Over the last two weeks I have been privileged to be able to show over 300 families around the school as part of the primary transition process. It has been a delight to showcase the school buildings and the students and staff within them as well as to hear so much positive feedback about the learning that people have seen, the students they have met and their feelings about the school. At Bow we love to celebrate success and within the pages of this Newsletter you will see that we have plenty to celebrate. Coming up in November will be our first whole day to celebrate success with our parents. Throughout the day, on November 13th, we are inviting parents to come in to school with their child to review their work, meet their form tutor and discuss the ways in which home and school can continue to work in partnership to ensure great ongoing success in school. These occasions are very important points in the school year for the sharing of information as well as an opportunity for a good discussion about the home-school partnership that is so fundamental to student achievement. Last Friday we held a Whole School Assembly to celebrate success. All 1,000 students and 180 staff gathered together in the Sports Hall and welcomed our Chair of Governors, Dave Lake, as well as the Speaker for Tower Hamlets, Councillor Sabina Akhtar, to share the occasion with us. Our new Prefect Team were introduced to the school and given their badges of office. We also announced our new Senior Prefect, Peter McCartney, and look forward to his leadership of the student body over the next year. The assembly culminated with the House Awards and congratulations must go to Besant House for winning the overall House Cup. Yesterday, our 300 girls gathered together to think about the International Day of the Girl and to hear stories of girls around the world. Year 10 girls led the assembly with our Women’s Education Officer, Ms Rahman, and spoke about the problems that girls around the world face in terms of their access to education as well as hearing about the challenges for some girls and women in this country too. They were inspired to aim high and to find ways to overcome any barriers that might prevent them from reaching for the stars.

Cath Smith

13th

October 2017

MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE HEADTEACHER

CATH SMITH

KEY DATES

OCTOBER 2017 18 DROP DAY

23-27 HALF TERM (SCHOOL CLOSED TO STUDENTS)

NOVEMBER 2017 1 SIXTH FORM OPEN EVENING 16.30-18.00 8 YEAR 13 PARENTS EVENING 16.30-18.00

13 CELEBRATION OF SUCCESS DAY (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE) 22 YEAR 10 PARENTS EVENING 16.00 – 18.30 29 UPPER SCHOOL CELEBRATION OF ACHIEVEMENT EVENING 17.30-19.00

(REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE FROM 17.00)

On Wednesday 4th October the following students from Year 7 & Year 8 went to Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre and played against some tough competition from London and Essex: Aidan Bicer, James Holbrook, Nebile Abase, Azad Azad, Nayem Miah, Bradley Porter, Matheus Alves, Luke Eales, Charlie Cable and Mujahid Amekudi. They did very well considering some of them had never picked up a stick before, and even got spotted as a ‘team to watch’. The boys won 2, drew 1 and lost 2 - but retained their spirit and pushed for success throughout every match. It was great to watch. Special mention must go to our top goal scorer – Azad. Watch this space!

Rising to the Challenge – The Bow Way

HOCKEY SUCCESS MS ANDERSON

On Friday 6th October 2017 35 students from Years 7-10 represented the school in the Tower Hamlets Cross Country competition. It was a lovely sunny day at Victoria Park: KS3 students ran 2k and KS4 students ran 3k. All of them did really well and represented the school fantastically. Special mention must go to Ervilte Saveikaite 10H as she has been selected to represent Tower Hamlets in the London Mini Marathon.

Full Name Form Finish

Position Full Name Form Finish

Position Full Name Form Finish

Position

Sulieman Ali 7L 32 Bradley Porter 8E 20 Keithia Kalonji Makiese 9C 30

Isa Ahmed 7L 42 Kamali Caprice 8B 16 Daniel Molina Moscoso 9L 27

Esemena Etefia 7W 10 Ihsaan Kadir 9L 10 Paisley-Rain Bourne 10O 8

Kenzie Forbes 7T 16 Muna Elouaraini 9O 15 Ervilte Saveikaite 10H 2

Miki-Jo Bradley 7O 14 Zakia Kerris 9C 16 Eva Colesnic Mostovaia 10H 7

Sophie Dunn 7W 17 Kayleigh Quinn 9C 30 Riad Ahmed 10C 17

Chase Seikegba 7W 29 Raesah Zafirah 9O 31 Jonell Marquis-Melius 10W 22

Alika Brown 8H 24 Chardonnay Christie 9E 11 Jamiul Rashid 10S 23

Grace Collins-Edwards 8O 13 Liciana Santos 9E 22 Nazim Rahman 10S 12

Monika John-Lewis 8T 25 Alavi Hossain 9T 36 Shaeaim Ahmed Khan 10W 33

Nawab Ejaz 8S 15 Samirul Muhit 9B 32 Deandre Gray 10B 18

Adil Islam 8W 42 Shihab Khan 9L 27

Rising to the Challenge – The Bow Way

TOWER HAMLETS CROSS COUNTRY COMPETITION MS POWELL

Equality noun -“The state of being equal, especially in status, rights or opportunities”

October marks Black History Month, which is our first theme of the month this academic year at Bow. To celebrate staff and students have been getting involved in various exciting activities across subjects during school. We have a whole school competition called “Black History Heroes” where students have been encouraged to create a piece of work about someone they consider a hero. The winners of the competition will be announced at the end of the month and receive 50 house points as well as an amazing opportunity to get their work published in The Black History Heroes E-Anthology. Already there are some amazing entries, guaranteeing that picking a winner will be difficult! We have also had a mini Black History Month Exhibition, with some amazing student work being displayed in the school. Have a look for yourself at some of the work being exhibited:

We also look forward to our Black History Lunch and The Bow School Film Night programme, where our first film to be previewed will be “Hidden Figures” on Thursday 19th October. Tickets available from Ms Rahman in M.0.61 - all students are welcome.

• Remember • Appreciate • Educate • Raise Awareness •

Black History Month October 2017

Embracing Diversity – The Bow Way

EQUALITIES @ BOW MS KAMALI

The following students won their first ever football game on 5th October:

Fahmeed Kashem 7C

Nebile Abase 7B

Sulieman Ali 7L

Mujahid Amekudi 7L

Jada Burman-Campbell 7H

Tyreece Degannes-Harte 7B

Adam Jama 7S

Yasin Khan 7C

Raheem Miah 7H

Ibrahim Mohamed 7H

Tyler Anderson 7S

Zaanan Kelly 7B

Tate Porter 7C

Tyler Anderson and Nebile Abase scored in normal time to take the game into a penalty shoot-out. Sulieman Ali scored the winning goal. The excitement was unreal when the winning penalty was scored. Well done all.

Celebrating Success – The Bow Way

FOOTBALL SUCCESS MR LENAHAN