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SWANLEA NEWS Issue 67 SWANLEA BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE COLLEGE Summer 2010 LETTER FROM THE HEAD LETTER FROM THE GOVERNORS MR ULLAH, VICE-CHAIR OF GOVERNORS Dear all This gives me enormous pleasure to be able to write for Swanlea Newsletter. As many of you will know I have been always connected with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets where I live and work. My children is in Swanlea School and in October 2007 I have been elected as a parent governor. Currently I am also one of the two vice chairs of the School Governing Body. My role as a parent governor has been very rewarding. I have been able to see from close quarters the way It was with great optimism and pride that Swanlea staff a very large outstanding school works and this is not said farewell to this year’s Year 11 students at their easy. Naturally I am very proud of our children, the way leaving ceremony recently. We wish all our students they have been achieving and progressing in their lives. the very best in whatever they go on to do, and look They are well behaved and when I compare our children forward to celebrating their examination results with with children of other similar schools immediately I find them in August. our children are miles ahead. They are miles ahead in manners and also in the way they dress. They just stand As the academic year draws to a close, we continue out from others. This makes us all very content and the our efforts to celebrate the many wonderful job that we do as governors become worthwhile. accomplishments our students have achieved over the course of the year. This year’s Whole School Awards My contact with parents and carers contribute in my ceremony was truly a great celebration of students’ understanding of the aspirations they all have for their hard work, and very many thanks go to Ms Gardner for children. This is no different from what I expect from my putting together such a marvellous evening. own children. Consequently I rededicate myself for the work that I do as governor for Swanlea School. The school’s international links continue to grow, and we were delighted to welcome some Headteachers SALIM ULLAH from Bangladesh to our school this term (above). parent GOVERNOR Ms Williams has coordinated a number of valuable projects with our link schools, and you can read more about the international banner project within this edition of Swanlea News. Swanlea School Business & Enterprise College The official opening celebration of the new Music 31 Brady Street Department was a particular highlight of this term. Ms Whitechapel Brownlee has created what has only been imagined before, and I look forward to future performances with London great anticipation. E1 5DJ With very best wishes for a restful Summer break to all students, parents, staff and friends of Swanlea. Tel: 020 7375 3267 Fax: 020 7375 3567 Email:[email protected] Web: www.swanlea.towerhamlets.sch.uk Editor: Eimear Daly 2 AMAZING SPACE: STUDENTS HIT THE HIGH NOTE Swanlea was treated to a us all with their brilliant and musical extravaganza on the accomplished performance of “Hot official opening ceremony for Chilli”. the new Music Department on 14th June. Students performed It was a wonderful day, and the a wonderful piece in the brand students had much to be proud of. new amphitheatre, composed Sincere thanks and congratulations and arranged in collaboration go to Ms Brownlee, Head of Music, with members of the Royal for this most magnificent launch Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO). of the Music Department. We all Students attended a special look forward to the many more workshop with the professional performances to come. musicians from the RPO over MS DALY the weekend and spent the time MEDIA OFFICER writing music and rehearsing for the opening concert with them. The lucky guests – students, staff, Governors and special friends of the school, were stunned by the quality of the music being performed. The audience were further delighted by the fantastic fanfare performed by the brass ensemble to welcome guests to the new music facility. The music treats were not yet over – after Ms Brownlee’s speech, suddenly a troupe of expert flutists appeared as if from nowhere and surprised 3 GREAT BALLS OF BOCCIA! After a year of practising their The team took on five other closest to the jack. The Swanlea Boccia skills and some rather boroughs, including Ealing, P Level students tried their very tough training in Mall every Croydon and Hackney. The P best, surrounding the jack with Tueday, the P Level class Level team remained undefeated, all 6 of their Boccia balls. It came were finally ready to face the winning four and drawing one down to the last ball. The umpire competition at the London Youth game. This was enough to qualify has to make a difficult decision Games. On May 24th the P level for the quarter finals, the furthest to determine who would win the class represented Tower Hamlets the P Level team from Swanlea London Youth Games. We came in an all day Boccia tournament. had ever made it before. 2nd by 1cm and are extremely Five of Swanlea’s finest athletes excited by the result. We were made up the team; Foridha Yasmin The P level team were feeling each presented with a silver and Rizwan Miah of Year 7, Absar confident after winning the semi- medal. We are very proud of our Miah Year 8, Kamrul Islam and finals without a hitch. The final efforts and are aiming to win gold Shofiqur Rahman of Year 9. was a very tense game with both next year! teams scoring point for point. It It was an early start for the eager all came down to the last game MS ORCHARD competitors who took the school with Tower Hamlets in front by P LEVEL TEACHER mini bus all the way to West Way one ball, until a strategic throw Sports Centre in Hammersmith. from our competitors placed them 4 swanlea parents have it all sewn up In May, some parents from embroidery Swanlea began a 10 week skills to create embroidery course run by Eden attractive Soloman from The Parental patterns onto Engagement Team; Eden had cotton bags previously run the successful which will be Crotchet Course last year. sold as part of a business The Embroidery Course proved venture. to be extremely popular and We hope our parents learnt a number to expand of different stitches and have the range of produced an embroidered panel embroidered which will be displayed in the products, and school. Due to the popularity of orders are more the course, there was a wish for than welcome! the club to be continued. Ever vigilant to the wishes of parents, The club is open to all to we are delighted to announce learn embroidery skills, but please that the club is continuing every feel free to come into the library The quality of the needlework of the Wednesday morning in the school when the club is running or pop bags is superb, but most importantly library! Standards are very high, into my office when you have time our parents have gained a very and the skills those within the and view their work and give me productive and enjoyable new skill. club have acquired are admirable. your orders. MS CHOWDHURY Members are now using their new Parental ENGAGEMENT Coordinator 5 FLASH FORWARD TO FUTURE SUCCESS! In a bid to raise the motivation and aspirations of a select number of students in Year 10, Ms Pritchard & Ms Khatun enlisted the help of young social entrepreneur, Mr Lodhia, who has recently set up his own company, The Small Business Consultancy. The Small Business Consultancy works with groups of people typlically thought of as hard-to-reach, and works to try to help inspire them to become more successful, increase their confidence, and learn to thrive. 20 students worked for 5 weeks with Mr Lodhia and his team to The five week programme young students’ perspectives and develop their vision of where culminated with a visit to Cass mindset. We hope that they now they want to be in life. The Business School on Monday 17th have a clearer view of what they students have learnt skills which May, where Mr Lodhia, alumni of want to achieve in life and feel have helped them adjust their the university, has just launched they are now better equiped with perspectives and adopt a more a scholarship fund. Students the tools to accomplish what they positive ‘can do’ attitude. The had the opportunity to speak want. programme has been brilliant to staff and students and have and we are all encouraged by the a tour of the building. The trip Ms Pritchard progress students have made. contributed to helping change the Business & Enterprise Coordinator 6 The Young Chamber is a Business Enterprise supported by the London Chamber of Commerce. The Pen Hut stocks a large It includes range of stationary students from & equipment for Years 7, 8 & school. 9 and a few sixth formers. The club is The chamber is a held every collection of 240 schools Wednesday across the country that lunch time . help to develop enterprise The Pen Hut also stocks activities in schools. books and was recently lucky The Pen Hut is the idea enough to host a book launch & of the Young Chamber signing. Business club . Mr Berk’s book - “School Work: one day in the life of an The sales in the outstanding secondary school” Pen Hut has was unveiled this June to great been £220 in 15 success.