Sports News from Bethnal Green Academy
Kayaking club Students from years 7-11 completed their 6-week Kayaking course last week and it has been a fantastic experience for all involved! Students from years 7-11 completed their 6-week Kayaking course last week and it has been a fantastic experience for all involved! The students developed a range of kayaking skills as well as developing teamwork and social skills. The course concluded with a trip down the canal to Islington and back. 35 students took part, however, the following students were the most
dedicated and secured their place for kayaking in the summer term, well done to all involved - 6th formers, teachers and students! Jordan Crumplin-Tate; Ridwan Ahmed; Abdi-Rahman Hussain; Khadija Mahbub; Malacki Daley; Babor Karim Mohammed; Mahir Karim Mohammed; Rachel Ingram; Troy Augustin; Samiul Miah & Harley McGraughly.
Thursday 19th December . Issue 129
BGA Sports Awards We were very proud to celebrate our students sporting achievements in the first annual BGA Sports Awards. We were very proud to celebrate our students sporting achievements in the first annual BGA sports awards. It was a wonderful evening and great chance for staff, students and parents to recognise the wide-ranging achievements of our students this year. Year 7 Girls – Munira Hassan (Dance) Year 7 Boys – Muyamin Hoque (Chelsea Academy and District Football Team) Year 8 Girls – Gemma Lindsey (Borough High Jump Champion) Year 8 Boys – Sakaryia Hassan (Leyton Orient Academy and District Football Team) Year 9 Girls – Destiny Kelvin (London Schools Long Jump and Hurdles Champion) Year 10 Girls – Molly Ullah (2nd place in London Karate Competition) Year 10 Boys – Adil Ali (Borough Long Jump Champion)
Year 7 BGA football team win the Arsenal FC Tournament!
Year 11 Girls –Katie Holt (Borough Long Jump Champion) Year 11 Boys – Ujjoll Ahmed (Borough Badminton and District Cricket Teams)
(22nd Nov)
6th Form – Francis Biyak (U18 London)
Word on the Street The Newsletter of Bethnal Green Academy and Sixth Form
Fantastic Fundraising Fest Winterfest has been a great success with a range of fun, learning activities that have focused on raising money for the people of the Philippines who have been so badly affected by Typhoon Haiyan which struck their country in November. A big thank you to all those who have donated and supported our fundraising effort. This issue of Word on the Street celebrates some of the fantastic events and the amazing effort that has enabled BGA to exceed its fundraising target of £2500. Our heartwarming Christmas charity DVD, Little Love Mix is available from the academy. It is a wonderful short film featuring our students and their musical message. Any donations are gratefully received and can be made online at www.justgiving.com/bethnalgreenacademy. Aysha Aziz, Hunter Carte Rosson, Skylee-Marie Gardiner and Taylor White have collected over £250 from generous members of the public in Spitalfieds and Shoreditch. Well done to them for their fundraising effort!
Winter Fayre Fun The Winter Fayre was a great success! Stalls with gifts for sale, fun activities and the amazing and very popular advent calendar raffle. The event raised over £900. What a superb effort from students and staff and thank you to everyone who supported the Winter Fayre.
Well done to the two year 7 football teams who participated in the Arsenal FC football tournament. With 16 teams competing it was a fantastic achievement to have our B-team get to the semi-final and our Ateam win the tournament! They beat Cardinal Pole 3-1 in the final.
Year 8 girls and boys football team attend the Arsenal FC Tournament (13th Dec)
The year 8 girls and boys football teams also participated in another Arsenal run tournament and while they worked hard and earned several draws they did not make it out the group stages. Overall Winner – Toyeeb Tijani (London Schools Triple Jump Champion)
St Hilda’s Christmas lunch Over the past year a group of students have spent their Wednesday lunchtimes with the older peoples’ group at St. Hilda’s Community Centre. On the 4th December they invited the St. Hilda’s group to BGA for Christmas lunch. All the elderly people and staff really enjoyed themselves and the lovely meal that was prepared by Ms Hargreaves, Ms Warner and Ms Gullick and served by our student volunteers. Here’s what St. Hilda’s had to say about the day... “Everyone who came to your fantastic Christmas lunch said they had a really nice time, a fantastic lunch, and I can't stress enough how much they appreciate your students’ hard work.” Thank you to all students and staff who give their time to care for others in the community. St Hilda’s wrote to Ms Warner to say that “the group of students you are working with, just like last year, are really lovely and caring. Your young people are so attentive and really listen to the older people.”
Basketball Results
U13 - BGA 1 vs 4 Hammersmith Academy (23rd Nov)
The U15 basketball continued their unbeaten run with a dominant win against Morpeth. The team have progressed extremely well this term and look organised and motivated. Hopefully they can continue their unbeaten run in the spring term. Daniel Gbadeyan was the top scorer.
U13 - BGA 3 vs 0 Central Academy (30th Nov)
U15 - BGA 24 vs 6 Morpeth U13 - BGA 6 vs 6 Morpeth
Saturday London Schools Football League @ Hackney Marshes
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WinterFest in Pictures
Oh yes they did! Columbia Primary School came along to watch and participate in Pantomimes performed by BGA students. There were lots of laughs and the audience was thoroughly entertained! At the end the cast invited the audience to join in their dance... “What did the Fox say?”
BGA Bake-off!
3300+ miles cycled!
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Staff Shoot-out
Tickets sold fast for the Staff Shoot out event on the 12th of December. A representative from each department, took penalties against our goalkeeper, Principal, Mr. Keary and Arsenal mascot Gunnersaurus. The crowd cheered on their chosen team representative as they stepped up to kick the ball towards the net and there was lots of noise for surprise visitors, Abi and Ricky from TOWIE, who came along to support the event which raised over £400 for the Philippines. Congratulations to the winner Ms Quy (left with Gunnersaurus) who scored the most penalties! And a big thank you to event organiser Mr Redmond, all those who took part and all those who bought tickets and supported the event!
A Dickensian treat! What a great performance from our Year 7, 8 and 9 actors who performed a series of splendid snippets for Victorian Evening.
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3rd From the 29 delicious entries here are the winning three cakes! 1st prize went to Gemma Lindsey 8DMo, 2nd prize went to Pritika Kshatriya 7ASt and 3rd prize went to Hanifa Reema 10AWa. Well done to all the fabulous bakers!
Raising funds...
Jackanory
There were Jackanory lunchtime sessions in the LRC. Tutor group KDe raised £137 from their sponsored silence! Shukhpreet Kaur raised £13 on her own initiative in a sponsored silence. 7JOa brought in homemade cakes which were sold at the Winter Fayre raising £31. Sonya Begum was a fantastic saleswomen and gave up her own time to run the stall. Israqh Miah (Y7) handed in a £10 note for the Philippines disaster – well done him!
Staff Pantomime