October 2017 Issue #156
The student newsletter of Green Spring Academy Shoreditch
Languages Day at GSAS
Art Exhibition
On Friday 6th October, we celebrated Languages Day at Green Spring Academy Shoreditch. To mark this day, there were many exciting French, Spanish and Latin activities taking place in the street, including language quizzes, a themed breakfast and lunch and lots more! By Juliann Gaskin, 8KHo “I was very impressed with all of the French and Spanish conversations taking place in the street. What great accents our students have!” Miss Holdcroft
The Art Exhibition opened on the 28th September. The art gallery theme was ‘still life’ and some beautiful artwork was showcased. Students had completed colourful and vibrant pieces on colour theory this lit up the gallery! fantastic time. One of the year 6 parents reported: “‘I love all the detail and texture in all of these paintings and drawings’. By Evani Harradine, 8AHe
Year 10 Cambridge Uni visit
Student Council 2017
Congratulations to the following students who are GSAS’s new Student Council team!
On 24th – 25th September, Nazir Ahmed, Layla Samriye, Mamun Uddin, Tahseen Abdul, Aslihan Yildirim and Ms James went on a residential trip to Clare College University of Cambridge. On this trip, students were able to gain a better understanding of university, consider degree requirements so that they can gain a place at university and understand the importance of hard work and determination. The students had a fantastic time. By Marcel Somerlinck, 8JWa “This trip was one of the most useful trips I have ever been on. Even though it was just for the night, I feel I have learnt new things and experienced the life of a university student. However, the biggest lesson I learnt was that university is really hard work and to get to where you want and study what you want (which for me is medicine), working starts today. Start as early as you can!” Aslihan Yildirim 10AAk
Macmillan Coffee Morning
On Friday 29th September GSAS hosted its Macmillan Coffee Morning. The event raised a fantastic £475.27! A big thank you to all who joined us for coffee and cakes and to those who contributed. Thank you to Ms Morris, Ms Howe and our student helpers for organising another hugely succesful fundraiser.
The Student Council will work on creating positive change within the school and will work collaboratively with staff and students. Watch this space! Chairman of Student Council, Savio Samkutty, Year 13 Vice Chair, Al Ameen Oluwadamilare, Year 12 Assistant Vice Chair, Sixth Form co-ordinator, Iqra Amani, Year 12 Social Action co-ordinators, Hafsana Khan, Year 12 and Donnell Da Costa, Year 13 Academy community co-ordinators, Inayat Hussain, Year 12 and Rushamba Wright, Year 12 Interpersonal skills co-ordinator, Jessica Jibbison, Year 12 Mentor Co-ordinators for Sixth Form, Monee Morris, Year 12 and Joshua
GSAS’ new teachers: Get the facts! Ms Anthony ran a half marathon and speaks English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. She spent 9 months in Spain, 5 months in France, 4 weeks travelling in Peru & Bolivia – wow! By Simra Chowdhury, 7SAn Mr Coffey has a twin and has walked the Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage trail in Spain from the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela (a 500km walk!). His favourite topics in history are the Cold War and Vietnam. By Lucia Prince, 8Kho & Shala Lazarus, 8JWa Ms Nwankwo loves to write poetry and romantic fiction. She also likes to debate topical issues! She used to be a poetry events manager in London. By Jasmine Sarmiento, 8JLa Ms Bartlett loves to travel. She has travelled around Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Thailand! Ms Bartlett has a younger brother who lives in Canada and an older sister who is a primary school teacher. Her hobbies are: running, reading, cooking and spending time with friends and family. By Esha Jamal, 7RLr
Teen Tech Shout Outs... winning teams On Thursday 12th October 2017, six Year 11 girls were invited to Buckingham Palace to attend the Teen Tech award ceremony hosted by HRH the Duke of York and Maggie Philbin (OBE).
Congratulations to Shala Lazarus, 8JWa, who achieved her grade 5 trombone with Merit! Shubham Rawat, 8AHe has made outstanding progress in GSAS’s reading club – well done for your hard work and commitment, Shubham!
The students presented their winning work in an extremely professional and calm way, delivering great explanations and acceptance speeches. The students revelled in the sophistication of the day, and particularly enjoyed observing the art work displayed, as well as having tea and refreshments served in royal china! ‘Food of Future’ joint winners: • Musammoth Siddiqa Khatun Anjuma • Mossamut Aarifa Islam • Faria Hoque ‘Environment’ winners • Dhansere Reza • Thamina Islam • Saima Rahmen
Lasharn Southwell, 10CWi has been volunteering in her local community for the past 2 summers. Lasharn worked in her local youth centre in Bethnal Green and supports with running activities for children – keep up the amazing voluntary work, Lasharn! Well done to Ellie Truong who passed her grade 4 piano exam during the summer holidays! Ethan Paice, 12NHi achieved 10 A*–Cs, including a grade 9 in English Literature. Ethan won the academy’s 2016/2017 Celebrating Difference Outstanding Achievement Award and as a Student Inclusion Ambassador, he championed and helped celebrate students with special educational needs or disabilities. Congratulations to Ciaran Constable, on achieving A*, A, B, B grades in Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Drama securing himself a place at Cambridge University – the first Sixth Form student to secure a place at this prestigious and worldrenowned institution.
Geography Field Trip On Friday 6th October, we went to Epping Forest to complete our geography fieldwork on rural areas. We took part in a variety of activities including having a tour around Loughton Brook River, collecting samples of different types of soil and analysing them. Furthermore, we came up with a hypothesis ‘How do river characteristics change with distance downstream along Loughton Brook’ – we used a variety of methods (measuring the
Amazing work from the following library volunteers: Siddika Tasnim 7JSc, Aarifa Khatun 7RLr, Jannat Karim 7TPa and Syeda-tasnim Azad 7AJo. Ms Laskas said, “Thank you for your professional, efficient and consistent contribution to the
Mr Stokes ran the Richmond Marathon (26.2 miles!!) on 16th September. What an achievement!
Get Involved! If you would like to get involved and help write the Word on The Street Newsletter, come along to the Newsletter Club on a Monday during lunchtime in room 211.
width and depth of the river, the velocity and pebble size) to answer this question. Overall, it was an enjoyable and informative experience. By Shifa Butt, 11ARo
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Thought for the day "There is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes."Richard Buckminster Fuller