NewsletterIssue 95

Quote of this issue Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Albert Einstein

Message from the Principal Dear parents, staff, students and friends of PA,

I am delighted to welcome you to the summer edition of our newsletter. This term has certainly been an exciting time at the Academy with a wide variety of events and opportunities for our students to be involved in. One of the most interesting events reported in this edition is the Art trip to Berlin. We believe that travels broadens the mind, and we are always seeking opportunities to take students to different destinations. The generosity of the Stowe Youth Trust enabled students studying Art and Design to visit Berlin. The trip inspired some high-quality pieces which contribute to the coursework students submitted for examination. We are also very happy to receive generous funds from the three wards in Westminster: Queen’s Park, Westbourne Park and Harrow Road; the amount offered will cover most of the cost of the Year 8 PGL trip. In terms of skills building and the Paddington Promise to students, there have been some wonderful events going on in the last few months: students danced at Covent Garden, met BBC reporter Ben Thompson, made it to the Community Apprentice finals, participated in many sports events and enjoyed being recognised during the Sports and Gold Awards events. Many thanks to due to Mr Baker and the Humanities department for introducing the students to the voting system and the rights and responsibilities which go with it: PA students participated in their own EU Referendum. This event was complemented by another fantastic event where one of our students met President Obama - more on page four. One other highlight of the term was an invitation to a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace - Mrs Murphy’s impressions are quite vivid on page two. As the exam season has come to an end, we have sadly said goodbye to our Year 11 and Year 13 students - but in style as you will see from the articles! At the end of this academic year, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your support for our school community, and to wish you a restful and enjoyable break. With warmest wishes, Join us on Facebook & Instagram at PaddingtonAcademy Peter Jones Follow us on Twitter @PaddAcademy Principal

Paddington Academy 50 Marylands Road London W9 2DR t: 020 7479 3900 f: 020 7479 3997 e: [email protected] www.paddington-academy.org.uk Celebration Garden Party at the Palace Mr Jones and Mr Jones attend a tea party at Buckingham Palace to celebrate HRH The Queen’s birthday

This term Mr Jones and Mrs Murphy attended a garden refreshments Mr Jones and I went to get our afternoon party at Buckingham Palace to celebrate HRH The Queen’s tea. I had lemonade with cucumber and mint sandwiches 90th birthday. delicious with the crusts cut off and little pastries. Mr Mrs Murphy reported that: “I felt extremely proud and Jones had tea all served on a beautiful china dish it was privileged to be asked by our principal Peter Jones to fabulous. accompany him to the Queen’s garden party on 24th The guards then asked us to make an alley for the royal May 2016. party to walk through then along came the Queen looking I had previously been to Buckingham Palace for the wonderful in blue with the Duke of Edinburgh followed Queen’s 60th birthday but entering the palace gardens by William and Kate (who looked absolutely stunning) again took my breath away they are fantastic. We then Beatrice and Eugenie followed the atmosphere was passed the lake on our way to the huge marquees. We electric. positioned ourselves in line where the Duke of Edinburgh Walking slowly back through the palace gardens I was greeting special guests as he zig zagged along the line appreciated even more just how lucky I was to have been it was wonderful to be in his company, he lent heavily on invited again in the Queen’s 90th year.” his umbrella and was surrounded by security and guards dressed in red and gold, the sight was amazing! As the royal party departed to their marquee for

Paddington Academy 50 Marylands Road London W9 2DR t: 020 7479 3900 f: 020 7479 3997 e: [email protected] www.paddington-academy.org.uk PA Promise Adventures of a Berlinite Art students enjoy an inspiringly creative visit to Berlin The students also attended an alternative walking tour, where they had the opportunity to learn more about the city’s contemporary culture and to explore the wealth of street art that adorns much of Berlin and contributes to the city’s ever changing landscape. Students enjoyed attending a workshop where they were able to experiment with new materials and to create contemporary artworks of their own!

Students visited a variety of Art museums and galleries, including the National Gallery, Martin Groupius Bau, Museum Berggruen and the Max Liebermann Villa During the Easter holidays, twenty-seven Art and Design where they analysed art work and presented back to the students had the opportunity to visit Berlin. With generous group. So impressive was the quality of the analysis from funding from the ‘Stowe Youth Trust’, in memory of Dicky students that members of the public were stopping to McDougall, Paddington Academy’s GCSE students were listen! They also made many of sketches and notes in able to explore the artistic and cultural heritage of an response to the art they saw and since their return to ever changing city. the UK, the students have begun work on a project, in which they have contextualised the relationship between the social and political history and culture, art and design in Berlin.

This project will culminate in an exhibition in October of the exciting work. Discussions and personal artistic responses that would not have been possible without this phenomenal trip. Along with family and friends, the trustees from the ‘Stowe Youth Trust’ will be invited to celebrate the students’ achievements and judge a prize for the best work!

One student described the trip as the ‘best experience of my whole life’. This unique opportunity enabled students to view great historical and contemporary artworks at first hand. As a site of great importance throughout European history, the pupils took full advantage of the opportunity to explore Berlin’s vast history and visited the Brandenburg Gate, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews and the remains of the Berlin Wall amongst many other sites. The pupils explored the cultural history of the city with as much intrigue and respect as they showed for the artworks that they explored. Students were able to collect materials, information and sketch from their experiences to gather ideas for future projects.

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In Great Company Journalism with Reporter Ben Thompson Student Meets President Barack Obama This term Year 10 Business GCSE students received the visit of a special guest - the BBC TV reporter Ben Thompson.

On the day the students were introduced to the concept of Brexit. This was specific to business studies as the current EU debate will affect all UK firms, whether Britain stays in or leaves the EU. It was a fun and interactive way of discussing what many see as a dry topic to encourage students to understand why this referendum is so important to businesses and the economy.

This term, on 23rd of April, Omar Oaret Sorr - 6th Form student at Paddington Academy - had the fantastic op- portunity to meet President Obama.

Barack Obama addressed over 400 young people from all over Britain at the Town Hall in London in an event organ- ised by the USA Embassy and The John Adams Society. In his speech, President Obama urged the young generation to remain true to their ideals and not to ‘succumb to cyn- icism’ even if the social problems they were confronting- whether poverty, inequality or climate change - didn’t disappear overnight. The speech was followed by a Q&A The students, guided by Ben Thompson, did their research session where many young people had the opportunity about the topic, gathered pro and con arguments, and presented them in front of an audience once they to interract with the President. practiced TV interview techniques. As a young leader part of the Society, Omar participat- During the workshop the students gained valuable insight ed in a wide range of social and formal events but this into the routes to follow for becoming a journalist. They particular one impressed our student the most. Omar ex- also had a chance to develop their skills that would be pressed his gratitude to the Society and the teachers at required to make an effective TV journalist. This included the Academy for always supporting him. confidence in speaking in front of large groups, a smooth and steady pace of communication and a well-researched The John Adams Society works to foster mutual under- script. standing among the British and American governments while strengthening a network of individuals across mul- Many thanks to the Careers department and Tutor Fair for facilitating this experience for the PA aspiring journalists. tiple sectors who are invested in transatlantic coopera- tion and development.

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Goodbye and Good Luck Class of 2016

at university) and Yehia for the ‘biggest flirt’ - not sure whether Yehia is planning to change anything judging by his performance at the party that took place later on that day.

On Friday 27th May, Year 13 students enjoyed a leavers’ Prom at the Grange Fitzrovia Hotel. For the majority of the students present, it represented the end of seven years at Paddington Academy.

On the day, students attended their final assembly, a special one, delivered by Mr Hull, Mr Edwards-Stuart At the Prom, students dressed in their finest clothes and and Mr Jones. During this assembly many memories enjoyed some delicious food and dancing and ensured were shared, and the whole spectrum of emotions that their last celebration was one to remember. were covered. Some of the funniest moments included students’ nominations and awards based on their whole Although we are sad to see Year 13 leave, we are also secondary school performance. very happy at the amazing things they are going on to do, and the excellent results they have achieved so far. Two of the most notable were Mahdi for the biggest ego (he has promised to change this attribute with humility Goodbye and good luck Class of 2016!

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Summer Dance Show Fantastic Display of Talent

This term, the Dance department put on their Summer classic dance to very modern, groovy street dance. Show which was a great success. Elya in Year 7 said: “We found the routines very challenging Over 40 GCSE, BTEC and KS3 students choreographed a but we thoroughly enjoyed performing; we are already selection of pieces varying from contemporary to jazz looking forward to putting on the final Summer Dance and hip hop styles. Students rehearsed intensively for Show”. the whole term and their hard work really paid off as The Dance students have demonstrated how hard work, each student performed brilliantly. enthusiasm and dedication are necessary to achieve great There were, as in every PA show, some exceptional performances. These students have worked hard in performances and to name only one, Elenora in Year 8 lessons and after school clubs to ensure they gave their performed beautifully a series of choreographies from very best; and as hard work brings rewards, students’ efforts were appreciated by a packed theatre audience showing the excellent support from families, friends and the Academy’s staff. Overall the students and audience had a really fantastic evening.

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Students Make It Through to the Finals of Community-Apprentice Challenge Team Opps now prepares to highlight their achievements in ‘The Boardroom’ PA Year 12 enterprising students have been selected as attended to find out about future jobs, work experience Finalists in the Community-Apprentice Challenge running and social activities that they could get involved with. in schools across London. Because of everything they have overcome and achieved, The inter-school competition Community-Apprentice is they have been selected as one of 5 finalists who will be similar to the Apprentice on television. Young people presenting to Jennette Arnold in the boardroom. have to develop, and crucially demonstrate, skills and You can watch a short three minute film about their project personal qualities whilst managing their own projects. here: https://vimeo.com/166799268. In this case, however, they can only win as a team, not an individual and by tackling a social problem of their The teams also had to clearly articulate the skills they choosing. had developed from this experience drawing on specific examples. As well as helping them in the competition, This year Jennette Arnold, Chair of the London Assembly, this will provide them with examples for interviews for is on the search for a winning team she believes has what further education or jobs. Employers are we increasingly it takes to make a difference for others. The final is taking interested in transferable skills, such as team working and place in her ‘Boardroom’ at City Hall on Wednesday 29th problem solving, and it is important that students know June and the winner will be announced at an awards how to evidence examples which demonstrate this. ceremony which will be attended by our students on Tuesday 12th July. Due to this, Team Opps have also been nominated for the ‘Hotline Bling’ Award for Communication, and Team Team Opps - the name PA students chose to represent The Army have been nominated for the ‘Work’ Award for their team - have worked really hard since September Teamwork, of which the winners will be announced at the researching their problem, planning what to do about it celebration ceremony in July. and overcoming a range of problems to make it happen. Now they have been reflecting on what they have Employees from Baringa Partners, a consultancy firm, have achieved and the impact the experience has had on been mentoring students throughout the programme. themselves and others. They have been working on particular skills and challenges with the teams to ensure their projects were successful, From the outset the team knew they wanted to deliver and even volunteered as judges in the ‘Dragon’s Den’ a project addressing youth opportunities in their local and the first round of the Boardroom Challenge. This has area. They created a film about their issue, and then really boosted the students’ confidence and ability to pitched to a panel of ‘Dragons’ to raise money for their reflect on their own development. project. Despite various setbacks, the team hosted an ‘Opportunities Fair’ at their local community centre, Whatever the results it is clear that our students have where over 100 young people from their local area

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PA Students on Big Dance Bus at Covent Garden

Future Leaders

This term PA students had the opportunity to share the Big Dance Bus has been exceptional. They are truly the stage with some of the highest calibre of dancing wonderful dancers’ professionlas in the UK. Year 11 student, Miriam Bengougam, said: ‘This has been one of the best opportunities of my school career, Big Dance is one the biggest dance programmes - through dance I have come to appreciate that anyone can supported by the Mayor of London - aiming to highlight be a dancer!’ the power of dance to mobilise communities, the UK’s brilliant dance offer all year round, the A-Z of dance styles and the incredile talent present nationally.

On Wednesday, 6th July, four Year 11 GCSE Dance students performed their own version of the professional work ‘Rosas Danst Rosas’ by world renowned, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker at Covent Garden amongst professional dance companies.

The girls performed their piece impeccably and shone in front of a large audience at the Jubilee Hall, next to the National Opera - epicentre of London artistic vibe. We are all very proud of their fantastic achievement.

Ms Jemma Nash - Williams, Head of Dance at PA, said: ‘I am so proud of the dancers for their outstanding and inspirational performance, the hard work and commitment they have shown to create and perform at

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PA Girls Get Into Sport at London’s Olympic Park

Year 7 students from Paddington Academy this term success at Paddington Academy. The campain took place helped celebrate the United Learning X-Elle Programme nationally with the aim to engage females of all ages to at London’s Olympic Park. be more active. Year 7 girls from the school took part in a special awards At the event, the students also helped the Group launch ceremony held at the Copper Box on Wednesday 15 June its national Spirit of Rio festival – a four-week cultural 2016, where they joined peers from eight other schools and sporting celebration of the Olympic and Paralympic which are also part of United Learning – a national group values and South America across its schools. of academies and independent schools. Some of the celebrations planned over the course of The event was a celebration of the girls’ achievements the festival include a virtual torch relay, Carnival-style over the academic year as part of the Group’s X-Elle community events across the country and themed Programme; an initiative which aims to encourage girls learning based on the Games’ values and South American into sport and to become leaders within their own history and culture. As part of the festival, schools are also schools. fundraising for the ABC Trust, a charity which supports As part of the programme, the girls also took part last disadvantaged children in Brazil. term in the This Girl Can campaign which was an absolute

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Academy Gold Awards Move over Di Caprio, Holywood here we come

On Friday 8th July, Paddington Academy hosted its very Celebrating the efforts of media students from across all own Oscars Ceremony complete with red carpet, ball key stages the awards included: Best Advert, Best BTEC gowns, black tie and gold statuettes. Music Video, Best Short Film, Best Community Film as well as individual categories including Best Acting Performance, Best Editor and Best Director.

In a very much Holywood fashion, all media teachers introduced proudly all nominees and awarded the winners. Year 13 student Watson Dowsson-Hirschfield was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award on this occasion was for consistent effort and high standard of work produced throughout the whole year showing great independence and drive. Running for the 9th year consecutively, the Paddington Gold Awards has become a traditional event and Congratulations to all winners! recognises the Academy students’ achievements in media arts.

The Academy building itself had been transformed into Hollywood for the evening along with glitter balls, live television feed, and a fabulous performance of ‘Honey Whiskey’ a Nothing But Thieves cover by students Rahmid Ali, Stuart Finnegan, Tori Drummond and Amanda Abi- Khalil.

The smoke and the vibrant spotlights created a wonderful stage for the winners to walk up as they collected one of the gleaming Gold statuettes.

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In June, Paddington Academy hosted a Sports Week to Congratulations are in order also for Mr Obeid who won encourage, promote and celebrate a healthy lifestyle all of the staff races, Sarah Ribero for beating every male for all students and staff. There was a slight change this apart from Zackaria Nabil and Mr Obeid in the Year 8 staff year with each year group taking part on a different day races and a special thank you to Mr McKinney who par- throughout the week. Students spent an entire day out- ticipated in most of the staff races. side in the sunshine taking part in a range of sports. A very well done also to all of the girls who attended a There were numerous examples of students demonstrat- reward trip to Oxygen, in particular Sameera Kamran and ing great sportsmanship, teamwork and leadership - a Heba Farhat who won their place on the trip because fantastic success! they participated in the most activities during ‘This Girl Can’ week. It was a delight to see your happy, excited fac- Congratulations to the following tutor groups 7JCO, es bouncing around and showing that our girls really can! 8BSM, 9KRO and 10AQU with the overall winners being 7JCO! The activities of handball, dodgeball, basketball and Zumba were engaged in with great spirit, everybody was motivated and enjoying themselves.

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The Term in Brief Creative Writing Great News Spirit of Rio

Well done to all PA girls who attended a reward trip to Oxygen, in particular Sameera Kamran and Heba Farhat who won their place on the trip as they participated in the most activities during ‘This Girl Can’ week. Itwas a delight to see all those happy, excited faces bouncing around and showing that PA girls really can!

The girls joined over 50 schools to celebrate the forthcoming Olympics and Paralympics in a month-long, sporting and cultural festival to celebrate the values of the Games, Brazilian culture and bring schools together from across the country.

Congratulations to Hilla - PA Year 12 students - who’s poem, ‘Home,’ was selected for publication in the South East England edition of ‘The Poetry Trials’.

There were 16,000 entries across the country, and only a few regional anthologies will be published, so she has fought off fierce competition. Congratulations!!!

Career Reardy

Year 10 students had a very productive term. After completing a week long work experience placement, all students put on their most professional attire to attend thei firstmock job interviews. Employers from various areas of expertise helped the students to polish their CVs and gave them tips on interview practice. All looked very professional!

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Freddie Knoller We Salute Your Courage

We were IN! his term, Year 9 students had the opportunity of This term, students across the school participated in the T EU Referendum - our own ellection organised at PA. meeting Freddie Knoller - a survivor of the holocaust during World War II. Freddie who is now 95 years old During the weekly podcast and as part of school’s PSHE spoke in amazing detail of his time in a Nazi concentration lessons, students were introduced to the concept of camp and his experiences of persecution during the war. the European Union. They were explained how the EU works, its history, its aims, what being an EU member Students had the opportunity to discuss his experiences means, what a referendum is and the pros and cons of with him and reflect on the challenges he faced during both voting “Remain” or ‘Leave”. this time.

On the day of the actual ellection, everyone was invited to vote and 85% of students who took part in PA’s mock EU referendum voted to remain in the European Union.

PA students are no strangers to the ellection process, another popular event throughout the school was the Nationals. We look forward to see what the future brings.

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Experiencing the Great Outdoors Art Exhibition 2016 At the end of June, Paddington Academy held its year- ly art exhibition comprising work form GCSE, BTEC and A-Level students. This year, work was showcased from Art, Product Design and Fashion. Students worked con- fidently across a number of disciplines and media to ex- plore extremely mature concepts as they worked through projects. In Art, projects included themes such as ‘Iden- tity’, ‘Growth and Evolution’, ‘Past, Present and Future’, ‘Transformation’, ‘Truth, Fantasy, Fiction’ and a contextu- al study exploring the notion of conflict. Product Design We are looking forward to the next academic year and saw students solve design problems and created lamps, all the wonderful and exciting activities planned for all Paddington Academy students.

A peek preview into the year is the Year 8 Residential to PGL Osmington Bay Activity Centre In Wales From the 4th to the 6th November 2016 . This residential vsiit is generously financed by three Wards in Westminster, Queens Park, Westbourne Park & Harrow Road.

All our Year 7 students are currently signing up to go on a residential in November when they are in Year 8 - and speakers and storage units all inspired by a range of de- over the year this trip has proven to be one the highlights signers. Finally, BTEC Fashion students created a range of the lower school in their time at Paddington Academy. of childrenswear and also designed and made bespoke garments responding to the theme ‘Sweets and Treats’. This opportunity was made possible through funding All teachers are extremely proud of the students and the received from three Westminster Wards and the cost the many hours dedicated to ensuring they developed such students have to participate with is minimal. sophisticated artistic investigations. Many of these- stu On location, students will experience the outdoors dents who had work exhibited have gone on to further away from London as well as gainning other skills as the study, including Sara Bensalah, Shahana Begum, Tsengel course is designed to improve confidence, social skills, Ikhbayar, Siddiqah Islam, Nada Abdelbary, Sarah El-Dan- motivation, self-reliance and support growth as students drawy, Midushan Thiakalingam, Tannaz Alizadeh-Irani will overcome challenges with each activity. and Paniz Alizadeh-Irani. We wish students the best of luck for the future. Parents can you please ask your child to collect a consent form for this trip if they have forgotten to do so. It really is an opportunity not to be missed.

The academy is extremely grateful to the three Wards for ensuring we could offer this experience to our 2016-2017 Year 8 students.

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Year 11 Graduation: goodbye and good-luck! This June marked the end of exams and sadly the end of the Year 11 students’ journey at the Academy.

Students merits and achievements were celebrated in style during a graduation ceremony - “an amazing and emotional experience but the perfect way to say goodbye” as often described.

About the event Mr Adnani said: “The Year 11 Graduation was a success; the students were dressed to impress and attendance was impressive from both parents and students. The student and staff speeches perfectly summed up the time these students have spent at Paddington Academy. All students and parents were extremely proud of the achievements and took Touching speeches were made by members of staff, who the opportunity to take photos with teachers. All staff, had many positive things to say about the students they parents and students had a delightful afternoon and worked so closely with within the past five years. we were all grateful to share this milestone with one

Year 11 students were each given a year book documenting another.” their time at the Academy and the speech given by the We look forward to seeing students on Results Day for Head of Year 11, Mustafa Adnani was most significant to GCSE results and back in September for a successful first each of the students present at the event. year in 6th Form.

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The terms and holidays dates for the next academic year Gold Your child’s attendance is above 97%. They are are now available for your information and to help you absent less than six days in the school year. They are better plan your future holidays. Please be reminded that “WISED UP” on attendance. As well as being an excellent 100% attendance is crucial for your child’s progress and attender they will almost certainly achieve the best achievement. grades for their ability, giving them real opportunities in

further education and the world of work. Term 1 Monday 5th September 2016 - Friday 21st October 2016 Silver Your child’s attendance is 95% plus. They are absent INSET 5th & 6th September 2016 (no school for students) less than 10 days in the school year. We know they are Half term Monday 24th October 2016 - Friday 28th October 2016 “WISE” regarding attendance. They are likely to achieve Term 2 grades that will give them real opportunities to continue Monday 31st October 2016 - Wednesday 21 December 2016 their studies and in the world of work. Friday 25th November 2016 - School closed Wednesday 21st December 2016 - Parents morning (no school for students) Bronze Your child’s attendance is 90 – 95 %. They are Christmas break Thursday 22nd December 2016 -Monday 2nd January 2017 missing up to 20 days school each year. A full month lost!

We think they “SHOULD BE WISER!” Their absence will Term 3 Tuesday 3rd January 2017 - Friday 10th February 2017 make it difficult for them to achieve their best. INSET 3rd January 2017 (no school for students) Half term Monday 13th February 2017 - Friday 17th February 2017 Red Your child’s attendance is between 80 – 90%. They are missing up to 40 days in the school year! EIGHT

Term 4 WEEKS! They “NEED TO WISE UP”! They are missing so Monday 20th February 2017 - Friday 31st March 2017 much time from school that it will be difficult for them to Friday 31st March 2017- Parents morning (no school for students) keep up with lessons or work. Easter break Monday 3rd April2017 - Monday 17th April 2017

Term 5 WISE UP! Your child’s attendance is below 80%. You need Tuesday 18th April 2017 - Friday 26th May 2017 to “WISE UP and TAKE ACTION NOW”! They are missing INSET 18th April 2017 (no school for students) so much time from school that it will be almost impossible Monday 1st May 2017 - Bank Holiday for them to keep in touch with lessons or work! Half term Monday 29th May 2017 - Friday 2nd June 2017

Term 6 Monday 5th June 2017 - Wednesday 21st July 2017 Summer break Monday 24th July - Thursday 31st August 2017

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