The City Times Autumn 1 2021

Autumn 1 October 2021

City Students commemorate the Windrush Generation As part of our ongoing celebration of Black British culture and heritage, our students took to the Hackney streets to perform.

Our BTEC Performing Arts students performed different perspectives which explore the socio-political consequences of displacement and the racial dimension influencing decisionmaking in immigration law. This drama piece was carefully based on David Lammy’s speech on the Windrush scandal in the House of Commons.

Following this, the Year 10 GCSE Music students breathed life through melody to Veronica Ryan’s sculpture of Carribean Fruits, Custard Apple, Breadfruit and Soursop in bronze and marble, which was created to symbolise Hackney’s respect and commitment to the legacy and contributions of the Windrush generation.

The music programme covered Folk, Pop and Reggae Carribean classics, including You Can Get it If You Really Want by Desmond Dekker, Redemption Song by Bob Marley and A Message to You Rude These performances are emblematic of our public support, encouragement and commemoration of past and present multicultural, diasporic communities in Hackney.

The art department has been invited to take part in a series of workshops which support the ‘Sculpture in the City’ project. Our Year 8 students participating in the Art Additional Studies activity were given the opportunity to explore site specific public sculpture and London’s skyline through techniques such as overlaying. Through this, they developed a greater understanding of capturing spatial dimensions to portray volumes and proportions of architecture form through visual mediums

Sculpture in the City

Celebrating Our Students

Junior Bake Off 2021 1st Place Dahir & Elliot

2nd Place Zoe & Lady

3rd Place Defne & Reynes

Thank you to all entrants for participating!

DUKE OF EDINBURGH PRACTICE EXPEDITION Each

Year 12 embarking on their journey

Kaya Sahintepe Sila Eris I stepped outside my comfort zone to do something I wouldn’t normally have the chance to do, camping.

I feel I have obtained a vast array of skills, including compass navigation, map reading, tent building, orientation and social skills. I appreciate that this experience has provided me a different insight and perspective on life.

Aicha Kaba During our trip to Walton-on-theNaze in Essex, we began to conduct coastal studies. I learnt how to measure groynes and how to carry out surveys and draw landscapes.

Learning to be self-sufficient was the largest benefit I gained from being a Duke of Edinburgh participant. This includes learning how to cook with basic utensils, putting up a tent, and using a triangia. Through spending time in close proximity with my friends, we worked together to achieve our goal, and through this I deepened my communication skills.

Ilayda Demircan

During the completion of our Dof E expediiton, my favourite moment was spending time with my friends around the campfire. We had a very social first day, and I acquired map reading skills as well as the resilience to walk for long periods of time. I really appreciate the benfits of learning how to survive natural environments without the use of technology.

YEAR 11 GEOGRAPHY TRIP My favourite moment was when everyone was walking along the beach collecting stones and shells.

When I saw methods of managing coasts such as the crag walk and sea wall, it expanded my understanding of Geography.

Hasan My favourite moment on our Geography trip, as part of our GCSE studies, was walking across the beach and seeing the waves.

Whilst completing our surveys, I got to see a crag walk in person, and how the coastline has eroded, as well as how groynes work.

Sunny Strolls on the beach

Imagine | Published Poets

Accelerated Reader The Highlights

Work by 22 Year 7-Year 9 students have been selected for inclusion in an anthology called Imagine.

We’re very proud that work by so many of our students has been recognised in this way. You can view all their work online here.

Here is one of the poems:

Charis Alukwu’s Poem African plants taken from African roots African plants dripping in red juice African plants fighting for life African plants left to wither and die African plants swinging in the breeze African plants left to work for the trees African plants fighting in the sun African plant’s work is never done African plants crying in pain African plants are treated inhumane African seeds exploited to lose African seeds left in misery African plants are too weak African plants try to escape African plants running from remorseless trees How can you run when your all bones, no meat?

Top 3 Tutor Groups First Place 8 NEWGATE 2 267 points Second Place 8 MOORGATE 1 235 points Third Place 8 ALDGATE 1 229 points

WORDS READ SO FAR

22,789,072 Most words read Saul Kenworthy | 542,302 words Freddie Morris | 407,728 words Trevan Charles-Mason | 348, 681 words

Accelerated Readers of the Week 27/9/2021 | Saul Kenworthy 4/10/2021 | Wilfred Tyler 11/10/2021 | Judith Yeboah 18/10/2021 | Samira Alom

African plants are separated From the roots where they should have become trees African plants are so excited Thought they could finally leave

Staff Joiners Shomarri Diaz - Teaching Assistant Joy Ndive - Teaching Assistant Petur Kabeya - Teaching Assistant Reuben Henry-Fellows - Teaching Assistant Ashleigh Beasley - Cover Supervisor Alfie Chapman - English Academic Tutor Matthew Grenz - Peripatetic Music Teacher

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