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Featherstone High School Featherstone News 11 Montague Waye, UB2 5HF FHS 020 8843 0984 [email protected] December 2018 Grand Union www.featherstonehigh.ealing.sch.uk 2014|2015 Multi Academy Trust New Library Reading Room Students, staff grant in recognition of overcrowding in and visitors have the popular and busy Library. The new room provides a comfortable and quiet celebrated the space for choosing and reading books Grand Opening and will support literacy skills and by author Sara reading for pleasure. Grant of the colourful and spacious Sara Grant spent the day at new Library Reading Room. Featherstone enthusing students about (pictured with author Sara Grant), An adjacent unused and overgrown books and reading, and sharing ideas winners of the READ logo competition courtyard was roofed over to increase for writing their own stories. received their prizes and everyone the size of the Main School Library. enjoyed the celebration cake baked by This was funded by a DfE improvement Stacy Fernandes and Alisha Verma Jaspreet Khaneja. BBC Workshop On Friday 30th November, 17 students from Years 7-13 joined creative forces with Rosie Blunt a BBC Broadcast Journalist to produce a short digital video encouraging young people to take part in Young Reporter, a platform for young people to voice their opinions and to champion young people’s lives in the real world. First they took part in a workshop run ideas and being interviewed by the BBC with our FHS students commenting: by the BBC: “What is news?” which Broadcast Journalist. All the students ‘It is lovely to work with such politically enabled them to explore pertinent agreed that it was both an enjoyable aware and confident young adults - people and events that happen in their and rewarding learning experience they have been brilliant!’. The edited lives that would make interesting news with 6 of the students now looking into footage will be going live soon on the stories! Next they spent the afternoon the prospect of studying journalism as BBC website and we will post a link on filming around the school, discussing a career. Rosie Blunt was impressed our school website. Headteacher’s Message to Parents/Carers The end of the As you may know we are one of a of creating a culture of success in his Autumn term small number of schools to be awarded book, ‘The Score Takes Care of Itself’. is always an the World Class Quality Mark. This is Students should remember: champions action packed awarded to schools who consistently behave like champions before they’re period in our demonstrate outstanding academic champions; they have a winning Calendar. For progress but also have a strong and standard of performance before they example Year inclusive culture which seeks to develop are winners. 13 students students’ personal and social skills are sending off through a range of extra-curricular We recently received some information their university applications; 83 student experiences. At Featherstone, we are from DfE statisticians about how our performers from across the age groups proud to be a values driven community examination performance last year are busy preparing for our end of term and regularly share our Values with compared with other schools across the Christmas Concert; a range of charity students through our “Ground Rules.” country. Once more, we were delighted events are being planned e.g. preparing We believe that instilling our Values will to hear that our Progress 8 score (best our OAP Xmas Hampers. In November help students to become successful and 8 GCSEs) has placed us in the top 6% our Student Choir performed at St Marks respectable individuals who contribute schools in the UK and the combined Church as part of the Remembrance positively to the community in which they English and Maths pass rate placed us in Service. This centenary event was a are involved. If our students are positive, the top 4%. Local attendance statistics high profile service attended by local respectful, work hard, learn from their for 2017/2018 once more placed us MP Virendra Sharma and many other mistakes and make an effort to be kind top of Ealing schools again breaking local community leaders. After the to others, then they will undoubtedly be the previous borough record which was event, Mr Jags Sanghera (Community successful, both while at Featherstone set by……. Featherstone High School! Liaison Manager with the Berkley Group) High School and beyond. Recent outstanding examination results wrote to us stating: “Once again the have meant that aspirations continue to pupils did FHS proud with a wonderful In addition to the activities mentioned rise and we were delighted to hear that performance providing such inspiration above, Year 11 and 13 are immersed in 5 of our Year 13 students who applied to all those that attended. For me it our first series of internal examinations. to Cambridge University were invited to was more personal in that it made me The importance of taking these attend an interview – we wish them well. feel proud that you are producing such exams very seriously and showing the Thank you for your on-going support – wonderful individuals in our community determination to do well beforehand is this success could not be achieved paving the way for a bright future.” underlined in many sporting analogies. without your close cooperation. The famed NFL Coach, Bill Walsh, talks about the importance and impact Mr Wadwa, Headteacher Remembrance Sunday 2018 On November 11th Featherstone High School students attended and performed at a local service to commemorate 100 years since the end of World War 1. The students laid a wreath in remembrance at the Southall War Memorial on King Street. At the multi-faith service that followed, 24 students performed in New FHS Student Portal the school choir and orchestra. Please find this new link in the usual FHS has a new Student Portal The first performance was an orchestral way by going to the front page of arrangement of a piece of music called to access school systems with a the school website site and clicking ‘Sadness and Sorrow.’ The second single sign-on (SSO). Student & Staff Portal in the Quick performance was the choir singing Links section. ‘Lean on me.’ The students performed exceptionally well and it was a fitting tribute to commemorate those soldiers and civilians who died in the First World War. Speaking Union Debate Event Essay Competition We are exceptionally proud to announce that Pawanpreet in Year On Tuesday 13th November, 2018, Featherstone’s Dream Team 2018 9 was selected as a finalist in the Featherstone High School hosted are Sheela Nasrat (speaker one and summary) Rachel Kumar (speaker 2) World Class Schools essay writing the first round of the English Zain Butt (researcher). They spent over competition. Speaking Union’s West London three weeks preparing for the debate. A round debate inviting four other word of thanks goes to Mr Webb – the This is a national contest, open to able Ealing Schools. geography mastermind who has helped students from top ‘World Class’ schools the team prepare points for the motion only: it places her essay in the top 8 in To fill you in: The Schools’ Mace was “This house would build homes on the the country. founded in 1957 and is one of the oldest green belt”, an additional last minute The topic this year was healthy schools, and largest debating competitions topic. Our team came second overall for schools in England, offering and the essays were judged on their and will progress to the next round in content, research and writing style. Featherstone High School students January. the opportunity to discuss and debate Pawanpreet has been invited to an controversial topics and current affairs. Head Girl, Sheela commented: awards ceremony in central London, In the process of the competition, “preparing for the debate encouraged where the overall winner will be students develop their knowledge of me to read more deeply about current announced. Well done and watch this the world, as well as their reasoning affairs and social developments and space! and presentation skills, in a fun and thus increase my knowledge of pressing competitive environment. and controversial issues affecting my generation”. Faraday Challenge Twelve Year 8 students took part in the IET Faraday Challenge at Greenford High School. They competed with Greenford High and Dormers Wells on the 5th December 2018. The IET is one of the world’s leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community. The Faraday Challenge Days gave students the opportunity to research, design and make solutions to genuinely tough engineering problems. The Challenge was all about letting the students be creative and use their own New FHS Student Portal problem-solving skills to explore their capabilities as engineers. The teams to spend their 120 Faradays on circuit help the satellite unfold correctly once had to design a prototype that would components to build their prototype. it reached space, and created a system help build, transport or monitor the At 1pm the shop closed and all teams which would move the satellite’s solar James Webb Space Telescope. After worked to finalise their prototypes and panels so they consistently faced the a brief introduction to the Faraday prepare their presentations. The final sun. Challenge our teams got straight into mark was awarded for the quality of the planning stage, brainstorming their prototype, planning, event log, Featherstone High School won the initial ideas and selecting individuals to presentations, teamwork and scientific challenge and was awarded a prize and carry out certain roles such as team understanding. Our teams impressed a trophy for the school.