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HHS first ever GCSE results The new restaurant Catherine West visits HHS
AUTUMN 2015
MAGAZINE
S SCHOOL MATTERS
EFFORT
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RESPONSIBILITY
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ACHIEVEMENT
CONTENTS 3
Welcome from the Head
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Attendence
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Mathematics
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EAL
9
English
9
Literacy
10
Citizenship & Sociology
11
Geography
13
Humanities
13
Explore
14
Business
16
Arts
18
Black History Month
22
Design & Technology
23
Catherine West
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Restaurant
26
Physical Education
28
Computing
30
SEND
32
The Library
34
Beyond Words
36
SEARCH Days
48
Dates for your Diary
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RESTAURANT
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HIGH ASPIRATIONS
GCSEs
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WELCOME FROM THE HEAD
I
am very proud to be writing my
the school play, Year 11 Mocks and AFA day.
first introduction to the SUCCESS
All offering different sides to school life; the
magazine!
arts, the academic and the pastoral.
This
magazine
is
a
All
celebration of all the amazing things
crucial in building our partnership with you
going on at Heartlands both in and out of
and ensuring we create a culture for learning
the classroom, and it is wonderful to be
to support the SEARCH ethos.
able to see this all in one place! Throughout the pages to follow you will see One of my proudest moments in teaching
our students and staff at their best embodying
came this year when I had the privilege of
the schools SEARCH ethos. In all we do we try
watching our first cohort of Year 11s open
to show School matters, we put in maximum
a brilliant set of results in August! They had
Effort, we aim to Achieve our best, we take
worked so hard not only in the run up to the
Responsibility, we are good citizens and
exams but in their five years here! We have
we have the Highest of aspirations. I hope
the highest of aspirations, and recently when
you enjoy what you see; we are incredibly
some students returned from an Alumni
pleased to be able to share it with you.
event, many commented on how prepared they were for academic life after school,
Best wishes
which is great to hear. The Winter term sees some of the most
Elen Roberts
important events in the Heartlands calander;
Head of School
W
Welcome to the first edition
The Autumn edition of our magazine is a
of the Success Magazine for
wonderful opportunity to celebrate the many
2015-2016. It is here that we
successes of our young people. I hope you
try to capture what is best
like what you read.
about the Heartlands High School. Under the leadership of Ms Roberts, students have
Best wishes
made a great start to the new Academic Year, and as always the start to term is always extremely busy. Simon Garrill Heartlands High School is growing from strength to strength. With a good set of
Executive Headteacher
results under our belt we are looking forward to building on that success and ensuring the very best for the young people in our care. The new school for autism is progressing well and we are to moving forward on finalised locations for site and building. Mrs Santi is excited about the prospect of taking the new school forward and we will be announcing dates for consultations and discussions soon.
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HEARTLANDS HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS
WEDNESDAY 3RD FEBRUARY 2016
SAVE THE DATE
Congratulations to the following students who have been selected for the key roles! Audrey - Beatrice Bishop Seymour - Kyle Osborne Orin - Ella Vanson Audrey II - Tila Lawton Mr Musnik - Annie Donlon Crystal - Tijana Uludag & Rushya Lawrence Chiffon - Darya Laksari & Melisa Karatas Ronnette - Klea Kojko & Hana Relmy Bernstein - Jake Lawless Patrick Martin - Zariel Konadu 5
ATTENDENCE AIMING FOR OUTSANDING ATTENDANCE
A
ttendance: It has been a really positive start to our attendance this year with the current figure at
Attendance Diamond Green Group 96% - 100%
94.9% and a number of students
earning their Bronze Award for having 100% attendance in the last half-term. Every half-
Yellow Group 92% - 95.9%
term we start afresh, so even if your child was absent prior to the half-term, they can still earn their award for these certificates between now and Christmas.
AmberGroup 85% - 91.9%
Please note that 81% of students with attendance at 96%+ achieve their five GCSE’s at grade C or above, including English and Maths. This figure drops significantly to just 18% for students with 80% attendance, proving it really does pay to be in school every single day, even when we are feeling a little poorly.
No Concern Concern Risk of Underachievement Severe Risk of Underachievement Extreme Concern
Pink Group 70% - 84.9%
Red Group 0% - 69.9%
HOUSE ATTENDANCE Scorpiuz - 94.21%
Cygnus - 95.22%
Pegasus - 95.33%
Aquila - 94%
Lacerta - 94.93%
Well done to House Pegasus with 95.33%! 6
MATHEMATICS A SUCCESSFUL TERM IN THE MATHS DEPARTMENT
T
he end of term is upon us and
in Further Maths, and around 14 students
subject for less than six months!), we moved
it has been a successful term in
have attended lessons after school since
on to the factor theorem, as you can see in
Maths. Firstly, a huge well done to
January. After some pleasing AFA4 results in
the picture!
all the Year 7s who have settled in
June (despite having only been studying the
fantastically here at Heartlands and
The first round of AFAs are now
are enjoying their maths lesson.
complete and as a department we are really pleased with the commitment
Secondly, Year 11 have returned
that students have shown towards
with a very mature attitude towards
their progress. Results to be returned
their maths studies and are showing
to you after half-term.
great focus in the classroom and in intervention. Don’t forget Year 11,
Search Day 1 is now complete and a
every Monday is Maths intervention!!!!
tremendous thank you to all of the Year 9 students who produced some
Current Year 11 students were offered
absolutely outstanding presentations
the opportunity to sit and study
about the Rugby World Cup and the
towards the AQA Level 2 certificate
teams participating in the tournament.
A reminder for KS3 students that Miss Hassan’s maths STRETCH club has now started - students completing a variety of challenging maths problems and games to develop their mathematical creativity and problem solving skills. STRETCH club runs on Tuesdays week A from 3.15-4.00 in S4.6.
If you are interested,
please come along!
OPEN EVENING Another successful open evening in the Maths Department. Here are two of our student volunteers with the tetrahedron built with the help of some of our Year 5 visitors.
@HHSMathematics
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EAL ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE AT HEARTLANDS Our new EAL students had a fantastic SEARCH day learning English through music, movie trailers and drama activities, among other things. They also reflected on their start at HHS; have a look at some of their comments!
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ENGLISH BALI RAI VISITS HEARTLANDS Author Bali Rai took assemblies for pupils on the theme of ‘Diversity in UK publishing’ and about how he deals with controversial topics in his own stories. He also stayed to sign copies of his books. His books have been very popular in the library since his visit. We encourage students to try them out, but parents should note that a few of his books do contain mature language or themes, which we would suggest are not suitable for all readers. These are clearly labelled with yellow stickers.
@EnglishHHS
ENGLISH GCSE On the Wednesday 4th November the English
using the new grading system at Heartlands.
department, along with the Mathematics
Practical advice and resources were shared with
department, hosted a GCSE Event. At this event
parents, so that current year 10s can effectively
parents were given information about the GCSE
prepare for their GCSE examinations and achieve
changes to the curriculum and how we will be
success!
LITERACY YEAR 9 SEARCH TRIP TO BBC BROADCASTING HOUSE
L
iteracy students from Year 9 visited BBC Broadcasting House in central London as part of a unit of work they were studying centred on the
BBC show ‘The Apprentice’. Students were taken on a tour of the BBC and shown how radio and television programmes are made. They were able to take part in a number of informative and engaging activities and enjoyed the experience immensely.
Year 9 students on the set of BBC’s ‘The
HHS student Zack Ahmed doing a weather
One Show’
report
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CITIZENSHIP & SOCIOLOGY THE ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE
Y
ear 9 had a fantastic time on their
case where students took on roles of Judges,
recent SEARCH day trip to the Royal
Appellants and Respondents battling out their
Courts of Justice in central London.
arguments in a real court room. Students
The Royal Courts of Justice is a court
were also lucky enough to receive a guided
building in London which houses both the
tour around the Royal Courts of Justice. It
High Court and Court of Appeal of England and
was a great opportunity for students to learn
Wales. As part of the trip students took part
more about the law through interactive and
in a mock trial of a ‘Joint Enterprise’ appeal
thought-provoking activities.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award empowers
young people (ages 14-25) to Make A Difference while exploring their potential, taking on new challenges, giving back to the community, and achieving success. Participants develop self-confidence, motivation, and lifelong friendships. The Award can be personalised and customised to the individual participant. So, what are you waiting for?
Do the Award today!
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
for more information contact Ms Shank at Heartlands 10
GEOGRAPHY YEAR 8
I
n geography we, Year 8, have been learning about Extreme Environments, places where you have to adjust to your surroundings to be able to survive like in a desert or somewhere extremely cold.
YEAR 9
W
YEAR 10
e have been learning about the
plates
boundaries,
composition of the earth and how tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanoes form. This was
I
n Year 10 we have been learning about deserts, particularly the Sahara desert. Also, I’ve learned how to draw and annotate maps and graphs. Our teacher
taught us how to be independent and also
Moreover, we sketched and studied maps of
all explained in great detail and in a way that
she makes us answer exam questions most
the continent Africa. Furthermore, we were
everyone could’ve understood it. We have
of the time to improve our geography skills.
comparing sources and were discussing why
also looked at a case study from Japan and
I also really enjoy geography with Ms Jouhal.
or how a place has turned into a desert or
completed a booklet about it. Furthermore,
by Dilan Ceylan
what kind of desert it is.
we completed 6-10 mark questions and looked at Ritcher and Mercalli scales.
YEAR 11
And lastly we drew graphs of the climate change through out the year in Africa and how
I particularly enjoyed the case study from
much rainfall there was in Africa compared to
Japan as we were allowed to research it on
England.
our own. I also enjoyed the lessons where we
by Gabriella Lilova
complete exam questions as it was made very clear on what we had to do to get full marks.
T
his year we have learnt about migration and population. It has been a very interesting subject and I have learnt so much about
how people migrate to other countries
It was also easy to understand for everyone.
for different reasons including social,
The lessons were made fun and interesting
environmental, economical and political
- we got to make storyboards showing how
reasons. For example, people may migrate to
tsunamis are formed. We used colouring
London because it’s very socially acceptable
pencils to show that we have met the success
here to be who you are (same-sex marriage
criteria.
could come into play with this) or someone
by Zuzanna Szelag
may migrate to another country because there has been a natural disaster (e.g. earthquakes). I’ve always loved geography but this year I’ve really found how much admiration I have for it. I’ve enjoyed working with Miss Jouhal who has really helped me throughout these past months. I hope to even go to college with all the geographical skills I’ve learnt. by Dorothea Doukanaris
80 BOOKS AROUND THE WORLD!
G
eography and the Library are working together to promote reading around the world! Students can fill in a bookmark passport when they read a book from, or set, in another country. Travelling to five different countries earns 20 merits! There is a huge display in the Library of 80 books from around the world to get you started on
your journey. Bookmarks & quiz sheets can be collected from Mr Amer or from the Library.
AROUND THE WORLD IN
80
BOOKS
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PREVENT
SPOT THE SIGNS
WHAT IS PREVENT?
CONTACT
You may be in a position to identify and support someone who may be vulnerable to becoming involved in extremism or terrorism.
Prevent aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporitng terrorism
For all contact information please see below, or speak to Mr Nagle
If you have concerns about someone that you think may be a t risk of radicalitstion or about anything to do with violent extremism, please speak to Mr Nagle
WHY MIGHT I BE WORRIED?
KEEPING SAFE - WHAT CAN I DO?
If you notice any of the following behaviours in your friends, family, local people:
If you have any concerns about yours or others safety you can contact:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
1. Prevent Coordinator at School: Mr Nagle (or any teacher you feel comfortable talking to) 2. Police: 999 3. Crimestoppers (anonymous): 0800 555 111 4. Haringey Council’s Children and Young People’s Service: 020 8489 1000 5. Anti Terrorist Hotline: 0800 789 321 6. Online: www.ceop.gov.uk www.bbc.co.uk/webwise www.childline.org.uk
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Changes or out of character dress / clothing Strange / different behaviours Changing peer relationships / friendships Secretive behaviour Losing interest in friends and activities Showing sympathy for extremist causes Glorifying violence Possessing or sharing of illegal or extremist literature
HUMANITIES KS4
Y
ear 11 GCSE History students are
are
and
exams covering topics recently studied such
currently working hard completing
historical interpretations (such as the images
as population and settlement in Geography,
their
sources
below) of the event to make a judgement
crime and deviance in Sociology and Nazi
on the short- and long-term impact the bus
Germany in History. Students were dedicated
Montgomery Bus Boycott. As you may know,
boycott had on the Civil Rights Movement.
throughout and we look forward to seeing
the Montgomery Bus Boycott was instigated
The Controlled Assessment makes up 25%
how they have done.
by Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on
of students’ final GCSE grade, and we wish
a segregated bus service in Montgomery. The
them the best of luck.
the
Assessments
different
the
on
Controlled
comparing
significance
of
Well done to all GCSE Humanities students
event made international news in 1955-1956
and keep up the good work.
and led to the prominent rise of Civil Rights
All Humanities GCSE students have just
leaders such as Martin Luther King. Students
finished their exams for AFA1. Students sat
Mr Hicks (Head of Humanities)
Front Page of the Montgomery Advertiser ‘5,000 at Meeting Outline Boycott; Bullet Clips Bus’ Rosa Parks having her arrest on 1st December, 1955
6th December,1955
EXPLORE FIELDWORK IN THE LOCAL AREA
A
ll Year 7 classes have been out
environment. All of this work has
and about in the local area
been analysed in class to develop
collecting data as part of their
their geographical investigation
field studies for Explore. Students
skills and forms an important
worked together to complete
element of their AFA1 assessment.
Environmental Quality Surveys of four sites,
Student behaviour was excellent
making judgements on appearance and the
and they were all ambassadors for
role of each site for the community.
the school.
Students also used their artistic skills to complete field sketches and a traffic survey to ascertain the impact of vehicles on the
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BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS
SEARCH DAY
Over the past few weeks, students in Year 9
As part of Black History Month the business
have been busy learning about entrepreneurs,
This half term sees the beginning of the
department has also been encouraging
such as why they have been so successful?
third Heartlands Apprentice. Last year Jodie
our students to research successful black
What risks have they taken? What qualities
Bulmer won this event which has allowed
entrepreneurs. We have looked at local
do they have? They have produced a range
her to develop her entrepreneurial skills and
London examples and also some high profile
of resources that exhibit the knowledge they
organise events throughout the school year.
successful overseas entrepreneurs. These
have gained from their research.
lessons have helped us to celebrate their This year however, 10 candidates will be
successes and help generate new ideas for
selected to take part in 5 challenges over
our students in the future.
5 weeks from Year 10. This will run up to Christmas when one student will win the
Work Experience
grand prize. This competition runs similar to
This term sees some exciting events happening
the TV show with Lord Sugar where students
within the business department. Over the
are given tasks and compete against each
next few weeks students in year 10 will be
other to be crowned the overall winner. This
experiencing some work experience events
event will be launched in early November.
during our SEARCH DAY program. This will allow them to research about their potential careers but also to practice conducting Mock interviews to prepare them for the real world. This event helps our students prepare for their real work experience which takes place in March next year.
This year I am delighted to announce that we are once again taking part in the Jack Petchey Speak out Challenge. This is a public speaking competition that students within schools across London compete against each other. The grand prize is £3000 for the winner who will be determined at the grand final in central London in June. However in December of this year we will be holding our school finals. This will allow students to receive training on what makes a good public speaker. Following this
Item
Price
Sharpener
£0.20
Eraser
£0.25
chance of going to the grand finale to win the
Ruler
£0.50
grand prize.
Heartlands Pen
£0.50
Blue Pen
£0.15
Pencil Case
£1
Pencil
£0.10
Heartlands Pencil
£0.20
Maths Set
£1
training event, 2 students will be selected to represent the school in the Borough Final. If we are successful there, then we have a
I am looking forward to December to see how the Year 10’s will do and we then await the Borough final in January.
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HEARTLANDS INK
SCIENCE
MS MENSAH A GREAT START BACK AND FOUR NEW MR FACES! BIMPIRIS It has been a great start back to Science. We have four new
teachers within Science; we have Mr Benfetouha who is our KS3 Science coordinator and Mr Bimpiris, Ms Mensah and Ms Perin who are our three new science teachers. Please give them a warm welcome to HHS!
Q: What is your favourite aspect of HHS? A: The fact the school nurtures the citizenship of pupils
MR BIMPIRIS
MS MENSAH
The Science Department are selling excellent study resources for students on parent pay:
SEARCH 1 was a great success with Year 8 pupils exploring different food and calories!
KS4 Core and Additional revision guide and workbook: our price £11.00 retail price £21.80 KS4 Triple Science revision guide and workbook: our price £16.50 retail price £32.70 KS3 Workbook and revision guides: our price £8.00 retail price £14.90
Mr Kane and Ms Betiku preparing students for their GCSEs with an engaging after-school intervention
See Ms Tawil in F5.20 for any revision guide queries
HHS TO GROW SEEDS FROM SPACE Students at Heartlands High School are
weeks. The students won’t know which seed
British ESA astronaut Tim Peake’s Principia
preparing to become space biologists and
packet contains which seeds until all results
mission to the ISS and inspire young people
embark on a voyage of discovery by growing
have been collected by the RHS Campaign
to look into careers in STEM (science,
seeds that have been into space.
for School Gardening and analysed by
technology, engineering and maths) subjects,
professional biostatisticians.
including horticulture. Follow the project on
In September, 2kg of rocket seeds were flown
Twitter: @RHSSchools #RocketScience
to the International Space Station (ISS) on
The
out-of-this-world,
nationwide
Soyuz 44S where they will spend several
science experiment will enable the
months in microgravity before returning to
students to think more about how we
Earth in March 2016. The seeds have been
could preserve human life on another
sent as part of Rocket Science, an educational
planet in the future, what astronauts
project launched by the RHS Campaign for
need to survive long-term missions in
School Gardening and the UK Space Agency.
space and the difficulties surrounding growing fresh food in challenging
Heartlands High School will be one of up to
climates.
10,000 schools to receive a packet of 100 seeds from space, which they will grow
Rocket Science is just one educational
alongside seeds that haven’t been to space
project from a programme developed
and measure the differences over seven
by the UK Space Agency to celebrate
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ARTS On this page you can see the impressive range of images created by Year 10 students for their coursework projects.
Royem Toyam
Berfin Sesen
Hussein Abdilleh
STUDENT GALLERY
Lydia Velikic
Wahiad Abdul
Safa Jawad
Dimitra Tona
Serhan Akbulut Matthew Gruszewski
Herbie Doyle
Codie Sapla
Reina Jawad
YEAR 10 Dennis Shequeri
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Sarah Hepting
NEW MURAL Thank you to all the students who took part in our art workshops on Rewards Day in July. Students used mixed media and paint to represent their houses but also came up with designs to celebrate Art, Music and Drama. We’re really excited to have this new Mural up in the arts corridor, welcoming people to our creative Faculty. Follow @artheartlands on twitter to see more examples of student creativity.
@ArtHeartlands
TATE MODERN
W
e were thrilled to take our first trip out this term, with 14 students from Y7-10 to see ‘The World Goes Pop’ at the Tate Modern. It was a beautiful day for walking from St Paul’s
Cathedral over the river to the Tate, and the students enjoyed seeing many iconic buildings. The exhibition itself was very exciting; Zaykov, Year 7 enjoyed the colourful 3D artworks best, while Manal, Year 10 was interested in how artists used witty Pop art to communicate serious messages. It was a great afternoon and we look forward to leading further trips to galleries next half-term and beyond. Keep an eye on @ artheartlands on twitter for further news and opportunities.
@ArtHeartlands
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH
B
lack History Month was developed
reflect on the current debate about whether
in the USA and has been celebrated
or not Britain should pay reparations for their
BUSINESS
across the UK since 1987. This year
role in the Transatlantic slave trade.
As part of Black History Month the business
we decided to focus on the stories
which have been far too often neglected.
department has also been encouraging This
the
our students to research successful black
relationship between past and present and
asked
students
to
consider
entrepreneurs. We have looked at local
I set a challenge to the teachers at HHS to find
to engage in a debate about the responsibility
London examples and also some high profile
their own ‘Untold Stories’ and share them with
that Britain should take today. Our Year 8
successful oversea entrepreneurs. These
the school. Teachers around the school have
History students have been learning about
lessons have helped us to celebrate their
put their ‘Untold Story’ on their classroom
the history of Africa before the Trans-Atlantic
successes and help generate new ideas from
door and have used them as starters in their
slave trade. They have completed home
our students in the future.
lessons. The aim of this
learning research projects
was to encourage us as a
to explore an aspect of the
community to research and
history of Africa and have
discuss the experiences of
been working with Ms
people of African descent
Kensous to create a display.
that we find inspiring. Ms Obeng has organised A
week
of
assemblies
brilliant
‘Empowering
launched our focus for
black
women
through
BHM 2015 and extended
History’ workshop sessions
the challenge to students.
every week this month.
Year 11 prefects Raijona Grant, Amira Ibrahim
Ishanda (Year 10) says that “We have been
and Tafara Masonza presented their own
focusing on how the role of black women has
favourite ‘Untold Stories’ and encouraged
been portrayed throughout history. I found
other students to do the same. There were
the story of Sarah Baartman particularly
fascinating contributions from a range of
interesting because it made me think about
teachers including: Mr Lloyd who shared his
how perceptions and representations of black
research about the ‘Harlem Hellfighters’; Ms
women’s bodies have changed over time.”
Collins who taught us about the achievements
We plan for these sessions to continue after
of Steve McQueen; and Ms Hall who urged
BHM. The month will end with a poetry and
us to look into the work of artist Chris Ofili.
performance celebration event led by Mr Bola
Ms Collins created a Citizenship session for
on Thursday 22nd October.
vertical tutor time which asked students to
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH As it was Black History Month I was asked to interview teachers about their ‘Untold Story’ and what they thought BHM represented. I interviewed Ms Roberts and Mr Nagle.
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THE RESULTS
W
e were delighted with our
schools nationally from Summer 2016. In
Art, Photography, Triple Science, Business
first set of exam results
this measure, the school also performed
Studies and Computing. These examination
this summer, which were a
very well.
Zero represents the national
results enabled every Heartlands student to
testimony to the hard work of
average but students at Heartlands achieved
go onto a suitable Post 16 course of study and
staff and students. 59% of students achieved
a Progress 8 score of +0.41. This is equivalent
we are proud of the wide range of courses
five GCSEs at grades A*-C, including English
to every student in the school achieving one
and quality of sixth form institutions our
and Maths. This is 6% above the national
grade higher than national expectation across
students have progressed to.
average for this measure and places us fourth
four of their GCSE subjects.
in the ranking of all Haringey secondary
We know that outstanding outcomes for 1030
schools. What this statistic doesn’t reveal is the exceptional progress made by students
our students change their life chances and
1020
Heartlands
school with levels which were significantly
1010
National Ave
below national average and left with
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here. This cohort of students arrived at the
provide them with a wealth of opportunities for the next stage of their education. So despite the success of our first set of results, we are determined to use these as a platform
qualifications which comfortably exceeded
to improve further.
This term, Mr Garrill,
national expectations. Consequently, our
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Ms Roberts and I met with each Head of
progress data is excellent. Our exam results
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Faculty to analyse results and put in place
are significantly higher than any school in
0
the borough with a similar ability intake. The grid opposite illustrates the progress
tangible, strategic plans to raise achievement Best 8 Value Added
further. Our current Year 11s have made an excellent start to the year and are working
score our students achieved across their
We are particularly proud of our results
hard in lessons and after school to develop
best eight GCSE grades in comparison to
in English and Maths with 78% and 72%
their knowledge and skills. As always, we
national average progress scores.
respectively achieving good GCSE passes in
emphasise to students the importance of
these critical subjects.
Progress in these
giving their ‘best effort’ as we recognise
The new progress score for schools, ‘Progress
subjects was also excellent, a testimony to the
that success looks different for each and
8’, assesses the progress students make
effectiveness of our intervention programmes
every student, but commitment and hard
in English, Maths, Science, Humanities,
in Literacy and Numeracy and the quality
work are universal traits which are critical to
Languages and three other subjects. This
of teaching across these core subjects.
accomplishing any goal.
will be the key performance measure for all
Outstanding results were also achieved in
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GCSEs
% A*-C in English Language
78%
% A*-C in Maths
72%
% 5+ A*-C incl. English and Maths
58%
% 5+ A*-C grades
61%
% 3+ A*-A grades
28%
% English Baccalaureate
31%
Projected Value Added (1000 represents national average progress)
1026
Projected Progress 8 score (0.0 represents national average)
+0.36
THE RESULTS
Mattia Hendrick Grade A* x 4 Grade A x 5 Grade B x 1
Darlene Benner Grade A* x 4 Grade A x 5
Jordan Charles Grade A* x 2 Grade A x 4 Grade B x 3
Kamiylah Charles Grade A* x 4 Grade A x 5 Grade B x 1
Petrit Jupoli Grade A* x 3 Grade A x 5 Grade B x 3
Mayowa Akinyemi Grade A* x 3 Grade A x 7
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DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY GRAPHICS Students are loving the new Graphics project where they design their very own breakfast cereal packaging. This year in Technology, the Year 7s have embarked
on
designing
and
making
innovative cereal packaging, a graphic project to promote healthy eating amongst teenagers. They came up with different creative ideas that are aesthetically pleasing with attractive cartoon characters.
They
studied the importance of good packaging and employed the use of the different graphic elements required for the development of the cereal package.
RESISTANT MATERIALS Mr Scullion writes:
During the project they have learned how
I truly think this is going to be the best year
The Year 7’s who have studied Resistant
to safely use all the tools and machines in
group Heartlands have had in its short history!
Materials have made a fantastic start. I have
the workshop. They have
been overawed by their enthusiasm and
studied
dedication in both practical and theory lessons.
types and utilised their
different
timber
math skills by marking and The students have spent the last seven weeks designing and making a maze game.
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measuring different joints.
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY CATERING
I
n Catering, students are really enjoying
Miss Ali writes:
Students learnt that very few ingredients and
the lessons delivered by Miss Ali and the
‘Year 9, lesson on sustainability, using
little time is required to make fresh pasta,
there has been a plethora of activities
ingredients in the cupboard to make fresh
and all students could give reasons as to why
happening in the Catering Department
pasta and using up your scraps to make a
sustainability is good for the environment,
delicious pasta sauce!!’
and saving money and no pasta machinery is
since September. Here is a snapshot of some of the learning that has been taking place in
required’
Year 9.
CATHERINE WEST
O
n Friday 2nd October Heartlands
When asked what
High School were proud to host
she thought young
a visit from local MP; newly
people could do to
elected Catherine West.
Ms
support Haringey
West met with a range of students from
she spoke of the
the Junior Leadership Team to discuss local
need for young
issues, educational concerns and the future
people to remain
of Haringey and London.
studious and work
They prepared a range of questions and entered into a spirited debate around affordable housing, the London Mayoral election, Labour Party Leadership and the profile of politics and young people. Catherine answered questions from students honestly and spoke of her drive to trying to improve housing in the local area and the difficulties around affordability and London property.
hard to become active,
educated
citizens.
We are
delighted to have had our first visit from
Ms
West
and look forward to
welcoming
her
back
to
Heartlands.
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RESTAURANT
G
CATERING GOES IN-HOUSE!
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t’s been a very busy term back in the HHS Kitchen and Restaurant. The school has made the bold step of moving “in-house” with its catering provision. This means
that the school can now offer a much larger range of dishes, ingredients and fresh food. One of the changes we have brought in is “Meat Free Monday”. You will find a piece about this campaign in another article in the magazine. We listened to a lot of feedback from parents/ carers regarding knowing what was on offer for their child on a day-to-day basis. The menus are therefore now available to view on the school’s website. Look out for the short questionnaire we will be sending out to pupils. We look forward to receiving helpful feedback and any suggestions they may have for future menus.
HHS RESTAURANT
Please fill in HHS RESTAURANT. like about the new what you do / don’t feedback box. We really want to know the card back in the commments, then put any us give and the form below
ABOUT YOU
Student
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Adult
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HHS RESTAURANT
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RESTAURANT MEAT FREE MONDAYS - THE SUSTAINABLE APPROACH.
A
new initiative has been launched
power for processing and land for production.
In addition, it provides an opportunity to try
at HHS to give one whole day
It also gives us all an opportunity to think
a variety of different, delicious dishes. Please
over to a meat free menu. Meat
about a sustainable approach to the future
support this initiative by encouraging your
Free Mondays is a not-for-profit
of our planet; meeting the needs of the
son or daughter to try the new food options
campaign launched by Paul, Mary and
present, without compromising the ability of
now available on a Monday.
Stella McCartney in 2009. This aims to raise
future generations to meet their own needs.
awareness of the environmental impact of eating meat, and to encourage people to help slow climate change, preserve precious natural resources and improve their health by having at least one meat free day each week. By having this day on the menu we, as a school community, can all do our bit to reduce our individual impact on the the world’s resources. We reduce our consumption of meat directly - which indirectly reduces consumption of water, fuel for transport,
Every morning in the Sports Hall from 7.30-8.20am Meet at the front gates. Open to all years. Bring your Heartlands P.E kit.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION NETBALL
Year 7 netball squad had a fantastic start to the season winning their first match 18-3.
Year 8 netball squad won 9-4; another great performance.
EXCITING NEWS FOR TABLE TENNIS LOVERS!
T
he PE Department have been
Heartlands High School has been granted
and funding for training staff and student
successful in another bid to
over ÂŁ4,000 in funding to provide four new
leaders. Watch this space for more news!
the Tottenham Grammar Fund.
table tennis tables, new bats and balls as
In this bid, led by Ms Mudd,
well as equipment to run tournaments,
U16 TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONS
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION EAST MERSEA RESIDENTIAL 2015
T
wenty-nine students went on a
activities: climbing, caving, archery, kit karts
residential to East Mersea, an island
and many more over the weekend. Students
in Essex. It was fantastic weather
were fantastic ambassadors for the school,
and the place was perfect for
receiving very positive feedback from all staff.
outdoor education. Students did a range of
We look forward to our trip next year.
rience, ing expe z a m a n a to “It was portunity t the op e g u o y n’t and you would ies that it iv t c a y o d ore, ou Furtherm l. o o h c s be do in ekend to whole we d m get the nd do in riends a f r u o y with ctivities” blowing a
“You mu st definit ely go there, it is one of the best experien ces you w il l love it all, ever ything a bout the trip is amazin g!”
NETBALL CLUB Mondays in the sports hall
(girls only)
t that s, I learn k is r e k to ta I thought “I learnt scary as s a t o n re t I should insects a fun. Tha d a h I , not e and re often they wer ilities mo b a y m need to believe in s. I also k is r e k a to t rk skills” be afraid team wo y m n o improve
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COMPUTING YEAR 8 (A & R) COMPUTING SEARCH TRIP THE CENTRE FOR COMPUTING HISTORY, CAMBRIDGE
T
his year all our Year 8 students are visiting the Centre for Computing History
in
Cambridge
(TCCH),
and on Tuesday 22nd September,
learning groups A & R visited. TCCH is an educational charity whose core purpose is to increase understanding of developments in computing over the past 60 years. TCCH has an internationally significant collection of vintage computers, memorabilia, artefacts, documents and hands-on displays – in total about 24,000 items. Our students were given a tour of the museum by the curator, learnt how to program a computer using the BBC BASIC language, and played on over 200 different games consoles spanning the past 40 years. Even the teachers enjoyed learning about how computer technology has developed over time, and it brought back fond memories for Mr Matthews who reminisced about the good old days.
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COMPUTING Year 10 - GCSE Computer Science For his motivation and persistence; he never gives up and keeps trying until he understands a programming concept.
Year 11 - GCSE
Ekin Dil (CHA)
Year 10 - GCSE ICT For exceptional class and home learning, and for his commitment to the subject, especially his continuing contributions in lessons.
Tia Thomas (PWE)
Computing For demonstrating an amazing level of focus and dedication to achieve highly in her controlled assessments.
Year 7 - Computing
OUR COMPUTING STARS Remaire Shand (SSO)
Hisen Kara (PWE)
Year 9 - Computing For a huge improvement in his attitude to learning and for showing a real commitment to developing his programming skills.
For an amazing scratch game developed independently; Remaire has been a real star in lessons and has made exceptional progress so far this year.
Year 8 Computing For his hard work and resilience when creating his fantastic control system. Rokan is continuing to work well above his target level. Aldrin Marshall
Rokan Kaya (CTA)
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SEND
I
n the Learning Support Faculty we have
teacher in primary to approximately 10 in
With our second cohort of students due
started the year at breakneck speed with
Secondary is a confusing time!
to take their GCSEs in Summer 2016, a lot
the Year 6- 7 transition of our students
of work has already been undertaken to
from their primary schools into the
This year we continue to work closely with
ensure that all our students who require it,
big world of Seconday School. All of our
our literacy specialist and she is a great asset
have been given appropriate and fair access
students have had a smooth transition and
to our faculty. Students with barriers to their
arrangements, which may include extra time,
this has been helped by the support of
learning need specific understanding and
a reader or a scribe. Our Learning Support
all the staff, becoming familiar with each
Mary’s input is invaluable. We are planning
assistants have had specific time training in
student and understanding their particular
for the coming half-term a parents’ meeting
order to optimise their time supporting our
needs and how to get the very best from
with Mary Dowson, our Literacy Specialist,
students, not only througout the exam period
them in lessons. We have various ways to do
and Mandy Carr, our Dramatherapist. Higher
but day to day in their lessons.
this, including assigning specific students a
up the school, our work with transition into
key worker, and a lead teacher, ensuring that
6th Form has already begun and individual
There are many more plans for all our
we all share our best practice with some of
parents’ meetings with students with EHC
students this year, including our annual
the most vulnerable students by our Subject
Plans in particular have already taken place,
residential to Rand Farm in Lincolnshire,
Teacher around the Child meetings which
in order to ensure the best chance of a good
SEARCH day trips and an up and coming
are held most Fridays before school.
placement moving up into Year 12. We have
visit to Alexandra Palace for the Christmas
also had an evening meeting with parents of
pantomime of Cinderella. We will be sure to
Some students have visual timetables to
Statemented/EHC Plan students in Year 7 to
keep you posted on all our future plans.
support their independence around school;
familiarise them with the school systems and
some students have Tiger Mats that help
to reassure them of our day-to-day support
them to settle in class. Moving from 1 class
for their children.
y graph photo g in paint re tu p l u sc
comp ut stage ers fash design ion
THE ART CLUB Every Friday N5.9 3.15 - 4.15
Competitions Prices and trips
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SEND
T
he
Alternative
course comes to a close this year, the group
Curriculum has got off to a flying start
Key
Stage
4
will be expected to know and practise safe
this year with Year 11s attending
handling of food and food hygiene, whilst
Southgate College for their final
being independent in working and using
year of Catering and Motor Mechanics. The
the kitchen to produce high quality food.
Mechanics boys have being working on their
Last week, the group completed their first
spot welding skills at the start of this term,
practical assessment making focaccia, and all
and taking brakes apart to understand how
passed with flying colours and really showed
they work and how to repair them when
the skills they have accumulated over the
things go wrong! The boys are becoming
past year, including making dough from
more confident and independent in their
scratch, weighing ingredients, and timing
skills, and it is clear from their portfolios
cooking times to perfection.
that they are on track and achieving well for the end of the year.
All our students involved in the alternative curriculum have made an excellent start,
As for the Catering team, it is the time of
and there is no doubt that this will continue
year for theory work and assessments. As the
throughout the year.
ASPIRE
I
n Aspire this term the children’s focus in Asdan was animal care. They were able to understand the responsibilities of taking care of different animals. In
particular, George and Norman who take up residency in S4.9.
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THE LIBRARY PUPIL LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR
T
his year we nominated three of our longest standing Student Librarians for the first ever national award which recognises the hard work
and contribution Student Librarians make
Students: Tia Thomas Megan Boothman Lydia Velikic
to the success of their school libraries. The award is run by national organisations The School Library Association (SLA): and The Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals (CILIP). Our students were not taken through to the final stages but were recognised as nominees and sent certificates and congratulations “to recognise the contribution made by pupils who work in their school libraries, to acknowledge the skills gained and to give them the recognition they deserve, both within and outside their school community.�
Photos from a recent trip to Foyles Bookshop to buy books for the library.
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THE LIBRARY @POETRYDAYUK #NATIONALPOETRYDAY
W
e celebrated National Poetry
We discovered some great new Year 7 poets
this year with Michelle and seeing your work
Day in style with the first
as well as hearing from some seasoned
in a real book! You can find out more about
Poetry Slam of the year.
performers. There was a wonderful mix of
First Story here www.firststory.org.uk and on
Pupils and staff performed
poetry too – some funny, some poignant,
Twitter @FirstStory. You can find out more
either their own poems, or some of their
some clever. We also learnt
about Michelle Madsen http://
favourites, and were judged in categories by
some Poetry Slam jargon
michellemadsenpoet.com/
our scoring judges and an avid audience. Our
such as ‘score creep’ where
and on Twitter @mishmadsen
wonderful host poet, Michelle Madsen, kept
judges get more enthusiastic
things running smoothly and performed her
as a slam goes on (that’s why
own poetry too.
you have several judges and
Winners in each different category won prize bundles including a poetry book. All
discount the top and bottom scores).
Mr Bola is our secret Poet in Residence. By day he is one of our Engage Officers; by night, a world-class poet. You can find our more about
participants in the event (judges, scorers,
Michelle
our
his poetry here: www.jjbola.
performers and audience members) received
current Poet in Residence,
com or on Twitter @JJ_Bola
in-house merits and certificates. Merits were
running the First Story creative
matched to scores for some high stake rewards!
writing club with pupils for
Category 1: First Story poets Category 2: Performers reading favourite poems Category 3: Performers reading own created poetry
Madsen
is
the second year in a row. Make sure you tell Mr Lloyd if you would like to take part
@LibraryHHS
in creating stories and poems
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BEYOND WORDS
B
eyond Words is our whole school
Participation: 83% of the school have taken a quiz
reading programme that creates
Engaged time: 16 minutes
responsible, resilient and reflective
Year group with highest engaged time: Year 7 with 27
readers.
minutes Books read: 3,402
Students have been reading books within their
Words read: 68,417,206
ZPD level and taking quizzes to check their understanding, and we have already made
@hhsbeyondwords
some fantastic progress.
Your BEYOND WORDS Targets READING TO SUCCEED
Engaged Time
Quiz Score
20 minutes per day
Average percentage correct - 85%
iSEARCH Be independent
STAR READERS WALL OF FAME Amazingly, 197 students met their Points Target this half-term and received certificates. Congratulations in particular to the following students who exceeded all of their targets:
Name
Number of quizzes
Average % correct
Engaged time (minutes per day)
Points earned
Melisa Karatas
10
89
110
50
Zara Cek
7
99
133
66
Mohamed Hassan
8
95
149
68
Denizcan Selvi
10
85
127
73
Floarea Putan
10
85
278
75
Mayela Bassega
12
85
100
81
Sara Zahed
7
99
119
88
Raychelle Baffo
12
88
109
106
Phoebe Willars
36
89
177
130
Jude Apcher
15
91
232
152
James Miller
23
92
217
160
Harry Ewing
33
85
348
171
Myfanwy Greene
46
85
199
193
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BEYOND WORDS RENAISSANCE HOME CONNECT You can keep informed of your child’s
If you’d like to receive emails showing your
progress with their reading by logging
child’s quiz or test results, click the Email
in to Home Connect. Just visit the
Setup link and follow the directions. If you
website
http://Ukhosted48.renlearn.
have questions about Renaissance Home
co.uk/3274022/HomeConnect or tinyurl.
Connect, please don’t hesitate to email me at
com/heartlandshomeconnect
hannah.tall@heartlands.haringey.sch.uk.
and
login
using your child’s username and password.
MILLIONAIRE CLUB Some students have reached the impressive milestone of reading over 1,000,000 words. Congratulations to: Michael Culley - 1,506,291 words Harry Ewing - 1,356,100 words
HHS Accelerated
Myfanwy Greene - 1,275,012 words Thant Aung - 1,272,044 words
Reader
Hana Relmy - 1,207,382 words James Miller - 1,102,381 words Sonia Paul - 1,041,310 words Jude Apcher - 1,017,070 words
PARTICIPATION COMPETITION This half-term we ran a competition to see
Congratulations to ALD, CSE, LAL, PAK and
And well done Aquila for being the house
which forms in each house could reach 100%
SKN, who were the first form in their house
with the highest participation so far at 89.1%!
participation first - that’s every student
to achieve this. And to CWN, AAA, AMN and
taking a quiz on a book or article they’ve
AEL who also reached our target of 100%
read. The prize was a pizza party.
soon after.
CSE enjoying their Pizza Party after reaching 100% first!
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SEARCH DAYS
S
EARCH days will continue this
questions about the topic at home, or you
academic year for all years. Every
might want to take the opportunity to talk to
half-term there will be a SEARCH
your child about issues such as those above,
day, in which students will take
before the work is covered in school.
part in project learning. This will mean investigations, visits, special events, target setting and other ways of learning that build on what has been achieved in class. SEARCH days are drop-down curriculum days that
If you have any queries about the content of the programme or resources used, please do not hesitate to contact me: heather.denny@ heartlands.haringey.sch.uk.
include PSHE (personal, social, health and economic), SMSE (spiritual, social, moral and cultural) and the character curriculum. The SEARCH days for the first term are as follows: SEARCH day 4 - Monday 30th November From Years 7-11 and within SEARCH days, we teach PHSE curriculum where our students learn about sex education. Sex education is only a small part of our entire PHSE programme which is followed throughout the school. During their time at the school, the students have already had a broad programme about healthy living, hygiene, diet,
e-safety,
relationships,
Character,
SEARCH, British values and extremism. We have now run this programme at Heartlands for more than five years. Past experience has shown us that our students are very mature and ask good questions. You may find that your child starts asking
SCHOOL NURSE The School Nurse is available for ALL students. You can speak or discuss any of the following issues:
Confidential advice and guidance given
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No Appointment Required – just turn up and knock on the door
Wednesdays 12.30-14.00 N4:2
AQUILA Aquila have started the new term brilliantly. We have made a flying start to the Beyond Words programme, with students completing many quizzes and showing a great deal of engagement whilst increasing their reading ages. We have also re-introduced the Duolog programme. It has been great to see a whole host of Aquilans supporting each other with their reading and sharing a love of books. Beyond Words is an excellent programme that helps to improve the academic potential of our students. Please continue to support this programme by signing your child’s bookmark in their planner and having
regular learning conversations about this on a weekly basis. This term’s focus has been on resilience. The collective worship assemblies have asked students to consider how they react under challenging circumstances. We encourage all students to take well considered ‘risks’ in their learning, and to enable them to reap
MERITS Top 20 Merit winners To honour our top twenty merit winners we have listed them in the table below. We are currently winning the Inter-house merit race! Well done to all of you and keep up the good work!
the academic benefits of attempting tasks more than once. Congratulations to Krasimir, who successfully completed the resilience bucket and ball challenge, after a number of attempts and a little bit of support from Mr Lloyd. That chocolate must taste good! Aquilans are obviously following these messages and showing lots of resilience among other things; we are still top of the merit ladder. Let’s keep this up!
Aquila Question Time: With Mr Adekunle What activities/hobbies do you do? Running/athletics and reading. What is your favourite book? Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan.
What is your favourite animal? Lions - I like how fierce and courageous they
MERITS TABLE
are. Plus I recently went to see Lion King in Year
Form
Merit Total
Konadu Zariel
Year 8
AMN
975
What attracted you to teaching?
Pipi Honour
Year 8
AKU
635
I had amazing teachers whilst at school
Phillips Tareeq
Year 9
AKU
551
who helped me both in and outside the
Gochev Hristo
Year 10
ACE
548
classroom (I was not the easiest child to
Williams Amber
Year 7
AKU
539
deal with!). Plus I’ve always loved English
Djaboub Mouhamed
Year 7
AKU
538
as a subject.
Patel Ravi
Year 7
AMN
512
theatre and loved every minute of it! And the Eagle, obviously!
Name
Ali Khaled
Year 11
AKU
507
What is your favourite motivational quote?
Gilgil Mehmet
Year 10
AMN
500
My favourite motivational quote is ‘‘Kites
Omar Mohamed
Year 9
AMN
481
rise highest against the wind, not with it”
Morrison Jaheem
Year 8
ASG
461
— Winston S. Churchill
Stoyanova Viktoria
Year 7
AKU
456
Napier Tyler
Year 10
ASG
451
Harriott Karla
Year 8
AKU
445
Naushen Ishrat
Year 8
AAE
444
Cooper Lauren
Year 9
AKU
436
Miah Darnell
Year 8
AKU
432
Spencer Daniel
Year 7
AKU
425
Tweddell Lotte
Year 8
AMN
422
Anderson Rochelle
Year 11
AMN
415
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CYGNUS This term Mr Fox set Cygnus a target of reaching over 200 merits
by mid October. To his surprise, over 40 students in the house exceeded this target!
MERITS Top 20 Merit winners We are currently joint third in the merit race with pegasus - lets keep working hard, achieveing and getting those merits and next term we can be striding ahead of all the other houses. Well done to all the top twenty merit winners of the house, you’re doing great! keep it up! GO CYGNUS!!!
Adam Dawkins
Jamie McCarron-
Adam has made a huge improvement in his attitude to learning this year, reflected in his fantastic total of nearly 400 merits. He has gained very few demerits, all the more fantastic when compared to the total of 158 he had last year. He has taken on his responsibility of entering y10 and being a positive role model with great integrity. For her continous efforts in following all routines for SUCCESS. She is a polite and enthusiatic member of the form and always willing to help out! She is truly an asset to the Cygnus house.
Ella has made a great start to life at Heartlands, she is fantastic to have in tutor time, always prepared adn polite. A pleasure to teach! Ella MacdonaldBoyle
Gamez
Harry is a polite, diligent and conscientious student. He was one of the biggest borrowers last term from the library, and he contributes to all discussions during tutor time. Harry Ewing
Bleron Azemaj
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MERITS TABLE
Viki Hadzhieva Bleron has made a fantastic start to year 7, becoming one of the top merit earners of Cygnus. He is always engaged with Beyonds Words in and outside school, and takes part in lots of after school sports
For outstanding progress across all her subjects and increasing her merit total through positive contributions and volunteer work. Her confidence her really increased and this is reflected in her contribution merits
Name
Year
Form
Merit Total
Greene Myfanwy
Year 7
CMR
464
Matheou Kiris
Year 10
CSE
416
Ozdemir Eray
Year 10
CMR
402
Chemlal Raneem
Year 7
CMY
400
Kilic Selina
Year 8
CMY
397
Bolikango Godiva
Year 11
CSE
392
Noriega Castro Michael
Year 8
CWN
392
Eren Ezo
Year 7
CTA
384
Yilmaz Nil
Year 10
CJL
381
Frewin Leah
Year 7
CAM
380
Cheik Aya
Year 8
CWN
371
Campbell Roial
Year 8
CMR
368
Gruszewski Matthew
Year 11
CSE
361
Butler Kate
Year 9
CWN
357
Callis Constance
Year 8
CSE
357
Vella Andreas
Year 10
CAM
357
Kurt Haci
Year 11
CMY
348
Meresz Laszlo
Year 11
CAM
347
Azemaj Bleron
Year 7
CJL
342
LACERTA Get to know Lacerta house...Interview with Mr Goulding and Ms Campbell by Jena Rambhujoo and Amira Ibrahim Describe your behaviour when you were at school. GI: I liked school. I was well behaved the majority of the time. CB: Quite quiet, and well behaved. I really
CB: I worked in a bar at Arsenal Football Stadium (Emirates). Funniest moment at school?
Well done to all of our top twenty merit
in school but the most memorable was the
leaders! With two terms still to go we have
outdoor education lesson we used to do for
plenty of time to aim for the cup!
Geography. We even went Rock Climbing in CB: I fell out of a tree in Primary school, but at least I landed on my feet. What made you want to be a teacher? GI: Being a parent I could see how school worked and how it didn’t and wanted to improve education. CB: I love Science and working
intentions for the future
with young people. I learn new
when you were at
things everyday.
school?
Proudest moment in life?
GI: I wanted to do
GI: I’m really proud of my kids
anything in Science. I was
and having them were the
unsure at the time what
proudest moments of my life.
type of job in Science I
I also thought about becoming a Primary School teacher. Favourite subject at school? GI: Science was my favorite subject by far. CB: Science, obviously. Least favourite subject at school? GI: French and Art. CB: ICT and Art, I wasn’t very creative. First job? GI: I worked on a building site and later went on to do painting and decorating.
GO LACERTA!!!
Wales!
What were your
CB: I used to dance when I was younger but
CB: Probably graduating from university and passing my driving test. Interesting fact about you? GI: I met Marvin Gaye in a music venue! CB: I have been to an NBA basketball player’s wedding!
MERITS TABLE Name
Year
Form
Merit Total
Year 10
LKE
533
What piece of advice would you give yourself
Hudson-Carrington Caleb
when at school?
Otieno Shanyce
Year 8
LME
430
GI: Take advice given to you more seriously
Michael-Teixeira Jovanni
Year 10
LAL
415
Dai Haifeng
Year 8
LBS
413
and enjoy school because you will never get these opportunities again. CB: ‘Enjoy it because it doesn’t last very long’ .
Snapshot of Lacerta VT time
Lacerta Year 7 boys mentoring with Ms Korponyai.
Top 20 Merit winners
GI: It’s hard to think of the funniest moment
enjoyed school.
wanted to do.
MERITS
James Matthew
Year 9
LGI
402
Orman Mustafa
Year 10
LCB
388
Asenova Tsvetanka
Year 11
LBU
384
Spalding Dezarae
Year 8
LGI
381
Nelson Jermaine
Year 10
LSN
375
Adriani Jasmine
Year 7
LME
374
Akbulut Serhan
Year 11
LAL
370
Ferdous Akram
Year 10
LCB
367
Corten Sevkan
Year 9
LAL
365
Gashi Tristian
Year 7
LCB
362
Katende Wasim
Year 7
LFA
362
Wabnyc Hubert
Year 10
LME
361
Lin Yingjian
Year 7
LBU
352
Tucker Yasmyn
Year 8
LKE
348
LBU fully engaged during Beyond Words
Dummett Ashley
Year 8
LSN
347
silent reading.
Ali Barkot
Year 9
LBU
346
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PEGASUS Welcome back to all Pegasus staff and students; it’s been a fantastic first halfterm. It’s fantastic to see Year 7 students achieving so much so early in their Heartlands careers. They are joining the winners of the merit race
last year, I know we are all very proud of their back to back titles. We welcome Mr Adcock and Ms Walczak to Pegasus this half-term, you can see more about Mr Adcock in his interview! A huge well done to everyone for their efforts on sports day - second place by only a few points! A special mention to our staff relay
MERITS Top 20 Merit winners Congratulations to our top twenty students in terms of merits. With Pegasus currently joint third in the merit race it is important we continue to work hard and earn merits!!
team who I think are still finishing.
Mr Adcock 1. Why is Pegasus the best house? Because the students are focused and determined to make progress and that we work as a team to ensure everyone's success 2. What sets a Pegasus student apart from the rest? Their dedication to school and a ‘never say quit’ attitude 3. What do you like doing in your spare time? Running, hiking, exploring and travelling
Name
Year
Form
Merit Total
Year 10
PJS
714
Sahindal Berfin
Year 7
PVU
514
Halil Yucel
Year 10
PSA
512
4. What book are you currently reading? John Simpson's, Strange Places
Rodney Delvon
5. What is your favourite colour? (This can be any variation of yellow) Dark yellow
Williams Jelani
Year 8
PWM
491
Rohanzai Zubair
Year 10
PVU
487
Clarke Jason
Year 8
PMC
448
Willars Phoebe
Year 7
PWM
445
Eminov Yosko
Year 10
PSA
437
Mbungu Jemima
Year 7
PVU
433
Oz Ibrahim
Year 9
PMC
420
Van Anderson Redman-Lee Tyrese
Year 7
PAK
401
Kadiu Kejsi
Year 9
PSH
398
Samad Omar
Year 7
PAK
395
Soares Dos Reis Alves Lucena Margarida
Year 7
PWM
392
Van Der DoelenKawazuti Lucas
Year 7
PAK
392
Antwi Michael
Year 11
PKH
386
Balong-Angey Amiel
Year 8
PMD
371
Grimes Nadene
Year 11
PMD
371
Tshiteya Wegge
Year 7
PKH
370
Jones-Smith James
Year 11
PVU
356
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MERITS TABLE
SCORPIUZ So far, Scorpiuz students have hit the ground running this academic year.
Students and tutors have enjoyed starting
We are very proud to
carers who are continuously supporting the
announce that Scorpiuz won both Sports Day
20-minute reading time at home and signing
and the Inter-house challenge at the end of
bookmarks each evening.
the last academic year.
their ‘Character’ education and are enjoying our new look Vertical Tutoring sessions with half an hour dedicated to pastoral needs and Beyond Words. Thank you to parents/
MERITS Scorpiuz are making a great push in the merit race as we are now 2nd overall! A great start to the new academic year. We are very confident that we can now push for 1st place as we close the gap on current leaders Aquila!
We are all looking forward to AFA day on
Continuing on from our fantastic trophy haul
November 20th and look forward to speaking
of last year, we are currently in 2nd place and
with many parents/carers.
have our sights firmly set on winning this year’s merit race.
Jack Petchey Award Congratulations to Peter Davidson in Year 11, SSO, who attended the London Fire Brigade LIFE programme for a week in September. Peter had a very successful time and won the Jack Petchey award for his efforts; a fantastic achievement - Well Done!
MERITS TABLE Name
Year
Form
Merit Total
Chrysostomou Zakariyya
Year 10
SBD
721
Spirlea Agnana-Tabita
Year 8
SKN
685
This year we have welcomed Mr Tanguy
Williams Ricardo
Year 8
SBT
623
Mallet, Ms Ornella Shosola and Ms Mona
Malik Rumana
Year 8
SBT
605
Hassan. All new members of staff have made
Culley Michael
Year 8
SBD
530
a tremendous impact already!
Lawless Jake
Year 9
SKN
489
Guo Jenny
Year 8
SKN
472
Shout out
Cole Ndidi
Year 9
SBT
467
Duran Berfin
Year 9
SMI
442
Well done to our fabulous tour guides on Open Evening. Ivona (Year 11), Gemma (Year 10), Elaine
Garip Nukelda
Year 8
SSO
441
(Year 10) Imaan, Fernando, Andres and Joshua (all Year 11) were some of the names highlighted
Lawrence Rushya
Year 8
SMS
435
for excellent work!
Abdilleh Hussain
Year 11
SMI
426
Evdochim Alejandra
Year 8
SKN
418
Sibabi Said
Year 8
SMT
408
Ahmed Zackariah
Year 9
SBD
403
Marshall Jerome
Year 8
SSW
397
Sam Can
Year 11
SBD
392
Racut Gabriela
Year 7
SKN
391
Daoudi Khadidja
Year 8
SAT
379
Hussain Shahriyer
Year 10
SMI
379
New members of the team We have been joined this academic year with a few new faces in Scorpiuz house. We sadly said a fond farewell to our longest serving tutor, Amy Tillotson , and our languages teacher, Ema Taylor, at the end
of last year. Both tutors left with the best wishes of us all in Scorpiuz House.
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INTER-HOUSE CHALLANGE HHS OLYMPICS
AQUILA - 53 CYGNUS - 47 LACERTA - 45 PEGASUS - 47 SCORPIUZ - 51
BOXING CLUB Wednesdays in the auditorium
3.30 - 4.30PM
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LEARNING IN OUR PROVISION FOR AUTISM
W
e have had a busy
Students really engaged during the
start
new
Alexandra Park Forest trip, where
school year in the
they had to work as a big team to
to
Autism
the
Provision;
hunt for pumpkins in the forest.
we have our first cohort of Year 11 students
they are helping, giving compliments or
Students also took part in a Halloween
who are working towards their Entry
when they remember how to ask nicely to
costume and props making workshop; the
Level qualifications and our new Year 7
play together.
students created fantastic spooky ideas, such
students working hard to learn routines and
as, paper bats, eyeballs, Dracula costumes
expectations of secondary school life.
SEARCH DAY
and we even had witches and black cats.
It has been great to see older students
We have been getting into the Halloween
The students also took part in a ‘design
supporting new and younger peers to settle
spirit, with a spooky themed SEARCH Day.
your pumpkin’ workshop. First they each
into school. We have also been developing
Students enjoyed taking part in the different
completed an original design, then worked
students’ thinking around ‘being a good
activities, working together as a team and
in their class teams to choose a final design
friend’, identifying what good friends do for
working with different members of staff.
and carve their pumpkins, with fantastically
each other and rewarding students when
Saturn
are
using
scary results!
this
assessment tool on the whiteboard
as a way of capturing where
the students’ confidence levels are
at the launch of a session in
relation to meeting the learning
objective. Students rate their
confidence levels and we refer
back to this throughout the
session to assess how they are
doing and notice if their confidence is improving. At the end of the session the students can see the tangible progress they have made in their confidence towards meeting the lesson objective.
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LEARNING IN OUR PROVISION FOR AUTISM NEPTUNE The students in Neptune class have been helping one of their classmates with his communication. We are all helping him to use his communication wall to tell us what he needs by reminding him how to use the pictures on his “I want strip”. We are also learning about being good friends.
Every morning before the start of our circle time, we have a 5-minute workout to get us ready for the day. There are stretching, pushing and pulling exercises, squats, star jumps and the big x finish. It’s a great start to our day!
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Neptune class is focused on the theme “Relationships”, for the Autumn term. We are learning about some of the different types of relationships and chose the Simpson family as a way to better understand their own relationships. We use drama to help us identify key members of the Simpson family. One activity is The Simpsons musical statues, whereby we have to remain still in the position of one of the Simpson family members.
We have been going to the local Morrisons supermarket to purchase our ingredients for our cooking session. We have to allocate individual items to be collected by the students and pay for shopping to make sure we have everything that we need for cooking. Sometimes, we have to decide as a group on alternative ingredients if the item we need is not available. We have made Open sandwiches, pepper & mozzarella panini, pitta bread pizza and individual half pizza. Yummy!!!!
JUPITER Jupiter class have been studying ‘light and dark’ across the curriculum. During Science lessons we went on hunts around the school for different sources of light, learnt about nocturnal animals, and enjoyed exploring the effects of light on the shadow puppets we made. We even visited the Science Museum and captured giant shadows of ourselves! In English we studied ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’ and reflected on the owl’s journey and changes in emotions by writing reassuring letters to the main character and recreating the story ourselves through drama.
Jupiter class use a voice-o-meter to allow us to moderate our volume of voice so it is suited to the situation. We have learnt what kind of voice we should be using for different parts of the school day and can refer back to this visual if we forget. We have got so independent at this now, that we take charge of it in lessons, adjusting the arrow so it shows our class how loud our voices should be.
We found out that nocturnal animals often use senses other than sight to help them to stay safe in the dark. We explored using our sense of hearing, touch, smell and taste to identify different items. We loved playing these guessing games blindfolded and realised we can tell a lot about something without being able to see it! We also explored the use of our senses through games, like sensory bingo, and even wrote our own sensory poems.
We earn a lot of merits in Jupiter class and someone has to keep track of them! We have a merit monitor each week who adds up the totals for each student and monitors everyone’s successes across the week. We are applying our addition strategies to help us complete these tasks with increasing independence.
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LEARNING IN OUR PROVISION FOR AUTISM SATURN SUPERFLEX has arrived at Heartlands to take on the team of UNTHINKABLES! Saturn class are using their Superflexible thinking skills to help them with understanding social behaviour and regulation strategies.
This term is a little out of this world for Saturn! The theme across most subjects has been SPACE; in English we are studying good and bad characters from Star Wars, we are making space inspired collages in art, we are all superheroes in PSHE and we recently visited the Science Museum to see spaceships and attended a bubble workshop.
Students have designed their own superhero and joined a training academy in their PSHE lessons. They are finding out that we all have a team of Unthinkables in our brains, but in the academy they will learn super flexible thinking to defeat them when they call on their super hero, Superflex.
Staying with the space theme, our Yoga sessions have gone a little to the dark side!
Our cooking sessions this term have been all about packed lunches. We are trying out different breads and fillings and evaluating our skills and combinations. On week A we learnt to make sandwiches and then we ATEthem! We are improving every step to make the perfect sandwich. On week B we tried to make different types of bread. We were particularly proud of our ciabatta loaves, look out for us on the next Great British Bake Off!!!
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VENUS This term some of our students completed their work experience at Action for Kids. They developed skills for being in a work environment and how to make phone calls and send emails. Students made their own folders with all the work they have done and new skills they have acquired. After their work experience session, students had their lunch at a local cafĂŠ where they were practising ordering food and using their social skills.
This term in English and Drama, the students are studying Romeo and Juliet. The students are very involved and were excited at being given roles as Montagues and Capulets. They enjoyed recreating the fight scene, especially biting their thumbs at each other - a Shakespearean insult!
This term, Venus class have been doing gymnastics in PE. We have been using various equipment such as ribbons, pom poms, balls and hoops. We have been throwing and catching, twisting and turning, shaking high and shaking low and expressing ourselves to music.
This term we have been learning about Indian food. The students have been making chapatti bread, chicken curry and tomato chutney, which was made using homegrown green tomatoes from our allotment!!! We also visited an Indian restaurant and had lunch there; everything was delicious but we decided our chutney was better!
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Year
Day
Date
Event
Year 8
Wednesday
10th February
Subject Evening Event
Year 9
Wednesday
20th January
Year 9 Parents’ Evening
Tuesday
9th February
Year 9 Options Event
Tuesday
23rd February
Year 10 Parents’ Evening
Monday
14th March
Year 10 work experience begins
Tuesday – Friday
1st – 11th December
Year 11 Mock exams
Thursday
4th February
Year 11 Parents’ Evening
Monday
7th March
Year 11 interviews this week
Monday
30th November
SEARCH Day 4
Monday
7th December
Attendance & Punctuality Week; Reading Tests
Friday
18th December
End of Term; school closed for holidays
Monday
4th January
Start of Spring Term 1
Tuesday
12th January
SEARCH Day 5
Tuesday
19th January
DTP Vaccination programme
Wednesday
20th January
DTP Vaccination programme
Thursday
21st January
Late start for all students at 09:15
Wednesday
27th January
SEARCH Day 6
Monday
1st February
Attendance & Punctuality Week
Friday
5th February
Late start for all students at 09:15
Monday-Friday
15th – 19th February
Spring half-term
Wednesday
24th February
Late start for all students at 09:15
Tuesday
1st March
Group School photographs
Thursday
3rd March
World Book Day; SEARCH Day 7
Monday
7th March
Attendance & Punctuality Week
Monday
14th March
Reading Tests
Tuesday
15th March
Staff training after school; no after-school clubs
Thursday
17th March
End of Spring Term
Friday
18th March
Moderation Day; end of term for staff
Monday-Friday
21st March – 1st April
Easter holidays
Year 10
Year 11
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