Word on the Street

Welcome to issue #106

Weekly news from Bethnal Green Academy.

Welcome to the final half term of the year which promises to be packed full with arts, cultural and learning events.

Reading is key!

BGA rewarding readers raffle On May 25th the library was packed with students, parents and carers who came along to celebrate BGA’s most improved and enthusiastic readers. Mr Keary’s welcome speech which emphasised the importance and the joy of reading, was followed by a presentation by year 9 students. Ms Laskus and Ms Gill drew the raffle and presented all the lucky winners with Kindles and vouchers to reward their reading success. Well done to all the prize winners! Keep reading and you could be the next lucky owner of a brand new Kindle!

Issue #106 - Monday 18 June 2012

Winning Teachers

Music Hall Magic

Kindle surprise for reading champions

BGA’s Magic Me star performers

Teachers at Bethnal Green Academy have implemented a range of exciting and innovative strategies to get students engaged in reading and it has had a great impact, with BGA seeing a marked improvement in students’ interest in books and reading during tutor time and at home. Teachers set up lending libraries, brought books in from home, implemented paired reading and found lots of innovative ways to establish good reading habits. Winning teachers received Kindles as a big thank you for their hard work.

Student Voice update Students had the chance to vote on the following cross year group event: Guinness World Record, Celebration of Culture day or a Quiz day.

The votes are in - students have decided to have a Guinness World Record day. If you have ideas on what record BGA should attempt to break then speak to your student council representative.

Magic Me are the UK's leading provider of intergenerational arts activities and strive to build healthier, happier communities by bringing people of different generations together in schools, care homes, galleries, museums and other cultural and community settings. Students at BGA have been working with this organisation for five months devising dancing and singing routines. This culminated in live performances for three nights as part of a ‘Weekend at Wilton's’ (Wilton Music Hall - the oldest musical hall in the world, still functioning. The students who took part were Tito Bilato, Fyin Alaka, Heavens Keneally, Courtney Jefford, Harry Little, Yasmin Hasan, Amy Cocker and Tachan Harris.

Student volunteering:

Shapla Choudhury (8C) is currently in the lead with 13 hours of volunteering time over this term.

Congratulations Shapla!

Student Leadership application forms are in the library.

Sign up today.

Find us online: www.bethnalgreenacademy.co.uk