Chiswick School, Burlington Lane, London W4 3UN. Telephone 0208 747 0031 Also available online at www.chiswickschool.org 27th January 2014 - Issue 10 Student Services Direct Line 020 8747 6655 to report your child ill or late. DiaryDates The PTA would like to encourage you to attend the monthly Car Boot Sales held on the school site every first Sunday in the month, except in January when there is no sale. You can come either as a seller or a shopper. Entrance – Cars £15 Cars - side on £30 Vans £30 Larger Vans and Vehicles £60 Walk in Sellers £10 Shoppers 50p Car Parking before 9am (includes occupants)£5 Disabled parking (includes occupants) £3 Tables can be hired at £5 each with a deposit of £25. Sellers are let in from 7am. The sale hours are from 8am to 1pm. Note: Chiswick students may sell their own possessions at the sale as ‘walkers-in’ and will not be charged but if a student is accompanied by a parent with a car, normal rates apply. They can rent a table at no charge using their School Diary as a deposit, but if the items for sale belong to the parents, the normal hire fee applies. The PTA would also welcome hearing from any parent(s) interested in helping at these sales. Please contact Jay Sordyl [email protected]YOUR SCHOOL NEEDS YOU! JANUARY Mon 27th Jan- Fri 7th Feb Yr 9 Pathways Interviews FEBRUARY Wed 5th Year 10 Parents Evening 4:30 - 6:30 Tue 11th School Play Rehearsal Day Wed 12th - Thu 13th School Play Fri 14th - Sat 22nd Ski Trip Mon 17th - Fri 21st Half Term MARCH Sun 2nd PTA Car Boot Sale Tue 4th Battle of the Bands Thu 6th World Book Day Fri 7th Year 12 Geography Trip Your Weekly Newsletter CHISWICK SCHOOL On Friday 24th January, Chiswick School’s International week drew to a close, having welcomed over 100 overseas guests through the doors. Our students (as always) have been proud to show our guests around their school, with many of the visitors commenting on their eloquence and obvious pride in the school. We have open invitations to a number of schools in various countries across the world; all of this has been possible due to the work of Mr Witts, who has done wonders in his role of International Co-ordinator; thank you Mr Witts. International Week consisted of Chiswick School involving our international partners, so we can work and develop together, through the On the 23rd January, we received the fantastic news that our entry to the BETT 30th Birthday competition had been successful. This was a national competition with a prize of £10,000 worth of goodies from various companies exhibiting at BETT (the largest show of educational technologies in the world). Congratulations to Mr Lawrence who worked with two of our Year 7 students to create the winning entry which can Continued inside... International Week at Chiswick School Chiswick Wins Two Technology Awards observation of how it is that Chiswick School runs, and our best practice. One visitor has been with us almost all week, this being Seema Saini Principal from our partner school in Bombay, N L Dalmia High School It has been an absolute pleasure to host her all week. Thank you to everyone who worked with Seema this week; she leaves with many ideas, thoughts and fond memories.
Also available online at www.chiswickschool.org 27th January 2014 - Issue 10Student Services Direct Line 020 8747 6655 to report your child ill or late.
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The PTA would like to encourage you to attend the monthly Car Boot Sales held on the school site every first Sunday in the month, except in January when there is no sale. You can come either as a seller or a shopper.Entrance – Cars £15Cars - side on £30 Vans £30 Larger Vans and Vehicles £60 Walk in Sellers £10Shoppers 50p Car Parking before 9am (includes occupants)£5Disabled parking (includes occupants) £3Tables can be hired at £5 each with a deposit of £25. Sellers are let in from 7am. The sale hours are from 8am to 1pm.Note: Chiswick students may sell their own possessions at the sale as ‘walkers-in’ and will not be charged but if a student is accompanied by a parent with a car, normal rates apply. They can rent a table at no charge using their School Diary as a deposit, but if the items for sale belong to the parents, the normal hire fee applies. The PTA would also welcome hearing from any parent(s) interested in helping at these sales. Please contact Jay Sordyl [email protected]
On Friday 24th January, Chiswick School’s International week drew to a close, having welcomed over 100 overseas guests through the doors. Our students (as always) have been proud to show our guests around their school, with many of the visitors commenting on their eloquence and obvious pride in the school. We have open invitations to a number of schools in various countries across the world; all of this has been possible due to the work of Mr Witts, who has done wonders in his role of International Co-ordinator; thank you Mr Witts.
International Week consisted of Chiswick School involving our international partners, so we can work and develop together, through the
On the 23rd January, we received the fantastic news that our entry to the BETT 30th Birthday competition had been successful. This was a national competition with a prize of £10,000 worth of goodies from various companies exhibiting at BETT (the largest show of educational technologies in the world). Congratulations to Mr Lawrence who worked with two of our Year 7 students to create the winning entry which can
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International Week at chiswick School
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observation of how it is that Chiswick School runs, and our best practice. One visitor has been with us almost all week, this being Seema Saini Principal from our partner school in Bombay, N L Dalmia High School It has been an absolute pleasure to host her all week. Thank you to everyone who worked with Seema this week; she leaves with many ideas, thoughts and fond memories.
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On Thursday 23rd January, Chiswick School had the pleasure of hosting in-ternational schools from India and some Scandinavian countries; I was able to interview a few visitors to learn more about their experiences in Lon-don so far.
‘We’ve been to a couple of conferences and schools – it has been very inspir-ing so far,’ said Claus, a Danish visi-tor. ‘Chiswick School seems like a very traditional environment looking at the architecture, which contrasts the fast pace at which it’s moving forward in terms of technology, which I think is a great combination.’ Claus was also in-terested and enlightened by the use of the iPads within our school communi-ty: ‘It’s not the devices themselves, but the way in which you use them – this school in particular is very aware of that, and I think it's essential for every school to do so.’
I then had the opportunity to interview Emree, a Danish teacher:
Visitors from Sweden
Danish School Visit Interview
M: What are your first impressions of Chiswick School?E: I like it – it reminds me of the school that I work at back home, a Cathedral School, with a lot of green space and sports facilities.
M: What aspect of Chiswick School stood out to you the most?E: I really love the inspiring quotes that are put around the school – they are very inspiring and motivating. I also like the extensive use of technology.
M: Have you visited the BETT exhibi-tion, and if so, how did you find it?E: Yes, I did yesterday and the exhibi-tion at the O2 area was huge! It was a little overwhelming at first but I got to see many new technological advances, which was impressive.
M: What kind of differences do you see between Danish schools and British schools?E: In Denmark, I believe schools are based around more traditional stand-ings. Mr Ryan was talking about how many teachers move to different schools in their careers, however in Denmark, most teachers are devoted to one school – I know of some teachers that have taught in the same place for forty years!
Talking to the different teachers was inspiring and enlightening; it made me realise the different opportunities and facilities available to us, and how fortunate we are as a school. Chiswick School News hopes that the Interna-tional Schools learnt as much as we did!
be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qY46rW95SA. Mr Lawrence and our two star year 7 students went to the show this afternoon to pick up the prize and meet the press, cementing our growing position as a leader in the use of mobile technologies in the classroom.
23rd January also saw the news that Mr Witts has been shortlisted in the Secondary Impact category of their annual awards. This for his work with Street Kids in Uganda involving our year 9 students. Congratulations Mr Witts, a fantastic achievement.
As part of International Schools week, on Friday 24th January a large group of teachers from all across Sweden came to visit our school in order to share ideas and learn from our school's strat-egies and methods of teaching. They were the fourth and final group to re-ceive the well rehearsed presentation from Mr Ryan.
He started with an inspirational quote “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all!” The presentation included the key objec-tives of our school, with the aim of the presentation to explain what our school is all about. After another quote “excel-lence is doing a common thing in an un-common way” along with more aims to create a positive learning environment; it was followed by a tour around the schools buildings, with excellent stu-dent tour guides from various years, to view lessons in all subjects taking place.
The teachers were taken around the school to see how technology in the school is used, as well as the building itself, so they can take back all the good ideas and use it to improve their own schools. We interviewed a Headteacher from a school in Sweden who told us that "we have a very good headmaster with lots of energy and ideas." Another visitor told us that our school is very different to Swedish schools, which hold only 500-600 students.
All visitors we talked to told us that they had enjoyed the trip thoroughly and had learnt lots to take back with them. Well done Mr Ryan for an extremely in-spirational presentation, showing our school to its best to all our visitors!By Joe sMale and Katie davies
