Starting a new school may seem scary at first but af-ter some time you will get used to it.
Everyone has that nervous feeling when they walk into school that day. It is totally normal.. Nev-er the less, you should always try to present your self in the best way because first impressions al-ways count. Try to be positive and nev-
er feel that you don’t belong.
After some time, you will know your way around the school and it won’t be something to worry your head about.
This what Paige felt on her first day of AJK, ‘I felt nervous and scared because I was not sure if I could make friends’ but she did make friends in the end.
Make sure you try your best and you will always exceed in your learning. Al-ways remember to (even when you feel down) to put a smile on your face—it will make you feel better.
By Saniye Abus
Starting a New School
Starting a New School
ARK Schools
This is the front entrance of an amazing , educational school;
When having gerbils
you don’t need a lot of
time like you do with a
dog. However, a suita-
ble amount of time
would be 20-30
minutes a day maybe 1
hour every week. How-
ever, you can spend as
much time as you want
as they are loveable
and fun small pets.
You need to be a car-
ing person as they are
very fragile and need
care when handling
them.
When getting gerbils
you should always buy
2, this is because they
grow up in packs and
like to have company.
However, if unfortu-
nately one passes
away you shouldn't
get another one. This
is because they
would get scared that
the new gerbil is in-
truding upon their
territory and they
would fight until the
death. This is the
same with introduc-
ing your gerbils to
your friends’ gerbils.
[If they have any.]
If one gerbil does die
then they are going to
need more love and
attention than before,
as very quickly they
will start to become
depressed (extreme
sadness). If however
you don’t play with
your gerbil it could
die earlier of sad-
ness.
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You will need to
get a suitable size
cage so that the
gerbils don’t feel
cooped up in a
How to deal with gerbils and what to do and what happens when
things go wrong . This will provide professional information about
gerbils.
These are my
gerbils . They
are called
Bounce and
Scratch. The
one on the
left is called
Scratch and
the other is
called
bounce .
They are 3
years old.
Their birth-
day is the
25th of No-
vember
I have had
my gerbils for
Interview time! In this interview we will ask people from AJK what kind of pet they have and what's the funniest thing they do?
What pet do you have and
what's its name?
Saniye-yr7 has a pet tor-
toise called Speedy.
What's the funniest thing it
does? Speedy attempts to
climb up the walls.
What pet do you have and
what's its name?
Connie -yr9 has a pet ham-
ster called Kiwi.
What pet do you have
and what's its name?
Rhia-yr9 has a pet ham-
ster called Charlie.
What’s the funniest thing
it does?
It sits and looks at me
until I play with it.
Half term1 2016-17
Gerbils and what they involve By paige phelan
The Golden Quill
At Ark John Keats Academy, students are provided with the op-portunity to broaden their futures with their subject lessons and their enrichment classes. The students are very lucky to be able to receive enrich-ment lessons on Wednesdays and Fri-days afternoons. Our enrichment sessions vary between activities like learning the skills of football and table tennis and learning different languages
like Spanish, French and Japanese. This article will provide you with knowledge on the kinds of enrichment opportunities we have at our school e.g;
Netball
Basketball
Chess
Badminton
Abida Alom from Poland in
Year 9 contributed her opin-
ion on enrichment by say-
ing,’ I think enrichment is a
good idea as we get to try
new things and do things we
get to find new hobbies.
One thing we can do to im-
prove our enrichment pro-
gram, would be to possibly
be able to receive our first
choices.’
Michael Gennuh-Sarpong
from Poland in year 9 also
said,’ I think the enrichment
program is a really good
idea. However, I think the
enrichment sessions could
be longer. For example,
football on a Wednesday’
Leyan Mahendran from
Kenya in year 7 said that,’
I had enrichment in my
primary school, but there
are better choices and
more activities. However,
there could also be more
options within different
topics.’
The basics on enrichment
Jasmine’s top tips
for enrichment
~ Enrichment takes place on Wednesdays from 15:00 to 16:00. It also takes place on Friday from 15:15 to 16:30
~ Remember to write your enrichment choices on the cor-rect day in your plan-ner with the place.
~ Show 100% effort in all of your enrich-ment sessions. You’re very lucky to be able to receive these enrichment sessions!
Interviews with pupils!
By Jasmine-Kathryn etonde
Enrichment At Ark John Keats!
The Golden Quill Term 1 2016-2017
Here at Ark John Keats
Academy, we provide
the children with tasks
where they can show
their life skills in order
to succeed in that task.
Recently, we introduced
a new program named
FRANKLIN SCHOLARS.
This program helps little chil-
dren, who are transitioning
from primary to secondary
soon, with their social well-
being and also helps broaden
their confidence by mentoring
them, supporting their literacy
and developing friendship
groups. This program at Ark
John Keats is totally ran by the
year 9’s here, with
someone external
who comes to train them . It
also gives them
better interaction
skills, because it
TERM 1 2016-2017
Interviewing Justice and Gamze
Viewing what they did in
those mentoring classes,
I saw that they were play-
ing a game called
‘SPLAT’. A person who
unfortunately was elimi-
nated from the game was
Gamze from Canada. So I
asked her in the mean
time, “ Why did you pick
to do this program?”
She said, “ I wanted to
help the year 3’s to pre-
pare them for their fu-
ture. I think that in or-
der for a child to suc-
ceed in the years com-
ing before them, they
need someone to men-
tor them.” I then asked
Justice,” How will this
help you in the future?”
He then said,” I think
this will help people by
p u t t i n g
‘Franklin Scholars’ in
their CV’s, so when
they are older and
want to do a specific
job to do with people,
for example children,
they would be most
likely to get chosen,
because of their past
(mentoring children
t o
ARK Schools
Franklin Scholars take AJK!
THE GOLDEN UNKEATSABLE!
*These are some of the scholars
playing games with the children.
*This is a picture of a mentor and a child
* This is a picture of a group of the
WRITTEN BY SERENA SHAUMBA NSIALA
I asked two teach-
ers what tips they
could give me. Ms
Freeman said “
Tick your planner
when you have fin-
ished, make a to do list and
to use the note pages in our
planners”. Ms Christian
said” listen and follow in-
structions”.
Written by
leyan emine
mahendran
Tip number one- Have your
planner with you at all
times. Close it (make sure
the waterproof cover is on
it) and put it in your bag.
Otherwise, the pages will
get bent.
Tip number two- Make
sure you pack your bag the
night before. Check in the
morning again and check
in your pencil case.
Tip number three- if you
have space in your pencil
case, put two of each item
in your case or bag.
Tip number four- When you
make your tie look in the
mirror. This will help you
make your tie look nice
and smart.
Tip number five- When
you have work you need
to write. You could read
over your work more than
once. You could read over
your work and change
some words to show off
what you know.
Tip number six- Make
sure your laces are tied.
Tip number seven– Com-
plete your homework at
least two nights before
it’s due.
Tip number eight– If you
have a question ask your
teacher as soon as you
think of it.
Tip number nine– Bring in
a healthy snack to keep
up tour energy.
Tip number ten- Bring in a
book you enjoy or borrow
one from the library.
Useful tips to help you
organise yourself
Quotes
The Golden Quill
Half term 1 2016-17
UNKEATSABLE
Quirky
Questions
. How many times
have you completed
an extra piece of
homework?
.How long do you
study each day?
.What is your favor-
ite subject?
.Do you enjoy
school?
. Do you put the
maximum amount
of detail into your
work/
This is John Keats. He worked
ridiculously hard to succeed. But,
in the end he did it. Remember,
never give up and always think of
the future.
If you’re here for
some jokes your in
the right place. Well
we all know that
School Publications
include the best
joker well let me
prove it. These pic-
tures and jokes
are so funny that
you better have a
spare pair of … with
you or probably
you`ll be in big trou-
ble.
So as this is a joke article obviously I'm go-
ing to include some jokes so that’s why I'm
going to include some jokes write? Here’s a
joke that probably is true and reasonable:
‘I thought I’d begin reading a poem from
Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should
I, he never reads any of mine.’ Spike Milli-
gan.
The person that got the history of
memes going was a man called
Jack Dawkins in 1976. People often
know memes as the subset of the
internet. After all it is known that
they are almost clicked over a mil-
lion times a day. No wonder they’re
so famous. A man even broke his
screen after reading one! How fun-
ny right ! No?...
BANTER!
BANTA +
Unkeatsable The golden quill
Ms. Gray’s
favorite
joke is
‘knock
knock,
who’s
there, you
know, you
know who’
from the
famous
Harry Pot-
ter.
The scoop
on my
classmate
goes to
Hasan who
for some
reason has
to mention
Cyprus in
every an-
swer.;)
BY ARDA ARSLAN
History of Memes
(Two pictures of famous memes)
Here are 3 outfit ideas for
event in the fall semester
Fashion week
Autumn/Winter 2016's top-line fash-
ion trends may be wildly different from
each other, but they're all supercharged with
one major element—creative electricity.
If you
are
more in-
to clas-
sic ele-
gant
fashion
you
could try
this new
camel
coat:
Keep warm and look nice
By Nadia
You could try
this amazing winter
look with a white
trench coat, white
pumps and top it up
with a beanie. Wear
it slightly back on
your head.
These outfits
are a classic
look made
suitable for all
kinds of peo-
ple. Now u try
and kick off
the year with
these looks.
The Golden Quill 2016 Term One
Further Information
If you want further infor-mation, go to: http://
arkjohnkeats.org/
Unkeatsable Presents: Music and Facts
The New Curriculum for Years 7, 8 and 9
Year 7
Finding Your Voice: Working and singing in groups,
learning a selection of songs as a class; graphic score
composition; baseline/getting to know each other as
musicians.
Building the basics: Treble clef pitch notation; instru-
mental/keyboard skills.
Setting the scene: Instruments of the orchestra; listen-
ing to/ identifying instruments and instrumental
families; Prokofiev; thinking about how different
timbres fit different animals using keyboards.
Performing carnival rhythm: Rhythmic notation; compos-
ing rhythms; the background of Samba music
(carnivals/favelas); working as a class and in small
groups.
Composing carnival tunes: Using pitch and rhythm nota-
tion to read notation to read and write music; com-
posing simple melodies (mainly call and response);
pentatonic music (introduction to scales); creating a
performance in small bands.
A Grand Piano
Year 8
Using the axis of awesome: Introduction to basic chords/harmony through a selec-
tion of sour chord songs-I, V, VI, I-Analysis of the harmony of some pop songs;
keyboard/singing skills-performing songs with a four chord structure.
How do film composers change the atmosphere?: Focus on major and minor
scales, including key signatures and ‘building’ scales; performing selections/
arrangements of film music as a class in a variety of keys.
Filling your composition tool box: Composing film music; focus on composition de-
vices (ostinato/drone/sequence) listening to and identifying them, as well as using
them, as well as using them to compose; introduction to composition using com-
puters (sync video clips with sound).
Writing the blues: Improvisation; chords/extended chords; 12 bar blues structure;
the context of the blues; pupils work in groups to compose a stylistic piece of the
blues music.
World tour: Gamelan, raga, ukulele; introduction to a range of world music
through performance of typical pieces, and listening and recognizing key features
of those styles (3 lessons per style).
Year 9
TBC
Members of the orchestra
playing instruments
“The family is the nucleus
of
civilization.” -Will Durant
Our current teachers for music are Ms Morris
and Charatan. If you want to go to any musical
clubs, ask one of the teachers to add you to
the register. There are both after school clubs
and lunchtime enrichment. There are also
music lessons for a wide range of instruments.
You can perform in the celebration assembly
is you really want to.
Thoughts by pupils
Arda Arslan, Year 7: “I haven’t really been to
any clubs, but if I was to refer to the music
lessons, I would say that they are really fun.”
Emilo Carchia, Year 9: “The music lessons are
really fun and great.”
Freddie Turner, Year 8: “I think that music
lessons are good as they could help you to
achieve something away from a normal office
job.”
Current Teachers, clubs and music
lessons
Latest Results Congratulations to the team on
their victory against Kingsmead! AJK-3
Kingsmead-2 Unlucky to our Year 8 boys team
on their loss to Southgate at
home this week.
AJK-2
Southgate-5
Ark John Keats Year 8 Football Team
ABOUT THE TEAM
Here at Ark John Keats we
love football. Especially our
own teams! Some of our play-
ers had a few things to say
about what they feel about
the team.
‘The football team is a great
thing to be part of as it gets
you away from normal every-
day school life. It also allows
you to take part in competi-
tive games with other schools
in our community!’
For those who aren't in the
team, it’s never too late to
try! We have football enrich-
ments which allow unseen
talents to show off their skills
and try to get into the team.
By Freddie Turner
Marcus Rashford playing for the under 21 team.
Is being part of the school
football team fun or not?
Lets find out if it is. We are
going to ask people in
school. Why is it fun? Why
do you like it?
Interviews
Mr Rowley has said,“
They have improved as a
team. They have shown real
tenacity.”
Ms Gray has said, ”I
think it is really im-
portant to have a
school football team. A
school football team
can show other schools
just how fantastic we
are at AJK.”
Football
This was last year of
them winning. The score
was 10-5!!!This was
Ayhan and Richard.
SCORES
First match 5-2
lost.
ARK Schools
Star Sports
Write your answers.
Do you like football or
not?
Why do you like foot-
ball? if not why don’t
you like it?
What team do you
like?
Lets have a guess.
Will the school football
team win the match-
es?
A Yes
B No
Year 9 Players:
Richard
Diamond
Jonald
Selcuk
Michael
Burak
Adrian
Yahye
Justice
Ayhan
Jamal
Football is not
only played
by men, Wom-
en can play
too. So don’t
feel felt out.
By Emilio
Jokes you wont resist laughing at!
Unkeatsable!!
This is why mums tells us to wear sun cream . Will you listen to her now. :p
Never lets the baby
cook or this will
happen !!
Never ask
adults these
questions.
Mr. Rowley’s joke
What is brown and sticky?
A stick
Why did the cow cross the road?
To get moovies.
By Ridwan
Knock Knock
Who is there?
Doctor
Doctor Who?
You just said it! :)
I think its
covered
By Harrison
Why did the skeleton not go to the
swimming pool?
Because he had no guts.
This is true (but
don’t do it).
By Laura Draghiciu
This magazine was brought to you by:
Laura- Jokes page and back cover
Arda- Banter
Leyan- How to keep yourself organised and front cover
Jasmine- Enrichment
Freddie- Year 8 Football
Serena- Frankin Scholars
Aidan– Music
Emilio– Year 9 football
Nadia- Clothes and fashion
Paige- Gerbils and what they involve
Saniye– Starting a new school