TheCityTimes
Monday 2 June 2012 Issue #44
Aiming high for the dreams in our heads
Left: Amani, Isatou and Shailesh outside the Palace of Westminster. Above: our students meet with Baroness Ros Howells who invited our students to an Olympic consultation event and afternoon tea at the House of Lords.
Trailblazing students visit the House of Lords Our nominated group of Trailblazer students, recognised for their outstanding achievement in school, ranging from academic excellence to sporting success, were invited to the House of Lords on 1st May 2012. Invited by Baroness Ros Howells Amani, Isatou and Shailesh joined representatives from schools across Hackney to discuss the Olympic values, the lasting impact of the games in Hackney and to celebrate the work done so far. A team of Olympic Ambassadors from neighbouring primary schools gave a very informative presentation on the development of the Olympic site and the history of the games. Alongside some staggering facts and figures about the architecture of the sports arenas and the 18,000 athletes moving into the Olympic village, the students were keen to tell us that Usain Bolt ate chicken and chips before winning gold at the Beijing Olympics and breaking the 100 metres world record! We were also incredibly privileged to see and hear the debut performance of the young Ambassadors’, Olympic
songs for Hackney. Written and recorded in just one day with local organisation The Songwriting Charity (www.songwritingcharity.org), the songs celebrate the Olympic spirit and what it means to the young people of Hackney and East London. The two tracks entitled ‘Read All About It’ and ‘Determination’ are available to download now.
Inspired ideas
students worked in groups to develop a proposal which was then presented to a panel of judges including representatives from our sponsors KPMG and members of the Chatsworth Road Regeneration Programme team. The judges were very impressed by the quality of the presentations made by the students. The winning team will go to Mansion House to make a final presentation to a panel of judges from Hackney Council, City of London Corporation and KPMG.
In this month’s issue
Community regeneration of Chatsworth Road As part of the Inspire programme, a group of Year 7 and 8 students worked on a regeneration project that aims to revive Chatsworth Road into a productive community space. During the six week project,
Garden Club volunteers Battle of the bands Top merit winners Accelerated Reader winners London riots Art exhibition Half term holiday activities Sharp Magazine book review Sports news and awards