Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School for Girls NEWSLETTER All newsletters can be viewed in colour on the school website. www.egaschool.co.uk Founded 2005 Friday 27th February 2015 Vol 12. Issue 19 Football Tournament Dear Families, I do hope you had a good half term and that the girls have returned ready for the next few weeks of hard work. In the week before half term we remembered and celebrated Reynold Silva’s time at EGA. He worked with us for over twelve years and it was clear from the tributes just what an impact he had on both staff and students. We were delighted that representatives of his family and friends were able to join us. I have spent some time recently talking to Year 7 girls who have achieved the maximum number of commitment to learning top grades. We talked about what they liked about EGA and their ambitions for the future. I was delighted to hear that we have a future forensic palaeontologist, a pharmacist, a teacher of English and a voice over for animated films! During half term, the students and teachers from our partner school in South Africa arrived and we have very much enjoyed their presence in school this week. Look out for more news on the exchange in future newsletters. Yours sincerely, Year 8 Indoor Athletics Before half term, a group of year 8 pupils took the bus to St Aloysius College to take part in the annual indoor athletics event. With field events that included speed bounce, standing triple jump and vertical jump, as well as the one and two lap races followed by the 8 lap parlouf and the relays, we knew that we had an exciting evening ahead of us. All the girls put in a sterling effort and were rewarded with a silver medal, only 5 points off a gold! They should be congratulated on their performance and their exemplary behaviour: Lashay Dilaver Liyah-Renee Braithwaite Rashida Walker Grace Ikhinmwin Muji Osunbayo T’mai Jones On Tuesday, 7 girls represented EGA in a football tournament. Out of 25 schools, we raced up the rankings to 5th place, finishing our games in the quarter finals. We played extremely well as this was our first time playing as a team. Thank you to Ms Silva for organising the tournament and Ms Collen for taking us there. Congratulations to the team: Saskia Brown 8A Dea Bozhani 8Z Rashida Walker 8Z Adrianna Sanders 8Z Opah Cruz 7A Sonya Miah 7E Stephanie Arenas Paredes 7L. If you are interested in representing EGA in the football league, please speak to Ms Silva or come to the afterschool club on Mondays or Wednesdays. BOOK OF THE MONTH FEBRUARY 2015 HALF BAD – SALLY GREEN LIBRARY COLUMN Hello fellow readers, half term is over – it gave me a chance to catch up on some reading. overwhelming favourite being Allegiant by Veronica Roth February 13th was the closing date for the second stage of the Islington Teen Read competition, with EGA’s THANKS FOR VOTING - those of you who did so will be entered into the prize draw on March 3rd draw to win £20 vouchers and free books! WATCH THIS SPACE for results. Half Bad is set in modern-day England, is the first in a trilogy and this first volume centres on Nathan's quest to find his outlaw h father. Witches and Humans live together. There are the Black Witches and the White Witches. The 16-year-old protagonist, Nathan is half-white and half-black. His mother is dead, and his father is the most powerful and the cruellest Black Witch in the world. Trapped in a cage and abused, Nathan has to escape before his seventeenth birthday, when he will receive three gifts from his father and his magical ability. Otherwise, he will die. A few recommendations from books I took home for half term: • Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins • Poppy by Mary Hooper There is gore aplenty (some of the witches supposedly feast on live hearts) but there are also tender scenes, particularly Nathan's romance with Annalise and his touching bond with his brother Arran. Half Bad is full of suspense. We wonder whether Nathan is capable of evil, as a sinister witch called Mercury predicts with the words: "Killing is in your blood, Nathan. It's what you are made for." The book ends on a neat cliffhanger, but the good news is that HALF WILD will be published on March 26th 2015. This art work is by Tayeba Syeda in 8Z. We were creating Islamic style art, starting with the ‘flower of life’ pattern and expanding from it. Tayeba wanted to finish hers off at home and we are very glad she did! Year 10 Citizenship students joined City and Islington College students and staff, Hogan Lovells law firm staff and Bite the Ballot to promote the importance of young people developing an interest in politics and registering to vote in the future. Bite the Ballot is a charity that introduced National Voter Registration Day to educate young people about the importance to have their say in our democracy. Despite the cold day there was a lot of support from the young people to make a difference in the future of this country. Girls in Education As Year 10 Citizenship students, we would like to raise awareness about the issue of girls in education. We feel that you, as students of an all-girls comprehensive school, should be aware that education is not a right in some countries around the world. We are lucky that, in the UK, education is acknowledged as a right for all, but that is not the case everywhere. There are many reasons as to why girls around the world do not have easy access to an education. One, for example, is cultural views. In some countries, people think that girls should stay at home and do chores while boys should go to work to provide financial support to their family. There is also the mind-set of some parents who think that girls are going to go away after marriage so there is no point in educating them as they will not hold the family’s name after marriage. There are also political views which stand as a barrier to girls’ education. For example, some governments may not have the funding for education as they prioritise their budget spending on other things. This acts as a barrier to girls’ education as they do not have the resources which would educate them. As pupils of an all-girls school, we must think globally and take action locally. To promote girls’ education, we must raise awareness about these issues and contribute in changing these views so that women can be equally treated in terms of education. Best Punctuality for the term: - 8H and 7T – 99.2% By Mahima, Sheepa, Julakha, Lara, Abigail and Zannat MISSING SCHOOL = MISSING OUT Studies show that you need to be in school, on time, at least 96% of the time to achieve your potential. Are you giving yourself the best possible chance of success?! Best Attendance for the term: - 7E 98.4%
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