autumn term 2012 newsletter

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Monday 7th January to Friday 15th February 2013

Monday 18th February to Friday 22nd February 2013

Monday 25th February to Thursday 28th March 2013

Friday 29th March to Friday 12th April 2013

Monday 15th April to Friday 24th May 2013

Monday 27th May to Friday 31st May 2013

Monday 3rd June to Wednesday 24th July 2013

Thursday 25th July to Friday 30th August 2013

From theHeadteacher

We are coming to the end ofanother busy and eventfulAutumn term. I hope you willenjoy reading this edition ofthe newsletter, which will giveyou a flavour of how busy wehave been and the manyopportunities the studentshave received to enhancetheir learning experience atNorthumberland ParkCommunity School.

I wish you and your family apeaceful holiday, the staffand Governors of the schooljoin me in wishing you all apeaceful and prosperousNew Year.

Ms Duncan, Headteacher

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Prize winners with the guest speaker HepburnHarrison-Graham at our Key Stage 4 Celebration ofAchievement Evening in November 2012.Hepburn's address was very well received by students, staff, parents and Governors. He urged all students to apply effort and 'reach for the stars' in pursuit of their dreams. Mr Harrison-Graham will be returning to the school next term to work with students inDrama, Media and English.

Maconde Caba in Year 10 talking to a Senior Manager from Mace Company at thePrince's Trust breakfast meeting held at the school in November. The aim of the breakfastwas for international companies to gain an insight into the work of the school. The school iswaiting to hear which business the school will be working in partnership with.

Last September 7th a group of NPCS students boarded the train atNorthumberland Park to visit the amazing Olympic Stadium we hadall heard so much about, at Stratford in London.

We all had high expectations and were not disappointed when wesaw the newly erected stadium and the crowds of people from allover the world. The students were interested in the security checksand chatted to the soldiers on duty, who helped us to move quicklyto our seats, high up but with a great view of the athletics track!

The students all enjoyed the atmosphere, especially the ‘Mexicanwaves’! We realised that we were all part of a once-in-a-lifetimeexperience that we would be able to tell our friends and family aboutit for years to come.

It was amazing to see the partially sighted athletes participating inthe Long Jump event. They each had a partner who helped them tojudge when and which way to jump by clapping and calling. Theywere so inspiring jumping into darkness! The students becameexpert at cheering and at being silent so that the athletes couldconcentrate on their partner and hear the cues.

We were lucky to witness the Great Britain Gold medal win byHannah Cockroft who raced to victory in 31.90 seconds in herwheelchair! The event was the T34 Women’s 200m and Hannah seta new world record before our eyes! NPCS students werescreaming and cheering for her all the way, then watching the BBCnews report later that evening and thinking ‘we were there to see it’!

Students were impressed by the number of medals the People’sRepublic of China were winning and we all became quite familiarwith the Chinese National Anthem. We all stood as the medalwinners received their medallions.

Students and teachers ‘high fived’ the Olympic Games Makers andthe students enjoyed NPCS being ‘name checked’ on the PAsystem. These valiant volunteers kept the fun going with songs andgiant hand waving all the way back to the station.

It was a great day and our students made us proud with theirexemplary behaviour and the fact that not one got lost!

Ms Burgees

S.I.L.TOFSTED agreed with us that our teaching is good with many lessonsoutstanding. However, we have to improve the students’ writing across allsubjects. In order to do this we are marking students’ work using theacronym: SILT. This stands for STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT LEVEL TARGET.

The SILT is completed by the teacher and the student then has to writewhat needs to be done to improve, e.g. To improve I need to include a widerrange of punctuation in my writing, especially ( ) and: Staff have agreed tomark work in RED and when students respond to themarking this is to be done in GREEN.

Parents should be seeing this kind of marking inexercise books.We will be monitoring students’ written work andteachers’ marking every half term.

Paralympics here we come!

Holiday ProgrammeThe Community Education Department successfully held theirannual October half term holiday programme, where up to 200students attended from Northumberland Park Community School.Local schools and students from other boroughs also took part inall the different activities such as trampoline, basketball, dancecombat, badminton, arts & crafts, street dance, swimming andfootball, all managed by our fantastic and experienced team whoensured students were having an enjoyable time making newfriends and most of all having lots of fun!

We encouraged parents/carers to get involved and support theirchildren, creating a happy & entertaining atmosphere. Studentsused their creative artistic skills using different materials andproducing excellent work. A professional Spurs coach deliveredthe football sessions & all the other activities were thriving with apositive vibe and motivated attitude. The outcome of the holidayprogramme was a great success and parents/carers andstudents’ comments were very positive. It ended the week with ajoyful cheer.

The next holiday programme will be hosted in half term February2013, so don’t miss out and get involved.

Ms Bailey


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Jack Petchey WinnersThe following students were nominated and awarded the JackPetchey Award by the Student Council as follows:

SeptemberAnh Nguyen – 11H (Giving service within the school community)

Anh is a Maths mentor. She has gone over and beyond the dutiesexpected of her. She is extremely dedicated to her role as a Mathsmentor and helps her mentee during the time allocated at schoolmaths mentoring meetings. However, she has on numerousoccasions dedicated her own time after school to help her menteegain a much better in depth understanding of mathematicalconcepts and exam style .

Her mentee now has a more enjoyable experience of her mathslessons and has made the most progress in her class as a result ofAnh’s commitment to mentoring.

OctoberLeah Westrandall, 8T (Helping others, being a good role model)

Leah is always seen in school supporting others especially newarrivals. Recently she has been supporting a new, very quiet boy inyear 8. Leah's work with new arrivals and the support she gives tovulnerable students in the school has been outstanding. Moststudents are selected as buddies for new arrivals based on gender,but Leah supports everyone, despite their ethnic origin, languagespoken etc. She is a real asset to Northumberland Park CommunitySchool

NovemberAisha Mazhar 11K (Helping others, being a good role model)

This is as a result of her outstanding work and dedication tofundraising for BBC Children in Need.

After studying and completing three maths exams, Aishaimmediately turned her attention to organising the fundraising event.The final exam was on the Tuesday and the BBC Children in Needday was on the Friday .Aisha went into action producing theinformation to be displayed around the school advertising the event.She also organised the students from 11K in pairs to go around theschool and assigned them various departments to visit. Aishadecided on the price to set for the raffle tickets and gave her time upat lunchtime to read out the names of the winners.

Aisha managed to do all of this in just two days and still managed toraise a grand total of £140.47.

Mr Comeron

Super ChefOn Friday 30th of November, at Southgate College, PatrickBedewa, our school heat winner, won the North London final of the‘Future Chef ‘competition.

The competition is the most prestigious competition of its kind forschool age pupils. Past competitors have been recognised for theirskills and gone on to work in some of the most highly regardedhotels and restaurants.

Patrick had 1 ½ hours to prepare a two course meal of PanRoasted Cod, Lentils, Salsa Verde, and Sticky Orange Pudding.

The competition was judged by Peter Tiley, Chef Lecturer atSouthgate College and Anshu Anghotra, Executive Chef of the fivestar Park Lane Marriott. The top chefs commented that Patrick“....moved like a chef ,clean and well organised”. When askedwhich was the better of his two winning dishes Patrick, after somethought, replied “The pudding!” “It was stunning!” Chef Anghotraagreed.

Patrick who was supported by Breandan Digby and Mr Liversidg,will now represent Northumberland Park School at the London finalin the new year when he will be up against the winners of the otherregional London heats . We have every confidence that he willimpress again.

Mr Liversidge

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Christmas BazaarOn 19th December, Year 7 & 10 will host a Christmas bazaar. Allmoney raised will be donated to two charities. There will be arange of stalls in the Multi-Purpose Hall from period 4 onwards.

Stalls will be set up for gifts and craft items, cards and gift tags,plants and cakes.Year 7 parents will be invited to attend. Year 7 design clubstudents and year 10 Duke of Edinburgh students have workedvery hard to make lots of lovely craft items to be sold on the day.Year 5 students from Lea Valley Primary School have been invitedto attend the Bazaar.From 3.15pm mulled wine will be served to staff who wish to visitthe stalls and pick up some stocking fillers.

Ms Byrne


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DramaApe Theatre Company came andperformed the highly successfulproduction of ‘Too Much Punch forJudy’ by Mark Wheeler. The playwas performed to the drama optiongroups in YR. 10 & 11.

APE THEATRE COMPANYPERFORMANCE REVIEW-by Monica Dos Santos Yr 11GCSE Drama:

The play “Too Much Punch for Judy” highlights the dangers of drivingunder the influence of alcohol. Judy and Joanna go on one of theirusual wild nights out and when returning home Judy suggests drivingthem back as she “isn’t as drunk” as her sister Joanna. However,during the drive back home, Judy loses control of the car and crashes,bringing Joanna’s life to a tragic end. The performance showed theeffects of the aftermath on not only Judy, but her mother and friends ofthe family and how they had to depend on each other after the newswas received. “Too Much Punch For Judy” is based on a real accidentthat occurred on May 20th 1983 and the script used within the playwas the actual words of the real victim’s family when beinginterviewed. This fact caused the performance to be much morerealistic and have a more drastic impact on the audience. I find itincredible how versatile their performance was, given the small amountof props that were used. The emotions of Judy and her mother werecaptured in such detail that the audience were left emotionally movedand so silent you could practically hear a pin drop. The actorsperformed the play brilliantly and had everyone constantly on the edgeof their seats. With their energetic enthusiasm and the power tomanipulate the audience’s emotions, each of the actors portrayed themessage of “Do not drink and drive” in a way that has sunk into eachand every one of our minds.

Mountview Theatre Company

For one afternoon only Purple Lane was transformed into an

Italian village as our new Yr 7s worked enthusiastically with

students from the prestigious Mountview Theatre School. Before

lunch the whole of year seven watched a lively performance of

Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” then a group worked

on improvisation and learning the opening routine to the show.

Year 11s studying for their GCSE Drama were also part of the

audience and participated in the Mountview workshop.

Ms Christopher and Mr Bawden

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‘The Great NPCS Bake Off’

Year 7 Half Term ReportYear 7 have made a very positive start to their secondary education.Behaviour on the whole has been consistently excellent and we havehad very few incidences to deal to with. We have had lots ofwonderful comments from teachers about the great work ourstudents are doing. The Year 7s know that our focus is onachievement and we hope that all students will continue with theirhard work and meet their target grades.

On September 20th some students took part in an English workshop:Much Ado about Nothing – this was a real success and the studentswho took part in this event were exemplary in their behaviour andattitude. On October 1st students had a special assembly on RoadSafety which they found both educational and entertaining. Lots ofYear 7s contributed to the school’s annual Jeans for Genes Dayevent. A big thank you to all the Year 7 Parents/Carers who came toMeet the Tutor Evening – the turnout was excellent. Our aim is towork closely with Parents/Carers to ensure all our Year 7s meet theirfull potential. We would also like to say a big thank you to all the Year7 tutors for their hardwork with their tutees.

Mr Sayid and Ms Tuptuk

Year 5 Students working with Technology

This term 60 year 5 students from Lea Valley Primary School havebeen working in the Technology Department. Working in 4 groups,students have been offered the opportunity to experience specialistequipment and processes within Food Technology and ResistantMaterials.

Each group has started work on a design and make project followingthe Technology National Curriculum. Projects will continue untilFebruary 2013 when groups will swap to their 2nd Technology. By thesummer term 2013 each student will have experienced both FoodTechnology and Resistant Materials.

In Food this week students were learning how to make short crustpastry. Gokdeniz said “Eating the food we make is the best part of thelesson”. Crystal said “The lessons are really enjoyable and thelessons encourage me to cook at home”.

In Resistant Materials students were practicing painting skills beforedecorating their pencil holders and being introduced to the HegnerSaws. Enes told me he “enjoys drawing and using the big stuff like thedrill” he was also very pleased that his “Lion looks really good”.Can said “I liked using the pillar drill for the first time and it wasn’tscary!”

The students have been working with MsMolinari in Food and Ms Byrne in ResistantMaterials.

Ms Penny

Animator of the FutureJoseph Nicholson-Porter in 9T won the opportunity to work withKevin Griffith, a BAFTA award-winning animator, over the half term.

This was part of an Ani-Make It course that had places for only 8people in the borough.

Joseph and his family have been making short stop-motionanimations on their mobile phones in their own time; this is a verytime-consuming art form and takes concentration and diligence tocomplete. Joseph’s animation was deemed good enough to winhim a place on the course.

He spent his entire half term making animations and came third inthe final competition.

We all hope that this inspires Joseph to continue in his quest tobecome an animator in the future.

Ms Yuill

Year 7 MusicalPerformance and FarewellAssembly.

We had a brilliant musical assembly by our very talented Year 7s onThursday October 25th and ended the half term on a high! A bigthank you to Ms Quow and Mr West who work with our Year 7s andhave helped bring out the best of their musical side.

We sadly had to say farewell to 7T’s outstanding tutor Mr Demir whoembarked on doing some charity work abroad. Members of 7Tprepared some heartfelt speeches for his last assembly with us. Toquote some of the students

“Mr Demir we will miss you because you are an excellent tutor, funny,friendly and strict."

"Mr.Demir when we first met you, youhad a suit then you always wearshorts regardless of the weather and we will miss your hairy legs!"

Mr Sayid and Ms Tuptuk


6Year 10 GCSE GeographyEpping Forest Fieldtrip.

Year 10 students travelled through the muddy forest, autumnleaves and wet weather with their colourful wellies. Theyinvestigated the width, depth and gradient of the river usingvarious instruments. As the students tackled the cold wetweather and early morning wake up call, they were enthusiastic,lively and motivated. The focus of the trip was the GeographyControlled Assessment, however the students made it anenjoyable experience.

Account from Ria Mitra 10G

We went to Epping Forest and we had to do different activitiesand measurements along the river. It was helpful because we gotto see the different features of the river and everthing we learntabout in lessons. We touched the soil that was dug out deep fromthe ground and we tried to describe the texture of it. We enjoyedit because it was a great experience, something we haven't donebefore with friends overa very long orange andyellow leaved forest.

Remembrance DayOn the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918,the First World War ended. The poppy is a way to remember those wholost their lives for peace and freedom. The tradition of wearing poppiesbegan in 1921 and has continued ever since. Moina Michael was touchedby the poem “In Flander’s Fields” and started selling poppies to help ex-service men and women. The poppies have been made since 1922 at thePoppy Factory in Richmond by members of the disabled community.

Thank you to staff and students for their contributions to The Royal BritishLegion’s 2012 Poppy Appeal. The Royal British Legion has a target of £42million for this year and we have played our part in their fundraising efforts.Money raised will go to things like “adapting a home to make it suitablefor a disabled young soldier, providing a free dedicated handypersonservice for those unable to carry out small repairs and minor alternationsin their homes or providing support such as pension advice orbereavement counselling….”

Maconde Caba in 10S and Cairo Clarke in 7T went around with a box fullof poppies and the collection tin to get donations – a big thank you tothem! Ms Tuptuk

We raised over £140, with just two days of fundraising!

BBC Children in Need’s vision is that every child in the UK has a safe,

happy and secure childhood and the chance to reach their potential.

On 17th November a fundraising event was hosted in Purple Lane by 11K

tutor group.

Although I organised the event it could not have been a success without

the support of Michael–Joel and the rest of 11K tutor group.

The event took place at short notice as we had exams up until the Tuesday

of that week, so we really only had the Wednesday and Thursday to sell

the raffle tickets as the prize draw took place on the Friday.

We managed to raise £140.47, which were donated to the Children in

Need charity. More than a hundred students took part and donated toward

the charity.

On Friday a vast crowd gathered during break time in Purple Lane

anticipating the announcement of the winners. Mr Guyver and Mrs

O’Connor drew out a name each from the box and Michael-Joel and I read

out the names of the winners. The lucky winners were John Nicola and

Caitlin Hysa both year 7 students.Many congratulations to the winners who

each won a £10 JD sports voucher or a £10 Nando’s voucher.

I am very pleased with the number of people who participated. A lot of

extra time was put into getting the whole school involved, and I am

delighted that our hard work

paid off and that

Northumberland Park

Community School

contributed towards the BBC

Children in Need highest

ever total of £26,757,44

Aisha Mazhar 11KMs Madaser

7National PoetryDayNorthumberland Park celebrated

National Poetry Day on Friday

12th October . This year the

theme was “Stars”. Ms

Raheem’s quiz proved very

popular and Year 6s had a

fabulous time in the “Star

Chamber” composing poems.

In English Key Stage 3 students

worked on composing Cinquains

– five line poems but quite

difficult to construct because of

the syllable rules.

Find below an example from one

of our students in Year 7:

Wishing

On a bright star

Twinkling in the dark sky

All alone but still believing

Glowing

by Jennee Pottinger

Remembrance DayOn the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918,the First World War ended. The poppy is a way to remember those wholost their lives for peace and freedom. The tradition of wearing poppiesbegan in 1921 and has continued ever since. Moina Michael was touchedby the poem “In Flander’s Fields” and started selling poppies to help ex-service men and women. The poppies have been made since 1922 at thePoppy Factory in Richmond by members of the disabled community.

Thank you to staff and students for their contributions to The Royal BritishLegion’s 2012 Poppy Appeal. The Royal British Legion has a target of £42million for this year and we have played our part in their fundraising efforts.Money raised will go to things like “adapting a home to make it suitablefor a disabled young soldier, providing a free dedicated handypersonservice for those unable to carry out small repairs and minor alternationsin their homes or providing support such as pension advice orbereavement counselling….”

Maconde Caba in 10S and Cairo Clarke in 7T went around with a box fullof poppies and the collection tin to get donations – a big thank you tothem! Ms Tuptuk

Literacy“Reading Buddies” Building on the successes of last

year, this term we have put in

place a new and improved

‘Reading Buddies’ club.

Every Tuesday and Thursday

morning a hand-picked group of

year 9s and year 7s sit together

to read in harmony in our

canteen. Our intrepid band of

year 9s are beginning to show the

hallmarks of true literacy

champions.

They are fully trained in the

art of paired reading; they

have selected their own

year 7 reader to work with.

They are punctual,

motivated and responsible.

Overall, they are shining

examples of the literacy

community that we are

building at NPCS.

Mr Conaghan

Black History Month

Black History Month 2012 was heralded by the 50thanniversaries of Independence of the Caribbean islandsof Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago.

The theme for this year was Black History Month inDiamond Jubilee year and we looked at Black History in the U.K. duringthe sixty years since Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne in 1952.

In addition to investigating the ‘hidden history’ of the Black Diaspora from1952-2012, we aimed to indulge the interests of as many members ofthe school community as possible.

Historians were informed of the reasons for the migration to the U.K. ofAfricans and West Indians in 1952 and the impact that it had on the U.K.

Gastronomes sampled Ghanaian cuisine, courtesy of our chef-in-residence, Mr Liversidge. His Ghanaian Peanut Soup was sounexpectedly delicious that many staff and students kept coming backfor more.

The needs of Gifted and Talented students were met by a one hourworkshop entitled "Rewriting Africa." This workshop was delivered toYear 9 students by a PhD student, Louisa Egbunike, from LondonUniversity’s School of African and Oriental Studies. We wereencouraged to challenge the predominantly negative representations ofAfrica that have featured in fiction and in the media. We learned thatNigeria has the third largest film industry in the world; the medievalNigerian city of Benin was built to a scale ‘comparable with the GreatWall of China’ and that Ethiopia, the only nation in Africa not to havebeen colonised, has eleven underground medieval churches built bybeing carved out of the ground.

Music and dance also featured prominently in Black History Month 2012.Year 8 were given an amusing insight into the impact of Jamaican ‘ska’music on modern European music and musicians. The ZimbabweanDance Company, Tavaziva, also entertained and informed us about thecombination of the rich and diverse dance forms of Africa withcontemporary Western styles.

Black History Month, in the Northumberland Park CommunityCultural Diversity Calendar, is the first of many celebrationsthroughout the year. We will keep you informed of the manycelebrations to come.

Ms Anthony Re-writing Africa


8Insight into University day

On Friday 30th November all Y11’s were allocated to visit 10 keyuniversities in London. They visited universities that were linkedto their option subjects.

Students was to help them focussed on the day to day life of auniversity student. Each university had activities to demonstratethe expectations and commitment needed by the students inorder to progress within their chosen subjects. All of the studentsworked in small groups with a student mentor from the universitywho guided and assisted them to logically solve the differentscenarios presented to them. The mentors also discussed theirpersonal experiences and extra curricular activities they becameinvolved with to help them move into their chosen profession.

Students were also given advice about the fees within theuniversities and the help available for students when applying.This experience helped the students to understand theprocedures and what they need to attain at GCSE, A levels orBTEC in order to gain a place at university.

The students were great ambassadors for the school and enjoyedthe experience of actively participating in subjects that they havea great interest in.

Mr Guyver

Educational visit to theRoyal Albert Hall

On Wednesday 7 November, Mr West, Mr Bawden, Mr Jones and MsQuow accompanied 25 year 7 students to see and hear The Best ofBroadway at the Royal Albert Hall. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestraand soloists sang and played numerous items from Broadway musicalsincluding songs from ‘Billy Elliot’, ‘Phantom of the Opera’, ‘LesMiserables’, ‘Chicago’, ‘Cabaret’, ‘Sweeney Todd’, ‘The Lion King’,‘Wicked’ and ‘Cats’. The grand finale got us all standing up and singingalong to Abba songs from ‘Mamma Mia’.

It was a terrific night out. We took the tube from Seven Sisters to SouthKensington station where students and staff stopped off for refreshmentsin the newly pedestrianised area. The students were later amazed bythe huge houses, museums and colleges along the way up to the AlbertHall. Some took pictures. The Christmas lights were on, so everythinglooked magical.

The Royal Albert Hall was, as ever, very impressive, and the studentsclimbed up to the last two rows of the circle to enjoy the spectacularmusic and light show.

It was a very late night as we did not get back to school until 11.20pm,but fortunately all of the parents and carers were waiting for their childrenso the staff could get home straight away!

Ms Quow

Year 7 Singing strategyThis year Ms. Quow introduced Singing in Unison, Rounds and inParts as a scheme of work for all of the year 7s in their first half term.As a result, several events came out of this initiative.

On Thursday 25 October, year 7 started the day off by singing someof the songs they had been learning in lessons with Ms Quow and MrWest in their assembly. It was a terrific occasion hearing over 200students singing so enthusiastically and well in unison and in parts.In the afternoon we had invited two year 5 classes from LancasterianPrimary School to share songs with us. We sang songs and taughtsome to the year 5s and they sang a song that they had been workingon. We also learnt some new ones from Catty Alberman, the PrimarySchool Music Advisor. Again, it was a lovely occasion – studentsenjoyed it and sang very well.

On the afternoon of Thursday 29 November 27 students representedthe school by singing two songs in the Council Chamber of the WoodGreen Civic Centre in front of an audience which included DavidLammy MP, Sharon Grant and other Heads and Principals of differentsectors in the Borough of Haringey as part of the Haringey EqualitiesNetwork launch.

Year 7 singers willalso be involved inthe two concerts inthe penultimate weekin December.Congratulations to allof the year 7 singers,and keep the goodwork up.

Ms Quow

9Haringey 6th Form CentrevisitsTechnology

On 26th Sept, 12 NPCS Fashion and Textilesstudents were invited to attend a presentationat Haringey 6th Form Centre. The guestspeakers were two ex students who havegone on to study at prestigious Londonfashion courses at Saint Martins and CentralSchool of Art.The students gave very personal accounts oftheir experiences of life and work at universityand also shared examples of their portfoliowork with the audience. Our students had anopportunity to look through the sketchbooksand folders and ask questions about the workand techniques.This was an extremely interesting presentationand created a lot of discussion amongst ourvisiting students, especially commentsrelating to how competitive fashion and textilestudents are at university and what workuniversities want to see at interview.The following week Zara Collis, Head of Art atthe 6th Form Centre visited the TechnologyDepartment to speak to technology students.During lunch club she gave a shortpresentation to a group of Year 11, 10 and 9students who are interested in continuingstudying Art and Design at college. Zarabrought a selection of 6th form work andsketchbooks for our students to look through.The work was very experimental, using avariety of materials and techniques which ourstudents were impressed with. Amongst thesamples of work was a dress based on thecharacter Ms Havisham from GreatExpectations by Charles Dickens. On closeinspection students were amazed to discoverthe decaying fabric was decorated with thetext from the book.The work was definitely inspirational and weare very pleased that Zara was able to share itwith us.In December, five of our students will beoffered the opportunity to attend a screeningof a new film about the life of the establishedfashion designer Oswald Boateng plus anexclusive Q&A session with the man himself.Originally from Tottenham, he now has adesign workshop on Saville Row.

MsSelwyn

Sky SkillsStudio

Students in year 9 and year 10 who arefollowing the triple science course haveworked tirelessly on their controlledassessments with great success. Theywere therefore rewarded with a visit to theSky TV Studios in December 2012. Thiswas not a day off for them.Sky Skills Studios is a unique learningexperience that takes students behind thescenes at Sky. Students worked with cuttingedge technology, including broadcastquality cameras, green screens and touchscreen edit tables to make their very owntelevision report on topics they are currentlystudying:

Year 9 – Fossil FuelsYear 10 – Natural Disasters

All students were fully engaged throughoutthe day and they “loved it”. They made thefollowing comments on our way back:“I am now an expert on fossil fuels” “I didn’t know that news reporters have todo so much research”“If they do not do the research, they will endup asking silly questions and that will makethem look silly”“To become an expert on any topic, youneed to know everything about it.

Students developed the following skills aspart of the day’s work:

1. Creativity: Creativity is key to makinggreat TV. The day’s programmeencouraged students to be bold andimaginative to create unique, inspiringresults.

2. Communication: Students needed toshare their ideas and listen to each other towork together. With each student fulfilling adifferent role, communication is essential tomake the final report a success.

3. Problem Solving: There are manychallenges to tackle when creating TV.Students had to show flexibility, beinquisitive and make quick decisions in thestudios to finish their piece on schedule.

4. Self-management: Students werechallenged to stay focused and on track tocreate their report. Adults provided themwith minimum guidance to help them toplan, schedule and evaluate theirexperience to get the best results.

5. Team work: Each individual role isessential to getting great TV on air. Teamshad to work togetherto make sureeveryone's ideas were heard and to meetthe transmission deadline.

Mr Asiedu


10Duke of Edinburgh’sAward Programme

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Programme is an internationallyrecognised programme to promote confidence, leadership andindependence in young people. At NPCS, we have fifty year 10 and11 students signed up and hope to have 100% of them completetheir Bronze Award by the end of this academic year with the help of15 staff mentors.

Students need to complete 4 different activities to achieve theirBronze Award. A skill must be developed, a physical activity must beaccomplished and volunteer work must take place. The fourthsection is a camping excursion. The first one night trip will beorganised by staff with the help of the students. The second trip willbe organised by the D ofE participants themselvesand formally assessed bya D of E representative.

The students have nowofficially begun theirjourney in achieving theDuke of Edinburgh’sAward and we wish themsuccess.Ms Macdonald

Texcitement Visit A group of 15 year 7 Gifted and Talented science students visitedthe Texcitement room at Heartlands school on Thursday 18thOctober . The Texcitement room has been set up in order to offerstudents in Haringey the opportunity to use some moresophisticated ICT equipment which they cannot use in school. Thestudents had been studying chemical reactions in school and theactivities were organised by colleagues at the centre to tie in withthis.

Our students had a wonderful morning and were able to organiseand film a Science TV programme using ‘green screen ‘ technology,use and review the latest scientific educational apps as well asusing the latest strategic life simulation games based aroundscience in society.

There are plans for up to 10 groups of year 7 and 8 students indifferent curriculum areas to visit the Texcitement room throughoutthe year .

Mr Catsis

Enterprise DayYear 7’s had fun at Enterprise Day when they started atNorthumberland Park Community School.

But there was a serious purpose to encourage team work, cooperation,creativity and confidence.

In one task, teams made animal themed balloon hats sharing theirinnovative ideas and skills which were then paraded for all to see.

Mrs Beatham had the difficult task of judging the best.

The day had a series of activities to help students to get to know eachother, build their skills and self-esteem as they settle into their newenvironment..

Mrs Liversidge and a team of teachers organised the event.

Mr Liversidge

11Northumberland Park’sYoung Apprentices

Six Northumberland Park Community School students were given a great business experience for one week during the summer holiday.This is what they said:

“I felt that the experience was amazing. I was able to learn so many skills relating to the world of business. My role in my business group asCEO was to oversee everything that was going on and to have the final say in any decision making. I met Sir Alan Sugar and David Lammy,It was great. I truly loved the whole experience and I am thankful for the opportunity”. Tyrell

“NTYE business enterprise project was extremely enlightening. It gave me the chance to learn about some of the factors involved in settingup and running your own business. My role as marketing and financial director meant that I had to advertise my product in an efficient way. Ihave learnt skills that I will be able to use in the future. I am especially happy that I was able to gain a professional qualification in TeamLeading”. Michael–Joel

“The programme was enriching. I learnt so much about business operations. This was through various workshops and master classes. Itwas a challenge to think of products or services that could actually be used. I was happy that our team won, so we will be attending thefinals in July next year”. Adeola

“I had a lovely time; I had the opportunity to see what it is like to be a young entrepreneur. My role was as an operations director. I had theopportunity to meet Lord Sugar and David Lammy. They were great people to talk to as they have lots of knowledge to pass on aboutbusiness”. Kiechelle

“The experience I had was great! I enjoyed the whole week. I met lots of new people, and made new friends. I was operations director formy team. We met Aaron the barber who is possibly Tottenham’s oldest entrepreneur”. Vanessa

“I gained knowledge in presentation skills and built confidence in public speaking. We hadmentors to help and support us and next year we have the opportunity to become mentors toothers” Nasra

Ms Imiere

Adeola

Kiechelle

Michael-Joel

Tyrell

Nasra

Vanessa

Enterprise DayYear 7’s had fun at Enterprise Day when they started atNorthumberland Park Community School.

But there was a serious purpose to encourage team work, cooperation,creativity and confidence.

In one task, teams made animal themed balloon hats sharing theirinnovative ideas and skills which were then paraded for all to see.

Mrs Beatham had the difficult task of judging the best.

The day had a series of activities to help students to get to know eachother, build their skills and self-esteem as they settle into their newenvironment..

Mrs Liversidge and a team of teachers organised the event.

Mr Liversidge


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NPCS Students offer advice to the US President on the BBC’s World Service

During the half term holiday six students from NPCS spent a morning at the new BBC Broadcasting House telling the US President howhe should run the country! They were chosen from 15 NPCS students who took part in a two hour panel discussion the week before.

As part of BBC School Report Yasser, Zubaydah, Dilan, Georgia, Lauren and Khalid (studentsfrom Years 7 – 9) took part in a discussion with a producer and presenter from The World, aradio programme from Boston USA. The programme was then edited and transmitted acrossthe world as part of the BBC’s World Service.

Whether it was “keep your promises”, “make everyone happy” or “halve the deficit”, the pupilswere full of advice for Mr Obama, including some tips on how to relax from the stresses ofbeing the leader of one of the world’s remaining superpowers. “I could go trampolining withnormal people,” said one pupil, while another said they’d buy some high-heel shoes – justbecause they could!

The students really impressed the reporters with their knowledge of US and World politics aswell as their willingness to spend a day of their half term at the BBC.

BBC School Report will be commencing in January 2013. If you are interested in taking part please come and see Ms Yuill in A3.

Ms Yuill

The StudentSupport Centre atNorthumberland ParkCommunity School

The Student Support Centre has been aprovision at NPCS for a number of yearsnow and during this time has expandedalmost beyond recognition! There are manyreasons why a student may be working withthe SSC but ultimately it is our mission toencourage students to reach their fullpotential, be successful in their educationand go on to achieve great things in theirlives.

The Student Support Centre (SSC) isdesigned to support a variety of studentneeds with sessions focusing on buildingconfidence and self-esteem, takingresponsibility, encouraging independentlearning and learning to manage feelingsand behaviour. The number of sessions astudent attends the SSC may vary as it istailored to meet the individual need.

A variety of weekly workshops are alsoprovided through the S.S.C. For examplethe Year 7 transition programme. This groupis designed to support some students whomay find moving from primary school tosecondary school particularly stressful ordifficult.

One of the most successful and longestrunning workshops, delivered by our teamof Pastoral Assistants, is the S.E.A.Lprogramme (Social, Emotional Aspects ofLearning). These sessions are designed foryears 7-9 and teach a wide range of social,emotional and behavioural skils.

There are Social Skills focus groups foryears 7-9 which incorporate circle timesessions. This allows students tounderstand how to express themselvesappropriately in school.

Gender focused groups (Girl/Boy groups)for year 9. This is a relatively new supportgroup aimed at supporting young teenagerswith the ever present pressure from peersand the media. This year there is someadditional funding available for thisprovision and we hope to provide someexciting opportunities in the near future….watch this space!!

Peer mentor training: The Year 10 peermentors at NPCS provide a huge support toyounger students. They undergo a trainingpackage that promotes ways of dealing withand resolving conflict between studentsusing a restorative approach and are a vitalelement of support for KS3. Peer mentorsare very highly thought of at NPCS and willsupport staff and parents during eveningactivities, such as parent evenings, year 9options, year 6 open evening etc. ManyPeer Mentors use this as a greatopportunity to go on to become prefects inyear 11.

This academic year the Student SupportCentre has moved out of the main schoolbuilding and into The House. There is amain teaching area downstairs; upstairsthere are two rooms- one houses ourSchool Counsellor Mrs Bev James whocontinues to provide an excellent service,the other is being used for quieter groupdiscussions and by Open Door everyTuesday morning.

We are hopeful that this can only meanthere are GREAT THINGS TO COME fromthe Student Support Centre over the comingterms and years.

Mrs Wendy O’ConnorStudent Support Centre Manager

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Making a difference in the community

Around ten year 9 students have been taking part in a climate changeproject organised by Ground Work. So far they have visited BruceCastle Park. The group were tasked with picking up litter and tidyingup the flower beds. On their second visit they managed to fill four largebags with leaves and also trimmed back bushes and edged flowerbeds.

Besime said” I found this project really entertaining and interesting, I would love it if we could go again”.

The group will revisit Bruce Castle Park and Hartington Park in the NewYear to plant bulbs for Spring. Congratulations and well done to all thestudents involved for making such a positive impact in our community.

New community courses starting in January

Family Maths: Tuesday 15/01-19/03/2013 9.30-12.00

Family ICT:Tuesday 15/01-19/03/2013 1.00-3.30pm 9.30-12.00

Family English (Reading): E2-3 9.30-12.00 Thursdays & Fridays 17/01-22/03/2013 (2 Days a week)

My English Calendar (E1 learners): Fridays 18/01-22/03/2013 9.30-12.00

Call 0208 2754848 to book

Ms Bailey

Spurs Manager, Andre Villas Boas, visits NPCS

Students from Northumberland Park were given a master class incoaching by the new Spurs Manager, Andre Villas Boas (AVB).AVB, through the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation coaches, gavestudents one to one support and advice on how to improve theirfootball skills. Year 9 students couldn’t believe their luck when AVBalso watched them romp home to a 4-2 victory against GladesmoreSecondary School. One young player in particular caught the eyeof the Manager, Kimarne Johnson was singled out for hisdetermination, focus and skill. Kimarne said “Andre told me I wasman of the match and a good team player as well as defender.Hopefully this could lead to something more”.

The Tottenham Foundation delivers ‘Kickz’ programme on theAstroturf every Thursday & Friday at 6pm.

Ms Bailey

Northumberland Park Students in Borough Badminton Finals.On Wednesday 28th November 2012 the year 11 boys’ Badmintonteam won through to the finals of the Borough Badminton tournamentby beating both Alexander Park School and Greig City. Thetournament consisted of playing both singles and doubles and allmatches were of a high standard. Northumberland Park Schoolstudents outplayed and outclassed both schools with the quality oftheir skills and tactical awareness. The team consist of Michael JoelStuart 11K, Serhat Atila 11H, Temi Babasanya 11H and FlorijanKurtulaj 11H.

Singles 1 Greig City v Alexandra Pk 15 - 13Singles 2 Greig City v Alexandra Pk 5 - 15Doubles 3&4 Greig City v Alexandra Pk 14 - 15Doubles 1+3or4 Greig City v Alexandra Pk 8 - 15Doubles 2+3or4 Greig City v Alexandra Pk 8 - 15

Singles 1 Greig City v Northumberland Park 8 - 15Singles 2 Greig City v Northumberland Park 8 - 15Doubles 3&4 Greig City v Northumberland Park 11 - 15Doubles 1+3or4 Greig City v Northumberland Park 4 - 15Doubles 2+3or4 Greig City v Northumberland Park 7 - 15

Singles 1 Alexandra PK v Northumberland Pk 14 - 15Singles 2 Alexandra PK v Northumberland Pk 13 - 15Doubles 3&4 Alexandra PK v Northumberland Pk 15 - 11Doubles 1+3or4 Alexandra PK v Northumberland Pk 15 - 8Doubles 2+3or4 Alexandra PK v Northumberland Pk 13 - 15

Northumberland Park qualify for the finals at the 6th form centre Friday7th December 4.00pm

Ms Edwards

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Air CadetsAir Cadets enrolment and achievement evening:

Students from year 10 and 11 were officially recruited into the AirCadets on Wednesday 17th October. The students received theiridentification books and were honoured for their outstandingcommitment and progress during the past year.

Murat Sari was presented with the award for the most improved malecadet of the year and Gamze Er was also acknowledged as the mostimproved female cadet of the year.

The evening was attended by the achievement coordinators for bothyear groups and the students represented themselves with maturityand dignity. This is an example of the students’ dedication andcommitment to progress and development of new skillsoutside school, which will enable them to focuson reaching their full potential.This was a very enjoyable evening and wehope that more of our year 10 and11students will join activities such asthese.

Mr Guyver


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Year 11 students participated in an Interview Skills day on Tuesday20th November. This day is managed by Haringey EducationBusiness Partnership and has been a feature of the year 11calendar for the past 15 years and is seen by many year 11students as being the highlight of the year.

A key feature of their careers education programme deliveredthrough PSHE in year 10 was the development of their personalportfolios during the summer term

All this learning was used during their Interview Skills day wheninitially they had a briefing session in assembly and receiveddetails of the business / organisation providing them with aninterview. Each student then had to make a telephone call toconfirm their attendance at the interview and this also providedthem with the opportunity to clarify any questions they may havehad. The students had to make their own way to and from theinterview and had to dress appropriately in business attire. Thestudents attended interviews across London in a variety oforganisations including banks, businesses, offices, colleges andcharities.

In the afternoon a debriefing session was held back in schoolwhen the students had the opportunity to describe theirexperiences from the morning and examine the key points toconsider when going for an interview. Their learning from this daywill be used as they make preparations for their college / 6th forminterviews during the coming months.

Ms Liveridge & Ms Kirk

Oswald BoatengArt and Textile students, Aisha Mazhar, Ibtisam Moalin, CindyNguyen, Sadiyo Sharifhassan, Sarah Kitchou, Marie Foster, TiaVanriel and Anh Nguyen visited Haringey Sixth Form for a questionand answer session with fashion designer Ozwald Boateng. Theywatched a documentary about how he went from an unknownHaringey boy to a world famous and successful designer on SavileRow. The students' behaviour was exceptional and were luckyenough to have their picture taken with him.

A big thank you to Ms Penny and Mr Grant for their participation!

Ms Selwyn

Summer Schools Fashion ProjectFashion Summer School inspires NPCS students

Two year 10 NPCS students hoping to continue their studies infashion & textiles got a taste of what life might be like in aunique residential Summer School.

Nicola and Rianne joined 35 year 10 and 11 students fromKent and London to spend five days at the University ofCreative Arts, Rochester in July where they lived like realstudents and learned new skills from the same expertlecturers and technicians who send their degree studentsto Graduate Fashion Week.

The aspiring fashion designers, stylists andphotographers, aged 14-19, created a portfolio of work,which culminated in an exciting catwalk show for familyand friends. They also attended evening activities, which included bowling and a boat tripalong the Medway, and were taken to see UCA graduate Tracey Emin’s exhibition at TurnerContemporary.

Summer School co-ordinator, Loreta Jarvis, said: “The week-long residential school aimsto inspire and engage young people who have a passion for fashion. It not only teachesthem practical and theoretical skills but also builds their confidence and prepares them forlife at an arts university.”

“I had the opportunity to learn about different areas of the fashion industry, from designingto photography, I also met lots of new people from all over London. It definitely made methink more about going on to university”. Nicola.

“Making our own clothing was very interesting. I have developed new skills such asfashion, drawing and make-up design. I am excited about moving on to college to developthese skills now”. Rianne.

I was lucky enough to visit the university during the summer school and it was a pleasureto see Nicola and Rianne in the middle of a very busy workshop getting ready for theircatwalk and I think you’ll agree that the photos of their work are stunning and are a creditto them both.

Well done Rianne and Nicola. Ms Penny

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Oswald BoatengArt and Textile students, Aisha Mazhar, Ibtisam Moalin, CindyNguyen, Sadiyo Sharifhassan, Sarah Kitchou, Marie Foster, TiaVanriel and Anh Nguyen visited Haringey Sixth Form for a questionand answer session with fashion designer Ozwald Boateng. Theywatched a documentary about how he went from an unknownHaringey boy to a world famous and successful designer on SavileRow. The students' behaviour was exceptional and were luckyenough to have their picture taken with him.

A big thank you to Ms Penny and Mr Grant for their participation!

Ms Selwyn

Year 8 Bake offCompetitionThere was a great deal of excitement, hardwork and creativity when Yr. 8 took part in the‘Christmas cupcake bake off!’ 20 students whohad been selected by their form tutors took part,making snowman cupcakes. Mr Liversidge whodemonstrated what had to be done said thatall the students had worked really hard for twohours to produce some excellent results.

The competition was judged by visiting chef,Collette Lesforris, Sous Chef from the PetcheyAcademy. The budding pastry cooks werejudged on, work method, hygiene and theirfinished product . Collette tasted everycompetitor’s cupcake and found it very difficultto find a winner as all participants producedsuch excellent results. Miss Duncan, along withother staff member came to see the chefs inaction.

The winner, announced by Mr Cameron, wasDiren Arslan 8S, who received a cupcakerecipe book and winners certificate. Secondplace was Jocelyn Almba 8V. Third place wentto Amina Chehab Lechebab bT.

All those who took part not only enjoyed theexperience but learned new skills in cookeryand presentation. Diren will go into the GrandFinale next year when he will come up againstthe Bake off winner from Yr. 8 and Yr. ( whowill compete early next year).

Watch this space!

Mr Liversidge

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LOW COST LOANS FROM THECREDIT UNION The school is considering the possibility of starting a savingscheme for pupils run through the Credit Union. It will depend onvolunteer adult help, but may be able to offer a saving depositarrangement for students on site at lunchtime once a week. Tosee if this is viable we are asking parents to fill in the enclosedslip if they are interested in their children using a savings schemelike this.

Credit Unions are not for profit savings and loans co-operativesthat exist to encourage people to save rather than borrow, butalso provide low cost loans at times of need. London CapitalUnion promotes saving, helps people manage their money, anddeals with their debts. It offers services to adults and youngpeople

The Credit Union offers separate savings accounts to members,so they can save separately for things such as presents orholidays. The members’ savings are pooled, and people can thenborrow from this pool when they need to borrow, or need totransfer high interest debts.

The Credit Union offers low cost and flexible loans to adults,based simply on ability to repay rather than their employmentstatus or previous credit history. Its objective is to encouragepeople to save for the things they need as the cheaper option toborrowing.

The regulation of the Financial Services Authority andmembership of the Financial Services Compensations Schemeensures that members’ savings are safe and sound, and anysurplus made on the loans is returned to its members, either as a‘co-operative dividend’ based on a percentage of averagesavings, or a loan interest rebate. In addition, the credit unionpays for a life insurance on all of its savers and borrowers.

For further information about the Credit Union contact :

London Capital Credit Union, Caxton House, 129 St John’s Way, Islington, N19 3RQ Tel. 0207 561 1786 or email [email protected] or website: www.credit-union.coop.

Visitors to the schoolAll visitors to the school arerequested to sign in at ourvisitors’ reception desk, towear a badge issued by staff,and after their meeting/visit, toreturn to the reception to signout and return the visitor’sbadge. This is in order to assistus in ensuring the safety of allour students, visitors &staff throughout the school day.We need to know that onlyauthorised visitors are on siteand, in the event of anemergency evacuation, whichvisitors are still here or have leftthe building already. Your co-operation in complying with thisschool health & safetyrequirement will be muchappreciated.

1st Aid - Winter Coughs &Colds!Medications – Please ensurethat if your child suffers fromasthma, allergies or any othermedical condition and she/heneeds an inhaler, Epi-pen ortablets, spare supplies are leftwith the First Aider in theschool office.

These conditions can worsenduring the winter months ifstudents neglect to take theirmedications when needed.

Arrangements in theevent of severe weatherThe school needs to beprepared in the event of severeweather. We are thereforeinforming parents of the

arrangements that we will befollowing. We shall reorganisethe school day for a 1.15pm or2.30pm dismissal. This willallow all students and staffextra time to get home indaylight, even if transport isdisrupted.

I am asking you to makearrangements for yourson/daughter to follow, in theevent of an unexpectedweather emergency, so thathe/she can go to a safe placeafter a 1.15pm or 2.30pmdismissal should that ever benecessary.

If the decision has been madenot to open due to severeweather conditions, thewebsite would be updated by6.30am and a text messagesent.

Please rest assured that theschool will use thesearrangements sparingly and ifwe do need to use them, weshall send a message by text toparents’ mobile telephones;and put a message on theschool’s answer phone and theschool’s website;www.northumberlandpark.haringey.sch.uk for you to checkon what is happening. Pleasedo check this, if at any pointyou receive a phone messagefrom your son/daughter aboutan early finish! (Please ensurethe school office has yourcurrent mobile numbers).

Trulock Road -Parents collecting childrenby carIf you bring/collect yourchild by car before or afterschool at the Trulock roadentrance, please drop offand collect at thebeginning on Trulock Roadnearer the pub and notoutside the school gates.

Also if you need to turnround, please do so bydriving round the one waysystem to the left and notby turning by the schoolentrances.

Turning round by theschool gates and carsparking by entrances aredangerous for our childrenas they enter/leave theschool site.


IMPORTANTTELEPHONENUMBERSMain school switchboard:

020 8801 0091Headteacher’s PA020 8275 4803

Attendance020 8275 4825

School Meals/uniform etc020 8275 4827/4828

Achievement Coordinator Year 7 020 8275 4814

Achievement Coordinator Year 8020 8275 4818




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