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Volume. 4 Issue. 11

Friday 11th March

Dear Parents / Carers,

Inside this issue of the Courageous Hound you will see we have had a very

busy couple of weeks at Bolingbroke Academy. To start with I would like to

thank all the staff for making such fantastic efforts at dressing up on World

Book Day. It is a wonderful events in the school calendar. I really enjoy seeing

the shocked faces of pupils, particularly those in Year 7, who are surprised to

see their teachers dressed up as their favourite book characters.

Yesterday for the national BBC School Report Day we held our very own Mock EU Referendum to see what

pupils felt about this important debate. It was fantastic to see that so many pupils were eager to vote and have

their say. Around 50% of the school voted and I can tell you that the results were very interesting. We asked

the question: Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union? 88% of pupils voted Yes

and only 12% voted No. We will have to wait until the 23rd June to see how close our results are to the real

thing.

Last night Salma Awale represented Bolingbroke in the Jack Petchey "Speak

Out" Challenge against other Wandsworth pupils. She did incredibly well

and I look forward to sharing more details on this in the next issue.

The Parent Council are now preparing for the third annual Spring Fair

which will be on Saturday 23rd April. I ask you all to save this date in

the diary. It is a terrific event that is great fun every year. If you are inter-

ested in helping in any way please contact the Parent Council parentcouncilba@gmail.com . We hope that

every family can enjoy this special day.

Finally I would like to say thank you to every parent who ensures that their child arrives on time to the

Academy. Can I remind everyone that our school gate closes at 8:15am Monday - Thursday and 8:50am on a

Friday.

Yours Sincerely

Ms C Edis

Advertising Boards for Spring Fair

Rochford Stokes have agreed to sponsor the Spring Fair again and we have now started

the process of collecting 100 addresses so that they can put up their boards to advertise

the fair from end of March until after the fair on April 23. If you are willing to have a

board, please get in touch with Patty on patrizia_gnoato@yahoo.com or via the parent

council parentcouncilba@gmail.com

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WORLD BOOK DAY 2016

By Ms Jones

Every year World Book Day comes round faster than expected, the chance to dress up, wield the odd weapon,

take on a dramatic persona and completely confuse the new year 7’s.

This year it fell on March 3rd and true to form Bolingbroke Academy did not disappoint. Teachers, Support Staff

and even a group of eager year ten’s dressed up for the occasion.

Everything was represented, classics, anime, book adaptations, plays... Then even before lesson 1 the guessing

began! Pupils played detective, working together, searching through book after book, interrogating any character

they came across in order to guess the most.

Staff could still be seen wandering the school past 5pm in their various outfits – making the most of it! Later this

month we will be find out the results of the pupils’ efforts and whether Verbiest house will be knocked from the

top spot or cling on to their title a little while longer.

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WE DAY UK 2016

By Ms Austin

On Wednesday 9th March, Bolingbroke Academy was lucky enough to be invited to Free The Children’s third

annual WE Day event. Our group of thirteen WE Day Ambassadors, Mr Sillah and myself, set off early for the

Wembley SSE Arena. It was a day of inspirational talks, interactive experiences and amazing musical performanc-

es from Labrinth, Fleur East, Darren Criss and DNCE. The show itself took us on a journey, from ‘me’ to ‘we’

inspiring young people to get involved in their local communities, to participate in social action and to be a part

of a bigger, global voice.

Free the Children was set up was set up by Craig and Marc Kielburger in 1995, when both were still at school.

Their aim was to end child slavery. At WE day, they spoke to us about the impact we can make when we work

together. All 12,000 people in the Arena were asked to stand and make the WE Day pledge “We are Powerful.

We are determined. We are a movement”.

One of the main talking points of the day was the power of imagination. Imagination can take you anywhere,

where anything can be achieved. We were treated to a talk from Professor Brian Cox about Earth, and our

place in the universe. After talking us through the famous ‘Pale Blue Dot’ picture of Earth, Professor Cox read us

an extract from astronomer Carl Sagan, “Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone

you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. To me, it

underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the

only home we've ever known.”

Rita Ora also emotionally spoke about her experiences as a Kosovan refugee. She told us that when considering

the refugee crisis, it was important to remember individuals, not statistics. Speaking about the conflict in Syria,

Rita told us that only two things stand our way from helping the worst humanitarian crisis since World War

Two, are racism and indifference. We listened to a Syrian refugee talk about his life, and he truly inspired the

audience to be the generation that makes a difference.

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BBC SCHOOL REPORT DAY

By The Bark

Well done to all the pupils who took part in yesterdays' BBC School Report. This is a national event with

schools all across the country taking part. It is a day dedicated to celebrating children’s involvement in current

affairs and journalism. You can see the films that we produced here: http://arkbolingbrokeacademy.org/life-

school/bbc-school-report. Some thoughts on the day from the presenters/cameramen & editors:

Benjamin Year 7

The experience of being a journalist was quite exciting and quite

scary because this is something I’ve never done before. The thing I

enjoyed the most was interviewing people on Northcote road

asking them questions. From yesterday I learned a quite of lot of

things, like how to approach someone who you want to interview

and also how to edit videos. This benefits me because it builds my

confidence when interviewing people. I hope this benefits people

by informing them about the problems around the world.

Ellie Year 10

Being a journalist was an interesting

experience as I got to see how in

different situations you have to adapt

your questions or your interview

depending on the person. As well as

this, you can develop your confidence

as you have to be able to talk to differ-

ent people that you don’t know. I

enjoyed being able to find out how

different people’s opinions varied and

how unique their approaches to the

questions were. From taking part in

BBC School Report I gained a lot more

confidence and I realised that I should

not be timid when I share my view and

be open and passionate like the people

I interviewed.

Harry Year 10

It was fun being a journalist for the BBC school report for the

first time, the main things I included was interviewing people,

getting to find out new information about my topic and also ex-

tra lunch! I think I gained lots of confidence from taking part in

the BBC school report because I had to talk to lots of people

and was also in front of a camera, which I was a bit reluctant to

do before we started. I also learnt about how to edit the groups

videos and transfer them from the iPod to the computers. I think

I will learn from the skills that I learnt.

The EU Referendum by Neesha Year 10

On Thursday 10th March a few pupils (including myself )from year 7 to year 10 took part in the BBC School

Report. We got spilt into two groups, one focusing on the EU Referendum and the other focusing on the

upcoming Olympics and Zika Virus in Brazil. In my opinion, the day was very enjoyable as I got the oppor-

tunity to work with pupils from younger year groups but most importantly got the chance to interview

members of the general public and get a wide range of opinions regarding the referendum. The BBC School

Report is an amazing project to get involved in as it will be benefit me in the future, by putting it on my per-

sonal statement university’s will realise that I have much more to offer apart from my academic grades.

The video gave viewers a deeper insight into the referendum and what the positives and negatives will be for

leaving the EU or remaining in the EU. If you would like to watch it you can visit our school website: http://

arkbolingbrokeacademy.org/

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HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR CIRLA LEWIS VISITS BOLINGBROKE

By Ms Austin

As part of our commemorations for Holocaust Memorial Day, Year 9 were lucky

enough to listen to the testimony of Holocaust survivor Cirla Lewis. Cirla, who

was born in 1935, spoke about her life as a Jew under Nazi rule.

Cirla was just under five years old when the Germans invaded her native country

of Belgium in 1940, and the recollections that she shared were of an innocent

child living through one of history’s worst atrocities. Her family had a failed at-

tempt to escape to England, and they were forced to remain in Belgium. Cirla

spoke emotionally about saying goodbye to her father, before he was taken away

by the Nazis. She never saw him again. When Cirla’s grandparents were taken

away by the Gestapo to Auschwitz, Cirla and her mother were forced to go into

hiding.

Cirla and her family spent the rest of the war years living alongside other refugees

from the Nazis in a number of ‘safe houses’, and were given shelter by incredibly

brave people who put other people’s lives before their own.

Cirla’s message to Year 9 was powerful- do not hate others, treat each other well. Cirla inspired pupils to be

proud of how diverse their school is, to embrace the differences, as this was not a privilege she had been able to

experience as a young person.

Pupils were given the opportunity to ask their own questions, which Cirla answered openly and honestly. Cirla

spoke about what it was like to be singled out as ‘different’ by having to wear the yellow Star of David. She was

asked about her faith, and whether her experiences had affected her belief in God. Congratulations to pupils for

asking some very thoughtful questions, especially to Zayd Additcott, Tanisha Addicott, Lavina Schultzers and Elea-

nor Palmer.

Finally, we would like to thank Cirla, and

her husband for spending their afternoon

with us at Bolingbroke, for what was a

truly special, and memorable afternoon.

YR 9 SHOREDITCH STREET ART TOUR

By Ms Wheeler

On Mon 29th Feb, Yr 9 pupils went on a trip with Miss Wheeler to

Shoreditch in East London and were given a guided tour by a world

expert on the incredible street art to be found there.

We learnt that many artists come from all over the world to work in

London and many are based in Shoreditch.

We visited the Pure Evil Gallery, where street artists work is now

sold on canvases to the public.

The pupils loved seeing this colourful part of London and were full of

questions about the art-

work and the messages

behind them.

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GUYS AND DOLLS - THEATRE TRIP

By Ms Breckon

On Tuesday 8th March, the gangs and hoodlums of Bolingbroke Academy eluded their afternoon study, instead

taking to the streets and heading to the Savoy Speakeasy (Theatre) for a performance of the West End show

Guys and Dolls. In fact, this (not so)* rowdy mob were doing their homework: essential preparation for their

upcoming school production, Bugsy Malone.

Set in New York in the prohibition era of the 1930s and featuring gamblers, gangsters and nightclub singers, the

production has many parallels with Bugsy Malone. Pupils were treated to some of Broadway’s greatest

show‑stopping tunes, including Luck Be a Lady, Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat and My Time of Day, as well as

dazzling choreography by world‑renowned Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta and Andrew Wright.

Bugsy Malone will be taking to the Bolingbroke stage on 8th-10th June – watch this space for tickets!

*In fact, numerous passers-by and audience members commented on the exemplary conduct and snappy

dressing of our pupils.

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ARK GREAT DEBATE COMPETITION – 23RD FEBRUARY

By Mr Speight

Our debating team of Rae Madoc Jones, Salma Awale and David Farmanfarmaian (Class of 2019) and Jessica

Ward (Class of 2021) represented the academy at this prestigious event held at Dartmouth House, the head-

quarters of the English Speaking Union in Mayfair.

They acquitted themselves excellently and won their first two debates, on prepared

motions on expelling bullies and media reporting of the private lives of public figures,

with some ease. In the semi-final, debating the unseen motion ‘This House believes

people should have to pass a test on current affairs and politics in order to qualify

for the right to vote’, the team showed impressive focus, knowledge and analytical

acumen in the 20 minutes they had to prepare. However, despite a fantastic effort,

they were pipped by an agonising 0.5% by Helenswood Academy, who then went on

to overcome Isaac Newton Academy in the final to be crowned network champions.

We were not to go home empty-handed, however, and it was with great pride that

we welcomed the announcement that Rae Madoc Jones won the Best Speech award,

a phenomenal achievement at a very high calibre event that brought together the

top 50 debaters from across the network. In the words of the Ark organisers, ‘To

win this award for a speech in the non-prepared round is an incredible achievement

and is something she should be extremely proud of.’

The Debating Society will be holding weekly debates in the

Conference Room every Thursday from 4-5, and all pupils

are welcome to attend to get involved and to sharpen their

oracy and analytical skills. Previous weeks’ motions have

been “This House believes that all people of 16 and over should

have the right to vote in elections” and “This House would abol-

ish detention”, and next week we will be debating the mo-

tion “This House would ban violent videogames.”

CLASS OF 2021 – BATTLEFIELDS TRIP NOVEMBER 2016

We are organising an educational visit to France and Belgium and would like to offer our pupils the opportunity

to take part in a short trip to the WW1 Battlefields sites.

We will be travelling to France by coach on Friday 18th November 2016. We will spend the day in France and

Belgium and will return to school the same day at approximately 8.00pm.

The total cost of the trip will be £70.00 per person for non-FSM and £65.00 per person for FSM. This includes

the following:

All travel costs (ferry & coach)

Visit to Tyne Cot British Cemetery

Visit to the Yorkshire Trench (students will get to walk in trenches).

Visit to the In Flanders Fields’ Museum in Ypres

Visit to the Passchendale Museum

Visit to the Menin Gate

Visit to a chocolate outlet

Travel Insurance

This will be the first time many of our pupils would have been given the opportunity to visit the WW1 Battle-

fields and we have found in the past that trips such as this increase our pupils’ motivation and their enjoyment

of learning History.

For more information or to access a form please visit the Letters Home section of the

Bolingbroke Webiste. http://arkbolingbrokeacademy.org/life-school/letters-home

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SCORES ON THE DOORS!

IN THE LIBRARY

“Orbiting Jupiter” – by Gary D. Schmidt

Joseph almost killed a teacher. Joseph was incarcerated at a place called Stone Moun-

tain. Joseph has a daughter called Jupiter and he has never seen her. These are the

three things Jack knows about his new foster brother. He does not know just how

much he will do to help his brother or how much will be asked of him when the time

comes.

I would recommend this book to all pupils who want to read a book that explores

love in all its shapes and sizes.

House Competition Erskine Klein Smyth Verbiest My First Week 20 30 5 5

Dyslexia Poster Winners 10 20 5

Dyslexia poster entries 2 5 5 8

20 Be Bold Winners 35

20 Be Bold Postcards entries 0 6 11 12

Rugby To Winners 10 20 5

Rugby Top entries 4 9 5 2

Open Events 850 975 725 875

Effort Scores 440 80 170 490

House Football Competition 50 30 10 10

Black History Competition 20 20

Rememberence Poppies 34 41 52 58

Christmas Card Competition 20 5 10

Christmas Card Competition Entries 12 3 19 2

Rememberence Poem 10 30

Rememberence Poem Entries 4 10 13

Christmas Jingle 20 15

Bugsy Poster Competition 5 2 32

Ski Trip 2016 40 20 10 80

Total

1521 1274 1137 1594

PUPIL ABSENCES

Please find below some clarity on pupil absences.

Sickness

If you child is sick then please call the absence line on 020 7924 8200 before 8:20am and leave a message with

your child’s name and Civitas group.

Please ring every day your child is sick (if it is for more than one day). If you child is ill for 3 days or more then

you must get a doctor’s note brought into school.

Appointments

If your child has a medical appointment please write a note in your child’s planner. If you have an appointment

card or letter please give this to reception who will make a copy.

Term Time Absence

If your child requires a term time absence e.g. for a holiday, family event or extracurricular activity then you

must seek approval from Ms Edis before this can be authorised. This must be done in writing or by email to Mrs

Harris. s.harris@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org

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MATHS CORNER 11

News from Maths this fortnight

This half term our Year 7 and 8 pupils have been working really hard on their all important number skills. Year 7

have been showing their mastery of fractions and are now understanding how useful their bar models and manip-

ulatives really can be. It has also been lovely to see year 8 getting to grips with some really complicated percent-

ages problems and starting to develop an understanding of ratio. Year 9 have been stepping up their algebra

skills, from plotting linear graphs, to solving inequalities and simultaneous equations, some of the most challeng-

ing topics they will experience in Key Stage Three. Year 10 have been sizing up some new shape topics, finding

the surface area and volume of an array of brand new shapes including spheres and frustums!

This has been an incredibly quick half term and as we are rapidly approaching the end of the Spring term, pupils

will be sitting their end of term levelled assessments next week. All pupils will need to be revising everything

they have learned so far to give themselves the best opportunity to improve their levels. Good Luck to all of

our pupils!

Manga High – star performers

We are currently at 34th place in the national

rankings. Well Done Bolingbroke! Our star per-

formers this time are:

Wuraola Azeez Jaden Fofana

Josiah Henry Joshua Henry

Eve Fenwick Yaasir Hassan

Bedr Abdulwahab Siham Dino Bedry

Nathan Odeleye Aenea Vannoni

Has your child done your online homework this

week?

www.mangahigh.com School ID: 263860

Don’t forget your child can also log in to

www.ttrockstars.com for extra practice and fun competi-

tions

Parent Puzzle 11

Thanks for all of the entries for the last parent puzzle

and well done to joint winners Benedict Jackson and

Patrizia Gnoato. After this puzzle, all winning names

from the spring term will be put into a raffle to win the

termly prize!

In honour of Pi Day here is our circle themed

parent puzzle.

E-mail your solutions to this week’s parent puzzle to

r.donaldson@arkbolingbrokeacademy.

Times Table of the Week…

We’re pleased to announce that log in details have been up-

dated and all pupils can now log in to www.ttrockstars.com to

either practise on their own in the “studio” or compete with

pupils across the country at “festivals”. Parents are encour-

aged to have a go too – it’s addictive! Have fun!

A note from Miss Banks…

As many of you will know I haven’t been in school

for a few days thanks to an unfortunate accident on

the school ski trip! I’ve really missed being in school

to deliver the lessons I’ve been planning but have

been pleased to hear how some of the pupils have

been getting on with their new topics. GOOD

LUCK to all my classes in their revision, and I will be

back as soon as I can. In the mean time if you do

have any queries or revision questions I am still

contactable on my school email address

a.banks@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org .

P.S. Maths really is eve-

rywhere! Check out the

protractor on my leg

brace – it’s set to 60

degrees which lets my

knee make a 120 degree

angle! Exterior angles in

practice.

It’s that time of year again….the PI challenge!

The pupils have also been gearing themselves up for Pi

Day, coming up on 14th March (or 3.14 if you are in the

US). The heats for our traditional Pi

Challenge are taking place next week

ahead of the final in whole school

assembly. Pupils have been eagerly

memorising as many of the digits as

they can! The school record is 115

digits…will it be beaten this year?!

The red shape is con-

structed entirely from

parts of different circles.

What is its area?

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SPORTS UPDATE

FIXTURES

Date Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10

Tuesday 15th

March

Year 7 Boys

Football

V Ark Putney

Wednesday 16th

March U13 Girls London Youth Games

Handball finals @ Barn Elms

Thursday 17th

March U13 Girls London Youth Games Rugby

Finals @ Barn Elms

Monday 21st

March

Year 8 Boys

Triangular Fixture

Afternoon

@ Bolingbroke

Academy

Tuesday 22nd

March

Year 7 Girls

Netball

V Graveney

Tuesday 22nd

March Year 7 & 8 Boys Rugby Surrey Emerging

Schools Festival

Wednesday 23rd

March Year 7, 8 & 9 Basketball Competition @ Southfields 4pm-6pm

Wednesday 23rd

March Year 8 & 9 Girls Netball V Graveney

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SPORTS

Year 7 Boys Bronze

U13 GIRLS FOOTBALL

By Ms Luetchford

Well done to the U13 girl’s football team!

On the 9th March they again played Broom-

wood School and won 7-0. They all put in a

terrific performance despite the rain, mud

and cold!

The Team:

Aliyah Nelson

Charlotte Blurton

Scarlett McGill

Sophie Lewis

Siham Dino Bedry

Youma Atchade

Olivia Dordevic

FRIDAY 18TH MARCH LET’S GET

MOVING

FOR

CHARITY

At least £1 to At least £1 to At least £1 to

be donated be donated be donated

for charity for charity for charity

House Points and Prizes Available

House Points and Prizes Available

Please collect your fund raising form from the PE office.

Bolingbroke Sport Relief M

ile

Bolingbroke Sport Relief M

ile

Starts at 3.30 PM on Wandsworth Common Starts at 3.30 PM on Wandsworth Common

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Dates may change but we will give you advanced warning for these and any cancellations.

KEY DATES 2015-2016

DATE EVENT LOCATION & TIME

Friday 18th March Sports Relief -

Pay via Wisepay

Bolingbroke Academy

PM

Wednesday 23rd March Music Scholars Recital Bolingbroke Academy

6pm

Thursday 24th March

(Last day of term)

Non-Uniform Day (TACT)

Pay via Wisepay

Bolingbroke Academy

12pm

Wednesday 4th May Year 9 Civitas Evening Bolingbroke Academy

4:15pm - 7pm

Friday 13th May Whole School Photo Bolingbroke Academy

Morning

Wednesday 25th May Music ILP Concert Bolingbroke Academy

6pm

Wednesday 8th - Friday 10th June Bugsy Malone - Tickets via Wisepay. Bolingbroke Academy

Monday 20th June Year 7 Music Concert St Michael's Church

6pm

Friday 17th June History/German Trip to Berlin Berlin

Thursday 30th June Art & French Trip to Paris Paris

Monday 11th July SPORTS DAY - Parents welcome Trinity Fields

ALL DAY

Thursday 14th July Year 7 - 10 Summer Music Concert

Pay via Wisepay

St Michaels Church

6:30pm

Monday 18th July Year 8 Careers Day Bolingbroke Academy

ALL DAY

Tuesday 30th August— Friday

2nd September

Year 11 (Class of 2019) Optional Work

Experience

Monday 5th — Friday 9th Sep-

tember

Year 11 (Class of 2019) Compulsory Work

Experience

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FAMILY DINING

Week Beginning 21st March

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Mains Red Pesto Pasta Chilli Con Carne Tartiflette

School Day

Finishes

at 12pm School Closed

Meat Free As Above Chilli Sin Carne As Above

Sides Garlic Bread

Chef's Salad

Steamed Rice

Mixed Veg

Garlic Bread

Mixed Salad

Puddings Cookies Orange Sponge

Cake Fruit

Week Beginning 14th March

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Mains Jerk Chicken Gnocchi Baked In

T&B Sauce

Mexican Chicken

Lasagne Pasta Carbonara Thai Fish Cakes

Meat Free Jerk Quorn As Above Vegetable Mexican

Lasagne Veggie Pasta Veg Thai Cakes

Sides Rice & Peas

Mixed Salad Garlic Bread

Tomato & Cucum-

ber Salad Mixed Salad

Chips, Peas,

Sweetcorn Tartare

Sauce

Puddings Peach Yoghurt Raspberry Flapjack Orange & Fruit Jelly Lemon Drizzle

Cake Fruit

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BOLINGBROKE SHOP

OPEN NOW

Opening times:

7:45-8:00am

Break time

Lunch time

What it is:

A new shop run by the pupil librarian team, where you can buy the cor-

rect stationary for school. We will be adding more products over the

year. Everything can be paid for by Wisepay.

Item Prices

Pen - green £0.25

Pen - Black £0.25

Pencils £0.15

Rubbers £0.25

Sharpener £0.35

Highlighter - green £0.90

Highlighter - orange £0.90

Ruler 30cm clear £0.60

Protractors £0.60

Glue Stick £1.20

Compass £0.60

Pencil Cases £1.20

Complete set £6.00

Planners (Now Available) £2.60

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Academy Uniform

Item Essential/Optional Price

Academy Blazer Essential £38.00 - £42.00

Academy Tie Essential £6.75

Academy Jumper Essential £14.50 - £16.50

Academy Tank Top Essential £14.50 - £16.50

White Shirt/Blouse Essential £12.00

Academy Boys Trousers Or Academy Girls Trousers Or Academy Girls Skirt

Essential

£15.00 - £20.00 £16.00 – £20.00 £16.50 - £18.50

Academy Rain Coat Or Academy Winter Coat

Essential

£13.00 - £16.00 £30.00 - £40.00

Academy Sports Uniform

Item Essential/Optional Price

Academy Polo Shirt Essential £14.00 - £16.00

Academy Shorts Or Academy Skort

Essential

£12.00 - £14.00 £14.00 - £16.00

Academy Football Socks Essential £6.50 - £7.50

Tracksuit Top Optional £20.00 - £24.00

Tracksuit Bottoms Optional £15.00 - £18.00

Academy Accessories

Item Essential/Optional Price

Academy Portfolio/Satchel Essential £18:00

Academy PE String Bag or

Academy Back Pack

£5.00 Essential

£18.00

Academy Water Bottle Optional

£3.50

Academy Hijab Essential £10.00

SHOES

Please note that pupils are not allowed to wear Kickers whilst in school.

HAIR, JEWELLERY AND NAILS.

No jewellery is to be worn except plain watches and one plain metal, discreet ear stud (which

should be no larger than 4mm in diameter) in each ear. Hair must be worn in a style appropriate to

a business environment and extreme hairstyles/colours (Including patterns in the hair) and hair

bands that undermine the ethos or discipline of the Academy will not be permitted. Hair should be

no shorter than Grade 2. Facial hair is not permitted and pupils should be clean shaven at all times.

Make up, nail polish and false finger nails are not permitted. All judgements on acceptability can only

be made by Bolingbroke staff.

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STAFF CONTACTS

A reminder of staff contact details THE CORE TEAM Role Name Email address Principal Ms Edis c.edis@arkbolingrokeacademy.org Vice Principal Mr Speight r.speight@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Assistant Principal, Behaviour & Ethos Ms Bessa c.bessa@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Assistant Principal, Teaching & Learning Ms Brookes a.brookes@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Pastoral Development Leader Mr Kerby j.kerby@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org THE TEACHING STAFF Role Name Email address Art & Design Technology Ms Wheeler j.wheeler@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Art & Design Teacher Ms Houghton e.houghton@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Drama Teacher Mr Kalorkoti m.kalorkoti@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Head of English Mrs Green j.green@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org English Ms Khan s.khan@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org English Ms Nobes p.nobes@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org English Ms Widdowson l.widdowson@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org English Ms Brown a.brown@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org English Mr Eakin w.eakin@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org English Ms Pfendt h.pfendt@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org English Ms Tuckett c.tuckett@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Food Technology Ms Gann e.gann@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Head of Humanities and DoE Assessor Ms Flanagan j.flanagan@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Lead History Teacher Ms Oliver e.oliver@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Lead Philosophy & Ethics Teacher Ms Austin h.austin@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Geography Teacher Mr Ignotus o.ignotus@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Geography Teacher Mr Rowe j.rowe@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Maths Subject Leader Miss Donaldson r.donaldson@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Maths Teacher Ms Banks a.banks@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Maths Teacher Ms Aly n.el-assioutyaly@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Maths Teacher Ms Davidson s.davidson@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Maths Teacher Ms Miller j.miller@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Maths Teacher & Head of House Ms Tibbetts c.tibbetts@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Head of Foreign Languages Ms Sherman b.sherman@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Modern Foreign Languages Teacher Ms Konneradt m.konneradt@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Modern Foreign Languages Teacher Ms Joseph f.joseph@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Head of Music Ms Breckon r.breckon@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Music Lead Tutor Mrs Riley f.riley@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Music: Guitar, Bass and Drum Mr Favre f.favre@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Music: Vocal Tutor Ms Kirby-Ashmore e.kirbyashmore@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Music: Brass Mr Vincent j.vincent@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Head of PE Mr Jones d.jones@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org PE Teacher Miss Luetchford a.luetchford@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org PE Coach Mr Brooks c.brooks@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Head of Science Mr Conlon d.conlon@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Science Ms Mayotte c.mayotte@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Science Dr Kennedy c.kennedy@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Science Ms Coyte y.coyte@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Science Ms Pinner a.pinner@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Science Mr Murphy s.murphy@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org THE SUPPORT STAFF Role Name Email address Research and Development Leader Ms Robinson k.robinson@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Head of Klein House Ms Marnier l.marnier@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Learning Support Assistant (LSA) Mr Bismark w.bismark@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Learning Support Assistant (LSA) Mr Sillah d.sillah@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Learning Support Assistant (LSA) Miss Rose c.rose@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Learning Support Assistant (LSA) Ms Smith a.smith@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Science Technician Ms Jinah s.jinah@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Library Assistant Ms Jones v.jones@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Inclusion Co-ordinator Mr Thorpe a.thorpe@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Cover Supervisor Mr Effah e.effah@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org

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NON-UNIFORM DAY

In aid of TACT

Ms Oliver, Ms Sherman and

their friend Hannah are

running the London Mara-

thon in April 2016 for

TACT.

To help raise money for

the charity, Bolingbroke

Academy will be having a

non-uniform day.

WHEN? Thursday 24th March 2016

COST? £1 per person.

WHERE DO I PAY? Payment must be made on Wisepay by Mon-

day 21st March.

Why Tact?

Children in the UK from more disad-

vantaged backgrounds need our sup-

port if they are to succeed. Only 13.2%

of children in care obtain five good

GCSEs and only 6% of care leavers go

to university. 1/3 of all care leavers are

NEET. This is compared to 13% of all

young people. Therefore the work that

TACT do is vital to help improve the

life chances of young people.

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Ms Oliver, Ms Sherman

and their friend Hannah

are running the London

Marathon in April 2016

for TACT.

To help raise money for

the charity, Bolingbroke

Academy will be hosting

a cake sale on the last

day of school.

WHEN? Thursday 24th March 2016

WHERE? In the Courtyard, weather permitting. (Reception

area if wet)

WHEN? 12pm

CAN I BAKE SOMETHING? Yes please! Please label the

cakes / cake tin and leave in the Boardroom on the morning

of 24th March.

BUT please, no nuts!

CAKE SALE

In aid of TACT