We got £ 500 for Haiti!!!
£200+ through collections at lunch
£ 69.38 Concert for Haiti (clap clap clap clap clap)
£230.00 sponsoring Ms Hoey wearing straaange clothes
The cheque will go to Action Aid or the local Baptist church, who has a son actually there working to help.
I was also thrilled to receive this email yesterday from Catherine Wareham of Randstad Education. She begins by explaining that two of our students have been nominated for a 'Good Citizen' award, following an invitation from their Head Office to schools to nominate a student who has made an extra contribution this year. They select an overall winner, 2 regional winners and 2 runners up. Catherine writes:
"This year we had over 50 responses and I am pleased to say that Robbie Dreamer has been awarded the South Regional Winner and Shahab Rami the runner up.
We have agreed to come down on Tuesday 2nd March at 10.30am to drop off their certificates and we also wanted to buy them a couple of vouchers from our office as a further congratulations. Robbie will receive £20 and Shahab £10.
I have enclosed below what was written about them and who nominated them."
RD
I am writing on behalf of a number of staff at Shene School to nominate an outstanding student for citizen of the year.
When walking through Shene School every day, I guarantee myself one thing: a kind word and a helping hand from an exceptional 13 year old boy. R, despite going through over 60 operations for a variety of conditions, holds no grudges and never in the year and a half I have known him has acted the victim. We can all learn something from R, how to accept what life has thrown at you and smile through every day no matter what people say. R is a credit and an inspiration to our school.
Kind Regards,
Sara Richardson, English and Citizenship Teacher, Shene School
Shahab Rami Year 10 Age 14.
I and Victoria James (Spanish teacher) as well as some other teachers at Shene Secondary School would like to nominate the following student.
Shahab always stays behind at the end of every lesson to help tidy up, even when it's not his mess. He always politely greets staff and asks how they are and is friendly .He always looks cheerful and content and smart. He is an active member of the student council and on a recent trip to City Hall he represented the school very well, asking intelligent questions and making valid debating points.
He is also a very active and keen member of the Year 10 rugby team, helping to motivate others while seeking feedback to improve his own performance.
Susan Vila, EAL teacher, Shene School
As you will guess, I wholeheartedly concur with her final sentence: "I look forward to meeting you and the outstanding pupils."
We are delighted and proud of Robbie and Shahab, who are worthy recipients of these awards.
Friday, 26 February 2010
Friday, 5 February 2010
Sports Successes
Mr Costello, Head of PE and Director of Performance Faculty writes:
"The Year 11 basketball team were awesome in the Borough Tournament held at Christ's this evening. They easily won their first match against Grey Court, with efficient rebounding and baskets from Ibrahim and Jake. Freddy, Patrick and Josh handled the ball effectively and closed out an easy win. Their second game was against Christs, and the small lineup of Josh, Ryan, Harmeet, Daniel and Michael used their speed and agility to win the game comfortably 9-0, including a spectacular 3- point buzzer beater from Josh. The final saw them take on a strong Whitton team- champions of the other borough pool. Shene more than matched them, but paid the ultimate price for misssing some open lay-ups and second chance opportunities in what was a very tense game. Although level on points (Whitton having lost to Grey Court) unfortunately they came second due to the head-to -head record.
It was a pleasure to coach them- they were an absolute joy to take and their attitude, skill and sportsmanship were a credit to the school (especially compared to Whitton...)!
TEAM: Champion, Soubra, Ivey, Craig, Okoli, Vega, Laflin, Reid, Singh
"The Year 11 basketball team were awesome in the Borough Tournament held at Christ's this evening. They easily won their first match against Grey Court, with efficient rebounding and baskets from Ibrahim and Jake. Freddy, Patrick and Josh handled the ball effectively and closed out an easy win. Their second game was against Christs, and the small lineup of Josh, Ryan, Harmeet, Daniel and Michael used their speed and agility to win the game comfortably 9-0, including a spectacular 3- point buzzer beater from Josh. The final saw them take on a strong Whitton team- champions of the other borough pool. Shene more than matched them, but paid the ultimate price for misssing some open lay-ups and second chance opportunities in what was a very tense game. Although level on points (Whitton having lost to Grey Court) unfortunately they came second due to the head-to -head record.
It was a pleasure to coach them- they were an absolute joy to take and their attitude, skill and sportsmanship were a credit to the school (especially compared to Whitton...)!
TEAM: Champion, Soubra, Ivey, Craig, Okoli, Vega, Laflin, Reid, Singh
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Year 11s
A lot of our time in the last couple of weeks has been devoted to our Year 11s, and we think it worth illustrating how our ambitions for this year group are being put into practice. On January 22, students attended an assembly to get their mock results in brown envelopes, to reproduce how it will feel in August when they get their final results. There then followed an intense week of interviews of all students in this year group - some with parents/carers - by the Senior Leadership Team and Year Leader (Mr Cullum) to ensure that all were crystal clear about what their next steps should be. Year 11 will now be all allocated a mentor, whom they will see as regularly as they need to.
The mock results were quite pleasing, but everyone wants far more of this group. We have set our own very high targets (higher than those originally set for us) and we are determined to do everything we can to ensure this year group reaches these targets. A second week of formal mocks will be held in March, as well as intensive after-school and holiday revision and booster sessions. Finally, students are being shown our 'AIM' room so they can see, via a hugely effective and impressive visual display, where they are now and where they need to be. AIM stands for Aspire, Inspire and Motivate and we hope this display will do just that.
We were delighted at the large percentage of parents/carers who turned out to parents' evening last night: we believe it is the highest ever turnout for a Year 11 evening and we know that the children will have benefited from this, so thanks for your support if you were one of those who came.
Mr Costello (a Year 11 tutor and Director of Performance Faculty) and I have this morning given an assembly to this year group centred around our Words of the Week: “He who eats and drinks while his brother goes hungry is not one of us”. We used this to inspire students to contribute to the Haiti appeal and Year 11s impressed us immensely with their focus and concern. We have been adamant that this must not be a 'mufti' day or similar: it is about giving because people need our help.
Finally, the 40 or so Year 11 prefects have all been invited to contribute to the consultation process about the Academy taking place in school tomorrow. Although they will not benefit from this - to their chagrin, I think - they can leave a legacy to the process through their input and ideas, so we are very keen they be involved. All other year groups are also contributing throughout the day, as will staff at the end of the day and governors even later. Consultations are also being held in all the local primaries.
The mock results were quite pleasing, but everyone wants far more of this group. We have set our own very high targets (higher than those originally set for us) and we are determined to do everything we can to ensure this year group reaches these targets. A second week of formal mocks will be held in March, as well as intensive after-school and holiday revision and booster sessions. Finally, students are being shown our 'AIM' room so they can see, via a hugely effective and impressive visual display, where they are now and where they need to be. AIM stands for Aspire, Inspire and Motivate and we hope this display will do just that.
We were delighted at the large percentage of parents/carers who turned out to parents' evening last night: we believe it is the highest ever turnout for a Year 11 evening and we know that the children will have benefited from this, so thanks for your support if you were one of those who came.
Mr Costello (a Year 11 tutor and Director of Performance Faculty) and I have this morning given an assembly to this year group centred around our Words of the Week: “He who eats and drinks while his brother goes hungry is not one of us”. We used this to inspire students to contribute to the Haiti appeal and Year 11s impressed us immensely with their focus and concern. We have been adamant that this must not be a 'mufti' day or similar: it is about giving because people need our help.
Finally, the 40 or so Year 11 prefects have all been invited to contribute to the consultation process about the Academy taking place in school tomorrow. Although they will not benefit from this - to their chagrin, I think - they can leave a legacy to the process through their input and ideas, so we are very keen they be involved. All other year groups are also contributing throughout the day, as will staff at the end of the day and governors even later. Consultations are also being held in all the local primaries.
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