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MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER
Happy Easter! Dear All As ever it has been a bumper term full of exciting opportunities both in classes and outside the curriculum. On this issue’s cover is a shot of some of the amazing support we received from women in business. Arrabella Weir, Fiona Miller and Terry Tavner from the Arts were joined by Tiffany Casey and Brenda Reynolds from Business and Science spheres. One of the things that is so compelling about our school is the relentless ambition we have for our students. If we can open doors and interests into a variety of other avenues then we do! Joined on the front cover are some images from our other events – we are lucky to have excellent speakers and visitors into the school including Rio hopefuls JJ Jegede, Montell Douglass and Gillian Lindsay. This newsletter is an indicator, and I hope a reassurance, to parents that
central to our ethos and focus is the enriching experiences education at Hornsey School for Girls offer your child. We remain committed to ensuring that everything we do adds value and interest to your daughter’s life. In this newsletter you can see that the driving force in the school is to expand your child’s experiences underpinning our excellent academic programme. Well done to all of our students who achieved rewards this term. Thank you also to all of our staff for the amazing opportunities and exceptional commitment they have offered the students in their care. Have a restful and enjoyable break, remember to take note of the changes to traffic on Wightman Road and we’ll see you in April! Ms Rahelu Headteacher
Celebrating
Tuesday 8 March 2016 As part of this year’s International Women’s Day celebrations students at Hornsey School for Girls and Sixth Form College took part in a day of workshops and discussions centred on successful women from the world of politics, business and entertainment. The school hosted event aimed at providing students with the opportunity to learn vital life lessons from inspirational women who had achieved success in their profession. Attendees included: Baroness Young of Hornsey, Catherine West MP, actor and writer Arabella Weir, BBC World News Commissioning Editor Emma De’Ath, and Educational Campaigner Fiona Millar. The day began with carousel sessions with small classes of students engaging with talks and activities with the speakers. At the end of each session students had the opportunity to quiz each speaker, asking a range of questions on how they had overcome obstacles in a male dominated environment to succeed in their careers. Brenda Reynolds, a CEO of a biotechnology company, advised students that: “women tend to undersell what they do, be more confident in yourselves.” The final session concluded with a talk given by keynote speaker Baroness Young of Hornsey who addressed the whole sixth form and discussed the history of women in the workplace and in politics. Students quizzed Baroness Young about her life in the House of Lords, how she had become a baroness and her views on a range of topics, including how she had dealt with negative stereotypes in her career and her views on current political issues such as migration and mental health. Headteacher MsRahelu said: “Celebrating International Women’s Day at Hornsey School in this way was an absolute pleasure. It is very important to highlight the fantastic achievements of amazing women and the sometimes varied ways they have reached the very top of their professions. We are privileged to work with such talented women so willingly giving up their time to support our students critically thinking about their futures and the world they live in.” Hornsey Sixth Form College student Lourdes Alexandra Oppong enjoyed her experience saying: “It was such an amazing school event and a great way for us to celebrate International Women’s Day. To spend time learning from these successful women is truly inspiring”.
WORLD BOOK DAY 2016
D BOOK DAY 2016 L R O W
We celebrated the annual event of World Book Day this year by continuing our tradition of teachers dressing up as a literary character. Lots of teachers joined in and we had characters ranging from: flappers from The Great Gatsby; War Horse; Cat in the Hat; the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland and even a walking talking dictionary! There were various events during the day. We had a short story which was read to students in sections during the school day, a very popular book swap event during Thursday and Friday lunchtime and a
Congratulations to the first four students to complete the Extended Project Qualification at Hornsey Sixth Form College. The EPQ is an exciting new course which helps students to develop and acquire the research skills necessary to succeed at university. It is graded A*-E like any other AS and is worth the same UCAS points as one AS level. Students undertake a research journey whereby they decide on an area of personal interest and formulate a question that they answer in a 5000-word dissertation. Amy Garrad, Biiftuu Aba-Godu, Aneesa Shahid and Leila El-Aabdi studied for this qualification in their lunch breaks once a week from November 2014 to July 2015. During this time lessons were a mixture of taught skills and tutorials. Sandwiches in hand, these students grappled with complex concepts and a large number of articles, in order to become experts in their chosen field. They were awarded two A grades and two B grades, especially impressive when considered that this was achieved entirely off-timetable and juggled alongside 4 other
character quiz – with two winners who each won £10 book vouchers – Marina Yasmin 8R and Umeira Fakun 8R - well done! Colbie Montague Y11 said, “The book swap is great! We should have an opportunity to swap books every week!” Ms Crosbie has promised to arrange a book swap more frequently so look out for this information around the school.
The Extended Project Qualification at Hornsey subjects at AS-Level. After receiving her A grade, Biiftuu Aba-Godu said she most enjoyed “exploring topics beyond my A-level subjects. I got to develop and utilise skills such as essay writing, carrying out set research, and referencing which I would otherwise not have done in my subjects. It also meant that I could show universities how interested I really was in my subject, and gave me more to talk about in my Personal Statement.” Thanks to their success the subject is now fully timetabled for sixth form and no longer needs to be completed during lunchtimes. Spaces are strictly limited due to the number of one-toone tutorials required, so Year 11s should reserve their place on this academically challenging course as soon as possible! Ms Wildish Teacher of English & EPQ
Exemplar Religious Education work, from Year 9 student, Josie Lindsay-Smith in response to the statement that: ‘A religious upbringing forces children to believe in God.’ While I don’t think a religious upbringing forces children to believe in God, I think it does make it drastically more likely that they will. When someone is brought up in a religious family, they are told from a very young age that God exists, by people they look up to and trust – like parents and teachers. Because of this it is very likely that the child will share this belief, because if you have that kind of relationship with an authority figure, you almost believe what they say.
been shaped dramatically by their upbringing, this could be considered a way of forcing them to believe, despite not being obvious torture or harassment.
The same applies to non-religious families/upbringings. If a child is constantly told that religion and the beliefs in religion are ridiculous in a very extreme way; and are discouraged from learning about them, then yes, they would grow up to be atheists in most cases. Would this be forced belief? Yes, I think so. That’s not to say that being On top of this, hearing lots of good arguments for an atheist or being religious is bad. What I really the existence of God from those authority figures and the respective place of worship would definitely don’t agree with is this kind of forced belief, or forced belief in general. Since religion and help to convince someone. Though it isn’t true for interpretations of God or lack thereof are very all religious families, some families send their children to schools where other beliefs aren’t really personal, I think that people should have the freedom to learn more about themselves, their acknowledged, or discourage them from learning about them, meaning if their beliefs, and the belief beliefs, and others, instead of it being a case of ‘well this is the only option, I might as well go with it.’ In in God is all the child knows, they won’t have any fact, learning about other beliefs can, in my opinion, other options. sometimes make faith stronger, since if you know Which brings us back to the forced belief point. I did about other beliefs but still stick to your original belief, the evidence for it will feel stronger and more say that I don’t think a religious upbringing forces valid, and so will your faith in it. So, the point I am children to believe in God, and I still stand by that. The thing is, if someone is being forced to believe it trying to make is that I think people should have isn’t always as obvious as it seems. Yes, being quite a lot of religious freedom and should learn physically or psychologically tortured into a belief is about other religious and beliefs aside from their own. obviously being forced into it, but cases like those are extremely rare. Being denied the option to leave a religion is also a forced belief, though you However, someone might disagree with me, and say that having some kind of forced belief is the only could argue that this could also cause someone to way to introduce someone to religion, and that stop following a religion, as once they had the religion would not be as widespread without it. If a freedom to move out and live in the way that they wanted to, the person may link the negative child is allowed too much religious freedom, as in the parents just say – go off and follow whatever experience with the religion on the whole, and religion or belief you want, the child would probably might want to leave. not think about it at all, since they were never forced to go to a place of worship or pray, it would However, by not introducing the concept of other beliefs until the child is much older and has already not be a part of daily life, and as said before, if you
don’t know anything about it you won’t even consider it as an option. Ok, I realise I’m not really explaining this in a clear way – so in short: no experience with religion = no religion. I know I was going on about knowing about other religions, so to prove my point a bit more successfully, let’s imagine a child in a very ‘you can do what you want ‘ kind of family specifically teaches the child about lots of different religions. If this is done from a very young age, the child will probably be confused and won’t understand the point. If the child is older, they understand more, but may have formed their own opinions already and lived a non-religious life for long enough, for the lessons to mean less. They may have been particularly inspired by some things, and there is a possibility that they may go on to follow one religion or believe a belief, but it is much less likely than if they had been told it was true from a very young age. But why does it matter? Being agnostic or atheist isn’t a bad thing. It doesn’t make someone heartless or evil or without dreams and hopes and motives. These views on the world are as beautiful and as valid as any other belief. But, the problem is, there always needs to be some diversity. If only atheism existed, all cultures, traditions, communities, and the arts would be drastically different, and many not even exist. If only religion existed, many scientific and technological breakthroughs would have been halted or would not have happened. These are at each end of the spectrum. But, having diversity in the way that we do means that it isn’t really a case of science V religion in the way that it appears to be, the two really go hand in hand. There are people who believe mainly in religion, there are people who believe mainly in science and there are people who believe in aspects of both to different degrees. All of these together, make up a diverse world, and that, I think is how it should be.
On Friday 26 February Year 12 RE students attended an RE conference at Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, in central London. The conference was a great way for students to get revision tips for their upcoming AS RE exams this summer as well as hear a talk from Religious Studies author and examiner Gordon Reid. Students who attended the conference said: “The revision conference was useful because it allowed me to understand what I needed in order to answer each question successfully. I gained more knowledge coming from Gordon Reid himself, it was a great experience and will help me prepare for my exams.” Jorjena Lacaj 12.4 “It was really helpful because they gave us introductions and conclusions which we can use for every topic in our exam. I’m excited about the A2 revision conference next year!” Lediana Bala 12.1 “This conference was really useful as it enabled me to get more information on the topic that I learnt. I also learnt how to manage my time in the exam by knowing what not to write in the exam.” Fahmida Ali 12.1
Team GB Athletes Visit On Tuesday 23 February three Team GB athletes visited Hornsey students. The visit was arranged as part of Hornsey School for Girls participation with the Sky Sports Living for Sport programme, pairing sports stars with schools across the UK to act as mentors. The programme aims to show students, through sporting activity, that hard work and commitment can help them achieve their goals. Visiting Hornsey School for Girls were British long jump champion JJ Jegede, British 100m sprinter and former British record holder Montell Douglass and Olympic silver medallist rower Gillian Lindsay. The day began with JJ speaking to Year 8 students in the Community Theatre. JJ discussed how he had used a difficult childhood as motivation to become a successful athlete. As he was a small boy for his age his PE teacher, someone he most admired, encouraged him to take up athletics rather than football. Through his encouragement, hard work and determination JJ has gone on to great success in long jump and is on course to represent Team GB at the Rio Olympics this year. The athletes then spent the day in workshops with students taking part in games and activities that promoted the British Athletes Commission ‘Six Keys to Success’ (see top). The six keys to success are designed to help young people develop valuable life skills that will help them in and outside of school, now and into the future. “It’s great to work with such inspirational role models as it gives our students a great insight into the highs and lows of success, how to learn from failure and fills them with aspiration.” Dance teacher and organiser Ms Ongley “It was amazing and incredibly enlightening, I learnt a lot about my life and about breaking barriers in order to succeed. It made me think about my future and moving outside my comfort zone. I thought a lot about what I want and how I am going to achieve my goals, it really was the best day ever!” Renita Ninsiima 11I
Stonewall Role Model Meets Hornsey Students On Friday 26 March, as part of LGBT History Month celebrations, Hornsey School for Girls hosted Stonewall spokesperson, Shoshana Bratton. Shoshana gave students an honest insight into her experiences of coming out as bisexual and the challenges she has faced along the way. She also discussed her career, religion and her reasons for becoming a Stonewall Role Model. Hornsey English teacher, Siobhan Hardy, said: "It was really great to welcome Shoshana to Hornsey as part of our LGBT History Month celebrations. Her talk was highly engaging and gave everyone food for thought; it was a very positive experience." Shoshana said: "I decided to become a Stonewall Role Model as I wanted to be able to use my experiences to help young people feel less alone. Growing up, I didn't feel represented. That made me feel abnormal and fearful. I don't think that life should be that way for anyone, that you feel wrong for being who you are. Too much unnecessary stress can be really damaging to a person's mental health. By telling my story and including both the good and the not-so-good parts, I hope that it helps put things in perspective in a positive, helpful way."
cons3xual Sex, consent and relationships Conference
On 29 January Year 11 GCSE Citizenship students hosted a Sex, Consent & Relationships Conference as well as creating a website, lesson plan and key information sheet to improve the curriculum and resources in Haringey schools. The aim is to ensure that young people are educated about sex and consent in order to safeguard them from abuse and exploitation. For more information and to view the website with the students work please visit: www.cons3xual.wordpress.com
Year 10 Drama In early February, Year 10 Drama Students took part in an exciting song/dance and drama workshop. One lucky student will also win a free one year’s scholarship to Saturday School at the Anna Fiorentini School of Theatre and Film! The Directors were overwhelmed by the talent at Hornsey School for Girls.
HORNSEY VISIT FROM GAMBIA
Return visit sees Gambian Headteacher visiting Hornsey school pupils
Pupils at Hornsey School for Girls and Rokesly Junior School share and develop their understanding of themselves, their culture, identity and belonging during a visit from head teacher Mrs Fatou Barrow Jammeh, leading to changes in curriculum and teaching approaches. Mrs Fatou Barrow toured both schools and spent time visiting classrooms to see learning in action and to ask questions about teaching and learning styles. She also answered questions about schools in Gambia and how these have changed significantly in the past 10 years. Pupils gained a much deeper understanding of Gambian culture and life to break down stereotypes. Her visit was funded by the British Council’s Connecting Classrooms project that recently saw pupils and teachers from Hornsey School for Girls visit schools in Gambia to support teaching and learning. During her visit Hornsey pupils enquired about issues facing pupils in Gambia and Mrs Barrow discussed how education had changed and improved over the last 10 years. Pupils learned how reforms within Gambia have broken down gender inequality, as well as barriers girls still face. Mrs Barrow taught them about the historical problem of forced marriage in Gambia, the social and economic factors that contributed to it and the importance of education for girls in breaking this practice. She discussed openly the issue of FGM in Gambian society, the effects of FGM and what the Gambian government and communities are doing to end it. Rokesly Headteacher Ms Bola Soneye-Thomas said of Mrs Barrow’s visit: “She joined us for a whole school assembly and
spent time in each class telling pupils about life in Gambia. Mrs Barrow explained that education is free while the children attend the Lower Basic school (age 7 upwards) but fees have to be paid for any education under 7.” Whilst at Hornsey School for Girls Mrs Barrow observed a number of lessons including English, Maths, Textiles, Food technology, Citizenship and Geography. She worked with two separate Year 11 Geography classes on their study of Alternative Technology. Pupils were able to present different forms of alternative technology and discuss the appropriateness of this for her village in Gambia, bringing their study of alternative technology alive. Mrs Fatou Barrow said: “Before this partnership I didn’t know much about different teaching and learning resources and lesson planning and how to use them effectively. I have learned much more about group work so that I can develop my school to be more childcentred. Activities are set by the teacher and then students can work independently. This training will benefit all the teachers in developing their skills and the students by improving the quality and effectiveness of lessons.”
Hornsey Student writes for brilliant magazine Congratulations to Jamila Rowland-Chandler 11T whose article on the topic of Virginia Woolf has been published in The Brilliant Club's termly youth academic journal, The Scholar. The Brilliant Club provides students the opportunity to take part in programmes of university-style tutorials, which are led by passionate and committed PhD students and focus on academic development. The Brilliant Club helps students to translate potential into places at highly selective universities. Furthermore, by connecting schools and universities in this way, it provides an innovative new solution that addresses a number of the challenges that we share in our endeavour to give the next generation fair access to an outstanding education. For the last two years, Hornsey School for Girls has been working with The Brilliant Club. Their mission is ‘to widen access to highly selective universities for underrepresented groups by mobilising researchers to bring academic expertise into non-selective state schools’. In practice, they sent three visiting PhD experts into our school for six weeks to give tutorials in small groups and extra homework tasks. Students were divided into three different groups: Arts & Humanities, STEM, and Social Sciences. 24 hardworking students from Year 10 completed this in their own time and ‘graduated’ from the programme in September with university-style marks for their dissertations. Some of our students received First-class marks, and Jamila Rowland-Chandler’s essay scored so highly that The Brilliant Club chose to print it in their magazine. Ms Wildish coordinated the programme for Hornsey and said ‘It has been a joy to watch the most able students challenge themselves even further by completing work that is so far in advance of their current studies. Students’ behaviour when visiting Sussex and Cambridge Universities was exemplary, and the seeds have been sown for some very high academic achievement in the future’. The Scholar is their academic journal designed to recognise and showcase the oustanding work of pupils across the country, through sharing the fantastic academic assignments that they produce. "We want to extend our congratulations to Jamila and Hornsey School for Girls for their achievement - competition for the publication was tight. All articles were reviewed by an expert panel of PhD Tutors before being selected. The article is a really impressive discussion of a difficult subject. We hope Jamila is very proud of her achievement." Martha McPherson, Academic Editor of The Scholar Jamila said: “I’m not sure whether it’s supposed to be tongue-in-cheek, but the Brilliant Club definitely lives up to its name! The Brilliant Club is a great project where I was able to study very challenging and obscure subjects with enthusiastic, knowledgeable PhD tutors in small groups. Intimate, university-style teaching enabled me to really engage with the topic of modernist literature as an Arts and Humanities student but they also offered tutorials in STEM (science) and the Social Sciences. I was incredibly fortunate to be chosen for this programme and for my final essay to be published in The Scholar Magazine. I’d like to express my thanks to the editor, my tutor Urvashti and the school for letting me take part in one of my most enjoyable academic experiences. I honestly loved it.”
From 2-5 February Year 12 Geography students took part in a 4 day fieldwork residential trip in Slapton Ley. Head of Geography, Ms Stevenson, tells us all about their epic week away: “We travelled to Devon on a cold winter’s day for 6 hours to get to a tiny village by the coast. The roads were so narrow our bus only just fitted down the streets! The A level students were at the field studies centre to complete a 4 day residential field trip looking at rural and urban re-branding and coastal management in preparation for their A level unit 2 exam. They worked very hard from early in the morning until late at night in the classroom analysing data collected during the day. We visited Plymouth for students to evaluate the success of their re-branding strategies. Although a windy walk, students completed their questionnaires and many other fieldwork techniques. We also saw first hand the devastation of coastal erosion at Beesands where half the beach was missing, you could see where the storm waves had hit the houses. The road we drove down was partially collapsed! The impact of changing climate was evident here which really made us think. Highlights of the trip included early morning strolls to the beach after breakfast, looking for otters and we were grateful for the lucky break in the weather when it stopped raining for the first time in over a month. A special thank you to Azra for her wonderful entertaining singing in the mini bus ;-) The students were great and we would like to thank them for all their hard work. They are busy turning their fieldwork into exam answers now good luck for the summer!”
Access Project
12.4’s Hawa Bibi Khan and Sofia Khan have won a place on The Access Project's Medicine Society! The Medicine Society runs across a number of London schools and sessions are held in central London locations. Places were competitive and both students put in a strong application. The society provides ambitious year 12 students with the advice and guidance they need to make a competitive application to study Medicine. On Thursday 18 February the students attended a clinical skills session with Kings College London. They learnt how to take blood, sew up wounds and take blood pressure. ''The Hornsey students were great and represented their school incredibly well. They engaged thoroughly with the session and worked collaboratively with the students from other schools.'' Siobhan Randell, University Development Coordinator at The Access Project Sessions running throughout this year will include Medical Ethics, UKCAT support and an interview skills workshop. Sian Earl Programme Coordinator (The Access Project)
Trip To Parliament On 18 January Year 12 students on the AS Politics course took part in a Making Laws workshop, met with their local MP, Catherine West, and were given a tour of The Houses of Parliament. The trip gave students a greater appreciation for the historical heritage of Parliament as an institution. It also supported their understanding of Parliament as part of their course.
On Monday 22 February Ms Wiggins and Ms Butler invited the ‘Coppa Feel’ charity in to school to give an assembly to sixth form students to raise awareness of breast cancer in young women and to encourage and teach them about self-checking every month.
Keat’s House Trip
Business Masterclass Year 12 Business & Economics visited City University to take part in A Business Master class. This involved pitching ideas & making soap! Several got special awards & mentions for overall excellence:
On Wednesday 2 March fourteen Year 12 English Literature students visited the house of 19th Century Romantic poet John Keats. The visit to Keats House, Wentworth Place in Hampstead Heath, involved a tour and a lecture on his poetry. Students were extremely impressed by the house and found it really helpful to learn about Keat’s background and career. The lecture on the Eve of St Agnes was very valuable in terms of deepening students’ understanding of poetry and the key ideas of the Romantic movement. Ms Smith Teacher of English
Rhys Ronan 12.4 Brilliant public speaking Omar Lindsey 12.4 Brilliant public speaking Bahjo Hassan 12. 4 was on the winning team! Honourable mentions for excellent contributions go to: Kozeta Farruku 12.4 Sajeda Islam 13. 4 Megiona Kadiu 12. 1 Klaudia Gashi 12.1 Salma Chakour 12.1 Well done to ALL the students who took part who were a credit to the Sixth Form at Hornsey and displayed brilliant enterprise & entrepreneurship skills. Alan Sugar "eat your heart out!" Mr Davies Head of Business & Economics
Pictured above: Year 13 and Mrs Hewitt at the Embankment after watching Shakespeare’s - As You Like It. The production was fantastic and the students loved it. Alexandra Aldridge said “It was the best Shakespeare production I have ever seen.” This is the students’ third trip to the Theatre in the last two months and they absolutely love seeing live theatre. The Drama department believes this is an integral part of the course. Mrs Hewitt said - “As You Like It was an innovative and creative piece of theatre that brought Shakespeare to life. It was hysterically funny and beautifully moving. It is always a pleasure to take Hornsey Girls to the Theatre.“ The girls are looking forward to their next trip to the ‘Ravensfield Theatre’ to watch a Middlesex graduate performance in March. Mrs Hewitt Teacher of Drama
Year 7 End of Term Awards Attainment
Effort
Sarah Carson - 7R - Music Jiang-Yi Chen - 7R - Art Sara Compassi - 7R - Maths Nea Jude Ioannou - 7L - PE Irem Kademlioglu - 7S - D&T Zion Linton-John - 7N - Drama Rachel Little - 7N - Languages Erin McLoughlin-Green - 7R - Dance Roza Yaneva - 7L - English
Foos Abdulahi - 7S - PE Iqra Ahmed - 7L - Dance Sara Compassi - 7R - Science Kriti Damania - 7S - D&T Emma Hill - 7N - History Rachel Little - 7N - Drama Emily Marks - 7N - Languages Mabel Partridge - 7L - Art Dijle Ozbek - 7R - Dance Denae Simeon-Hughes - 7A - English Safia Smith - 7L - Maths Safia Smith - 7L - Music
Hard Work Samira Begum - 7L - Languages Sudhee Bijmohun - 7L - History Sarah Carson - 7R - Science Rokia Dahdouh - 7E - English Elisa De Abreu - 7R - PE Jasmine Dooney - 7N - Music Aitana Gimenez-Pate - 7E - Maths Saoirse Maguire - 7E - Art Kayla-May McLeary - 7N - Drama
Outstanding Progress Sara Compassi - 7R - Art Alexandra Delikan - 7R - D&T Jennifer Heymann - 7R - Music Jennifer Heymann - 7R - D&T Natalia Knott - 7A - Drama Rachel Little - 7N - Maths Emily Marks - 7N - Dance Mabel Partridge - 7L - English Diohanna Passos - 7N - PE Melissa Thompson - 7R - History Helin Turgut - 7L - Languages
Year 8 End of Term Awards Hard Work Inaya Anyaegbunam - 8R - Drama Jessica Bailey - 8R - Dance Eliza Bright - 8N - Art Eliza Bright - 8N - Languages Kamira Bucknor-Grogan - 8R - PE Ruth Garnett - 8R - Science Maia Hinshelwood - 8E - Maths Phoebe Htike - 8N - Maths Samira Jafar - 8E - English Kiera Molloy - 8R - Drama Grace Moussongela - 8L - History Olivia Opara - 8A - Music Riya Pandya - 8R - Science Lizge Tasar - 8R - English Deja Williams - 8R - Art Suzi Yordanova - 8A - Languages Connie Zheng - 8R - D&T
Positive Start Micaela Campan - 7E - Science Romina Krasniqi - 7R - Drama Epaphrodite Justin - 7S - Languages Emma Hill - 7N - Maths Nea Jude Ioannou - 7L - Music Saima Miah - 7E - Art
Service Jiang-Yi Chen - 7R - Science Emma Hill - 7N - PE Sedef Kanalar - 7A - Maths Emily Marks - 7N - Music
Attainment Isla Andrews - 8R - History Isla Andrews - 8R - Maths Maya De Luca - 8N - Dance Phoebe Htike - 8N - English Meryem Karaoglan - 8L - Languages Mihaela Morar - 8A - PE Shalayna Morton - 8R - D&T Nuria Munday - 8A - Art Nuria Munday - 8A - Science Aisha Nauzer - 8R - Music Nura Rahman - 8L - Drama
Effort Khushi Beedasy - 8A - English Claudia Bejan - 8A - Maths Khadeeja Chowdhury - 8R - D&T Khadeeja Chowdhury - 8R - Science Lucy Delaney-Hopson - 8A - History Nabila Jannah - 8L - Art Sarah Nedjari - 8R - PE Ruby Panjwani - 8N - Music Shehliban Sertol-Ebazel - 8L - Dance Fatema Sikdar - 8N - Drama Olivia Szvetnik - 8A - Languages
Year 8 End of Term Awards Positive Start
Progress
Jessica Bailey - 8R - Science Khushi Beedasy - 8A - Art Nancy Benson - 8N - English Nancy Benson - 8N - Languages Arsema Gebru - 8A - Music Francesco Giraldo - 8R - Drama Vyn Sasha Ojule - 8R - Maths Anabel Urena Beltre - 8R - PE
Isla Andrews - 8R - Music
Service Khadijah Chowdhury - 8R - Science Francesca Giraldo - 8R - D&T Fathmina Nahisah Nasleem - 8A - Maths Sonia Kanka Nzodu - 8E - PE Lizge Tasar - 8R - Music
Year 9 End of Term Awards Attainment
Effort
Saima Abdus - 9A - Maths Deborah Chihwalo - 9S - Drama Eva Corlyon - 9N - Music Jemal Heba - 9R - Science Tigris Karadogan - 9S - Science Yasara Karunadhara - 9L - Dance Karanpreet Kaur - 9E - Art Anna Mallinson - 9N - PE Zoe Thorne - 9E - D&T Aquila Vaz - 9S - Languages
Sanaa Abdalla - 9A - Music Tahmina Ali - 9N - PE Apostolia-Stefania Angelopoulou - 9N - Languages Mariam Aslam - 9R - Drama Fatma Aydemir - 9R - Art Fatma Aydemir - 9R - Science Hodan Barkhadle - 9A - English Paola Biasco - 9L - Dance Viviana Biasco - 9L - History Callista Green - 9S - D&T Fatema Hussain - 9E - Maths
Hard Work Marcelino Goodness - 9N - PE Farzana Islam - 9R - Science Salma Jafar - 9E - D&T Salma Jafar - 9E - Languages Rihana Kamal - 9S - English Yasara Karunadhara - 9L - Drama Sarah Keily - 9N - Music Joanna Lindsay-Smith - 9L - Art Kiana-Ramona Palmer - 9E - D&T Viviana Rojas - 9E - D&T Nourhan Traboulsi - 9N - History
Progress Julia-Aurelia Dae - 9A - English Maizi Hegarty-Woods - 9L - Dance Samira Hashi - 9R - Science Alysha Hurkhoo - 9E - Art Farzana Islam - 9R - History Farzana Islam - 9R - Music Yuan Liu - 9A - PE Goodness Marcelino - 9N - Maths Shanaya Morton - 9E - PE Cansu Ozdemir - 9L - Maths Dilara Ozpalas - 9S - Drama Wendy Sabio - 9E - D&T Zoe Thorne - 9E - Languages
Positive Start Amal Abdulle - 9S - PE Layla Arale - 9S - Science Nicole Cabrera Lopez - 9R - English Yuan Liu - 9A - Art Jessica Mendes - 9L - Drama Shika Negedu - 9A - Music Ibtizaam Sharif - 9S - Maths
Service Saira Ahmed - 9A - Maths Fatma Aydemir - 9R - D&T Tigris Karadogan - 9S - Science Sophie Mayer - 9A - Music Jessica Mendes - 9L - PE Ameera Shahid - 9R - D&T
Year 10 End of Term Awards Attainment
Effort
Fardowsa Abdullahi - 10R - Sociology Zohana-Sorana Abu-Lauz - 10N - English Leonida Bala - 10R - Business Shaziya Begum - 10E - Science Nadija Bouhafs - 10E - English Kate Carson - 10R - English Kate Carson - 10R - Spanish Moressa Chambers - 10A - Drama Djenaba Davis-Eyo - 10A - Art Sumaiya Hannan - 10A - Triple Science Natasha Khan-Rowley - 10A - Music Natasha Khan-Rowley - 10A - History Alice Konneh - 10L - RE Katie Lim - 10A - Maths Syeda Mafique - 10S - Sociology Deborah Nquot - 10R - D&T Jessica Parkinson - 10A - Geography Anisa Sayed - 10E - CPSHE Anisa Sayed - 10E - PE Asia Tahir - 10S - English
Selin Akca - 10R - Art Bernice Akwaboa - 10N - Spanish Paliyah Cameron - 10R - RE Paliyah Cameron - 10R - Dance Shaniece DaCosta - 10L - English Behiye Hebibasi - 10S - English Irha Khalid - 10L - Triple Science Tia-Mai Laine - 10L - Music Syeda Mafique - 10S - English Chloe Mayamba - 10S - CPSHE Tahsiin Mukith - 10R - D&T Marlene Nova-Figuereo - 10E - English Marlene Nova-Figuereo - 10E - Maths Sophia Oguh - 10A - Science Nina Oti - 10L - Sociology Bushra Rahman - 10N - Geography Husna Rahman - 10S - Sociology Anisa Sayed - 10E - Business Tahiya Tahnin - 10A - History Jetmire Vllasa - 10A - PE Jetmire Vllasa - 10A - Drama
Hard Work Diana Balaban - 10L - Maths India Barsella - 10L - CPSHE Silan Bikim - 10A - English Silan Bikim - 10A - PE Jessica Burge - 10E - D&T Kate Carson - 10R - Music Afolasade Dauda - 10L - Triple Science Austina Davis - 10A - History Micah Greenawat - 10S - Art Daria Grek - 10R - Dance Koloud Jemal - 10N - English Nicola Johnson-Demssie - 10E - Geography Nicola Johnson-Demssie - 10E - Business Fatna Khalid - 10L - Sociology Marzana Khanom - 10E - Science Sherinne Loke - 10N - Spanish Syeda Mafique - 10S - RE Debarah Nquot - 10R - English Ikran Nurie - 10A - Drama
Service Selin Akca - 10R - English Eunice Akwaboa - 10L - History Andra Cuceanu - 10N - Business Amaani Green - 10N - Drama Kawthar Hadjoudj - 10S - RE Lucy Hodge-Sellers - 10N - Geography Koloud Jemal - 10N - CPSHE Celena Malcolm - 10E - RE Isabel Marquez-Leaman - 10S - Music Faiso Mohamud - 10A - English Ria Molloy - 10N - History Hodan Sultan - 10S - CPSHE Zara Tigrine - 10S - English
Progress Zohana-Sorana Abu-Lauz - 10N - Geography Alexia Alausa - 10R - English Iaba Chowdhury - 10E - English Iesha George - 10L - Sociology Amaani Green - 10N - Science Micah Greenaway - 10S - English Lauretta Harrison - 10R - Maths Natasha Khan-Rowley - 10A - Triple Science Fatema Khatun - 10E - History Rodrigues Mamara - 10N - Spanish Isabel Marquez-Leaman - 10S - Art Deborah Nquot - 10S - PE Sophie Parkinson - 10N - Music Sophie Parkinson - 10N - Drama Husna Rahman - 10S - Business Tahiya Tahnin - 10A - RE Milcana Tesfay - 10R - D&T Milcana Tesfay - 10R - CPSHE
Year 11 End of Term Awards Attainment
Effort
Marian Ahmed - 11D - H&SC Maryam Ahmed - 11O - Spanish Hafsa Ali Hersi - 11A - Geography Aliyah Chaumoo - 11I - D&T Denvert Bless Cogonon - 11C - Sociology Alexandra Daly - 11I - History Isgard Hague - 11O - English Jade Hammond - 11E - Science Nesmie Kanka - 11A - Drama Esme Keeley-Fermor - 11T - Art Debore Krasniqi - 11I - Business Ghizlan Mezian - 11A - English Aisha Mohamed - 11O - RE Aisha Mohamed - 11O - Spanish Colbie Montague - 11C - Drama Sara Noor - 11A - Sociology Tabitha Oakley-Brown - 11O - RE Jamila Rowland-Chandler - 11T - Maths Sophia Sofianou - 11E - Music Olakunbi Soleye - 11D - CPSHE
Maryam Ahmed - 11O - RE Salam Al Hamwi - 11D - Geography Stacey Armaah - 11C - H&SC Angelica Costa - 11I - Drama Alexandra Daly - 11I - Music Kanij Fatema - 11E - Art Jade Hammond - 11E - D&T Lydia Harkat-Alcala - 11O - Dance Chilali Hegarty-Woods - 11I - Sociology Mariam Irfan - 11I - History Debore Krasniqi - 11I - English Timeira Lynck - 11I - Maths Hajra Niazi - 11U - English Shalfah Nsubuga - 11D - Science Nina Owusu - 11A - RE Bleona Rakaj - 11O - Sociology Julia Rowniak - 11D - Business Julia Rowniak - 11D - PE Aisha Taylor - 11U - CPSHE Sharifa Yakubu - 11T English
Hard Work Tolulope Adekoya - 11T - Sociology Tyra Ameyaw - 11A - Sociology Kanij Fatema - 11E - Science Leah Garrad - 11T - English Betul-Beyza Gorur - 11I - English Nyah Leslie Sanchez - 11C - Maths Iga Lis - 11I - English Leonique McFarlane - 11A - Business Fardowsa Mohamud - 11O - Geography Naomi Momoh - 11D - French Sara Noor - 11A - Art Leona Oti - 11I - Drama Nina Owusu - 11A - History Lola Pearce - 11I - PE Julia Rowniak - 11D - English Olakunbi Soleye - 11D - Music Faye Tempest - 11U - D&T Monika Wilczewska - 11C - CPSHE Kubra Yusun - 11O - H&SC
Service Awil Cosob - 11I - English Shania Burke-Tash - 11T - History Aliyah Chaumoo - 11I - RE Sabhah Amhmood - 11A - English Lima Mangal - 11E - D&T Sena Nazim - 11D - Geography Cara Nutt - 11C - RE Rozerin Ozcelik - 11E - English Caitlin Qosja - 11T - CPSHE Jamila Rowland-Chandler - 11T - Music Viktorija Rozite - 11C - English Ebony Sewell Mcleod - 11I - CPSHE Olakunbi Soleye - 11D - Drama
Progress Kristen Agbodan - 11O - Sociology Kristen Agbodan - 11O - PE Melek Akca - 11A - Art Hafsa Ali Hersi - 11A - English Fatme Amideina - 11O - Sociology Alexandra Daly - 11I - English Ayten Dede - 11E - Drama Karolina Cominas - 11E - English Kanij Fatema - 11E - D&T Natalya Galloway-Coldspring - 11D - Science Betul-Beyza Gorur - 11I - H&SC Fatma Kuntas - 11U - Music Naomi Momoh - 11D - Geography Renita Ninsiima - 11I - PE Sara Pernjek - 11C - RE Daidra Perry - 11D - French Ellie Smith - 11T - CPSHE Faye Tempest - 11U - English Tabita Toma - 11U - Business Spagmay Zaeer - 11U - Maths
Service Faye Strachan Smith - 11Y - CPSHE Faye Tempest - 11U - Science Hassiba Zenasi - 11I - Business
Post 16 End of Term Awards Demonstrating Drive & Commitment
Outstanding Attainment
Ruwayda Abu - 13.4 - RE Maisha Akther - 12.2 - English Lang Fahmida Ali - 12.1 - Physics Fatima Butt - 12.3 - Biology Yasmine Chakour - 12.1 - Maths Ayse Coker - 12.1 - Drama Kozeta Farruku - 12.4 - Business Iqra Gull - 13.2 - EPQ Latifah Hajjaj-Harris - 13.3 - Biology Megiona Kadiu - 12.1 - H&SC Hawa Bibi Khan - 12.4 - Gov & Politics Aisha Kiggundu - 12.4 - Science Shamsa Kiggundu - 13.1 - H&SC Shamsa Kiggundu - 13.1 - Science Diella Krasniqi - 13.1 - Psychology Zeynab Mohamed - 12.1 - Sociology Cynthia Muteba - 13.1 - Sociology Maha Noor - 13.1 - Economics Sweetny Ojule - 13.3 - Science Isi Okekumatalor - 13.1 - Business Aliya Osman - 13.1 - English Lang Sophia Panagiotaras - 13.2 - Maths Aida Paye - 13.3 - English Lit Rhys Ronan - 12.4 - History Aneesa Shahid - 13.3 - Physics Ellen Smith - 12.3 - RE Sara Syed - 13.2 - History Fahmida Uddin - 12.3 - English Lit Elifcan Yazgun - 13.4 Gov & Politics
Biiftuu Aba-Godu - 13.4 - Maths Biiftuu Aba-Godu - 13.4 - Physics Biiftuu Aba-Godu - 13.4 - Biology Ayesha Abbas - 13.1 - Economics Aaysha Abdur Rashid - 13.4 - Business Adeola Adegbesan - 12.3 - Biology Jerelyn Adjei-Frimpong - 13.4 - EPQ Lava Ali - 12.4 - History Sowda Ali - 12.4 - History Amina Bousanguar - 13.4 - RE Fatma Butt - 12.3 - Maths Deanna Craig-Bennet - 13.4 - Science Eloise Frendo-Allen - 13.2 - Drama Ecem Gunes - 12.2 - H&SC Sanaz Hatami - 13.1 - Sociology Megiona Kadiu - 12.1 - Science Ayesha Khan - 13.4 - Gov & Politics Hawa Bibi Khan - 12.4 - Physics Nicola Lawrence - 13.2 - History Abbie McCaul - 13.4 - Gov & Politics Fatma Mohamed - 12.3 - RE Hamda Mohamed - 13.1 - English Lang Dekota Molloy - 12.3 - English Lit Linda Nguyen - 13.1 - English Lit Temilade Oluwole - 13.2 - H&SC Dylan O’Mara - 12.3 - Business Rebecca Oti - 13.4 - Psychology Gokce Silahtaroglu - 12.1 - Sociology
Outstanding Effort
Outstanding Effort
Nabila Aghil - 13.2 - Maths Shanjida Ahad - 13.3 - Biology Gabrielle Akuffo - 13.1 - Business Alexandra Aldridge - 13.2 - Drama Lava Ali - 12.4 - Gov & Politics Lediana Bala - 12.1 - RE Ayesha Begum - 12.4 - History Ayesha Begum - 12.4 - Maths Rebecca Betts - 12.1 - English Lit Najma Ciise - 12.3 - English Lang Klaudia Gashi - 12.1 - Business Alexandra Genn - 13.2 - English Lang Maha Gull - 12.1 - Psychology Sara Gure - 13.2 - English Lit Hidayo Jama - 12.2 - Science Aliye Karagoz - 13.4 - Gov & Politics Lucy Keenan - 13.2 - Art Emmanuella Kyeame-Agyei - 12.1 - Sociology Nicola Lawrence - 13.2 - RE Karima Miladi - 13.4 - History Cynthia Muteba - 13.1 - Science Pricella Ofori Adjei - 12.2 - H&SC Rebecca Oti - 13.4 - Sociology
Rhys Ronan - 12.4 - Economics Elis Sali - 12.2 - Art Negeen Samiee - 12.4 - Biology Negeen Samiee - 12.4 - Physics Majbeen Shah - 13.1 - Physics Sarah Siddiqui - 13.3 - EPQ Lucia Tilson - 13.3 - H&SC
As part of our Intern Programme, we are pleased to welcome Alexis Cosby. Alexis comes from James Madison University, in Virginia USA, and is working with the Intervention Additional Learning (IAL) Faculty from January to April. Assisting Ms Tayfun, Manager of Integrated Provision, she is gaining valuable work experience which will help her future career aspirations - to work as a professional counsellor with young people and their families. At Hornsey, Alexis supports ten students regularly in oneon-one sessions to help them develop coping strategies to support their academic and personal development. She also assists the IAL staff with Peer Mentoring activities such as iRead (Confidence with Words), iCount (Confidence with Numbers), and Handwriting Club (Confidence with Writing). Alexis also leads on a social skills programme called Circle of Friends every Thursday at lunchtime. Alexis said: “I’m thoroughly enjoying my time here at Hornsey School for Girls. The faculty has given me a unique opportunity to truly gain hands-on experience working towards my future career aspiration as a counsellor. Interning abroad has taught me so much more than the average American student would be able to acquire back home.”
Tanha Chowdhury 10L attended the Regional finals of the Jack Petchey Challenge on Tuesday 2 February at Gladesmore School! Here she tells us about her experience of the challenge: “Phenomenal…..This is how I would describe my experience of the Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge. As a regional finalist I had the amazing opportunity to give my speech in front of a large audience. I had been preparing for weeks for this day but as the date got closer and closer slowly the nerves crept up on me. I was soon to be in the spotlight, giving my speech and expressing my views on the subject ‘Size doesn’t matter’. Finally the night came and when I got up on stage my hands were visibly shaking with fear as I saw hundreds of eyes gazing at me, as the audience waited to hear me speak. But as I spoke more I grew more confident and became more passionate, trying to give everything to impress the judges. As I finished I could hear the audience applauding and cheering and could see lots of smiles. My Mum and friends were screaming and my teachers stood to applaud. I had never felt more appreciated and grateful in my life. I stepped off the stage with a huge grin, all my nerves were long gone. Although I did not win, I had an amazing time and the experience of a lifetime, thanks to everyone who supported me.“ “An excellent performance at a great event with much competition. Tanha was chosen as the first speaker for a reason; only very strong speakers start and finish and she has an amazing, powerful and authentic voice. Tanha and the young people of Haringey were amazing!” Mr Gaskell, Speakers Trust Regional Coordinator
All KS3 classes were involved in science challenges as part of Science Week, 7-11 March, which have both stimulated learning and stretched the girls imagination. Year 7 students had two separate engineering challenges: Spaghetti Towers which saw the girls set the task to see Who could build the highest towers? using spaghetti. Egg Drop set students the task of building a package, using paper, card and plastic bags, to protect an egg from breaking that was dropped from a height of 2 meters. Year 8 students were given the Rollercoaster Challenge. All groups had to produce the slowest pathway for a marble 30cm above ground, allowing the students to tap into their creative side, which saw some amazing rollercoaster structures being built. Another challenge for year 8 students, saw students produce Fashion items from recycled materials. Being even more creative they displayed panache and flare in their designs. Year 9’s challenge linked the ideas of Forces and Flight which they have recently studied, and saw pupils attempt to produce the perfect paper plane.
KS3 Science & Inventors Clubs Both of these clubs go from strength to strength. The Inventors club on Wednesday, allows the pupils to turn their creative ideas into reality. While the Thursday Science club, see pupils investigate different aspects of fun science. Students in Year 7 and 8 are invited to join this club by their science teachers.
Science News
Year 9 Start GCSE Science Course I am sure all parents will wish the year 9 students well as they start their GCSE Science course. This early start will give their pupils a head start with the new GCSE. This new GCSE course has quite a number of content additions and harks back to some of the O level content of yester-year. However the practical and application skills developed in the girls over the last three years will assist them in this course, as over 50% of marks are related to skills and application of knowledge. We will, in the summer term, be selling text books and support material for Year 9 students. If you have any concerns please feel free to contact Mr Davies Head of Faculty for Science on robert.davies@hornseyschool.com.
KS5 Science Lectures
KS4 Intervention Classes
All the KS5 students have been invited to lectures, with the Physics and the Biology courses taking out groups of students to attend lectures at UCL. These lectures have both stimulated and supported the students concerned.
Intervention and exam preparation is ongoing, with Year 11 intervention on Wednesday evenings and Saturdays, 10am till 1pm, while the Year 10 and core science intervention is on every Thursday evening. The science department look forward to running Easter school revision session Year 11 on Wednesday the 6 of April , with Year 10 on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 of April.
The exam preparation is on-going with KS5 intervention for Biology and Chemistry, being held on alternating Tuesdays, while Physics intervention is every Wednesday evening. Additional Biology intervention will be running over Easter, on Tuesday the 29 and Wednesday 30 of March, from 10am till 1pm.
We continue to invite Year 4 and 5 pupils from the surrounding primary schools into Hornsey School to enjoy Science the Hornsey way. This year it was St Aidan’s, St Mary’s and St Gilda’s turn to take part in workshops on the Science of Fireworks and the Science of Light. We have also reintroduced two workshops on the Science of Ice-cream and Mr Davies’ favourite the Science of Chocolate. These workshops were carried out in the food technology rooms to allow pupils and staff to enjoy the fruits of their labour. Both workshops tasted as good as they look!
If you have any issues about Science or how we can support your daughter better please feel free to email Mr. Davies Head of Faculty for Science on robert.davies@hornseyschool.com.
St Martin Of Porres Primary School
St Paul’s Catholic Primary School
Tetherdown Primary School Saint Paul and All Hallows CofE Junior School
Muswell Hill Primary School South Haringey Primary School
Rhodes Avenue Primary School
Belmont Junior School
Our Lady of Muswell Hill Primary School
St Aidan’s Primary School
Highgate Primary School
Year 10 and 11 GCSE PE students took once again took on the role of gymnastics officials to help conduct our annual Key Steps Primary Gymnastics Competition. Over 120 students from 16 local primary schools took part in the event, held over 2 days, in Hornsey School Sports Hall.
Results Year 3 & 4 Team Results 1st Place - Coleridge Primary School 2nd Place - St Michael’s Primary School 3rd Place - Rhodes Avenue Primary School
Congratulations to all primary school students and staff who took part and to Hornsey students who officiated another hugely successful event.
Year 5 & 6 Team Results 1st Place - Coleridge Primary School 2nd Place - Rhodes Avenue Primary School 3rd Place - Muswell Hill Primary School
On Friday 18 March all Year 7 and students took part in Sport Relief fundraising activities including: a 1 mile run around the astroturf, a dodgeball competition or a skipathon, jump-a-thon or dance-a-thon! The day was a huge success with students and staff dressing in a red and white theme, having lots of fun, whilst raising money for a great cause.
We’re still counting all the money that we raised, the total amount will be published on our website soon
A selection of tweets, photos and messages from our Twitter feed
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Mulberry Youth Conference By Hayat Dehbi 12.1 On Thursday 25 February 2016, a group of Year 12 students visited the Mulberry Youth Conference hosted by Mulberry School for Girls. The conference began with a series of lectures from a range of keynote speakers. One of the speakers was Reverend Rose HudsonWilkin who is the speaker’s chaplain at the House of Commons. She spoke briefly about her own experiences growing up in Montego Bay, Jamaica and how she dealt with human rights issues in her own community. During the Q&A that followed, Reverend Rose gave the audience inspirational advice on how we can help to resolve issues within our communities and raise awareness about human rights issues like gender and religious discrimination. The best part of the day was the 'exploring inequality and human rights' workshop, which was led by representatives from Free the Children, as we were given scenarios which many Syrian refugee families face. The conference gave me an insight to the difficult responsibilities and decisions that thousands of people have to make on a daily basis. The conference was concluded by two performances from spoken word artists, Hollie McNish and Bridget Minamore, who were able to bring serious issues to life through their poetry and imagery.
Urban Planning Workshop
Our AS and A2 Geographers, plus a number of Year 10 Geographers, took part in an Urban Planning Workshop on Friday 4 March. They were lucky to work along side industry experts who gave up their time to present to the students explaining what their day to day job involved. Students designed their own development company and worked to regenerate a fictitious urban area using 3D printed models ensuring that they stuck to the given design brief. The students had to give the investors a 20% return on their investment whilst ensuring social cohesion, which was tricky! The workshop linked to their current unit of study and there were lively debates about Tottenham’s regeneration and the effect this was having on the local residents living there. Students then had a short amount of time to prepare their vision and presented their ideas to the industry experts during a live panel interview. It was a cross between Dragons Den and The Apprentice - students were grilled! The winning team 'Urban Flash' have been invited to a UK finalists’ presentation in the summer in the Shard. Some students have taken up the offer of internships and work placements - so look out for our Hornsey students redeveloping an area near you in the future! Students developed many skills during the workshop and we are really proud of the high level of expertise and justification the students gave to the experts.
Design
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Flashing Fabrics Year 9 have explored the use of smart materials including thermos and photo chromatic pigments changing colour
Technology Amazing Medals Yr10 had an introduction to metal casting and advanced design skills and had some impressive outcomes.
Social Transfer Yr 8 have researched and leant about Equality and Diversity and, linked with the power of using products to make positive statements, have developed their own transfer design.
Art Deco Torch Key Rings Yr 7 have explored design movements, basic electronics and computer aided design skills to develop their own Art Deco etching pattern and make a mini torch using CAD CAM. with heat and light. Also they sewed circuits into fabric using copper thread.
THE FEMALE LEAD
On Wednesday 16 December, Hornsey School for Girls’ Feminism Club, led by Ms Wiggins, attended The British Sociological Association Feminism Conference. This is where subjects such as every day sexism and domestic violence were discussed, as well as presentations on sex tourism and women as anti-feminists. It’s fair to say that our Feminism Club were extremely intrigued throughout the conference and were eager to answer as many questions and gain as much new knowledge as possible. It was amazing to be able to ask the presenters questions, which were answered thoroughly. I found the discussion very absorbing because of the different issues raised and because we were able to learn different points of view. This conference was fantastic and incredible as it developed our understanding of feminism. Given the chance, I would like to go again. I can speak for the entire Feminism Club when I say that this experience was something we will remember. Most of us thought that we already knew all there was to know about feminism, but we have learnt there is so much more to know: it is not only about issues such as equal pay for women, but it is about giving women a greater voice and the chance to speak up and say “we’ve had enough!” By Fatna Khalid 10L
A number of students from Years 7-13 took part in the launch of The Female Lead on Tuesday 1 March. We received a fantastic response and the girls embraced the energetic project which aims to encourage women's motivation and confidence. The girls heard from motivational speakers and had an opportunity to think about how they might impact their own lives. We hope to continue this project and thank the Girls Network for giving us this opportunity. Ms. Barulis Senior Assistant Headteacher
APRIL MAY
Day
Date
Who
Event
Monday
11th
Whole School
Teacher Training Day - School closed to students
Tuesday
12th
Whole School
Start of Summer Term - students return as normal to CLT Groups
Tues -Weds
12 -13th
Year 8 & 9
Gifted & Talented Trip
Tuesday
12th
Year 11
Kindertransport Talk
Wednesday
20th
Year 10 Art
National Portrait Gallery Visit
Wednesday
20th
AS Economics
Day Trip
Wednesday
20th
Year 10 & 11
Trip to Blackett Laboratory
Friday
22nd
Year 10 Art
National Portrait Gallery Visit
Thursday
28th
Year 7, 8 & 9
Gifted & Talented Maths Trip
Thurs - Fri
28 - 29th
Year 11
GCSE Product Design Coursework Making Days
Monday
2nd
Whole School
May Day Bank Holiday - School closed
Tuesday
3rd
GCSE & A Level
Public Exams Start
Tuesday
3rd
Year 8
HPV Vaccinations
Tuesday
10th
Year 10
Gifted & Talented Maths Trip
Thurs - Fri
12 - 13th
Year 9
Duke of Edinburgh Award
Wednesday
18th
Years 7-10
Haringey Athletics Championships
Mon - Fri
30 - 3rd
Whole School
Half term holiday
JUNE
(June)
JULY
Summer Term Events
Month
Monday
6th
Whole School
Start of new term
Mon - Tues
6th - 7th
Year 9
Duke of Edinburgh Award
Thurs - Fri
9 - 10th
Year 10
Geography Trip to London Docklands
Monday
20th
Year 10
Pre-Mock Exams Start
Monday
20th
Year 7 & 8
Haringey Swimming Gala
Monday
20th
KS3, 4 & 5
Summer Art Show
Thursday
23rd
Whole School
Sport Day
Friday
24th
KS3
Gifted & Talented Maths Trip
Friday
24th
Year 11
Celebration Assembly
Thursday
30th
Year 10
Reward Meal for Peer Mentors
Mon - Tues
4 - 6th
Year 10 & 11
Duke of Edinburgh Award
Tuesday
5th
Year 11
Gifted & Talented Maths Trip
Tues - Thurs
12 - 14th
Year 11
Duke of Edinburgh Award
Mon - Weds
18 - 20th
Year 10
Duke of Edinburgh Award
Thurs - Fri
12 - 13th
Year 9
Duke of Edinburgh Trip
Friday
22nd
Whole School
End of Summer Term