The City Times Summer 2016

TheCityTimes Summer Term 2 June/July 2016

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Upcoming events Year 9 and 10 Parent Day Monday 6 June Year 11s are to attend school as usual

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Year 7 and 8 Consultation Week Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 June Years 7 -10 are to attend school as usual

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Year 11 Prom Friday 1 July

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Sixth Form Prom Monday 11 July

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Sports Day Tuesday 19 July

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Last Day of Term Wednesday 20 July

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Students’ Success at Jack Petchey “Speak Out” Challenge This half term two year 10 students, Ferdosi and Rebecca, took part in the regional final for Hackney in the Jack Petchey “Speak Out” Challenge with great success, both delivering inspiring speeches.

my name. It was a great experience and I loved having my voice heard!”.

The students had just one day of public speaking training at school before taking the microphone at the competition which was held at Skinners Academy. They were also joined by year 11 student Matteo, who acted as a competition judge as he was a runner up in the “Speak Out Challenge” last year.

The “Speak Out” Challenge is annually run with funding by the Jack Petchey Foundation and the Speakers Trust, in order to promote confidence and public speaking in students and young people.

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See page 4 for a list of events for the term ahead or visit: www.thecityacademy.org.

She will now take part in the London grand final in July with all the other finalists from London boroughs.

PSA Sixth Form Meeting

Both Rebecca and Ferdosi did very well, with Ferdosi coming first out of 14 finalists and winning a £100 gift certificate.

Ferdosi, whose speech was about making an impact in the world no matter how small you are, said: “I felt overwhelmed and I couldn’t believe it when they called

Hairspray - End of term musical Tuesday 12, Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 July

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Thank you to all the parents who joined Mr Ali and Ms Tamufor for a meeting and Q&A session about the Sixth Form, its future, and the vision for its development.

Next up: PSA Education Cafe - Children’s Wellbeing, 21 June 5.30 - 7 p.m. @CityAcadHackney |

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A range of revision and studying techniques are practised at the academy, and students have been preparing for their upcoming GCSE and A level exams.

Accelerated Reader of the Week TCAH

Half term highlights

www.thecityacademy.org/students/library Congratulations to the Accelerated Reader of the Week winners for this term. Each week our winners are announced in assembly, in the library section of our website and via our Twitter feed.

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Lucinio Gomes Ca Aldgate G

Ayub Abdulkadir Moorgate K

Luis Edwards Ludgate B

Emmanuelle Zole Newgate P

Uche Mendes Ludgate M

Top merit winners this half term www.thecityacademy.org/students Congratulations to all of our top merit winners from the past few weeks. Students receive merits every day and rewards each term for outstanding behaviour, attainment, effort and positive contribution to the academy. These merits can then translate into prizes for individual achievements as well as awards to top attaining Houses, tutor groups and year groups.

Mai Anh Nguyen Aldgate G

Nasifah Akthar Aldgate T

Hiba Ishtiyaq Ludgate T

Abra Sims Aldgate G

Wiktoria Gorczynska Newgate L

Sports Results Netball The year 10 netball team won the Hackney Schools Tournament for the fourth consecutive time, whilst year 8 finished fourth in the Hackney Schools tournament.

Football This half term has been a successful one for the football teams in the school. The year boys 10 Football team are now the winners of the Hackney Schools Saturday league.

The boys are the first team in the school’s Pictured: The Year 10 Boys Football team history to win this league.

The year 8 and 9 girls football have been victorious this half term in winning the Hackney Schools Tournament.

Year 7 girls football team have also been doing well, coming second in the Hackney Schools football tournament.

Marcus Alexander Visits Marcus Alexander, author of the Keeper of the Realms series, visited the school to talk to our year 7 students in April, showing them what the life of an author is like and also discussing his love of travel and extreme sports.

The students really enjoyed his talk, and seemed particularly fascinated by whether he had hurt himself doing parkour and asked many interesting questions about his books, including one focusing on why he had chosen a girl as the main character.

comment that he had found the talk a lot more entertaining than he expected.”

“We invite authors into school to talk to all of our key stage 3 students as part of a yearly programme promoting reading for pleasure,” commented Ms Towers, the Learning Resources Manager, “The students obviously enjoyed meeting Marcus, as shown by one student’s

Next half term: Author Alex Wheatle will be returning to talk to year 9 students on Monday 27 June.

Students will be reaching their Accelerated Reader targets for the Summer term.

Sixth Form Fundraising The Sixth Form’s efforts to raise money has been going well this term, with bake sales and sports matches to continue efforts to fund their leavers’ prom.

SSAT Educational Outcomes Awards

Salters Chemistry Festival

For the second year running, The City Academy, Hackney has been nationally recognised for its exceptional progress and performance by the Schools, Students and Teachers network (SSAT).

Educational Outcomes data analysis shows that the school is in the top 10% of nonselective schools nationally for high average grades achieved by students and the top 10% nationally for progress made by pupils between their key stage 2 results at primary school and their key stage 4 results.

A third award recognises the school’s success in enabling pupils to fulfil their potential.

In April a team of four year 8 students attended the Salters Festival of Chemistry at UCL, which is a practical chemistry competition open to year 7 and 8 students across the country. They ended up coming second out of 26 schools, an impressive achievement given that this was their first experience of working completely independently in a proper lab.

They were particularly highly praised for their teamwork within their group, and the quality of the write up of their experiment.

Well done to Kai, Flynn, Linus and Shirin for their work in this competiton.

Football Match - Students V Staff The match was a great success. Students started off strong, scoring 3 goals in the first round, however staff began to claw things back in the second round with some excellent saves from Mr Tandoh. Ishaq Miah scored 2 goals for the year 12 boys, but the overall score was a draw.

Final score: 7 - 7.

Most impressive was Mr Malcolm who managed to referee in a full suit. Fans on both sides were very supportive and in total, they raised £41.

Bake Sale Sixth Formers were very successful in raising £35 by selling pancakes and cakes.

This is their second bake sale this year, with all the funds going towards their end of year prom.

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Key dates for the half term ahead, June - July 2016 6

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Year 9 and 10 Parent Day Monday 6 June, 1.30 - 8 pm.

All Year 9 and 10 parents/carers are invited to meet with their children’s teachers to discuss progress.

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First day of term for Year 11 Monday 6 June

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First day of term for Years 7 - 10 and Sixth Form Tuesday 7 June

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Year 7 and 8 Consultation Week Tuesday and Wednesday - 7 and 8 June, 3.50 - 5.30 pm.

Parents/carers of students in years 7 and 8 are invited to meet with their Personal Advisor in order to discuss progress and set targets.

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A Level Art Exhibition Friday 10 June, 4 - 7 pm.

Everyone welcome to celebrate the fantastic work of the A Level students.

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Boys Can Sing Thursday 16 June, 6.30 pm.

The City Academy, Hackney’s boy-only choir! Inspired by Gareth Malone’s efforts to encourage boys to sing, male students from primary and secondary schools in Hackney have joined together to create ‘Boys Can Sing’. Tickets available on ParentPay.com

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Year 11 Prom Friday 1 July, 6.30 - 10.30 pm.

Year 11 say goodbye to the class of 2016 at Hackney Town Hall.

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Year 13 Prom Monday 11 July, 6 - 11 pm.

The final send off for the academy’s first cohort of students at the Grange City Hotel in Tower Hill.

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Hairspray Tuesday 12, Wednesday 13, Thursday 14 July, 6 pm This year’s end of school musical will be Hairspray: a story about a teenage girl from Baltimore who fights to integrate a popular television show.

Tickets on Parentpay.com

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Sports Day Tuesday 19 July The academy ends every academic year with Sports Day. All students will be participating in a range of track and field events at Lea Valley Athletics Centre, earning points for their House.

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Last Day of Term Wednesday 20 July All students will be dismissed following the Achievement Assembly.

Students return for the academic year 2016/17 on Friday 9 September.

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Internal Exams start Monday 20 June

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PSA Education Cafe: ‘Your Child’s Wellbeing’ Tuesday 21 June, 5.30 - 7 pm.

A panel will be on hand to discuss topics surround the subject of childrens’ wellbeing, such as air quality and pollution, cyber safety, and child psychology.

Term dates 2016/17

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INSET Day Thursday 30 June School will be closed all day due to Year 6 Transition Day.

First day of term Friday 9 September Half term week Monday 31 October Last day of term Wednesday 21 December

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SEN Coffee Morning Friday 1 July, 9.15 - 11 am.

Parents/Carers of students with a Special Educational Need are invited to a coffee morning. Please sign up via the website if you are interested.

Spring Term

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To sign up for specific events and for a complete list, visit: www.thecityacademyhackney.org.

Autumn Term

First day of term Wednesday 4 January 2017 Half term week Monday 13 February Last day of term Friday 31 March Summer Term

The City Academy, Hackney is sponsored by KPMG and the City of London Corporation.

The City Academy, Hackney is a registered charitable company. Registered office: The City Academy, Hackney, Homerton Row, London, E9 6EA.

First day of term Wednesday 19 April Half term week Monday 29 May Last day of term Tuesday 18 July