Chestnut NewsDate: 12 May 2017 Issue No: 53

MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER

5K for 5KI would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who went along to support the Friends of Chestnut Grove’s fun run last Saturday to raise some much needed funds for the school. It was a great success and a wonderful community event which raised a considerable amount of money for the school. The Friends of Chestnut Grove are currently aiming to raise £5k to purchase an outside canopy to extend the capacity of our new canteen.

Pump House PavilionLast Saturday I attended the grand opening of the Pump House Pavilion in Battersea Park as part of the Wandsworth Arts Fringe Festival. It was a wonderful event that celebrated the achievements of our art specialist students. There is much more information about the event later on in this newsletter but I would like to say a special thank you to all of the students involved, the families who came along to the opening event and, of course, Ms Keeble who co-ordinated the entire project. This was an extremely high profile collaboration between Chestnut Grove Academy, NEON architects and Elliot Wood structural engineers and I am delighted (but not surprised!) that they chose to collaborate with our very own budding artists. The pop up pavilion will be on display in Battersea Park until 21st May.

New Multi-Use Games Areas (MUGA)I am delighted to announce that we have recently been awarded £117,000 from the London Marathon Charitable Trust (LMCT) to create a new multi use sports pitch in our new grounds in place of the tarmac courts that would have been provided through the Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP). This will mean that we can increase the range of sports that we can offer here at Chestnut Grove (both within the curriculum and extra-curricular), as well as providing a new resource for the local community outside of school hours. The LMCT like to encourage inactive people into sport, so over the next year we will be surveying students’ attitudes to sport and physical activity, and trying to provide a range of opportunities to encourage more exercise in response to this. I would like to thank the hard work of our fundraiser, Sharon Noble, who worked tirelessly with the school and the LMCT to make this bid successful.

Christian KingsleyHeadteacher

ART SPECIALIST

As Mr Kingsley mentioned above, on Saturday 6th May, the Pump House Pavilion was opened to the public. The Pavilion was designed by Neon Architects and a selection of Art Specialist students from years 7 to 9. Art Specialist students were involved in the selection process of the design team involved in the project and participated in numerous workshops. The first workshop was a site visit, where the students explored the park and how the park was used. Students investigated the Pump House itself and came up with many design ideas about how the function of the Pump House could be incorporated into the design of the Pavilion.The following workshops were based around the exploration of materials to create structural forms. The final design for the pavilion is a brilliant combination of design ideas from all the students involved in the project. It was wonderful to see the vision of the Pump House Pavilion become reality. Several of the Art Specialists were given the honour of cutting the ribbon to mark the grand opening of the Pavilion. The Pavilion will be open to the public until 20th May, so please pay a visit to the Pump House to view the wonderful project the students have been so fortunate to be involved in.

Ms Keeble,Head of Art

Year 7 have recently been learning about the Crusades and the medieval Islamic Empire. They have been thinking about success and failure of the Crusades and how much the Europeans learnt from the Islamic Empire. Year 7 are now learning about the Reformation, when Henry VIII split from the Catholic Church in Rome. Students have been, and will continue to explore the impact of Henry’s decision on the people living in England at this time and for centuries after the event.

Mr Taylor was very impressed with the work 7 Da Vinci completed on these two topics. In the pictures you can see newspaper articles about the Crusades and advisory letters to Henry about what to do with the church. 7 Da Vinci have produced some beautiful work and should be proud.

Miss Adams Head of History

HISTORY

FRIENDS OF CHESTNUT GROVE

PARK RUN 6th May: A big thank you to everybody who took part in the Park Run on Saturday 6th May and to those who organised it and volunteered on the day - it was a great success and enjoyed by all. The prizes will be handed out after the half term break once we get the running times in from Park Run. A big thank you to those who sponsored the runners - we have raised an incredible £2,177 including gift aid so far but there is still time to donate to our MyDonate page which closes 31st May https://mydonate.bt.com/events/friendsofchestnutgrovefunrun2017/435222. If you have raised money the old fashioned way on a printed out form, please hand the form and money in to the school office in an envelope with your name inside for the attention of Sharon Noble.

COMEDY NIGHT - 28th JUNE:

Planning is under way for our Comedy Night 28th June. Tickets are just £10 which will include chilli (meat or vegetarian) and tickets are now available on ParentPay (please note this is for adults only 18yrs+). We have a great line up of comedians which are:

- Matt Richardson (co-hosted Xtra-Factor, appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks & Celebrity Juice to name a few)- Patrick Monahan (Top 20 Hardest Working Comedians list 2016, appeared on Celebrity Squares, Fake Reaction and more)- David Mills (London based American Actor, was in Florence Foster Jenkins which stars Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant)- Matthew Burden - won the ‘Stand Up For Yourself’ talent search, hosted Future Pro Wrestling live show 2011-16 and is the host for the Croydon Comedy Festival Live at the Utopia.

If you need more information or would like to volunteer to help at this event, please email loneolsenuk@yahoo.co.uk. We are also looking for raffle prizes specifically for this event, so get in touch if you can help with that. Thank you.

We next meet on Monday 12th June at 6.30pm in the Sixth Form Study so do come along if you would like to be involved and/or have suggestions for next academic year. General emails to friendsofchestnutgrove@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter (@FriendsofCGA) or join us on our Facebook page Friends of Chestnut Grove.

COMPUTING

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY

Here are some photos of furniture our A Level product design students have just completed. Each student has achieved a B or above for their final products - the work has been outstanding. Three out of the four students are going onto university to study engineering.

Mr WildmanHead of Design & Technology

CHESTNUT21

EMI Music Sound FoundationThe EMI Music Sound Foundation has awarded us £1000 for musical instruments at the school. We will be spending this on two new electric cellos and a new piano which we look forward to enjoying.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO SEND ANY REMAINING SAINSBURY’S VOUCHERS - we now have over 10,000 and more are coming in everyday so thank you, and please make sure you have given us everything that you have!

MAKE YOUR MARK on CHESTNUT GROVE ACADEMY

Following the email sent home last week, we are now ready to receive requests for our ‘Marking Your Mark’ scheme. This is an opportunity to help us fundraise, as well as leaving your mark on the school. • It may be that your family will be finishing their journey at Chestnut Grove Academy this summer –

but you would like to remain part of the school in the future...• It may be that you are excited to be part of the first cohort of students/teachers/parents in our new

accommodation…• It may be that you would like to be PROUD to be part of the school, and would like to help fundraise

to help current and future students…

Making your Mark – Brick Campaign We will be creating a wall of support on the ramp that will lead up to the entrance of the new building. This will be visible from the street and to all those who walk up the steps to enter the building. You can be part of this wall by ordering a brick, and having it engraved with the message of your choice! There are two options: • A small brick for £40 which

can have 2 lines of writing engraved (16 characters each line including spaces and punctuation).

• A large brick for £75 which can have 4 lines of writing engraved (16 characters each line including spaces and punctuation).

You will receive a certificate of thanks from us, and of course, you will be able to come and see your brick on the new ramp whenever you like! If you would like to order a brick you can pay via ParentPay, or by sending a cheque payable to Chestnut Grove School. Alongside this, you will need to fill in a form which is attached to this newsletter, or available on the website http://www.chestnutgrove.wandsworth.sch.uk/Chestnut-21 or by emailing Ms Noble on snoble@chestnutgrove.wandsworth.sch.uk

Be a part of every performance Our new drama hall will be a theatre-style hall, with 170 seats, providing a fantastic opportunity for our students in performing arts; those taking part in productions and also for those interested learning the technical and practical sides of theatre. However, a lot of our existing equipment will not be of the ‘specification’ required and/or will not fit into the new fixtures/spaces that make up the drama hall and unfortunately the building programme does not include providing this specialist lighting and sound equipment that we need. Without it, the hall will not be able to reach its potential in putting on performances, restricting what can be done and potentially resulting in students having to record performances for exams offsite.

We have applied for funding for the lighting and sound systems through trusts, but we are also asking the school community to consider supporting us by naming a seat in the new theatre. If performing arts has been a large part of your CGA journey, this is for you. You can play your part by spending £50 and having a small plaque engraved with three lines of your choice, giving you a permanent presence in the theatre. (Maximum 20 characters per line). Even if we name just half of the seats, this will provide half of the funding that we need towards the lighting and sound! If you would like to order a plaque you can pay via ParentPay, or by sending a cheque payable to Chestnut Grove School. Alongside this, you will need to fill in a form which is attached to this newsletter or available on the website http://www.chestnutgrove.wandsworth.sch.uk/Chestnut-21 or by emailing Ms Noble on snoble@chestnutgrove.wandsworth.sch.uk

Are you booking your summer holiday?

Don’t forget that you can do this through Easy Fundraising and make money for the school without it costing you any money. So far this has raised us nearly £400 in total! Please go through the following link, register and then shop as normal!

https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/chestnutgroveacademy/

PBE

On March 16th, a group of our year 7 students were able to attend the annual Faith Direct conference at Wandsworth Town Hall. At the event, students were able to discuss a range of topical issues with representatives from Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Baha’i, Humanist and Buddhist communities. The event was a brilliant opportunity to promote tolerance, respect and understanding through an open dialogue, and our students certainly maintained these values throughout the day. Well done to Polly, Joe, Suhail, Lola, Olasupo, Oluwanifemi, Sebastiano, Clara, Esme and Molly for the fantastic questions they asked to the speakers, and for their exceptional manners throughout the event.

Ms Robertson

VISUAL ARTS

The Year 11 Visual Arts group visited the Saatchi exhibition ‘Selfie to Self expression’ in Sloane Square last week and it was fantastic! It was such a broad and exciting exhibition of contemporary work and students and teachers came away very inspired. Students will use what they saw to develop their coursework final pieces. If you get a chance to go we highly recommend, and it’s free!

Miss Kench and Miss Harrison

CHESTNUT GROVE’S GOT TALENT...

On Friday, May 5th, 30 brave students took to the stage to show Chestnut Grove their talent. With an array of performances from magic, poets, dance, insturmentalists, bands and singing, the audience were wowed from start to finish. Congratulations to performers Leianna Grant (9 Hepworth) and Mila and Gabriel (8 Blake/Kapoor) who went home with the honour of runners up, however the show was well and truly stolen by Robin West (7 Hepworth) and her fingers on the piano. Robin performed a beautiful piece she composed herself and was absolutely amazing during her time on stage.

The evening raised an incredible £338.70 for the charity Street Child who help orphans of the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone get off the streets and into education. Mrs Ong will be travelling to Sierra Leone in the half term with Street Child to visit some of the projects that this money will fund! Thanks to Mr Wilson, Mr Baker, Mr Proudfoot and Ms Robertson who judged the show and to Larry Smith, who hosted the evening.

Rehearsals for Les Miserables are now well underway and students are working really hard to create this epic show. We have staged the first few scenes and despite having to remember words, harmonies and movement the students are really starting to perform and it is great to see such a complex and ambitious show slowly come to life. We are also in the process of hiring the set and costumes (including a giant barricade!) so be sure not to miss the show which is on from the 3rd to the 5th July at 7.30pm in the drama hall. If your son/daughter is in Les Miserables please see the rehearsal schedule so that you know when they are needed for rehearsals. We would be very grateful if you could encourage your son/daughter to use the rehearsal schedule to learn the lines of the song/scene before they are due to rehearse it. Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you at the show.

PERFORMING ARTS

Les Miserables - Rehearsal Schedule Date and Time

Cast members needed Song/Scene

Thurs 20th April 3.15-5pm

ALL Look Down One Day More

Mon 24th April lunchtime

Chain gang Valjean Javert Farnmer Labourer Bishop - Malachi Sister Servant Constables – Clara, Maddie

1 Prologue

Mon 24th April 3.35-5.15pm

Same as lunchtime – see above 1Prologue

Thurs 27th April 3.15-5pm

ACT 2 READ THROUGH

1st May - bank holiday – no rehearsal

Extra rehearsal – Wed 3rd May 3.15 – 5pm – instead of Monday

Whole cast 2 At the End of The Day

Thursday 4th May lunchtime

Whole cast 2 At the End of the Day

Thursday 4th May 3.15-5pm

ALL CAST

The Docks The People’s Song

Mon 8th May lunchtime

The Docks Sailor 1 - Curtis Sailor 3 Tiarnan Fantine Old woman - Margi Pimp – Jaden Whore 1 Mila Whore 2 – Maisy Lovely ladies – Lucy, Maisy, Mila, Lidia, Mimi, Tilly, Ramu, Lili, Shannon, Zainab, Bruna, Frances, Daena Bamatbois ??? Javert Jean Valjean

ABC café and The People’s Song

Combeferre – Manon

Courfeyrac – Hannah

Enjolras – Poppy

Grantaire – Lili

Marius - Renzie

Students: Curtis, Maddie, Manon, Poppy, Hannah, Lili, (Delilah), Frances, Mila

Gavroches

Everyone in ABC café plus Feuilly ???

At very end, Eponine.

4The Docks / 13 ABC café and 14 The People’s Song

Mon 8th May 3.35-5.15pm

Same as lunchtime – see above 4 The Docks / 13 ABC café and 14 The People’s Song

YEAR TEAMS

YEAR 7

The year 7 exams are approaching this week and I am delighted to say that most students are preparing themselves really well. Lots of them have said they are revising hard and were brilliantly behaved in today’s assembly on revision with Ms Gosling. I have visited the students this week and they are showing impressive learning in all subjects and exploring interesting topics across the school. In geography I peeked into a lesson where they are designing and exploring cities, in science they were experimenting with forces and levers and a second class were excitedly looking into chemical compounds. I have the pleasure to teach 7 Blake who are looking into the plight of endangered animals and making clocks from wood and plastic which promote a charity helping these animals. However, I have been greatly impressed by the outstanding achievements each tutor group has made to form a solid team and represent their group in the Year 7 football tournament. The other students in the forms have supported them greatly; shouting from the side line in encouragement and creating fantastic banners in support! One student even brought along instruments! However, I was particularly impressed with Silas in 7 Da Vinci and one of our FBB members; as he showed extremely strong leadership skills as team captain but also showed compassion and thought for others by ensuring that everyone who wanted to play, had time on the field. A true champion of Chestnut Grove and our PROUD values. Overall a great two weeks, and a massive “Good Luck” for their exams, however I am sure their hard work and dedication to their studies will prove more fruitful.

Mr StokesRaising Standards Leader Year 7

YEAR 8

Well done Year 8 on a fantastic week of exam preparation and practice. I am so PROUD of your resilience and behaviour this week. You were excellent both when queuing up for exams and whilst in the sports hall. You’ve worked incredibly hard at home and in school and it will pay off, I assure you!

Mr McCarthyRaising Standards Leader Year 8

YEAR 9

Dear all,As Raising Standards Leader, I often take the opportunity to share with Year 9 an overview of how they are doing with regards to punctuality, behaviour and academic progress. The students are very positive about this and enjoy having their names appear in huge letters in the drama hall.The following students are to be congratulated for their 100% attendance:

Chisom AdieleOisin Austin-WalkerEuan GallagherManon Gambier-EllisNatasha HarveyAreyain HossainJoao Jorge RafaelApril Macrohon

Congratulations must also go to the following students who made expected or above expected progress in all subjects last term! BANASIAK, JackBESSARAB, SashaBOODHOO, VanessaBOON, JamesBROWN, MorganCATHCART, MatildaCHHITA, PiperCOLLINS, CourtneyDAUGHTON, AndreaDOW, ElizabethEVANS, AidanFOX-HARRIS, BibiGALLAGHER, EuanGAMBIER-ELLIS, ManonGRAOUI, MaryaHAIDER, ImaanHOLDAWAY, Robin

As ever, the tutors and I are here to support and help students and families. Please do contact us if you have any queries or concerns.

Ms K StriesowRaising Standards Leader Year 9

IOANITESCU, LoredanaJACKSON, AlecMACKENZIE, MagnusMACROHON, AprilMAHAMOUD, SamiraMAYE, NakieahMCDONNELL, MarthaMCDONNELL, RosaMCFARLANE, JevonniMISHRA, VaruniMURRAY, ElliotNASH-HILL, KianPRESTON, CameronRAJU, PadmashreeROSENBERG, Samuel

Martha McDonnellJevonni McfarlaneErin RyanKiran SmithLouis SzemalikowskiReneil ThomasOceianah Wilkinson

RYAN, ErinSMITH, KiranSMITH BRIGINSHAW, EleanorSOUTTOU, AdamSTYLIANOU, NicholasSWAN, EllaSZEMALIKOWSKI, LouisTEMPLEMAN, LiliTOUTAH, RamziWALKER, BrynWHEELER, JamesWILKINSON, Oceianah

YEAR 10

Congratulations to all the Y10s who participated in the KS4 Wandsworth Athletics competition.

100% medal haul! Tiarnan - 1st place Shot put - 13.55mMatyas - 2nd place Long Jump - 5.38mMatyas, Stuart, Jeavarn & Jered - 3rd place 4x100m Relay (9 relay teams took part )

It was a pleasure from start to finish. Behaviour, attitude, encouragement of each other was second to none. The boys showed tremendous sportsmanship in acknowledging their fellow competitors efforts Great day out even with the cold weather!

Revision should be under way for the exams end of June – dates in previous newsletter

Ms Fletcher Raising Standards Leader Year 10

YEAR 11

Monday morning kicks off bright and early with your PBE exam. Please arrive at school in plenty of time and double check you have all the equipment you need. Good luck - we are all behind you and believe you will all pass all exams with flying colours.

Mr WildmanRaising Standards Leader Year 11