LDBS SCHOOLS NEWSLETTER

ISSUE 30 AUTUMN 2016 - SPRING 2017 We 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).

SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING... On Friday 20th January 2017, in his role as President of the London Diocesan Board for Schools (LDBS), the Bishop of London led a thanksgiving service for their work throughout the Diocese. The service at St Paul’s Cathedral also recognised the 100th anniversary of Lady Margaret’s Secondary School, the 175th anniversary of Archdeacon Cambridge’s Primary School and the 200th anniversary of Ashford Primary School. Several London Diocesan schools had roles in the celebration, including Holy Trinity Tottenham Primary School Steel Pans, Ashford Primary School outlining the history of their school, singing by the choir of Christ the Saviour School and dancing by raines Foundation School. The Venerable Luke Miller, Chairman of the London Diocesan Board for Schools, paid tribute during the service to recently‐retired Director of School Support Services, Liz Wolverson who joined the LDBS in January 1987 and in her role as Director of School Support Services led a team working with 156 Church of England schools in the Diocese of London as well as a number of community schools that are affiliated to LDBS. Following the service, Liz said: “The last 30 years have produced change on a scale that has never been seen before and the LDBS has had to be responsive to the education agenda at all times. Although my time as the Director of Schools Support Services at LDBS came to an end last year, I am continuing to work towards the development of Church of England Schools in my role as CEO of the LDBS Academies Trust. I know the LDBS will continue to lead the way in facing the challenges ahead and I am so proud of all that we achieved in providing children and young people with the best possible opportunities to shine.” Liz retired as Director, School Support Services at the LDBS in November following her appointment as the LDBS Academies Trust (LAT) full‐time CEO. LAT was formed in 2012 as an academy sponsor, and now contains seven schools in the boroughs of Haringey, Barnet and Brent. The Trust has been set up to establish, maintain, carry on, manage and develop Church of England schools.

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 1 of 20 OUT OF THIS WORLD... MESSY FLOUR... London said goodbye to the 132nd Bishop of London The LDBS Academies Trust (LAT) ‐ St at a Candlemas service held at St Paul’s Cathedral, Andrew's and St Francis, Holy Trinity, St celebrating Bishop Richard’s thirty‐three years of Ann's, St Michael's and St Paul's and All ministry in London on Thursday 2nd February 2017. Hallows' joned Before beginning the formal service, the Bishop and together on a procession of 200 clergy welcomed crowds at a Wednesday 1st ‘pop‐up’ cathedral in Paternoster Square. The Bishop March 2017, and told the crowd: “I began life as an ink monitor in a held a Shrove primary school. I retire in a digital world. It’s a long Tuesday Service. distance from steel nibs and copperplate to smart The Bishop of apps and the Twittersphere, but it gives us an Edmonton, Bishop opportunity for communicating.” Rob, made The Bishop then sent his first‐ever tweet: pancakes with a KXC@KXChurch flourish... which Jesus is the Light of the World #lightoftheworld #bf2l the children will #BishopsFarewell2London 5:48 PM ‐ 2 Feb 2017 remember for a The invitation to post social media messages of long time. praise and thanks had the event hashtag #BF2L trending at 9th place in the UK, while a live report by BBC London News emphasised the growth that the GROW... church in London has seen The Bishop of Edmonton and Cllr Elin during Bishop Richard’s tenure. Weston (Lead Member for Schools, Children During the service the Bishop and Families) cut the ribbon at both of St handed over his Crozier – the Mary’s, Hornsey sites and blessed the hooked staff he carries as a buildings after the symbol of his office – to the completed multi‐ Bishop of Willesden, Pete million pound Broadbent, who will be Acting expansion programme Bishop of London until a new which took 18 months appointment is made. to complete. This will Following the end of the give the children an service, Bishop Richard came to environment where the West Doors of the Cathedral and blessed the they can learn and capital and its population one last time, a mirror of grow. the blessing he performed when he was first installed as Bishop of London.

ST PAUL... On Monday 19th September 2016, Mrs Brown, Miss Patsalis, Fr Stephen Coleman (Curate at St Paul’s Church Winchmore Hill) and a group of eight children from St Paul’s, Winchmore Hill School Council, attended a Eucharist service at St Paul’s Cathedral in which prayers were said for the school. After the Eucharist, the children enjoyed a tour of the Cathedral, ably guided by Fr Stephen, who showed them the painting, ‘The Light of the World, and the banner for the Mother’s Union of the London Diocese. Fr Stephen introduced then to the Reverend Canon Michael Hampel (Precentor at St Paul’s Cathedral) who told them stories of St Paul, depicted on the Cathedral ceiling.

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 2 of 20 WORLD CHALLENGE... REFURB... Greig City Academy, Hornsey was nominated for St Clement & St James , Kensington refurbished two awards at Haringey Council’s 4th their playground over the summer holidays. Outstanding for All Awards. Since 2013, this event has recognised those students, teachers, schools and groups who have performed outstandingly. GCA’s robotics team was nominated in the secondary school STEM category and the school as a whole was nominated for its outdoor education programme in the Sport and the Arts category. They were shortlisted in both categories and then had a tense wait for the results at the awards ceremony on 5th December 2016 at Alexandra Palace. The robotics team were named the STEM winner and shortly afterwards the school took the award for Sport and the Arts. The robotics team went on the following day to win the regional final of the VEX EDR robotics competition and are now gearing up for the national final.

INSPIRATIONAL... On Thursday 3rd November 2016, Sir John Cass Red Coat, Stepney were lucky to welcome guest speaker and Paralympic Gold medallist Danny Crates to their annual prize giving ceremony. After losing his right arm in a horrific accident in 1994 at just 21 years old, Danny moved into Paralympic sport and quickly began to dominate In December 2016, Y10 art students visited the – famously winning gold in the men’s 800 meters Saatchi Gallery where they explored the gallery T46 final at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games, space and worked with artist Amy Leung to a year which also saw him set a new world produce some interesting investigations focused record. around the theme of inclusion. Amy visited GCA Danny explained to the audience how he did not in January 2017 to continue working with allow the loss of his arm to hold him back, and students and produce a portfolio of artwork that that you can either sit back and talk about the will be exhibited at the gallery. terrible things that have happened, or you can do something about it. Danny said: “I can see the potential the students of this school have, and I wish them every success for the future.”

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 3 of 20 HAPPY 150TH BIRTHDAY... On Wednesday 12th October 2016, St Luke’s, Cubitt Town celebrated 150 years with each class dressed up from different decades; from the Victorians to our present day. They went on procession from Christ Church to school, led by the carrying of St Luke's. The Bishop of Stepney welcomed all our guests and the Mayor of Tower Hamlets helped to prepare a time capsule. They performed an operetta called 'St Luke's Shipwreck', written by Jonathan Pease and released balloons to celebrate the day.

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 4 of 20 21st September 2016

Pupils and staff at Burdett‐Coutts and Townshend, Westminster marked the United Nations World Day of Peace on International Peace Day on Wednesday 21st September 2016. Both staff and pupils arrived at school wearing white and took part in a number of activities during the day where they learned about the importance of peace and the lives of peacemakers of the past and present. Collective Worship was held in St Stephen’s Rochester Row, where they recalled the story of Jesus calming the storm and amazing his followers by bringing peace. Pupils were challenged to look for peacemakers amongst their class and were given ‘Peace Passes’ to pass on the peace. Y2 Browne class were so busy being peaceful they ran out of passes.

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 5 of 20 MICHAEL MORPURGO... On Monday 14th November 2016, Michael Morpurgo visited St Cuthbert with St Matthias, Earl’s Court and is known best for his novel ‘War Horse’. He read a story called ‘Coming Home’ and said it was his first time reading it to anyone. He talked about himself and how he was a former pupil of the school and when he was young he asked someone about writing books and they said to him “if you really want to be a writer, you need to believe in yourself and don’t give up”.

THIRD ARKWRIGHT ENGINEER... Y12, Silvinho Cameron, from Greig City Academy, Hornsey was awarded a prestigious Arkwright Engineering Scholarship in December 2016. The Scholarships consist of an annual financial award to each scholar and to his/her school, and enrichment activities such as mentoring and industry visits that enhance a Scholar's experience of engineering in a real‐world context. Scholars are selected for their potential as future engineering leaders by assessing their academic, practical and leadership skills in STEM, gauged through a rigorous selection process. The Scholarships support students through their sixth form studies and encourage them into top universities or higher apprenticeships.

EXPRESSION... On Tuesday 7th March 2017, St Michael at Bowes, Bowes Park celebrated World Book Day with author, Sita Brahmachari who explained the journey an author has whilst writing a story. She told them that the most important part of being an author is to have a creative imagination so you can express thoughts and emotions effectively.

A PICTURE TELLS A THOUSAND WORDS... They say a picture tells a thousand words. It’s clear that St Mary Magdalene Academy, Islington have some fantastic storytellers who entered their pictures into ‘the big community art project’ in October 2016:

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 6 of 20 CHANGES WE WOULD MAKE... In late November 2016, Y6 pupils from St Paul’s, Whitechapel went to Westminster to see how parliament works and to meet their local M.P. Jim Fitzpatrick. Y6 pupil Priya said “In the House of Commons we watched a debate and then we went to the House of Lords where there was another debate (but not at the time we were there). After this we did a workshop about what changes we would make to the country if we were MPs. It was fun and we learnt a lot.”

DAY TRIP... Pupils from St Mary’s, Hampton headed into London in early January 2017 to visit St Paul’s Cathedral and the Museum of London. The children learnt how the cathedral was damaged during the fire and how it changed when it was rebuilt afterwards. They especially enjoyed taking part in some role play to explore how people tried to put the fire out. At the Museum of London they had a chance to interact with some artefacts to help learn more about life during the fire. The children especially enjoyed dressing up, handling objects from the Tudor times and rebuilding their own version of London.

PRINCE’S TRUST... On Friday 2nd November 2016, a group of 5 Y9 students from Sir John Cass Red Coat, Stepney visited the Prince’s Trust Centre in East London for a special role model talk from Olympic World Champion boxer Amir Khan. Amir mentioned that one of his key motivations is to show support and do something positive that will put a smile on people’s faces, and he wanted to work with the Prince’s Trust charity to help give people a better life. Students from Sir John Cass Red Coat School have been a part of the fantastic Mosaic programme run by the Prince’s Trust for the past few years. The Mosaic mentoring programme provides opportunities to raise the aspirations of young people and close the gap between those aspirations and their attainment. Positive role models are used to improve students’ confidence, self‐efficacy and employability. Amir spoke to students about how he became successful through having his own goals and aspirations and worked hard to achieve them from the age of 13; this included waking up at 5am every morning to run even in the rain and snow. When he failed at something, whether a fight or elsewhere in life, Amir didn’t give up. Instead he saw it as an opportunity to learn and improve for the future. Looking back Amir said he wouldn’t change anything.”

REST IN PEACE... The Venerable Tim Raphael, passed peacefully after a long illness on Saturday 19th November 2016, in Cheltenham, aged 87. Tim was ordained 61 years ago to serve as curate at St Stephen’s, Rochester Row and after a brief incumbency in Southwark and 10 years in New Zealand, latterly as Dean of Dunedin Cathedral, he returned to become Vicar of St John’s Wood in 1972. He served faithfully as Archdeacon of Middlesex and Chairman of LDBS from 1983 until he retired to Cheltenham in 1996.

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 7 of 20 SPECIAL BLESSINGS & CELEBRATIONS... The Bishop of London visited Holy Trinity and St Silas, Haverstock Hill on Tuesday 11th January 2017, to bless the new school which was followed by an Act of Worship in Church and a reception in the school.

Sir John Cass Red Coat, Stepney celebrated its 50th year anniversary on 16th September 2016 and invited dignitaries, staff and ex‐students to join them in celebrating the occasion at the school. It was a trip down memory lane for many of the guests. Ken Wallace has been a teacher at the school for 40 years and said “it was great to see old and familiar faces of past students and teachers. It was nice to see how far they have come in their lives since leaving the school many years ago.” The school opened it’s doors for the first time on 5th September 1966, and over the years has opened the adjoining Sixth Form College. The school received funding as part of the Building Schools for the Future in 2010, and expanded the school further and is one of the highest achieving schools and sixth forms in Tower Hamlets; consistently performing above national average for GCSE and A Level results over the past few years. Headteacher Paul Woods who started at the school in September 2016 said “I am delighted to be the Headteacher of such a great school, in what is a momentous year for the school celebrating 50 years in education. It is an absolute honour and privilege to lead such a skilled and committed group of teachers and support staff, all of whom share a phenomenal commitment to the school. I hope the school continues to be as successful in the next 50 years as it is today.”

On Monday 12th September, The Bishop of Kensington led a service of dedication for St Paul’s, Brentfords new second site, Alexandra House. Alexandra House was designed by Architect: L.A. Cooper, the Borough Engineer and Surveyor in contemporary 1930’s style. It began life as Brentford Health Clinic and Juvenile Employment Bureau and opened in 1938, shortly before the establishment of the National Health Service. Until very recently it retained its function as a health centre for the people of Brentford, before being used as a community hub for local charities including most recently Age Concern. St Paul’s was opened in 1873, shortly after St Paul’s Church was built and the additional site allows the school to double capacity by September 2020. Historically a one‐ form entry school, they are now able to offer 60 places in each year of admission to Reception class and has become Hounslow’s first split‐site primary school.

Pupils at Holy Trinity, Dalston have been taught in the nearby Dalston Methodist Centre for two years while their new school was built. The development has seen 101 flats built above the school, which has doubled in size and pupils now have access to a running track, a games area and even a rock climbing wall – all on the roof. The Bishop of London joined a 100‐strong crowd at the opening in October 2016. Headteacher Yvonne Barnett said: “We are looking forward to providing the best opportunities for our community, and to welcoming more pupils to our school.

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 8 of 20 BLACK HISTORY MONTH - ART GALLERY... In November 2016, Edward Betham, Greenford each year group found out about the life of a famous artist and used his/her work to inspire their own creations: Reception class talked about Alma Thomas and created paintings to reflect her work. Alma loved nature and created paintings, watercolours, sculptures and marionettes.

Y1 were inspired by Ellen Gallagher’s use of different materials and textures to create collages and were inspired by her use of plasticine to create patterns to alter the photographic portrait. They created patterns using different objects such as cereal, pasta and lentils to alter portraits.

Y2 created models of themselves based on Willard Wigan’s work. His creations fit inside the eye of a needle! They thought about how intricate and detailed his sculptures were and sketched their designs before creating the clay models. Y3 were inspired by Theaster Gates to design houses using old materials.

Y4AT looked at the Maya Angelou poem ‘Life Doesn’t Frighten Me’ which she published with Jean Michel Basquiat’s art work. They used the art that Jean Michel Basquiat created to reflect the words of the poem. Y4SM looked at Basquiat's work and created graffiti‐ style backgrounds with their own quotes and simple pictures about what was important to them. They then painted an abstract self portrait in his style using a colour that reflected their mood.

Y5 created silhouette pictures based on the work of Kara Walker who is an African American artist best known for her panoramic friezes of cut paper silhouettes. They used a similar style by drawing black silhouettes onto white card showing images of freedom celebrating the abolition of slavery.

Y6 explored Kerry Marshall’s art work. They recreated enlarged formats of two of his many paintings. Through collage, 6LF created ‘Our Town’ and 6HB focused on ‘School of Beauty’. LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 9 of 20 CHANCE TO SHINE... REPRESENTATION... On Wednesday 2nd November 2016, St Mary’s St Luke’s, Kilburn sent one of their Rights & St Peter’s, Twickenham were lucky enough to Respecting Ambassadors to represent them at have four famous England cricketers visit the Our Lady of Dolours Roman Catholic School; school: Sam Billings, James Taylor, Jonny Gale their girls who represented the school at the and Lydia Greenway. The pupils asked them ‘International Day of The Girl’ summit held at questions in class and then played some cricket the European Parliament and were lucky to games and a cricket have a visit from Ramona De Gama, an match. Sky Sports inspirational business leader who spoke to News and the BBC pupils about “how to follow our dreams and filmed the visit, which use our education to achieve our goals”. was very daunting but the pupils found it very

‘cool’.

MANDARIN... In February 2017, Matilde Gomes, aged 13, a Y9 student at The Urswick School, Hackney came second in the national Mandarin Chinese speaking competition which was supported by The British Museum, British Council and HSBC. Matilde beat off competition from 76 different schools to reach the final. She had to give a two minute presentation, answer questions and translate sentences from English to Mandarin Chinese. Matilde only started lessons in Mandarin a year ago and made exceptional progress. Headteacher, Richard Brown said: ‘We have recently introduced the teaching of Mandarin Chinese to a group of our most able students, who also have the chance to study either Spanish or French. The Chinese economy is expanding rapidly and only a small number of non‐Chinese children in English school are being taught Mandarin. They are also learning to speak and write in a language that is so different to ours.’

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 10 of 20 STAFF WELL-BEING... BARNABAS IN SCHOOL... In February 2017, St Mary Abbots , Kensington On 11th October 2016, St Mary Abbots, were awarded level one ‘commitment’ status, the Kensington had ‘Barnabas in School’ who first school in the borough and among the first in led an RE day. London to achieve accreditation. They began The London Healthy Workplace Charter, backed by with a whole the Mayor of London, helps employers address school issues such as sickness absence, productivity, assembly and recruitment and staff retention. It offers employers the story of a framework for reviewing and developing Jesus calming management practices and practical considerations the storm across a wide range of areas, including mental which was acted health and well‐being, smoking, alcohol, physical out by some activity and healthy eating. There are three pupils. accreditation levels for organisations to work The two towards: commitment, achievement and themes excellence. chosen Headteacher, Nicola Doyle, said: “Going through for the the process of applying for the Healthy Workplace day were, accreditation has been very empowering for us all. ‘Who am We were able to look at what we had in place and I?’ for KS1 see areas that needed improving. This also means and ‘What all staff feel more valued and appreciated now and price peace?’ for KS2 pupils. know who to go to for support, and there is more of a team spirit amongst us all as we work together to support each other in the workplace. The barriers to D OF E... talking about mental health On Sunday 11th December 2016, Charlie here in school Simmons, a pupil in Y6 at St Mary’s, have certainly Twickenham performed at Clarendon Hall been broken in York House for an annual event entitled down and it is 'Festive Brass'. not taboo Richmond Music Trust and Fulham Brass now”. Band collaborate each year to raise money for the Mayor of Twickenham's charities. Last years’ charity was INS ‐ Integrated Neurological Services and £659 was raised. CHURCH CHOIR... On 9th February 2017, Charlie was invited to attend a tea‐party at the Mayor’s St Paul’s, Whitechapel Parlour as a thank you for his support. held its first Church Choir Eucharist Service on Wednesday 1st February 2017, celebrating Candlemas and officiated by Fr Richard and Fr Angus. The Church Choir meet every Wednesday after school and is led by Mr Daggett.

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 11 of 20 St Saviour’s, Poplar

St Paul’s with St Luke’s, Bow Common

Y5 & Y6 children from Christ Church, Holy Trinity and St Cuthbert with St Matthias, Kensington & Chelseawent to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea to take part in a Remembrance Day service. Children from each school created poppy wreaths for the service and met with some of the Chelsea Pensioners and were able to ask them questions about their experiences of wartime. St Paul’s, Primrose Hill

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 12 of 20 Y4 pupils from Christ Church, Brondesbury Students at The Urswick, Hackney listened to attended and took part at the Paddington readings, sang hymns and enjoyed musical Old Cemetery. They observed the 2 performances by the school’s choir and string group, minutes silence which was signalled by a before observing a minutes silence as a mark of bugle. Kyla and April read two well‐known respect. poems about peace and observed wreaths Reverend Al Gordon, the Rector of Hackney, opened being laid by members of and closed the service, while Urswick teacher Richard the public and other Aubrey spoke to the students about conflicts other local representatives. than on the battlefield. For example, how Hackney The ceremony concluded was affected during bombing raids and the importance with the children singing of “fighting” for what is right. the National Anthem and receiving a blessing from Mother Christine.

St Andrew & St Francis, Willesden held assemblies for KS1 and 2, where children learnt about the significance of the day through images and songs. Each class made a poppy wreath which was presented as a focus point in the The children at Christ Church, Chelsea made poppies school playground at 11am, where the and attached them to the school gates after the whole children gathered to hear The Last Post school service led by Y6. being played and observed 2 minutes of silence. Alongside remembering those who died in wars, the children thought about people who had been lost in recent tragedies in London, such as the Croydon tram crash.

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 13 of 20 CHRISTMAS 2016... In December 2016, St Paul's And All Hallows', Tottenham we were invited by “Children and the Arts” Charity to their Christmas concert at Cadogan Hall alongside several famous performers including Zoe Wanamaker, Aled Jones, Danielle Deniese and Joe Stilgoe. A group of pupils performed a Caribbean dance and a Caribbean poetry recital. Following this the school has received further requests to perform.

On Tuesday 13th December 2016, the All Souls, Foley Street school choir took part in Childline's ‘Merry Little Christmas’ service at St Paul's Cathedral. The children sang a selection of Christmas carols to welcome the guests as they arrived for this charity event.

On 2nd December 2016 St Paul with St Luke, Bow Common held a Christmas Fair raising £373. They also held class parties, a panto and performed in a Nativity playwith handmade costumes.

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 14 of 20 St Andrew’s, Barnsbury held a Nativity ‘Jesus’ Christmas Party’ .

MEMORIAL BENCH AND PLAQUE... Staff and students at The Urswick School, Hackney held a special service in early December 2016, to unveil a new bench in memory of Mr Ernest Davis, a former teacher of the school who had enlisted as a soldier in the First World War in 1914. Stuart Bennett, Assistant Headteacher and Head of Humanities, led the service and explained the story of Mr Davis, which was found in a minute book belonging to the school’s trustees. Tucked away inside was a small notation: Mr Breary, the Headteacher at that time, had received a letter from Mrs Davis in which she wrote that her son had ‘died from wounds received in France’ in 1916. Stuart and his former Y9 History class had studied the Great War in their history lessons the previous year, in preparation for their GCSE studies and were moved by Mr Davis’ story and felt they needed to honour his memory with a memorial bench and plaque. Reverend Al Gordon, the Rector of Hackney, blessed the bench and led the audience in prayer, remembering Ernest Davis: 68140 Gunner, of the Royal Garrison Artillery who died on the 20th April 1916; aged 30. Stuart Bennett said: “It can be hard to comprehend just how much the world changed in 1914. My hope now is the students will pass on the message of what this bench means. Of how important it is to work together as a community, of how vital it is to share our history and how we should respect the people who came before us and remember them.” After the service visiting Chelsea pensioner Mr Kippin, wearing his scarlet uniform, spent time talking to students about his experience of working in the Intelligence Corps during the Cold War.

25 / 28 YEARS SERVICE... Congratulations to Amelia Kenward (Teaching Assistant) and Trish Rowan (Welfare/Admin Assistant) on their long and valued service to St Michael at Bowes, Bowes Park. Mrs Rowan has been dealing with the bumps and bruises for nearly 28 years and was awarded a long service gift by Enfield Council in 2014.

Mrs Kenward has been raising the standards of the childrens’ education for 25 years and this hard work was acknowledged in November 2016, with a presentation ceremony by Enfield Council.

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 15 of 20 SLEEP OUT... DUKE of EDINBURGH AWARD... Lady Margaret, Raine’s Foundation, Bethnal Green was Parsons Green represented at the Tower Hamlets Duke of have strong links Edinburgh ceremony on Thursday 10th with Glass Door, November 2016. Headteacher, Mr Hullett and on Saturday and Duke of Edinburgh school leader Ms 18th March 2017, Venn were accompanied by Raine’s students four pupils spent a who had completed their Gold award as well very wet night as Y10 students who had successfully sleeping out in completed their Bronze award. order to raise funds Mr Hullett explained to the Earl of Wessex, for the charity and Prince Edward how successful the DoE is at to date have raised Raine’s with nearly 20% of students taking £995 against a part. target of £500. Later Prince Edward presented Ms Venn with her Diamond pin for completing her challenge which involved climbing Mt Blanc in France. GOOD WILL... St Paul’s, Whitechapel pupils and staff helped set up beds for the homeless at the Good CLEAN ENERGY... Shepherd Mission in Bethnal Green and prepare Thanks to their fundraising success in December the evening meal in November 2016. 2016, a dedicated team of students, staff and parents from Princess Frederica, Kensal Rise worked together to raise a whopping £15,000 in just nine months to install solar panels on the school roof. Every penny saved by the panels will be ploughed back into the school to buy extra resources for the students i.e. science and sports equipment. The panels are set to earn the school £2,000 a year thanks to energy savings and the ‘Feed in Tariff’ which is guaranteed for 20 years. As well In early January 2017, pupils arrived at school as boosting their budget, the school will also wearing colourful socks to raise awareness of dramatically cut their carbon emissions and help homelessness for a project designed by Y6 as to tackle climate change, cutting the school part of their WE day experience. Children were energy bill and bringing the community together. asked to contribute money and fresh clean Headteacher, Beatrix Simpson said, ‘This is great socks for those who use the Whitechapel news for the school and for the children. These Mission. An amazing one hundred and eleven solar panels will create a real opportunity to save pairs of socks some money but also the young people will learn were more about how solar panels can support energy collected. development.’

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 16 of 20 SUPER-HERO CARS... LMS BOAT RACE... Y3 pupil, Dillon from Beavers Community Lady Margaret, Parsons Green rowing squads kicked School, Hounslow took part in a gymnastic off the racing season on Thursday 23rd March 2017 competition during the when four pupils competed for LMS Boat Club at the Easter break and said “I Schools Head Regatta. went to Bromley The girls experienced the worst tideway conditions Gymnastic centre and seen in quite a while and the race was shortened competed in a tumbling from 4miles to just 1500m. The girls raced J16, an competition. There were age group up and absolutely outdid themselves 12 children in my age coming home in 4th place in their division ‐ an group and I came first. I outstanding result. won the gold medal and I felt proud because I was really scared to go on. I was first in the line and the butterflies were painful in my tummy but when I started I felt confident with my tumbling. In the competition you have to do 3 tumbles and every tumble has 6 moves, some of them are harder than others. I had to trial for my tumbling group and I was so happy I got in. I dream, with hard work and determination, that one day I will win gold in the Olympics.

EPSSA GIRLS CUO... The St Michael at Bowes, Bowes Park Girls football team triumphed over 24 other teams St Michael at Bowes have also been striving for their from across Enfield to win the EPSSA Girls Cup Sainsbury's School Games Gold Mark and have done it. in December 2016. They topped the table They broadened their scope, with clubs: Karate, Girls during the group stage and went into the Football, Gymnastics and Basketball taking up residency knock out round after only conceding one goal against firm favourites such as General Football Practice, all afternoon, seeing off tough competition Multi‐sports, Netball and Dance. They have established from two very strong teams in the Semi‐final a tremendous active lunchtime rota, with all children and Final to win. getting the opportunity to play competitive sports as well as setting up areas for children to enjoy Dance, Gymnastics and Free ball play.

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 17 of 20 NEWSROUND... A handful of students aged 13‐15 from Sir John Cass Red Coat, Stepney participated in the recording of a feature section for Safer Internet Day Segment for BBC’s Newsround in the lead up to Safer Internet Day 2017. The focus of the segment was the terms and conditions of popular social media sites, including Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and WhatsApp. As students were of the legal age to join many of these social media networks, they were asked if they had ever read the T’s & C’s for social media networks – all of which had not. After looking at a copy of the T’s&C’s it was clear that there was a lot of legal jargon which was hard to understand for adults, let alone teens. Following this, students were given a simplified version of the T’s & C’s that were put together by lawyers from the law company Schillings, on behalf of the Children’s Commissioner Office, whose work promotes and protects the rights of children in England. Students were also able to meet with Jenny Afia, a privacy law expert from Schillings Law Firm, who SPORTS HUB... worked on producing these simplified t’s Hayley McQueen, Sky Sports News’ lead anchor, officially and c’s, and helped to answer queries the opened William Perkin, Greenford’s new community sports students had. hub on Tuesday 25th April 2017. Neil Jones, Online Safety Office at Sir John In addition to the school’s 785 students, the grassroots site Cass Red Coat School commented: “For will also be used by local primary schools, and called young people the terms and conditions ‘home’ by Middlesex FA Girls Centre of Excellence and local they sign up to can be incomprehensible. sides Greenford Celtic FC and Hanwell Town Youth FC. Companies should write these in language As part of the project planning, William Perkin worked to suit those using them. After all, apps like alongside the Middlesex FA and Ealing Council to compile a Snapchat are often targeted at younger five‐year Football Development Plan (FDP) – a long‐term generations.” vision of how sport will be played at the new football hub. Built alongside the school’s state‐of‐the‐art all‐weather pitch, the new two‐storey changing room pavilion DREAM TEAM... comprises: four team changing rooms; two officials’ In April 2017, Y7 Lulu Bryn‐Jones, Poppy changing rooms; a clubroom; kitchen facilities; spectator Twort and Y8 Imogen Seward and Sara toilets and an office space. The clubroom will be used by a Nabli from Lady Margaret, Parsons Green variety of sporting bodies as a base for coaching and took part part in the prestigious Salters officiating courses. Festival of Chemistry at Imperial College. In order to maximise participation throughout the calendar The girls' had to carry out a forensic year, William Perkin is embarking on an ambitious second investigation and identify some unknown phase of this project. In partnership with Middlesex County salts as part of the University Challenge Cricket Club, the vision is to create a centre for state school and were highly commended by the Judges cricket, a hub for local primary school children to and mentors. experience cricket and a base to be used by Middlesex Womens’ Cricket.

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 18 of 20 On Thursday 3rd March 2017, pupils and staff at St Barnabas & St Philip’s, Kensington arrived at school dressed up in their favourite characters. Reception Class dressed as animals and met Faustin Charles, the author of ‘The Selfish Crocodile’, who read some stories which they then acted out.

Y1 dressed as Cats in Hats and visited Chelsea Football Club to take part in a Gruffalo workshop. They met author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Lydia Monks.

Y2 were brave knights, fierce dragons and princesses in need of rescuing. Y3 went to Kensington Central Library, where they had pre‐ selected their favourite books and dressed up as characters from Roald Dahl stories. Y4’s theme was Fairy Tales. They made board games based on fairy tales and played them with Y2 later on in the day. Y5 dressed as a variety of characters from “The Unluckiest Boy in the World; Goodnight Mr Tom; The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe; Charlotte’s Web; How to Train Your Dragon; To Be a Cat and How the Whale Became” and worked in teams to create story boxes. Y6 went to Waterstones on High Street Kensington to learn how to write book and later in the evening, some pupils attended an author discussion and listened to Piers Torday, Abi Elphinstone and Cathryn Constable discuss their new books and offered writing tips.

LDBS Schools Newsletter Issue 30 ~ Autumn 2016 - Spring 2017 page 19 of 20 ART CORNER... Children at Millbrook Park worked collaboratively in order to make a stunning art display to mark the school’s 3rd birthday in November 2016. The whole project was led by artists from ‘No Added Sugar’, a participatory arts organisation, managed by professional artists Toni and Gordon Dickinson. Their mission is to provide creative opportunities for people of all ages and abilities. Children from the nursery painted alongside parents, governors, staff and created something very special. The design of the project enabled children to develop key skills such as exploring effective colour combinations, learning a range of effects that both ends of brushes can create, as well as being given the opportunity to design their own patterns.

 St Cuthbert with St Matthias, Earls Court Y5 students created spectacular art works in early September 2016 which are now displayed in the school corridors.

 St Mary’s, Hampton student Damon’s very detailed God inspired by Horus.  Y1 block painting.

MOVING ON / THANKS… to the following LDBS Governors for their valuable years of service: RETIREMENT... James Kane ~ St John’s, Highbury Vale Jan Harris, Ed Le Flufy (1½ years) ~ St Augustine’s High, Kilburn Teaching Tom Sharman (1½ years) ~ St Mary’s, Bryanston Square Assistant, Orson Francescone (2 years) ~ St Mary Magdalene Academy, Islington Midday Meal Brian Winstanley (2 years) ~ Bishop Wand, Sunbury Supervisor Allan McLean (4 years) ~ Bishop Stopford’s, Enfield and Breakfast Sam Talbot Rice (4 years) ~ Burlington Danes, White City Club Co‐ordinator at St Pam Richardson (4 years) ~ St Paul’s with St Michael’s, Haggerston Paul with St Luke, Bow Common retired after 21 Louise Angel (6 years) ~ St Clement and St James, Kensington years in December 2016. Richard Shaw (8 years) ~ St Peter’s, Hammersmith Ken Persaud (15 years) ~ St Stephen’s, Westbourne Park

NEXT ISSUE... If any schools would like to send any pieces of work, news items ‐ including charity fundraisers, births, marriages and retirements of staff, or pictures/photos (these will be sent back to you), artwork or poems which illustrate a particular event or on‐ going project for the next LDBS Schools Newsletter ~ SUMMER events, including sports days/fetes, please send to: Mitch Gallacher, LDBS, Diocesan House, 36 Causton Street, London, SW1P 4AU Fax : 020 7932 1111 E‐mail: [email protected] by 21st July 2017

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