NEWSLETTER George Green’sSchool

1Issue 10 - November 8th 2013

Principal’s WelcomeGEORGE GREEN’S SCHOOL - PRIZEGIVING EVENING 24th October 2013

On the 24th October it gave me great pleasure to see the George Green’s School staff, students, family and friends joined together at our 10th annual Prize-giving Award Ceremony held at the East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf. As new Principal of the school, I can honestly say that I was very proud of the young people and the commitment of my staff and the way it all went so well.

We were most delighted to have with us Simon Weston OBE, Falklands War Veteran, who very kindly agreed to present the prizes to our outstanding youngsters. He gave a very inspirational speech and captivated the audience; you could have heard a pin drop.

We have a lot of wonderful support here at George Green’s and we were very lucky to have the following people present prizes for us.

The Prime Warden from The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, Mr Simon Robinson, presented our newly adapted award the Maritme Art Award, this was presented to Hong To

along with a cheque for £100.

Mr Chris Seow from the Honourable Company of World Traders presented the World Traders Award for Business to a very happy Keegan Canning, his mum and dad were very proud as well.

This year we added a new award to represent the hard work that Kenny Frederick undertook: this was called the ‘’Kenny Frederick – Rights Respecting Champion award, this was presented to Jordan Barker by our Chair of Governors, Captain Philip Wake, who congratulated him on his achievements and I think may have shed a tear!

Ms Cientanni made an excellent job of presenting the evening as usual. We had some wonderful performances, all put on by the music

department; these were spectacular as usual and the final piece by the school choir was mind blowing.

The Tall Ship Company were thanked by the pupils who sailed with them for 7 days. Mr West made an excellent video and this was shown for the audience to appreciate the fun they had aboard the brig ‘Stavros’, a beautiful sailing ship.

A very special thank you to, Joanne Taylor and the team from The East Wintergarden who made us so welcome and made the evening run so smoothly. Thank you also to all the parents /carers of those receiving awards, we thank you for the support and encouragement you give them, they are a credit to their families and themselves.

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MFL MentionsTop Merit Scorers this week in MFL Iqbal Ali(1OL)Overall –By year groupCynthia Vasquez Chuindra(8P)Ijaz Choudhury(9W)Iqbal Ali(10L)Geri Fisher(11P)

Miss Abdi would like to mention Usama Kallouche(9A) for a massive improvement and renewed focus in his French GCSE course. Brilliant!

Also, well done to FROPT3 for having completed their writing controlled assessment and getting ready to do their next one so soon!

Miss Hurley would like to mention everyone in FR82 who showed great focus and maturity in their listening and reading assessments this week.

Thank you to IB12English B for some very interesting discussions about media and communication this week.

Congratulations to FROPT2 for completing their 3rd Controlled assessment.

Miss DiFraia would like to mention Tanvir Chowdhury 9D, Tony To 9A, Anika Khanom 9H and Hamza Ahmed 9J for their effort and dedication in Spanish.

Hello SAM LearnersDrums roll please!

The best SAM Learner in Year 7 is Tuslima Miah. 100% of the homework done online and 100% correct!

84% of the Year 7 students made an attempt at completing their SAM Learning homework and 78% of the Year 7 students did 100% of the work set for them.

The best SAM Learner in Year 8 is Sahel Hussain. 100% of the homework done online and 99% correct!

68% of the students made an attempt at completing their SAM Learning homework and 56% of the students did 100% of the work set for them

Well, well, well... Do I have to understand Year 7 are better learners than Year 8? I do not believe this - all different, all equals... and everybody should try harder at completing their homework

I would like to congratulate everybody who took part in the learning journey. Remember, if you have an issue using SAM Learning, please come and find me after school in room 322

Happy learning journey

JeanClaude

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LRC CORNERWelcome back. We hope your first week back has been a good one.

We have been very busy getting lots of new books ready for you, so remember to look out for all the exciting new fiction that will be on the shelves very soon.

This week’s special mentions are:-

Mr Harris’s 8.4 Accelerated Reading class. The whole class is absolutely fantastic, especially, Christopher Barth, Kirsty Goodwin, Samia Islam and Anisur Mohammed Rahman. These pupils are going ‘quiz crazy’. Well done to all. The boy verses girl battle goes on between Mohima Begum who has passed 16 quizzes and Mizan Mohammed who has passed 19. This is truly amazing so well done both of you.

Ms Dann’s 8.6 Accelerated Reading class are making fantastic progress too. A special mention goes to Jason Lam who has taken 8 quizzes and passed all of them. And to Larry Simmons who has taken 6 quizzes and passed all of them.

A special mention must also go to the following group of girls:- Shannon Clark, Emily Houlding and Deanna Korotkova - who, in their last lesson had a fantastic conversation with Pat about their books and have become really serious readers. Pat has been really impressed with their maturity and enthusiasm. Well done girls, way to go!!

This week we have a book review for you from Suneha Aktar in 7T

I recommend the book Butterfly Summers by Anne-Marie Conway. This is because when you read the blurb, you can tell that something bad is going to happen when Becky finds out she has an older sister and that her Mum has been lying to her. Becky shouts at her Mum and then runs upstairs. When Becky comes down stairs later, she finds her Mum collapsed on the floor. After Becky’s Mum gets better, Becky finds out that her older sister had died in a lake when she was just 2 years old and would have been 24 if she was still alive. Becky realises that her ghost friend, Rosa-May is her dead sister. Becky tells Rosa-May that she didn’t know that they were sisters, but Rosa-May pulls Becky into the lake and tries to drown her. Becky’s Mum shouts and screams for Becky.

This book is a heart warming and unforgettable story and I rate it 5 stars. It is my opinion that pupils in years 7 – 9 would love it too so should read it.

Thank you Suneha Aktar that was a lovely review and it was very good of you to share that with us.

Anyone can have a book review printed in the Newsletter. All you have to do is write one out and give it to Pat before Wednesday and she will put it in for you. Why don’t you have a go at writing a review too.

That is it for this week. Have a lovely weekend and remember…read, read, read…….

Pat, Martine and Syed

World Marathon challenge 2013On Tuesday October 22nd, Miss Awoberu and Mokbul Hussain went to Lea Valley Indoor Athletics Centre to take part in the World Marathon Challenge. The aim of the challenge was to, in our teams, run 211 laps in total in an attempt to beat Paula Radcliffe’s world record of 2.15.25. It sounds easy but let us tell you, we are still sore today. As well as trying to break Paula Radcliffe’s record, we were running against teams all over the world at the same time. We didn’t break the record unfortunately but it was an amazing experience, raising funds for Save the Children.

We will be doing it again next year and we hope more of you will join us!

Miss Awoberu & Mokbul Hussian

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BIRTHDAY PARTY

E14 CLUB NEWS LETTER

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR FOUNDATION PUPILS WHO ATTENDED THE 3 DAY E14 HOLIDAY PROGRAME- WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 30 -1ST NovemberYOU WILL SEE LOOKING THROUGH THE PHOTOS All THE FUN AND ENJOYMENT THEY ALL HAD……WEDNESDAY EVENTS – HYDROPOOL / FOOTBALL AM – LUNCH – ADVENTURE PARK PM –WEDNESDAY EVENING SPECIAL- 6PM ONWARDS DISCO – (BUBBLES) THURSDAY – CINEMA – AM – LUNCH OF THEIR CHOICE – FRIDAY – BOWLING – AM – LUNCH – MACDONALD’S

BOWLING

CINEMA

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A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO JOHN MARTINEZ, JAY FELICE AND MARTIN FROST WHO CAME IN LAST MINUTE ON WEDENESDAY TO COVER FOR THAT DAY, IT WAS A PLEASURE TO SEE THEM HAVE A GOOD TIME AND THEY WERE ALL WELL BEHAVED AND ALL HAD LOTS OF FUN TOO… ALSO A BIG THANK YOU TO PAT KENNEDY WHO ALSO ATTENDED THE WEDNESDAY EVENING DISCO TO SUPPORT MYSELF AND JOHN ENSURING OUR PUPILS HAD A LOVELY ENJOYABLE EVENING TOO ……….. A BIG THANK YOU TO FRANCOISE MOORE FOR HELPING ME OUT WITH ALL THE PAPERWORK TO ENABLE THIS TO HAPPEN ...WELL DONE TO ALL………………….

Angela Camilleri

DISCO

HYDROPOOL

LUNCHTIME

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Foundation Learning Homework!Miss Moore would like to say a big well done to the following students in Foundation Learning 1 for consistently bringing in their homework, on time every week!Nicola Beere, Adebayo Oshilaja, Angel Starke and Susan StirlingKeep up the good work!Miss MooreFL Teacher

MAT CornerOn Tuesday, I went on a trip to King’s College, London as part of the Brilliant Club. I went, along with other students from Year 7 and Year 8, who had been specially selected, and we got to meet our PhD mentor. This tutor will be teaching us over the next few weeks. We were also given lectures in which we learnt more about University, what it can offer and what the learning environment is like. I think the best part was when we had a tour around the campus. I loved looking at the historical buildings. One of the things I learnt on the trip was that even with a certain type of degree, it can still open doors for you. For example, if you did a degree in History, you also gain good people skills and improve on talking to a big audience. This can also open many doors like becoming a teacher, researcher, or a kind of recruiter.

Samirah Begum 8R

If you have any questions about any issues to do with More Able and Talented provision at George Green’s, please contact Miriam Wright on mwright@georgegreens.com

YEAR 9 CORNERWell done to the year 9s who took part in a Future Foundations Olympic Legacy trip just before the half term, where they learnt about job opportunities and what skills and pathways are open to them, as well as how they can access it, all culminating in each team putting forward and idea dragons den style. A sound business plan and a top notch finance package saw Chubby Cobras come out on top and will now represent George Green’s in the borough finals. So a Super-Duper well done to Chubby Cobras.Lucy MooneyMohammed AbbasMahira KhanomAmina Begum SalehZak Ray RatfordKawsar MiahAbeer ArterTommy SweeneyTania YasminNazia UmmeShama AktherMahfuza Siddika

Drama Department Year 7 and Year 8 HOME WORK for this half term

Year 7 have started their second scheme of work where they will be developing their drama skills through using the play Macbeth. They have 4 home works to complete during this half term:1. Poster advertising a production of Macbeth.2. Analysis of skills used to create practical work. 3. Self-evaluation.

4. Revise key words for end of unit spelling and definition testYear 8 have begun to explore GCSE Drama Unit 1. Using a theme to explore drama skills.They have 4homeworks;l Lesson 1 Brainstorm your initial thoughts to stimulus. Record the differ-ent mediums and elements used to explore these. Discuss understanding of the theme – how/why this can be used to create effective drama. l Lesson 3 Go back to initial response how has the drama medium and ele-ments been used to create a dramatic scene?l Lesson 5 How effectively did you and your group use the explorative strat-egies to contribute to your end piece? How effectively did another group use the elements and mediums of drama to create their final piece?

1) How successful was your performance?2) How could you improve your performance?3) Discuss staging, space, levels, originality, pace, group work.

4) How you could have used lights and costume to enhance your performance?

Lesson 2, 4 & 6 – Learn spellings

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Year 11 NewsSuper lush!Lots of praise for Year 11 this week following your exams. The English faculty were very impressed with your application in the exam and your approach to your studies. Keep it up! JMr Remita would like to congratulate Khadiza, Shabna, Fabian, Jumana, Tori, Dannilea, Muhit, Cemil, Daniel, Mohammed, Saima, Shabna and Fabian for attending after school ICT catch-up.

Remember Study Hall has started! You should all be attending and using the facilities to work independently. Room 412 is open to you every day after-school 3:15-5:15.

Top 10 Merit Scorers for this week:1. Chelsey Dowler2. Evon Mac3. Fatima Aden-Ahmed4. Afsanah Begum5. Majeda Akther

Meetings with the Principal You will all be meeting with Ms Baker over the next few months to have a conversation about your aspirations and pathway after Year 11. It’s a great opportunity for Ms Baker to get to know you all so please make sure you check the timetable in your form rooms J

Reward Passes this half term… Well done! Make sure you collect from Ms CientanniKieran 11R Joe C 11R Imaan 11R Lutfa 11R Fabian 11R Fulmodina 11S Eva 11R Shakir 11R Jilani 11P Jibriil 11R Kieran C Aminul 11T Nadia 11R Tai Chi 11 Shabna 11R

11R – you were top merit scorers last half term so plan where you would like to go! (as far as your Oyster will take you!) J

6. Emmanuel Blessing7. Kieran Bushaway8. Eva Mac9. Tassia Modest10. Kieran Wall

Introduction for Jane O’SullivanMy name is Jane O’Sullivan and I am the new Community Manager for Engagement. You might have seen me around the school and wondered who I am!I will be working with Ms Bailey and Mr Kemp in the Community Team. I started work during half term and since then I have been busy getting to know all about George Green’s School. I am very pleased to be working here and one of the first things I will be doing is helping to develop and set up a really good Girls Group in school. I will also be developing some excellent volunteering opportunities so that students can build up their skills and confidence as well as giving something back to their community. Look out for me as I will be coming round the school to introduce myself. And if you want to find out more about what I will be doing, drop me an email and introduce yourself or stop me and say hello. josullivan@georgegreens.com

Years 7 & 8

in Room 221

Study Hall

Years 9, 10 & 11

in Room 412

Everyday 3:15 – 5:15

Years 12 & 13

in Room 504

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Year 7 NewsletterYear 7 Form of the weekThe year 7 form of the week are Bottlenose Dolphins they are currently top of the merit scores this week by a long way. A huge improvement from last half term. Maybe they’ll be our half term cup winners this half term. Well done 7D!The Merits CupEverything started from zero for this half term cup so it’s all to play for. Will 7T be able to win it again? Will another form group be able to take the crown? How will this affect who wins the big prize of best form group of the year? No one knows yet but so far this half term it’s 7D storming ahead.1st 7D 2nd 7R 3rd 7HAttendance cupThis half term we are starting the attendance cup. This will be rewarded to the form group with the best attendance for the half term. Each week the form groups will be ranked according to their attendance for that week. This week’s attendance winners are:1st 7H 97.83% 2nd 7D 97.14% 3rd 7T 96.6%Well done 7H excellent attendance.As an added incentive Dr Abed and Ms Spiteri will give a reward to any form group achieving 100% attendance in a week.Special mentionsMs Di Fraia and Ms Akhtar would like to mention Ahmed 7D for always reading his book at pm registration without waiting for the teacher to ask him.Dr Choudhury and Mr Harris would like to mention that Nura, Safwan, Anifa and Tahira in 7T have had a great start since returning from half-term.

PREFECT CORNER!The Prefects would just like to welcome everyone back and we hope you all enjoyed the half term holidays...

As many of you know Year 11 have been sitting their GCSE maths mock exam... The Prefects would just like to say well done to everyone in Year 11 and those who had sat their English IGCSE... aiming for the A/A*... keep up the good revision!

Commendations:

Ahlam Yusuf in 8I finished 7 books in 1 week

Year 10 - Charlie Terry 10I – top merit scorer in Year 10 last half term!

Wrap up warm this winter...!!... And clocks have gone back...be safe!

Special mentions from Ms Dalling, EnglishFor the last few weeks, Room 512 has transformed into a mini-amphitheatre for 10.1’s show-stopping performance of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge. Rising stars treading the boards included: Mikon, Henry, Ellise, Lauren, Lurelle, Nouhaila and cameos from Nahid, James and Iqbal. (Props courtesy of Subiata and Fahim.) It’s been an absolute pleasure to read one of my favourite plays with you all. You all surpassed yourselves putting characters and themes on trial on Tuesday in terms of forwarding arguments, active listening and group work. Simply amazing.A very special well done to Tahmid Khan in 8U (English 8.3) for crafting a superbly sinister tale: The Hairhanger borrowing ideas about character and motif from Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected. It was so brilliant that even the class were mistaken into thinking it really was a Roald Dahl story. Thank you Tahmid; you are a very talented storyteller and we really look forward to hearing more of your work.

Drama Club – develop your performance skills, enhance your communication skills and most of all have fun

Tuesday 3.30pm in the T4

Ms Williams/Mr Vanstone