Newsletter of Haggerston Haggerston School Recorder Issue 009_December 2015 Dear Parents/Carers, Dates for diary We are delighted in this edition of the Recorder to be able to inform Monday 4th January you about some of the highlights Staff INSET of this term from the whole school perspective, and, as you will see, at the same time to be able to highlight Tuesday 5th January some of the day to day experiences Start of term of your children and young people as they study and learn and prepare Thursday 11th for adult life. February Year 7 parents’evening Having begun the term with celebrating our best ever GCSE and Monday 15th – Friday 19th A level results, we have since then received two national awards, and opened our new sporting February facilities. In October, we were awarded Beacon School status for our Half term Holocaust Education, and in November, we were awarded the NACE Challenge award, for the way in which the school particularly supports Thursday 24th March and challenges those students achieving the highest levels and End of term grades throughout their schooling. It has been a good term for the school. You can read more about both of these awards, and the new sports facilities, in this edition. Monday 11th April Start of the Summer term for As we approach the end of term, we send our best wishes to you all all students for a happy and peaceful school Christmas holiday and for the start of 2016. All students return to school on Tuesday, 5th January, 2016. Best wishes Dr Jane Keeley Headteacher Haggerston secure NACE Award Haggerston School is the 356th school nationally to achieve the prestigious NACE Challenge Award for More Able, Gifted and Talented Pupils. This Award is given for high quality work by the whole school, teachers and governors, in challenging all pupils, including those with high abilities, to achieve their best. NACE Chief Executive Rowena Gaston said: “Haggerston School has worked hard to win the NACE Challenge Award status. It has shown itself to be committed to developing a school where all pupils are challenged to be the best they can be. The more able and talented children are challenged and this helps the other learners to see what can be achieved.” Assessors, who spent a day in the school, were impressed by strong leadership and management of provision which keeps the needs of more able learners at the forefront of the school’s work and the good support and challenge provided by the Governors. NACE Press release Haggerston Recorder December 2015 1965 Past, Present and Future This year’s school production marked Haggerston School’s 50th anniversary. The students used dance, drama, music, song and film to take the audience on a journey through time starting in 1965, stopping off in the present day and looking forward to the future. Students and staff worked extremely hard to create a show celebrating who we were, who we are and who we are going to be. The performances showcased the creativity, confidence and artistic skill of our students. In praising of the production Anne Canning, Director of Education at Hackney Learning Trust said “I so enjoyed the production. Great performances and such clever direction, choreography and general style.” Ms Powell, Head of Drama Young Translators Each Wednesday, a group of year 10, 12 and 13 students have been taking part in a Young Translators’ club, with the ultimate aim of preparing students to MFL Students Visit Oxford University participate in the European Commission’s annual In the last week of July, a group of 37 year 10 and 11 ‘Juvenes Translatores’ competition, which sees students attended a Modern Languages Taster Day students from across the European Union competing at Oxford University. As well as taking a tour of an for the grand prize of a trip to Brussels for an awards Oxford college and eating lunch in the idyllic Fellows’ ceremony. Garden, students also attended a workshop delivered by two lecturers from the Modern Language Faculty, Year 10 students have been working on a range of in which they discussed reasons for studying texts, from journalistic prose about the European languages at degree level. Union to a compendium of children’s short stories in Spanish. It has been a pleasure to watch them think The last part of the event was divided into two deeply not only about the target language, but also university-style seminars. Spanish students translated about the style, register and precision of their prose a 14th century Spanish poem and discussed the in English. A particular highlight has been Francis issues in translating poetry with Dr. Laura Lonsdale, Lawson’s translation of a Spanish poem, in which he Fellow in Spanish at Queen’s College. French worked hard to capture a balance of the meaning and students took part in a similar translation seminar with the rhyme scheme. Dr. Hiddleston, Fellow in French at Exeter College, Mr Johnson, MFL Teacher where they looked at three different translations of the opening to Albert Camus’ L’Étranger, discussed the reasons for the differences between the versions and thought more deeply about the unique challenges of translating literary texts. Both of the lecturers could not speak highly enough of the students, in terms of their attitude, creative thinking, and linguistic knowledge. They were also exemplary in their conduct both at the university and in transit. They were an absolute credit to themselves and to the school. Mr Johnson, MFL Teacher Where imaginations fly Beacon school status in Holocaust Education We are pleased to announce that Haggerston School has been awarded the title of Beacon school in Holocaust Education. This is an award given out every year to twenty schools nationwide as a recoginition of the hard work done in RE and History in providing an outstanding holocaust education. As part of the award Haggerston will work closely with the Institute of Education and Centre for Holocaust Education to develop new resources and materials that can be shared with other schools across the country as well as continuing to update and upgrade the Holocaust education that students will benefit from here at Haggerston. Mr Harvey, Head of Religious Education Progression Pilot Programme We are extremely proud of the hard work and commitment of our Year 10 students who are participating in the Progression Pilot Programme. The students have given up their own time during evenings and at weekends in order to take part in a series of workshops and coaching groups. The students have acted in a mature manner in keeping with the high expectations of Haggerston School. Indeed, the facilitators, who have been commissioned by the Hackney Learning Trust, describe our students as “the best group we have worked with on this programme so far”. The Progression Pilot Programme aims to raise the aspirations and attainment of its participants and to support them reflecting and developing the tools to change less positive habits and attitudes, and improve their performance in all aspects of their lives (particularly their learning, progress and achievement). Haggerston School is one of four schools in Hackney participating in the Programme. Well done to the following students: Miles Buffong, Tariq Paul, Amari Roberts, Orlando Christie, Tye Foster, Che Clark, Marc Carson, Onyx McFarlane, Christian Mbeta, Kamar Harrison, Kane Ellis Moony, Marcel Elver Fontain, Kamal Fisher Scott, Iman Marson, Stephen Johnson, Oluwatobi, Fabian Baptiste, Liam Wallis, and Raphael Wanliss. Mr Oladimeji, Lead of Sporting Excellence Where imaginations fly Haggerston Recorder December 2015 GCSE & A Level Art Exhibition 2015 In July, the 6th annual GCSE & A level Art end of year exhibition took place to celebrate the achievements of students in art over the past two years. The exhibition featured a selection of work by all candidates which included examples of preparatory studies, sketchbooks and final exam pieces. A diverse range of themes were covered in the exhibition which included; ‘World Cultures & Matisse’, ‘I, Me, Mine’, ‘Apart & /Or Together’, ‘Possessions’, ‘Relationships’, ‘Everyday Objects’, ‘Interiors’, ‘Anger’, ‘Particular Places’, ‘Alcohol’s role in art’ & ‘Anarchy’. Ms Ramos-Virley, Head of Art Haggerston Christmas Card GCSE Art seniors Anna Tran, North Garms and Ekin Toprak have been working on developing designs for the Haggerston Christmas card. The students have linked their designs to their current GCSE Art theme of ‘World Cultures’. The students were provided with an open brief of ‘Japanese Winter’ and were asked to interpret this theme into card designs using a range of media and techniques such as Photoshop, tonal drawing and watercolour painting. All three designs will now be professionally printed and made into greeting cards. Ms Ramos-Virley, Head of Art Where imaginations fly Speak Well, Write Well Animation Club Members of the Art department animation club have been working on creating a short stop-motion animation film to further promote the whole school initiative of ‘Speak Well, Write Well.’ Students worked with a range of techniques including animation clay and stop-motion computer animation techniques to create a film which was shown in assemblies. Mr Stevenson, Art Teacher Year 9 Tate Modern Art Trip A group of year 9 students visited the current ‘The World Goes Pop’ exhibition at the Tate Modern Gallery to gather research for a year 9 Pop Art exhibition to be held at the end of term. Students were introduced to Pop Art produced around the world during the 1960s and 1970s, showing how different cultures and countries responded to the movement. Students made notes, sketches and gathered ideas to develop in their classwork and ideas for an exhibition of work based around the theme of ‘Pop Art reimagined.’ Ms Ramos-Virley, Head of Art British School of Osteopathy Visit In October a group of year 12 students visited the Step into Dance British School of Osteopathy in Borough, the largest The following students were selected to take part and the oldest osteopathic school in the UK.