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The news magazine of The Nottingham Emmanuel School - A Church of England Academy

� Record A level results and Oxbridge entry

� New Sri Lanka partnership established

� Welcome to New Principal, Derek Hobbs

Issue 17 2015

Also Inside: Focus on Houses and Charity Faith Development and Chaplaincy

Employability Hub Flourishes

Results continue to grow– Highest number of A* grades at Alevel and rise in Russell Group entry

International links – New partnership with school in Sri Lankagets off to a wonderful start!

Employability – New Hub and extensive eventsprogramme sees Emmanuel leading theway for employability provision acrossthe city

Emmanuel News

Principal’s Welcome

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Faith Development – New Student Chaplaincy Teamsupports continuing growth ofChaplaincy work across the schoolseeing students and staff grow in their faith

Partnerships flourishing – Fantastic events continue to establishexcellent primary school partnershipsacross the local area

Main cover photo: Caterina Dimilta-Jones, Head of Business Studies, Economics and Work-Based Learning with Sam Kanyi, Year 12

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I have watched with admiration the journey that The Nottingham Emmanuel School has been on in thepast few years.

The individual stories of success andservice in this most recent edition ofAchiever are an inspiring reflection ofthe growth and development of theschool community as a whole. JoiningEmmanuel feels very much like beingwelcomed into a family. This is a familywith close bonds and shared values butone with a big heart for communitieslocally, regionally, nationally andglobally. It is a joy and privilege for meto be able to lead the next stage of ourjourney together.

I have taken an interest in Emmanuelover many years, partly as a result of myown experience of working in Church of

England schools but also because itsvalues chime so strongly with my own.

There is a genuine commitment tostrong, healthy relationships based onlove, trust and mutual respect, as thefoundation from which learning cangrow. The School is both distinctivelyChristian and yet wholly welcoming andinclusive. It is clear and unapologetic inits pursuit of educational excellence andfor the very best outcomes for itsstudents.

Most importantly, Emmanuel is a schoolwith a strong sense of why it exists andthe ethos and values that drive its work:

“Together to learn, to grow, to serve”.These are the values which TheNottingham Emmanuel School holdsdear and which are close to my ownheart, both as Principal and as a parentmyself of three young children. I lookforward to the many individual andcorporate successes of the comingacademic year at Emmanuel.

Enjoy this year’s Achiever and we lookforward to welcoming you to the Schoolto share our vision.

Derek Hobbs, Principal

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The APS (average points score) per student rosesignificantly from 599 to 670 and the APS per subjectentry rose well to 204, equating to a C grade across allareas. We were also pleased to see the highest pass rate forYear 12 students in their AS qualifications, which bodesvery well for further increases in the results next summeras the school’s Sixth Form continues to grow in size andaccomplishment.

There were many notable individual achievements,including A* grades for Rachel To (in both EnglishLiterature and Geography), Tom Read (in both History andBusiness Studies), Tom Shewell-Cooper (History) andRebecca Dixon (Textiles). Rebecca was particularlydelighted having been awarded full marks across all of hermodules – a wonderful achievement to be graded 100%at A level. Rebecca’s portfolio has been requested by theexam board as a model of outstanding practice.

The success stories at the school mean that an evengreater percentage of Emmanuel students will now attendthe best universities in the country (the Russell Group)including Cambridge, York, Reading, Loughborough,Nottingham, Manchester and Kings’ College, London. Theresults mean that once again Emmanuel is privileged tosend students to Oxbridge – for more details of Rachel To’swonderful achievements and her journey to study Law atCambridge, turn to Page 11.

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Year 13 enjoying their results

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Andy Wolfe, Vice Principal, said this was astrong improvement on last year. “The resultsgo from strength to strength and it is all downto the hard work of staff and students. It isfantastic to see our students continuing tomake strong progress from Year 7 to 13 and ofcourse we are thrilled once again to be sendinga student to Cambridge University to readLaw.”

I am so excited about my results – and of course,

particularly pleased to have been awarded full

marks in Textiles – my teachers have been

amazing and now I am really looking forward

to developing even further at university

Rebecca Dixon, Year 13

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Record A Level results lead the wayWe were delighted to achieve the school’s best ever A level results in Summer 2015, including arecord number of the coveted A* grades across a range of subjects and the maintenance of thepass rate at 98%.

These students are continuing to achieve veryhighly at GCSE, and we celebrate in particularthe great results achieved by:

Elliott Bairstow – 8 A*s and 4 As

Alex Taylor - 5 A*s and 8 As

Noon Nassr – 7 A*s and 3 As

Victoria Thomas – 4 A* and 7 As

Danielle Bernard-Carlin – 4 A*s and 6 As

The vast majority of these higher bandstudents will now go on to study A levels in theschool’s growing Sixth Form. Matt Irons,Achievement and Pastoral Manager for Year 11said: “The students should be delighted thattheir own hard work has paid off. We are happythat so many of our students will now join ourSixth Form and complete their A Levels with us.We look forward to celebrating their futuresuccesses too!”

The school was also delighted to achieve itsbest ever results for students arriving fromprimary school with lower band SATs levels.This year, the Value-Added score for thesestudents was a record 1029, which makes theachievement of these students ‘Outstanding’.Emmanuel prides itself both in the ability tostretch the most able at the top end, and alsoto provide fantastic support and guidance to students of lower abilityto ensure that the very best academicoutcomes are achieved by all.

Across the GCSE results, there weremany strong successes, notably thefurther improvement in the outcomesof students arriving at Emmanuel withthe highest primary school levels.

Strong Success at GCSE

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Employability lies at the heartof the school’s vision for learning


Central to this work has been the consolidation ofa wide range of partnerships with employers on alocal, regional and national level and ensuringthat students in Key Stage 4 and 5 have access tothe most ambitious destinations and placementopportunities.

The Sixth Form ROC (Redeeming Our Communities)event provides an annual opportunity for Year 12students across the city to come together to explorehow they can use their career aspirations to have apositive impact on society. In September, we willwelcome over 400 Year 12 students from acrossNottingham with a range of inspirational speakersand workshops. The innovative Year 13 workexperience programme provides fantasticopportunities for students to build their experienceand connections in ambitious employment settings,supporting their UCAS applications.

Similar work has extended across Key Stage 4, with arange of fairs and events bringing employers intoschool, and the ever-popular Work Skills programmeseeing all Year 10 students interviewed by a localbusiness leader. The school’s dedicated EmployabilityHub provides a dynamic and highly professionalfocal point for personalised careers advice andemployer workshops.

This focus continues to extend across a range ofsubject areas where key partnerships continue toextend learning into a work-based setting providingvaluable skills and context for examinationspecifications.

To have the opportunity to meet and

work with such senior national figures

in business and law was incredible

– it will have such an impact on my

university choices and career direction!

Amber Collington, Year 13

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in all of our projects, and it has been

wonderful to see these continue to

grow supporting our students in the

most ambitious settings.

Ms Dimilta-Jones, Head of Business Studies,

Economics & Work-Based Learning

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Since her appointment as the school Employability and Careers Champion,Maxine Buttery has had a wonderful impact right across the schoolrunning an array of projects and events putting employability right at theheart of the school’s vision for learning.

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As the school continues to grow and develop,the range of partnerships in existence withPrimary Schools continues to expand rapidly.

Focus onPartnership Schools

Throughout this year, a wide range ofexciting activities have taken place ina range of primary schools, includingEmmanuel teachers working inprimary schools in English, Maths, Artand PE, and a range of excitingworkshops and festivals focusing onScience, Business / Employability andof course the coveted EmmanuelSports Festivals.

In February, we were delighted towelcome over 300 students from SouthWilford and Sneinton Church of Englandprimary schools for the annual

Emmanuel Extravanganza. At this event,students did a wide range of lessons inScience, Music, Art, IT, DT and Dramabefore showcasing their work to anaudience of over 400 people.

Serving over 40 different primary schools,the Emmanuel transition programmecontinues to be highly regarded andprovides a supportive and ambitiousmovement between Year 6 and 7through a range of exciting activities. Thisstarts with the excitement of the Gettingto Know You sessions where Year 6

students come and experience lessons intheir new subject areas, before everyfamily is personally interviewed byleaders within the school to ensure thattransition activities are personalised asmuch as possible. Visits to the primaryschools and a range of excitingworkshops lead to the transition days atEmmanuel where students arewelcomed into the school family andgiven a taste of lessons, tutor activitiesand worship events supporting theschool’s distinctive Christian ethos.


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Historic moment for EmmanuelBeyond Emmanuel...

Sri LankaPartner

Summer 2015 sees a historic moment in the life of the school,marking the graduation of the school’s first Oxbridge graduate. Stephen Ford (who left Emmanuel in2012) has just graduated inMathematics, and moves on topostgraduate study in this discipline,working at the highest level. MeanwhileRachel To achieved a wonderful set of Alevel results with 2 A*s and 2 As acrossher Year 13 subjects and is now about tostart her undergraduate study in Law atCambridge. This means that for 3 out ofthe last 4 years, Emmanuel has sentstudents to Oxbridge, which is a greatsign for the future as the Sixth Formcontinues to grow and develop.

Rachel has served the school brilliantlythroughout her time from Year 7 to 13,both in terms of amazing academicachievements, and the fantasticleadership skills she has developed.Most recently serving as the school’s firstHead Girl, Rachel has continued to be arole model to students across the schooland has a wonderfully bright future in

front of her. Coupled with her academicstudies, she has also benefitted from awide range of excellent workplacements at local and internationallaw firms, and now stands at thebeginning of her career equipped tomake a difference in the world.

Kerry Wiltshire, Assistant Principal andDirector of Sixth Form said, “We arepassionate about ensuring that ourhighest achieving students make thebest progress and get the very bestgrades, and so we are delighted withRachel’s results. Equally, our vision forlearning is about equipping students tochange the world, through theircharacter and faith development –Rachel has epitomised the notion ofoutstanding and although we will missall our leavers greatly, we wish them wellas they go out into the world to make adifference.”

For 10 days in July 2015, a group ofeleven students, accompanied by MrWhite, Ms Barratt and Mr Skinner,worked closely with the JanodaFoundation in Sri Lanka to undertakea variety of educational and buildingprojects with the Udamalala School.

Our partnership aimed to promoteliteracy which the local people stronglybelieve is the key to escaping poverty, aswell as a way of developing globalawareness.

Students developed friendships withtheir assigned buddies who gave theman excellent insight into education, family life and traditions in their Sri Lankan culture. In the classroom, they

worked closely together with their buddies. The Emmanuel group taughtEnglish whilst their buddies reciprocatedby teaching them their local language,Sinhala. They also helped developteaching and learning activities for theSri Lankan teachers to promote literacyas well as delivering fun and excitinglessons to the younger students.

They used their charity funds raised overthe past year, to design, renovate andrefurbish a classroom named ‘TheFunglish Cafe’ to encourage the localpupils to enjoy learning English in a safeand secure environment.

“The expedition has proved successful indeveloping a deeper understanding ofwhat it takes to become active globalcitizens and how different cultures canunite in a shared vision. Our studentshave certainly lived out our school motto‘to learn, to grow, to serve’ and we areimmensely proud of our ambassadors!”Mr White, Sri Lanka Expedition Leader

“It has been an amazingexperience working atthe school and getting to know the communitythere, and I have nodoubt that Udamalalaschool and all our newfriends will stay in myheart forever.”

Molly Mansfield, Year 11

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Journeys of Faith at The Nottingham Emmanuel School

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Faith grows

This project aims to highlight the top 10church schools nationally for their work inrelation to ethos and faith development, andwill be undertaken over the coming 18months, before the publication of a bookhighlighting the school’s work in Autumn 2016.The focus has been on Emmanuel’s pioneeringapproach to student faith developmentthrough the ONESTORY publication now in itsthird volume. This book highlights the faithjourneys of staff and students, celebrating theimpact of the school’s work in their personaldevelopment.

Chaplaincy work continues to go from strength to strength

Tutor time Acts of Worship have embracedprayer in increasingly creative ways whileparticipation in the school’s regularCommunion services has continued to riserapidly. This has involved a significant increasein the percentage of students attending theevents responding in Communion and in theoptional prayer stations.

To further support the development of prayerin the school, the newly formed StudentChaplaincy Team have authored and designedthe school’s first Prayer Book ‘ My Journey withGod’ which is distributed to all students tosupport them in their faith journey.

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Our Father, which art in heaven,Hallowed be thy Name.Thy Kingdom come.

Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

As we forgive them that trespassagainst us. And lead us not into temptation,

But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom,

The power, and the glory,For ever and ever.Amen.

There is a time for everything and a season

for every activity under heaven …..

This is the time where we come together to

celebrate the seasons and every season

there is an iconic activity to do with that

season which we have to respect God’s

image for what we do and how we do it.

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Blue House – House Charity Make-A- Wish

This year Blue House has adopted a new House charity with students choosing to support Make-A-Wish UK. Awide variety of fundraising events have happened throughout the year including some special Christmas themedactivities, coffee mornings and a Chocolate Hamper raffle which raised a lot of money indeed! We have beendelighted with the way that student leaders across the House have worked together to produce such fantasticresults, notably from students in the lower years in the school. We were also thrilled that Mr Rogers, Head of BlueHouse, undertook a sky-dive in June to further support the House fundraising efforts. It has been an excellentstart to the work with Make-A-Wish and we look forward to this continuing over the coming years.

Red House – House CharityNottingham Hospitals Tiny Babies Appeal

This year Red House have raised a fantastic amount of money to

support the D35 Childrens’ Ward at Queen’s Medical Centre. This has

enabled the hospital to improve significantly the provision of IT

facilities, tablet computers, games and TV facilities for the patients and

their families. During the year, groups of Red House students have been

to visit the ward to give out cakes and gifts to the children. It has been

wonderful to see our students connecting with the hospital over a

period of years and making such a difference. Red House students have

arranged many fundraising activities throughout the year including a

table tennis tournament, 7-a-side football events, and of course the

much celebrated Red Hot Mic event, now such a much anticipated

event in the school calendar. In addition, the House has supported the

food bank in Clifton where Sixth Form students have been serving.

Green House – House Charity The Arches

This year has been another fantastic year for Green House,

continuing with its support of the Arches Project, a resource centre

in Lenton which supports people and families who find themselves

falling on hard times. Over 50 students from Green House have

visited the project to support the work it does. Furthermore tutor

groups have been coming up with creative ways to raise money to

support the project financially; including selling Mothers’ Day cards

and hand-made scarves, creating an in-house Cinema and taking

part in a Sponsored Walk.

Serving is big part of what we do in Green House and all students

are encouraged to give up their time and resources to serve and

support others, so it was fantastic to see Sixth Form students this

year build a link with a Food Bank in the Meadows. They

encouraged students across the House to bring in food and

personal hygiene items, which they then delivered to the food

bank. It was fantastic to see them independently create, lead and

deliver this project from beginning to end.

Yellow House – House Charity Water Aid

This year Yellow House have developed their fundraising activitiesvery effectively, including a ‘Dance-a-thon’, monthly Fairtrade TeaRoom and the Christmas photo booth challenge. Students across allthe year groups have worked really well together to raise asignificant amount of money for their house charity, WaterAid. SixthForm students have been partnering with Grace Church in thecentre of Nottingham on their food bank project, running a numberof collections throughout the year and raising awareness across thehouse. The Fairtrade Tea Room has seen the Chapel transformedinto a relaxing café environment where students have been servinga variety of hot drinks and Fairtrade snacks, raising money andpromoting awareness of key issues of global justice.

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Sporting Life and Achievements

For full and extensive details of the huge number of sporting successes this year across a wide range of sportsand year groups, please visit the school website at www.emmanuel.nottingham.sch.uk

Sporting achievement continues tobe a great strength of the school, andonce again, we have performed verystrongly in a wide variety ofcompetitions and events this year.

Participation rates continue to increase, and it hasbeen excellent to see teams and individualsexcelling across a range of sports.

Team highlights include:

Year 7 Boys – Football 6-a-side City ChampionsBasketball City and County Champions

Year 7 Girls and Boys – Indoor Athletics CityChamps

Year 8 – Girls Football City Champions

Year 9 – Girls Football City Champions / GirlsNetball City Champions

Year 10 – Boys Football County Cup semi-finalists

Year 10/11 – Girls Basketball County EliteLeague finalists / Girls Netball City Champs

We are also delighted to celebrate some of our students’ great individualachievements, including Sharnee Skervin, Year 10, who came 2nd in the EnglishSchools Championships for 100m with a personal best of 11.85secs. There is agrowing number of students playing football at the highest level for NottinghamForest, including Jake Willetts, Natasha and Olivia Hudson, while Eban Straker-Meads’ tennis career continues to go from strength to strength, currently rankedvery highly for his age group nationally.

Great sporting achievements at Emmanuel

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