TheCityTimes
Monday 7 May 2012 Issue #43
Monthly
Making Olympic history
Olympic book launch On Thursday 18 April The City Academy, Hackney marked 100 days to go until the start of the Olympic Games with a very special book launch. Entitled, “Sam and Ruby’s Olympic Adventure” our students worked collaboratively with our neighbouring schools and children’s author, Tony Bradman to create a fun-packed story inspired by the Olympics as the London 2012 Games count down begins. The story unfolds with Sam and Ruby being given an ultimatum by their teacher: either they present a project on the Olympic Games or they will not be allowed to go on their school trip! Creating a time machine, using Sam’s spare wheelchair, they travel from the beginning of the Olympics in Athens to the Beijing Olympics of 2008 in an exciting story which presents the history of the Olympic Games in a fun format. Student, Lorenzo who took part in the creative writing workshops said, “It was a good challenge as I’d never done anything like it, we were able to meet the author and I’m really pleased with the end product.” The book has proved so popular that the first edition has already sold out and publishers Barrington Stoke have had to do a reprint! If you’d like to order a copy, it is available in local bookshops, libraries and even on Amazon.co.uk.
Sakib, in Year 9 summed up the experience, “It’s only 100 days until the Olympics and it’s going to be so exciting as it’s right near our school. Writing this book has helped us to feel part of that excitement.”
Eco Warrior
National Science and Engineering Week As part of Science Week our students entered a competition to design a “renewable racer” to take part in a global race. The ten best entries from within the school were then entered into the national competition. There were nearly 20,000 entries nationally and the amazing news is that Elton in Year 9 won the senior category. This is a fantastic achievement considering the vast number of submissions to this national competition. All the winning entries can be viewed on the British Science Association website.