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Dear Parent/Carer,
As I was writing this we received the call from Ofsted’s Kevin Flanigan (HMI) to announce our forthcoming
Ofsted inspection tomorrow 3rd December till Wednesday 4th December. Today your child will have
received the letter with all the information, please also see the attached. We would be grateful for as many
parents and carers to complete the Parent View questionnaire so that Ofsted can hear your views on
Bolingbroke Academy.
In other news I’m delighted to announce our year 7 and 8 Maths Challenge team won the ARK School’s
trophy last Friday. This competition celebrates the exceptional mathematical aptitude of our pupils
through mental maths, problem solving and quick fire response rounds. Congratulations go to Alexa Scutt
-Thomson , Sufyan Khan, Charlie Venes, Amira Zanabi and Tristan Seguin and a special thank you to Ms
Donaldson for preparing the team and giving the pupils such a wonderful opportunity.
Next week all our pupils commence their Autumn 2 assessments. Your child will take an assessment in
every subject to assess their knowledge and understanding from this half term. These assessments provide
teachers with the opportunity to see how well your child progressed this half term. The reason the as-
sessment are held in the penultimate week of term is so any gaps in knowledge will be retaught in the final
week of term. On the last day of term we will celebrate pupils’ achievements in our final assembly on Fri-
day 20th December.
In the last week of term we will host our second Christmas Concert by Candlelight. Rehearsals are
underway and pupils are practising hard to show off their musical progress this term. I know we are in for
a real treat. Unlike last year we will be selling tickets at our Christmas Shop (see below) as numbers are
restricted due to the high number of pupils involved. We hope many of you will be able to join us for the
event and enjoy a mince pie and glass of mulled wine.
Warmest regards,
Ms Edis
Principal Coura
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Volume. 2 Issue. 6
Monday 2nd December 2013
Bolingbroke Academy is proud to be green. The Courageous Hound will be emailed
unless otherwise requested. A few newsletters will be available at reception.
Contents Page
ARK Maths Challenge 2
Wandsworth Takeover 3
Photos 4
Sports Update 5 - 6
Family Notice Board 7
School Disco 8
Fortnightly Menu 9
School Contacts 10
CHRISTMAS SHOP OPEN FOR BUSINESS
4pm - 5pm Every Day
Miss Gilbert’s office
We are selling:
Christmas Cards - £4 for 6
Christmas Concert Tickets - £2
Pupil Disco Tickets - £5
Correct change please
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ARK MATHMATICS CHALLENGE
By Ms Donaldson
Whilst the rest of school were enjoying their lie-ins on Friday morning, five of our pupils travelled up to Wembley to
compete in the Year 8 Maths Challenge competition. Returning team members Alexa Scutt-Thomson and Sufyan
Khan were joined by Charlie Venes, Amira Zanabi and brave year 7 Tristan Seguin. The day consisted of four rounds,
each with a slightly different focus. In the 'swimming round', pupils had to work on problems around the room,
getting all of the answers in the right order. The team caused Miss Donaldson a few grey hairs by handing their
answers in 10 minutes early! Sufyan Khan then excelled himself by coming second in the individual 'boxing' round,
where pupils answered quick fire questions to try to be the last one standing. These two rounds were followed by a
'marathon' round of long questions and finally a team relay. The Bolingbroke team faced stiff competition from
Walworth and Charter Academies throughout the contest, eventually winning by a single point! Their enthusiasm
and teamwork were exceptional, which was commented upon by the Ark staff running the event. They've set a very
high bar for next year's team!
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WANDSWORTH TAKEOVER DAY By Ms Kelly
On Friday 22nd November nine Bolingbroke pupils attended Wandsworth Takeover Day - an opportunity
for young people in Wandsworth to shadow councillors at the town hall and become decision makers for
the day. Pupils chose their specialist area in advance and were paired up with a councillor on the day who
worked in areas such as education, housing, health and police. Tyler Mensah, year 7, shadowed Stewart
Low and Wandsworth police officers. Tyler watched live CCTV of Clapham Junction and helped to spot
two petty crimes taking place. He also contributed to a meeting about how to prevent skateboarders
making trouble on local estates. He said, “It was a great day because I got to see that every day the
community is being kept safe which is an extremely difficult job”. Isi Leather, year 8, shadowed a councillor
for public health and chaired a meeting about young people using social media and how the health service
could use this knowledge. Isi said, 'I had lots of fun and recommend this event to anyone who is interested
in finding out what goes on behind the scenes and how Wandsworth is run. I loved teaching adults about
social media - something they didn't know very much about!' Some of the pupils were also lucky enough to
meet Wandsworth Mayor, Angela Graham, who was impressed by the pupils' hard work and maturity in
taking on real jobs affecting real people.
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BOLINGBROKE PHOTO BOARD
French Club
French club went to Gails on the Northcote Road to put into practice both language and culture. They were able
buy baguette’s, pain au chocolat and croissants.
All the pupils loved it and really enjoyed the pain au chocoalat.
Year 8 Physics
Egg dropping experiments
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SPORTS UPDATE 1
By Mr Kerby
Up Coming Fixtures
BOYS
Date Fixture Venue/ Opponent
2nd December Year 7 & 8 Boys Cricket Kia Oval, County competition
3rd December London Youth Games Boys Cricket Trials 6-7.30pm Burntwood School INVITE ONLY
5th December Year 7 Boys Football (a) v Battersea Park
9th December Year 7 Boys Football (h) v Ark Putney
11th December Year 8 Boys Football (a) v Battersea Park
28th January Year 8 Boys Football (a) v St Cecilias
6th February Year 7 Boys Football (a) v St Cecilias
10th December London Youth Games Boys Cricket Trials 6-7.30pm Burntwood School INVITE ONLY
GIRLS
Date Fixture Venue/ Opponent
2nd December Year 8 Girls Netball Rally Borough Competition at Burntwood School
3rd December Year 7 & 8 Girls Cricket Kia Oval, County competition
6th December Year 7 & 8 Girls Netball (a) v Emanuel
6th December London Youth Games Girls Cricket Trials 6-7.30pm Southfields School INVITE ONLY
13th December London Youth Games Girls Cricket Trials 6-7.30pm Southfields School INVITE ONLY
11th February Year 7 & 8 Girls Football Borough Competition at Southfields
MIXED
Date Fixture Venue/ Opponent
30th January Boys & Girls Sportshall Athletics Borough Competition at Latchmere Leisure
Centre
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SPORTS UPDATE
By Mr Kerby
Bolingbroke 9-0 Ark Putney
Mr Kerby’s year 8 Greyhounds sent a powerful message to competing schools this week, with an
emphatic demolition of Ark Putney. After an unfortunate result against Southfields, Bolingbroke were
keen to bounce back as readily as possible. With the return of Luke Hedges and Nick Whyte,
Bolingbroke drew upon a much more in-depth squad, although late illnesses and withdrawals forced a
last minute reshuffle. With traffic congestion around the ground, Ark Putney arrived late, forcing
kick-off back by 40 minutes. With light rapidly fading, Kerby’s men knew that they would have to adopt
a siege mentality in order to make the most of what could potentially be quite treacherous conditions.
Bolingbroke sought to build on last week’s EBI’s, adopting a tighter defensive line and wider outlets to
control possession. A completely dominant display was epitomised from front to back, a new centre-
half pairing of Wheeler and Riley linking nicely with the central trio of Hedges, Brown and Siddle.
Despite heavy conditions, the passing philosophy was once again visible for all to see, as the boys in
blue built pressure in the final third. The honed and measured possession was rewarded shortly after,
with the back of the net bulging repeatedly to the delight of the assembled crowd of pupils and
parents.
Entrenched in their own final third, Putney were struggling for attacking outlets, to the benefit of Joe
Benbow and Mikey Wilson. Both full backs taking advantage of the readily available overlapping space
were able to create numerous chances. In what became a 9-0 romp, the pick of the bunch came from a
somewhat unlikely source. A crossfield ball from the left skipped up off the turf and into the path of
the advancing Mikey Wilson, who smashed his effort into the back of the net with a scorching half
volley. Braces from Andrew Miller (2), Louis Jenkin (2) two penalties from Luke Hedges, a superb
effort from Harry Siddle, and the standout goal from Wilson completed the rout.
Next up for Bolingbroke is a tricky tie against Battersea park, with Mr Kerby keen to add to the bulg-
ing fixture list before the Christmas Break.
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FAMILY NOTICE BOARD
Parent Council Christmas Drinks
POLICE YOUTH THINK TANK
The next Police Youth Think Tank is:
Date: Tuesday 10th December
Time: 5.30pm – 7pm
Location: Training and Resource Centre, Alma Road, SW18
1AQ.
The topic: STOP AND SEARCH.
Food: FREE Pizza!
This is an AMAZING opportunity to get young persons and the
police talking and solving problems together.
It looks great on students CV, and helps to improve their
confidence, communication and team work skills.
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HOUSE COMPETITIONS
SCOORES ON THE DOORS!
Competition Erskine Klein Smyth Verbiest
Week 1 – Ice Cream Competition
(pupils) 10 20 5
Week 1 – Ice Cream Competition (Points for entering)
27 19 30 22
Ice Cream Competition (Staff)
25 10 3
Staff Induction Week 3 6 3 5
Week 2 Postcard 30 5
Dyslexia Awareness Week Winners 10 20 5
Dyslexia Awareness Week (Points for entering)
12 18 10 20
Ever Courageous Points (Harry Ward)
A Midsummer Nights Dream 20
Total 117 83 78 60
BOLINGBROKE ACDEMY’S FIRST PUPIL DISCO
Friday 13th December 2013
Tickets on sale NOW!!
£5 and will include :
A drink
Some sweets
Plus a song choice
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Week Commencing 2nd December
Monday
Jacket Potatoes
Baked Beans Cheese
Fruit
Tuesday Beef Lasagne
Quorn Lasagne (V)* Salad
Jelly
Wednesday
Pistou Pasta (A nut free version of pesto)
Cheese
Apple Crumble & Custard
Thursday
Spaghetti Bolognese
Quorn Spaghetti Bolognese(V)*
Yoghurt
Friday Fish Fingers
Quorn Sausages (V)*
Mashed Potato
Peas
Tartare Sauce
Brownies
Week Commencing 9th December
Monday Jerk Chicken
Jerk Quorn (V)* Mixed Vegetables
Rice
Yoghurt
Tuesday
Pasta with Tomato & Basil Sauce
Cheese
Upside Down Peach Cake
Wednesday
Beef Chilli Quorn Chilli (V)*
Mixed Vegetables
Jacket Potatoes
Fruit
Thursday
Vegetable Tagine
Rice
Chocolate Sponge
Friday
Fish & Potato Cakes
Vegetable & Potato Cakes(V)*
Salad
Fruit
FORTNIGHTLY MENU
STAFF CONTACTS
A reminder of staff contact details
THE CORE TEAM
Role Name Email address
Principal Ms Edis [email protected]
Assistant Principal, Behaviour & Ethos Ms Bessa [email protected]
Assistant Principal, Teaching and Learning Ms Schon [email protected]
Operations Manager Mrs Horrocks [email protected]
PA to the Principal/Communications Manager Miss Gilbert [email protected]
THE TEACHING STAFF
Role Name Email address
Art & Design Technology Mrs Massey [email protected]
English Subject leader Ms Shurey [email protected]
English Ms Hopkins [email protected]
English Miss Kelly [email protected]
Geography Teacher and DoE Assessor Ms Blacklock [email protected]
History / RE Ms Bergin [email protected]
Maths Subject Leader Miss Donaldson [email protected]
Maths Teacher Ms Banks [email protected]
Maths Teacher Ms Tibbetts [email protected]
Modern Foreign Languages Teacher Ms Konneradt [email protected]
Music Subject Leader Mr Reeve [email protected]
Music: Woodwind Tutor Ms Dyne [email protected]
Music: Guitar, Bass and Drum Mr Favre [email protected]
Music: Vocal Tutor Ms Kirby-Ashmore [email protected]
PE Subject Leader Mr Kerby [email protected]
PE Teacher Miss Harvey [email protected]
Science Subject Leader Mr Conlon [email protected]
Science Ms Simmons [email protected]
Science Miss Westcott [email protected]
Science Technician / LSA Ms Ogbonna [email protected]
THE SUPPORT STAFF
Role Name Email address
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
(SEND) Lead Teacher Mr Constable [email protected]
Learning Support Assistant (LSA) Miss Brown [email protected]
Learning Support Assistant (LSA) Ms Rassette [email protected]
Learning Support Assistant (LSA) Miss Rose [email protected]
THE OPERATIONAL STAFF
Role Name Email address
Operations Manager Mrs Horrocks [email protected]
Research and Development Leader Ms Robinson [email protected]
Administrator Mr McIntyre [email protected]
Finance Administrator
Premises Assistant Mr Barnes [email protected]
Premises Assistant Mr Clow [email protected]
Chef Manager Ms Crabtree [email protected]
Data Officer Mr Collier [email protected]
FIRST AIDERS
Mrs Horrocks [email protected]
Mr Clow [email protected]
Mr McIntyre [email protected]
DESIGNATED MEMBER OF STAFF for Child Protection
Ms Bessa [email protected]
