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Gable Talk Ortu Gable Hall School Newsletter Issue 17 - Summer Term Thursday 28th June 2018
Diary Dates
Monday 2nd July Year 6 Transition Week
Tuesday 3rd July Year 11 Leavers Ball
Wednesday 4th July Woman in Black Theatre Trip
Thursday 5th July Year 9 Girls HPV 2 Vaccination
Thursday 5th July Brilliant Club Graduation
Thursday 5th July Big Bang Fair
Monday 9th July to Thursday 12th July Music Roadshow
Concert on Thursday - 7pm
Tuesday 10th July Celebration of Achievement KS3
Theatre - 7pm
Wednesday 11th July Big Barbican Workshop
Friday 12th July Year 9/10 Reward Trip to
Thorpe Park
Friday 12th July History Berlin Trip Year 11 & 12
Returns Monday 16th July
On Friday 22nd June pupils from Ortu Gable Hall were
invited to attend the The Windrush 70th
Anniversary at Tilbury cruise terminal.
The Windrush generation refers to the immigrants
who were invited to the UK between 1948 and 1971
from Caribbean countries such as Jamaica, Trinidad
and Tobago and Barbados. The name derives from the ship MV Empire Windrush, which on
June 22 1948 docked in Tilbury, Essex, bringing nearly 500 Jamaicans to the UK. These
immigrants were invited by Britain to assist with post-war reconstruction. The Windrush 70th
Anniversary celebrates the pioneering Windrush generation that came to Britain. They have
helped to shape British social, cultural and political life.
As part of the Windrush 70th Anniversary celebrations, the pupils were taken on a guided tour of
the terminal to help them get a sense of what Britain was like in 1948. There were also a
number of stalls with memorabilia depicting this time period.
It was a very enjoyable day and our pupils really got involved. They
tried some new foods such as jerk chicken with plantain and red
cabbage coleslaw. Some pupils were even given the opportunity to
play in a steel band on the day.
The Windrush 70th Anniversary
Royal Opera House Visits
On Monday Ortu Gable Hall hosted an event where our year 7 students were joined by students from Ortu Hassenbrook Academy, Hathaway Academy and Harris schools for a series of workshops by the Royal Opera House that were based on the opera La Boheme.
The students were privileged to be taught by a number of professional opera singers, as well as a director and set designer. After taking part in workshops to learn some of the songs from the opera, pupils had an opportunity to take part in some drama, and direct the professional singers for some scenes.
At the end of the day, all of the students took part in a mini performance of the opera alongside the professional singers, and were absolutely blown away by their wonderful voices. What an inspiration!
Congratulations to the following pupils who have been selected to represent Thurrock at Essex Schools Year 7 Athletics Championships on Wednesday 4th July:
Gracie Teager, Jessy Ogunsanya, Eloise Pike, Ben Thomson.
Congratulations to both the Junior Boys and Girls in the National B Athletics Final at Woodside Stadium on Monday 11th June. Both teams performed brilliantly and were able to beat their original round score. The junior girls total was 318 placing them 6th out of 12 schools and 335 points for the junior boys placing them 9th out of 12 schools.
Special congratulation go to: Jayne Elvin scored the team 25 points in the 1500m with a time of 5mins 9sec. Jessy Ogunsanya scored the team 24 points in 200m with a time of 28 seconds. Poppy Golder scored the junior girls 17 points throwing her personal best in javelin with a throw of 18.37m. Ethan Pyne scored the boys 22 points throwing 29.09m in javelin Dylan Nastri scored 21 points throwing 10.67m in shot put. Simi Olawale scoring the team 21 points in 200m with a time of 26.4 seconds .
Well done to everyone who took part!!
Sports News
This year our Year 7 football team have managed to complete a
fantastic season that the school and they can be proud of.
In addition to their incredible display at the West Ham Lycamobile cup,
they have consistently produced outstanding performances throughout
the year and in turn have won the Thurrock secondary school league.
Having worked with them since September I can honestly say this
group of Year 7 boys have been a pleasure to teach and coach. They
have listened to me, taken information on board, worked for each other
and most importantly enjoyed their football. They have proved that
they are a very mature set of players, particularly when things didn’t
necessarily go their way; they didn’t panic and continued to play some
attractive attacking football, sometimes to a standard I can only
applaud at such a young age.
Highlights of the season:
Playing against Harris Riverside, they scored two goals in the last five
minutes to win 3-2.
In the league they went on a fantastic eight game winning streak
stretching from September to April and it was only on their last fixture
of the season they lost their first game 2-1 which prevented them from
an unbelievable 100% record.
Their quality showed once again in the cup fixtures as they never
actually got knocked out in normal time. They had good cup runs in
which they only lost in extra time or penalties, all lessons they will take
forward and learn from for next year.
The boys’ best performances were a convincing 4-1 win against second
placed St.Cleres and also a hard fought 1-0 against William Edwards,
showing they are strong at both ends of the pitch.
I cannot give the boys enough praise for their effort and
commitment throughout the season, they have been fantastic and I
look forward to coaching them over the next few years.
Mr Rungay.
Team : Ben Albert, Josh Harding, Georgie Howgate, George Perry,
Charlie Howe, Kyle Arnold, Archie Sugg, Max Jolliffe (Capt) ,
Christian Ezechi, Jake Littmoden, Mackenzie Vincent, Taylor Arnold,
Jude Clay, Ben Thomson, Luke Dyer, Stanley Palmer, Joseph Waters
(Missing: Teddy Greene, Dylan Monk)
Top Scorer: Max Jolliffe (9 goals)
Most Man of the Matches: Archie Sugg (3)
Goal of the season: Archie Sugg vs Eastwood (Essex Cup)
I am pleased to announce that Ortu Gable Hall School was successful in its bid to the Jack Petchey Foundation, Table Tennis Donation Scheme 2018. It was a very competitive process with many schools across London and Essex applying to be part of the scheme. We were informed that our application was successful and that we would be offered Four Indoor Tables. The school will also receive;
Indoor bats x 16 Balls x 72 Jumbo balls x 4 Schools resource pack (competition templates, skills &
drills) Scoreboards x 4 Sports bag x 1 Provide teacher/young leader training and competition opportunities Provide support related to table tennis development including news updates.
Part of the successful bid meant Ortu Gable Hall School had to agree to certain criteria's which include;
To be used during lessons and extra-curricular, lunch time and after school clubs.
To help develop Young leaders in Ortu Gable Hall School.
Enter London schools competitions. Inter house competitions.
Listen out for the notices in September to get involved with Table Tennis! Mr Wilson
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS….. Congratulations to...
Uniform / Footwear
In order to help you when purchasing a new pair of shoes for your child we have included some images of acceptable and unacceptable footwear. Please contact the school if you are at all unsure before making your purchase.
‘Kicker’ type shoes (not ankle boots) are a popular choice due to their hardwearing nature.
‘Hybrid’ trainer/shoes are not acceptable.
Lola Slavnich - Year 9 On Saturday 16th June Lola performed at West End Live in Trafalgar Square with the West End Gospel Choir. It was an amazing performance to a crowd of over 5000 people!
Well Done Lola!
Morgan Acton - Year 11
‘Ruti’ by Morgan Acton
This piece is part of a series by Morgan Acton exploring 'Identity'.
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Cakes made by keen Year 7 Pupils Students in 7G have been learning about life in Norman England in History. In this unit they have been learning about the development of castles within this time period. After their trip to Coalhouse Fort some keen students took it upon themselves to make cake models of a design of what they believe to be the most effective castle model. Star Perry was the first member of the group to bake her salted caramel castle cake. Isabel Turner, Ocean-Tao Mansell and Harry Staples also decided to bake an almond cake. The members of 7G were very grateful and Miss Boileau was thoroughly impressed by the creativity of her students.
Race for Life in memory of Kimberley
This year Ortu Gable Hall will be hosting a Race for Life event in memory of Kimberley Smith, a pupil who we sadly lost earlier this year to cancer.
The event will be held on Wednesday 11th July during P3. We are hoping to raise lots of money for Cancer Research by holding this event. If your child wishes to complete the 5k course they will need to pay the minimum sponsorship of £5 via their squid account (prior to the event taking place).
Should you wish to raise money on top of the £5 minimum, the Just Giving page address is https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/gable-hall-school. Paper sponsorship forms can be obtained from Mrs Marks and Mrs Oakley.
We hope to see lots of children taking part in this event as it is such a worthy cause. Every person that enters will receive a medal for taking part. Any questions please direct them to either Mrs Marks in PE or Mrs Oakley in Dance.
5k Muddy Race for Life Anne Peterson and her friend Claire Laing did the 5k Pretty Muddy Race for Life in Basildon. Anne was running in memory of various family members who we have lost their lives through cancer and a number who are currently coping with cancer and Claire ran in memory of her Auntie Dawn.
Staff Achievement
Do you have (or know of someone with) talents you would like us to shout about? Please contact your child's Form Tutor or
email us at [email protected] with details.
Parent Surgery Monday 2nd July 6.00pm - 7.15pm Monday 9th July 6.00pm - 7.15pm
Please wait in the old reception, only if the new reception is closed. Thank you!
Contact us
Key Stage 3 Co-Ordinators [email protected]
(Mr McCabe) [email protected]
(Ms Boyce) [email protected]
(Miss Davies)
Key Stage 4 Co-Ordinators [email protected]
(Miss Nancolas) [email protected]
(Mr Squires)
Gable Hall School Latest News and most recent letters sent home can be found on the school website:
www.ortu.org/Gable-Hall
HOMEWORK CLUB Need a quiet place to work? Need help to get organised? Need support with projects?
The Homework Club is the club for you!
We run every day in the LRC Monday to Friday from 7.45am until 8.45am and 3.10pm - 4.30pm (4pm on Friday).
Year 10 and 11 homework club will run every evening from 3.15 until 4.30 (4pm on Fridays) in room 205
Two members of staff will be available to support you. No need to sign up, you can come along as you please. Sign in on arrival and this will earn you points on the school reward system. If you have any queries please contact the team on:
We look forward to seeing you there.
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E-Safety Tip:
Student Sickness/Illness Procedure
We advise students who feel ill during the school day to inform medical bay in the first instance prior to calling their parents.
We ask parents to support us by liaising with the school before coming to collect their children.
The following school uniform and equipment is available to buy from the school office:
School Tie: £ 4.50
School Badge £ 3.00 (For Blazers)
Pupil Fax £ 2.50
Casio FX GT Plus £ 6.00 Calculator
Mr McCabe will be running Year 7 Parent Drop In sessions every week on the following day and time:
Tuesday— 3.30pm - 6.00pm If you would like to come along to these sessions, please come in the main reception and wait for Mr McCabe to collect you.
Dropping off and picking up pupils
We respectfully request that you do not come into school to pick up / drop off students.
This causes safety and congestion issues at the barrier and onto the main road outside the school.
we would appreciate your co-operation in this matter.
Please can we ask you to
send your child in with
plenty of water during
hot weather.
Change to free school meal eligibility under Universal Credit
There have been some changes to free school meals with the introduction of Universal Credit and letters to inform parents/carers were sent out via InTouch. However, we are aware that some people do not receive messages; therefore, if you would like to have copies of what has been sent, please visit the main school office and they will provide you with paper copies.
Leaving school early for
an appointment.
If your child has to leave school early for an appointment, please give them a note stating the time they will be leaving and who will be collecting them. The note can then be shown to the teacher at the stated time and this will allow your child to come to the main office to be signed out. There is no need to call the school if the above procedure is followed.