldn't have been able to improve so much. Thank you all!

BULLYING

sit on the cold floor, crying, until a teacher would come to take me out.

Maria Naneva Year 9.

First language: Bulgarian

I remember when one afternoon, I was eating my lunch alone when one group of boys came and sat on my table. They started calling me names. These bullies played with my food until I couldn’t take it anymore, and I started crying. It was the first time I cried in front of them. This encouraged them: they felt happy for making me cry and started laughing.

I would like to write about a topic that a lot of people talk about nowadays: bullies in school.

There are two kind of ways to bully someone: the first way is ‘physical bullying’ and the second one is ‘emotional bullying’. But first, let me explain what ‘bullying’ means.

Bullying means you have unfriendly behaviour towards someone.

I always ask myself, ‘Why would you hurt someone in this kind of way?’

I think I know the answer. Most bullies in school may feel good and happy when they call someone names. But, why in the world would you feel good when you are actually making others feel bad about themselves? I just don't get it …

The consequences of bullying can be very serious. Some people who get bullied in school, might start selfharming. Every time I hear the word ‘self-harming’, I get goosebumps. Just thinking of teenagers doing this makes me feel sad, because I can't help.

I would like to share my story.

I used to be bullied in my old school in Bulgaria. Literally, five years of being bullied. Yes, five years of crying my eyes out every single day.

Half the students used to bully me emotionally. They used to make fun of my weight and the way I look.

I was also bullied physically. If you are wondering how I used to make it to the end of the day… well, to escape from this nightmare, I used to have to lock myself in the girl’s toilets and

Of course, there was a teacher to stop them, but she couldn’t do much besides talking to their parents. Sadly, nothing changed. I still cry sometimes.

I mean, it’s not something you can forget easily. But I’m trying to.

I haven’t heard that many people calling me names in London. I feel less judged here. Even when they do, I try to ignore them. I know now it’s just not worth it – crying over people who judge you when they don’t even know you as a person.

“I’m obviously not old enough to know a lot of things about life, but I know one thing… we have one life to live and we shouldn’t spend it caring about what others think.”

I hope one day someone dealing with a similar situation can feel less sad after reading this. I’m obviously not old enough to know a lot of things about life, but I know one thing … we have one life to live and we shouldn't spend it caring about what others think.

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HORTICULTURE This term the RISE group and Land students have been working with the Friends of Ally Pally Station to help in creating a more enjoyable experience

SCHOOL VIDEO School Reel is an education-based film company specialising in producing promotional videos for schools who have been working with Heartlands High School on a school video.

While hard copy prospectuses are still important, schools are

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for the thousands of commuters who pass through on a daily basis.

and planted a large planter which can be found on the platform.

The RISE group had great fun ‘seed bombing’ the banks with wildflower seeds while the Land students built

turning more and more to digital media to market themselves.

Prospective parents better understand the feel of a school – its community, its practices and its ethos – when they can see and hear for themselves the facilities and contributions from both teachers and pupils.

We're excited to see the results!

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You can see further examples of School Reel’s work on their website www.schoolreel.com

Aquila

PROUDLY SUPPORTING

As we approach the final half term of the school year and the GCSE exams are now in full swing, it’s time for our Year 11’s to put into practice all of their learning over the past five years.

94.77% Attendance

As I move around the school, it’s fantastic to see how hard everyone is working to ensure that they leave with the best possible outcomes and how motivated and focussed our Year 11 students are: it fills me with an enormous amount of pride as their Head of House.

As the rest of the house prepare for their final half term, it’s time for us all to take a moment and consider what needs to be done to put us in the best possible position for next year. Looking at the most recent AFA outcomes for the House really reflects the hard work of so many ambitious and devoted students who are all working hard to hit their targets and reach their goals. We approach the last leg of the school year in a really strong position – not only do we lead in attendance but we’re also very close in the merit race too, slightly behind frontrunners Pegasus.

JUNIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM MEMBERS

Tareeq Phillips, AKU

Jeslyn Owusu, ABE

I want to take this opportunity to thank Aquila’s JLT members for all of their hard work this year. They have attended meetings – taking minutes, sharing ideas, voicing concerns – and have given up so much of their extra time representing the school at important evening events.

Thank you! I really look forward to seeing who will represent Aquila next time on the team.

PREFECTS

Zena Elia, ACN

Solomon Pipi, AEL

Finally, I want to recognise our prefects who have represented the house well this year. Year 11 is an all-consuming time and so their extra efforts have been hugely appreciated. Being a prefect is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills as a student leader and a fantastic addition to college applications and CVs. On behalf of the house, thank you!

CHARITY EVENTS It was amazing to see so many Aquila students out on the staff car wash and helping out during our latest school charity day. It’s great to see how much our students care and how they want to do their bit for others less fortunate than themselves. Credit to them! Make a Wish is a fantastic charity and we all feel proud to support it.

TOP MERITS

Name

Year

Form

Merit Total

Shallo Taahir

Year 7

AKU

2309

Pierre-Morales Reniece

Year 9

AKU

2296

Bokciu Sidorel

Year 9

ASM

1785

Abdi Suber

Year 7

AKU

1749

Kadir Maariya

Year 8

ABE

1725

Djaboub Mouhamed

Year 8

AKU

1659

Mohomoud Iklas

Year 7

AML

1580

Stoyanova Viktoria

Year 8

AKU

1578

Lassami Ilies

Year 8

ASM

1577

Arslan Sila

Year 9

ASM

1548

Aneke Michael

Year 9

ASG

1521

Akinyemi Olubusayo

Year 9

AKU

1482

Williams Amber

Year 8

AKU

1479

O'Garro-Binitie Asia

Year 9

AKU

1434

Kenderova Petya

Year 10

AHO

1418

Waseem Samiullah

Year 8

ABE

1402

Kolenda Katherine

Year 7

ASG

1401

Patel Ravi

Year 8

AML

1386

Koten Hilmi Can

Year 7

ASM

1383

Grihault Owen

Year 9

ASM

1376

Connect with Mr Corey aquila@heartlands.haringey.sch.uk 020 8826 1230 Ext: 362

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Cygnus

PROUDLY SUPPORTING

It’s that time of year again, where exams are looming and all your tenacity throughout the year bears fruit.

In a recent assembly we talked about the long-term (the hippocampus) and short-term (Amygdala) parts of the brain. Information in the long-term part of your memory stays there for years or decades: whereas short-term memories fade quickly. So, as you approach exams, it’s best to revise over a long period, completing a breadth of topics, rather than cramming, remembering things for the exam and then quickly forgetting them!

93.91% Attendance

TOP MERITS

Students in Cygnus have made great strides in their progress this year, and many of you will be doing those things mentioned above. Maybe you should discuss with your parents, carers, siblings and wider family: how do you revise and which is the best way for me?

Stars of the Form

Aaliyah Beckford, CGT

Outstanding contribution to the form through character and citizenship sessions, fantastic support to KS3 pupils and superb development around the school.

Raniya Zulfikar, CSE

Always smiling and happy to help others. Raniya always contributes sensible suggestions at form time and is a great role model for other students.

Everyone! CHA

CHA have shown such maturity, independence and high aspirations this year, I’ve been so impressed.

I have no doubt they will get the grades they deserve and go on to succeed at KS5 and beyond. Special shout-outs to Lauren and Mariam for balancing academic challenges with fundraising activities.

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Alejandro Noreiga Castro, CTA

Always willing to help others. Truly an asset to CTA.

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Year

Form

Merit Total

Noriega Castro Michael

Year 9

CDC

1729

Hadzhieva Viki

Year 9

CAM

1636

Qadri Zahra

Year 9

CGT

1622

Gliwa Kadira

Year 8

CSY

1558

Chemlal Raneem

Year 8

CMY

1512

MacdonaldBoyle Ella

Year 8

CSE

1480

Cerny Ella

Year 7

CTA

1442

Er Jane

Year 8

CGT

1424

Clarke Niayla

Year 8

CFR

1387

Noriega Alejandro

Year 7

CTA

1371

Baker Dylan

Year 8

CDC

1365

Adu-Darko Claudia

Year 9

CGT

1363

Harrison Shyla

Year 7

CAM

1333

Aydemir Gokay

Year 8

CGT

1312

Karabela Eray

Year 9

CSE

1305

Chowdhury Aleema

Year 9

CGT

1291

Himedan Ania

Year 9

CSY

1287

Young Zsa

Year 9

CMY

1286

Brophy Anthony

Year 8

CGT

1265

Alexieva Veneta

Year 8

CMY

1250

Connect with Mr Fox cygnus@heartlands.haringey.sch.uk 020 8826 1230

Ext: 305

Lacerta

PROUDLY SUPPORTING

GCSE exam season is upon us and students of all years will notice how studious and focussed our Year 11s are at this time.

That is when we appreciate students’ calmness and self-control around the school building and during break and lunch also.

94.52% Attendance

During VT time in Lacerta, students are in a great routine with their reading and quizzing, outperforming all of the other Houses in engaged reading time and successful completion of quizzes. It is also fantastic to see some of the mature discussions that go on during Character and Citizenship sessions. Our students are very well informed and can refer to their own experiences to enhance the group discussion.

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As we approach the end-of-year exams for all years, I hope students are giving themselves the best chance of achieving their targets through high-quality revision.

IN-HOUSE INTERVENTIONS SUMMER 1 TERM

Graduating Students from In-House Intervention

Attendance – All years

Behaviour – Year 7 boys

The students who participate in the in-house interventions have shown considerable improvement in behaviour and attendance. The students who show the biggest improvement are graduating from the focus groups at the end of each half term.

Congratulations to last term’s graduates:

Here we work on our self-control skills and how we can steer our enthusiasm to be productive and at the same time decrease the number of demerits.

Khadar Abdillahi Ally Sarah Ilyas Raychelle Baffo.

Name

Year

Form

Merit Total

Pawlaczyk Natan

Year 7

LLB

1630

Ali Barkot

Year 10

LBU

1624

Madziar Milosz

Year 9

LLB

1604

Mayamba Gradie

Year 7

LKE

1526

Lin Yingjian

Year 8

LBU

1480

Poswa Liyanda

Year 7

LGI

1439

Shelton-Barrow Felix

Year 8

LBU

1436

Habib Gojani Vera

Year 9

LAW

1360

Abdulkadir Mohamed

Year 8

LAB

1347

Saldanha Jason

Year 8

LCK

1341

Hoxha Nirvana

Year 9

LAB

1276

Lange-Soler Sergi

Year 8

LKE

1265

Nuha Gresa

Year 7

LLB

1265

Karpha-Powell Harleigh

Year 7

LLB

1259

SPORTS DAY

James Matthew

Year 10

LGI

1258

Congratulations to the following students selected as Sports Captains for Lacerta to help organise the squads ready for Sports Day 2017.

More information to follow …

Lenahan-Hollis Kieran

Year 8

LBU

1247

Kojko Klea

Year 8

LKE

1222

Kowalczyk Zuzanna

Year 10

LPN

1204

Koca Ilayda

Year 7

LAW

1195

Dummett Ashley

Year 9

LPN

1194

The aim is to improve attendance by discussing the importance of attendance, the issues that students might be facing that keep them out of school and how we can work around them.

Year

Boy

Girl

7

Salman Abdulkadir

TBC

8

Nathan Blake

Beatrice Bishop

9

Mykolas Koroliovas

Meara McLawrence

10

Chrysdon Ayre-Fraser

Ellisha Johnson-Frederick

Connect with Mr Brierley lacerta@heartlands.haringey.sch.uk 020 8826 1230 Ext: 306

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Pegasus

PROUDLY SUPPORTING

It is always a great pleasure for me to reflect on some of the successes and achievements that I have been witness to amongst the students in Pegasus.

94.49% Attendance

I can hardly believe, as we come now so close to the end of this academic year, that I only joined Heartlands in September when I took on the responsibility of leading Pegasus House. A year is not a particularly long period of time, yet, a lot has happened and I already have so many fond memories of my time here, as I’m sure you all do as well.

TOP MERITS

As Head of Pegasus, I have been particularly impressed by the huge number of students who have consistently maintained the highest standards with regards to their work ethic, attitude to learning and effort to achieve the best they possibly can. As of June 2017, 40% of students in Pegasus have more than 1,000 Merits, 16% with less than 10 Demerits and, as a house, we have the highest Average Merits score of 942. This is remarkable and really exemplifies our shared spirit of success.

Name

MOMENTS

STAR STUDENTS

Aaliyah Beckford, CGT Aaliyah Beckford, CGT

One of my other proudest moments this year included seeing students go above and beyond in representing and supporting the house during charity events.

In particular I was struck by the amount of food students brought in to donate to our local food bank and it was really rewarding to see Connor Gilmore Year 7 PVU take part in the Crouch End Fun Run. I also took part in this event and managed to raise ÂŁ38 so far for our house charity. Now, I am very much looking forward to Sports Day as our next big house event.

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Particular recognition should go to both Kaspars Ustinov Year 8 PVU and Kevin Jurado Year 7 PSH who have succeeded in not receiving a single Demerit all year long. This is a very impressive achievement as they really have demonstrated the highest level of commitment and self-management, truly setting the best example for others to meet.

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Year

Form

Merit Total

Gordon Toure

Year 9

PSH

2086

Plummer Sienna

Year 7

PSH

2005

Jeilani Fatma

Year 10

PSH

1864

Sousa Da Silva Gemma

Year 10

PSH

1804

Ustinov Kaspars

Year 8

PVU

1793

Virgo KaydenTrey

Year 7

PSH

1753

Colak Ezel

Year 7

POR

1662

Said Anwar

Year 8

PGE

1658

Batalov Atanas

Year 9

PSH

1613

Owiredu Deborah

Year 7

PGE

1607

Mbungu Jemima

Year 8

PVU

1564

Sapla Codie

Year 10

PGE

1546

Ali Yahya

Year 8

POR

1543

Ahmed Serhan

Year 9

PSH

1534

Scott Tilly-Mae

Year 8

POR

1534

Anghel Simina

Year 10

PMD

1530

Anghel Maria Adelina

Year 8

PMD

1529

Shodipo Timmy

Year 10

PGE

1522

Sawicka Suzie

Year 8

PMD

1503

Simeonova Simona

Year 7

PSH

1486

Connect with Mr Fari pegasus@heartlands.haringey.sch.uk 020 8826 1230 Ext: 246

Scorpiuz

PROUDLY SUPPORTING

Well done to all of Scorpiuz for a fantastic year. You have all worked incredibly hard which has seen us ratchet second place in the merit race. Our attendance has increased term on term which is fantastic.

94.42% Attendance

As the end of the summer term approaches, we get ready to say goodbye to the Year 11 students and wish them luck on their remaining exams and results later on in the summer. The rest of Scorpiuz will be preparing for summer exams and the end of the year.

TOP MERITS

A special well done to Year 7 who have settled in to their first year here at Heartlands: you have all made a great contribution to our house.

BEYOND WORDS

ATTENDANCE Well done to both SKN and SSW who have been leading the house.

Jyaden Reid, CGT

Ricardo Williams, CGT

Well done to the two highest quizzer. An amazing amount of quizzes taken!

Jayden Reid 7 quizzes, 94% average correct and 156 minutes engaged time per day.

Ricardo Williams 7 quizzes, 97% average correct and 163 minutes engaged time per day.

SKN for raising their weekly attendance from as low as below 90% to consistently over 96%, and as high as 98.7% last week. Their hard work and resilience will give them a great chance of achieving the GCSE grades they want in May and June. They all push each other to come in to school every day and attend every lesson.

SSW who have been the only form to raise their attendance to 100% and managing to maintain it.

Name

Year

Form

Merit Total

Thompson Martha

Year 7

SAG

2258

Charles Nancy

Year 7

SMI

1980

Sibabi Amina

Year 7

SAG

1939

Patel Jatin

Year 11

SKN

1807

Alem Million

Year 11

SKN

1766

Guo Jessie

Year 7

SAT

1758

Martin Jaden

Year 11

SKN

1698

Hussain Shahriyer

Year 11

SKN

1662

Evdochim Alejandra

Year 9

SSO

1598

Racut Gabriela

Year 8

SSO

1545

Marshall Jerome

Year 9

SSW

1509

Ntentes Ioannis

Year 8

SSW

1491

Pavlov Ivan

Year 8

SSW

1479

Sella Gerald

Year 8

SRE

1463

Dunn Dejenai

Year 7

SAT

1451

Tejici Elaine

Year 8

SSO

1420

Spirlea AgnanaTabita

Year 9

SSO

1364

Alvarez Chica Luisa

Year 8

SAG

1350

Chrysostomou Zakariyya

Year 11

SKN

1348

Guo Jenny

Year 9

SAG

1347

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FAREWELL TO YEAR 11S

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LEARNING IN OUR PROVISION FOR AUTISM

STEP INTO DANCE Heartlands High School, ASD were one of four SEN groups to perform at Step LIVE 2015 and 2016. After the event, Heartlands High School, ASD continued their dance session with dance instructor Jo Cork every Friday. The students focus on particular dance routines every week, gaining confidence, learning a great range of motion, body awareness, balance, muscle strength, coordination, and endurance.

On Thursday 4th May 2017, Heartlands High School, ASD performed at Park View Academy school to a huge audience. The performance was outstanding and so was the support from the audience and from the other schools. The students came up with a routine based on the theme USA. There was a great change in music and dancing. The students practised very hard and learnt a very admirable routine.

The students really enjoyed their evening and showed a great deal of respect for the other schools.

The students also showed off their ‘good audience skills’, by cheering everybody else and sitting beautifully throughout the show. We are all very proud of the students who took part.

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SEARCH DAY 5 Happy Days Charity gave the Heartlands High School, ASD students the opportunity to go and see Aladdin the Musical on Thursday 11th May 2017.

Throughout the day, the students learnt about the story, focusing on the main characters and worked within a team to make genie lamps for the Cave of Wonders.

Class Mars had the privilege to convert a corner of their classroom into the Cave of Wonders, full of shiny objects and magic carpets. The rest of the classes placed their genie lamps with their three wishes into the Cave of Wonders with full excitement. This was a fun activity and the students really enjoyed seeing Ms Zurita dressed as the genie, granting their wishes with a chocolate coin.

In the afternoon we went to Prince Edward Theatre and saw breathtaking sets, mind-blowing special effects, over 350 lavish costumes and a fabulous cast and orchestra, which brought the magic of Disney’s Aladdin to life on stage. The students had a great time and dealt with the crowd and noise very well. Thanks to Happy Days Charity for funding this event.

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NEPTUNE SOCIAL COMMUNICATION

CURRICULUM

INDEPENDENCE

We have transformed Tuck Time in Neptune class and made it into a much more social occasion. We are working on asking and answering questions such as ‘What did you do after school yesterday?’ and ‘What is your favourite fruit?’ On Fridays we share Tuck Time with Saturn class, which gives us a good opportunity to practise our conversation skills.

We are really enjoying our topic, Dungeons and Dragons.

We have been learning about who lived in castles and what they did, using the internet to research knights and reading some great stories, including The Dragon Machine and Wash Your Hair Rapunzel. We have really been enjoying dressing up in medieval clothes and using our imaginations to pretend we are the king or queen!

Students in Neptune class have been taking the lead in our weekly cooking lessons. Using the Change4life website, they select the healthy lunch they would like to make, write the shopping list, buy the ingredients and work with minimal adult input to create their healthy lunch box. We have made tasty homemade coleslaw, houmous and salad wraps, and egg mayo brown rolls. We also top up our lunch boxes with yummy fruit.

PHYSICAL & SENSORY

We have been getting active in Neptune class this term! We start every morning with Wake N Shake followed by the Step Up Challenge.

Maybe you have seen us going up and down the steps in the Forum?

We are learning about healthy lifestyles and making healthy choices, and being active is an important part of that.

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JUPITER Jupiter class had a busy term. Here are some of the highlights.

MUSIC

COOKING We are learning how to cook as part of our life skills curriculum.

We focused on developing healthy eating habits and trying new healthy foods. The students enjoyed cooking a variety of recipes and experimenting with different ingredients.

All students from Jupiter class enjoyed their Music lessons.

They learnt about different instruments and creating their own piece of music.

We were lucky to run an inclusion project with our mainstream colleagues and the students got the opportunity to engage and enjoy music lessons with the Music specialist.

Thank you Ms Shakespeare.

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SCIENCE

Gases, solids or liquids – hard to guess! Further investigation is needed is what the students concluded. We enjoyed lots of practical experiments and investigations, it was lovely to see the students being so engaged and actively involved.

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SATURN CURRICULUM

PHYSICAL & SENSORY INTEGRATION

Our topic this term has been ‘Water, Water, Water’ and ’Dungeons and Dragons’, and we have all really enjoyed learning about how to look after the planet, recycling, water and its many uses as well as exploring the typical fairy tale characters, settings and themes. This has tied into our English work, where we have been working on our reading skills, spelling, descriptive skills and variation of vocabulary.

In Maths, we have been learning about ‘Money’, and how to discriminate between different coins and explore the process of an exchange through shop role play. This has been very useful for students to initiate interaction with the cashiers when we go shopping. We continue to have our regular trips into the community for shopping and swimming, which forms a key part of our students’ curriculum. We are proud to say all of our students are gaining confidence from these trips, helping their social skills, awareness, and knowledge of their local community.

INDEPENDENCE

We continue to have regular independent work sessions and we have also implemented workstations for two of our students (TEACH APPROACH).

In Saturn class, we have implemented a sensory circuit once a week. During this time, students will be playing and moulding by using sensory sand and a variety of plastic shapes in one station. Other stations will be offering students to play with bubbles and foam, treading or throwing rice, pasta or lentils using cups, funnels and sieves, enjoying using play dough to make different shapes, and washing toy cars.

The progress made by Saturn class continues to impress, and each student has their own personal targets they are working towards. All of our students have different and specific needs, and our independent sessions help them to develop their skills personally, and at a pace that suits them.

During Tuck lessons each individual learner will be allocated different jobs to be fulfilled such as: set up the table, tidy up, wash up and dry up.

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VENUS INDEPENDENCE

CURRICULUM

Maths: This term the class have been developing their knowledge of halves, double, whole and quarters. This terminology was used with objects, fractions and numbers to support the learning across different contexts.

The students have also been working on their directional and positional language. They gave and followed directions to and from places in a specially created ‘town’ in the provision playground.

English: The class are working on their creative language skills to develop imaginary places and character to produce a story.

They are using mind maps and story mountains to help with their planning.

PHYSICAL & SENSORY INTEGRATION

In our cooking sessions each week we have been travelling the world!

We are investigating what different foods people eat in different countries and then cooking two recipes from each country, So far we have travelled to Mexico and made Nachos with salsa, guacamole and burritos and to Italy where we have made tortellini and everyone’s favourite, pizza. Next on our culinary journey is China, Germany, India and Japan …

We also practised having a different topping on each quarter of the pizza.

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Lego is a firm favourite for the class to use creatively in their leisure time and we have been on two trips this term on this theme. We went to an autism friendly screening of Lego: Batman movie at Crouch End Picturehouse cinema and visited The Art of the Brick: DC Superheroes exhibition on the Southbank too.

COMMUNICATION Everyone in Venus class has become more chatty this term because we have been working on the social skills needed to participate in a conversation.

During break time when we have a snack together we are using chatter mats to help us know what to say.

We are also developing this in drama with games we are playing to help with eye contact and listening on the Southbank too.

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MARS SOCIAL COMMUNICATION Mars class have been exploring their emotions this term during PSD. We watched clips from the film Inside Out, and role played five familiar emotions. Students learnt how to stay safe when they feel angry, excited, sad, confused/worried or happy.

Safe strategies have been explored by individual students for example, we can stay safe when we feel excited by colouring in. When we feel confused, we can talk to a member of staff or our friends and family at home. Students in Mars class are now creating their own emotion key rings which will be a useful reminder about how to stay safe when we feel strong emotions.

Students in Mars class have demonstrated well this term how supportive they can be of one another. We can remind our friends to breathe, or have our colouring in close by for when we need to feel calm. Students are recognising when a peer is feeling sad and can easily name the emotion.

PHYSICAL & SENSORY During Thursday lunch club after swimming, Mars class has mindfulness. This has been a wonderful way for our students to relax after an

energetic morning travelling to Tottenham Green Pool. Back in our classroom students have the opportunity to lie back on a mat and listen to a mindfulness track. Here are quotes from our students about how they feel about mindfulness … ‘mindfulness is relaxing’ and ‘mindfulness is when there’s no need to rush’ and ‘mindfulness makes me happy’. Please visit the following link to try it for yourself! www.youtube.com/ watch?v=vlv6Y1tq1sQ

CURRICULUM

INDEPENDENCE

Mars students are preparing for a huge transition this term as they’re graduating to a 6th form college of their choice.

We have visited a number of colleges including Connell College, Haringey 6th Form Centre and Southgate College.

Students prepared for their visits by thinking of useful questions to ask such as ‘Do you have a sensory room?’ or ‘Is there a lunch hall?’ This is a very exciting time for Mars: however, we are aware our students may feel worried and they are all working hard on this transition.

Mars class are continuing their work experience at the Area 51 shop in Wood Green Shopping City! Students have learnt to open and close the shop, count money and speak to customers.

We are making lavender bags to sell in the shop, if you are interested, please place an order with Mars class.

This year, Mars have been exploring technologies in PSD and how to use these safely at home and in our community.

This ranged from exploring how we use traffic lights in the correct way, to how to use a washing machine safely.

Students also looked at using iPads, vacuum cleaners and cameras.

Mars have been working hard during our horticulture sessions and have planted herb seeds that they then transferred to the allotment space. Please take a look at all the lovely produce we have grown! We are also creating a colourful flowerbed which students are designing to bring colour to our outdoor space. In Maths students have been planning their trips to the cinema, museums and park. We learnt to tell the time to find out what the opening hours of venues are and how long our journeys may take.

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Heartlands High School, Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7ST T 020 8826 1230 F 020 8826 1231 www.heartlands.haringey.sch.uk

Year

Day

Date

Event

Year 11

Thursday

22nd June

Year 11 Leavers’ Event

Monday – Friday

3rd – 7th July

Health & Wellbeing Week

Wednesday – Thursday

5th – 6th July

Transition Day

Monday

10th July

Sports Day

Friday

21st July

Achievement Assembly

Friday

21st July

End of Summer Term 2

Monday – Friday

24th July – 1st September

Summer Holiday

Monday

4th September

Start of Autumn Term

Wednesday

13th September

Individual school photographs

Thursday

21st September

Twilight Staff Training – Reduced after school clubs

Wednesday

4th October

Open Evening

Tuesday

10th October

Open Morning

Thursday

12th October

Open Morning

Thursday

12th October

Year 7 Parents’ Evening

Friday

13thHow October to find us:

Late start

Friday

20th October

Last day of Autumn Term 1

Monday – Friday

23rd – 27th October

Autumn Half Term

Monday

30th October

First day of Autumn Term 2

Wednesday

15th November

Year 9 Parents’ Evening

Thursday

16th November

Late start

Year 11

Monday – Friday

20 November – 1st December

Year 11 Mock Exams

Year 11

Tuesday

21 November

Year 11 Certificates Evening

Friday

15th December

Last day of Autumn Term 2

Year 7 & 11

Year 7

Year 9

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