Jamaican Visit Yvonne McLeod, Charmaine Gooden-Monteith and Arnaldo Allen are members of the Jamaican Ministry for Education, Region 5. The Jamaican Education’s motto is ‘Every child must learn, every child can learn’. The three delegates came to England in November 2011 following an invitation from the charity ‘Jamaica 2000’ coordinated by Liz Millman. At a welcoming party, Mr. Dowe and Ms. Taitt met the members and exchanged pleasantries about the ‘homeland’ and what was their first impression of England (apart from being cold!). The project of “Widening Horizons” is being developed by the charity JAMAICA 2000, with support from the Jamaican Ministry of Education, in collaboration with
schools in the UK and Jamaica. JAMAICA 2000 has active links with the British Council’s ‘Global Schools Partnership’ and many other organisations involved in innovative educational approaches. The Widening Horizons Project will play an important role in the celebrations of the Jamaican 50th Anniversary of Independence, with an emphasis on our shared history and to celebrate sporting activity in the 2012 Olympics. Waverley School is proud to announce that it will be working collaboratively with
The Winston Jones School in Mandeville, and will work on an assignment based on global and social issues. We believe that both schools will be learning together and learning from each other and want to maintain the partnership.
National Maritime Museum Trip 21st November 2011 ‘Miss, when I stand on this line I am in the east and west zone of the world, how can that be?’
Year 11 and Year 12 Business Studies students visited the National Maritime Museum. The students could see a real business and how the Customer Services and Marketing Department operated. These topics were delivered by Rebecca Swann with her colleagues so the students had the opportunity to be able to complete their coursework assignments with some help from the experts. It was an enjoyable day had by all and was completed when the students stood on the line marking the GMT time zone. Staff: Mr. Mirza Head of ICT Department, Ms. Taitt Head of Business Studies, Ms. Khanom Business Studies Teacher, Mrs. Bassi (Assistant Headteacher ICTAC) and Mr. Kamara (Assistant Headteacher Pastoral Care and Guidance)
Institute of Asian Businesses Award Ceremony at the Hilton Hotel Birmingham 26th November 2011
The Head invited colleagues and Year 12 Level 3 Business Studies students to the Institute of Asian Businesses annual Awards Ceremony. This opportunity allowed the students to see what they can achieve if they work hard and have the highest aspirations. It was a very enjoyable evening and one that the students will never forget as they met so many professionals who were an inspiration to them. Students remarked that, ‘It was wonderful and we got the feel of what it is like to be successful businessmen. It was great being a part of this environment’, and asked, ‘Can we go again next year?’
ICT From Left: Mrs Sohal, Mr Healey, Mr Kamara, Qais Altaf, Zak Hanif, Mr Hanif (Head Teacher), Sarosh Hanif, Yasser Ishaque, Hassan Razive, Mrs Taitt
The ICT department are delivering a project in collaboration with our partner schools in Pakistan with Year 7s1.
Junaid Rahman, Hamza Ahmed and Hamza Wahid undertook independent research to learn more about our partner schools. A press conference was held with Mr Mirza and Mr Healey Also, a video conference was set up to communicate with pupils from Pakistan. Mr Mirza and several students from Year 7, Zoya Amar, Maria Ali and Salma Jehangir communicated with the pupils from Pakistan. Some Year 11’s were also involved. Sahmira Suleman ICT Teacher