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We have had a fantastic week in the an fn academy, and I am so proud of all u of you. Over the last few days you S have displayed your talents on stage at the Shakespeare Schools Festival, you have shown sporting prowess at the Earth to Space cycling Challenge, and you have celebrated your Year 8 achievements in school at the APA i Awards Evening. A huge well done dh id r to all of you who took part in those V events. Remember to keep up the good work and earn positive points to be in with a chance of winning a place on the positive points ice skating rewards trip! Year 9
BE POSITIVE ne n Positive and Negative Points io Ice Skating D 2nd December From now until 30th November, you must collect as many positives, and as few negative points as possible. The best 100 students will be entered Year 10 into a prize draw and 40 students will er sh e go ice skating for the afternoon. e A MASSIVE congratulations to our ‘Hamlet’ cast! l E Your attendance over this period will They performed to nearly 300 people at RADA also be taken into account! Studios in London last Monday 14th November. A superb achievement for all involved. 30 members of APA staff attended to see our talented cast stun the audience with their powerful performances. Photos and film footage of the process and performance Year 11 coming soon! Look out for displays to celebrate our lia ha u success. A big thank you to the cast and to the staff o who helped us to achieve such a wonderful result for N the Shakespeare Schools Festival. I applaud you all!
Mrs Young APA Community House Points and Competitions Messages from the Heads of Year Don’t forget to submit your designs to be in with a chance of winning our House christmas Year 7 Year 9 Year 10 card design Miss Cameron Ms Harvey Miss McMillan competition, Another great week for year 7s, It was fantastic to see so Year 10, we’ve already well done on once again having many of you getting your had some the best collective attendance awards for outstanding What a fantastic week we have fantastic and punctuality. Please be achievement in each subject- had- very low on negative mindful of your tone, time I very proud of you. points which is fantastic! entries, so make and place – I’m having a lot of Well done to all of the You really are showing your sure you keep concerned students, staff and students who have taken part maturity around the academy them coming! parents worried about how in the House competitions with so many of you being you’re interacting with each this week- don’t forget the polite and kind and behaving The deadline is other. Christmas card competition is like outstanding pillars of the 25th November! due next week! community. Those of you on This week’s star of the week is Big shout out to the year report are responding really Sufnan for the most positive 9 cast of Hamlet- I was well which shows you are points and our Pillar star is so impressed by your making the right choices. I
Jay for his enthusiasm and performance and cannot have had fantastic feedback Brunel effort in turning around his believe how professional you from loads of your teachers behaviour. Keep up the great all were- you are a real credit highlighting all the hard work work! to our year group! and commitment you are putting in. 4649 points Good luck with your exams Attendance league next week, don’t forget your 1st- NCO- 95.5% Just a reminder that if you are equipment! 2nd- MEV- 955 seen with a non-APA bag it 3rd- COL- 93.8% will be an immediate defiance 4th- KTO- 93.4% point.
Points league Have a fantastic weekend,
1st- NCO 113 points I look forward to seeing you on McQueen 2nd- COL 99 points Monday morning, 3rd- KTO 82 points 4th- MEV 75 Miss McMillan 4983 points
Have a great weekend,
studies both in and outside of the classroom last year. It was also fantastic to see a Year 8 number of you supporting and Miss Bingham cheering in the audience. Rowling Star of the week – Vriddhi Singh Mock exams begin soon, so – fantastic performance in Hamlet make sure you have a revision (along with the rest of the cast) and timetable in place and that you 5029 points consistently been a model student stick to it! across all lessons. Work Hard
Pillar – Tia Josiah – effort in Maths Star of the week: lessons. Year 11 Nouhaila for loads of positive Miss Lake points Huge congratulations to all of the Turing Hamlet cast, you were amazing on Well done to all our stage and a real credit to APA. Well award winners in year 11. done to all students who received The evening was a great awards at our awards evening last opportunity for everyone 4360 points night for your achievements last to share in the hard work year. and effort you put in to your APA Curriculum and Achievement Prize Giving Languages trip to Sixth Form Attendance The French Institute Last Friday 30 students from Years 12 and 13 were taken on a rewards trip to ‘Clip and Climb Chelsea.’ The Academy expectation for attendance is 96%, to be in with a chance of winning a place on a trip make sure you’re in school as much as possible!
Some students were lucky to go to the French Institute as part of the IntoFilm festival and watch a French film. Year 7 went to see Zarafa and Y8 and 9 went to see Les Malheurs de Sophie. This was also a way for the department to reward students who demonstrate our pillars every day in French lessons.
If you are interested, the festival is running a Review Writing Competition. Come and get the form from Miss Sinot and get your review sent by the 9th of December for a chance to win some amazing prizes.
Space to Earth Challenge at The Hurlingham Academy On Tuesday 26 APA students travelled to The Hurlingham Academy to take part in the space to earth challenge; to see if they could cycle the distance from earth to space.
Read more about it in the PE department section! APA Community Big Up Box
“Big Up to the canteen staff. Your roast dinners are amazing, especially the potatoes!” Nicky
“Big up Mr Mac for always wearing odd socks.” Anon
“Big up Mr Duffy for ‘loving socks’ and ‘emo rabbit’” From Abu
“Big up Taig for being so smiley all the time.” Anon
“Big up Mr Sheehan for putting up with Kenny’s rubbish” Anon
“Big up Zoshea for being a kind, caring friend” Anon
“Big up to Kenny for being a good friend!” Anon
“Big up Josh for helping out on reception” Anon
“Big up Mr Cameron for being an excellent drum teacher.” Tyshondre
“Big up Miss Carter for being the best ever” Abu
“Big up Tylar for being beautiful and amazing.” Anon
“Big up Daisy for being weird xx” From Robyn APA Physical Education department
Football Tournament On Monday, our year 9 football team took part in the Wandsworth Schools’ 6‐a‐side tournament. Our A team drew one game and lost two, in a very competitive group. The A team fought valiantly against a strong Ashcroft team but were on the wrong side of a 1‐0 scoreline. In the next game we had the majority of the chances against Bolingbroke but couldn't find the finishing touch. The score finished 0‐0. In our last game we lost 2‐0 to Harris Battersea who went on to win the A team competition.
Our B team won all four of their matches, destroying all the other B teams in the tournament. The results were as follows: Game 1: Southfields B – 1 v 3 Ark Putney B Game 2: Southfields C – 1 v 2 Ark Putney B Game 3: Ark Putney B – 1 v 0 Ashcroft B Game 4: Ernest Bevin B – 1 v 2 Ark Putney B
Well done to all involved. Mr Evans
Space to Earth Challenge at The Hurlingham Academy On Tuesday 26 APA students travelled to The Hurlingham Academy to take part in the space to earth challenge. It was a fun event with pupils attempting to match the distance from Earth to the International Space station (400km) In 20 minutes of cycling and running our students managed to travel 220km which is over half the distance. Well done to all those who took up the challenge.
Year 7 boys vs The Harefield Academy Our year 7 boys’ football team played against The Harefield Academy in a cup game at Barn Elms Sports Centre on Wednesday. Unfortunately their unbeaten run came to an end against a very strong and skilful team. It was a great test of character for the team and they will hopefully bounce back from their loss and grow stronger and more determined as a team. An amazing effort from the boys, who have attended training regularly and are always up for a challenge. Man of the match goes to Dominic Smart for his positive attitude throughout the game.
Wandsworth U14s Basketball Competition Wednesday evening saw the 2nd round of the Wandsworth basketball tournament for boys in year 7 to 9. This time the tournament was held at our school venue. The organisers were impressed by the quality of our new sports hall and the level of competition that was on display. After the two rounds of fixtures the final results were as follows: Ashcroft beat Ark Putney 8‐3 in the semi final Graveney beat Southfields 11‐10 in the semi Final Harris Academy beat Bollingbroke in the 5th/6th Play‐Off St Cecilia's ‐ 7th
Therefore the two teams going through to the Wandsworth finals on Monday 12th December will be Graveney v Ashcroft. Well done to all the boys who have been regularly attending training and competing on Wednesday. Next week we will also host the girls’ U14 competition. Let’s go APA!
Sky Sports Living for Sport Group Our APA Sky Sports Living for Sport Group had a full day project visit from their athlete mentor 2 time Olympian Kate Haywood on Friday 18th November. Look out for pictures and how it went in next week's newsletter. PE Pillar Students of the week and sport pillar award winners Effort ‐ Rhys Powers Commitment ‐ Kenny Sanchez Community ‐ Muhammed Danso Independence ‐ Amiya Williams Teamwork ‐ Tyrese Fearon Enthusiasm ‐ Andria Kamil
Jack Petchey award winners Sports personality award winners Nicol Ramos Nardello KS3 ‐ Joseph Ifayomi Joseph Ifayomi KS4 ‐ O'Shane Stewart Sinead Brown Xavier Bailey Achievement outside of school winner Lali Mohammed Zac Chelli (boxing)
Football fixtures and upcoming events
Wednesday 30th November: Wandsworth School Games Badminton Competition KS4 boys (if interested see Mr Sheehan).
Extra‐Curricular Clubs
It has been great seeing so many of you at our PE extra‐curricular clubs. Keep it up and we look forward to seeing even more of you attending clubs next week. Don't forget we now have ballet and Rugby for KS3 on Mondays.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Rowing Club Rowing Club Rowing Club Rowing Club Rowing Club Lunchtime 1.15pm – Badminton Girl’s only Basketball Football House 1.45pm (sports hall) sports club (Sports hall) (sports hall) Competitions (Must have (sports hall) (TBA) trainers) After School KS3 Rugby Yr7 boys Boxing/fitness Yr9 football Sixth form 3.30pm – (astro) football (activity (astro) sports 4.30pm (astro) studio) (Must be in Basketball Basketball PE kit) Academy Table tennis Girls football Academy (sports hall) (activity studio) (astro) (sports hall)
Ballet Yr8 football (activity (astro) studio)