Putney Academy News
20-03-2015
Edition 23
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As we did not have a
newsletter last week,
this week we have a bumper
edition! We have had so
many successes and exciting
experiences as an Academy
over the past two weeks.
Firstly I must offer a
Students
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huge congratulations to our
chess champions and to Leah
and Ibrahim for competing in
the Jack Petchey Speak Out
competition.
During this term I have seen
our students go from strength
to strength. All who took part
in the Fun Run for Comic Relief
last Friday showed considerable
team work and commitment. I have
also been told that the students
who were out on the Berlin
trip last week with Mr Jenkins
displayed enthusiasm for history
and a great sense of community
through bonding between the
different year groups.
I hope you all keep up this
good attitude for the last week
of term as we still have many
exciting things to come! Have a
restful weekend.
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Mr Jenkins helping Damian
scale the Berlin wall on
the History trip to Berlin
last week.
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Leah and Ibrahim
competing in the
Jack Petchey
Speak Out
competition. Both
spoke confidently
and eloquently.
Ibrahim went on
to come first in
the competition
out of 450
students!
Ark Schools Chess Tournament Champions
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Congratulations as well to the
student of the week, Lauren
Cook, nominated by Miss Hughes
as she never shows complaint,
behaves excellently and has
improved her homework a lot
recently. I was also very
pleased to see Jordan, Kayla,
Bethany, Eleesher and Duejon
working so well in Maths this
week, and Lynn-Esther, Abigail,
Jasmine and Shae Clarke being
praised for your commitment in
History. Keep it up!
As it is our last week of
term next week you all need
to make sure you finish on a
high, ensuring all uniform and
equipment is perfect, and your
commitment and effort, in and
out of lessons, is exemplary.
You were all outstanding on
Tuesday when we had visitors on
Tuesday and I expect the same
every day.
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A continued congratulations
to those students with 100%
attendance: Robyn Smart; Troy
Piedade; Lynn-Esther Kacou;
Dirie Hirsi; Shakira Brown;
Alea Barham and those above
96%: Anna-Ruth Stephens; Jamal
Hassan; Eleesher Baker; Shai
Allen; Saphyrra Dje; Daniaal
Akram; Samantha Rowe; Daisy
Fieldhouse-Still; Jimena Arias;
Simon Allen; Amber Miller;
Isabelle Barton-Young; Lauren
Cook; Kenny Tovar Sanchez;
Abubaker Tighrini; Eugenia
Gomez; Simon Allen; Jordan Ruby;
Cameron Robb; Shae Clarke. This
is our biggest list since the
beginning of term and shows
a great commitment from the
last four of you to raise your
attendance. Well done! It was
also great to see Dr Stanley’s
tutor group getting 96.5%
attendance last week, beating
the school target!
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Year 7,
We made GLOBAL news!
Here’s an extract from the article posted by Lend
Lease, who are the company in charge of the renovation
of our school building, on their international website.
“ARK Putney Academy took part in this year’s Health &
Safety week by holding their own poster competition.
Health & Safety week, which took place in January this
year, invited our employee’s children to take part in
poster drawing competition under the theme ‘Keeping
Incident & Injury Free.’ Our Senior Project Manager
John Fifield took this one step further by engaging
with the Academy who ran the competition for the year
seven pupils.
More than 30 year seven students participated,
submitting posters inspired by our adjacent
construction activities.
The winning students were announced at the school
year seven assembly, where John presented them with
certificates, a voucher and invited them on a site
visit with their head of year teacher”
John told Pulse: “The calibre of entries was high and
we were thoroughly impressed with the insight the
children had on the safety issues we combat on site
every day.
“Having the students visit our site was a great way
for us to showcase the project to the next generation
and hopefully inspire and encourage them to look at
career possibilities in the industry.”
Many thanks to those who showed prospective parents and
carers around last week; this showed great commitment
and community- well done!
Aim to get as many House Points next week to be in for
the chance for some end of term prizes and treats!
I hope you have a lovely weekend,
Ms Harvey
Congratulations to the following
pupils in Dickens House for upholding
the 6 pillars this week:
POPE, Brandon Pope for Community and Good
Effort in English
Ramavadee Homsap for Community and Good
Effort in English
Jamie Hill for Good Effort and Team Work
in Mathematics
Richa Jirel for Good Effort and Team Work
in Mathematics
Connor Davis for Independence in Literacy
Poppy Nagle for Good Effort in
Mathematics
James Gibbons for Commitment in Physical
Education
Shaecaden Casey Clarke for Commitment in
Physical Education
Ashia Abeberese for Community and Team
Work in Music
Ryley White-Francis for Community and Team
Work in Music
After the assembly, about the
Holocaust, delivered by Hareem and
Harry, I think that we need to make
sure that we do not discriminate and
persecute others for their beliefs
and values. Hopefully, the following
quote will inspire you to stop
discrimination:
The Holocaust illustrates the
consequences of prejudice, racism and
stereotyping on a society. It forces
us to examine the responsibilities of
citizenship and confront the powerful
ramifications of indifference and
inaction.
Tim Holden
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ELGHAILANI, Kamal
COYLE, Shania
AHMED, Danyal
ABEBERESE, Ashia
Mr
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PIEDADE, Troy
PIEDADE, Teon
OSMAN, Abdikadir
LAGDEN, Joseph
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Congratulations to the following pupils in Dickens House for achieving
100% attendance so far this year:
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Thursday evening was an important
and exciting time for Year 9, when
they had the opportunity to speak
to teachers and to think about the
courses that they are thinking of
following over the next two years.
If I could take this opportunity to
remind everyone of the timeline:
KEY DATES
1. Thursday 19th March Options
Evening for Year 9 Students and
Parents.
2. Wednesday 25th March-deadline
for completed option forms to be
given to Ms White
3. Tuesday 14th April-Friday 17th
April-individual student interviews
to discuss choices
4. Friday 24th April-all students,
parents and carers to be informed
of final option choices
5. Thursday 30th April-deadline for
any request for changes to option
choices.
I hope the careers workshop has
helped students to consider their
strengths and it was informative
meeting staff and being able to
talk through the options available.
It is obviously important to return
the Option forms on the Wednesday
deadline to try and ensure students
get their preferred choices.
Have a good weekend.
D. Glyn-Year 9.
Sports Announcements
Year 7 Football Match vs Graveney
The Year 7 team lost 10-5 to
Graveney on Thursday afternoon.
We were 2-0 up early on due to
two goals from Joseph ifayomi.
Unfortunately Graveney edged their
way back into the game and we were
3-2 down at half time. Graveney
fielded a whole new line up for
the 2nd half and their fresh legs
showed as they hit 3 goals in quick
succession. Goals from Simeon,
Amiya, Louis and a third goal from
Joseph got us back in the game, but
it was too little too late. Well
done to all our players!
Table Tennis
Darius Knight started the Table
Tennis coaching on Tuesday afterschool. Thanks to all who came
along, we had 20 students at the
first session. The following students have been selected to attend.
If your name is not on the list
then please let Mr. Evans know.
1.Alhassan
2.Amiya
3.
Daniel Dario
4.
Louis Beesley
5.
Tyler Brindle
6.
Joseph Ifayomi
7.Kailen
8.
Isaac Onyeka
9.Sacha
10.
Gael
11.
Simeon
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
Amari
Kiera
Aaron Ankumu
Mark Ddembe
Romello
Emil
Andrew Corbyn
Kenny TS
Calesse
Emmanuel Brefo
Alex Guertin
South London 6th Form Football
League
Follow the progress of the 6th form
football team at:
South London 6th Form Football
League
http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.
do?league=414612206
League A
POS
1
Ark Academy Putney
2
Lambeth Academy
3
St Francis Xaiver 6th Form College
4
Bishop Thomas Grant School
5
Walworth Academy
Comic Relief Red Nose Day Fun Run
Well done to everyone for
completing the mile run for
comic relief, it was a fantastic
afternoon. We’ve raised a running
total of £170! If you have anymore
sponsorship money please hand it
in to your tutors next week. The
winners for the fastest runners
will be announced in the final
assembly next week.
School Announcements
Extended Schools: Primary School
Students
Students from Heathmere School have
been attending APA to take part in a
project called Activate. Thank you to
the Science team for running a session
afterschool last week and to Miss Singleton for hosting a Drama session on
Tuesday. Next week it’s the PE department’s turn!
Yr 9 Macbeth Theatre Trip
On Tuesday The English Department took
Year 9 to see a performance of Macbeth
in Richmond in preparation for their
GCSE English Literature next year.
The students were lucky enough to have
front row seats, and were right in the
middle of the action. They were all
impeccably behaved and really did the
academy proud, even when the performance got very scary!
Jack Petchey Speak Out Awards Huge Congratulations to Ibrahim and
Leah
As if wiping the
board in the chess
tournament wasn’t
enough for APA this
week, Leah and
Ibrahim tonight
took part in the
regional finals of
the Jack Petchey
Speak Out Challenge,
competing against
other schools in
the borough, and
were both absolutely
incredible.
Leah’s beautifully written speech was
delivered flawlessly, and Ibrahim’s
was also brilliant. So brilliant in
fact, that he came first!
Both students were a credit to the
school. Thanks to the staff who came
along to support, and to those who
have helped the students out in school
leading up to the competition.
Ibrahim won himself £100 and will now
go onto the grand final and be in with
a chance of winning £1000 for himself,
and £1000 for the school.
Berlin 2015
History Trip
Last week Mr Jenkins, Mr Ferguson,
Miss Wallis, Miss Rowe and a
group of students from years 9-13
embarked on a four day history trip
to Berlin. The trip was a fantastic
opportunity for students from all
year groups to fully immerse in the
city’s rich history and culture.
The group visited a number of
Berlin’s most famous monuments
including Checkpoint Charlie, the
East Side gallery which is on an
existing part of the Berlin Wall,
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
and the TV tower.
Everyone on the trip, including
staff gained historical knowledge
from the places visited. There were
also many new friendships formed...
while we waited for Hayley to get
ready in the morning.
A display of socialist solidarity at the
Marx-Engels Forum.
Checkpoint Charlie
4/7 of the best group on the trip at the
TV tower with Miss Wallis
The group stood outside the (H)Ostel where
we stayed
“Some of the best few days of my life Thank you Sir”
Maan Al-Yasiri Winner of the “Yoda” award
“Jenkins, Thanks to your great planning
and organisation this trip turned out to
be amazing, well done my G.”
William Iheji Winner of the “Greatest
resilience shown in the face of adversity”
award
“Thank you for everything - especially
waiting for us every time”
Jenny Valdez Winner of the “Future
member of the Rambler’s Association”
award.
MC Clean with his entourage
“Dear Mr Jenkins,
Thanks for putting up with us. I know
its hard in your old age. But we all
love you so don’t worry!”
Munira Abdalla Winner of the“Future
Politician” award
“Informative, Exciting, Chill, 5/5,
Recommend to a friend”
Damian Buglowski Winner of the “True
Gangster” award
Team Selfie
Two of the most skilled double agents in
the business
Smiles from the optimists at East Side
Gallery
Peace of mind
Announcement: The next PTA
meeting will take place at 6 p.m
on Wednesday 25th March in the
library. We look forward to seeing
you there.
Do You Shop Online?
If you shop online, you can help
raise vital funds for the school
by going to www.easyfundraising.
org. All you need to do is create
an account and use it just like you
would use google. Easyfundraising
notes where you are shopping and
sends a percentage of your total
spend back to the nominated
organisation such as Ark Putney
Academy at no cost to you ! £37.80
has been raised so far by just a
few people and we want your help
to raise more this year. There are
lots of big names associated with
the scheme like Amazon, Ebay and
M&S. You can even use it to book
a holiday. What’s more it doesn’t
cost you a penny!
All money raised will go back to
the school and the PTA pledges to
ensure that this money is used
to benefit the students directly.
Please sign up today and if you
need any help or advice, please
contact the PTA.
Lots of parents are worried about
how and when to introduce their
child safely to smartphones and
tablets. Social networking and the
internet, play a big part in
children falling victim to cyber
bullying, scams and harassment
from others. With children as
young as 8 regularly being given
expensive devices as a fashion
accessory, surely there should be
something in place to protect and
educate them in the dangers of the
internet. Ark Putney Academy and
the PTA are working closely to
introduce new technology that will
protect and give peace of mind to
those that need it. By installing
a simple free app onto the device
and creating an online account,
you will have instant peace of
mind that your child can use their
phone the way that it is intended safely !
Get in touch with us or go to www.
mobileguardian.com for details.
The service is exclusively free for
APA with the voucher code ARK30250
At what cost?
A new report by the Children’s
Society called at what cost,
suggests that lots of parents in
the U.K struggle to pay for school
uniform. The average annual cost
of purchasing official school
uniform is reported to be £159
per year including P.E kit. The
PTA would like to introduce a
recycling scheme where uniform can
be made available for purchase at
affordable rates, but to do this we
need your help!
We are now accepting donations of
APA uniform via reception. Please
ensure that all donations are
bagged for the attention of the
PTA.
Get in touch!
Email:[email protected]
Twitter:@apapta
THE CULTURE CORNER
La cancion de la semana - Song of the
week
Clandestino by Manu Chao
Scan the QR code to
hear the song and
watch the video!
5,4,3,2,1
This week answering
5,4,3,2,1 we have
Amiya Williams
5 people dead or
alive that you would
have at your dream
dinner party:
Michael Jackson, my
Mum, Mohamad Ali,
Whitney Houston, my
Uncle
La pelicula de la semana - The film of
the week
El viaje de Carol
Carol, a twelve-year-old Spanish-American girl from New York, travels with
her mother to Spain in the spring of
1938, at the height of the Civil War.
Separated from her beloved father,
Carol arrives in her mother’s home
village and transforms the secretive
family environment. Her innocence and
rebellious nature drive her at first
to reject a world that is at once new
and foreign. But she soon journeys
into adulthood through a friendship
with Maruja, the village teacher, and
a young local boy, Tomiche.
La Palabra de la semana - Word of
the week
stubborn
4 books or films that you’ll never
forget:
Bugsey Malone, Scooby Doo, Uncle Buck,
Kensuke’s Kingdom
3 courses you’d choose for your last
meal:
Black Pudding
Plaintain
Pancakes
2. Locations in the world you’d love
to visit
If it was possible I’d want to visit
the past and the future
1. Day of your
life you’ll never
forget:
The day I got to
see the ghost of
the Grey Lady at
Hampton Court.
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We always need more student answers
for 5,4,3,2,1! So get thinking and
hand them in to your tutors or Miss
Rowe in B15