Monday 3rd March . Issue 132
Word on the Street The Newsletter of Bethnal Green Academy and Sixth Form
Artbeat exhibition launch
On Thursday evening our talented Artbeat group showcased their art work at the opening of the Artbeat exhibition at the offices of Allen and Overy. Students have been working with two professional artists, using different materials and techniques to produce some fantastic work. They should be very proud of their art! We thank Allen and Overy with whom we have been working for the past 10 years to develop and nurture our young artists through the Artbeat project.
Cupcake contest
Year 8 Painting Workshop Over the last six weeks a group of Year 8 students were chosen to participate in a painting workshop with resident artist Paul Smith. Samiul Basar writes: I was really pleased with myself when I heard that I was picked for the Art project with Mr Smith. I didn’t think that I was that good at art. The first session was quite fun and easy as we went up to the Sixth Form area to see the landscape that we were going to paint. After coming back down, we chose the colours that we were going to use. Then we started to paint the background with our lightest colour. We were painting with real artists canvases and paint which was exciting as it was the first time.
In conclusion I have to say that it felt really good to be chosen for the Art project with a real artist. I think that this is going to develop my drawing skills, painting skills and other art skills a lot. Samiul Basar 8CKi
Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia On Wednesday 29th January, Bethnal Green Academy students took part in a unique workshop on Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, organised in cooperation with the Joseph Interfaith Foundation. The workshop challenged the students to explore, discuss and contrast contemporary expressions of hatred towards Jews and Muslims. The discussions ranged from the Anelka to the EDL and "creeping sharia". The students also had the opportunity to hear Rabbi David Lister (Senior Rabbi from Edgware United Synagogue) who
shared the story of his family's survival of the Holocaust. The students represented themselves and the academy to the highest standards and impressed Mehri Niknam MBE, the director of the Joseph Interfaith Foundation, who remarked on the students’ enthusiasm for learning and participation in the discussion.
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To bring Health, Happiness and Kindness Week to a close on Friday 14th February students showed off their creative cooking skills in the BGA Cupcake Competition. Emma Mukerjee, from local homeless charity Providence Row came along to judge the cakes and she certainly had a hard time choosing. All the entries looked delicious and they were really well decorated. The winners were: 3rd Place, Ethan for his innovative gold iced cakes. Second place was Benjamin for his delightfully decorated cakes and the winner was Chloe who created some beautiful butterfly cupcakes. Well done to you all, especially for being kind enough to let us try them! BGA raised over £400 during Health, Happiness and Kindness Week for homeless charity, Providence Row.
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Sports News from Bethnal Green Academy
Saturday London Schools Football League @ Hackney Marshes U15 BGA 2 vs 3 Stoke Newington (25th Jan) The U15 football team played top of the league Stoke Newington School last month and were extremely unlucky not to get a result. It was an even game which was lost in the last 10 minutes. To be competing with the top schools in London in our first season shows how far the students have progressed as a team. Silvio Biziki and Joshua Lindsey scored the goals. Due to the extreme weather, 3 other Saturday morning fixtures were cancelled and will be re-arranged.
Hackney and Tower Hamlets football Yassir Saadnani, Muhaymin Hoque, Kevani Cameron and Sakariya Hassan represented Hackney and Tower Hamlets twice this month in the London and National cup.
Futsol results U15 BGA 8 vs 5 George Green (6th Feb) U13 BGA 7 vs 3 Raines Foundation (13th Feb) We have been arranging futsol fixtures as to improve our students close control and technique in football. It also gives the wider squad an opportunity to participate in competitive fixtures. This month we won both our fixtures.
Basketball fixtures U13 BGA 21 vs 39 Haggerston (4th Feb 2012) The U13’s played Haggerston (Hackney basketball champions) this month in their first competitive fixture of the season. The boys did fantastically well to make it a competitive game with Ismail Mustapha and Devonte Watson excelling throughout.
BGA fitness testing
Rock climbing A group of students from years 8-10 took part in a rock climbing taster session on February 11th and made excellent progress in their 1st session. The students represented BGA extremely well and demonstrated great teamwork and a range of key social skills. Rock climbing club starts this week and runs till Easter.
Mini Marathon
As part of ‘Health, Happiness and Kindness week’, the PE department created a health test area in the street. Organised by sports leaders and Mr White, students were able to participate in a range of physical and health related tests to find out their fitness levels. All donations went to charity.
A group of students participated in the Tower Hamlets Cross Country at Victoria Park (3 miles) on 13th Feb, all Secondary schools attended from the Borough.
Reward trip for year 10 students
Results (top 8 in each race goes on to represent Tower Hamlets at the Flora London Marathon)
A group of students who have been excelling in our year 10 sports education programme were rewarded with a trip to a Premier League game – West Ham vs Southampton. West Ham won 3-1.
Under 13's Boys • 1st Sakariya Hassan (qualified for the London marathon) • 9th Yassir Saardani (reserve for the London Marathon) Under 13's Girls • 5th Yinka Sterling-Badmus (qualified) Under 15's Boys • 9th Daniel Gbadegan (reserve) • 11th Conor Carauna-Lavin (reserve) Under 17's Girls • Paulina Bazala (qualified)
Success
at the Indoor Lee Valley Youth Athletics Competition Emmanuel Annor competed in the 60 Metre event and won his race in an outstanding 7.46 seconds!
Hadri Taikwondo partnership with BGA The well established ‘Hadri Taikwondo’ club have relocated to BGA and are now running sessions each Saturday, starting at 11am and finishing at 4pm. The club have offered taster sessions to our KS4 students in PE and have been impressed with the student’s enthusiasm and skill development. Omar Hussain and Kelvin Lac have been attending the club and have passed their level one examination.
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