TheCityTimes Autumn 2 - 2013/14
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Painting the City red The Lord Mayor’s Show
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Message from the Principal Mr. Emmerson, Principal As we end our first term with a cohort of students in years 7 - 11, I can definitely say that after four years of growth, we at last feel like a full school. It is a testament to the strength of the staff we have appointed, who have settled in so well, that we continue to deliver high standards in all we do.
Earlier this year, The City Academy, Hackney was honoured to receive an invitation to take part in the Lord Mayor’s Show. Sixth months on, November arrived and our specially-formed troop of musicians and dancers brought their youthful rhythm and energy to the streets of the City of London. Sponsored by the City of London Corporation, the academy recently welcomed the departing Lord Mayor, Roger Gifford, as a guest speaker to our annual Founders’ Day awards (see page 4). Three days later the academy were equally pleased to be performing for the incoming Lord Mayor, Fiona Woolf who has supported our talented musicians through the sponsorship of an annual music prize since the academy opened in 2009. Our music and drama departments combined their efforts, choreographed routines and
composed samba-style arrangements of songs including Michael Jackson’s Billy Jean and Singing in the Rain which proved to be an unfortunately accurate weather forecast. Despite the rain, crowds lined the streets in their thousands to see hundreds of floats parade past including our committed ensemble of students and staff. Well done to everyone involved, it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. Our academy band have since gone on to play a string of dates for the City of London Corporation including performances at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet - at which guests included the Prime Minister - and the Guildhall Christmas Market raising money for the Red Cross. Most recently, the Young Brasscals ensemble performed for Christmas shoppers at Westfield Stratford City. www.flickr.com/tcah
Much has been accomplished this term: year 7 induction, staff training, a GCSE drama production, music performances, the KPMGfunded year 8 instrumental tuition project, our first Sixth Form Open Evening - attended by more than 300 prospective parents and students - as well as a range of enriching trips and visits which have enhanced the curriculum and broadened the experiences of our students. The highest expectations of our students prevail and we believe that they will achieve excellent results at the end of year 11 which will ensure that they can progress towards their lifetime ambitions, which we naturally hope they will continue to work towards in our Sixth Form. With mock exams and end of term assessments behind us there are a number of reward trips and fantastic events such as the Christmas Concert to look forward to before a well-earned rest for our students and staff. Enjoy the holiday.
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South Pole, East London Penguin Project
Congratulations @StJtB - winners of the @BaduSports primary school football tournament @cityacademynews. #football pic.twitter.com/3Oe6MtyFhI Mr. Emmerson presents the winning team, St. John the Baptist Primary, with their trophy. Anyone visiting the academy over the coming weeks - perhaps you have tickets to our Christmas Concert - will see our foyer transformed into a snowy, South Pole scene densely populated with homemade penguins. Thank you and well done to all students and parents who clearly worked so hard on their creative creatures produced for our annual Key Stage 3 art project. A gallery of penguin pictures can be found overleaf as well as on our official Flickr photo gallery page. Visit: www.flickr.com/tcah.
The academy uses Twitter to build networks with our neighbouring primary schools, local organisations, museums, galleries, councillors and parents too. A link to our Twitter feed can be found on the homepage of our website along with a link to our photo galleries on Flickr.