Staff Changes Ark All Saints Academy Summer 2015 It is always sad to say farewell to members of the All Saints family. Our very best wishes go to the Over the past term we have welcomed several A Prayer for following as we say goodbye to them: new members of staff, we would likely to offi- the summer Ms Atalar — Music Teacher cially welcome them to the AASA family: The Saint holidays Ms Atalar is leaving to pursue a career in Opera Ms A Domguia Maths Teacher singing. Ms C Emmanuel Deputy Pastoral Director for Year 7 Heavenly Father, Ms Casey — Maths & Spanish Teacher From the Principal’s Office Ms S McLaughlin Pastoral Director for Year 8 Dear Parents Thank you for the time of rest Ms Casey is leaving to pursue a career outside of teaching. Mr S Tuckwood Technology & Art Teacher and recreation over the summer. As we come to the end of our second year I have been reflecting on what it means to Mrs Mowll — Vice Principal & English Ms S Tseng Head of Music me to lead Ark All Saints Academy; our scholars are our future, and the job that we do Keep all our scholars safe and Teacher Ms L Ransom Director of Humanities here is so important in making sure that they are equipped and ready for life beyond happy. school and home. We have raised the expectations of our scholars who now believe Mrs Mowll is relocating to Los Angeles to start a fami- Ms N Holmes- Maths Teacher that university is something they can aim for but many still do fully understand the Give them new experiences to ly. Lewis work that is involved in achieving this. Our scholars come to us ready and excited to help them grow. Our family of staff grows in September; a warm Mr A Abery Lead Teacher for Drama learn, not just academically but socially and culturally as well. My sincere hope is that welcome is extended to: they will leave us feeling that we have taught them everything they need to know to go Show them wonderful things to Ms A O’Toole Head of English to university or into the career of their choice. Ms R Monjardino English Teacher inspire them. Ms H Maule Librarian Ms S Whyte Technology Teacher We have had an enormous array of trips and performances over the last few terms, as Build their friendships with kind- Mr A Adams Teaching Partner well as an Ofsted visit, Sports Day and admissions meetings with our incoming Year Mr A Richards Head of Science 7s., and next year is already promising to be even more exciting & full of opportunities. ness and respect. Amen Ms D Akoto Cleaner Mr M Milovanovic Maths Teacher I wish you a relaxing and enjoyable summer, and I look forward to seeing you all in Ms N Ayodele Head of MFL September. Mr D Kielty English Teacher Lucy Frame Principal Important Dates Inside this Uniform Week Monday 24th August - Friday 28th August 2015 issue 9.30am-3.30pm every day From the Pastoral Director’s Office Principal’s Message ...... 1 Year 7 Summer School Monday 24th August - Thursday 27th August 2015 A welcome for our new Year 7s Welcome to Year 7 ...... 1 Start of term: Year 7 — Thursday 3rd September 2015 We are looking forward to welcoming 120 new Year 7 scholars into the Academy in Into the Trenches ...... 2 Years 8 & 9 — Wednesday 2nd September 2014 September 2015. As our third cohort to enter the Academy it will not be until the new Year 7s are in Year 11 that the Academy will be full. Plans and preparation are well Othello trip ...... 3 underway for the four day Summer School in the last week of August. I know it is Our Theatre ...... 3 sometimes a time of anxiety moving from Primary school to Secondary so we offer our Ark Music Gala...... 4 new scholars the opportunity to visit the school for four days when other scholars will The Carr House Cup not be in the Academy to learn the basics of how Ark All Saints Academy works. Cultural Evening ...... 5 When Mr Carr, a Teaching Partner and Learn- We will bring every scholar up to a level of competency where they can feel confident Music Soiree ...... 5 ing Mentor who had been with us since the acad- as they take their first steps along the marathon to University and Beyond! I will have Sports Day...... 6-7 emy opened, left at Easter he wanted to leave the met with each scholar before they start in the Academy in September either on a 1:1 Magna Carta ...... 8 scholars with some proper trophies of their own. meeting at the Academy or on a visit to their Primary school. I quickly get to know Comic Relief ...... 8 each scholar and to ensure their learning and welfare needs are met. Rest up well over The money he donated to the academy bought 5 the summer and prepare yourself for September by ensuring you have the following: Cambridge University ...... 9 awards (3 not pictured here): News Roundup ...... 10  A large sized school bag capable of fitting a folder, books and other materials inside End of Term Prizes ...... 10 The Progress Shield  A reading book (or two) The Integrity Shield  The correct Academy uniform and PE kit New scholars ...... 11 The Attendance Cup  A professional haircut (no dyes or cut-ins) Summer prayer ...... 12 The Sports Day Shield  A plan, and back up, for how you will be getting to and from the Academy each day Staff changes ...... 12 The Carr House Cup Enjoy the 6 week holiday and keep yourself safe and your brain busy. Half an hour a Important dates ...... 12 day reading will keep you fresh for when you return to learning in September. The Carr Cup ...... 12 We are incredibly grateful to Mr Carr’s generosi- ty in giving our scholars these amazing trophies Joe Norton-Jones and shields. The Sports Day Shield and the Carr House Cup Pastoral Director for Year 7 Welcome to our new scholars! Into the Trenches Mohamed Abu Serrieh Daquan Francis Powell Nathaniel Odaliki Year 8 have been reading Private Peaceful in their English classes. Set in Oluwatobi Afolabi Laura Gaitan Soler Josh Odoe the trenches of Belgium during World War 1, Private Peaceful tells the Sharmin Ahmed Nahom Ghirmai Margaret Oduro story of Private Thomas Peaceful as he looks back on his life and considers Emmanuel Akinwale Naod Ghirmai Joel Ogbonna the hardship of life in the trenches. Ella Antoine Etyfela Gogoua Samuel Oguntona Some of our scholars were finding it hard to imagine what life in the trenches must have been like for someone just a few years older than them. Kias-Blake Antoine Brian Goma Kevin Olah They were tasked with putting themselves in the shoes of a soldier in the Chennel Antwi Megan Greely Angel Omorogieva trenches who was Oneil Antwi Denaiyo Green-Davidson Jolanda Oruni writing a letter home to their par- Toluwalashe Ayoade Aboubacar Hamza Kone Aline Osman ents. Shantell Badmus Jayden Hassan Zinedine Osman Romario Baker Natalia Heat Davarn Ottway Ahmed Bamba Elijah Heath Jordan Owoade Amir Barrett Joshua Hinson Destiny Ozor Makayla Barton Rashida Howe Felipe Palacio Naranjo J'Nea Beecher Hanan Ibrahim Jacques Pambu Kimpa Sakinah Belhaj-Fahsi Habib Jalloh Jade Pandit Mattie Bendall Tyrese Kamara Emanuele Pellicciotta Pereira De An- Adam Benzerroune Riley Kelly Gabrielle drade Remaine Blackstock Rohana Kerr Suzannah Pourou Kimberley Boakye Elisee Kitsiabi-Masamuna Reece Prigent Crawford Courtney Boland Rebekah Lleshi Cannon David Rahimi Kaylam Burgess Melise Madigan Najiba Rahimi Ishman Camara Zeniah Maduabuchukwu Dante Richards Daniel Cardenas Espin Elijah Mafolo O'Shane Ricketts Dean Carver Francisco Magahalash Jayden Rodgers Taejha Charles Vanessa Manole Gabriel Sandoval Herrera Thoyin Clarke Molly Marriott Estelle Sandy Tashai Cornell Pringle Johnny Marshall Ricardo Shand While Lieutenant Cooksey valiantly Jeremiah Crowl Vanessa Mbeko Brandon Shepherd allowed his office to be turned into a WW1 trench for the day, Sergeants Angelo Cruz Nyokabi Mburu Sineen Sineen Frame and Mowll gave the privates Jennifer Cueva Lily-May McDonald Daniel Smith their standing orders, and under the Daniela Cueva-Castillo Rayhanah Mensah Darell Smith watchful eyes of Major Brennan the Tamzin Curley Alexis-Edith Mfum Tamzin Smith scholars braved the rats, chaos, ex- plosions and barbed wire of the Monique Dacosta Grace Moir Tyler Stewart trenches to get their notes down, get Adam Dahimene Tericess Morgan Chése Thomas safely back to their classroom and Kairie Davis Rasheed Morrison Deborah Toriola get their letters written without suc- Davia Dawkins Jenae Nation Splendour Uansohia cumbing to trenchfoot or worse. Kish-Shane Edite Nayra Navia Roman Caitlin Walsh One scholar said that the experi- Esaikumoh- Daniel Sophie Nicholas Shekinah Warren ence, although in a school office, Osaigbovo helped him understand just how Chloe Evans Sophie Nolan Chantelle Wilson chaotic, loud and scary it must have been in the real trenches. Tatiyana Fortese-Danfa Frederick Nwazili News Roundup Othello at the Globe Ark Spelling Bee — On Thursday 26th February 2015, a number of our scholars took part in the Ark Spelling 27th February 2015: On a sunny, but chilly, February day, Bee at Bolingbroke Academy. The scholars did us proud with an excellent showing, especially considering 20 Year 7 and Year 8 Ark All Saints Academy scholars our scholars were among the youngest at the event! attended a performance of Othello at the Globe Theatre. We were seated high up in the balconies at the theatre, with Bloomberg trip — 15 Year 8 scholars visited Bloomberg, the multinational financial software, media and data a fantastic view of all the action (we even had some actors company, in central London on Friday 17th April 2015. All 15 scholars are budding computer scientists, who rappelling down to the stage from right next to us!) and were keen to learn more about computer programming. They had the opportunity to talk to some of Bloom- although some of the scholars had never read the play berg’s top software engineers and learn about what it takes to pursue it as a career after university. before, they all really enjoyed the performance, asked their

teachers lots of questions about the play and asking when Revd. Roberts commissioning — On Monday 20th April 2015, Reverend Jonathan Roberts, the Chaplain at they could start studying more Shakespeare at school! Ark All Saints Academy, was commissioned as the vicar at St Michael and All Angels Church next door to the school. The commissioning was attended by Ms Frame and other members of the AASA family.

UBS Bank trip — On Friday 19th June 2015, 30 scholars visited UBS Bank in London to learn more about the financial services industry. They had a tour of UBS’s building and a Q&A with one of their top bankers. End of term prizes Sports Day Shield — Barnardo with 1,600 Sports Day points Attendance Cup — Cavell with 94.65% attendance for the year Integrity Shield — Tutu with 1,461 integrity awards for the year Progress Shield — Ramabai with 2.625 sub levels of average progress this year House Cup — Ramabai with a total of 28,412 house points for the year

For 100% attendance in Terms 5 & 6, one scholar from each house was picked at random to win a bike: Barnardo - Joshua Hewan-McCollin (Y7) Ramabai - Kathryn Aidoo-Barnor (Y8) Cavell - Dre Graham (Y8) Tutu - Francesca Harris-Day (Y7)

For 100% attendance for the entire year and exhibiting all the qualities of an exemplary Ark All Saints Academy scholar, two scholars were picked to win a Kindle: Fatiah Alliowe (Y8) Sofia Lima Martins (Y7)

For 100% attendance and punctuality for the entire year, ten scholars were awarded gift certificates: Melvin Aidoo (Y7) Amelia Lam (Y7) Fanta Saidy (Y7) Crystal Ambrosio (Y7) Soraia Lima Martins (Y7) Adam Woodgate (Y7) Jessica Betiku (Y7) Kirsten Martin (Y7) On Friday 12th June 2015, 11 of our scholars Thu Trang Doan Ngu (Y7) Marilyn Owusu Kotey (Y8) performed Henry V at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse (part of the Globe Theatre) as part of For 100% attendance all year, ten scholars were awarded gift certificates: the Our Theatre project. After numerous Rasheed Alaka (Y8) Francisco Goncalves (Y8) Lamar Moore (Y7) rehearsals, both at school and at the Playhouse, Kafilat Bashorun (Y8) Temiloluwa Iyanda (Y7) Janelle Oduntan (Y7) they performed on stage in front of a large Jahbari Boothe (Y7) Curtis Johnson (Y7) Romeo Opoku Amankwah (Y7) audience. Ark All Saints Academy was praised as Callum Breen Begadon (Y8) Trevor Khalil Sowa (Y7) Michael Plahar (Y7) being one of the most confident performances of Elizabeth Clark (Y7) Jeremie Mbungu (Y8) the evening, and the scholars even met the Mayor of Southwark and the local MP for the Theatre. Governor’s Soiree Once our Ofsted report was released, our Governing Body wanted to celebrate with staff and congratulate them on the result. The Gover- nors kindly threw a soiree for staff, including this magnificent cake! While the scholars were as important as staff for the Ofsted rating we received, unfortunately the cake wasn’t big enough to share with every scholar! Cambridge University trip Ark Music Gala 2015 Some of the scholars even had a special trip up the clock tower The biggest event in the musical calendar is the Ark Music Gala, held at 20 Year 8 scholars went on an IntoUniversity trip to Cambridge in the Great Court to see it chime midday, and learn a bit about the Barbican every year. Last year we were lucky enough to get a slot in the engineering challenge of connecting a 100 year old clock to our first year as a school, and the Directors of Music at Ark loved our University on Thursday 4th June 2015. The trip had a Q&A performance so much that they invited us back again! with some current Cambridge students, a tour of Trinity College, the internet! Our scholars performed as part of the Ignite Choir, as part of the One lunch in the (Hogwartian) dining hall and a session on finance/ Scholars also saw the corridor where Isaac Newton first experi- Voice Massed Choir and with Evelyn Grace Academy on their own societies/uni life in a lecture theatre. mented to discover the speed of sound. piece. This meant that Ark All Saints Academy scholars were on stage more often than not, and really had the opportunity to show off their All of the scholars asked some really insightful questions and musical talents. We even had two solos in the mass pieces by our very were really engaged with the Cambridge students and wanted to own Lamah Walters and Curtis Johnson. find out more about what it took to get into university and what it The piece of music we performed with Evelyn Grace Academy was was like to go there. Break Out (originally by Swing Out Sister). Thank you to all of the parents who came along to support their child in We hope that the trip has inspired our scholars to research uni- the performance; Ark All Saints Academy had one of the biggest contin- versities and aim high! We will be running further university gents in the audience, and we know that it means so much to the scholars visits in the future. to look into the audience and see their parents and teachers cheering for them. We’re already looking forward to next year! Magna Carta Cultural Evening & Music Soiree You may remember that in November, coming back to us again next the Ark All Saints Academy choir was time they do a special pro- asked to sing at a special Remembrance gramme, so a huge well done to Ark All Saints Academy is an incredibly multi-cultural Day television event on Discovery Educa- these four scholars for showing school, with scholars, staff and parents from all corners of tion, from the Tower of London. the world just what Ark All the globe and with amazing heritages. Saints Academy scholars can do! Discovery Education were so impressed On Wednesday 15th July 2015, we gave our scholars the with the scholars who sang at this event, You can re-watch the perfor- chance to show off some of their cultural background to that they came straight to us when they mance on the Discovery Educa- each other, parents and staff. were looking for their next event! tion website. The Great Hall was filled with flags of every colour, daz- On Monday 15th June 2015, Discovery zling traditional clothes, delicious food and national mu- Education were doing a special pro- sic. The scholars put together stalls and cajoled their par- gramme from the National Archives in ents into cooking food and helping them research their Kew to commemorate the 800th anniver- backgrounds. sary of the signing of the Magna Carta. Once the Cultural Evening was coming to an end, it was They needed 3 secondary school children time for our musical scholars to step up. Parents were to read a poem live on television. They ushered into the Music Hall (our temporarily renamed were looking for scholars with excellent Dining Hall) and treated to a musical extravaganza as confidence, diction and clarity of voice. scholars showed off everything they’ve learnt in their Mu- They came to the school to audition our sic lessons this year. Everything from singing to drums to scholars, and were so impressed that they violins were present, and a fantastic time was had by all! ended up asking 4 of our scholars to take part, instead of the 3 they were originally looking for: Patrick Lameed Fanta Saidy Melvin Aidoo Brenda Bernardo Discovery Education have said they’ll be

Soak a Teacher Friday 13th March 2015 was Comic Relief, and among the many fundraising ideas that scholars had, the teachers themselves came up with the Soak a Teacher idea. For a dona- tion to Comic Relief, scholars could take a shot at their teachers with soaking wet spong- es. Considering it was taking place an hour after school had finished, turn- out amongst the scholars was (unsurprisingly) very high! Luckily it was a warm day & spirits were high, even for the teachers who got very wet! Overall for Comic Relief, the 240 scholars of Ark All Saints Academy raised a stunning to- tal of £961. Academy records Sports Day 2015 Event Record Holder Record On Tuesday 14th July 2014, we had our Academy 100m (Y7 boys) Tobi Alogba 13.42s Sports Day. Despite overcast skies, spirits were high 100m (Y7 girls) Osayi Egharevba 13.77s and scholars and staff alike were excited to compete 100m (Y8 boys) Adolphe Mbouta Ewane 12.53s for their houses and enjoy the day. 100m (Y8 girls) Natasha Nelson 13.52s Every single scholar got involved with either compet- ing or time-keeping/score running/etc. 200m (Y7 boys) Laurma Lindsay-Lewis 33.20s 200m (Y7 girls) Osayi Egharevba 31.67s We would like to thank St Saviour’s and St Olave’s school for lending us their playing fields again. 200m (Y8 boys) Ramarn James 28.16s 200m (Y8 girls) Hawa Olabanji 33.78s Medals were given out at a special Sports Day As- sembly on Thursday 16th July 2015, with the Sports 400m (Y7 boys) Tyrell Medley 1m 16s Tug of War battle Day Shield given to the winning house on Friday Aliyah Ibrahim gets to grips with the Shot Putt 400m (Y7 girls) Sarah Odoe 1m 24s 17th July 2015. 400m (Y8 boys) Orhan Yousef 1m 13s Instead of describing the amazing sporting achieve- 400m (Y8 girls) Adyseia Waisome 1m 19s Ms Riddiford streaks across the ments from the day, we’ll let the pictures speak for line in the Staff Relay Race themselves! Long Jump (Y7 boys) Teddie Stanhope-Thomas 3.8m Long Jump (Y7 girls) Crystal Ambrosio 3.45m Long Jump (Y8 boys) Leshard Vanderpool 5.3m Long Jump (Y8 girls) Sky Gabriel-Johnson 3.4m Shot Putt (Y7 boys) Daniel Mukasa 7.89m Shot Putt (Y7 girls) Adina James 5.78m Shot Putt (Y8 boys) Ayomide Osinlaru 8.60m David Okoye in the 400m Shot Putt (Y8 girls) Aliyah Ibrahim 6.30m Relay Race (Y7 boys) Ramabai 46.16s

Obstacle Race Relay Race (Y7 girls) Barnardo 48.64s Relay Race (Y8 boys) Cavell 41.86s Relay Race (Y8 girls) Ramabai 47.95s Obstacle Race (Y7) Tutu Obstace Race (Y8) Cavell Lamah Walters makes a break for Teddie Stanhope-Thomas doing his winning long jump it in the Relay Race Tug of War (Y7) Cavell Tug of War (Y8) Tutu