npcs summer newsletter 2014

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NORTHUMBERLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL

NEWS‘

SUMMER TERM 2014

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Parentscollecting/droppingchildren by carIf you bring/collect yourchild by car before or afterschoolat the Trulock Roadentrance, please drop offand collect at thebeginning of Trulock Roadnearer the pub and notoutside the school gates.

Also if you need to turnround, please do so bydriving round the one way system to theleft and not by turning bythe school entrances.

Turning round by theschool gates and carsparking by entrances aredangerous for our childrenas they enter/leave theschool site.

CALLING ALL FORMER STUDENTSAre you or do you know a former student from NorthumberlandPark Community School?

Do you want to be a part of our 'Motivate' campaign to encouragecurrent students?

Do you want to share your experience with your former teachers?We are always interested to find out what former students have done since leavingthe school and to share in their challenges and successes along the way. Formerstudents are invited to contact Jermaine Rennalls, Marketing and CommunicationsOfficer with a view to contributing to our 'Motivate' campaign here atNorthumberland Park Community School., Mr Rennalls can be contacted by email [email protected]

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020 8275 4818Achievement Coordinator

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Due to the congestion outside theschool gates, there are camera carspicking up vehicle registrations. Pleasesee Ms Riley for more information.

SummerBlossoms!Earlier this week, it was a delight towelcome to school the Year 6 studentswho will be joining usin September. They andtheir parents met Year7 tutors and seniorstaff during theirintroductory morningand the new intakeevening.

Sincere thanks to allour parents and carersfor your tremendous support thisacademic year. The highlights of thisyear include the outstanding 'Oliver!'production, Duke of Edinburghexpeditions, SHINE Saturday Schoolgraduation, Year 11 prom and therecent Summer music concert.

During the summer holidays as wellas the summer transition school andholiday club, several areas of theschool will undergo refurbishment,including new student toilets.

The school websitewww.northumberlandpark.haringey.sch.ukhas details of the school office's hoursduring July and August.

With best wishes for an enjoyable andrelaxing summer holiday.

Monica DuncanHeadteacher

Community Education Programmesstarting in SeptemberEsol: English classes for speakers of other languagesFrom pre-entry up to level 3, crèche provided. Family NumeracyFamily LiteracyMy CalendarAssessment session in SeptemberHome cooking - come and share recipes from around the world,

cooking on a budgetWednesday 3.45-5.45pm food Tech roomCall Jenny/Ben 020 8275 4848 for more information

What a Transformation: Studentto Prospective Young EmployeeMonday 30th June was the date for the British Telecom (BT) Celebration event atBT Centre for the 12 students who have received regular mentoring from a BTemployee throughout Year 11.

The business mentors have supported their personal development and beeninspiring role models. They have provided the students with encouragement andsupport to follow their individual career aspirations and provided insider ofknowledge of how a large global company operates.

In addition to the mentoring all the students had a 3 to 5 day work experience inthe spring term and some are having more work experience during the summerholidays.

The feeling of the students can be summed up as ‘an awesome experience’ ; ‘a bigthank you to my mentor for showing me new horizons’; ‘this insight into thebusiness world will be so useful to me at college’

All the commitment by both mentors and mentees was evident as not students butyoung employees of the future made their final presentations.

Scholarship Students 2014We wish our 5 scholarship students Chelsea Chu, Hassan Chowdhury, RyanPessoa, Maconde Caba (2 Year scholarship) and Vinh Le (5 yearscholarship) good luck and best wishes as they leave NPCS to continuetheir studies at boarding school."

Chelsea Chu(Deputy HeadGirl)

HassanChowdhury

Ryan Pessoa Maconde Caba(Head Girl)

Vinh Le


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Students Takethe Stage for'MusicCelebrationWeek'Between the 12th- 16th of May, the MusicDepartment facilitated a series of concertsto celebrate and showcase the musicprovision at Northumberland ParkCommunity School.

The students performed to all year groupsduring their weekly assemblies on avariety of instruments including; piano,steel pans, saz and guitar.

To recognise their contribution to theschool community each student received aNorthumberland Park ‘Music Ambassador’badge. Feedback from participants wasvery positive and all of the performers arelooking forward to showcasing theirtalents again at the summer concert. Sevgi(Y8) said: ‘I found performing very usefuland helpful for me. The reason is becauseit gave me more confidence. I enjoyedperforming to an audience and I want todo it again.’ Mariam (Y8) said: ‘I felt theexperience was good because it gave me

the chance to play in front of an audience.I will treasure the times I played and Ilook forward to playing more.’

Following the performances, a number ofstudents have opted to take instrumentallessons at the school and many of them areparticipating in the lunch time and afterschool clubs we have on offer. Fantastic!

I would like to take the opportunity tocongratulate all of the performers for theirwonderful, exhilarating performancesduring ‘Music Celebration Week’. I’m verymuch looking forward to hearing you allagain in the near future. Well done!!!

Mr J Blair

“‘I found performing veryuseful and helpful for me. Thereason is because it gave memore confidence. I enjoyed

performing to an audience andI want to do it again.”

Is Your ChildSaving Money?CREDIT UNION NEWSFLASH

One of our past students, FRANCINEWILLIAMS (see image below), is the DeputyManager of the credit union NPCS ispresently saving with - London Capital CreditUnion Ltd.

Seliane (Y8), is our top saver in his yeargroup. He says, ' I enjoy saving each weekbecause when I am ready to buy somethingspecial the money will be there.'

Don't regret that you did not join the creditunion saving scheme - start now, it's not toolate!

See your tutor or me, Ms Riley, for moreinformation. (presently for Year 7 and 8ONLY).

Ms R Riley

“I enjoy saving each weekbecause when I am readyto buy something specialthe money will be there.”

Our Journey of alifetimeA wise man once said: “ The greatest journeys in life begin with the smallest steps.”Our journey of a lifetime began with a small step through the gates ofNorthumberland Park Community School and today it is that very step which provedto be the wisest we have ever taken.

Today, we are faced with the hard task of delivering the most difficult speech wehave ever had to make: to express the love, the pride, the gratitude andappreciation that we all feel towards our school and the people who moulded usinto who we are today.

Throughout our five years here, we have come across many people who have lefttheir mark on our lives. Few people in life have that rare talent and humility, to create inanother, a sense of self- worth, of dignity and of confidence. Few people have the courage to believe insomeone when others start to doubt. Few people in life have the spirit to cheer for another when the whole worldboo’s and enough love to make someone smile who has nothing left to smile about. Few people are like the senior leaders of NPCS.Your support, your love and your patience have made our five-year journey so much more bearable. You are our role models – the peoplewho we look up to most – our heroes.

One of the most joyous moments of our time has been work experience. This experience has equipped us with valuable skills whichprepared us for the future. Sports days were always a highlight of an academic year. These days demonstrated the valuable life-lessonsour teachers taught us here at NPCS: to work as a team, to be competitive, win gracefully and not to hold any grudges when we are notvictorious.

Thank you to all the staff for showing us the difference between the easy way and theright way, for appreciating us for who we are, for teaching us to stand up for ourbeliefs, and showing us the value of self-discipline.

Some of you may remember Mrs Lindy Jones who taught at the school when we wereyear 7 and was a year 7 tutor. Sadly she died recently and on behalf of all of us I wantto pay tribute to her. She was an inspirational teacher, who cared and loved herstudents. May she rest in peace and forever hold a special place in our hearts.

Class of 2014, we laughed together, we cried together, we shared secrets, lunch, butmost importantly, we stuck together no matter what. In the good times we weredrawn closer together and in the hard time, even closer. We have all grown. We havefound in each other, true friendships that will last a lifetime. We have left our markin this school and in one another’s lives. It is often said that what is valuable is notwhat you have, but who you have in your life.

We only really have one chance to make something worthwhile of our lives. Not many ofus will slay any dragons, cure any disease, be famous sport stars, excellent academics ortalented musicians, but we are all called to be kings and queens in our everyday lives,because we have the power to make a decision to be better today than we wereyesterday and so add value to our lives. Wherever we go and whatever we decide todo with our time, we need to continually ask ourselves: will we be proud of whatpeople have to say about how we live and spend our time? I know we will be.

We, as Head Boy and Head Girl hope that we have done our duties to the best of ourability and we were good examples to those who looked up to us. Thank you all, thank youvery much.

Junaid Nasir - Head Boy Maconde Caba - Head Girl

Year 11 GCSE TextilesExhibition On Thursday 12th June Year 11 Textile students mounted an exhibition of their work thatwas open to Students, Parents, Staff and Governors from 3.30pm-6.00pm.

The exhibition was visited by the GCSE examiner during themorning and she commented on the high standard of studentswork and likened the exhibition to that of an Art college.

The students work looked stunning and was a fitting end to two years hard work.The range of skills on show was a credit to the imagination of our students. Someare going on to continue their studies in textiles and/or fashion at college, this isan exciting time for them and we wish them all the best of luck for the future. Welook forward to seeing what they produce next.

The exhibition was well attended by staff and students and we would like to offera big thank you to all the staff that came to visit the exhibition and talk to thestudents about their work.

Also huge thanks to Mr Liversidge and his Chefs School who prepared and servedrefreshments, including a wide selection of canapés, during the exhibition.

Well done. Good luck and we’ll miss you;Esther Achunine 11G, Fardowsa Ahmed 11T, Muna Ahmed 11H, Cagla Arslantas 11S, Krista Dixon 11F,Nastassja Jordan 11K, Hang Lam 11F, Ledi Loka 11S, Koren Mustafa 11P, Laura O’Donovan 11T, Hazal Ordu11R, Kinga Razniewska 11S, Charlea Risley-Honey 11K, Tia Vanriel 11S, Gamze Kisa 11P, Simge Marasli11K.

Ms J Penny

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“it was great thatmy friends couldcome and see the

work, they��thought it lookedamazing" Muna

Ahmed.”

ParentPay- our new online payment serviceWe’re pleased to announce that we are now accepting payments online for items suchas dinner money, school trips and uniform. Using a secure website called ParentPayyou will be able to pay online using yourcredit or debit card. ParentPay will be ourpreferred method of making payments toschool.

What are the benefits to parentsand students?

• ParentPay is easy-to-use and willoffer you the freedom to make onlinepayments whenever and wherever youlike, 24/7 –

• The technology used is of the highestinternet security available ensuringthat your money will reach school safely – offering you peace of mind

• Payments can be made by credit/debit card or also through PayPoint

• Full payment histories and statements are available to you securely onlineat anytime

• Your children won’t have to worry about losing money at school

• Parents can choose to be alerted when their balances are low via emailand/or SMS text

What are the benefits to our school?The more parents that use ParentPay, the greater the benefit is to our school. You canhelp us reduce workloads for all staff, creating more time to lend to educationalsupport and the smooth running of the school. Using ParentPay also ensures that allfinancial transactions are safe and secure - helping us to remove costs associated withus having to manage cash securely on the school premises

How to get started with ParentPay…You should by now have received your account activation username and password, justfollow the instructions in the letter we sent you to get started with ParentPay.

If you want to find out more about ParentPay go to: www.parentpay.com/Parents oryour can contact our students office on 0208 275 4877 or 0208 275 4828.

Mrs Y Birchell

“I was reallypleased withmy display,you could seeall the hard

work��we had putin" FardowsaAhmed.”

Primary SportsFestivalOnce again we held our Annual PrimarySports Festival for Year 5 studentsattending local Schools. Pupils joined ina variety of activities including football,dance highland games, Tennis. A goodday was had by all, all students received amedal. “ We had a really good time, Ienjoyed the bouncy run and theswimming the best”


Year 11 Saturday Art Schoolends with an exhibition atSomerset HouseSaturday 24th May was the last Art school session at RavensbourneUniversity for the 2013-14 academic year.

Yunus, Chelsea and Ledi in Year 11 have been attending the Saturdaysessions since October 2013 and have been introduced to a wide range ofnew creative processes and techniques throughout the year.

“Attending the art school allowed me to experiment with different mediaand I learnt that there is never one correct response to an art brief, thiswas also a great opportunity to meet new people and make newfriends” Chelsea (Y11)

The end of year Summer Exhibition was held at Somerset House onMonday 16th June until Friday 20th June - friends and family wereinvited to a private viewing and awardceremony.

This was a huge commitment for our studentsduring a very busy and stressful year; massivecongratulations to all three students for theircontinued attendance.

Ms J Penny

EAL Students Tour the City Streets ofLondon for the First TimeMs Burgess, Mr Renny, Ms Ekim, Mr Agathokleous, Miss Pehlivan, Miss Rinescu and I hada fantastic school trip with a large group of our EAL students from all year groups onJune 9th. It was a wonderful induction to London for many of the EAL students whohave only been in the country for a few months. Many of the students had not eventravelled on a tube before, let alone seen some of our city’s wonderful historic sights.

We set off early and got the underground to Westminster where the students got to seethe Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, the London Eye and also the River Thames – this wasthe first time most of the students had been down by the Southbank and all werethoroughly engrossed at the amazing architecture and fantastic views of London and werefascinated with the history. Many were asking questions about the great fire of Londonand the Plague and we also talked about politics and how the country is run.

We took lots of nice photographs and all the teachers spent time telling their allocatedgroup about the sights we could see. We were very pleased when eventually they allunderstood that the Houses of Parliament are where the government is based andRoberth Couto was very keen to tell everyone that the river is called the Thames not theRiver Ben as some of the students kept getting confused!

We had a lovely walk down by the Southbank, stopping tolook at street art and discussing the London dungeon andall its scary stories. Everyone was so well behaved and itwas lovely to see the students new to English beingsupported by their peers.

We then went to the Imax to watch “A Turtles Tale” whichtold the story of two turtles building a friendship. Thiswas a great film and it showed the students theimportance of looking after the environment. It was greatseeing the kids getting excited at the amazing 3D effectsand afterwards we all talked about how important it is tonot litter as it can really harm the environment and affectthe animals. Even the adults loved the 3D effects, I jumped out of my seat when a giantshark came towards me! Abdul Hassan was particularly enjoying it and afterwards kepttalking about how important friendship is.

“It was a hot, sunny day and we learned about new animals at the cinema and all aboutthe history of London and the Houses of Parliament that were bigger than ourschool!” Zhi – Yang (Year 7)

After the cinema we stopped and had some lunch by the river and some of the boys hadgreat fun playing in the water fountain and bonding over getting wet. It was lovelyseeing everyone having fun and helping one another although Ibrahim Pekkelo“accidently” got soaked and had to spend twenty minutes drying off in the heat buteveryone seemed happy so we didn’t mind.

We took a lovely walk back and stopped to watch some street performers, the youngerpupils thoroughly enjoyed watching the man with the giant bubbles (who kindly letsome of them have a go) and then the Charlie Chaplin mime artist let us take somephotographs with him. We then stopped at a little gift cart so the pupils could buy someLondon souvenirs and some for their parents too. We got the tube back and thendominated the whole of the top of the bus back to school. Everyone was talking aboutwhat a great day it was and everyone was really impressed with the excellent behaviourfrom all our students. It was a lovely opportunity for the pupils to be able to see adifferent part of London, learn about the history of the city and all bonding and helpingone another.

“I enjoyed looking at the River Thames and Big Ben was really tall. The cinema was somuch fun and I learned all about turtles and the sea. I really enjoyed playing with thebubbles with my friends” Abdul (Year 7)

Miss K Breeden

“‘I enjoyedlooking atthe River

Thames andBig Ben wasreally tall”



Up with the larks andoff to Christ ChurchCollege Oxford

On Friday 29th June six year 10 students fromNorthumberland Park met at Turnpike Lanetube station at 7.30am to join a group ofstudents from five other Haringey andCamdenschools on a trip to Christ ChurchCollege Oxford organised and sponsored by theChrysalis partnership at Highgate School.

The students found the day, informative,interesting and fun. They learnt that OxfordUniversity is one of only three universitiesalong with Cambridge and Durham to beorganised on a college system. They are lookingfor exceptionally talented students who candemonstrate their passion for a particularsubject as well as achieving 6 / 7 A* at GCSEand at least 3 A / A* at A level. The studentsgained an insight into study and life at ChristChurch.

The visit to the college cathedral generatedmuch interest with most of the students takingphotos on their phones to show their families

Lunch was eaten in the college hall which was avery grand room. The staircase and ceilingleading to the hall featured in the Harry Potterfilms

In the afternoon the students took part in ashort academic research activity at theOxfordUniversity PittsRivers Museumand aScavenger Hunt. The Scavenger Hunt involvedthe students working in teams to takephotographs of as many things on the list theywere given. These will be sent back to us so wewill print some in the next newsletter andhopefully we will win the prize for the best.

More information about study and life at OxfordUniversitywill be put into the careers section ofthe library so other interested students can beinspired.

“Attendingthe art schoolallowed me toexperiment

with differentmedia”

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NPCS is Awarded Bronze for EncouragingStudents to Stay Healthy

Healthy Schools Award is sponsored by the Mayor of London and is given in recognition for the work schools do to

“help London’s children stay healthy and happy as they grow up.”

Northumberland Park Community School now has the nationally recognised Healthy Schools Award: Bronze. The

Bronze Award means that we have formal recognition for the work we do around the school with a range of

stakeholders. The Public Health Commissioner at Haringey Council said our application was "… great – very

thorough and really gives a “feel” for the school and your commitment to health and wellbeing." It is clear that

as a school we are making a difference to our students. We are trying to educate our students so that the ethos of

health carries on beyond the school gates and into their adult lives.

Putting together our application for the award, I was overwhelmed with the number of external agencies we work with and activities that are

on offer through staff promoting the idea and application of healthy lifestyle for all our students. i.e. Haringey Youth on Track, Community

Youth & Participation Service, Mayors Mentoring Group, INSPA Youth Achievement, INTO University, Young

Leaders for Safer Cities and Tottenham Hotspur Foundation and so much more

Our amazing Community Education/Partnerships Co-ordinator has done/is doing the following: Year 7 class

representatives and students from a local Primary School to work with Saving Londoner’s Life, Holiday

Activities, External Coaches to train students on trampolining, basketball and martial arts, Strengthening

Parenting Programme, Home Cooking, Primary Sports Festival for 6 feeder Primary Schools, Women only self-

defence and mixed martial Arts classes etc

Every child does matter and we hope that all our students will be healthy and happy on the road to achievement.

From next academic year we will start the work for the Silver Award so watch this space!

Ms N Tuptuk

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‘… great – verythorough andreally gives a“feel” for theschool and yourcommitment to

health andwellbeing.’

Year 10s Develop Skills for theirDuke of Edinburgh CampingExpeditionThis year’s Duke of Edinburgh campers shone as bright as the sun inEpping Forest during their Bronze Award level Practice Expedition. Agroup of twelve Year 10 students trekked through the hottest day of theyear so far to participate in their first expedition of the season. The

students hiked for hours each day with all of theirequipment on their backs. This trip allowed thestudents to practice their orienteering skills,develop their camp craft and experience a lot offirsts, like sleeping in tents away from theirfamilies and cooking their own food outdoors.

The most important lessons learned were thatteams needed to work together to accomplish thetasks, maps needed to be referenced constantly tostay on track and that camping, although a lot ofhard work, can be a lot of fun! According toMeryem 10F “You get used to hiking after a whileand you get to spend quality time with your teammates.”

The students now need to complete an AssessedExpedition and await the assessor’s decision to see

if they successfully passed their Bronze Award level camping expedition.

The group would like to thank everyone involved around the school forhelping to make this Practice Expedition a success.

Ms S MacDonald

“‘You getused to

hiking aftera while andyou get tospend

quality timewith your

teammates.”

Be the Change DayOn Wednesday 9th July, our Year 7and Year 9 students took part inBe the Change Day. This was aunique and special day with ourstudents volunteering their timeto make a difference in thecommunity.

With so much going on during theday, some highlights includesupporting the communitygardening at Back2Earth, workingwith Lancasterian Primary schoolto create table top murals andsupporting our local elderly in anumber of homes.

It was a truly inspirational day,and our students are eager to domore! We certainly are being thechange we wish to see in theworld! Well done to everyoneinvolved and looking forward tomore exciting projects next year.

Mr B Travers

Home CookingEvery Wednesday after school,students and families from ourschool and local primaries havebeen rustling up some tasty treatsat Home Cooking. From moussakato cookies, homemade fish fingersto strawberry tarts, we have beenon a culinary journey around theworld, learning new skills, newtastes and new delights. A bigthank you to Ms Harrison forbeing Head Chef and ensuring wealways created delicious dishes.

Home Cooking will be back nextterm so if you would like to learnsome new skills, share somerecipes or just want to spend acouple hours cooking and havinga fun time, please do join us inSeptember.

Mr B Travers

Mathematician of the MonthThe Maths Department rewards students every month for a variety ofthings.

Students can be rewarded for their hard work, great homework effort,class effort and participation and improvement. This is used to encourageand motivate students in key stage 3 to achieve more and reach their fullpotential as positive rewards can really work well and change studentsbehaviours and attitudes to learning. All students receive a badge thatthey keep and a certificate which they put in their folder ofachievements.

“I feel happy and proud to have been rewarded Pupil of the Month”.- Baran (Y7)

“I felt excited and clever because it shows people that I am focus in myMaths lessons”. - Maggie (Y8)more!

Ms A Thoma



Wellington College Summer School 22nd June – 28th June 2014Northumberland Park students were invited to apply for a place on the Year 10 Summer School at WellingtonCollege for the second year running. Six fortunate students gained places after a very vigorous applicationprocess which included written applications and interviews that were conducted by Wellington College seniorstaff.

The students had an amazing experience which included master classes in English, History, Classics, and Maths,as well as sporting activities such as Golf and Rackets. They also attended a singer songwriter concert and visitedOxford University.

The last 2 days of the Summer School were dedicated to Write Club where students worked with famous artist,scientist and authors.

Overall this was a wonderful experience and we look forward to being invited to join this prestigious SummerSchool next year.

Ms D Liversidge

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Winners build on mistakes. Losersdwell on themThe Year 7 football team enjoyed a successful season competing against the best teams inHaringey. They secured impressive victories over Gladesmore Community School andFortismere High School as well as strong showings against St Thomas Moore and Park ViewAcademy. There have been consistently outstanding performances from Hassan, Jake andKhalif. The season is entering its final few days and the boys are in a 3 way fight to win theHaringey Borough Cup with Park View Academy and Highgate Wood School.

In conjunction with school football fixtures there has also been a Year 7 Futsal Club takingplace every Monday at lunchtimes, open to all Year 7s and this has been a big success, withas many as 50 students turning up each week to either take part or watch.

The Year 7 Athletics team also competed at the Haringey Borough Athletics Championships.Both boys and girls teams showed fantastic spirit and behaviour during the event and therewere top 3 finishes in their heats for Ali (7J) in the 100m, Alfie (7H) in the 200m,Mohammed (7H) and Abrahim (7F). The boys 4x100 relay team also finished thirddespite a mix up with the baton which ultimately cost them first place.

It was more success for Year 8 in the championships with Daniel(8S) storming to victory in his 100m heat and Teddy (8S)coming home 3rd in the 110m hurdles.

PE Department

PlayingforSuccess10 of our Year 7 students took part in thePlaying for Success programme at theSpurs Learning Zone in White Hart Lane.The students have improved their Mathsand English skills through creating shortstories, making radio presentations, doingmaths puzzles and building a dream teamof footballers on a budget. David Lyall, thePlaying for Success Centre Manager said‘‘The NPCS year7’s have workedvery hard thisterm completingliteracy andnumeracy tasksusing ICT at theSpurs LearningZone.

They havecompletedpresentations andcomics and usedweb cams torecord and editfilm or bookreviews. Theyhave had a greatattitude and haveworked well together in pairs and groupsto finish the warm up tasks. They havealso enthusiastically got stuck in to MangaHigh, the online maths site. Kaio and Halilhave been the stars of Manga High thisterm. A special mention to Baran who hasbeen working as a peer mentor with year 5pupils from Devonshire Hill.’’

Mr B Travers

Residential trip to Pendarren�This years GCSE PE and BTEC Sport groups also went on a combined trip to Haringey'sPendarren facility in South Wales. This was a chance for both groups to experience a newenvironment as well take part in some challenging activities. Canoeing, Mountain Climbingand Caving were all on offer and the pupils should be commended on their efforts to take onand conquer these challenges. The trip concluded with a nice 4 hour trek up one of thebiggest hills in Wales! The verve and vigour that all the pupils brought with them to the tripwas well and truly drained out of them by Sunday afternoon. A big thanks to Mr Cameron,Ms Corbin and Mr Green for their support.

PE Department�

Splash!at NPCSNorthumberland Park's swim team,comprising of year 7, 8, 9 and 10 studentswill take part in Haringey SchoolsSwimming Championships to be held atNorthumberland Park pool the weekcommencing Monday 23rd June.

We wish the following swimmers the bestof luck in taking part - Berfin Yildirim,Ruth-Judith Mejia-Mamani, Abigail Mejia-Mamani, Whitney McDonagh, MagaretMcDonagh, Bradley Ferry, Slavik Manzhura,Hristian Petkov, Harry Searle, Vin Lee,Ryan Miskovics, Kalou Aslan, Fabio Romeo,Huseyn Burcak, John Maurice, NedimCustic, Malik Knoxholfe Cambel, AdjeiAgozino, Umut Tato, Jake Austin andMohamed Salem.

Team Captain - Jake Austin is expectingsome good results and commented "severalteam members are now swimming at localswimming clubs Haringey Aquatics andEnfield Swim Squad. Jake brings some realcompetitive depth to the team and wehope we can compete against other topswimmers from Haringey with the aim ofwinning medals.

Jake's own aspiration is to swim atNational level in the UK, after competingand achieving personal best times in theLondon Region Championship at theOlympic swimming pool at Stratford, andtraining at local club Haringey Aquatics 6-8 times a week provides ample ambition inreaching the top. He is certainly makingthe most of every opportunity.

The swimming Gala for both theinterforms and the Haringey Borough willbe taking place soon. Come speak to the PEdepartment about taking part orspectating.

Mr M Turner

Trampolining CompetitionDuring the summer term, ourstudents have been enteringthe Haringey BoroughAthletics Championship. We asa school were very competitiveand as a result, many of ourstudents got a top 3 positionfor their events resulting inseveral medals. There is alsothe possibility of severalstudents representing theborough in the nationalcompetition; we are justwaiting for confirmation oftimes. Please congratulate ouryoung people as they are over the moon with their performances, and have taken pride insuch an achievement; they were competing in front of 12 other schools and hundreds ofother students.

Gold Casey Ferry: Back and front tuck somersaults, seat landing with half twists, front &backdrop landing, pike, tuck and straddle jump ending with a full twist.

Silver Chloe Webster: Back and front tuck Somersault, seat landing, back and front landingswith half twists, pike, tuck and straddle jumps.

Bronze Morgan Richards: Front and back landing, seat landing into half twists, skill tuck,pike and straddle jumps, half twist front landing leading into front somersault.

PE Department



“The NPCS year

7’s have worked

very hard this

term completing

literacy and

numeracy tasks

using ICT at the

Spurs Learning

Zone.”

Year 11 Catering Work Experience OpportunityWe are very pleased to announce that Patrick Badewa, who had previously won the Future Chef North London heat and Malique Wilsonhave successfully passed a recent interview with Springboard; a Charitable trust that focuses on finding employment and work relatedexperience in the hospitality and catering industry. Both year 11 students have been offered a two week placement with a top contractcatering company who cater for, amongst others, Her Majesty the Queen. They will undergo one week of training followed by hands onwork experience with the company, catering for prestigious events in London during the summer.

This is an excellent opportunity for both students who are extremely keen to pursue a future career in the catering Industry.

Mr J Liversidge


Lions, Tigers and BearsOur Science trip to the London Zoo started at 9:30am with 32 Year 7students.

We took the W3 bus all the way to Wood Green underground tube station,where we got the Piccadilly line to Kings Cross tube station then onwardsto Camden town tube station, from there we walked to London Zoo.

We divided up into four groups; each group leader escorted their groupsaround the different parts of the zoo. We visited Penguins and saw a vastvariety of fishes at the Aquarium. We also saw Lions, Tigers , Orang-utansand Reptiles. All the groups met back at noon and had our lunch. Afterlunch we continued our journey to visit other sections of the zoo.

The students really enjoyed themselves on the trip as did the teachers;they took many photographs of the animals and they were givenopportunities to ask questions about the different types of animals theyhad seen and visited, before leaving to go back to school students weretaken to the zoo shop to browse and purchase gifts. Metin and Abdulwere very helpful and presented our school very well.

Mr H Baydar

Acting is not being emotional, but beingable to fully express emotionTwo lucky Year 7 and 8 Drama classes have teamed up with Chickenshed Theatre Companythis term to explore a range of modern day issues through Drama. This builds on our twosuccessful projects with the company in the academic year 2012/13. 7V/Dr and 8A/Dr havebeen working for the last few weeks with actors from Chickenshed to start to produce aperformance based on a range of contemporary issues.

The two drama groups, along with the professional actors from Chickenshed, have beenusing physical theatre, movement and music to start to explore some of the issues thatyoung people face. The workshops have also been insightful for our students showing thehard work and commitment that goes into creating a piece of theatre.

Our young people presented an informal performance of theirwork in the Theatre on 20th May to an invited audience.

Mrs M Christopher and Mr S Bawden “usingphysicaltheatre,

movementand music”

Visit to HertfordRegional College

On June 18th MrWalker, Mr Traversand myself tooksome of our Year10 boys toHertford Regional College tohelp them explore their further educationoptions when they leave school next year.We had a fantastic day. The college is reallymodern with excellent facilities which thestudents were really impressed with. Wespent a few hours walking around theconstruction department which has separateareas for plumbing, electrics, bricklayingand carpentry. There also a fantasticmechanics department. The pupils wereasking lots of questions about what gradeswere required to be accepted on to thesecourses and many were very keen (andexcited) to discuss possible salary potential. �

“The college was really nice and themechanics department seemedgreat” - Florin (Y10)

We had a nice break in the recreational areawhich has snooker tables and a lovelyoutdoor eating space and it was great seeingour pupils behave maturely and talking tostudents who attend the college.

We then had a meeting with the collegeliaison officer who discussed with thestudents the financial support they areentitled to and other possible highereducation options such as apprenticeships.It gave the students time to reflect on howimportant the next year at school is toensure they achieve the best GCSE gradesthey can.

“It was fantastic and I recommend it tostudents who would be interested inconstruction or engineering" - Damian (Y10)

The college promotes a really positiveattitude to both the social aspect of highereducation and academic achievements andall of the boys seemed excited about theprospect of coming to study here.

Miss K Breeden

We're actors - we'rethe opposite ofpeople!The GCSE Year 11 Drama studentsshowcased some of their work. Thestudents put together a fantasticevening of devised work thatformed their final examinationwhich took place on the9th May.

Fourgroups of students

worked with guest directorsand Mr Bawden and Mrs Christopherto produce original pieces of dramathat they devised themselves. Theypresented their work to parents andfriends on the 8th May and showedjust how talented they were with awonderful evening of varied andinteresting stories.

This year’s theme was ‘contrasts’and each group produced a differentplay cantered on this theme. TheDrama department would like tocongratulate each and every Year 11student for their hard work andcommitment this year. Well done!

Mr S Bawden



Ex-StudentSuccess: NargisAhmedovaAquarius Hair & Beauty Salonwas so impressed with Nargisthat they offered her aSaturday job. Nargis has beenworking at Aquarius since

April 2014 and is now well onher way to achieving her careergoals. �

Well done Nargis!

Mrs P Gardner


Stars in Your EyesThe trip to Alexandra Park School was tremendously beneficial. We participatedin 3 activities throughout the day: travelling to space and experimenting onstars including the largest start VY canis Majori's,creating rockets to test to find the fastest one out ofeach team and the last activity was using our mathsskills to calculate the area of certain galaxies.

Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, including me. Itwas a worthwhile trip even though we missed ourlessons.

I would love to go again, especially into thePlanetarium.

Done-Helen - Year 9

Literacy ChampionsLeading Learning!This term, our four intrepid year 9 “Literacy Champions”have been preparing themselves to deliver a literacy-relatedlesson starter to year 8s!

They all chose to work with the science department as theytaught the subject of “microbes” to all sets.

Khalid Al-Mubarak and Nabiha Choudhry focused theirattention on using complex sentences to developsophisticated expressions. Meanwhile, Done-Helen and Nazifain Year 9 have worked on using a “word continuum” to helpstudents develop a broader vocabulary to describe the effectsof microbes.

The year 8s benefited greatly from the lesson as well as fromthe experience of seeing fellow students leading learning.

This is how one literacy champion described their work:

“This has been a new experience for me which has given mea fresh perspective on school life.” Nabiha (Y9)Mr T Conaghan

Literacy Quiz – How well do you remember theseexpressions of the fortnight?

1) Look after the ____ and the _____ will look after themselves.

2) Ne’er cast _____ till_____ be out

3) If it is easier than you think it is not _________ science.

4) If you have misunderstood you have the wrong end of the __

5) An apple a day __________________

6) If you have a weakness it is called an Achilles’ ____________



Engaging ourlocal primaryschoolsThe Community Educationdepartment have been outreachingour local primary schools in anumber of projects this term. At LeaValley Primary School, Mr Travershas worked with Year 3, 4 and 5 onthe Saving LondonersLives programmeso that everystudent istrained inbasic first aidskills.

The students havelearnt so much and have enjoyedthis project. One student said ‘it hasbeen great to learn these skills and

I feel confident I would be able tohelp someone if they needed firstaid.’

We have also been engaging parentsat Lea Valley and Devonshire Hill attheir coffee mornings, presentingour programme and talking toparents about the opportunitiesopen to them.

At Lancasterian Primary School,some of our Year 7 studentsperformed a Turkish dance andplayed the Saz at the TurkishCultural Evening. It was a greatevent with lots of food, music andcolour all in celebration of theTurkish community.

Mr B Travers

“ithas been

great to learnthese skills and

I feel confident Iwould be able tohelp someone if

they neededfirst aid.”

“The trip wasinformative andenjoyable. We

experienced what itwould feel like to be in

space as we had asession about stars in

the planetarium. We alsolaunched our hand-made

rockets and wecalculated the velocity.

It was really fun!" -Ilayda (Y9)”

Summer Music ConcertOn the 8th July the Music Department held an end of year summer concert tobring the academic year to a musical close. The concert involved a number ofstudents and staff performers showcasing their various talents to parents,dignitaries and peers.

The concert programme included a diverse range of artists including Bach,Randy Crawford and Bon Jovi. The performers came together to create avibrant night that satisfied the eclectic musical palates of the audience.

Ms Harvey and the Year 10 GCSE Media students created a wonderful array ofvideos that really enhanced the performance. The evening was made evermorevibrant by the dynamic lighting display complements of Mr Bawden.

Joseph (Y10) said: ‘I think it was a thrilling experience and I learnt a lot. Iwould like to do it again. I enjoy playing the piano; it makes me happy toperform.’

‘It was an outstanding showcase enabling students and staff to show off theiruntapped potential. Being a part of theconcert was an excellent way to relaxafter a hectic but fulfilling year.’ - MrsS. Bailey, Teacher

Ms E Scoggins said: ‘It was awonderful concert and it was lovelyto see a mix of students and staffworking together and enjoyingthemselves. The audiencethoroughly enjoyed it. Same timenext year!’

The Music Department would liketo thank all of the staff and studentperformers together with all of the people thatsupported us to organise and facilitate the show. You did anexcellent job and we could not have done it without you. Thank You!

Mr J Blair

School CouncilReport 2014Our school council member have enjoyed a positive year, discussing schoolrelated issues and looking at ways to improve school life and the schoolenvironment. Throughout the year school council members have beenconsulted on issues such as the Jack Petchey nominations, the impact ofthe smaller tutor groups, cashless payment for the Purple Diner, toiletopening hours, recycling, clip on ties, the new school uniform andoutdoor permanent fix sporting equipment, to name but a few topics.They also devised a wish list of things that they would like to change andimplement which included making improvements to the outside entranceof the school on the Worcester Avenue side, supporting a charity, havinganother pagoda in the playground and access to a grass area withbenches.

PC Andy Frost was a welcome guest at one of our meetings and hesuggested ways in which the Police could have a greater impact on schoollife by getting involved in PSHE lessons with Year 7, doing assemblies reregistering mobile phones and personal safety and by doing workshopswith older students re ‘stop and search’ rights. Students were asked toconsult with their individual year teams on further ideas on how toinvolve our police officers.

In June all year teams will elect new council members to serve for theacademic year 2014/15. The elections have been brought forward to allownext year’s council members to receive training in July with an externalgroup to improve the delivery and impact of student voice throughout theschool.

Our thanks to our headboy, Zeeshan Nasir and head girl, Maconde Cabawho attended these meetings whilst balancing their GCSE studies and whogave guidance to the younger council members. We wish them well intheir future endeavours.

The student council also had the difficult task of selecting the winnersfor the Jack Petchey awards from a very impressive field, as nominated bystaff and students. Each month a student was selected for theirachievements. Congratulation to the following students whowere all winners this academic year – HuseyinDag (11J ), Jennifer Chu (10F), LiliFolhoffer (7G), Besime Sahin (10K), AmyNgo (11G ), Denis Ferenc (8J), Sevgi Topal(8G), Ryan Pessoa (11R ), and MariamAkintunde (8G). Reasons for theirnominations ranged from volunteering as apeer mentor, helping to support youngerstudents, being involved in the SHINE SaturdaySchool, a Media assistant filming school events,generally being a good all round student, helpingto set up a stall and serve during book week,organising raffle prizes for tutor groups and for

possessing excellent leadership qualitiesand being an all-round sportsman. Allthese students have been positive rolemodels to their peer group. Every JackPetchey winner is awarded a grant of£200 to spend on a project of theirchoice. This year our students havedecided to spend their money on anelectronic tablet for EAL students to usein lessons, a trip to the theatre, Librarybooks, an end of year paintballing trip,English department visit to Birminghamto select books, end of Year 11 prom andyear book and equipment for both theScience and Media Departments. All ournine winners and staff leader , Ms JennyBailey, were invited to attend the AnnualJack Petchey Awards Presentation at theBernie Grant Arts Centre in Junealongside other prize winners fromneighbouring Haringey schools. Allwinners were presented with a JackPetchey Medallion by the newly electedMayor of Haringey , Councillor KaushikaAmin. This presentation event was herfirst official engagement!Congratulations to Jenny Bailey who wasselected for the Leader award by theschool council members for her extensivecommunity programmes. Ms Bailey wasawarded a grant of £550 which will gotowards this year’s Community Play day.

As the academic year draws to a close, Ilook forward to welcoming the newcouncil members from each year group tothe student council body and their taskof raising the profile of student voice.

Ms J. Thompson

Quotes from ourstudents and staff whoattended the awardsevening are as follows –Amy Ngo “ I felt so proud to receive amedallion at this event”

Lili Folhoffer “My family said that theevening was wonderful. I really enjoyedmyself”

Mr Cameron “ Our students looked sosharp and immaculate in their uniforms”




“Money Skills” with NPCS & Barclays BankEvery year, to celebrate “My Money Week”, a year group participates in activities aimed at teaching young peoplekey skills involving money management and the world of finance. Past workshops have been a great success and thisyear, joining forces with our local Barclays Bank managers; Northumberland Park School hosted yet anotherinformative and engaging day for our year 9 cohort.

This month, the students spent the day working in small groups facilitated by Barclays Bank Staff and NPCSteachers. Having all our year 9’s together proved to be a very exciting opportunity to showcase the enthusiasm andpositive energy of this year group through teamwork and healthy competition.

They were engaged with a number of activities, starting with a financial jargon “Word Search”, bringing in keyelements of Literacy into the challenge. Students were then given the opportunity to practice opening a bankaccount of their own. The Barclay's team explained and gave guidance on all the essential aspects to complete theaccount opening process, which can be a complicated process, even for some adults.

Their Mathematics skills were tested when filling in the missing values of a bank statement. This activity saw thestudents rapidly completing calculations on paper, as no calculators were allowed, and fierce competition betweenthe groups meant that speed, and of course accuracy were being tested. Continuing with their use of Maths skills,balancing the budget of typical 14 year old, allowed the year 9’s to examine their own money management skills andunderstand the meaning of debt in a more practical and applicable context.

For the final activity students carried out a personal Money Management Audit. Answering a series of multiplechoice questions based on real life scenarios, each young person was given a score, which reflected theirown financial competency. The advice given thereafter, gave them a level of responsibility forthe future of their own money management.

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Here are just a few commentsfrom the students:

“I learnt how to handle money and savemoney in the bank”

“I would love to have another session on lifeskills because it teaches me that I shouldnot waste my money on nonsense and givesme the advice on the benefits of using asavings account”

“I learnt what the abbreviations on a BankStatement mean”

“I learnt how to independently manage abank account”

“My favourite part of the workshop wascompleting the Budgeting Worksheet”

“From the activities, I learnt that we have towork together as a group to get a jointoutcome”

“My favourite part was filling out theapplication form for the bank account”

“I learnt what my money habits are like”

“My favourite part was working on how muchmoney a person has left from his wages”

“I learnt that you should always cover yourpin when you are at the ATM”

“My favourite part was matching thedefinitions to the words”

Ms J David

NPCS Chef SchoolThroughout the academic year Mr Liversidge has hosted a chef school every Thursday after school. This was aimed at all students keen to learn to cook like a professional. Mr Liversidge;Enhanced Learning Coordinator, is an ex-Chef and

catering college lecturer who hasenthusiastically passed on hisskills to an ever growing numberof avid young chefs. Thestudents, many from year 7, whohave also attended ShineSaturday School, have learnt tocook a wide variety of dishes toan amazingly high standardand tackled difficult dishes suchas chocolate éclairs, which as anycook will admit is a very trickydish to make. Students whoattend the chefs school have alsoworked together to plan, prepareand serve menus for a number of

whole school events; A buffet was provided for VIPrepresentatives from Wellington College, Chef schoolprovided the refreshments for the GCSE TextilesExhibition, where a wide selection of canapés were servedto visiting staff and students. More recently an afternoontea was provided for 150 NPCS staff and governorscatered by Chef School.

A massive thank you and well done to our young chefs;for all their hard work this year.

Ellen Nembaware 7J, Toni Littlewood 7G, Rebecca Davis7J, Liam Oulds 7P, Harry Searle 7S,Eric Burrell 7K,

Natalie Bankole 8S, Bradley Ferry7R, Zoe Green 7J, Joyce Akulame7F, Rene Boakye 8P, MichelleGallagher 8G, Marie Gallagher7H, Yasmin Adem 7F. MaliqueWilson 11R

Ms J Penny

““Being able tocome to Chef

School has beenfantastic; I getto learn recipesand new skills,my favourite

recipe so far hasbeen for

strawberrycheesecake”.

EllenNembaware.”




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Ready Steady Cook 2014The Food Technology department hosted another successful year of ReadySteady Cook. 22 students participated in this competition in its 9th yearof running.

The students were enthusiastic, calm, well behaved and worked extremelywell producing a variety of dishes from a range of cultures. It was a livelydisplay of a variety of skills, colours, ingredients and flavours.

Thanks to Ms Duncan, the Technology department, our judges that did afantastic job, and all that contributed to the success of this year’s ReadySteady Cook:

The winners won vouchers, recipe books and each participant received abig Toblerone.

The winners for this year’s competition are:The overall winners are: Angel Olusile 9V and Joycelyn Alamba 9P

Best of Year 7: Rebecca Davis 7J

& Toni Littlewood 7J

Best of Year 8: Jennifer Roquett 8V

Best of Year 9: Tequilla Francis 9J

Runner ups:

Year 7 Molli Vonyo 7V

Year 8 Cleide Santos 8V

Year 9 Thanhsan Truong 9F

Mrs Adetoba

Quotes fromstudentsRamlo Ali 8V

I have enjoyed participating inready steady cook as I have learntdifferent skills and I had a goodtime. Also it was a wonderful dayand I hope I will be able toparticipate in next year’schallenge.

Tequilla Francis 9J

I made puff puff, Salmon andpotatoes with my friend. I enjoyedthis year’s ready steady cook andhad a great experience

Kaio Candido 7P

I was excited about ready steadycook but a bit nervous. I madesushi, it was great, challengingbut worth it.

Bradley Bodger 8H

What I enjoyed most about today is thecooking because I want to be a chef,learn how to cook new foods and trynew things. It has been a really greatexperience for me. At first I wasnervous because when I lookedaround and saw what others weremaking I knew I had a hardcompetition in my hands. What Icooked was a traditional Chinese stirfry, I chose this because it is colourful,healthy, and easy to make.

Overall this day has been wonderfuland seeing new dishes has inspired me.

Rebecca Davis 7J

I have enjoyed participating in readysteady cook, I made Victoria sandwichand corned beef pie. I felt nervous atfirst when it started but really excited.

Also it was fun I hope I can do itagain in Year 8 and hope to winagain.

Joycelyn Alamba 9P

I enjoyed this year’s ready steadycook, because it was really fun. Itried something I haven’t donebefore; I worked with my best friendwhich made the experience evenbetter. During the judging time I wasreally nervous because I wanted thejudges to like my food. I would say Iam a really competitive person,which makes me even moredetermined to win.

In the end I am really glad that ourfood was liked and we were theoverall winners.

NPCS Young Entrepreneurs go to Washington.

Two of our ex-students Adeola Dada and Tyrell Wright-Stephen, under the company name “Antiks” were winners of GBYoung Entrepreneurs Competition 2013; they also competed in the European Young Entrepreneurs Competition inBrussels in December 2013. They had successfully created an innovative Product Design idea that they presented at bothcompetitions. Following the Brussels meeting Antiks were invited to attend a conference in Washington which theyattended from 26th April – 30th April 2014.

During their stay in Washington they participated in a gadget convention alongside International Young Entrepreneurwinners, the event was in front of a wide audience of specially invited investors and VIP’s. One particular investor hasshown a keen interest in the Antiks product and has committed to funding Antiks attendance at the 2015 Gadget Show,Earls Court. London.

Adeola and Tyrell have also been recruited as mentors to next year’s YoungEntrepreneur entrants.

Adeola who is currently at Woodhouse College, studying AS Maths, Economics,ICT and Accounts said; “To think all this has happened from 1 week in year10 is incredible. It has been an amazing experience that has been reallybeneficial to building our personal skills and confidence. A very big door hasbeen opened for us and I would strongly advise any NPCS students to grabany opportunity like this, which is offered to them”.

We agree with Adeolas comments and are stunned at how far they have gonewith their design proposal and wish them continued success and good luck.

Ms J Penny

�“I made escoveitched (escovitch)Pollock with macaroni cheese, riceand salt fish fritters. I made thisbecause I wanted to give people ataste of Jamaica. It was fun to

compete against other people andthis experience was amazing and I

want to do it again.

Angel Olusile 9V”�

“To think all this has happened from 1week in year 10 is incredible. It hasbeen an amazing experience that hasbeen really beneficial to building ourpersonal skills and confidence. A verybig door has been opened for us and I

would strongly advise any NPCSstudents to grab any opportunity like

this, which is offered to them”




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Design & TechnologyWeek 2014�“There was not a sign of life on the horizon and a thousand signs of death.”�

Wilfred Owen, in a letter to his mother, February 1917�

This year’s D & T week took place Monday 23rd June to Thursday 26th June. Our theme this year was centred on World War 1. We were pleased to join other departments who had planned tocommemorate the centenary this year; Humanities, English and Music had already started activities in their areas.�

Throughout the week year 7 to year 10 classes were introduced to WW1 food rationing and war recipes during their Food Technology Lessons. We looked at how the changes after World War 1 affected peoples’ lives and attitudes. How womens’experiences of working throughout the war freed them from earlierrestrictions in dress, hair and make up.�

The new industrial age and industrial processes after the war alteredthe materials used by architects and the appearance of the buildingsthey created and how this “modern” style filtered into all aspects ofproduct design, from cars to cups and saucers.�

The design challenge this year was for tutor groups to researchinnovations of World War 1, with a prize going to the tutor groupthat can complete the fullest list of Military, Medical and Domesticadvances.

We look forward to announcing the winner of our tutor groupchallenge in the next newsletter.

Ms J Penny�

Craft WorkshopOn Monday 23rd June fourteen year eight students attended a textilesworkshop to celebrate Design Week. Practicing artist Hannah Georgeworked with the group to create a Miro inspired 'zippy bag', a product shemakes and sells on her craft stall. The students learnt how to appliquetheir design onto bright coloured fabric and how to construct the bagwith a zip. It was wonderful to see such enthusiasm and creativity. Welldone to all of the students for their hard work and to Hannah for makingthe workshop a fun learning experience.

“The day was lots of fun and we learnt new skills as well” Junyu Chen 8V

Huge thanks to Mariana Vallejo 8H, Afnan Omer 8F, Joshua Jones 8K,Kasharelle Nghembe 8K, Onur Bayir 8K, Melissa Kizilkaya, 8K, Tania DeCeita 8K, Fardowsa Abdirahman 8K, Jagoda Sulik 8H, Kardelen Arman8H, Jade Taylor 8T, Buse Surekci 8J Selda Ulgin 8J and JessicaWoloncewicz 8J.

Ms G Selwyn

Books fromBirmingham ...Ten students from years 8 and 7accompanied Ms Bolton, Mrs Nolanand Mr Warner on a book buyingmission up the M6 to Birmingham'sPeter's Library Showroom. We spentthe day choosing books for the newyear 7s and the re-launch ofAccelerated Reader in September .Jack Petchey winners Mariam andSevgi spent their winnings on someteen fiction. Mariam said, "I lovedpicking out the higher ability fiction; I chose books with a complicatedplot." Sevgi especially "enjoyedworking with Mrs Nolan and likedher giving me advice on what to lookfor when selecting books". Abelproved proficient in using thescanner to tot up how much we'dspent: "It was fun using the scannerand seeing we'd spent over £1000 onbooks!". Everyone agreed withJubael's comments , "I wish we hadlonger to choose. " After a goodlunch and another quick dash roundthe bookshelves we headed homewith lots of new books on order anda few freebies of posters and books.

Let's hope the new year 7sappreciate our selection.

Ms E Bolton

“The day was lotsof fun and we

learnt new skillsas well”�“There

was not asign of life onthe horizon and

a thousandsigns ofdeath.”�


Students Reach Out toHeadteacher to RaiseMoney for the Soma,Turkey Mining Disaster

Let's Make a Difference tothe Families of the Soma,Turkey Mining DisasterThere was a mine explosion in Soma, Turkey that caused a pit to collapse; as aresult of this 301 people were killed. Many of the deaths were because ofcarbon monoxide poisoning.

The miners worked for 40 Turkish liras a day (£11.50), so they get only £1.44an hour working in very dangerous conditions, knowing that there’s death atthe end of the tunnel.

We are very lucky to live in a country where there are clear health and safetyguidelines and a good minimum wage, which means that people have a goodstandard of living.

We decided to write to Ms Duncan as we felt really upset that many peopledied and something needed to be done. By raising money we wanted to makea small difference in the miners’ family’s lives.

We wanted to help because we felt that the families of the victims neededhelp from people all around the world. We felt that even though the smallamount of money we raised would not get ridof the pain the miners’ families might begoing through, nevertheless we thought itwould make them feel supported that youngpeople around the world feel great concernand sympathy for what they are goingthrough.

Aysegul (7V) and Hazal (7R)

“Good actions givestrength to ourselvesand inspire goodactions in others.”

The worst mining disaster in Turkey’s history happened on13th May 2014 in Soma, Manisa, Turkey. 301 people tragicallylost their lives.

Plato was right to say that “Good actions give strength toourselves and inspire good actions in others.” On 14th May2014 Hazal (7R) and Aysegul (7V) came to see me to sharetheir desire to take positive action to make others think aboutwhat happened. These two young ladies asked if they couldwrite a letter to Ms Duncan to askif they could raise money tosupport the families of the minerswho had lost a loved one.

Hazal and Aysegul wrote anextremely emotive and persuasiveletter which Ms Duncan sharedwith her Senior Leadership Teamand agreed to support the youngladies charity effort. It was endearing to see these twobrilliant Year 7’s following the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi“Be the change you want to see in the world”- being activecitizens and doing their part for positive change. Harry (7S)thought the effort by the school community was positive, “Itshows that we don’t just care about ourselves – we also careabout others.”

On Friday 23rd May 2014 we had a partial non-uniform dayand members of the school community made donations. Wemanaged to raise a grand total of £748.83 which is absolutelyfantastic!

Ms N. Tuptuk



From School to Work: Year 10 WorkExperienceIn March all Year 10 students took part in the Work Experience Project. Students travelledacross London to fulfil a variety of roles including working in Media, Banking, Schools andmany more. Two lucky students worked in the offices of Prince Charles at Clarence House.The pupils were well prepared for the experience during assembly and tutor times as well ascompleting the British Safety Council’s Health and Safety at Work Course.

In preparation for next year I would be very interested to hear from any parents who may beable to offer a Work Experience placement to a Year 10 studentfor 1 week from Monday 23rd March 2015.

Mrs D Liversidge.

SHINE Graduation 2014On Saturday 21st June the Year 7 SHINE students graduated. They have attended the SHINESaturday school for 25 Saturdays enjoying lessons in Literacy, Numeracy, Science, Sport andCatering. The Graduation ceremony included readings, poetry and music. The certificateswere presented by Ms Fiona Spellman , a senior SHINE Project Manager.

The parents and students enjoyed a family barbecue to celebrate the success of the SHINEproject. Parents commented on their child’s increasedconfidence and academic ability since joining the Saturdayschool.

Congratulations to the Year 9 SHINE mentors who have ablysupported the Year 7 students throughout the programme.

Mrs D Liversidge.SHINE Project Manager

The CabinetOfficeExperience

A group of 10 Year 11 students had theopportunity to go down to the TreasuryBuilding at 1 Horse Guards and bementored for 4 weeks by colleagues fromthe Cabinet Office, which is thedepartment responsible for supporting thePrime Minister and Cabinet of the UnitedKingdom. Each week they had time withtheir mentors as well as finding out aboutdifferent aspects of work covered by theCabinet Office.

During their final session they visited theHouses of Parliament and were veryfortunate to be shown round by the MPJohn Whittingdale who brought theworkings of the Houses of Parliamentalive. He was very impressed by thestudents knowledge of Tudor history.

Students feedback included ‘a veryenjoyable experience that has given methe opportunity to me more educatedabout the world of politics’; made merealise that I can get into any career field Iwant to; ‘this experience has helped mebecome more confident whilst speaking topeople I have never met before and taughtme to share my thoughts and feelings andhow to express myself’.

A very big thank-you to all the mentorswho provided such an interestingprogramme and gave so freely their timeto work with the students.

Ms J Kirk

“It shows thatwe don’t just careabout ourselves –

we also careabout others.�”




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Aspiring Ambitions Day atMiddlesex UniversityOn the 10th June, 100 Year 9 students had a fantastic insight into what it would be like to be a university student.Each small group prepared their character for university, living way from home, planning their time for a week aswell as thinking about the skills their character would develop through their time at university. The day cumulatedwith each group delivering a three minute presentation on their character, their experience through university andwhat they have learnt.

The highlight for everyone was the graduation ceremony when each student put on a graduation gown and mortar hat and posed with theircertificates to celebrate all their hard work.

Comments from the students on the bus back to school included ‘ a one in a life-time experience’; ‘a good insight into our futures’; ‘excitingevent and very educating’; it was an excellent way of finding out more about our personalities , futures and career hopes.

A big thank-you to all the staff and ambassadors at Middlesex University

“a once in alife-time

experience’; ‘a good

insight intoour futures”

Pathways to the Professions SummerSchool at City University10 year 9 students participated in this week longprogramme where they gained an insight into a varietyof professions and were given group challenges, andparticipated in a variety of workshops.The students comments included ‘it was amazing, I made new friends, had a tasteof what the law profession is all about and take part in an egg challenge’; ‘in thepsychology taster we learnt interesting things that I didn’t know about ourbrains’; ‘the best experience for me was the trading game because it involved a lotof strategy and thinking’; memorable as I was experiencing real independence forthe first time’; my favourite part was the engineering input and a visit up TheShard which was truly amazing.

They came back to school saying ‘never want good when excellence is possible’

Ms J Kirk

Drop DownHistory DayOn the 17th of June the historydepartment held a drop down History Dayfor the Y8 students. We were lucky enoughto be working with Kirsty from theeducation department of Kenwood Housewhich is a beautiful Georgian house inHampstead owned by the NationalTrust.She came into school with Michelle,an actress, who played the part of DidoBelle Lindsay who born to a black slavemother but who was brought up as an18thcentury lady by her great uncle LordMasefield.

They shared with us details about DidoBelle’s life and the work of her uncle SirJames Masefield who supported theabolitionist movement in England.Students learned about other aspects ofGeorgian life and presented to each other.Each tutor groups winners presented inassembly and a group were chosen asoverall winners for their amazingpresentation to the year group. Saadia,Zilan, Fabio & Vinh received certificates &cinema vouchers. I wonder if they will usethem to go and watch ‘Belle’ the new filmabout Dido Belle’s incredible life!

The Fault in Our StarsThe Readathon stars' (over £600 raised for teen cancercharities) efforts were recognised by a visit to the cinema to see"The Fault in Our Stars" based on the best selling novel by JohnGreen. There wasn't a dry eye in the cinema and even Mr Ibrahimcould be heard asking for a tissue!

Ms E Bolton and Mrs J Nolan

Investors in People (IIP) GOLD AWARD for NPCSIn April 2014, NPCS applied for the Investors in People Award, which measures how performance improvement strategies are used for schoolimprovement and the extent to which they are successful. A series of interviews took place over the period of a week, where all elements ofthe school and its running were scrutinised.

The findings were then reviewed and further scrutinised by an IIP Employer Representative, who consulted with staff, governors and thewider community, in order to judge the level of award that was merited by the school: core, bronze, silver or gold. The assessor concluded:

“This is not an Ofsted report; however from the Investors in People perspective Northumberland Park Community School is an OUTSTANDINGSCHOOL.” Valerie Walcott, IIP Assessor.

“This is recognised with the award of Investors in People GOLD accreditation…”

It was also highlighted that “There are presently 1,533 schools nationally that hold Investors in People accreditation. Of these, (only) 171 areat the Gold level.”

The IIP Employer Representative also stated in his report that the evidence found in NPCS “…that disadvantage will not be taken as anexcuse for failure and that the school will strive to deliver an education as good as anywhere was very moving…” It was recognised that thecontinuously improving academic success of NPCS pupils was proof of the hard work all staff members of the school delivered daily. Theschool was heartily congratulated.

The school was also awarded the Health and Wellbeing Award for its efforts to create an environment for all staff at NPCS that is conducive toa healthy work – life balance.

Mrs D Fernandez, Well-Being Coordinator

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