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e hope you enjoy this and future issues which will be printed at the beginning of every term. “We cannot publish this newsletter without your help!” (More details at the back). W SCITT BEGINNINGS….. Lucy Southall () retired he London Diocesan Board School in July, after 20 years of Centred Initial Teacher Training service to the Buildings (SCITT) course began in 1999 and on department. LDBS staff Tnd th 2 July celebrated its 11 year of training gave her a royal send off high quality graduates () to become after a staff lunch with a successful, confident and effective car home and many fond teachers. farewells, from her Doreen Hansen, One of the Founders of colleagues. the LDBS SCITT and retired LDBS Primary Adviser explained how the SCITT came into SPIRITUAL LIGHT….. being and finished off by saying: "Today n 7th September, LDBS staff were isn't the end for you - it's the start of given an exclusive tour, by Principal something new and very exciting! Teaching O Andy Yarrow, of Chelsea Academy will offer you many opportunities if you the day before it opened its doors to wish to take them. To be entrusted to students in their new school. Staff met teach other people's children is a great members of Chelsea Academy Foundation privilege....” who support the work of the Academy and have also set up an endowment fund. The breath taking views () were a delight in the urban surroundings. The building was designed to explore the spiritual quality of light.
LDBS FAREWELLS….. he London Diocesan Board sadly said farewells to a couple of its long T standing members of staff last term: Penelope Penney () who was the Secondary Adviser retired in June. Her work was much appreciated by our Secondary Heads who gathered to say goodbye and present a gift.
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ARK GALA..... BONJOUR….. Sunlight Johnson; Annie Manning and ome Y6 children () from Bishop Monique Gilligan () from Burlington Danes Winnington Ingram, Ruislip travelled Academy, White City joined students from S to Inner London to meet their other schools in the ARK network to French pen pals and their teacher Mme perform as the Scholarship Singers Choir Lequellec for a picnic in St James's Park at the ARK Gala dinner on Thursday 13th as part of their new Paris - London link, May. They were led by Suzi Digby OBE, which they hope to develop in the coming Director of the Voices Foundation, and a months. judge on TV’s Last Choir Standing. They were met by ARK’s chairman Stanley Fink and by the guest speaker, her Royal Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan.
ECO-SCHOOL….. oly Trinity, East Trinity held a special Green Day on Friday 11th June, to launch its plans over the H next few years to become, a more MISSION POSSIBLE UPDATE….. sustainable ‘eco-school’. The day kicked n Tuesday 4th May, the staff from off with a special assembly given by Matt Reception at Winnington Ingram, Bell, Director of Education at the Ruislip started to move their O Commission for Architecture and the Built equipment back into the new Foundation Environment (CABE). He outlined the Stage unit which looks fantastic; () the importance of taking responsibility for the new kitchen facilities were in place, the health of our planet and reminded the walls were painted and the carpet had been children that, if we act now, future laid. The children were very excited to be generations will benefit. in their new surroundings. The kitchens Staff and children came to school wearing are now operational and the new hall has green and nursery children who had been been finished. Hot dinners at last for the growing their own fruit and vegetables, children of BWI ! presented headteacher Tim Bowden with some ‘home grown’ radishes for lunch. () Mr Bowden pledged to get an energy display meter to show just how much energy is used in school.
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BELIEFS & VALUES..... Academy students were at the forefront of etween the 11th-14th May, twenty Y5 the attempt. Peter () observed Chelsea children () at Latymer All Saints, Academy students practising for the world BEdmonton had the opportunity to visit record attempt, before wishing them the the beautiful City of Berlin. The children best for the actual attempt on Monday th stayed in Friednichshain and whilst there, 17 May on the pitch at Stamford Bridge had the opportunity to see the sights of when nearly 500 students from across Berlin and meet their German pen-pals London danced non-stop for the duration of from Freidrichsfelder Schule. a chosen music track. The record was This was a truly unique experience, where successfully broken; another first for the children gained a new understanding of Chelsea Academy! another culture and shared their own beliefs and values which helped in developing a sense of self and identity.
KS2 SHOW.....
ampstead Parochial, Camden end of
year show was “Shakespeare as you
H had never seen it before” with ..... YOUNG WRITERS Bethan MacDonald, a Scottish singer. In ongratulations go to Melissa Hamdoun this adaptation, written by the children Y11; Sara Daher Y8 and Fatima and Y6 teacher Mark Unwin, everyone was C Mohamed Y13 of St Augustine’s High, entertained with singing, murder and Kilburn who submitted poems for the ‘Young suspense. The children performed to a full Writers Competition 2010’ and were house on both evenings and the selected to be published in the anthology performance incorporated Y2 “street entitled: Past Poets – Future Voices dancers” () who were champions at the London. This is an amazing achievement Camden Dance Festival. and the anthologies will be stocked at the British Library and other libraries across the UK and Republic of Ireland. They are also in the running to win a cash prize if they are selected for the individual or school prizes.
ROBOTIC CROUCH….. eter Crouch’s famous robotic dancing goal celebration provided the P inspiration for a Guinness World record attempt at the largest mass robotic dance ever undertaken and Chelsea
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300 YEARS….. via the parish of St Pancras Old Church n Friday 2nd July St George the and Father Martyr, Holborn celebrated the Bruce Batstone O 300th anniversary of the founding of (part of the St the school. The children and staff marked Michael’s the occasion by hosting a full day of team). INFRONT OF events: flappers, 1960s swingers, chimney NOTRE DAME sweeps, plus a giant St George and the CATHEDRAL dragon formed a colourful parade from the school (photo) to St George’s Church in DREAMS….. Queen’s Square. The Bishop of Edmonton, t Luke’s, Old Street Y6 held their the Right Revd. Peter Wheatley led a Leavers Service at St Giles, service in which the children performed the Cripplegate. The theme of the story of the school’s history from it’s S service was 'dreams' and ended with a lot founding in 1710. The children and staff of fun as Revd. Katharine Rumens and then paraded to St George’s Gardens where Revd. David Allen joined Y6 in wishing their each child laid a rose on the tomb of dreams come true by releasing hundreds of Robert Nelson, the founder of the school. bubbles outside St. Giles Church in the The school were led in prayer by the Chair Barbican. () of Governors, Father Guy Pope. Other events during the day included a tour of the displays, artefacts and an archive which traces the school’s history. Former pupils and staff rejoined the school for tea and in the evening the school hosted a drinks reception.
NEW MURAL….. Scott Maslen () (who plays Jack Branning in Eastenders) watched the children of St Mary & St Pancras, Somers Town perform on stage and then he unveiled their new
mural 'Rights Respecting Schools'. FRIENDLY HAND….. en KS2 children from St Michael’s, Camden Town went to Paris in June T for the day courtesy of the ‘Friendly Hand’ Charity who funded the trip. They visited some of the sights and also met up with the children of the St Vincent de Paul School which St Michael’s have a link with
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STAR ATTRACTION….. OFFICE QUEEN….. 6 girls from Holy Trinity, East rs Blackshaw () started working Finchley designed and sewed unique at St Paul’s, Primrose Hill in 1981 Y cushions () for their Summer Fair M as the only Primary helper in the using beautiful, donated and recycled, whole school. Soon her secretarial skills materials to produce gorgeous original were noticed by the former Headteacher, cushions, all of which were sold. The girls Wendy French, and on the retirement of were in charge of running the Sewing Stall the school secretary she took over this which was a star attraction and raised over role in 1987. She has been a loyal and £400 for the school. dedicated member of staff and has always held the interests of the children, staff and families at heart. Her retirement at the end of the Summer term coincided with plans for travelling to New Zealand for her son’s wedding. On Tuesday 13th July, the staff and governors organised a surprise drinks reception at St Mary’s Church and two previous Headteachers returned to offer their thanks to Mrs Blackshaw. The staff performed a tribute song to her favourite pop group Abba – ‘You are the office GARDEN WITH A FUTURE….. Queen’. wo Y5 girls from All Saints, Fulham took the first pumpkin () to be T picked from the school garden to the school kitchen where Diane, the school cook used it to prepare a pumpkin stew. This term has also seen the new playground finished. Ideas for the DARBY & JOAN CLUB….. playground were hildren at Laleham, Surrey visited generated by their local Darby and Joan club (Club the children and for senior citizens). Pupils in Y6 include a trim trail C went to their Easter meeting and () pupils () and a new in Y5 shared in grass area. () a folk dance afternoon. The group is run by All Saint's Church, Laleham.
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~ SUMMER EVENTS 2010 ~ ….. in LDBS schools ~ Enjoy.
“The B team took part in the Ruislip and
Northwood Schools Tournament and won!” “Everyone dressed in the colors of the World Bishop Winnington Ingram, Ruislip Cup Countries ” ~ St Mary’s High, Hendon
“23 of Chelsea Academy’s finest footballers set off to Skegness and took part in the Foxes Cup. The girls’ team was, awarded the Fair Play trophy for their sporting behaviour
throughout the tournament.” Chelsea Academy “Whole school picnic lunch”
“Summer BBQ”
“Sports Day: 1st Saturn – Yellow; 2nd Pluto –
Blue; 3rd Mars – Red; 4th Jupiter – Green” St Paul’s, Primrose Hill
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“Sports Day” ~ KS1 in the playground and KS2 at Parliament Hill Running track Hampstead Parochial, Camden
“Sponsored walk” raised £3084 and distributed to:
£1028 – Christian Aid, £1028 – Mozambique and £1028 – School Council “Summer fair” Twyford High, Ealing
“Asian Summer Fair and Sports Day” ~ Holy Trinity & St Silas, Haverstock Hill
The following students were chosen to represent
Westminster in the Borough championships on Saturday 12th June 2010:
Dean Oamen - long jump / triple jump Jordan Connel - 100 m Tremaine Roache - shot putt Jonathan Stefanni Machado - 800 m
Following on from their huge success on the day, Dean, Jordan and Tremaine have been selected to take part in the English Schools Championships in Birmingham, which is similar to a mini Olympics
St Augustine’s High, Kilburn
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GET SET….. that people become homeless. The children t Mary’s & St John’s, Hendon signed made up hampers of toiletries and non- up to GetSet London 2012 and are perishable food for the users of the Centre. S counting down to the Olympics, The children () presented and shared their entering competitions etc and generally work at a special celebration event at City enthusing the pupils. In 2011 they will be Hall with schools from other boroughs. They covering a number of cross-curricular topics also had the honour of being the only school with an emphasis invited to attend a special reception at The on the Games. House of Lords with the Prime Minister, In June & July members of the government, local councils they were honoured and the Citizenship Foundation. with visits from three female sports people; Beth Morgan, () England Ladies Cricketer who encouraged the girls team at a tournament. Nadia Williams, () UK Triple Jumper spoke at KS2 assembly and presented KS1/FS prizes. Leah King, () Great Britain Fencing Team attended the after school "fighting fit" club.
HOMELESSNESS….. n June, Y5 children from St Cuthbert with St Matthias, Earls Court accepted I a challenge from Go-Givers (Citizenship Foundation) which promotes ideas of charity and empathy amongst children through active participation. An important issue with the children was poverty which they see every day and one aspect they focused on was homelessness. They visited St Cuthbert’s Day Centre which provides help and support for the homeless where they gained an insight into the various ways and reasons LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 13 ~ September 2010 9 of 12
GIVE AND GAIN….. FUTURE DESIGNER….. t Michael’s, Camden Town had even year old, Nathalia Socratous volunteers in on July 9th as part of the from Trent, Cockfosters beat S annual ‘Give and Gain Day’. The group Shundreds of hopefuls to win the Nivea from thetrainline.com worked in the reading Sun contest. Nathalia designed the ideal garden making a train track path (), new school PE kit winning £500 worth of sports bird feeder and new TFL-style signs so the equipment for Trent. Trent have entered area can be used even more effectively by the competition for the last two years so the the children as an outdoor classroom. pupils can learn about the physical, social and health parts of the curriculum.
GOING FOR GOLD….. Bradley Wiggins spoke to the TES about his best teacher, Graham Hatch who was his PE teacher at St Augustine’s High, Kilburn. Mr Hatch recognized Bradley as a good cyclist and encouraged him where other teachers dismissed his dream of winning an Olympic MEDAL WINNER….. gold in cycling. wimmer Catriona Bricknell () from St Mary’s & St Peter’s, Twickenham NEW STAGE….. S scooped a gold urlington Danes Academy opened its (breaststroke) and silver ‘Dennis Potter Building for Performing in the British Transplant B Arts’ in June, with a capacity crowd of Games in August amongst 300 who were treated to a spectacular show 700 athletes. Catriona of drama, music and dance. Highlights of had a heart transplant the show included a modern take on Romeo when she was five and Juliet by students in Y10, a hilarious months old. dramatic monologue from Y12 student Yasmin Mohamed, along with a Michael Jackson GREENS….. dance medley by KS3 students and an t Stephen’s, Twickenham long term enticing preview of the summer musical: plan to make their playground a Little Shop of Horrors. () S greener place is on track with the new The Dennis Potter Building for Performing herb garden spicing up school lunches. A Arts has been named after former student group of supportive parents and the children’s Dennis Potter who went on to become one of gardening club have also planted flowers Britain’s most celebrated playwrights. The adding colour ground floor consists of a 300 seat state of to the the art theatre, supported by music rooms, grounds. drama rooms, recording studios and ICT suites. The first floor will be home to the Sixth Form and HEADTEACHER, provides a LIZ STUBBS, common room, DEPUTY HEAD, NICK BOOKER classrooms and AND PUPILS computer suites. ADMIRE THE HERBS
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DEAR GOD…. RETIREMENTS Actual prayers of children! In Sunday school they told us what you do. Who does it when you are on Patti Dean ~ Headteacher and Sue Andrews ~ vacation? SENCO at St John’s, Upper Holloway retired Are you really invisible or is that just a end of July 2010 with over 50 years of trick? service between them. Did you really mean "do unto others as Mrs Annabel Radville ~ Administrator they do unto you"? Because if you did, at Edward Betham, Greenford with then I’m going to fix my brother? over 20 years service at the school rd You don't have to worry about me. I retired on 23 July 2010. always look both ways. Keith Taylor ~ Headteacher at Trent, DEATHS…. Cockfosters for 5 years retired end of July Val Harris, parent & teacher at St Luke’s, 2010.
Kilburn and then moved to St Mary & St Malcolm Haynes ~ Subject Leader for Design Pancras. Val’s health forced her to retire & Technology at St Augustine’s, High for and she died suddenly in the summer term. 35 years retired end of July 2010. Matthew Burrows, a treasured colleague and RE teacher at Greig City Academy died John Wright ~ Headteacher at St Peter’s, suddenly in June. Eaton Square for 17 years retired end of July 2010.
MMOOVVIINNGG OONN // TTHHAANNKKSS…… MOVING ON / THANKS… Anna Cumbers ~ Headteacher at St Mary’s To the following for their valuable years: Infant, Hornsey for 10 years retired end of July 2010. Gladys Vendy (22 Years) ~ LDBS governor at Bishop Wand Sec., Sunbury. 08.10 Bridget Methuen ~ Headteacher at Christ
Church, Brondesbury retired end of July Paul Graves (19 Years) ~ LDBS governor at St 2010. Stephen’s, Twickenham. 08.10
David Sirl (18 Years) ~ LDBS governor at Princess Frederica, Kensal Rise. 08.10
Henry Pickthorn (18 Years) ~ LDBS governor at WWWEEELLLCCCOOOMMMEEE St Gabriels, Pimlico. 08.10 Jill Coughlan joins LDBS as part time Gillian Williams (17 Years) ~ LDBS governor at Secondary Adviser. St Peter’s, Paddington. 08.10 Lesley Prior joins LDBS as part time R.E. Jean Coops (15 Years) ~ LDBS governor at All Adviser in Community Schools. Saints, Childs Hill. 08.10
Christine Vaughn (13 Years) ~ LDBS governor at All Souls, Foley Street. 08.10 WEDDING CONGRATULATIONS Dorothy Anderson (10 Years) ~ LDBS governor at St Mary’s, Islington. 08.10 Kate Hulme Deputy Head at Christ Church, th Ann Roberts (6 Years) ~ LDBS governor at Soho Hampstead on 25 July 2010. Parish, Westminster. 08.10
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BIRTH CONGRATULATIONS ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON……
The monstrosity of a dragon rested in its bedraggled cave, Waiting through the night. It just sat there in a silent mountainous lump
Waiting for the night. Its shimmering knife, like teeth waiting to bite. (Rob &) Alix Ascough ~ Headteacher at All Souls, Foley Street ~ Woody Oscar George knew the monster he faced on 26th July 2010 weighing But forced himself on till complete. 6lb 9oz. He knew, that what the dragon really desired Was wonderful, human meat. (Lucy &) David Pite ~ Building Finance He held his gleaming sword like a flaming Administrator at LDBS ~ Iona Susan on torch, 13th June 2010 weighing His heavy shield at his side, 6lb 11oz. Heavy and afraid. He strode on through the deserted town (Mitesh &) Kalpna Assani ~ St Onwards to the dragon’s hide. Mary & St Pancras ~ Deesha th Heavy and afraid. on 5 July weighing 6lbs 5oz.
The terrifying dragon slumbered out to face George. Teeth slicing, wings clanking, A desire for death in his head. George knew he needed this dragon dead. NEXT ISSUE
If any schools would like to send any His shield crackled as fire met metal. pieces of work, news items – including The dragon made a whining noise like an over retirements, births and marriages of heating kettle. staff, or pictures/photos (these will be A swift chop, the dragon was slain. sent back to you) which illustrate a Now the town would no longer feel pain. particular event or on-going project for
our next LDBS Schools Newsletter ~
Christmas edition, please send to: By Bryn Braxton-Jones, Y5 Mitch Gallacher, LDBS, Diocesan House, St George’s, Feezywater 36 Causton Street, London, SW1P 4AU
Fax : 020 7932 1111 E-mail: [email protected] by 15th Dcember 2010
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