Autumn 2013 Newsletter

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School Term and Holiday Dates –2013/2014 Academic YearHoliday Monday 23rd December 2013 to Friday 3rd Janaury 2014Spring Term (1st half) Tuesday 7th January to Friday 14th February 2014Holiday Monday 17th February to Friday 21st February 2014Spring Term (2nd half) Monday 24th February to Friday 4th April 2014Summer Term (1st half) Tuesday 22nd April to Friday 23rd May 2014Holiday Tuesday 27th May to Friday 30th May 2014Summer Term (2nd half) Monday 2nd June to Tuesday 22nd July 2014

Celebrating Student SuccessesThe hard word, dedication and achievements of our star students was celebrated in style atour annual Key Stage 4 Celebration of Achievement ceremony on Thursday 21st November 2013.

Parents, staff, students, governors, and invited guests saw 100 of our current and ex-Year 11students nominated from every subject across the curriculum and special awards, in recognitionof excelling during the 2012/13 academic year.

Our guest speaker, Ric Lewis, CEO of Tristan Capital Partners, captured the audience’s attentionwith his remarkable speech, leaving us with these three phrases:

1. Every day is a school day,

2. Education and experience equals freedom,

3. Success is what you define it to be.

Spectacular musical performances and readings added to the ambience.

Among our Top GCSE Achievers was 17 year old Qasim Munyewho achieved 3A*s and 7As, said “Northumberland ParkCommunity School allowed me to reach my full potential andachieve the best grades possible; I am grateful to all my teachers

that pushed and encouraged me. The outstanding support and opportunities that were offeredto me whilst being a student will be highly missed, as I go on to complete my A-levels at Woodhouse College.”

Headteacher, Ms Monica Duncan wrapped up the night, commending the students on their achievements and the outstanding continued support received from parents andevery member of NPCS staff.

In light of the recent Philippines Typhoon, Ms Duncan opened the floor to donations and wecollected £300.00

“The event was very well organised and most enjoyable. The students are a credit to theschool.” Sid Jayasekera, British Telecom (BT) Year 11 Mentoring Lead

‘The event was very wellorganised andmost enjoyable.The students area credit to the

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Feeling alittle Frosty!Where has the term gone!

All staff and students returned inSeptember, motivated by our goodGCSE examination results. Theschool theme for this academicyear is, Challenge, Opportunities,Sustainability.

We are determined to achieveeven greater success at the end ofthis academic year. This newsletterillustrates the many activities,events and highlights of thisAutumn term.

Wish you and yourfamily seasongreetings andhappy New Yearfor 2014.

Ms M Duncan,Headteacher

Reminders:Students return to school on Tuesday 7th January 2014 as Monday 6th willbe an INSET day.

Due to the congestion outside the schoolgates, there are camera cars picking upvehicle registrations. Please see Ms Rileyfor more information.


Students Achieve Best Ever GCSE ResultsWe released an outstanding set of results today – by far the best everachieved at Northumberland Park.

91% of our Y11 gained 5 or more good passes (A*– C). If English & Mathsis included, last year’s record of 41% was dwarfed by a new record of 51%!

In English & Maths, 60% & 62% respectively achieved A*– C grades. There were also outstanding outcomes in other subjects, notably in GCSE Art where 9 out of 24 students (38%) achieved A* grades and 100% achieved A*– C.

Individually, there were many outstandingperformances. In particular Sarah Kichou with13 A/A* grades, of which 8 were A*; Hande Emin with 13 A/A* grades of which 7 were A*; and Ronak Patelwith10 A/A* grades, 7 of which were A.*

“The 10% rise in our results this year is testimony to the staff and year11 student cohort for all their hard work, efforts and perseverance. We have achieved our best crop of A*/A grades this year. This good set ofresults will serve as motivation and aspiration for our new year 11 cohort.

I want to acknowledge the outstanding support students and staffreceived from parents. We wish all the year 11 students of 12/13, everysuccess in their future studies.” - Monica Duncan,Headteacher.

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Year 8 Studentstake on NationalPoetry DayNPCS celebrated National Poetry Day withcreative writing sessions and Performancesunder the Pagoda. It was a wet day andsuited this year's theme of Water.

The calm, shimmering boatTravels down the dirty,

desolate canal.Tragedy strikes!

Poseidon, the sea king,Is taking over the boat –

Thrashing this way and thatTrying to take over

But it will never happen.The currents

Sweep the boatInto a whirlpool ...

The golden sun glistersOn the

Clear reservoir of wateras the boat bobbs on.The purity of the water

finally creates a calm as the boat recovers from its latest

trauma.

By René Boakye 8P

‘best crop ofA*/A gradesthis year’




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Year 8 Visit toNelson MandelaCelebrationsTerm had barely started when the English Department made their first extra-curricular visit of the academic year to The Queen Elizabeth Hall on London'sSouthbank. Ten year 8 students and oneyear 11 student, supported by Ms Bolton,Ms Campbell, Mr Guyver and Mr Warner,braved rush hour traffic on Wednesday18th September to reach the Southbankfor a spectacular celebration honouringNelson Mandela.

As part of the Southbank Centre's Literatureand Spoken Word Season "REVOLUTIONS"twenty-seven leading writers, musiciansand poets read twenty-seven extracts from Mr Mandela's autobiography "Long Walk To Freedom."

The evening wasinsightful yetentertaining andour students were easily the youngestmembers of the audience. The performancesranged from moving extracts where welearned what Mr Mandela went through onRobben Island to his eventual release aftertwenty-seven years. Performers such asSharon D Clarke sang, Beverley Naidoo readextracts and Gillian Slovo remembered herchildhood in apartheid South Africa. In addition poets such as LInton KwesiJohnson and author Ben Okri performed their own work.

The two hours flew by and we all agreed it was wonderful to see and hear such a diverse range of performers.

Ms E Bolton

Year 10 Speak Out!On Wednesday 23rd October Ms Hession's Year 10 class had the opportunity to take part in Jack Petchey's Speak Out Training. The class spent the day off timetable in the training centrelearning about the features of a great speaker in preparation for the Speak Out Challenge.

The Speak Out Challenge happens once a year and pupils from schools across London enter. The first stage is to battleagainst other schools in the borough before competing, if successful, at the Grand Final.

Year 10 pupils wrote speeches they were passionate about;topics ranged from Racism to current issues in Syria. While allthe speeches were written and delivered with confidence the winners were Alan Rasool 10H,Bevinca Semper 10H, Chenia Thorpe 10F and Georgia Goldberg 10P. These students will nowdeliver their speeches in assemblies and the overall winner, who will represent the school at the Haringey borough final, will be chosen.

Ms M Hession

LiteracyExpression of the Fortnight Quiz

Can you complete these expressions wehave learnt so far this year?

1) Better ___________________ than sorry.

2) Evil enters like a _________________and

spreads like an ___________.

3) Every ____________________ has a

____________________ lining

4) Speak of the ____________________.

5) Crossing the _______________.

There were further developments in Literacy this academic year as we unveiledour first year 9 “Literacy champions”!

Mr Conaghan has trained and prepared a crack team of young people to scrutinisetheir fellow students in form time activities.All students at NPCS engage in “DropEverything And Read” on Monday morningsand learn the “Expression of the Fortnight”on Thursday mornings.

Our new Literacy Champions tour theschool and feedback on how these initiativesare going. This feedback is shared by Ms Duncan to all staff in Monday StaffBriefings to help further improve theliteracy provision at the school!

Mr T Conaghan

Literacy Champions‘Drop

Everything

And Read’

‘topics rangedfrom Racism

to current issuesin Syria’

‘Long Walk To Freedom.’

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V&A: Masterpieces of Chinese and Japanese ArtOn Wednesday 27th November 2013, 16 year 11 GCSE Textiles studentsvisited the Victora & Albert, south Kensington, London.

The museum is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design,housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects.

Textiles students had the opportunity to complete primary research insupport of their 3rd and final Textiles project based on the Far East.

The V&A possesses one of the most comprehensive and importantcollections of Chinese art dating from 3000 BC to the present time, includingtextiles, ceramics, prints, export art, metalwork, carvings and furniture.

The V&A's collection of Japanese art and design is one of the largest in Britain. It includes ceramics, lacquer, arms and armour, woodwork,metalwork, textiles and dress, prints, paintingsand sculpture. An active programme ofacquiring modern and contemporary studiocrafts has resulted in the V&A having one of the most prestigious holdings of this material outside Japan.

After lunch the students visited the Fashion Gallery, spanning fourcenturies. The fashion collection is the largest and mostcomprehensive collection ofgarments in the world. Key items in the collectioninclude rare 17th-centurygowns, 18th-century ‘mantua’ dresses, 1930s eveningwear,1960s daywear and post-war couture, in additionto a growing number of pieces from 21st-centurydesigners.

Ms J Penny

‘mostcomprehensivecollection ofgarments in the world’




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Oliver! Costume Making in Textiles TechnologyYear 10 GCSE Textiles students are working hard constructing costumes for the school production of Oliver! to be performed at the end of the autumn term, Year 7 students have also helped to cut out fabric during Lunch club and after school club.

Students have completed 18 workhouse costumes and helped to finish 8 aprons and caps, we are currently working on completing long skirts for a range of supportcharacters. This has been a very productive time for our students and is an excellentopportunity to show-case their specialist dressmaking skills.

A huge thank you to all the students involved for their timeand support:

Hawa Ahmed, Aisha Alawi, Aasha Khamiis Aways, Melissa Dinkova, Chloe Dixon, Natalia Ender, Fowsia Farah,Georgia Goldberg, Lauren Green, Ramla Hussein, Melisa Ibrahim, Lutfiye Karadere, Dilan Koc, Samantha Lynch-Killick, Paulina Majda, Feresha Mcdowall,Intisar Moalin, Brittany Roach, Sultan Saklican, Azime Tahtaci, Shuqin Wang, Rhianna Whitely, May Dong and Ellen Nembaware.

Ms J Penny

‘specialistdressmaking

skills’

Expressive ArtsFaculty HostsFirst MusicalPerformance-Oliver!Our fantastic, foot-tapping, fun for all thefamily musical...Oliver!

'Oliver' tells the story of orphan boy OliverTwist as he journeys through London insearch of love and a better life.

On his way he encounters a strange bunchof characters! – officious Mr. Bumble, theworkhouse Beadle; wily Fagin and his loyalgang of pickpockets; the Artful Dodger,who wants to teacher Oliver all the tricksof his trade; brutal Bill Sykes and kindhearted Nancy who is prepared to riskeverything so that Oliver can find the loveand security he has been looking for.

Bustling with energy the streets of Londoncome alive to the sounds of 'Food GloriousFood'. 'Pick a Pocket', 'Consider Yourself'and 'Who Will Buy?’.

We can guarantee that the audience washumming the tunes all the way home...!

Ms M Christopher

‘Bustling with energythe streets of London

come alive’

"...tribute to the dedication andprofessionalism of my staff and theenergy, enthusiasm and commitment of our students"

Ms M Duncan, Headteacher




Duke of Edinburgh2013-14The new group of Year 10 Duke of Edinburgh participants have beguntheir Bronze Award. The Year 10s were eager to get started and havealready begun many of their skill, volunteer and physical activities. Some of these activities include: learning a new language, mentoringother students, working in charity shops and coaching children’sswimming and dance.

In other exciting D of E news, four of last year’sparticipants have completed and receivedtheir Bronze Award. Congratulations are in order for Selim Zeingin, Bhavin Sisodaria, Irfan Yildirim and Gemma Trew. Many otherparticipants are moving closer to receiving their awards soon so we wish them luck!

Ms S MacDonald

FUN! FUN! FUN!The first day at Northumberland ParkCommunity school is always FUN for Year7s. They all take part in EnterpriseActivities which acts as an icebreaker andcalms any nerves that the students mighthave about transferringto a big secondaryschool. It is a time whenthe Year 7 tutors can getto know their students. Everyone enjoysthis day and makes new friends.

Mrs D Liversidge

Hammer, Nails, Timber...Check!Duke of Edinburgh students have started working with the Technology Resistant MaterialsDepartment, focusing not only on making traditional furniture but also making use ofrecycled timber. Students have already spent one session de-nailing and preparing thetimber ready to use in their products. Students have researched suitable products andcreated their own designs for dressing table units and chest of drawers. Over the next threemonths we will be introducing students totraditional joint processes and using a range ofspecialist power tools, to begin construction of their final designs.

An excellent start has been made by Toheeb Taiwo, Isaiah Noel and Alex Jardinand we look forward to seeing your finished products.

Ms F Byrne

‘FUN for Year 7s’




SHINE Students Visit Pendarren HouseSHINE Saturday School was launched by a residential visit to PendarrenHouse in Wales. 60 Year 7 students and 12 Year 9 mentors wereaccompanied by 8 staff. The weather was very kind to us and we had a fabulous time canoeing, abseiling, caving and mountain walking.

All of the students joined in the activities and gained confidence as well as making new friends. The caving instructor said that our students were the best that he had seen in a long time and he eventook them on a route usually used by Year 11 students.

We returned home on Sunday afternoonexhausted but confident that the “SHINESaturday School had got off to a tremendousstart”. Many thanks to the TottenhamFoundation who partly funded this visit.

Mrs D Liversidge

British Telecom(BT) EmployeesMentor NPCSStudentsFor the second yearNorthumberland Park CommunitySchool is one of only four schoolsacross London to be chosen toparticipate in this new mentoringinitiative offered by BT.

There are 12 year 11 studentsbeing mentored by 6 speciallytrained BT employees who blongto BTs Ethnic Minority Network.

To be considered for thisopportunity all year 11 were giveninformation about the programmeand then had to submit acompleted application form. There were more applicants thanplaces. The successful studentswere introduced to the programmevia an Induction session held

at the school before half-term.The students meet with theirmentors once a half termthroughout year 11 and keep intouch with them via email in

between their face to face sessionswhich last for an hour and takeplace after school on Fridays.

Through the mentoringprogramme the students have theopportunity to gain information,insight, ideas, skills and contacts.We hope that later in the yearthey will have the opportunity toexperience some work shadowingat BT in an area of the businessthey have expressed an interest in finding out more about.

Through participating in thisprogramme we are seeing anincrease in students’ confidence,

self esteem and communicationskills. Using email as a businessmeans of communication has beena revelation to many of thestudents. Additionally the mentorshave suggested ways in whichparticipants can enhance theirpersonal portfolios and haveprovided interview hints and tipswhich have beenvery useful for bothInterview skillsday and collegeinterviews comingup next term.

Ms J Kirk

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‘canoeing, abseiling,caving and mountain

walking’

‘increase in students’confidence, self esteemand communication

skills’

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Let The Games Begin!As the autumn term reaches its conclusion it is time once again to reflect upon some of the great success stories in the PE department. The department has again ran a jam packed extra-curricular programmeand students have had access to sports such as football, netball, basketball,badminton, table tennis, swimming, trampolining, rugby and fitness. All these sessions are extremely popular amongst students and are free to access for all students during lunchtimes and after school.

The school badminton team picked up where they left off last year, comingsecond in the Haringey borough badminton championships losing out in a closely fought contest to Alexandra Park. Below, from left to right is the team, Christian Cocha Guerra (10J), Isaiah Noelle (10F), Michael Jordan (10H) and Brandon Smith (10J).

In the borough football leagues there were winning starts to the seasonfor all years. The new cohort in year 7 have won three of their first fivegames and have shown fantastic skill, desire and commitment which willput them in strong stead for the remainder of the season. There havebeen outstanding performances from a number of boys but special praise isreserved for Hasan Farah who wasvoted man of the match by his peers in two games.

Year 8 had a notable 4-1 win over Heartlands and Year 9 continued the excellent progress they have made under Mr Cameron with somestrong performances.

Year 9’sAlexander Park lost 7-5 awayAlexander Park lost 1-6 homeSt Thomas More won 6-3 homeSt Thomas More lost 1-6 awayGladesmore won 1-2 away.Aaron William-Bushell – 9V hat-trick twice Ergen Hoxhaj – 9G outstanding goal keeping skills, showing greatcommitment at key moments.

Mr B Demirel

It’s Not Over til it’s over!We have had a mixed season this year with two victories and two losses. If we canwin our game in hand we will go second in the league.

We have had a very difficult season as we are in the premier league of schools inHaringey. Due to the extra commitments of the year 11, we were unable to play two fixtures. Even with the two defeats;there is still a chance of us finishing inthe top 3. This is a massive achievementfor our young people and the commitmentand work they have put into the team.

Special mention goes to Chris Pereira for his effort, commitment and attitudetowards his team.

NPCS 4 vs 1 Highgate wood

NPCS 3 vs 0 Woodside High

NPCS 0 vs 3 Gladesmore

NPCS 0 vs 3 PVA

The fantasticwork done by Mr Ibrahim and Mr Walkerhas continued in Year 10 andthey are in a title race to be crownedborough champions for their age group.

Woodside won 3 v 1

Heartlands won 5 v 2

St Thomas Moore drew 3 v 3

Woodside won 1 v 0

St Thomas Moore (cup) lost 2 v 0

St Thomas Moore won 3 v 2

Outstanding performer Deeq Hussien 10R

Finally a big thanks to Ms Edwards, Mr Green, Ms Thompson, Ms Corbin, Ms Cox, Ms Lowrie, Mr Turner, Mr Demirel,Mr West, Mr Cameron, Mr Walker, Mr Ibrahim, Mr Stevens for helping withall the activities.

‘second in the Haringeyborough badmintonchampionships’

‘massiveachievement for our young

people’

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Aarron Agard-Jacobs wins"SportsPersonality of The Year Award"On Saturday 19th October 2013, Aarron Agard-Jacobs received an awardfor "The Sports Personality of The Year" at Be Proud Awards.

Ms Ekim and Mr Renny have been running a very popular, sportslunchtime club every Thursday for the past two years, where the studentsare lucky enough to receive coaching from an external coach, MickelaHall-Ramsay, H.R. Sports Academy.

HR Sports Academy nominatedAarron for "The Sports Personality of The Year" at the Be Proud Awardsceremony that gives recognition tooutstanding young people aged 11-25 with a disability who overcomebarriers and participate in theircommunities thus improving theirlives and the lives of others. The award encourages theseexceptional young people to breakdown stereotypes and be role models to others.

“The Sports Personality of The Yearaward is being awarded to a specialyoung man who has shown animmense improvement in his chosensport. His positive attitude hashelped him to develop his dribbling,shooting and his overall team play in Basketball. His enthusiasm toattend basketball club makes it a true pleasure to coach this young man.He is always the first one in the gym and the most upset to leave at theend of the session. Even though food is not allowed in the gym,

he sometimes brings his lunch in just to ensure that not even a second is missed of his preciousbasketball session.

From being a shy and nervousparticipant who used to standbeneath the basket waiting for the

ball, he is now actively running up and down the court, from attack to defence, passing the ball around to all of his team mates and scoringloads of points. Congratulations Aarron”

Mickela Hall-Ramsay

Presenting the award: former TV presenter, author, journalist and Deputy Headteacher at Gladesmore Community School, Juliet Coley.

Old Vic NewVoicesNPCS has been lucky enough to be accepted onto the Old Vic NewVoices Schools programme for the academic year 2013/14. The school will be allocated 20free tickets and a workshop withprofessional actors for majorproductions at the prestigious Old Vic theatre during the year.We had our first trip on 16thOctober 2013 to see a productionof ‘Much Ado About Nothing’which was preceded by a workshopthe day before. 20 lucky year 9

students got to learn about theplay from the actors, take part invery engaging activities and thensee the play performed by noneother than James Earl Jones!Sadly Vanessa Redgrave wasindisposed the day we saw theproduction. All who attendedagreed that the production wasvery interesting and it wasfascinating to see Shakespeareperformed in a different way.

Mr S Bawden‘His positive attitude has helped him to develop his

dribbling, shooting and his overall team play

in Basketball’

‘fascinating to seeShakespeare performed in a different way’



I Am MalalaOn the evening of Sunday 20th October 2013 we took 10 Year 11 Sociologystudents to the Southback Centre to hear Malala Yousafzai launch hermemoir “I Am Malala”.

Malala started blogging for the BBC at the age of 11 about her life and herviews on education from the Swat region of Pakistan. On October 2012she was shot by the Taliban for her outspoken and liberal views on girlseducation. Our students were inspired to hear someone their own age talkso passionately on a person’s rights to education – regardless of one’sreligion, culture or sex.

As Malala had to go to Birmingham straight after the talk because she hadto attend school there was only time to hear 5 questions from the audience.Despite the factthat we were sittingquite a way awayMaconde Cabacaught the attentionof the interviewer

and asked thequestion “What doyou say to yourcritics who don’tbelieve you gotshot?”. Malalaresponded that the“world would be amuch better place if people put theirenergy of conspiracytheories aside and focused their time and effort on what they could do to help those who do not have access to education”.

Nazifa Uddin waited outside the artists’ entrance to see Malala and handedletters that Ms Raheem’s English class had written to her. Despite thebarricade of the six foot Southbank security personnel around Malala’s car Nazifa’s cries of “Malala my friends and I have written letters to you”were heard and Malala took the letters. We were pleased to hear that Ms Raheem had an email from Malala’s office the very next day statingthat Malala was “very touched by the letters and read them on the way back to Birmingham.”

For students and staff this was a chance for us to be reflective oneducation and think about its importance to not just us but to everyonearound the globe.

Ms E Bolton, Mr B Demirel and Ms M Tuptuk

There's a lot ofHEAT comingfrom ourKitchens!!The year nine students took part in theFuture Chef competition.The winner wasTequilla Francis who will represent theschool in the North London heat to be heldat Barnet Southgate College in January.

Tequilla has been practicing her dish ofpan roasted salmon, crushed new potatoes,carrot spaghetti and peas 'a la francaise'and a Bramley apple merinigue tart as her

pudding. Tequilla hopes to follow thesuccess of last years’ North London Heat,Patrick Badewa, who went on to workplacement at the five star, Marriott Hotelon Park Lane.

We are confident she will do well.

Mr J Liversidge

There’s NoBusiness LikeShow BusinessSome talented actors from year 9 and 10were cast by a professional televisionproducer to star in an information videoon E-Safety in October. The film, producedby Gilly Longton was filmed in school andseveral of our students featureprominently in the final video. Theproducer/director was very impressed bythe professionalism and talent displayedby our students and those who took partlearnt valuable lessons in the way in whichfilms are put together. The productioncompany, Parent Zone is hoping to workwith students from NPCS again in thefuture.

Mr S Bawden

‘Tequilla Francis whowill represent theschool in the North

London heat’‘shot by the

Taliban for heroutspoken andliberal views’




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Money Raised for Local CharityKith and Kids local Charity were the lucky recipients of £77.86 donatedby the year 8’s.The charity was chosen to receive the donation after wespent a week learning about money. One part of what we learnt was about“what people spent their money on”. We discovered that some people gavemoney to charities. We then spent some time learning about many“different national and international charities”. As a year group we allmade money boxes in our maths lessons and collected mostly pennies and two pence coins. We raised a total of £77.86 in just over a week. We decided to donate the money to a localHaringey charity called Kith & Kids. Kith andKids provide information and support for people with a learning disability of Autism and their family.

A representative from the charity came to our assembly to personally collect the cheque and to thank us all for our generosity and thoughtfulness.

Rene Boakye -Year 8 Student

Life in the Fast Lane: Holiday Activities ProgrammeOver 250 children participated in our Schools Holiday programmeactivities. Young people from across the borough participated in a rangeof different sporting activities including street dance, basketball,swimming, trampolining, football, dance combat and badminton. In arts and crafts participants designed and created an underwatermural from recycled materials. Our next programme will be Monday 17th – Friday 21st February 2014.

Come and join in the fun!

Ms J Bailey

‘£77.86 donatedby the year 8’s’

‘street dance, basketball,swimming, trampolining,football, dance combat

and badminton’



We arrived at the institute and quickly found our seats. We wereintroduced to the various companies that would be present at theinstitute today. There was a company that installed Archimedes screws,machines that harnessed the water flow to turn and so created electricity.Also London waterways were there it meant we were also shown thevarious difficulties that they faced when trying to implement the pipesthat delivered water to our homes. The army was also present and spokeabout how with just a phone call an insurgent could deduce where youlive, where you work and even whatregiment that you were in. From thisthey could plan an attack against youand your family. We were taught howto wind sail and how windsailingworks. It works by there being more wind pressure on one sidecausing the board to move. We learnt how big ships stay afloatand how they keep all of their weight under deck to stop theship from rocking and potentially overturning. We discoveredthe many types of propulsion that the navy’s army ships useto move through sea and how the different temperatures of the different seas affected the temperatures in Britain.Lastly at the end of the day we witnessed a fireworksdisplay and began to understand how pyrotechnicsworked. The Chinese were the first to use pyrotechnics as a form of entertainment. They used gunpowder to give the explosion effect.

We thoroughly enjoyed our day at the Royal Institute of GB and it made us think about possible careers forour future. It also helped me link ideas together: Science, Maths, Engineering and Technology.

Khalid Al-Mubarak - Year 9 Student

‘possible careersfor our future’

Science trip to the Royal Institute of Great Britain




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SummerTransitionProgrammeOver 60 students participated inour Summer Transition programme.The aim of the programme was to give the students a head startin Year 7.

Ten year 8 students volunteeredfor the two weeks of supportingand befriending students. They produced their own newsletteras well as participating in Mathschallenges. The Science Museum

Outreach team delivered threeinteractive workshops "It takesguts,” “Danger high voltage”and “water transporter.”

Students could also choose from a variety of workshops every afternoon including FoodTechnology, stunt film making,textiles mad hatters, swimmingand tie dye t-shirt printing.

A great day was had by all as they joined the community for theannual Northumberland ParkPlay Day with free activities forchildren including Bouncycastle face painting,

drumming workshops, highlandgames as well as a BBQ, andending in the annual play dayparade. At the end of theprogram we celebrated all of theirachievements with parents andcarers. All students received a certificate and a goody bag.

Many thanks to all the staff,students, and volunteers forcreating such a fantastic, excitingchallenging and incrediblyrewarding programme.

Ms J Bailey

“Rewriting Africa”In recognition of Black History month, Louisa Egbunike (PHD student from the School of Oriental and African Studies), visited our school and spoke to my year 8 English class, supported by Miss Campbell (English Teacher), on the topic “Rewriting Africa.” She spoke about Africa ingeneral and in particular, its history. She made mention of “The Scramble for Africa”, how Europeans treated Africa, how we refer negatively toAfrica, African authors, how Africans are used and how Africans are described.

In relation to `The scramble for Africa’, The speaker mentioned facts such as how all the countries in Europegathered in a room and “cut Africa up on a map like a piece of meat”; not caring about the effect it would haveon the Africans. Also, on colonising Africa, the Europeans forced the Africans to stop speaking their indigenouslanguage and speak the European language.

Another interesting fact that I learnt is that Africa has a lot of gold and built a lot of amazing things which they have never been given credit for.

Lastly, to sum up the story of Africa, Miss Egbunike left us with a proverbthat speaks volumes: “Until lions have their historians, tales of the huntshall always glorify the hunter.” This means that until the Africans have an opportunity to tell their stories fromtheir perspective, we will always believeand accept what is presented to us, wewill not get the full picture.

Mariam Akintunde - Year 8 Student

‘Until lions havetheir historians,tales of the hunt shall

always glorify the hunter’

‘cut Africa up on a map like apiece of meat’

‘It takes guts’

calculated their expected profitsbased on the decisions they madethroughout the task. The entiretask therefore encouraged pupilsto not only develop their skills innumeracy but also apply skills indifferent subject areas such asEnglish, Business and PSHE.

The most successful group wasselected by taking into accountnot only the profit made but alsothe rationale behind their choices,as well as positive teamwork andoverall clarity of their calculations.In the end groups two and six wereselected as winners for showingexceptional business savvy,teamwork and organisation. As a reward for their efforts bothteams will visit a famous Londonlandmark in the New Year.

Ms J David

The groups then selected a productfrom four options, each withvarying delivery and manufacturingcosts. Key Maths skills such as“Percentages,” “Value for Money”and “Profit/Loss Analysis” wereamong some of those used by the pupils.

Teams then moved on to choosingan advertising strategy for their

product. Obtainingconsensus withconflicting opinionswas part of thisexercise as groupmembers quicklyweighed the impact of varyingmarketing costs.Teams could varytheir advertising,choosing betweenoptions such astelevision

advertisements on channelsincluding “SKY Sports”and cheaperbut perhaps less commerciallyinfluential radio advertisements.

Students also had to makecollective decisions based on thehypothetical scenario of choosingbooths at a trade show, with thestands further from the entrance

being more economical but likelyto attract less passing trade.

As a reflective exercise, eachstudent completed a short reporton their business decisions, and

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Year 7s Do TheApprentice One day each term a year group at NPCS participates in learningactivities which promote effectiveskills in Numeracy. Numeracy daysince its inception has been agreat success within the school,and, with previousvisits from Ernst & Young and HSBCstill fresh in thestudents’ minds, wesought to bring adifferent experienceto the day this time round.

This term’s eventsaw our year 7cohort participatein a businessventure competitionin the style of the popular TVshow “The Apprentice”. AlthoughAlan Sugar was sadly otherwiseengaged, there was still anabundance of energy andenthusiasm as thirty groups ofyear seven pupils worked on anengaging task with the ultimategoal of maximising profits fortheir venture.

Naturally and in true Apprenticeform the project leader selectionwas the first task, and arguably

the most animated. Those selectedby their peers quickly delegatedresponsibilities to the rest of the group to begin the exercise.

‘Percentages,’ ‘Valuefor Money’ and

‘Profit/Loss Analysis’

The Winners ofthis ChallengeGroup 2

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The Cabinet Office 'EngagingSecondary Schools Programme'Ten students form year 11 took part in a programme which has beenoffered to only 2 London schools as a pilot. Each student had to completean application form which was sent to the Cabinet office.

The objectives for the programme were to provide the students with aninsight into the world of work and an understanding of the civil service.It also gave civil servants the opportunity to engage with local communitiesand build capability, they each mentored two of the students

Northumberland Park was the first school to take part.

Over a six week period Cabinet Office colleagues ran a series of interactivesessions. Content for the sessions reflected theinterests of the students, focussing on topics such as:economics, business, parliament and voting. There were also visits to No 10 and the GovernmentDigital Service.

On the final week the students presented what they had learnt. Each student presented to twenty people, which was pretty daunting andeven more so because it was in front of Ms Duncan. All of the students did a great job, their confidence andprofessionalism was very impressive.

What some of students thought

Maconde: “The six weeks spent atthe Cabinet Office gave me a realinsight into professional work and the different varieties of jobs that are available within thegovernment”

Nasra: “I learnt how democracyworks and that the MP's were accountableto the voters in their constituency as they represented theirviews in the House of Commons. I learnt from another talk that in life youshould not be afraid to face new things and challenges”

What the staff thought

Lucy who works at No 10 reflected on the programme afterwards:

“This project has been both rewarding and enlightening. I have enjoyedgetting to know the students and introducing them to Number 10 and thekinds of work opportunities we have here. It was really interesting gettingan insight into their perception of government and helping to broadentheir understanding – and I myself had the opportunity to learn aboutdifferent areas of Cabinet Office work”

Already we are continuing with this new link and now have 10 studentsfrom year 10 participating in a similar programme.

Ms J Kirk

Working in the City –organised byThe Brokerage12 students from year 10 attendedthese workshops.

In Part 1, held at UBS, the studentsfound out more about The City: Its businesses, careers and peopleand had the opportunity to workwith some of the young UBSemployees.

In part 2, held at PricewaterhouseCoopers, the students focused onRecruitment in the City:Marketing yourself to employers.This included a question andanswer session on how to answercommon interview questions thatthey will be able to use throughouttheir lives. The afternoon finishedwith the students working ingroups with another school to playthe Trading Game. It is a fun andfast paced exercise highlightingthe key skills required to be asuccess in the City, such as workingunder pressure, decision making,confidence and communication.

Ms J Kirk

‘insight into the world of

work’‘Marketing yourself

to employers’



School on a Saturday?... SHINE!!Northumberland Park Community School was very fortunate in gainingfunding for a Year 7 Saturday School which is sponsored by the SHINEcharity.

Every Saturday from 9.30 – 1.30pm, 60 Year 7 students attend school andtake classes in Literacy, Numeracy, Media and Catering. The research isbeing undertaken by Durham University,with the aim of improving the Literacy skills oftargeted Year 7 students, who are invited and expected to attend for 25 Saturdays.

The learning is fun andso far the attendance of students and supportof parents has beenoutstanding. Each weeka group of SHINEstudents cook lunchfor 80 students andstaff. The student ofthe week is chosenby the Year 9mentors and wins the honour of taking the SHINE Dog home for the week.

Mrs D Liversidge

Working hard, or hardlyworking?Every Wednesday lunchtime roomF5 in the maths department isbuzzing with year 7 & 8 studentscompleting their maths homework.The club is available for anystudent who may need help withhomework or just somewhere forthem to complete their work. The students are given help andsupport from year 10 and 11 MathsMentors. Some mentors are pairedup with specific students ashomework buddies. The club hasbeen extremely successful so farand the maths homework returnrate has improved significantlysince the homework club has started.

“The first time I went to homeworkclub I really improved on myhomework and I completed thehomework. The maths mentorshave really helped by showing medifferent ways that I could showmy working out. The next day I gave my homework in, we markedit in the lessonand I got 21 outof 21! My firsthomework completed at homeworkclub. I never used to complete myhomework; it was bad because I used to get detention. I did notlike it because it was affecting my grade. But then thanks to Mrs Imiere, Ms Thoma and themaths mentors I have reallyimproved. Now I even receivemerits for my homework”.(Bradley 8H)

Please encourage your children to come along and do their mathshomework in a positive, friendlyand supportive environment.

Ms J Imiere

Eren Dilaver –student of the week

‘support of parentshas been

outstanding’

‘help withhomework’




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School CouncilWelcome to the following student representatives whojoined the school council bodythis academic year –

(Year 7) Aysegul Durmaz,Mohamed Yaxye,

(Year 8 ) Maria Banda, Quazi Zaman,

(Year 9)Caner Arslan, Megan Munns,

(Year 10) Besime Sahin, Anil Dogan,

(Year 11) Helena Aslani, Erere Abanum.

We look forward to welcoming the recently elected head boy,Junaid Nasir and head girl,Maconde Caba to our futuremeetings.

Our student council are currentlydevising a wish list of tasks theywould like to achieve over theacademic year. So far this termour year council representativeshave discussed the impact of the new school uniform and havegiven feedback regarding ournewly decorated student diner. A few students were fortunate toattend the screening of a shortfilm titled ‘Fed Up’ at Exposuremagazine with Ms Imeire whichhighlights Stop and Search laws.Those who attended the screeningwill be giving presentations inassemblies very shortly. In thecoming weeks our students willalso be consulted on their views re Academy Status and the newmedical room.

Student VoiceJack PetcheyJack Petchey winners for the Autumn Term, as chosen by the studentcouncil were–

(Yr 7) Lili Folhoffer : Reason for nomination – She is an EAL student who has little English. Her Art work is of a very high standard for her age. She does a huge amount of art outside school connected to the project Pop Art. Some of her work could be entered for GCSE.

(Yr 10) Jennifer Chu: Reason for nomination –She is a peer mediator and goes into a Yr 7 tutor group in the mornings and helps the form tutorwith diary checks etc. She is also a Maths mentor and works with Yr 7 andYr 8 students in this capacity. She was selected to attend the Cabinet Office.Jennifer is a high achieving student. She is a polite, well-mannered andquiet girl who just gets on with school life in an understated manner.

(Yr 11) Huseyin Dag: Reason for nomination – outstanding team work and determination to create a positive change in himself and thosearound him. At the end of Year 10 he consciously decided to make a change. He pushes himself every day to behave better and has 100%attendance and punctuality. He takes his role as prefect veryseriously and tries to be a rolemodel to his peers.

All the above winners areawarded a £200 grant to spend

on a school related project/activity/trip of their choice.This term’s winners havedecided upon a visit to aPantomime for EAL students, a tablet for EAL students to usein lessons for translationpurposes, funding to go towardsthe Yr 11 Year book and Promand the purchase of tickets forthe end of year theme park visit for up to 10 students.

24 Year 10 students attended the Jack Petchey Speak Out coachingworkshop in October with Ms Hession and a Speaker’s trust trainer.

Our council members hope that the year ahead will be a rewarding and fulfilling one.

Ms J Thompson

‘polite, well-manneredand quiet girl’



Interview Tips, InterviewTechniques & Interview SkillsAll Year 11 students took part in Interview Skills Day on Tuesday 19thNovember. The event was organised by Haringey Education BusinessPartnership. The students travelled across London and took part in a mock interview in a wide variety of businesses. They wereall well prepared and produced a completed applicationform as well as a Personal Portfolio. The students lookedwonderful and the event was a greatsuccess. The school has received manyletters of congratulations for ourstudents. Mr Granville Barrand, HEBP Manager, said “Thesewere the best prepared students that we have ever workedwith, they are a credit to the school”. Well done to Year 11.

Mrs D Liversidge

A Picture Paints a Thousand WordsFrom October 2013, 3 year 11 students have enrolled on the National Art & Design Saturday Club. The Club gives young people aged14–16 the “unique opportunity” to study art and design everySaturday morning at a local art and design university for free.The London Club is hosted by Ravensbourne University. This is the second yearRavensbourne has offered the Club and this year our students Chelsea Chu,Ledi Loka and Yunus Bulmus join 37 other students from around London.

Ravensbourne will run 30 weeks of “inspiring classes” in areas rangingfrom “drawing and sculpture to printmaking and stop-frame animation”.Students will visit London's best museums and galleries and exhibit workin their own Summer Show at Somerset House. They are also given theopportunity to attend an inspirational Masterclass with one of the UK'sforemost artists or designers. Masterclass leaders have included ThomasHeatherwick, Peter Randall-Page, Daljit Singh and Betty Jackson.

The aim of the classes is to “nurture our student's talent, build theirconfidence and self-esteem”, give them an “insight into college life” andshow them the “pathway into further and higher education” and tocareers in the creative industries.

The National Art & Design Saturday Club was set up by the SorrellFoundation, a charitable organisation inspiring creativity in young people.

Ms J Penny

Self Portraits

Saatchi Gallery Visit

Extremes Sketch Book Drawings

‘inspiringclasses’

‘a credit to the school’




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USA Embassy Talk: Adnan MahmudOn a cold and rainy Thursday 19th September we took some enthusiasticYear 10 and 11s to the USA Embassy to hear a talk by a socialentrepreneur. The idea of entrepreneurship is not new to our students butmany had not heard of social entrepreneurship.

Adnan Mahmud was born and raised in Bangladesh but later went to theUSA to carry on with his studies. Although he had a successful career atMicrosoft he decided that he needed to be doing something else to feelfulfilled with his life.

Setting up a non-profit organisation called “Jolkona” – Bengali for ‘a dropof water’ to help those who have more give to those who have less, Adnanstated that he felt a great deal of satisfaction. Jolkona allows people tomake small donations and these small donations collectively help to makea big impact. Adnan explained that whatmakes his organisation different to that ofothers is that the donors receive impactreports and so they have a personal anddirect link to the contributions that theirmoney makes to someone else.

Whether it was in the corporate environment of Microsoft or thecharitable environment of Jolkona Adnan made it clear that education,ambition, hard work and a real desire to make some sort of impact wasthe key to his success.

Ms K Beatham, Ms J Kirk, Ms E Laws and Ms N Tuptuk

Insight intoUniversity andother Post 18ProvidersOn Friday 29th November all year 11students visited an institution linkedbroadly to their career aspirations asexpressed by them.

As well as being shown the facilities andhearing more about the courses on offerthe students got to meet and work withcurrent students and experience a highereducation taster session.

To meet the needs of the students the following universities were visited –London Metropolitan, City, School ofAfrican and Oriental Studies, Goldsmiths,Brunel, Westminster, University CollegeLondon, Middlesex and the University ofEast London as well the Harrington schemewhich is a training provider and the Vidaal Sassoon Academy for those studentskeen to have a career in Hairdressing.

The aim was to raise the students’aspirations and get them to focus on theneed to not only consider carefully their post 16 pathways but also how thepathway they choose would open upopportunities for post 18 study.

Ms J Kirk

‘to help those who have more give

to those who have less’



FED UPSix year 10 students wereprivileged to be invited to attendthe premiere film screening of avery informative educational filmabout stop and search called ‘Fed up’. The film was written andproduced by members of ExposureYouth Media Organisation. The short comedy piece informsyoung adults and teenagers aboutthe rights they have whilst beingstopped and searched. As youngpeople we do not always know ourrights or the best way to behavein certain situations. It isstereotyped that members of themetropolitan police and teenagersdon’t generally have a goodrelationship. However this shortfilm showed us teenagers that if we keep calm and informed,progress can be made. Do youknow your rights about beingstopped and searched?

Our right whilst being stoppedand searched are:

Grounds

Object

Warrant Card

Identification

Station They Work At

Entitlement

Law

You are being detained for…

And you can have a copy of the search record (yellow slip).

Do you know what the policecan and can’t do?

The Police can ONLY stop andsearch you if they:

Suspect you’re carrying stolen items.

You match a suspect’sdescription.

How would you react to beingstopped and searched?

Keep calm and cooperate – they can search you by force.

Play it smart, curb your anger and act polite.

Don’t be afraid to talk to the officer and raise any concerns.

FED UP FILM NOWONLINE:http://exposure.org.uk/2013/11/fed-up-film-now-online/

Besime Sahin -Year 10Student

Students get WorkExperience withthe London Fire BrigadeCongratulations to the 4successful students, Ali, Alina,Fatma and Melisa who have joinedthe Community

Fire Cadets and joinedtheir one year after schoolprogramme which offers them thechance to work alongside theLondon Fire brigade to gain a BTECqualification and life skills theycan use in the workplace.

Their commitment is to attendTottenham fire station for 3 hoursevery week duringterm time and workalongsideoperational andcommunity volunteers. It providesthe students with the opportunityto enhance key citizenship skillsand build confidence, representthe London Fire Brigade atprestigious events and raises theirknowledge of community firesafety. It also empowers them toeducate their family and friends.

This is a first for NorthumberlandPark Community School. All thesuccessful students are keen tohave a career within the broadoccupational area of Public Services

Ms J Kirk

‘key citizenshipskills’




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CambridgeUniversity Visit inspiresthe 'BrilliantClub'On Tuesday 5th November, 12 studentswere picked to go to Cambridge Universityto have an introductionto the Brilliant Club.The Brilliant Club is aneducational scheme tohelp children get to thetop universities. We getmentored by a PhD student who is a specialist in Maths; he comes everyWednesday to do tutorials with 6 students at a time. (6 from year 7’s, 6 from year 8’s)

During our visit we gained anunderstanding of the Brilliant Club and we were introduced to our Tutors whooutlined the three stages of University:

Bachelor's degree – 4 years

Master's degree – 2 years

Doctoral degree PhD – 3-2 years

We were really lucky to get a PhD student,Abdullah, who has studied maths andvisits our school to give us ‘Universitystyle’ lectures towards our own projects. He is currently working on a project onCreep-fatigue back-stress, deformation and damage, funded by EDF energy. He taught us about density, mass andvolume, and how to calculate the volume,density and area of a shape.

E.g. Density = Mass (g) ÷ volume (cm3)

The reason we have been learning this is for the final assignment they will givingus and, depending on our grade, if we willhave another opportunity to go to one of thetop 30 University and receive a certificate.

Berrak Cocelli – Year 8 Student

We set off on our spectacular journey to Clare College in Cambridge. Luckily, the journey was not very long, so we got to the college in no time.

It was quite cold in Cambridge. Although I was fully dressed and suited up, I wasstill freezing in the icy weather.

Gazing around my surroundings I wasamazed and fascinated about how colossalClare College was. I was quite impressedabout how towering and vast the building was.

When we got there, we were able to meetour tutor. My teacher was named Mr Abduland he is working on his PhD inengineering. He was quite nice but I couldtell that he was nervous to meet us just as we were nervous to meet him.

For five weeks, he was going to be teachingus maths which will help towards our 1800word project.

Excitedly, we toured around Clare College.Thankfully, we had a chance to seedifferent departments of the college e.g.the dorms, the classes, the dining hall and

lots more. It was quite funand interesting because I never knew that Clare’sCollege had all theseextraordinary qualities.

I was also amazed by the library. It was as tall as a sky scrapper was and was as still as a statue. Inaddition, the monstrous library hadevery book ever published in theUnited Kingdom. Some of the bookswere in different languages so thatpeople who did not understandEnglish would get a chance to readthe book in their language.

We also got to see to see a studyroom, which the college students had their lesson in. It was quite funand I enjoyed the trip. I hope that when I grow up I could have chance to goto such a magnificent collegeas Clare College, Cambridge.

I felt very lucky to have the chance to visit such awonderful college and I enjoyed every bit of theexperience. I now have to keepup with the project!

Jesutomisin Adeagbo – Year 7 Student

‘every book ever published in theUnited Kingdom’

Motivate • Aspire • TransformMotivate • Aspire • Transform


Outstanding for all Awards 2013The Community Department at Northumberland Park provides a wide range ofcourses, activities and support for parents, children, and the wider community, whichpromote community cohesion and support for families.

On Tuesday 3rd December 2013, our Neighbourhood LearningManager, Jenny Bailey was awarded the 'Sustainable School' award.

"Jenny Bailey and her team have created a fantastic environment that encourages thewhole community and families to come into the school and enjoy learning life skillstogether. Based in an area of the borough that is renowned for deprivation thefacilities and community involvement that this school provides is incredible and Jenny as the lead officer is a total asset to the school."

The school's nominator

Alumini StudentSuccesses

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Parents collecting/dropping children by carIf you bring/collect your child by car before or after schoolat the Trulock Road entrance, please drop off and collect at thebeginning of Trulock Road nearer the pub and not outside the school gates.

Also if you need to turn round, please do so by driving round the one way system to the left and not by turning by the schoolentrances.

Turning round by the school gates and cars parking by entrancesare dangerous for our children as they enter/leave the school site.

IMPORTANTTELEPHONE NUMBERSMain school switchboard:

020 8801 0091Headteacher’s PA020 8275 4803Attendance

020 8275 4825School Meals/uniform etc020 8275 4827/4828

Achievement Coordinator Year 7

020 8275 4814 Achievement Coordinator

Year 8020 8275 4816


020 8275 4818Achievement Coordinator

Year 10020 8275 4810


020 8275 4812

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ParentGovernorVacancyWe have a vacancy for two Parent Governors.Applicants must be the parent or legalguardian of a student at the school.

Parent governors play an importantrole as members of the governing body,which is responsible for directing theconduct of the school and for promotinghigh standards of educationalachievement.

If you would like to apply, please contact Ms Sonia East on

0208 275 4803 [email protected]

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