Word on the StreetThe Newsletter of Bethnal Green Academy and Sixth Form

Monday 29th April . Issue 118

BGA Year 10 students took part in the Getting Ahead eventrun by Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership.This week Year 10 students were joined by Tower Hamlets EBP. Successful business professionals offered their advice and guidance to help the Year 10 students prepare for their important work experience. Students learned how to get the most out of their work experience and how it would prepare them for education Post 16 and in their future beyond. There were a series of workshops set up to help the Year 10 students develop essential skills and for the professional working environment.

BGA Getting Ahead

Meeting Year 7Our new students were invited to come along to meet us last week.

We were pleased to meet many of the Year 6 students (and their parents and carers) who will be coming to Bethnal Green Academy in September. We look forward to seeing them all at our Year 6 transition days on Friday 5th July and Monday 8th July 2013. Interviews continue this week.

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Food for life launches on BGA rooftop! Get your fresh vegetables right here from the BGA GARDEN.

Planting gets underway!

On Wednesday 24th April BGA held our first Food for Life meeting where students expressed great interest and enthusiasm about plans for our school garden and growing vegetables in school. We also planted our first lot of vegetables which included beetroot, lettuce, rocket, broad beans and peas. 

This is a massive project that we hope to have as many students and staff involved in as possible. We have a Food for Life board in the staff room so please follow our progress and if you would like to offer any of your skills, expertise or time please come and speak to Ms. Taylor.

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Monologuenouna long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.• the form or style of such speeches : the play oscillates between third-person narration and monologue.• a long and typically tedious speech by one person during a conversation : Fred carried on with his monologue as if I hadn't spoken.

ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French, from Greek monologos ‘speaking alone.’

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A huge buzz for our Spelling Bee contestantsOn Wednesday 24th April, year 7 students Fardeed Chowdhury, Mahdi Hasan, Zachary Shaw and Tafari Kelvin represented BGA at the annual foreign language spelling bee for year 7's.They were competing against schools from all over London, having been tasked with learning the meaning, pronunciation and spelling of 200 words in Spanish. They each had one minute in which to spell as many words as possible in front of a large audience.Despite not progressing into the country wide final, our students performed admirably. Students' explanations for this defeat include that one of the winners, Fernando, has a distinctly

Spanish sounding name.If you see them around school please congratulate them on their efforts.If you see them around school please congratulate them on their efforts.

Principal’s Award winners!

Well done to all the Principal’s Award winners. Bethnal Green Academy is proud of the achievements and contributions of all its outstanding students. Keep up the good work and you could be on next month’s awards list!

On Friday students from all years celebrated with their friends and family after receiving their Principal’s Awards.

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