Issue 8, 2013/14 This Week at Leytonstone... 25th October 2013

Well done to students, staff and families for reaching the end of a very busy

and tiring half term. I would like to thank you for all of your hard work over

the past 8 weeks and wish you all a well earned half term break.

The Mock Ofsted gave us a strong foundation of elements to work on in

preparation for our official inspection. Pupils and staff were praised for the

harmonious environment and inspectors were pleased to see that our pupils

enjoy coming to school and undertaking extensive opportunities for

responsibility. They also commented that bullying is rare and our whole

school attendance is excellent.

The summer GCSE results were not high enough in some subjects. As such,

we need to set higher targets to encourage development, work on improving

reading and writing skills of students, and for more teaching to be rated good

or outstanding. It was also noted that all pupils need to be more punctual to

lessons to ensure learning starts swiftly with less disruption to teaching.

As we enter the colder weeks of the school year it is important that students

come to school dressed in appropriate clothing. As always, hoodies are a

banned item and should not be worn unless part of the PE Kit (official

Leytonstone hoody only). Students should have a suitable outdoor jacket for

all weathers, particularly the rain and cold, along with smart leather shoes.

Year 10 and 11 students will be given the opportunity to speak to local

colleges and discuss further education opportunities during the first week

back at the College Road Show taking place in our school hall on Thursday

7th November. Further details can be found further on in this issue.

Congratulations to our ASDAN students for their very successful Halloween

themed disco for Year 7, 8 and 9 students yesterday. It was a very spooky

affair with excellent costumes and all money raised being donated to charity.

Well done for your excellent work!

Please ensure that any celebrations over the half term

weekend are safe and secure, especially if they include

fireworks. Finally, I wish Happy Diwali to all families

celebrating on Sunday 3rd November.

Mr. Luke Burton,

Headteacher

Dates For Your Diary

Autumn Term Monday 28th October - Friday 1st November 2013

Half Term Holidays

Friday 15th November 2013 Year 11 Mock Interview Day

Friday 13th December 2013 Inset Day - No School for students

Monday 23rd December - Friday 3rd January 2014

Christmas Holidays

Spring Term Monday 17th - Friday 21st February 2014

Half Term

Monday 7th - Friday 18th April 2014

Spring Holidays

Monday 21st April 2014 - Easter Monday Bank Holiday

Summer Term Monday 5th May 2014

May Day Bank Holiday

Monday 26th - Friday 30th May 2014 - Half Term

Friday 27th June 2014

Sports Day

Last day of term

Friday 18th July 2014

Wishing you all a pleasant Half Term Break

See you all at 8.40am on

Monday 4th November!

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YEAR 11 COLLEGE ROADSHOW: THURSDAY 7TH NOVEMBER

3.30-6.30PM,

MAIN SCHOOL HALL

Year 10 Students and Parents welcome from 4.30pm

Latymer School: Tuesday 5th November, 6pm

City of Westminster College (Various sites): Wednesday 6th November

Details and times online

City and Islington College (Selected Centres): Wednesday 6th November, 4pm-7pm

Details online, tours must be booked in advance via their website

Fashion Retail Academy: Wednesday 6th November, 12 noon-5pm

Students must register online

Westminster Kingsway College: Wednesday 6th November, 4pm-7pm

Barnet/Southgate College A Level and Science Virtual Online Open Evening:

Wednesday 6th November, 5.30pm-7.30pm

Davenant Foundation School :Wednesday 6th November, 6.30-9pm

Why not check out

the Play and

Participate Creative

Arts Club at William

Morris Hall, Somers

Road, Walthamstow?

For further

information, see Mrs

Christopher or email

bookings@thelimes.org.uk

If it’s good enough for Old Macdonald, Leytonstone is there!

On Wednesday Ms Mehmet, Ms Tanveer and Ms

Cole took 11 Year 7 and 8 students to Lea Valley

Parks Farm for a guided tour and learning session

on dairy farming, while also taking the time to

meet some of their other residents, like the turkeys

seen opposite!

It was a great opportunity for students to see a

farm in action and apply it to their studies. Well

done to all involved. We hope you had a

educational and exciting time!

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Well done to all of our Open Evening helpers!

Year 7: Umair Awan 7R, Jennifer Canguia 7R, Ashanti Flanagan-Johnson 7R, Tia-Leigh Johnson-

Pearson 7W, Sinead Mundle 7M, Alfie Plant 7T, Alison Ponce Pilataxi 7M, Makada Robinson 7T,

Matthew Smith 7T, Megan Stockwell 7R, Sid Ullersperger 7T, Georgia Verrent 7W, Olivia Walker

7R, Danielle Wrighton 7R, Millicent Yesufu 7F

Year 8: Abdullah Yusuf Ahmed 8L, Tasnia Alam 8W, Patricia Attridge 8F, Isabel Barker 8M,

Berivan Celik 8L, Arjun Dokowry 8R, Firas Ejaz 8R, Toni Francis-Clarke 8T, Sebastian Gheorghe

8T, Amaan Hussain 8L, Lyba Hussain 8R, Shameer Hussain 8T, Ibrahim Islam 8W, Sindy Ismaili

8L, Theo Jennings 8T, Sana Khan 8M, Aaron Kitenge-Mayala 8F, Oleksandra Kokhaniuk 8W, Renee

Likoy 8T, Lester Lyall 8L, Kasim Mahmood 8R, Laweeza Mahmood 8T, Eliza Marianska 8L, Ishana

Melina 8M, Sara Mohammed 8M, Wiktoria Musielak 8R, Phoebe Nightingale 8M, Dahnel Quartey

8T, Nuria Raposo 8L, Anam Rehman 8W,Sandra Slaby 8F, Mohammad Tariq 8M, Deborah Tetteh

8T, Anastasia Theodorou 8W, Samantha Thompson 8M

Year 9: Maame Asamoah 9F, Mehreen Aziz 9L, Ashara Bennett 9F, Kuba Bennett 9R, Shelby Black

9R, Zanica Blair 9T, Hanna Boriyawala 9T, Aisha Butt 9L, Sedef Cagatay 9R, Katerine Chauca 9R,

Inshirah Chaudhry 9L, Bradley Coghiel 9T, Kate Daly 9T, Tanicia Francis 9R, Jasmine Froyze 9R,

Rina Gobin 9L, Kimberley Guduza 9T, Megan Hack 9M, Kalesha Hanson 9M, Heena Hussain 9F,

Rania Hussain 9F, Qamar Ismail 9M, Hector Jones 9R, Ben Kerr 9W, Aaminah Khan 9L, Melisande

Lopes 9F, Tyla Lord-Stamp 9W, Jesy Luyengi 9W, Julia Marianska 9T, Siobhan Martin 9W,

Mariana Marques 9L, Oliver McCormick-Rust 9W, Jessie Moore 9W, Di-Andra Morris 9R, Megan

Naylor-Doman 9R, Eunice Neto 9L, Shamari Newell 9R, Aleksandra Nikitorowicz 9F, Sharon

Ogundipe 9M, Jennifer Osagwu-Rodriguez 9T, Nana Osei Kofi 9L, Vishal Patel 9R, Mubasherabanu

Pathan 9L, Judah Richards 9W, Rufus Shotter 9L, Reece Stock 9R, Linetta Szoke 9T, Dilara Tufa

9T, Ryan Williams 9R, Savannah Wolfe-Scott 9R, Deanna Wrighton 9L, Imran Yacoob 9R, Zilan

Yavuz 9T, Sumayyah Younis 9T

Year 10: Tatiana Adamcewska 10L, Umair Ali 10M, Martin Arnauchkov 10R, Edith Attridge 10M,

Moin Awan 10F, Lavi Cabulo 10R, Aylin Can 10R, Patryk Cichocki 10L, Paige Clark 10M, Charlie

Coppen 10T, Jade Corbin-Strachan 10L, Isabel Cromwell 10F, Jahmar Cunningham-Pitterson 10M,

Isabelle Dalchow 10W, Terry Donkor 10R, Eva Ernstzen 10M,Alisha Everitt 10L, Louis Fisher 10W,

Chrystal Flanagan 10W, Shianne Francis 10W, Artas Gill 10F, Joanna Gordon-Yorke 10W, Qi Ze

Guan 10L, Erin Hatch 10M, Monique Hinds 10W, Maria Huma 10F, David Indiongco 10R, Manisha

Jadeja 10T, Sara Kastrati 10T, Maureen Kayum 10R, Stephanie Kerr 10L, Bilal Khan 10F, Jesse

Kissi 10L, Zairah Khan 10F, Jesse Kissi 10L, Louis LeBrasse 10W, Gabriel Licka 10L, Nicole Loizou

10T, Hafsah Mir 10F, Mahnoor Mughal 10R, Kinga Musielak 10W, Cadell Nedd 10M, Jemima Neto

10T, Amy Ngoc 10W, Rose Nguyen 10R, Sophie O'Reilly 10R, Florentina-Cami Oprina 10F, Maja

Pearson 10M, Lukas Pusvaskis 10F, Rohon Rammya 10F, Lisa Singfield 10T, Thomas Smith 10R,

Alexander Suki 10W, Mario Svetiev 10L, Aaisha Syed 10T, Zachary Talbot-Mason 10M, Simona

Tamoseviciute 10F, Mah-noor Tariq 10T, Vasoulla Theodorou 10W, Josiah Tshibangu 10F, Christina

Troullides 10W ,Eliza Ullersperger 10F, Drue Waldron 10L, Danielle Walker 10F, Deshane Wolfe-

Scott 10F, Kirsty Wrighton 10F, Sabah Yunis 10F, Adil Zaman 10R

Year 11: Savannah Adams 11F, Sofia Ali 11L, Rayan Awas 11F, Zachary Eastop 11L, Nye Edwards

11R, Molly Hughes 11L, Sameer Kabir 11F, Zarina Khan 11M, Asad Komal 11T, James Morton 11T,

Faisal Nazir 11W, Jodie Pearson 11L, Asad Rasool 11L, Shereen Rehman 11L, Aamir Sadak 11F,

Zahir Subratty 11L, George Sully 11R, Dilawaiz Syed 11L, Keanan Tran 11F, Caitlin Walkinshaw

11W, Lewis Waller 11T, Mohammed Zurgani 11R

Thank you for all of your hard work and support of Leytonstone School. You were

AMAZING!

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Leytonstone success at Young, Gifted and Black Awards, 2013!

Congratulations to the following students

who won awards at this years Young, Gifted

and Black Awards!

Terry Donkor, Joanna Gordon-Yorke,

Deshane Wolfe-Scott, Stephanie Kerr,

Jemima Neto, Janeek James, Lexus Ndiwe,

Jesse Kissi, Danielle Walker and Joseph

Doudu were given the award for receiving

outstanding GCSE results or end of KS3

levels in both English and Maths Well done

to you all!

Win an iPod in the

KS3 SOCRATES ESSAY COMPETITION

WIN AN iPOD!

As half term approaches we would like our KS3

students to enter our Socrates competition. The

winner will be selected by the Leadership team

and will win a brand new iPod!

To be in with a chance to win, all you have to do

is write an essay style answer to the question

below. Entries must be between 400-1000 words.

The question is: If you ruled the world

what would you do to make it a better

place?

Completed entries should be given to Ms Letson

after half term!

Panto in a Hurry 2013 Update:

Call for Costumes and Props

Preparations for this year’s Panto in a Hurry are in full swing and it looks set to be our best performance yet!

In order to make sure we are prepared for our charity challenge, we are asking students and parents to please save all your Halloween

costume, decorations, bits and bobs!

We don’t want to give too much away but this year’s Panto definitely has a Halloween theme! Vampires, ghouls and zombie costumes or props will be gratefully received. Please bring all donated goods to the school reception marked for the drama department.

More Able and Talented Bulletin Board

MAT Mentoring

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Students from Year 10 and 11 will be taking part in a fantastic performance

about the dangers of the internet. The performance will take place at RADA

Studios on the 7th

November, 2013. Tickets are priced at £5 and are available

from the main office. Please see the poster below for more information.

Tickets for this performance are limited so make sure to get yours asap!