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Dragons’ Den

Winners

March/April 2016

£2000 to have the game

professionally made.

Following their presentation

the students were asked a

variety of questions, some of

which were very difficult, but

even under pressure they

were able to answer

brilliantly.

I would like to take this

opportunity to say a huge

thank you to this dedicated

group of young hardworking

people , I am so proud of

them.

Caitlin Brennan

Michael Goddard

Nimpreet Khaneja

Nataliya Klymko

Ho-Kit Lam

Matilde Perez Moscoso

Grace Phillips

Sophie Taylor

Mrs Oakley

Environmental Officer

On 16th March the

Queensmead Youth Travel

Ambassadors (YTA) were

invited to the Civic Centre to

give their presentation to a

Dragons’ Den panel consisting

of Hillingdon Council, Youth

Travel and the local police.

The students representing

Queensmead were brilliant.

The Dragons were so

impressed with their ideas on

safer travel and their board

game that they awarded them

Dragons’ Den Winners

To celebrate World Book

Day on Thursday 3rd March

Year 7 students were

treated to a range of

themed events.

As well as receiving free

book tokens, students took

part in a 'Book Swap'

where they had the

opportunity to exchange

favourite reads for those of

others.

We also held a film

screening in the library

after school, popcorn was

eaten, hot chocolate was

drunk and many giggles

were shared over David

Walliams' hilarious 'The

Boy in the Dress'!

Thank you Year 7 for your

enthusiasm and excellent

behaviour throughout the

day.

Roll on World Book Day

2017.

Miss King

English Department

World Book Day

On Thursday 4th February 120

of our most able

mathematicians here at

Queensmead School spent an

hour in the hall working

through some really

challenging questions written

by the UKMT.

I am pleased to report that

the students took on the

challenge with a great attitude

and have achieved some

fantastic results.

Year 10

Gold

James Cooney

Silver

Subicsha Chandrakumar

Olivia O'Shea

Avni Narotomo

Bronze

Christopher Corcoran

Harry Davies

John Ellerbeck

Grace Evans

Aneesa Habib

Yousif Hadjinicolaou

Adib Jakfar

Haris Mohammad

Akshat Parikh

Priya Patel

Michael Tapley

Ryan Thomas

As the best in the year James

Cooney has qualified for the

Pink Kangaroo follow on

round.

Year 9

Gold

Brandon Baldock

Nauman Shinwari

Silver

Kiynat Ahmad

Guy Brown

Hamzah Majid

Keyur Narotomo

Bronze

Erfan Abedini

Hafez Al-Ziadi

Sara Ahmed

Madelaine Connolly

Alfie Healey

Zulqarnain Mazhar

Louise Simons

Prabhnoor Singh

Rene Stevens

Ezekiel John Tomeldan

Zoe Thomas

Isabella Wasden

Jake Weber

The following students have

all qualified for the Grey

Kangaroo follow on round.

Brandon Baldock

Keyur Narotomo

Nauman Shinwari

A huge well done to all the

students who took part and

especially to all those named

above for their fantastic

achievements.

Some examples of the

questions the students faced

are shown below.

Miss Jackson

Maths Department

UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge

Queensmead hosted the

fourth Hillingdon Year 8 Team

Maths Challenge on Thursday

15th March. Thirteen other

schools from the borough

brought a team of four very

enthusiastic and able

mathematicians and it was a

great evening of maths.

First up was the group round

in which the four students

spent forty-five minutes work-

ing together on ten questions.

The Queensmead team had

been really focusing on this

round in their practice

sessions and it paid off as

they got eight out of the ten

correct.

Following that was the cross

number which some would

say is a difficult round but not

for these teams as the

standard was very high. The

final round was the relay. The

students put everything they

had into solving the problems

and running between the

teacher and their other team

members.

It is always a great event for

the spectators and there were

plenty of teachers and parents

there to enjoy this finale.

After all that excitement the

results were in. In third place

was Northwood, second place

was Vyners and the winners

by twenty points were

Queensmead!

We are really proud of the

commitment and teamwork

demonstrated by the team

Fatima Hussain, Nataliya

Klymko, Junayd James and

Kai Strachan, they are very

deserved winners.

All the teachers and students

there were really positive

about how much they had

enjoyed the event, so I would

like to say a big thank you to

the Queensmead Maths

department who all helped to

make such a great evening.

Miss Jackson

Maths Department

Year 8 Maths Challenge

Forty excitable Year 8

students travelled on the

Central line for this terms

reward trip to Bounce, the

home of Ping Pong, on

Tuesday 8th March.

On arriving at their

destination students firstly

warmed up before being met

by their two games makers

for the evening. Competitive

games of around the world

had been arranged as well as

a doubles tournament.

During the evening everyone

managed to play everyone

until the knockout rounds

which led to a final. Kai

Strachan and Lewis

Cole-Richardson versus Kai

Arora and Kavith Fernando

Bellanage. Both pairs battled

it out in an extremely close

and intense match but

eventually the overall

competition winners were Kai

Strachan and Lewis

Cole-Richardson.

Congratulations boys great

teamwork and skill shown.

Well done to all those who

came and participated, a

great evening thoroughly

enjoyed by students and staff

alike.

Miss Reed

PE Department

Year 8 Reward Trips—Bounce

On Tuesday 22nd March,

forty seven students and

four staff members went to

Queensway Ice and Bowl

for some ice-skating and

bowling fun for their

rewards trip.

Many students had never

skated before and at first

took to the ice like Bambi

but after a little bit of

practice most were able to

skate round without too

much trouble apart from

the odd wobble!

Afterwards we did some

bowling which many

students were much more

confident at. There were

even a couple of strikes!

The trip was thoroughly

enjoyed by all and was

finished with some pizza

which everyone ate plenty

of.

Miss Rix

Joint Head of Year 8

Year 8 Reward Trips—Queensway

WE Day

On Wednesday 9th March

I attended WE Day at

Wembley Arena.

I had such an amazing

day watching the

festivities while sitting

with a group of young

people I had travelled

with to India as part of

the scholarship trip last

August.

I also had the chance to

go up on stage which was

an amazing experience. I

spoke about all the work

I have been doing for the

charity and what I will be

doing in the future.

There were so many

celebrities and guest

speakers this year Rita

Ora, Fleur East, Princess

Beatrice and Holly

Branson to name but a

few.

It was such a fantastic

day that everyone in the

arena left feeling very

inspired.

Fabian Rapp

Year 10 Student

National Careers Week

took place between 7th-

11th March and all Year

groups experienced

various forms of career

based workshops.

Monday - Year 7 careers

English workshop with a

current student of English

from Brunel University.

Tuesday - Year 7 business

enterprise skills with a

lead charity worker

specialising in

entrepreneurial skills.

Year 8 Personal

Development lesson with dedicated careers advice

and options guidance using

the Cascaid Software.

Wednesday - Year 11 CV

writing and interview skills

workshop with a

current employability

specialist.

Thursday - Year 9 and Year

10 assembly by property

and construction

employers in the local

Hillingdon area. RAF

Operation X real time

scenario training using

specialised RAF specific

logistics skills.

All students found the

workshops very enjoyable

and informative.

Mr Walden

Assistant Head Teacher

National Careers Week

Congratulations to

Elara Payne, Year 8

who has been picked

as a prize winner in

the Fourth Plinth

School Awards.

The Fourth Plinth

Awards is a London

wide competition and

Elara’s work will be

displayed in City Hall

from 29th April to

1st July.

Elara has been

invited to an awards

ceremony at City Hall

on Thursday 28th

April to be presented

with her prize.

Miss Evans

Head of Art

Fourth Plinth Awards

Dates for your Diary

May Tues 3rd Prefect Dinner 6pm — 8pm

External Exams 16th May— 28th June

Half Term Mon 30th May — Fri 3rd June

June Fri 24th Year 11 Prom 7pm— 10pm

Tue 28th New Year 7 Intake Parents’ Evening

7.00pm— 8.30pm

Thur 30th KS3 Awards Evening 7.00pm— 8.30pm

On the weekend of 12th March

Year 11 Bronze Duke of

Edinburgh students completed

their practice expedition.

Students had to walk fully self

sufficient - learning that this

meant having to carry all their

equipment: tents, stoves,

clothes and food for the

weekend. This was along

routes planned as a team,

which on paper, back in the

classroom, did not seem so

hilly but students soon

realised that it is called the

Chiltern Hills for a reason.

After a full day of navigation

practice and a quick lunch by

the river we set up camp at

Paccar Scout Camp.

The next challenge was to

cook an evening meal on

primitive trangias stoves.

Dinners varied in complexity

from pot noodles to some

interesting super noodle chow

meins. However Enkel Cipa

chef extraordinaire topped the

lot and treated his group to a

delightful pasta bolognese

dish, eventually…..once the

water finally started to boil!

The following day involved

another ten kilometre walk

along differing routes up a few

more hills, with students all

alternating as lead navigator.

With this practice complete

and successfully passed by

everyone, students will be

ready for their assessed

qualifying expedition in July.

Miss Reed

PE Department

Duke of Edinburgh Expedition

Ski Trip

On Good Friday forty

three students and six

staff went on an

exciting coach journey

to Austria for the 2016

Ski trip.

Although the journey

was long, it was well

worth it. The location

was fantastic and once

we arrived at the top of

the mountain on the

first morning, the views

were beautiful.

The students were

grouped according to

their ski experience and

everybody set upon

their journey to

becoming the next

Olympic hopeful.

Skiing is a very tiring

activity and five hours

skiing per day took its

toll on everybody.

However, once the

skiing lessons finished

the day continued with

a multitude of evening

activities. These

activities ranged from

Football, Trampolining,

Table Tennis, Pool,

Squash, High ropes

course, Indoor Beach

Volleyball, Pizza Night,

Bowling, Disco,

Tobogganing and an

Awards ceremony.

The week was excellent

and everybody made

huge improvements as

the week progressed.

Skiers of the week were

Nicole Pessel and

Maciej Lagiewka. Most

improved skier was

Louise Simons

Mr Walden

Assistant Head Teacher

Ski Trip

This term Year 10 Business

GCSE students have taken

part in the nationwide 'Tenner'

competition to find the next

generation of budding

entrepreneurs.

The ‘Tenner Challenge’ is for

young people who want to get

a taste of what it is like to be

an entrepreneur. It gives

them an opportunity to think

of a new business idea and

make it happen, using real

money ‘a tenner’ to take

calculated risks in the

business field, make a profit

and make a difference.

Each student was pledged £10

to come up with a business

idea and trade. Examples of

some of the businesses

include: selling cookies;

milkshakes; smoothies; pizza;

car washing service; hand-

made t-shirts

and jewellery boxes.

There are also weekly

competitions including Best

Advert. Priya Patel and Grace

Wells aka ‘Fruit Fusion’

successfully beat off stiff

competition from thousands of

entries to be crowned

winners.

The competition culminated in

a Trade Fair in the Hall on

Thursday 24th March hosted

by the students.

Mrs Jetha

Head of Business

Year 10 Trade Fair

The National Citizen Service

(NCS) have been working with

Queensmead for the past four

years and last year saw over

fifty Year 11 students sign up

for the programme which ran

over the summer holidays.

This term Year 11 and Post 16

students have been given the

opportunity to sign up to the

National Citizen Service

(NCS), a government-funded

programme for 15-17 year

olds. So far there are thirty

nine Year 11 students who

have already signed up to

take part and there are still

spaces available.

Working through physical and

personal challenges, this once

-in-a-lifetime experience

empowers them to build skills

to get ahead in work and life,

whilst engaging with their

local area. Lasting eighteen

days over the summer

holiday, with twelve different

start dates, it is flexible so

takes into account holidays

and other commitments you

may have.

Delivering the programme

costs over £1000, but NCS

only ask for £50 and financial

support is available when

needed. This covers all

accommodation, food,

transport, and specialist kit

for the residential parts of the

programme.

Jaime Ngo, Post 16 took part

in the programme last year

and found it extremely

rewarding. Jaime is pictured

below with just a few of the

many students she met from

schools across the borough,

who also took part.

If you would like further

details please visit

www.ncsthechallenge.org

Mr Walden

Assistant Head Teacher

National Citizen Service

Jaime Ngo and colleagues from

National Citizen Service programme 2015

The annual Hillingdon Schools

Award Ceremony took place

on Tuesday 19th April at the

Beck Theatre Hayes.

The following students

received awards:

Courtney Daniels

Pearl Hirani

Mujtaba Hussain

Chloe McCarthy

Charlotte Masters

Melanie Meek

and Mr Morgan-Smith

Remember anyone can

nominate a student or

member of staff for an award.

Miss Hardwick

Assistant Head Teacher

Jack Petchey Awards

Queensmead students have

had an outstanding finish to

the winter sports season.

The boys have made it to four

borough football finals which

is a school record, with Year 7

winning 4-1, Year 9 winning

dramatically on penalties after

a 3-3 draw with Douay

Martyrs. Year 10 lost out

narrowly to Harefield

Academy 5-3 in a thrilling

game.

Congratulations also goes to

the Year 11 boys’ football

team who beat Abbotsfield in

the re-arranged Borough Cup

Final on Thursday 14th April.

This was an excellent effort

from Year 11 boys not only in

this game but throughout

their time at the school. They

have certainly been the most

successful team in our recent

history.

The boys have also been

enjoying a week of rugby

tournaments for Years 7-10,

with so far Year 7 winning

their tournament and Year 8

coming third in their

tournament.

A representative team from

Year 7 and 8 took part in a

Gaelic Football Tournament

which is another first for the

school.

The girls have also finished

their netball season strongly

with Year 9 and Year 10

progressing out of their

league groups and contesting

the borough semi finals

against Northwood College,

unfortunately both missing

out narrowly in the finals.

Thank you to all students and

staff who have contributed to

extra-curricular activities this

term, a great effort by all.

Hopefully we can match these

successes in the summer term

when we turn our attention to

the summer sports of cricket,

rounders, athletics and tennis.

Mr Conway

Head of PE

PE

Year 9 Girls’ Netball Congratulations to the

following girls who have

reached the semi-final of

the Year 9 Netball league.

Their dedication to

practice and matches is

commendable and they

deserve the success they

have achieved this year.

Elizabeth Amida

Sowmiya Baskaran

Kira Harris

Taya Harris

Nikola Ledwon

Jodie Lobb

Kristina Morrison

Cerys Thomas

Mrs Grehan

PE Department

Year 11 Football Team Back row, left to right: Shay Bishop, Luke Collis, Joshua Thorne, Tyrese Wolfe, Daniel Edwards,

Matthew Holbourn, Liam Thorne, Sean Galvin, Max Hibbins

Second row: Farradeen Muhammad, Joe Warren, Samuel Clancy,

Front row: Oliver Whitehead, Sol Howells

I would like to thank the

students for their dedication

and hard work throughout the

season and look forward to

another successful season in

Year 8.

Emily Barley

Grace Derby

Millie Jarvis

Georgina Masters

Lauren McCarthy

Tia Newman

Congratulations to the Year 7

Rugby team who won the

recent borough tournament at

Hillingdon Abbots Rugby club.

In an extremely successful

day the boys went unbeaten

including a 30-5 victory

against Ruislip High in the

semi finals.

Facing a tough Haydon team

in the final, the team battled

well and ended up 10-5

winners.

All boys in the team showed

great team spirit and

supported each other

throughout the day.

An outstanding performance!

Joe Anderson

Joseph Canavan

Alfie Gocol

Anotida Mano

Jakob Mihramane

Reece Pogmore

Diwan Pun

Colm Roche

Gabriel Smith

Reece Smith

Khushi Tamang

Mr Fernandes

PE Department

Year 7 Netball Squad

Rugby

The Year 7 Netball squad have

now finished their season.

They have been committed to

training every week and have

developed their skills,

techniques and knowledge of

the game. They have

competed in the borough

league where they won two

matches, drew one and lost

one.

Carys Pearson

Elle-Louise Raeburn-Hill

Maya Roberts

Millie Robinson-Marsh

Marina Satheeskumar

Danielle Scott

Mya Skates

Macy Willis

Mrs Carter

PE Department

On Wednesday 2nd March

Year 7 Netball Teams A

and B attended a

tournament at St Helen’s

School, Northwood.

Team A

We played and won

against St Helen’s (Team

B), Haydon (Team A),

Vyners (Team B), Douay

Martyrs, Northwood

College (Team A) and

Bishopshalt (Team B). We

then drew against

Rosedale College and

Barnhill.

Everyone played

exceptionally well, we won

our section and we

achieved 3rd place overall.

Emily Barley (Captain)

Team B

We drew one match, won

one match, but

unfortunately lost the rest.

The teams we played were

Vyners (Team A), St

Helen’s (Team A), Ruislip

High, Swakeleys,

Bishopshalt (Team A),

Haydon (Team B) and

Northwood College (Team

B).

Everyone in the team

worked so hard, hopefully

we will do better next

time.

Georgina Masters

(Captain)

Year 7 Borough Netball Tournament

Team A

Top Row: Marina Satheeskumar, Grace Derby, Mya Skates

Bottom Row: Carys Pearson, Millie Jarvis, Macy Willis and

Emily Barley

Team B

Top Row: Millie Robinson-Marsh, Danielle Scott, Georgina Masters, Elle-Louise Raeburn-Hill

Bottom Row: Maya Roberts, Tia Newman and Lauren McCarthy

On Friday 18th March students

in Years 7 to 10 participated

in a mile run to support Sport

Relief. It was an enjoyable

event which identified some

great runners in the School!

First to run were Year 9’s with

fantastic performances from

Jack Robinson who completed

it first, followed by Byron Hill

and Trinity Derbyshire.

Year 10’s then followed with

Harrison Fitzgerald being the

leading boy and Charlotte

Morgan the leading girl.

It was then time for Year 8’s

to give it a try with Ethan

Watts putting in a tremendous

effort and completing eight

laps. He was followed by Kai

Strachan and Nathan

Wharton. Sophie Taylor was

the winner for the girls with

an excellent run.

Lastly the Year 7’s took to the

field and a huge effort was

put in by all! Dylan Love

completed the race first with

an excellent time followed by

Archie King. Macy Willis came

in soon after as the leading

girl.

Well done to all who

participated. The total

amount raised was £1400

which will all go to the charity

and support a very good

cause.

Miss Rix

PE Department

Sport Relief