December 2017

Frederick Bremer News

December 2017

We are now at the end of another successful term at Frederick Bremer School. As you will see from this bumper edition, it has been an incredibly busy term with a huge number of amazing events. Our pupils are living the school vision every day, and we can see them striving to ‘be the best you can be’. We know as a school that we are ambitious to ensure that this vision becomes a reality, and that we become an outstanding provider of community education. Our visitors to the school speak highly of their experiences here, and how courteous and interesting our pupils are. In a recent Challenge Partners visit, our review team stated that it was clear that the school was on an ambitious journey of school improvement and the vision and values of the school were deeply embedded. This is also mirrored in our school results, with achievement and progress above national average and we believe that this is continuing to improve. As a result of recent visits, we have consolidated all of the information about how the school works onto one page and you can see this on our school website and in this newsletter. Well done to all pupils for all of their hard work in recent exams, and Year 11 in particular are working very hard in preparation for their final exams. Pupils need to make sure that they get a good rest and relax over the holiday, and come back to school ready to continue with their hard work. Great things come from perseverance and commitment, so they need to be ready for the next learning challenge in January. When we return from the break, I will be talking to pupils in assembly about how we model our values. In particular, we will be reflecting on the quote from Michelle Obama who stated ‘when they go low, we go high’. In the light of the hostile political environment, and the pressures on our communities at the moment, it is imperative that we all ensure that we strive ‘to be the best we can be’ and do not let others lower our standards. It is also important that we spend time at this time of year reflecting on those less fortunate than us. There are too many in our community who will struggle for shelter, food or warmth at this time of year or whom will be on their own. As a community, we support those in need, so it was heartening to see so much being donated to food banks and money being raised to help London children at the end of this term. I hope you all have a wonderful break, and I look forward to seeing you all in 2018. Goodbyes – Sadly we will be saying goodbye to the following members of staff at the end of this term. We thank them for their hard work and wish them all the best of luck for their futures. Antony Frate (Science Teacher), Pallabi Sengupta (Maths Teacher) and Mehjabeen Mohammed (Teaching Assistant) Ms Smith

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk A Guide to Frederick Bremer– on a page

We are  an 11-16 Community School for 900 pupils in Walthamstow London

We believe  ‘Everyone should be the very best you can be’

 in our values of Respect, Responsibility and Integrity

 that every child matters

 learning should be interesting, relevant and fun We organise our curriculum so that every pupil  is in mixed ability classes across the school, with the exception of Maths and Science (at KS4 only)

 experiences a broad and balanced curriculum built around EBacc subjects and enhanced by the Creativity curriculum

 has the opportunity to study a rigorous GCSE curriculum of up to 10 GCSEs

We innovate our curriculum by offering  a two year Key Stage 3 curriculum in Years 7 and 8

 all pupils the opportunity to study and own a classical instrument (Violin, Viola or Flute in Y7and Y8) as part of the MiSST programme

 project based Creativity Curriculum in Y7 and 8 which focuses on the explicit teaching of creative learning skills alongside Philosophy for Children in Y7

 an exciting bridging curriculum in Y9, with the skills of GCSE being explicitly taught in the Ebacc subjects and an We believe every pupil is a mainstream pupil  so we make sure every member of staff understands pupils learning needs

 we have a highly specialist SEN team to support pupils within the Autistic Provision, and with other SEND needs, in lessons

 we ensure that our building and our classrooms are fully inclusive to all

We ensure every pupil is challenged to succeed in lessons by  making sure every lesson makes use of data to plan for pupils needs

 ensuring that teachers have seating plans showing how they are catering for pupils We use powerful use of data to track progress by  using KS2 data to set flightpaths for potential pupil progress based on 4 levels of progress for most pupils and continually review pupils’ progress against these measures

We use feedback as a tool to support learning so you will see  in books, lots of peer and self-assessment

 in books, pupils responding to this feedback and making improvements

 in books, teachers mark diagnostically selected pieces (they do not mark everything in books) Celebrating 5 years with Simmons and Simmons On Wednesday 13th December, pupils, ex-pupils and staff gathered with colleagues from Simmons & Simmons to celebrate 5 years of working together on the Young Talent programme. 74 pupils from Frederick Bremer School have now participated in the 4 year mentoring programme with Simmons & Simmons, and the 1st cohort are now in their final year of their degrees at University. Simmons & Simmons are a top international legal firm, and every year they support 12 pupils who are chosen for the Young Talent programme. This involves our pupils spending time over the 4 years shadowing within the company and receiving specialist advice and support on work skills, careers advice and UCAS applications. Our pupils also receive mentoring from Simmons & Simmons staff. It was wonderful to see so many ex pupils, and participants from all 6 cohorts. Rebecca Rumble and Stanley Soulsby both spoke about the difference the scheme made to them, and they are both now in their third year at University. Stanley is studying Chemical Engineering at Bath and Rebecca is studying Psychology at Kent. They were the first pupils to receive a bursary from Simmons & Simmons for £5000 per year to support them at University. We now have 6 ex pupils at University, supported with the bursary. All participants spoke really highly of the programme, and how the support helped them make informed choices about future careers. As Dilan said ‘the programme helped me realise that someone like me can succeed in a business like this’. You can see more about their experiences here https://simmons- simmons.wistia.com/medias/p8z9tacw77

The application process for cohort 7 for Year 10 pupils will open next term. It is always very competitive, and pupils will have to submit a formal application and be interviewed by partners from Simmons & Simmons. It is great opportunity for anyone who may seeking a career in any aspect of the corporate sector in the future. Go for it! Ms Smith

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk TfL STARS We are so pleased to receive our bronze accreditation through the TFL STARS (Sustainable Travel: Active, Responsible, Safe) accreditation scheme. STARS inspires young Londoners to travel to school sustainably, actively, responsibly and safely by championing walking, scooting and cycling. STARS supports pupils' wellbeing, helps to reduce congestion at the school gates and improve road safety and air quality. During the last 12 months a number of our pupils have completed Cycle Safety Training which has better equipped them for cycling to and from school safely and confidently. Bethan and Freddie in Year 8 went to collect the award and participate in an exciting day of workshops to start the development of our travel plans. There were inspirational presentations from silver and gold schools, which have given us some great ideas on how we can enhance road safety outside the school and beyond. Table Tennis Equipment We were delighted to receive two weather-resistant table tennis tables from Jack Petchey Foundation and Table Tennis England. These tables provide a safe and fun environment for our pupils and look great in our playground. The school is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our pupils and staff and these awards are a great step in the right direction.

Healthy Streets School Travel Awards 2017 Before the summer our Finance Manager, Sue Hall, applied for the Active Travel Design award being provided by Waltham Forest Council. We were so delighted upon hearing that we had won this award, which will provide £5,000 worth of cycle equipment to the school. We went to the Town Hall with Rafe, who also won an award for designing a bike hangar wrap, to collect our award from Councillor Loakes.

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk Student Leadership News We have had a busy term with over two hundred students being successfully appointed to one of our many fantastic student leadership opportunities Prefects; Bremer Student Parliament; Sports Leaders and Peer mentors. This is in addition to our LGBTQ Pride Society; Youth Health Champions and Duke of Edinburgh Award.

Bremer’s new Student Parliament We are very proud of our new Student Parliament, which opened with its first meeting on Wednesday 24th November. Our Members of Parliament have already written a strategic plan for the year ahead where they have focused on three areas of school development they would like to work on:

 Developing our schools rewards system  Creating opportunities for students to feedback to teachers about their learning experience  Developing the range of clubs and extra- curricular activities on offer All Members of Parliament went through a competitive application process and attended a two hour training session after school.

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk Student Represents LGBTQ Equality in Parliament As a school we are very proud of our inclusive values. We work closely with LGBTQ charities to ensure we promote the LGBTQ equality across the school and to promote our zero tolerance policy on homophobic and transphobic bullying (and all buying). As part of this commitment some of our teachers have been working with Stonewall to plan a new LGBTQ inclusive Relationship and Sex curriculum. As part of this collaboration, Stonewall invited our Senior Assistant Headteacher Ms Phillips and a student to represent them at an important consultation event in Parliament to discuss the future of Relationship and Sex Education in the UK. Our student was chosen as our school representative for her commitment to LGBTQ equality and our school values and her excellent attitude to learning. The Year 9 student prepared a speech which she articulately and confidently delivered to politicians, the press and CEOs of leading educational and health organisations. The student had her photo taken with Justine Greening, The Secretary of State for Education and with other young people at the event. We are all very proud of her and Stonewall thanked her excellent contribution, shaping the future of LGBTQ inclusive education. LGBT Society The LGBT Society promotes a safe place for students to join and participate in the creation of LGBT+ events across the school, campaigns and aims to develop Frederick Bremer as a champion school of diversity, equality, and inclusion. We meet once a week at lunch times as well as for other workshops and events around the school.

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk Parents’ & Carers’ Workshop Tackling homophobic, biphobic and 55% of lesbian, transphobic bullying in our school gay or bisexual students in the UK THURSDAY 11TH JANUARY 2018 experience 6.00-7.30pm bullying at school

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99% of lesbian, gay and bisexual students hear homophobic language like the phrase ‘that’s so

You are invited to join us at Frederick Bremer School for a discussion gay’ at school on the importance of tackling bullying based in sexuality and gender identity at our school. As valued members of our school community, we feel it is important to share with you the work we are doing with ──── the charity Diversity Role Models. We’d like to open up a discussion about how you can best support the young person in your care. 75% of In the session we will cover: transgender  The moral importance of eliminating bullying students  Our legal and OFSTED obligations experience  How this work aligns with our policies, ethos and values derogatory name  How you can support us and your child in the work we are doing  Q&A on any aspect of the work calling

Please let Ms Phillips know if you can attend by emailing [email protected]

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk Student Prefects Our school is delighted to now have eighty four prefects from Year 8 to Year 11 who support the Senior Leadership Team in creating a positive and calm environment at lunch time. Our Student Prefects have new responsibilities, such as managing our study rooms and games room. The recruitment process was highly competitive with 134 applications. This shows how committed our students are to our school values and how keen they are to take up leadership positions. All of our prefects attended a two hour training session before starting their prefect post. This year we have introduced a prefect mentor-buddy programme whereby Year 8 and Year 9 prefects are trained and nurtured by a KS4 prefect.

Peer Mentoring “During my involvement with the Peer Mentoring scheme I have been continually impressed with the enthusiasm, commitment and responsibility of our Year 9 and 10 mentor pupils, who have gone from strength to strength as they have succeeded at each stage of recruitment (a written application, interview and training session). I have no doubt that as the scheme progresses, they will continue to be excellent role models and set an example to their mentees and the younger year groups in general.”

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk Introducing the Youth Health Champions ‘We, the Youth Health Champions, are currently promoting the importance of emotional wellbeing and resilience in school. Our role in school is to act as role models and peer mentors for healthy lifestyles, giving guidance to the school community. Through our training we have learnt how to work as a team, lead a workshop or presentation, and be approachable to have non-judgemental guidance conversations. In the past 3 weeks, we have been exploring what resilience means, what those behaviours look like and how we can become more resilient. We gave a series of assemblies to all year groups, a presentation to the staff body, and resilience workshops to KS4 form groups, including a self-reflection questionnaire to students and teachers.’ Ms Frogley

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk Jack Petchey Speak out Challenge In September, 30 year 10 pupils were nominated by their English teachers to take part in the Jack Petchey Speak Out! Workshop, which was very successful – after learning skills of presentation, delivery, content and structure, by the end of the day, all students had prepared a speech to compete against each other to represent the school at the Assembly stage. 6 pupils – Soham, Seher, Sasha, Emilia and Penny competed in the year 10 assembly. Emilia was voted our Regional Final representative with a speech on ‘Perspective’, and Penny our runner up with a speech on ‘Communication’ by a panel of 4 judges. On 22nd November Emilia competed at the Regional final at Lammas school, and did an amazing job against very tough competition. 15 Bremer students came along to support her, and represented the values of our school community impeccably. Well done to all who took part – our students showed great maturity, leadership and support for one another during this process! Thanks to Jack Petchey and the Speakers’ Trust for all the work that they do.

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk Congratulations to Zachary in year 7 for winning the Seasonal Greetings card competition for such a simple and effective snowman cut out design. Also congratulations go to the second prize winner Henry in 7F for spending hours setting up the amazing Lego Star Wars scene to produce his colourful card. The runners up in the competition were Umar 8F for the sparkly lettering collage, Benedict in 7F for the clever and stylish black on white design and Alice 7E for depicting snowfall on trees so well – congratulations to all three of them. The art department were very impressed with all the entries to this competition and the winners and runners up will get prizes from the art shop. Many thanks to everyone who took part.

Snow is falling all around us With the recent snowfall, at Frederick Bremer we have added our snow procedures on to our website. Please make sure you are familiar with the procedures in case there is any further snow during the winter months. Our snow procedures page can be found here.

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk Challenge Partners review 2017 Frederick Bremer had their annual school external review in October. The purpose of the review was to look at our key areas of strengths and our school priorities in ensuring we move to the next stage of our development. This involved lesson visits, meetings with pupils and a range of members of staff within the school. The review team acknowledged ‘There is high quality of good and outstanding teaching and learning everywhere’ Our key areas of Quality of teaching and learning and Outcomes for pupils has been reviewed as Good across the school with our school improvement strategies as Good with outstanding features. This is a credit to all the staff, pupils and support from our parents in the local community.

Well done. Mrs J. Kaltak Deputy Headteacher

KS3 Christmas Party The annual Key Stage 3 Christmas Party took place on Tuesday 19th December, organised by a select group of Year 9 pupils, who did a fantastic job! The group planned the party including fundraising, tickets, food, decorations and music, with some guidance from their Head of Year, Mr Anastasi, who is very proud of them. The party was sold out and attended by all Key Stage 3 year groups – what a fabulous event!

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Eat or Heat This year our chosen charity for the Christmas period was Eat or Heat. Food was donated by staff and pupils. We would like to thank everyone who donated to this local cause. Gary the Chair of Eat or Heat said “you have all been so generous with your donations. You have helped us make a difference in a lot of people's lives”

Christmas Jumper Day On Tuesday 19th December Frederick Bremer took part in the Christmas Jumper Day. As a school we raised over £240 for The Felix Project– help a hungry child. We would like to thank everyone who donated to the charity. I’m sure you will agree everyone looked like they had a wonderful time and are getting into the Christmas spirit.

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk This term ended with two exciting whole year group MiSST concerts from Year 7 and Year 8. The concerts were an opportunity for students to perform what they have been learning all term. Year 8 performed to year 5 pupils from Woodside Primary School and Year 7 performed to parents. The concerts consisted of whole year group performances, ensembles and solos. “The enjoyment and pride on the pupils faces as they perform together and see what they have achieved over the term is absolutely lovely to see!” – Miss Gibson Miss Smith made a special debut on her violin in the Year 7 performance, showing the students that she understood the hard work and commitment it takes to learn an instrument. A massive well done to all students involved for their efforts. The quality improves year on year. Also, a thank you to the Creative Curriculum Team for their help on the day. “The Year 7 MiSST concert was a credit to all students and staff involved and it was evident that a huge amount of effort had gone in both in the rehearsals and since the beginning of term. I was impressed by both the obvious progress students had made in their instruments since September, as well as the conduct of Year 7 throughout the performance.” – Miss Kenny, Head of Year 7. “Once again another fantastic MiSST concert by our wonderful, talented pupils. I am always impressed at the quality of performances especially pupils who have only started playing since September” – Miss Kaltak “What a fantastic concert! It's so great that everyone in Year 7 gets to learn a musical instrument for free, and it was inspiring and emotional to hear them all playing together. Congratulations to all students and staff for working so hard. Well done to Ms Smith for taking Year 8's challenge to learn the violin and for playing it in front of everyone!” - Dr Janet Hoskin (parent)

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk Year 9 Music Bridging Curriculum The Year 9 Music Tech group and Year 9 GCSE preparation group combined assessments this term to produce live recordings. The Music Tech group have been learning how to set up studio equipment and record and had their first live recording session of the year 9 GCSE Music students’ solo performances. This was a great opportunity for all students to work together in a more vocational setting of what they would be doing in the future as musicians. “Music technology has been very fun. Every lesson we get to use a software called Logic Pro and make music. We even got to record live”. – Baaba This is the first year we have run music technology as an option and students have been developing their programming skills on Logic, an understanding of technology including studio equipment and composition. “Music technology is enjoyable due to the fact that we get to learn new skills that we haven’t learnt before. I have discovered a new aspect of music”. –Timothee Miss Buckley and Mr Bullen

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk Year 10 GCSE Solo Performance Concert On Wednesday 13th December, the Year 10 GCSE Music students performed solo pieces as part of their GCSE music exam. The standard this year was exceptional and we were so proud of all the hard work and effort which went in to producing their performances.

Year 8 Creative Curriculum visit to Ross Wyld Care Home Students from the year 8 specialist music school visited Ross Wyld’s care home on Forest Road to sing Christmas Carols. Students sung a number of carols to the residents who listened and sung along. Carolina the Activities arranger at the Care Home said “When the students were gone our residents were really happy. The residents were really happy to listen to the kids. Some of our residents do not have any family so this kind of activity is a really amazing thing. Some of the resident’s relatives were there and they could not stop talking about the concert, really happy to hear the students singing for us. Thank you to the professional teachers. Thank you very much we really appreciate it and we hope in the New Year they can come and sing for us we are really happy to have them here”. It was a very festive afternoon and the students performed very professionally. A massive thank you to the care home for having us and also for the amazing cake they made the students! Miss Buckley

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk Diaspora Dialogue Exhibition at Winns Gallery The Art Department took nearly 80 pupils to see the Diaspora Dialogue Exhibition curated by Sharon Foster at Winns Gallery in October. The exhibition included works by 3 GCSE Art students from our class of 2017- the students work was selected and chosen for this particular show after Sharon’s visit to Bremer’s GCSE Art exhibition – one of whom (Jaunelle) was in attendance at the exhibition and was able to provide great insight into her work and techniques with our Year 7 pupils. Professional artist, Veronica Lindsay-Addy, whose work was being exhibited alongside many others, spoke in depth to our Year 11’s about her work and how race influenced her pieces. Our Year 11’s were able to see how cultural identity has influenced the artists, which has helped them to look at their own work in more depth for their final piece.

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk Women in Art Workshop – Year 9 Art visit The Year 9 art students were given the opportunity to learn more about women’s role in art by taking part in a workshop and a tour of the May Morris exhibition at the William Morris Gallery. Using May’s work as a case study, the students looked at how women artists have been marginalised historically, the feminist art campaigns of the 1970’s and issues and debates today. They were also able to study May’s work in detail by sketching from the original pieces on display in the exhibition and the students will use this as inspiration for further work.

Year 11 Exhibition at Simmons & Simmons Since September the Year 11 students have been working on a project related to Recreation and Identity. As a stimulus for this project, pupils visited the firm of Simmons & Simmons and had a bespoke tour of their artworks related to this theme. This enabled students to analyse more deeply the issues related to identity and recreation. After much additional research the students then created final pieces which they were extremely fortunate to have exhibited in the offices of Simmons & Simmons in the City of London. This was a one off opportunity for the Year 11’s and 12 of them rose to the challenge admirably, covering subjects as diverse as politics, junk food, fashion, the military and criminology. The firm also very kindly produced a professional catalogue for the exhibition and Jon Sharples, the Art Network Chair hand wrote individual letters to all 12 students referring to their work and other artists for inspiration.

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Bah Humbug! As you are aware Frederick Bremer is part of The Old Vic’s Schools Club. On the 6th of December the 29 students from year 7-10 went to The Old Vic to see Rhys Ifans in ‘A Christmas Carol’. The production was absolutely fantastic and embodied everything the theatre is about. The students were impeccably behaved and were an absolute credit to the school. After the performance a couple sitting amongst our pupils found me at the end to tell me how wonderful they thought our students were and that our student’s reactions to what was happening on stage made the performance for them. Well done to all of them! Miss Gunning

Oh No They Didn’t As another year ends, another panto is performed by our fantastic staff. All of our year groups had the chance to watch the wonderful performance of Cinderella. Staff performed a total of 4 shows over the last day of term. The panto also included a video from every department performing Big Shaq’s ‘Man’s Not Hot’. We hope the pupils enjoyed the show as much as everyone who took part.

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk Remembrance Day at Frederick Bremer

Remembrance Day was commemorated at Frederick Bremer this year with respect and reverence. The entire school stood silent at 11 am on November 10th. As the last post resonated through the silent classrooms, Frederick Bremer stood in remembrance. Both students and staff showed their kindness by supporting the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal. A special thank-you to Mohamed, Anita, Bethan and Christian for leading the assemblies for the entire week, the poems they shared and the manner they conducted themselves set the reflective and sombre tone for the assemblies. Many students also participated in the poetry competition, congratulations to Haad, Blessing, Poppy and Bethan who were the winners of the competition.

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Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk International Men’s Day On Sunday 19th November, International Men’s Day was celebrated around the world, and here at Frederick Bremer we dedicated the following week to celebrate and champion both men and boys for their achievements. The week’s celebrations were organised by Mr Abdi, Mr Akata and Mr Nelson. Together, they took the assemblies across the week with the help of three Year 10 students; Euan, Muhammed and Sahib who did an excellent job presenting to their fellow pupils. The boys epitomised the ideals we look for in young role models in presenting a series of assemblies which focused on highlighting men and boy’s health, gender equality and sexuality as well as highlighting positive role models. A group of boys from years 7, 8, 9 and 10 were also chosen to take part in two workshops. Firstly, the boys took part in a healthy cooking session where they made roasted cauliflower and pesto pasta. They showed some really impressive skills in the kitchen. The food tasted wonderful and the workshop was a great success. The second workshop was a think on your feet debate. The students discussed a range of topics that focused on issues that men and boys face in society and were encouraged to suggest ways on how we can overcome them. This sparked some meaningful debates and both the boys and teachers gained a lot from the workshop. Both groups of boys really engaged with the workshops and were a credit both to themselves and Frederick Bremer. Mr Akata

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk Black History Celebration At the beginning of term Year 7 and 8 students got to learn about the history of steel pan drums and how to play both sets of drums. They were also taught how to dance the Ska. One student said “I found it very interesting, I learned where the steel pans came from and I got to have a turn, it was very fun”. Another said “the steel pan workshop was a very fun experience. I found it nice to play with all the different sounds”.

Maths Champions The Maths Department would like to introduce our Maths Champions who will be representing Frederick Bremer. The Maths Champions have several responsibilities that include Class, Year and Whole school maths activities and challenges, alongside competitions against other local schools and boroughs. This is a great opportunity for them to build upon their Maths and Leadership skills whilst allowing them to have a student voice within the subject.

Congratulations everyone!

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk Winter Concert Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 STEAM students performed in the Winter Concert – this was the biggest concert yet exhibiting the student’s hard work and demonstrating how much progress the year 7 students have made in such a short amount of time. The orchestra opened the concert, performing the ‘Theme from The Water Music’ by Handel and they ended the concert with ‘Troika’ by Prokofiev and were then joined by year 8 to perform Silent Night and Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas.’ There were also performances from the Year 7 Ensemble, Year 7 String Ensemble, Year 8 Band and the Choir. Piano Solo performances were by Davy Ray and Guilia and a Piano Duo by Harris & Farhar. Harris said ‘It was really exciting for the school. Good experience for people who haven’t performed before, it gets people more confident with their musical abilities.’ Naomi who did a Flute Solo said ‘It was really fun I had a brilliant time. It was a really good experience for me because I did a solo and it got my confidence higher.' More comments from the performers: Kieran ‘It was good and fun, I always enjoy it.’ Maya ‘I thought it was quite fun the Christmas songs were well known, I enjoyed it a lot. The Orchestra was pretty good working cohesively together.’ The whole evening was a great example of how much the students have progressed and how much the standard has improved in the short amount of time the school has been with the MiSST programme. Comments from staff and parents: Miss Durham English Teacher ‘Magical atmosphere, it was just what you needed to get into the Christmas spirit’. Mrs Saliah English Teacher ‘It was such a pleasure to see the students play so beautifully- as classroom teachers it is a really nice opportunity to see what our students can do outside of our lessons, and it is always an uplifting experience!’ Ms Hoskin a parent commented, 'What a fantastic concert! It was great to see such a range of musical genres from string ensembles to rock bands. I felt inspired to see so many young people taking part in musical activities with so much enthusiasm and supporting each other - what a talented group of students and teachers we have at Frederick Bremer! Well done also to the PTA and staff for organising such a successful Winter Fayre.' Mrs Townsend-Elliot a parent also said “We always look forward to the end of term concert it's such an impressive event. It's great seeing all the groups from the beginners to the orchestra and remembering just how much students have progressed over the years we've been attending. And at a time of such stretched school budgets, when arts subjects are under pressure to be reduced we're so pleased that Music is regarded so highly and taught so well at FB school. Thanks to everyone involved looking forward to the next one”. The music department are very proud of the students and their achievements and hard work.

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk This year our PTA organised our first winter market.. We had everything from a book stall, a cake stall run by our LGBTQ+ Society to an art stall selling prints, frames and cards designed by our talented students. We also had our MiSST Orchestra performing before they took part in the Winter Concert. We would like to thank everyone who visited the market and made it such a success; our staff who volunteered their time and the fantastic PTA who made this event so special. Please keep an eye out for the next PTA event.

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk The Bremer Winter Market & Concert was a great success and raised £2028 for the school.

If you would like to get involved with the next event please email us on [email protected]

Raffle Winners 1st prize Christmas hamper & spa voucher– Julide Ozer 2nd prize iTunes voucher – Joey Ainto Kwusi 3rd prize Paradise Wildlife Park tickets – Jeremy Collins

Winner of “Guess how many sweets in the jar” – Sanyiv Year 10 Winner of “Guess how many sultanas in the cake” – Sara Dix Winner of “Peg the cards on the mantelpiece” – Murat – ex Frederick Bremer pupil

We would like to say a very big thank you to:

All parents, staff and pupils who donated, supported or helped in any way. Central Estate Agents Waltham Forest College Paradise Wildlife Park The Salt Cave, Fulbourne Road Nando's, Walthamstow Debbie Bliss Home In Viro Veritas Forest Express Pizza Express, Walthamstow Lea Valley Ice Centre Queen's Arms La Cafeteria Co-op, Forest Road Yallop Male Grooming Mirth, Marvel & Maud Today's Bread, Hoe St Co-op, Wood Street Waterstones, Walthamstow Tesco, Wood Street Forest Express Percy Ingles Tesco, Higham’s Park Metro Food Centre, Wood St Yard Sale Pizza

The Year 7 Boys Basketball team battled it out against Heathcote in their first ever high school game. Despite this nerve racking event our year 7s brought home their first ever win. Well done and hope you progress through the season to bring us many more

Clutch!

Our Year 8 Boys Basketball team also found themselves in a game against Heathcote as they compete for their first league game win of the season. Their hard work and dedication were displayed largely within this heart racing event, all paying off as they clutch the win with the final score 28-27. Well done boys and we hope to see more just like it throughout your season.

Year 10 Girls Football The girl’s year 10 Football team have had their two match-ups against WSFG and Leytonstone for their first 7-aside matches of the season. They performed amazingly well as we hope to see this level of play carry on throughout the rest of the season. Well done Girls!

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk Year 11 Girls Basketball Our Year 11 girls Basketball team also had to face off against the Heathcote’s girls team. Both teams played well with much heart and pure dedications whilst showing respect to each other. In the end of this competitive event, our year 11 girls lost to Heathcote by a narrow margin. However there is no doubt that this team won’t be able to turn it around for their next game and bring home a season win.

Year 9 Girls Basketball The Year 9 girls Basketball team clashed against Chingford in their first match of the season. They played with heart and grit and played hard as a team but were unfortunately defeated by a narrow margin. We see a bright future for the team and hope they can turn it around in the next game and bring home the win for sure.

Year 10 and 11 Fundraising match Year 10 and Year 11 boys took part in a fundraising football match. The two teams displayed high levels of respect and well-played competitive play throughout the game. In the end the Year 11 boys took the win in what was an amazing game for a good cause.

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk School Gateway Please ensure you regularly access your School Gateway account. We will be sending the more detailed second academic report of the year, and without an activated Gateway account, you may not be able to access this documents.

If you are having trouble logging in, it may be because the School doesn’t have your current email address and mobile number in our database. Please contact the reception on 020 8498 3340 or [email protected] and we’ll update your details.

School Gateway is a great way for parent/carers to keep up to date with what’s going on at school and help you monitor your child’s academic progress and conduct.

Show My Homework In an effort to keep parent/carers as informed as possible we have been making more use of some features on Show My Homework.

By downloading the SMH app on your smartphone you can also sync your child’s homework calendar and school notifications, to your phone calendar, allowing you to keep fully informed of events at school.

Please also be aware we have begun a trial whereby we notify you of detentions set for homework that has not been completed. We are trialling this with the Maths department. You will only receive such notifications if your child fails to complete homework on time; these detentions will all be of a duration of 20 minutes. Notifications will appear on your SMH account as a comment from a particular piece of homework.

Therefore, we ask that you regularly check your Show My Homework parent account for notifications of events, and comments regarding detentions. If you have not already set up your SMH parent account, you can find your activation PIN on your School Gateway account in the ‘Assessment’ section under ‘Pupil Passwords’.

Please note that for head of year and senior leadership team detentions, we will continue to send emails through School Gateway.

Follow us on twitter: @FBSchoolE17 Facebook @frederickbremerschool Website: www.bremer.org.uk Conduct Awards Platinum 125 points Reece 7D Alice 7E Edith 7E Zaida 7E Ruby 7E Mia-Jane 7E Lina 7E Fatimah 7E

Gold 100-124 points

Harieta 7C Salsabil 7E Alejandra 9A Fariha 7D Angel 7E Evie 9A Samirah 7D Soul 7E Samih 9D Yasmine 7D Abigail 7E Rojda 9E Florian 7D Charlie 7F Suhaib 9E Lily 7D Mark 8D Amaar 9E Jessica 7E Sibghatullah 9A

Silver points 75-99 points

Reece 7A Benedict 7F Stephany 9A Freya 10A Denis 7C Izabela 7G Grace 9B Esther 10A Davy Ray 7C Rafe 7G Connie 9B Cherie 10B Rosie 7C Havin 7G Stanley 9B Hamzah 10B Rebecca 7C Urgell 7G Faizaan 9B Kameron 10B Aaron-James 7C Corey 7G Ezgi 9B Erika 10B Zhale 7C Deividas 7G Farhad 9B Kron 10B Patrycja 7C Lauren 7G Yusuf 9C Alice 10B Julija 7C Alona 7G Micaiah 9C Zuzanna 10B Tiffany 7C Barney 7G Kacper 9C Jude 10B Rhys 7C Tatara 7G Teja 9C Greslanda 10C Zeeshan 7D Freddie 8A Hasan 9D Bedia 10C Haad 7D Wasima 8B Aurembiaix 9D Anton 10C Taha 7D Konstanina 8B Huda 9D Sanjiv 10C Zachary 7D Tristan 8B Arthur 9D Abdulghani 10C Yaseen 7D Diana 8B Fahar 9D Ajanthan 10D Elijah 7D Shazeb 8B Daniel 9E Berfin 10D Mohammed 7D Naomi 8C Malaika 9E Ahmad 10D Sonny 7E Michelle 8C Luca 9E Sahib 10D Blessing 7E Sabrina 8D Tonha 9E Ceyda 10D Dante 7E Preetesh 8D Acacia 9E Toby 10E Haseeb 7E Nathan 8D Daa 9E Humza 10E Arthur 7E Gerone 8D Louis 9E Haider 10E Marsida 7F Amir 8D Denis 9E Ashanti 10E Peter 7F Rayhan 8D Nazim 9E Mohammed 10F Farhan 7F Kristiyan 8D Marco 9E Daniel 10F Cengizhan 7F Sabina 8D Sabriye 9E Mohana 10F Al-Ameen 7F Georgi 8D Janis 9E Brayden 11A Yusra 7F Umar 8F Soban 9F Yeva 11A Hashim 7F Abdurrahmaan 9A Subhaan 9F Sulaiman 11E Zain 7F Zak 9A Yonis 9F Reece 11F Zara 7F Stefan 9A Ozgur 10A Mohamed 11F Elena 7F Anastasia 9A Penny 10A Qasim 11F Marina 7F Grace 9A Alexander 10A Riana 7F Ema 9A Dylan 10A Conduct Awards Bronze 50-74 points

Raniya 7A Tayla 7F Benjamin 8D Azrael 9C Sharhan 10B Kainat 10F Becca 7A Denny 7F Alawi 8D Kaleb 9C Jason 10B Zain 10F Johann 7A Amy 7F Fayzan 8D Vladimir 9C Sarah 10B Selvathes 10F Ali 7A Saleh 7F Ishmal 8D Saad 9C Soham 10B Kayla 10F Armani 7A Henry 7F Ronald 8D Aadam 9D Amber 10B Daniel 10F Samara 7A Omari 7G Ruth 8D Thasneem 9D Hasan 10B Levi 10F Ana-Maria 7A Samuel 7G Evan 8D Rashaun 9D Yilmaz 10C Andreja 10F Reggie 9D Rhyana 7A Alex 7G Kate 8E Edanur 10C Florence 10F Ruby 7A Gyuliaz 7G Bethan 8E Guilmerme 9D Seher 10C Jaheim 10F Tauheed 7A Shana 7G Panajota 8E Vinnie 9D Zakaria 10C Vishaal 10F Poppy 7A Nicholas 7G Nadia 8E Harris 9D Alin 10C Harishan 10F Zhang 7A Fawzia 7G Maryrose 8E Ameen 9D Elijah 10C Muhammad 10F Emre 7A Zalika 7G Chelsea 8F Muhammad 9D Saboor 10C Lewis 11A Cristina 7A Qasim 7G Hermanas 8F James 9D Nia 10C Mason 7A Patricia 7G Abu 8F Azaan 9D Joel 10C Brandon 11A Alexander 7A Abdullahi 7G Tiago 8F Uzair 9E Lamar 10C Noor 11A Noshin 7B Adrian 7G Florence 8F Ali 9E Blake 10C Faheem 11A Benjamin 7B Rayes 7G Connie 8F Cosmin 9E Ela 10C Dylan 11A Hassan 7B Ismail 7G Kanisra 8F Melissa 9E Damien 10C Jamal 11A Zane 7B Courtney 7G Mohammed 9A Sahel 9E Spyridoula 10C Aaron 11A Emily 7B Alpha 8A Alethea 9A Shaharyar 9E Adrian 10C Lucinda 11A Oscar 7B Roni 8A Tauheed 9A Asiya 9E Abdullah 10D Vinushan 11A Kaydan 7B Darnel 8A Zilan 9A Ridwan 9E Zeeshan 10D Laavanya 11A Olivia 7B Deanna 8A Kashaan 9A Alexandros 9E Caian 10D Colby 11A Mohammed 7B Stefan 8A Adham 9A Sam 9E Nevaeh 10D Vithusan 11A Meloni 7B Takara 8A Tabiin 9A Aisha 9F Berfin 10D Kamran 11A Maariyah 7B Emily 8A John 9A Mohammad 9F Emeraude 10D Dillon 11B Hoang 7B Zoya 8A Alaika 9F Salah 9A Ian 10D Albert 11C Corinne 7B Kieran 8A Huseyin 9A Lucas 9F Euan 10D Metin 11C Shemaih 7B Naomi 8B Isaac 9A Angel 9F Aleem 10D Gabriela 11D Marlon 7B Hristina 8B Jamaal 9B Sydnie 9F Mahum 10D Arif 11E Alisha 7B Terkai 8B Bilal 9B Timothee 9F Kristina 10D Onur 11E Declan 7B Roan 8B Nazim 9B Daniel 9F Paul 10D Nathan 7C Dorcas 8B Modestas 9B Ecem 9F Thahsin 10E Rayyan 11F Camron 7C Eugene 8B Faris 9B Farahna 9F Hamish 10E Inas 11F Kacper 7C Sameer 8B Raad 9B Oskaras 9F Timmy 10E Rashid 11F Antonio 7C Hamaad 8B Taha 9B Rohannah 9F Amira 10E Jennyfer 11F Aadam 7C Emir 8B Giulia 9B Danish 10A OJ 10E Olivia 11F Cartiea 7C Jem 8B Patricia 9B Shoaib 10A Ilyas 10E Nana 11F Emile 7D Oliver 8C Jasmin 9B Zain 10A Menilow 10E Olubukola 11F Nana-Yaa 7D Edward 8C Baaba 9B Akmez 10A Zack 10E Kamarni 11F Zervaun 7D Ksenija 8C Deividas 9B Brogan 10A Sophie 10E Reanne 11F Awais 7D Aqilah 8C Ella 9B Jacek 10A Zain 10E Jeton 11F Dimitris 7D Nia'Myah 8C Sarah 9B Sasha 10A Assiya 10E Yanis 11F Reon 7D Gabrielis 8C Danish 9B Reuben 10A Adnaan 10E Hamza 11F Ibrahim 7D Tamjid 8C Falak 9B Thevinu 10A Linden Francis 10E Shenneil 7D Dominick 8C Mert 9C Zobia 10A Cleo 10E Robert-Dumitrel 7E Kazik 8C Mazim 9C Fredrick 10A Khadija 10E Yousaf 7E Aaliyah 8C Darius 9C Greta 10A Sabina 10E Samin 7F Jisire 8D Malvina 9C Esther 10B Rodha 10F Jailce 7F Shehroze 8D David 9C Khadija 10B Kainat 10F Shanai 7F Ruby 8D Hajra 9C Alina 10B Zain 10F Kai 7F Yoanna 8D Tahmidur 9C Ugurcan 10B Selvathes 10F Mario 7F Kieran 8D Jemima 9C Yunus 10B Kayla 10F 100% Attendance

Reece 7A Joshua 8A Chelsea 8F Reuben 10A Yordan 11C Ali 7A Kiera 8A Hermanas 8F Thevinu 10A Papa 11C Samara 7A Elijah 8A Safiya 8F Monay 10B Muhammad 11C Ana-Maria 7A Ilunga 8A Connie 8F Erkan 10B Mohamed 11C Ruby 7A Roohullah 8A Chima 8F Yunus 10B Dawud 11C Ibrahim 7A Emily 8A Albert 8F Alice 10B Erik 11C Poppy 7A Alvina 8A Tauheed 9A Sarah 10B Abigail 11D Nasir 10C Zhang 7A Haris 8A Kashaan 9A Rhianne 11D Mason 7A Mahammed 8B Sibghatullah 9A Yilmaz 10C Anita 11D Alexander 7A Wasima 8B Stefan 9A Elijah 10C Charan 11D Yousuf 7A Ismail 8B Anastasia 9A Lamar 10C Ouwais 11D Ishamiel 7B Naomi 8B Salah 9A Damien 10C Arijus 11D Zane 7B Konstanina 8B Stephany 9A Spyridoula 10C Oscar 7B Tristan 8B Ali 9B Samir-Sadiq 10C Kornelija 11D Olivia 7B Hristina 8B Faizaan 9B Adrian 10C Arif 11E Maariyah 7B Hassan 8B Benjamin 9B Abdulghani 10C Laxsana 11E Fatima 7B Diana 8B Baaba 9B Zeeshan 10D Saqib 11E Hoang 7B Faris 8B Sarah 9B Ian 10D Junaid 11E Alisha 7B Sameer 8B Danish 9B Euan 10D Amaar 11E Fariha 7D Hamaad 8B Falak 9B Louis 10D Grace 11E Samirah 7D Sonny 8B Farhad 9B Toby 10E Shozib 11E Yasmine 7D Cian 8B Mert 9C Timmy 10E Joe 11F Emile 7D Arthur 8C Micaiah 9C OJ 10E Rayyan 11F Nana-Yaa 7D Muhammed 8C David 9C Zack 10E Daniaal 11F Zervaun 7D Oliver 8C Azrael 9C Thomas 10E Oskar 11F Assiya 10E Yaseen 7D Edward 8C Aurembiaix 9D Anna 11F Reece 7D Hilal 8C Haider 10E Huda 9D Mohamed 11F Dimitris 7D Aqilah 8C Jahvace 9D Cleo 10E Qasim 11F Shenneil 7D Nia'Myah 8C Rashaun 9D Rodha 10F Nana 11F Robert-Dumitrel 7E Ade 8C Azaan 9D Reyaan Us- Yumna 11F Shaba 7E Dominick 8C Arthur 9D man 10F Reanne 11F Souleymane 7E Aaliyah 8C Tonha 9E Mohammed 10F Jimmy 7E Shehroze 8D Daa 9E Daniel 10F Jeton 11F Dante 7E Ruby 8D Louis 9E Mohana 10F Yanis 11F Haseeb 7E Sabrina 8D Nazim 9E Lola 10F Asadullah 11F Marsida 7F Preetesh 8D Ridwan 9E Aman Ullah 10F Al-Ameen 7F Mark 8D Alexandros 9E Waheedullah 10F Shanai 7F Amir 8D Aisha 9F Keijean 10F Kai 7F Benjamin 8D Mohammad 9F Harishan 10F Yusra 7F Rayhan 8D Haider 9F Lewis 11A Elena 7F Kristiyan 8D Lucas 9F Ida 11A Saleh 7F Ruth 8D Hanzala 9F Brayden 11A Izabela 7G Georgi 8D Subhaan 9F Aaron 11A Omari 7G Evan 8D Timothee 9F Laavanya 11A Urgell 7G Raphael 8E Melvin 9F Aadam 11A Corey 7G Sofi 8E Yonis 9F Colby 11A Lauren 7G Kate 8E Rohannah 9F Fabian 11A Christian 7G Bethan 8E Danish 10A Vithusan 11A Abdullahi 7G Elliot 8E Shoaib 10A Saaid 11B Simeon 7G Jack 8E Akmez 10A Jake 11B Tatara 7G Harley 8E Eric 10A Ciar 11B Raja 8A Saihaan 8E Alexander 10A Javarn 11B Readhwan 8A Panajota 8E Brogan 10A Rayyan 11C Reyhan 8A Maryrose 8E Dylan 10A Joe 11C

The Christmas festive period is a time when people The Christmas festive period is a time when people will often leave their homes for extended periods; will often leave their homes for extended periods; visiting family and friends, leaving expensive gifts visiting family and friends, leaving expensive gifts under the tree …. under the tree …. Schools and other public buildings may be unused Schools and other public buildings may be unused over the Christmas Period and will be left unattended over the Christmas Period and will be left unattended for extended periods. Most Burglars tend to target for extended periods. Most Burglars tend to target vulnerable and unattended properties, sometimes vulnerable and unattended properties, sometimes posing as builders. posing as builders. With this in mind please be more vigilant and take With this in mind please be more vigilant and take time to consider the security of your home, your time to consider the security of your home, your property and neighbouring buildings. property and neighbouring buildings. Have a Happy, Safe and enjoyable Christmas. Have a Happy, Safe and enjoyable Christmas.

SATURDAYS 10am -1pm

Age 9- 19 year olds

At Frederick Bremer School E17 4EY

1st class starts 20th January 2018

[email protected]

At Frederick Bremer School we believe that school uniform plays a crucial role in creating an inclusive community, providing a school identity and demonstrating equality amongst pupils. Pupils are expected to wear school uniform at all times and a high standard of dress is required, both within the school and when representing the school in the community.

Whilst this list below is not definitive or exhaustive, pupils are expected to be appropriately and respectfully dressed for school. The emphasis is on formal dress. Final decisions regarding the appropriate nature of uniform choice rests with the Headteacher.

All pupils must wear at all times:  A school navy blazer with logo (only school badges can be worn on blazers)  Plain white shirt with collar, tucked in (any clothing worn under shirts must be white)  School tie (with year group colours), with 5 bars of the stripe showing  School navy blue skirt to the knee OR full length skirt OR navy blue school trousers (not tight fitting)  Black leather or leather –look school shoes (not canvas or with labels). The following shoes are acceptable: black leather Vans, leather Airforce, Leather Stan Smith or leather kickers  White, Navy blue or black knee length socks or tights –th ere should be no gap between the bottomof the skirt and the top of the socks Optional  School navy blue ‘V’ neck jumper with school badge.  Hijabs should be black, navy or white.  Traditional turbans may be worn.  For other pupils, hair accessories should be plain white, black or blue Please note  Belts, hair bands and other accessories must be plain and in school colours.  Boots may be worn to school in bad weather but must be changed for school shoes on arrival at school.  Coats and hats can be worn to and from school, but are not permitted in the school building during the school day.  Hairstyles should be suitably formal. Significant hair colouring or shaving of hair (including patterns)is not permitted.  Hair accessories should be plain and simple. Bands and ribbons should be blue, white or black.  Light make-up is permitted. Nail polish and acrylic nails are otn permitted.  One discreet item of jewellery per pupil may be worn i.e. 1 small pair of plain gold or silver coloured stud earrings Diamante earrings are not appropriate. No other piercing is permitted  Simple watches are encouraged.  A large formal style school bag is compulsory (big enough to carry A4 books).

PE Kit Drama Kit  School white polo shirt  Drama socks with a gripped sole

 School navy blue shorts

 School navy blue football socks or white sports socks

 School navy blue jogging bottoms

 School navy blue sweat shirt

 Shin Pads - essential for after school football matches and recommended for lessons

 White or black trainers with non marking soles (to protect the sports hall floor)

 Towel Reminder to Parents/Carers If your child is going to be absent from school, can you please contact: Mrs Deere on 020 8498 Key Dates 3340 on the first morning of that absence. This will ensure that we End of Term– 20th December know your child is safe and accounted for. If your child has to Inset Day 3rd January take time out of school for an appointment could you please Return to school– 4th January provide us with evidence. Pupils Year 9 Celebration Evening– 17th January will not be released from school for appointments during the day 4-5pm without evidence e.g.. an appointment card. Where Year 11 Parents Evening– 25th January possible, of course appointments should be made outside the Year 9 Meningitis Vaccinations– 6th&7th school day. Thank you for your support February Year 10 Parents Evening– 8th February Parent Pay Reminder

Last day of Term– 9th February Parents/ Carers/Pupils need to put money on their ParentPay accounts to purchase food. The school cannot give credit to pupils.