Monday 22nd April . Issue 118
Word on the Street The Newsletter of Bethnal Green Academy and Sixth Form
Food for Thought Growing, cooking and eating fresh food can improve our health, wellbeing and lifestyle.
Mindfulness Matters BGA students promote the importance of Mindfulness in Schools Conference on March 27th 2013 Year 11 students Tashann McGhie, Tiago Viegas and Akif Rahman spoke eloquenty in front of an audience of 700 at Friends House in Euston. The audience included such luminaries as Lord Richard Layard, Lord Stone and Chris Ruane MP. Our students described how they use what they learnt in the mindfulness curriculum in their daily lives. They described how "doing a .b" helped them maintain focus and calm in recent GCSE exams, in lessons, when playing music and at home in family situations.
Y12 students in business! The Young Enterprise Company of the Year Tower Hamlets & Havering Final was hosted at the Google Campus in Old Street on Tuesday 17th May. Bethnal Green Academy entered three Yr 12 teams into the Final: L.T.S.T: Abdul Rahman, Marjharul Hoque, Faizal Hoque, Arif Uddin, Abdul Koyes, Abdur Rahat, Babar Popal, Rahim Choudhury, Mohammed Jaker Hossan, Suab Ali, Ajhar Uddin Ahmed and Syed Mustafa Mursed. Phantom Apollo: Christopher Duguid, Shuhail Islam, Sandhra Samuel, Ahmed Mumin, Gabriela Atanasova, Hiron Miah, Mashud Miah, Christel Luke, Abdul Mamun, Luke Watson and Uriah Dick. Talented Young Achievers: Tahmina Begum, Belal Robi, Nahima Begum, Shah Habibur Rahman, Anika Rashid and Rukshana Begum. All teams delivered detailed presentations, submitted a Business Report, set up a Trade Stand and were judged on their response questions.
As part of a new initiative to promote healthy lifestyles in our school community, Bethnal Green Academy has teamed up with Food For Life, a network of schools and communities across England committed to transforming food culture. A group of staff and students are planning to make good use of some neglected areas around the academy to plant and grow fresh produce such as vegetables and herbs. Look out for opportunities to get involved in this exciting project.
We are delighted to announce that Talented Young Achievers won two well deserved awards: Best Trade Stand Best Company in Tower Hamlets Judges were impressed by their unique Henna products and the substantial demand for their products. They will be representing Bethnal Green in the next round of the competition in the East London Regional Finals. The Judges were, Rob Heaton, Managing Director of Ping Panel, Mark Kass, Head of Enterprise & Economic Development at Agilisys, Laura Barnes, Deputy Director of Communications at the London Business School and Helen Rogers, Studio Manager at BERG a design consultancy firm. Congratulations to Talented Young Achievers. Well done to all three teams!
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Artbeat Shortlisted for an Award Artbeat is an arts partnership between Bethnal Green Academy and Allen & Overy.
Try to develop your own technique for revision. Different techniques work for different people and depending on the type of subject being revised, some techniques are more suitable than others. Here are some:
The successful initiative which harnesses the artistic talents of students at our academy has been shortlisted for a prestigious Arts and Business award. The award ceremony will take place on May 14th and we wish Artbeat and all involved the best of luck! Here is some of the fantastic work that Artbeat students at BGA have created.
In the running at the Mini Marathon On Sunday a group of Bethnal Green Academy students competed in the mini marathon that was held before the main London marathon. They were representing Tower Hamlets Borough. The students qualified for the event as they were in the top 5 in each year group in the trials held before Easter at Victoria Park. Congratulations to: Destiny Kelvin Paulina Bazala Sakarya Hassan Conor Caruna Daniel Gbadeyan Adil Ali
Are you prepared? Revision Techniques
Word of the Week Synthesise verb [ with obj. ] make (something) by synthesis, esp. chemically: man synthesizes new chemical poisons and sprays the countryside wholesale. • combine (a number of things) into a coherent whole: pupils should synthesize the data they have gathered | Darwinian theory has been synthesized with modern genetics. • produce (sound) electronically: trigger chips that synthesise speech | (as adj. synthesized) : synthesised chords.
• Read and Memorise. • Summary notes - short version of main notes. • List of keywords for each topic covered, which can act as "triggers" for other ideas. • Some kind of diagrammatic representation of notes can be helpful. • Revise with a friend or colleague if possible, exchange ideas during revision - this can be very helpful to both people in understanding topics and building confidence. • Questions and Answers - get a friend to ask you specific questions about topics and think up questions to ask your friend. This will test and help to build your own understanding. • Make up a set of revision cards with one main topic per card, each topic listing ideas or information for this topic. You can carry these cards with you and, if you choose, get them out and revise whilst a passenger in a car or on the bus or train, or when queuing somewhere. • If possible, ask your teacher or tutor to revise topics you are unsure about and try to get the tutor to help you to fully understand the topic.
Our Word of the week is sourced from our Focus Words list which is compiled by our teaching staff and is designed to include the sort of keywords, terms and phrases regularly used in their subject areas. The full list, complete with dictionary definition hyperlinks can be found on the Students page of our website.
Young Journalists at BGA We need your articles, book and film reviews, poems and news stories for Word on the Street!
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