Last week we held two open events to welcome prospective pupils and parents to our school. This is an important event in the school calendar and my heartfelt thanks to all the staff and pupils who showcased our school brilliantly. I also want to thank parents from the Parents Association who not only provided delicious refreshments but also were on standby to offer warm and encouraging advice to prospective parents. All years have been busy with more events than ever. From a huge array of sports matches and tournaments in Years 7-11, auditions and now rehearsals for Little Shop of Horrors, enrichments activities to theatre trips and competitions. Our enrichment programme is now in full flow. This year our enrichment programme will continue to operate in two cycles; September 2018 – February 2019 (half term) and thereafter February 2019 –July 2019. There are opportunities throughout the week from Monday-Thursday after school from 4.00-5.00pm focusing on Creative & Performing Arts and Sports. On a Friday afternoon 2.10-3.30pm there are a wide range of activities on offer. We recognise that not every child will have their chosen preference in Cycle 1 but we will do our best to make sure that their preferences are taken into account for Cycle 2. Equally, our Sixth Form students have started their first term with enthusiasm and energy and have been extremely busy with educational trips to give an insight into future educational options of University and careers and a recent, very successful Cake Sale to raise money for the 'Women of Wandsworth' group. Thank you again for your patience regarding our IT systems; all parents should now have received notification from us with regard to your Wisepay accounts. Please do ensure that you log in to your account for your child as we will be backdating charges accrued from this last term. Have a restful and enjoyable half term break, we look forward to welcoming you all back for the Autumn 2 term. Ms Edis Principal Courageous Hound Volume 7 Issue 3 Friday 19 th October 2018 A new issue every fortnight on Bolingbroke Post! Highlights from this Edition...Full story inside! Fireworks in South London DON’T MISS IT! Elephant Access Friday Enrichment PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING DATES: Friday 23rd November—Occasional Day Monday 26th November– Ark Network Day Tuesday 27th November—Academy INSET Day GOOD LUCK TO YEAR 11/13 FOR THE MOCK EXAMS REVISIONS THROUGHOUT HALF TERM AND LONG WEEKEND Open Day & Open Evening Annual Poetry Competition
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Last week we held two open events to welcome prospective pupils and parents to our school. This is an
important event in the school calendar and my heartfelt thanks to all the staff and pupils who showcased our
school brilliantly. I also want to thank parents from the Parents Association who not only provided delicious
refreshments but also were on standby to offer warm and encouraging advice to prospective parents.
All years have been busy with more events than ever. From a huge array of sports matches and tournaments in
Years 7-11, auditions and now rehearsals for Little Shop of Horrors, enrichments activities to theatre trips and
competitions.
Our enrichment programme is now in full flow. This year our enrichment programme will continue to operate
in two cycles; September 2018 – February 2019 (half term) and thereafter February 2019 –July 2019. There are
opportunities throughout the week from Monday-Thursday after school from 4.00-5.00pm focusing on Creative
& Performing Arts and Sports. On a Friday afternoon 2.10-3.30pm there are a wide range of activities on offer.
We recognise that not every child will have their chosen preference in Cycle 1 but we will do our best to make
sure that their preferences are taken into account for Cycle 2.
Equally, our Sixth Form students have started their first term with enthusiasm and energy and have been
extremely busy with educational trips to give an insight into future educational options of University and careers
and a recent, very successful Cake Sale to raise money for the 'Women of Wandsworth' group.
Thank you again for your patience regarding our IT systems; all parents should now have received notification
from us with regard to your Wisepay accounts. Please do ensure that you log in to your account for your child
as we will be backdating charges accrued from this last term.
Have a restful and enjoyable half term break, we look forward to welcoming you all back for the Autumn 2
term.
Ms Edis
Principal
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Volume 7 Issue 3
Friday 19th October 2018
A new issue every fortnight on Bolingbroke Post!
Highlights from this Edition...Full story inside!
Fireworks in South London
DON’T MISS IT!
Elephant Access
Friday Enrichment
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING DATES:
Friday 23rd November—Occasional Day Monday 26th November– Ark Network Day
Tuesday 27th November—Academy INSET Day
GOOD LUCK TO YEAR 11/13 FOR THE MOCK EXAMS REVISIONS THROUGHOUT HALF TERM AND LONG WEEKEND
Open Day & Open Evening
Annual Poetry Competition
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Friday afternoon saw our first Week B Enrichment session. Pupils took part in a huge range of
activities designed and delivered by our staff. These ranged from running to set design, coding to
street dance! It was a pleasure to see all of our pupils so engaged and trying something new. We
would also like to say well done to our year 12 and 13s for supporting in the enrichment
sessions and using this time to build relationships with the lower school. It has been a great start
to the enrichment cycle this term and we are looking forward to seeing our pupils develop and
refine their skills in new areas.
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It has been a very close and hard fought half term in the run up to the House Spirit Day. The year 7 Oddono's ice cream competition being won by Victor Guihaire (making him the second highest house point earner in the winning house, behind Darcey Hanson by only one point) and Ms Gelder's year 8's contributing the most house points per pupil of any Civitas so far this half term (closely followed by Mr Savile's group). All this has meant, that I can announce this half terms winner as ... Klein house! and as such they were rewarded with a non-uniform day and a special pudding on Thursday 18th October. Below are the house point totals this half term and when you consider there is around 170 pupils per house, there is only a few house points per pupil in the race at the moment, so all is still to play for!
Despite this being a fierce team rivalry, there are also some star names to shout out and congratulate. Below are the top ten pupils across the school in each year group this half term.
Year 8:
HANSON, Darcey
RAYNSFORD, Acacia
ROONEY, Sophie
LULE, Hudah
HARPER, Emiy
DURMAN, Zoe
DAVIES, Phoebe
CHALKLEY, Daisy
MICHEL-FINCH, Eliza
BURROWS, Chloe
Year 9:
CHIPPERFIELD, Barnaby
KERGALL, Capucine
GRIMSEY, Zoe
GRIMSEY, Bella
CHRISTOPHILOPOULOU, Leda
ACKENHOFF, Lily
SAI, Evelyn
DE COULON, Julie
PARKER, Lucy
BARTOLOME, Jaya
Year 7:
Guihaire, Victor
Padmore, Frank
Mills, Honor
Pusey, Maleeque
BARABINO, Pooja
Hayes, Benjamin David
Gilbert, Hayden
Trystram, Amelia
Sackey, Na'Ima
BRAMPTON, Amari
House Cup update & House Spirit Day
Year 10:
BUSHNAG, Suaad
HYATT, Stephen
FULLER, Chez
MILLS, Isabella
FENWICK, Eve
SCARLETT, Jamaine
PETER, Herusa
HILL-RHONE, Jadyn
PORTER-TOWNSEND, Lilly-May
BENEYAM, Kaleb
Year 11:
NEWELL, Sophie
JOHNS, Madison
BENSOUIKI, Roufaida
ARMSTRONG, Aaliyah
LLOYD, Sonny
SHYNGLE, Yandi
KAIUM, Salma
MORGAN-BARNES, Cheyane
KIRBY, Chloe
BELSTOYNEV, Konstantin
Year 13:
HAYDEN, Chris
SHEPHERD, Dill
SCUTT-THOMSON, Alexa
FARMANFARMAIAN, Ariana
SMITH, Betty
DOKIC, Alexander
ROBINEAU, Margaux
VENES, Charlie
WILSON, James
WILSON, Joseph
Year 12:
ROWLAND, Megan
TRAORE, Aishata
JOSE, Mariane
GREGOTTI, Francesco
ZEKTHI, Anna
ALI, Amal
BULHAN, Gulled
JONES, Sam
WILLIAMS, David
COLSON, Charlie
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News from Maths
Happy half term to all of our pupils! It’s been an incredibly full-on start to the academic year, with pupils
working right up to the end of assessment week on lots of new material. We’ve been particularly im-
pressed by the way Year 11 have started this all important year and wish them well in their upcoming
mock exams.
Congratulations to our new Year 7’s who have successfully completed their first half term at Bolingbroke
and also to our new Year 12 students rising to the challenge of sixth form. All Year 12 maths students are
making an amazing contribution to promoting maths within the school by helping within lessons and are
impressing with their leadership qualities – keep up the good work!
Year 11 Additional Maths
We will be running an Additional Maths group for our
Year 11 pupils on Wednesday at 4pm.
The club will offer pupils the opportunity to look at extra
maths problems to help stretch their thinking. Any pupils
that were part of the programme in Year 10 have been
invited along.
Don’t forget that your child can log into www.ttrockstars.com
to do lots of practise and build their rock star status. Our sub-
scription means that they can also download the app for their
phone or tablet.
CGP Revision Guide
With the mocks about to begin and the
students having nearly finished the GCSE
course it is time that our Year 11 students
start preparing for their GCSE exams next
summer. The Maths department have
purchased revision guides, exam practice
work books and some practice papers for
the new 9-1 system. It is essential that
students start the revision process and this
bundle is a great resource.
Packs are priced at £7.50. Parent Puzzle 2
How many integers are greater than 20 + 18 and also less than
20 x 18? Email entries with the title “Parent Puzzle 1” to
The Rugby season begun with a big victory over ARK Putney Academy. Straight from kick off there were a lot of
yards being made by strong running from Frankie Hutchon and Louis Day. After 4 tries were run in quick
succession ARK Putney had a good spell in attack. We defended with heart and passion with some thunderous
tackles being put in by Sam Clacher. In the middle phase of the game Bolingbroke’s dominance began to tell
with Yvan Digbeu making some lambasting runs and crunching tackles. This was followed up by some great
footwork and some great linebreaks being made by electric fullback Ellis Roff. The base of the ruck and scrum
was well controlled by Felix Halton who was fizzing passes around for the backs and forwards to attack.
The substitutes came on and had a tremendous impact in attack and defence with Regan Tahi and Sebastain
Flori contributing well to the team. Regan showed great pace to get himself over the line for a try. Special
mentions must go to Bolingbroke Rugby debutants: Blaine Russell and Raphael Taylor for great
performances.
Tries: Frankie Hutchon, Sam Clacher, Yvan Digbeu, Regan Tahi, Blaine Russell, Paul Kerambrun,
Ellis Roff.
U15 Football vs Ernest Bevin School
Year 9/10 Football team fought valiantly during a narrow 2-1 loss to Ernest Bevin on Wednesday. The match
was hanging in the balance, with the score being 0-0 at half time due to some solid defensive work by Day-Jon
and Jack Hedges at the back. Equally, the midfield was the battling ground for several midfield duels, with the
strength of Bolingbroke exemplified by Emir's constant work rate and Michael's swift passing. Zafir provided
needed width from his role at wing back with Skender and Fred consistently winning balls further up the pitch.
After conceding two unfortunate goals early in the second half, Bolingbroke fought back to 2-1 thanks to a coolly
taken penalty by Yvan. A solid performance by the team with many positives as the team embark on a league
campaign.
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Thursday 11th and Saturday 13th October saw us host
our eighth Open Day events and we were delighted to
welcome more prospective parents than ever before.
Following a Welcome & Introduction to Bolingbroke
presentation from Ms Edis, Principal, staff, pupils and
Sixth Form Ambassadors were on hand to guide
visitors around the facilities. Each department created
a welcome showcase for parents and children to enjoy
– from science experiments in the Science labs to
problem solving in the Maths Department, topped off
with a delicious tasting menu in the Dining Hall.
The Parents Association kindly laid on refreshments
and cakes and our thanks to everyone involved in
supporting the events.
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Careers and University Success update
Are you in year 11? Have you thought about the next steps after GCSE’s? Make sure you book an appointment
with Ms Robinson to discuss your options.
Reminders
Year 10 will be planning their work experience over this academic year and will be out on work experience from
Mon 2nd Sept – Fri 6th Sept 2019. Please keep this in mind when booking holidays for next summer 2019.
Work shadowing will take place for year 10 on Tuesday 5th February 2019.
Year 10 will be sitting the Morrisby Careers assessment in January – cost is £26.
Year 12 University planning
Preparation has already started to focus the minds of our
year 12 students, especially those that have their sights on
Oxbridge, Medicine or Vet Science. 20 students visited King’s
College London last night to launch the Elephant Access pro-
ject which forms part of our programme to ensure that stu-
dents get to the university they most deserve regardless of
their background.
The students had the opportunity to learn about the path to
university and join other students from other schools to
learn about university life, what it takes to get in, how to
choose subjects and the things they will need to do between
now and complet-
ing Sixth Form to
stand a good chance of receiving an offer at a top university. They met
and Oxford Admissions tutor and 2 current Oxford students along with
having the opportunity to question to current King’s College London
students.
There will be a number of events, tutorials and holiday schools through-
out the year to help prepare our students for the application and inter-
view process.
Please make sure your child has access to Show My Homework as most
activities will be advertised this way.
Year 12 students must make sure they have started taking part in extra-
curricular activities this year in order to ensure they can show their pas-
sion for learning and their subject in their UCAS applications. One vital
element of this is for students with Medicine and Vet Science aspirations
to have gained relevant work experience.
Speak to Ms Robinson for support and look out for the opportunities
on offer. Congratulations to Yahya Miah who has already won himself a
place on the Sutton Trust’s Pathway to Law programme with
Roehampton University and the LSE.
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NEWS FROM OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY
Work Experience for all year 12 students will be
Wednesday 17th July – Friday 19th July 2019
Tanisha, Asantewaa, Amina and Jada at King’s College London.
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Firework displays in south London: Battersea, Dulwich,
Morden, Wimbledon and more
Photo: Battersea Park Fireworks
DULWICH: Head to Dulwich Sports Club for a family-friendly evening. We're promised more food and drink stalls than previous years. Under 10s go free, and the first 500 kids
through the door will be given a free light rope. £0-£8, book ahead, 3 November
LAMBETH: Lambeth Fireworks take place in Brockwell Park, with two separate displays. The event opens at 5pm, with the first display at 6.45pm. The later display, at 8pm, has a Time Tunnel theme, and will be accompanied by songs from the 1980s to the present
day. From £3-£6.50, book ahead, 3 November
BATTERSEA PARK: One of London's biggest firework displays takes place in Battersea
Park, with a bar, food stall and entertainment running alongside the display. Tickets on
CRYSTAL PALACE: The fireworks in Crystal Palace Park will have fewer bangs this year, for younger members of the audience, but will be followed by a light show for eve-ryone to enjoy. Food and drink vendors available on site. £4.50-£9.50, book ahead, 5
November
WIMBLEDON PARK: Fireworks takes place near the athletic track in Wimbledon Park, with a funfair and stalls in the vicinity too, as well as two different firework shows. Book
