Preston Manor Upper School December 2017

Preston Manor Upper School December 2017 Diary Dates Monday 8 January 2018 Term begins Year 13 PPEs Tuesday 9 January 2018 GCSE Drama Intervention Day Friday 12 January 2018 Staff Inset Our Annual Awards Evening took place on Tuesday, 12th December 2017. Our guest speaker was former student Jeeves Wijesuriya who is a Trainee GP in the East End of London. The event was a great success and well attended by families of the students. Attendees were also treated to excellent dance and music performances by students from all year groups. Dr. Donald Palmer, the Chair of Governors, and the Headteacher, Ms. Beth Kobel, spoke with real emotion of how inspirational each of these students were to all in our school and local community. Thank you to Ms Welch, Associate Headteacher, and Mrs. Loreen Williams for their outstanding organisation of this event, and to all who helped ensure that the evening was so special. Art, Design and Technology: Citizenship: Computing: ICT: EAL Leaps in Language: English: Geography: History and Social Sciences: Leaps in Learning (SEN): Mathematics: Modern Foreign Languages: Performing Arts: PSHE: Physical Education: Religious Studies: Science: Key Stage 3 Jennifer Mak Zala Tanay Mahima Ramesh Diti Shah Anna Rabello Sarah Asse Hana Hadidi Yasmin Safieddine Aiyah Al-Aubaidi Dhruv Patel Mariam El Tobgy Ioan Chifor Ocean Renaud Cristina-Georgiana Bicher Khushi Parekh Mazama Rustamkhil 1

AWARDS EVENING 2017 Art, Design and Technology: Business Studies: Citizenship: Computing: ICT: EAL Leaps in Language: English and Media: Geography: Sociology: Leaps in Learning (SEN): Mathematics: Modern Foreign Languages: Performing Arts: PSHE: Physical Education: Religious Studies: Science: Art, Design and Technology: Key Stage 4 Year 12 Awards Sapna Patel Isra'a-Amira Ali Sarah Mae Abdelmagid Vargas Reevesh Shrestha Pratik Shah Faisal Azizi Zainab Bakir Daniela Berende Miles Kauwo Kenneth Mpanga Aayush Patel Samiha Hussain Mathush Wimalraj Osub Khayre Shakeel Ahmet Fatima Jeelani Zeina Jiffry Deevya Patel Business Studies and Economics: Computing: Cambridge Tech IT: English & Media: Geography: Government & Politics: Health and Social Care: History: Mathematics: Performing Arts: Psychology: Religious Studies: Sciences: Applied: Biology: Chemistry: Physics: Sociology: Rajvi Patel Jaydip Magan Abdulrahman Ibrahim Warda Diyar Amal Ali Gyli Raka Roda Negheie Abdulrahman Jalloh Nisha Moktan Bhargav Maniar Mariam Jawad Tia Cutts Ashleigh Simpson Preet Patel Bahram Keshtmand Nengimote Woripaga Sarifatul Mohammad Hasni 2

Art, Design and Technology: Business Studies and Economics: Computing: ICT: English and Media: Geography: Government and Politics: Health and Social Care: History: Mathematics: Modern Foreign Language: Performing Arts: Psychology: Religious Studies: Sciences Applied: Biology: Chemistry: Physics: Sociology: Year 13 Awards Muhammad Syariff Mohammad Hasni Saaraa Khan Kushal Chudusama Sharanya Iyer Charlotte McGovern Yazad Bajina Amani Salameh Hava Yorulmaz Setareh Moini Ravikumar Shah Parth Halai Franki Mangru Delfina Raka Sivan Hamda Arjun Falora Mahereen Nawaz Rewaj Shrestha Shreyaskar Acharya Aida Busen Head Boy: Head Girl: Year 11 Prefect Award: Jack Petchey Award: Behaviour Panel Award: Learning Mentor Award: Learning Resources Centre Award: School Council Award: Special Awards Geraldine Burke Award for Perseverance, Determination and Hard Work: Head s Award for Significant Improvement: Dr Bannister Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Life of the School: Godi Panzout Award for Good Character: Mital Award for Courage: Creative Writing Award: John Bowerman Award for Sports: Kushal Chudasama Vaishali Raghavi Zeyn Al-Sukhny Teekay Brown Morgane Lapeyre Mahdi Alziaylee Lara Hadidi Reema Mahdi Shemelle Warren Fiza Nawaz Rajvi Patel Jaiden Aaron Laida Mehmetaj Jallahldin Ghalebi Sateesh Selvaradjou 3

Sixth Form News It has been a very busy term for year 13 students who have been completing their university applications in addition to starting their second year A Level courses. It has been well worth the hard work; although the official UCAS deadline isn t until January, the majority of our students have already received offers from a range of universities including top Russell Group institutions such as UCL, King s College, Imperial, Sheffield, Southampton and Warwick. Special congratulations to the five students for making it through to the interview stage in their applications for Oxford and Cambridge. We wish them well! In preparation for Medicine interviews we ran an authentic mock interview session with Doctor Mistry, GP trainer and interviewer from Imperial, Dr Lubel, Consultant Physician at Northwick Park Hospital and ex PM student Dr Anjali Pathak. In the meantime, Year 12 students have made an excellent start in their Post-16 courses. As part of our VI Form Enrichment, we have run a number of after school Friday workshops. To give our students a head start with building skills to succeed in their future careers, we were delighted to invite the international food manufacturing company, Bakkavor, into school who ran an excellent session on creating a CV and applying for jobs. St George s Medical School also visited us and ran a Healthcare Work Experience workshop and 10 of our Year 12 students also had the chance to take part in a Clinical Skills day at St George s Medical school. Over the last year and a half, 15 of our current Year 13 students have participated in Brunel University s Urban Scholars programme, funded by Moody s. This has involved attending Saturday sessions on, for example, Critical Thinking, Networking, Public Speaking. From this scheme, Darshan Patel was successful in winning a competitive internship with Moody s at Canary Wharf and Amina Yousef gained a free place on Debate Chamber s Law Summer School. All Scholars celebrated their Graduation from the scheme this December with a Presentation event at Brunel University. Well done! It has been especially good this term to see how enthusiastically our Year 12 students have involved themselves in a wide range of Enrichment opportunities; there have been excellent contributions to our weekly VLE on-line debates and Watch & Listen discussions and a number of students have booked themselves into after school university lectures. Photo of Year 13 students attending UCL Lecture. 4

Careers The Careers Department has had an eventful autumn term! Year 11 Speakers at the 'Jobs of the Future' Conference The Careers Department has had an eventful autumn term! Our remarkable Year 11 students, Zoya, Mehaira, Zainab and Samira were invited to speak at the 'Jobs of the Future' Conference hosted by the National Careers Service. The girls received certificates and boxes of chocolates for their contribution and many congratulations from other professionals at the conference. The girls worked exceptionally hard in their Dragons Den journey. From winning the competition, completing the work experience and becoming speakers at a conference, they have really excelled and have plenty to put on their CVs. Mock Trail at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales Thanks to Tunde Okewale, the founder of the charity organisation, Urban Lawyers, our Year 12 students Aliya, Ifrah, Fatima Sara Eesha and Yana were given an experience of the British Justice system. The goal was to expose them to different careers in the judiciary system, challenge their attitudes towards the law and somehow give them an experience of that system. The students did an amazing job in their roles Student name Role Aliya Nsemoh Prosecuting counsel 1 Fatima Jeelani Ifrah Hussein Sara Faraj, Intisar Ismail Tanya Carter - Defence witness Court clerk Jury 5

Careers - cont d Year 8 Connect Physics STEM Workshop! Thanks our wonderful contacts at South East Physics Network (SEPNet), our students have been given another opportunity to participate in a STEM Workshop that runs termly! The project aims to introduce students to the variety of topics that are part of the study of Physics and encourage students to discover the links between these topics. The team deliver the following messages to students: Anyone can do physics. Physics is exciting, relevant & important; it goes beyond the classroom. Studying physics further broadens career possibilities. The first session was active, fun and informative! 15 out of 17 students said that they would come back and complete sessions 2 and 3! The workshop featured Physics Connecting Games based on the KS3 science curriculum, followed by student led Connection Challenge. The students were treated to simple eye-catching demonstrations and the latest in physics research, The Year 8 students also challenge the SEPNet team to connect two everyday objects / phenomena through physics. We have budding scientist in our mists! 6

Careers - cont d The Careers Department has a year jammed packed with events, workshops and group sessions because every child should leave school prepared for life in modern Britain! Maths Department This term eighty-four year 12 and 13 Maths A-level students took part in the Individual Senior Maths Challenge run by the UKMT. We had many success s with 14 students achieving Bronze certificates, 5 achieving Silver. A special mention goes to Reevesh Shrestha (Best in Sixth Form) and Fahd Khan both of whom achieved Gold certificates and were invited to compete in a follow on round. Preston Manor Mathematicians competed in the Regional Team Final of the UKMT Senior Team Challenge competition. They improved on their ranking last year in a very competitive heat. Finally this week we are hosting a Women in STEM event - forty-five girls from years 9-11 are taking part. Het Shah has helped to organise the speed networking event where eight women working in STEM careers are coming in to run a workshop with the students. 7

Data Collection Form 2017/18 Dear Upper School Parents Preston Manor School is moving towards engaging more with parents online so that you can access your child s academic reports as well as other additional information. Therefore it is essential that we have your correct contact details (email addresses especially). Submit your details to us by completing this form Data Collection Form 2017/18 If the link above doesn t work for you, then please copy and paste the link details (below) into your web browser: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/ e/1faipqlsebe28nbjcvxb7n3slr0smnbqq8do3-eqhdjjai65hbtkouwq/ viewform?usp=sf_link Please can you ensure that you have completed this by: Monday 8 January 2018 Thank you. Data Team Preston Manor School 8

School Council The School Council presented Ms. Samiah Shah and Ms. Manar Taqi with plants in November. These teachers won a School Council Competition for 'Best Classroom'. Students graded classrooms on their vibrancy, displays, being educationally stimulating, tidy, and for just being 'a nice place to arrive to learn in.' Well done Ms. Shah and Ms. Taqi! The School Council have been hard at work this year. They have lobbied the SLT on a number of issuess. These include; painted lines on the basketball court, improvements to toilets, a proposed a film night to raise money for a local charity, and they have asked the School to consider an increased number of 'life skills' lessons to be delivered through the PSHEE programme. They have also met with representatives from the local charity, St Luke's Hospice on ways the School and the Hospice can work together. The School Council at Preston Manor has always been a force for positive change and this year's Council are fully focused on doing just that. Year 7 Nishtha Patel 7A Kyra Walters 7O Year 8 Ahmed Ismail 8E Almaas Ismail 8E Year 9 Harshil Hirani 9A Kayia Thorpe-Peart 9M Year 10 Reem Al Shaheen 10N Khalid Abdullahi 10T Year 11 Thanusan Thanenthiran 11P Neyla Bensada 11A Year 12 Nikhil Sethi 12M Ifrah Hussein 12N Year 13 Sameer Baig 13N Het Shah 13O Associate Member Cristina-Gerogina Bircher 9P Brent Youth Parliament Rajvi Patel 13N 9

Performing Arts Once again September got off to a flying start for The Faculty of Performing Arts at Preston Manor as it was announced that the School had been awarded Roland s prestigious Champion School for Music status for a fifth year running. In September students in Year 7 enjoyed the annual Faculty of Performing Arts Afternoon during which they sang the by now legendary songs The Green Army and Bin It, watched Miss Gratton s Dance Company and an interpretation though movement of the comic book and movie character Wonder Woman. In November, Ms Stych, Preston Manor s new Head of Drama directed her first production of DNA which is also a GCSE set text. Students from years 10 and 11 showcased their acting skills in an atmospheric production based around the story of a group of teenagers who do something bad, then lie to cover the whole thing up and when they find their cover-up story unites them and brings harmony to the gang, there is little incentive to tell the truth. The play was staged on the floor of the hall to a sell-out audience who were invited to enter the crime scene via the quad garden. In December over 60 primary school students from the Junior Music Academy, alongside special guest performers from The English National Opera and The Guildhall School of Music and Drama performed 3 Themes from the Opera Aida under the musical direction of Mr Crawley. The audience, who also sang along during the open rehearsal and sharing where very impressed by the dedication and talent of these young musicians. The term ended with the Faculty of Performing Arts as a whole contributing Drama, Dance and Music to the annual Upper School Awards Ceremony. 10

SEN Department The Year 7 Pilot Nurture Group started this year in New Base with 4 students on the Autism Spectrum taught by Anthea Reid and Monique Briggs. Egg spoon Bubbles Puppets 11

HOUSE NEWS Introducing our new house captains for this year. For the first time we used an electronic voting system to vote in the captains after they had made a speech in assembly House Captain Zeyn Alsukhny 12N House Captain Mursal Ansari 12O Vice House Captain Hadil Kheirallah House Captain Kenny Mpanga 12O Vice House Captain Mohamed Balash 12N House Captain Lianne Baldeo 12S Vice House Captain Ruxshin Bajina Vice House Captain Hadi Basma 12T This year the school has voted to support the Charity, Rays of Sunshine. They specialise in granting serious ill children their wishes. This could include meeting a celebrity or becoming a fireman, ballerina for the day or swimming with dolphins. The house captains have organised Preston Manor s first Christmas fair on Friday 15th December to start the fundraising. 12

Jack Petchey Congratulations to the winners of the Jack Petchey awards for this term. September - Tyrese Jones 10A REASON - Since he joined the school in year 7 Tyrese has helped provide exciting and dynamic dance performances for assemblies and school presentation evenings. He has been a committed member of the school dance clubs, always turning up to rehearsals on time. He has also been a big part of the One World Performances that take place every year. BOUGHT - He spent his money on a workshop for the dance students from a dance company called Blue Boy October - Mahdi Alziayleel 13P REASON - He was a committed house captain who was reliable and passionate about his post. He helped organize loads of different fundraising events last year, and helped to raise money, so that we could buy the mattresses and blankets desperately needed by Tanzanian children who attend the Nainoknoka Primary school. BOUGHT He will spend his money on a DJ and decorations for the year 13 prom. November Ocean Renaud 8S REASON She has taken on the role of a year 8 Buddy and has made a huge impact on the year 7 Students, helping them to settle into life at Preston Manor. She carries out her Buddy duties with diligence, always being punctual to the registration sessions and she encourages all the year 7 s to get involved in the activities she runs. BOUGHT -She spent her money on costumes for the year 8 dance group. 13

The Behaviour Panel News The Behaviour has had another very busy term. On the 1 st November the panel helped out at the Brent Anti-bullying launch held at the Wembley Civic Centre. Many Brent schools attended, both primary and secondary. All who attended enjoyed the opportunity to talk about how to tackle bullying in schools. Thanks goes to Janarth 8E, Wahhab 8E, Martim 9R, Omar 9E, Lara 8M and Disha 10A who attended and supported organisers at the event. The Behavoiur Panel decided to chose Ditch the Label as the theme for Preston Manor s Anti Bullying week in November to link in with the National Anti Bullying theme of All different All Equal. They produced assemblies for each year group helping the students to appreciate that we are all different but we are all important to the Preston Manor community. The panel also made a citizenship presentation that were used in the Thursday Citizenship resignation times for each tutor group and a posters designed by Archana Krishnaveni was displayed around the school to get the message across that Bullying is not acceptable at Preston Manor. ART AND DESIGN TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT It has been a very productive term for the Art and Design Technology Department. The Sixth form went to two life drawing sessions at the Wallace Collection and saw their work improve tremendously over the two days. There are year 7-9 Art classes during lunchtimes on Monday if any of you budding artist out there want to try different materials to that we use in the classroom,. The sessions are led by Mrs Rana in A102. 14

YEAR 9 ART TRIP On the 29th November 2017, the Art department took 90 pupils to The National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery. This was to help them transition from drawing figures to their upcoming portraits project. Throughout both galleries, the pupils were busy sketching away whilst admiring artwork from the likes of Edgar Degas' pastel work on dancers and Van Dyke's graphic portraits. 15

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Compass has been very busy this term, especially during these last few weeks. We held the ARPs Parents Winter Gathering on 14th December, which gave parents the chance to meet and chat about their children and school. They completed questionnaires and discussed using social networking to communicate and keep in touch. This evening was also a time for some former parents and students to say thank you and farewell to Ms Reid, who will sadly be leaving us this month after 13 years of teaching at Preston Manor. All students created handmade Christmas cards to sell at the Preston Manor Christmas Fair on 15th December. The Year 11 students ran the Compass Christmas Cards and Cakes stall at the fair to fulfil their Community Project requirements for the Prince s Trust Personal Development Achieve Programme. This was a wonderful opportunity for these students to take part in raising money for the Rays of Sunshine charity and learn how to plan a project and why there is a need for them in the wider community. 19

QPR Enterprise Challenge Congratulations to Zoe, Sujata, Radwa, Yusuf and Muhammed Faraj who won the QPR Premier League enterprise challenge on the 15/12/17, we wish them all the best for the regional finals in Southampton on the 23 rd of January. Students from Preston Manor competed with schools from the North west and west London area and had to complete a project and presentation on how to increase diversity in football games across the country. 20

Ms Rhodes led the school in running a Christmas Fair to raise money for charity. Thank you to the following Departments, Teachers and Student Led Groups for ensuring the event was a great success. Compass Business Department SEN Department Geography Department LRC Student Council BBC Group Kanita Bedeau Jennie Williams Our chosen charity Rays of Sunshine will benefit from this successful event. 21

Wishing all our families a restful Christmas break and best wishes for 2018. Carlton Avenue East Wembley Middlesex HA9 8NA Tel no. 020 8385 4040 Fax: 020 8908 2607 Email: info@preston-manor.com 22