Insight 12 by Highgate Wood School

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Issue No 12 May 2013

GOVERNING BODY UPDATE

The Chair of Governors, Charles Wright, writes:

Our Governing Body meeting earlier this month was an important session, where we confirmed the new pastoral arrangements which have now been communicated to parents and carers. This is an exciting and positive change, though I certainly wish I had a pound for every time someone’s mentioned Gryffindor, Slytherin etc when I’ve been discussing houses! For me the new pastoral structure ‐ which is in fact actually a return to our roots ‐ is about making sure that all students get the attention they need and deserve throughout their time at Highgate Wood School. There won’t be any change to current tutor groups, or additional costs to parents, but there will be extra focus and support for progress. I look forward to seeing the system develop over time in ways which will benefit all students. Exams are well underway, and I’d like to thank all staff for their efforts supporting students through this period, as well as parents and carers, and wish all exam‐takers the best of luck. The Governing Body will be looking closely at the results when they come through in the summer, so that we can make sure we continue to improve, with a strategy focused on exam success but also on providing that wider educational experience for all students which is what I think Highgate Wood is all about. In the meantime, we have Madfest to look forward to, a fantastic showcase for the Highgate Wood ethos. Thanks to everyone involved with the PSA who make the event such a success. Cover picture: The cover features some artwork from the recent exhibition. Artists are (clockwise from bottom right): Alysha Takoushian, Maxime Singleton, Alex Mackay, Phoenix Sun, Emma Gilligan and Jack Carroll.

Katherine Glossop writes: MADFEST, our biggest event in the school year, will be happening on Saturday 6th July. Preparations have already begun. We are looking for donations of prizes for the Raffle and/or Voucher Tree. Please contact eleanorhellier@blueyonder.co.uk if you have anything suitable. We are also looking for unwanted gifts for the tombola, homemade goodies for the market stall, high quality books and new or nearly new clothes for the vintage stall ‐ no jumble please. The plant stall needs help too, if you are planting at the moment please put in a few extra seeds, so we have a range of edible and ornamental plants on sale again. Please bring your donations into school. As usual we have an arrangement with the Wren Office so please drop them off there. We also have a Madfest website and Facebook page which you may like to visit: www.madfest.co.uk www.facebook.com/HWSMadfest

HIGHGATE WOOD SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY Chair of Governors: Charles Wright (Community Governor)

Vice Chair: Imogen Pennell (Representative Governor)

Representative Governors: Cllr Eddie Griffith • Oliver Blackaby • Brenda Allan

Parent Governors: Andrew Boardman • Diana Brown • Philip Cavendish Caroline Conlon • Elizabeth Hess • Chris Tully • Rob White

Community Governors: Phil Cocksedge • Violet Hazelwood‐Henry • Chris Parr • Carol Vincent Headteacher Governor: Patrick Cozier

Staff Governors: Tristan Ashman • Jack Fitzgerald • Saad Gul Mohammed

If you wish to contact the Governing Body please write to the Chair of Governors, c/o Mrs K Ozturk, Highgate Wood School, Montenotte Road, London N8 8RN May 2013

MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER

It’s May Already!

Welcome to the May edition of Insight. As always you will find this edition full of information highlighting many of the achievements of our incredible students over the last few months. We hope that you will get a sense of the amazing range of activities and opportunities that our students benefit from at HWS thanks to our dedicated staff. There are also some positive changes on the horizon that we will tell you more about during this edition. As ever, this is a very exciting time to be part of the HWS Community. New Timetable Starts on June 4th – New Year group Names The new timetable will be in operation after half term from Tuesday 4th June at 8.35am. As well as the curriculum advantages that I referred to in the March edition of Insight, the other bonus for students is the progression into their new year groups. From Tuesday 4th June, we will consider that our students have graduated one year up – hence our Year 7s will be the new Year 8; our Year 8s will be the new Year 9; our Year 9s will be the new Year 10, our Year 10s will be the new Year 11. Our current Year 11 students who have begun their public exams will be known as Year 11 Exam Group. We believe that this is more than just a label as it gives students the additional boost of feeling a year older. Please remember this when communicating with the school about your child after half term as their tutor group will also change name, as it takes on the new Year group identity. Post 16 Applications & Places Offered – An Update We are delighted with the record number of offers that we have been able to make for places in the 6th Form. As you will be able to see from the table below; this builds on last year’s significant increase in popularity. Having been involved in the interviews personally, I know just how well our students presented themselves and I have been impressed with their maturity in discussing their futures. May 2013

Recently, Nick Charlesworth (Head of 6th Form) and I visited Year 11s in their tutor periods to give them an update on recruitment and respond to questions. Looking at the last three years, we have good reason to be pleased. The table above shows the pattern of offers that have been made to students interviewed for a place in the HWS 6th form over the last three years – including the current Year 11. The BLUE bars represent offers for HWS Year 11 students. The RED bars show the number of places offered to students who are currently in other schools across Haringey and beyond. You can see that the number of places offered to Year 11 HWS students has increased over the last three years with a record number of 194 offers this year. This rise is accompanied by another near one hundred offers being made to Year 11s who currently attend other schools across Haringey and beyond; almost double the places offered in 2011. This confirms our feeling that HWS is now more popular both within and beyond Highgate Wood than ever before and that more and more we are achieving one of our key aims of being the local school of choice. Importantly, and similar to last year, in order to deal with what we expect to be a high demand for places at the start of the autumn term, we have taken the decision to hold our first day of enrolment on Thursday 22nd August – the day of the GCSE results. We anticipate that this will give HWS year 11s the first opportunity to secure places onto their choice of courses. We are very proud of our Year 11s, we have every faith in their ability to do well in their exams and we look forward to seeing a large number of them thriving in the 6th form from this September.

Year 11 and Post 16 Students – Preparation for Exams Year 11 and Post 16 students have been working hard for weeks now in preparation for their public exams. In the last issue of Insight I shared with you the GCSE prediction for our Year 11s – showing that we expect to improve on last year’s record high. The same is true of our Year 13 students as shown in the table below.

A Level Summary 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013* predicted

A* ‐ E A* ‐ C A* ‐ B 92% 56% 30% 91% 61% 36% 98% 66% 39% 98% 70% 39% 98.5% 71% 41% 98% 78% 43% 99% 79% 48% 100% 81% 52%

We are confident that our Year 13s will do themselves and the school proud by achieving excellent results and more importantly securing their chosen university places for the autumn term. House System – A Positive Change for 2013 Last Tuesday I wrote to you introducing an exciting change for September. The decision to move to a vertical house system is something that I have considered for some time during my leadership of HWS. I am convinced that it is a system that can enhance the excellent pastoral care that we already offer at the school. The fact that we are going to adopt it in the same format that it previously existed in 1967 when Highgate Wood first opened has made it all the more meaningful. I want to take this opportunity to explain a little more about what we expect to achieve and how we will make it happen. As a reminder, we are moving away from the horizontal year structure that we currently use to a vertical structure where the person in charge of your child’s pastoral care will change.

Our current structure of Tutor Groups arranged in Year Groups

Head of House

Our new structure of Tutor Groups arranged in House Groups

In terms of what this means for students and parents, the main difference will be that the team of staff who are looking after our students in terms of their pastoral care and monitoring their academic progress will be larger than is currently the case. The table below shows the different roles. Who will be supporting the students? Blue House

Green House

Yellow House

[HIG]

[ATE]

[WDS]

Head of House

in charge of

Student Progress

Deputy Head of House

in charge of

Pastoral Care

Form Tutor

First Point of Contact First Point of Contact First Point of Contact

2 x

Pastoral Mentors Pastoral Mentors Pastoral Mentors Pastoral and Behavioural Support

Pastoral and Behavioural Support

Assistant Head

Mr D Mansfield Line Manager of Student Progress

Mr A Hartley Line Manager of Student Progress

Ms L Pinnick Line Manager of Student Progress

Assistant Head

Ms C Allaway Line Manager of Pastoral Care

Ms D Spence Line Manager of Pastoral Care

Mr T Ashman Line Manager of Pastoral Care

In the new house structure there will be seven members of staff in each house (including the form tutor) with a responsibility for ensuring that each student performs to the best of their ability and enjoys the experience of attending HWS. This compares favourable to the current structure where there are four (i.e. Head of Learning, Pastoral Mentor, Form Tutor and Assistant Head Line Manager). May 2013

At the current time we have decided which Assistant Heads will line manage and support each house (as can be seen by the table above). However, the other positions of responsibility are to be confirmed. Once we have done this we will inform you later this term. Having changed our mission statement last year, we believe that the move to a house structure will make this even more achievable on a consistent basis. The two diagrams that follow show what the benefits for students will be in relation to enhancing our school ethos and improving student progress across the school.

In addition to the changes to pastoral structure, we are also improving the ways in which our teachers are kept up to date and trained in the ever continuously evolving best practice that exists. To facilitate this we are creating, for September, a Learning and Teaching Development Team which will consist of our best teachers.

Increase opportunities for student leadership. Making a Positive Difference: Inspiring Self Belief

Specialism to be decided

Mr G Contor

Making a positive difference to students’ achievements and experiences, maintaining the highest expectations and inspiring self belief.

Create a greater sense of competition across the school. Encouraging the Highest Expectations

Lead teacher ‐ Staff Coach

Specialism to be decided

Mr D Mansfield

Enhancing Our School Ethos Create a family environment and a greater sense of belonging. Ensuring that Everyone

Lead teacher ‐ Staff Coach

Encourage and support wider participation in extra‐ curricular activities. Inspiring Self Belief

Provide more opportunities for the mentoring of younger students by older students. Older students can Make a Positive Difference and younger students can be reassured that Everyone Matters

Improving the Progress of All Students in All Year Groups

Lead teacher ‐ Staff Coach

Specialism to be decided

This team of teachers will be led by Mr Mansfield and Mr Contor. They will model the best teaching practice and take a significant role in sharing the best teaching ideas and technique across the school, coaching other staff where necessary. I was very pleased to be given the opportunity to speak to a large group of parents at the PSA meeting on Thursday 16th May about these changes. I was very heartened by the overwhelmingly positive support for these changes, and the recognition of what opportunities it presents to our students. By the time you read this I will have spoken to students in their assemblies to explain what these changes mean for them and why they can view it as a change that presents many new opportunities.

Create a more explicit and efficient focus on tracking individual progress across all year groups. Everyone Matters and Achieves

Create a team of outstanding lead teachers who ensure that the very best teaching techniques are spread across the school. High Expectations, Everyone Matters and Achieves

Making a positive difference to students’ achievements and experiences, maintaining the highest expectations and inspiring self belief.

Create a more explicit and efficient focus on pastoral support to remove barriers to progress for disadvantaged students.

May 2013

... And Finally – Thank you for your support! I would like to thank you all again for your valued and continued support. I wish you and your families a pleasant half term break. Please remember, we return on Tuesday 4th June at 8.35am. It will be Week 1. Regards Patrick Cozier Headteacher

SAM LEARNING

PREPARING FOR EXAMS

Mr Ashman writes: All students have accounts with SAMLearning, which is an online revision and study site that has been proved to raise students’ achievement. Their website address is www.samlearning.com and our centre ID is N8HW. If you need your username and password please email me: tas@hws.haringey.sch.uk

Ms McConville writes: Examinations have now started and I would like to wish each and every one of you the very best of luck. I know how hard many of you have been working so that you are fully prepared, and I am absolutely confident that you will do extremely well. However, I also know that this can be a very stressful time, and it is important to remain calm, healthy and cheerful. Revise when you can, and make good use of the time you have left. Don’t forget to relax too! And try and keep your brain and body healthy. When you are revising It is always better to revise in 40 minute chunks. Don’t try and do it all in one go

CHANGES FOR THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR

Revise the things you are weakest at. Don’t revise what you already know.

Mr Ashman writes: Changes in our curriculum and also within exam specifications for 2015 mean that there may be variations between what has been published in the Key Stage 3 and 4 handbooks and the plans for lessons during the coming half‐term in some subjects. This will impact particularly on ICT where we are teaching Year 8s for the first time ‐ and there are also major changes within the Key Stage 4 course. As is always the case at the beginning of a new academic year, the first lessons of all subjects will be to provide a detailed outline of the topics to be studied over the coming weeks and the work to be done. All students should therefore be fully informed of what they need to be doing. Where there are significant changes a written outline will be provided for students to bring home. Updated Key Stage hand books for both Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 will be published, as usual, in September, and made available on the school website. 6

Try to keep calm, and don’t panic! There are many different people who can help you if you get “stuck” or are feeling stressed. Don’t bottle it all up inside. Speak to someone at home, or one of your friends, or a teacher at school. We are all there to support you. Before your exams, and during them: Try and get a good night’s sleep. Eat a good breakfast Drink plenty of water Make sure you have all the equipment you need Remember to read the questions carefully. Give yourself time to read your answers too!

Our thoughts are with you! Good luck HOMEWORK PROJECTS ON THE MLE The first half‐term of the new academic year has the following Homework projects for Key Stage 3. You will be able to find details on the MLE New Year 8: ECS:‐ Zakah (Muslim Charity) History:‐ Ottomans New Year 9: History:‐ Changes to London ICT:‐ impact of technology May 2013

SOLAR POWER AT HIGHGATE WOOD SCHOOL

MUSIC LESSONS WITH NEW TIMETABLE

Mr Hatch writes:

Ms Hassan writes: Although students’ timetables will change from 4th June, it is not possible to re‐schedule all remaining music lessons for this year . Please bear with any possible clashes that may arise for the few remaining lessons before the summer break. Music lessons schedules will be changed in September.

Whilst the inside of Wren has been busy with the GCSE show, there has been activity on the roof too. We now have a set of 84 solar panels installed, and they are already providing power for the school. The photovoltaic system feeds directly into the electric supply of the building, creating green energy that we all can use. The installation was paid for by Haringey Council, as will the ongoing maintenance. The amount of energy produced by the panels can be monitored using hand held‐devices which also enable us to see the savings generated on a daily basis. It is anticipated that the system will meet a significant part of the Wren building’s energy needs.

WOMEN ENGINEER OF THE YEAR VISITS HWS

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GIRLS WIN UEFA U16 COMPETITION Ms Osborne writes: Having already won the Haringey Schools’ League and the Jan Harding Cup, and then reaching the semi‐finals of the Middlesex Trophy, our young female footballers have also now received national recognition. Josie Shand, Magda Zieja, Elliana Vetoriano, Adnya Moseley, Kazenthi Lungah, Amy Haynes, Sophie Aldridge, Julisa Tusha, Burcin Garip, Margarita Ciamatti, Carolina Ciamatti, Rosa Gamble and Isabella Considine have won the UEFA women's festival U16 competition for outstanding contribution to promoting football in the school and community. As the prize for this the girls will receive a training session with Faye White (ex‐England captain), playing in a Playstation 3v3 tournament with prizes, and watching the UEFA women's champions league final at Stamford Bridge. The girls will also be having their team photo and action photos taken by media representatives as this is a national competition and high profile for the FA and UEFA.

Ms Angove writes: On 26th April a group of Year 9 Highgate Wood School students had a special teacher: Yewande Akinola, the Institute of Engineering and Technologies Young Woman Engineer of the Year 2012. She came to school as part of Teach First’s ‘Every Child Can Week’. Yewande, an environmental services engineer at Arup, taught a one hour lesson showing the students what she gets up to in her job and the exciting opportunities it has given her! She challenged the students to design the House of 2050, and our Year 9 students put their creativity to good use, proposing ideas as diverse as air powered air conditioning to robot slaves! I would like to take this opportunity to thank Yewande for coming to the school and for the Year 9’s for representing their school so brilliantly.

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YEAR 10 PiXL VISIT TO OXBRIDGE CONFERENCE

TRAID: HELPING THE WORLD TO RECYCLE

Freya Everest writes: On Tuesday 26th March, myself and twenty other Year 10 students had the privilege to visit the Oxbridge conference at The Queen Elizabeth II Hall in Westminster. The day involved a group of speakers from some of the top universities in our country, who gave engaging and insightful talks on how to prepare yourself for and what to expect at university. The conference offered thorough and valuable advice on how to cope with the competitive nature of the application process and taught us all the importance of finding and perusing a subject that we enjoy. I enjoyed everything that the conference had to offer and was interested by everything the speakers had to say. All in all, the trip made the thought of going to university a lot less daunting and a lot more invigorating.

HISTORICAL FICTION Ms Harding writes: The History department was delighted to receive some fantastic historical stories from students in Year 8. Everyone contributed and the standard was excellent. The competition is a national one that is run by the Historical Association and schools are only allowed to submit three entries. It was extremely difficult to choose but three. In the end we submitted the stories written by Christoper Martenson, Tommy Escott, and Ishmael Tikly‐Young. Congratulations to everyone involved. We will have to wait until 24th June to find out how well our three finalists did. 8

Bethany Jack writes: On the 28th March, Alexandra Burgess, Cassandra Penfold and I travelled with Ms Robertson to the Whittington hospital to support NHS Sustainability Day. This is a day which is part of a larger campaign that aims to link ‘healthy lifestyles and sustainable living’. The event was run in partnership with TRAID ‐ ‘a charity committed to protecting the environment and reducing world poverty by recycling and campaigning at home’. Although there were many activities on offer (such as a rock‐climbing wall and a rowing race simulation) we focused our time on the workshop that TRAID was running. The workshop’s aim was to create a banner to encourage Whittington Health staff to recycle. We were provided with a wide range of materials with which to create our patches and we had a lot of fun creating our bright and individual designs, all of which encouraged or informed about sustainability. I very much enjoyed the day and really learned more about leading a sustainable lifestyle through ways such as recycling and up‐cycling.

MADfest is one of the three Community Matters good causes for May in Waitrose. If you are shopping there please can you put a green token in the slot to maximise the amount of money donated.

May 2013

EASTER POSTCARDS

SNAKES IN SCHOOL Ms Smith writes: Jasmine Daley applied her learning in the classroom to her everyday situation by bringing in her cousin’s shed snake’s skin for her peers to view. Jasmine said that she was inspired by the class’s recent biology lesson on classification of vertebrates. Reptiles, for example snakes, are a vertebrate sub‐group. One feature of a reptile is a scaly dry skin. Such enthusiasm from a student, in their first year of secondary school, needs to be applauded, embraced and nurtured. Well done Jasmine, keep taking your learning beyond classroom level.

STUDENT BEHAVIOUR ON BUS IS PRAISED

Ms Lacroix writes: Spanish homework for Year 8 over the Easter holidays was to write a postcard in Spanish to the school telling us what they were doing. The results were fantastic, and I would like to thank all the students involved. They seemed to enjoy it too! Nathaniel Stark: "It was fun homework and challenged our class.” Jordan Kennedy " It was kind of a bit hard but I did it. it was really fun writing a postcard" Julisa Tusha " the postcard Homework was fun and challenging and it helped my Spanish a lot." May 2013

We were delighted to receive an email from a passenger on the W5 bus.

“Hello, I just wanted to email to say how well your pupils behave on the bus. Everyday I get the W5 and many of your pupils do too. Its a busy bus which often has to pick up elderly people and your pupils are always very considerate, letting others who need the seats sit down and saying thank you to the driver. These young people are a credit to you.”

Well done to those unnamed students who created such a positive impression about themselves and their school. 9

GEOGRAPHY FIELD TRIP

PE STUDENTS VISIT HUNGARY

Ms Hickey writes: On May 9th the Year 10 Geographers visited Clacton to study coastal erosion. The students spent the day looking at a range of coastal protection schemes in preparation for their Controlled Assessment for GCSE and it proved to be a positive and focused day. Our students managed to collect all the data they will require for their assessment. What’s more, it didn't rain! All the students had a good time, sharing the following comments: "an amazing experience", "so many caravans", "very windy", "interesting to see the coastal defences up close", "people were very helpful answering our questions", "It showed us the actual impacts of erosion by the sea", and "nice fish and chips".

Alfie Shann writes: In March, eight PE GCSE students, including myself, went on a trip to Hungary as part of the Comenius project. The Comenius project aims to bring students and teachers from around Europe together to promote understanding of different countries heritages and cultures. In Hungary we took part in a range of activities including Archery, Horse Riding, Yoga, Adventure Courses, and Swimming. We also went sightseeing in the capital of Hungary, Budapest, which included a tour around Parliament, a visit to the Castle, a boat ride down the Danube, leaving enough time for some shopping for souvenirs. We spent some time in a local school, working on research projects with the other students from different countries taking part in the trip. I am very grateful I was given the opportunity to go on the trip. In addition to learning about other countries’ cultures I made lots of new friends that I still talk to from around Europe.

FOOTBALL AND NETBALL TEAMS TO TRAVEL TO SPAIN

Mr Adams writes: For the first time in Highgate Wood School’s history we have Football and Netball teams preparing for an international tour. Fifty six boys and twenty four girls from Years 7, 8 and 9 will be travelling to Spain in May half term 2014! The boys will play against three Spanish teams, giving them the opportunity to put their own skills and abilities to the test against their European 10

counterparts. The Netball team will have two or three squads, and will play against other British teams on Spanish Soil. All the students will have the opportunity to experience Catalonian culture with visits to Camp Nou, Sagrada Familia, Las Ramblas, Barcelona harbour, and trying out their Spanish on the locals. Students have already been informed about this exciting event in assemblies and in their PE lessons. Almost all places have now been allocated. But if you haven’t yet applied and wish to be considered please contact Mr Adams as soon as possible. It will be the experience of a lifetime! May 2013

REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST

SPANISH POSTMEN

Ms Harding writes: The History and ECS department arranged for two Holocaust survivors to visit Highgate Wood School on Monday 22nd April. Our guest speakers, Bernd Koschland & Lady Zahava Kohn spoke to our Year 9 students. It was a great privilege for students and staff alike to listen to Bernd & Lady Zahava’s personal stories, and how the Holocaust affected them and their loved ones. These are some of the comments that our Year 9 students made after they had meet the speakers. “I was very grateful that Lady Zahava took time to educate us about the traumas she had experienced”. Celine Gyamfi (9D) “I can’t even imagine how horrific something like the Holocaust could be. I honestly think Lady Zahava is the bravest person I have ever had the pleasure of meeting and listening to.” Jessica Krahn (9D) “Meeting Zahava was a moving and amazing experience.” Barney Terrington (9D) “It made me realise how lucky I am; when Bernd said that he found out his parents had been killed, and he would never see his family again.” Koray Mallitte (9G) “When Bernd saw a photograph in a book of his father in a concentration camp years after WWII. Also how he described ‘Kristallnacht’...” Alicia Lerche (9G) Ms Harding & Ms Burniston would like to thank our Year 9 students for their great conduct during the visit. They showed great compassion and empathy towards our guests. May 2013

Ms Lacroix writes: The recent sunnier weather has allowed us to play a language game called "El cartero", which means The Postman in Spanish. This gives a rare opportunity for students to play outdoor in teams and also to have fun while consolidating grammar or words and reinforcing literacy. This was definitely a successful lesson with a lot of smiles around! "The game outside was fun, active and educational." Andre Tibbles "The postman game was so fun and instead of sitting down we got to run around and find the envelopes, it put our Spanish to a good use!" Julisa Tusha "The postman game was fun because we had to find envelopes that had words in Spanish that we had to find as a group. It was the best Spanish lesson ever". Dennisha Edwards

LAKE GARDA MUSIC TOUR Ms Hassan writes: There is less than seven weeks until our bi‐annual Music Tour to Lake Garda in Italy. This time we are taking 93 students and 10 members of staff, including Mr Cozier, his first time on a Music Tour. We have three planned concerts near Lake Garda in Sirmione, Lazise and Riva Del Garda which is an excellent opportunity to showcase the talents of our music students. Their ‘team effort’ before, during and after the concerts always amazes me and the speed of setting up and packing down is fine tuned by the end of the Tour. We will also see nearby Malcesine, Verona, go on a Boat Trip across Lake Garda and visit the Water Park, a great deal of fun for staff and students alike.

GCSE EXHIBITION 2013

As reported on the front cover of the Ham & High, the work of almost 200 students was on show at the joint art & design, design technology, food tech, media and textiles exhibition. Hundreds of visitors came to view the fantastic work. Here is a small selection of what they saw.

ART & DESIGN Mr Astrop writes: The Art department is proud of the great work that the GCSE art students produced in the two days of their exam in April and over the two years of the course. They have been a great cohort and we wish them well for the future. We will of course be seeing many of them again as they join our A level Art and Photography courses. They worked very hard and focussed exceptionally well to create some stunning exciting and thoughtful outcomes in a huge variety of media. Particular mention should be made of Sezgin Arslan, Audrey King Lassman and Kristian Lam‐Clark who produced some truly memorable work.

Lily Scott

Natasha Fairclough

Sesgin Arslan May 2013

Jonathan Manzeke

Audrey King Lassman May 2013

Kristian Lam‐Clark

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY Ms Angove writes: This year over 120 Design and Technology students exhibited their work as part of the GCSE Show 2013. The variety and creativity of the work was astounding and clearly showed the huge amount of work that the students had put in to complete such high quality products in all three areas; textiles, food technology and resistant materials. A special mention should go to our prizewinners; ZaK Benfetouha, for his persistence when producing technically challenging joints on his lamp and Sonia Matinelli for her interpretation of the Memphis lamp design theme, independently 14

Sabi Newman‐Chalk

producing a commercially viable product. Food technology would like to congratulate Daniel Musabi for his fantastic adaptation of Ugandan cuisine into his recipes for a themed restaurant and Kaleb Robinson for lovely Italian cooking. Both students worked conscientiously and diligently to complete their controlled assessment. Textiles awarded two prizes on the night, the first to Gizem Alici for her continual improvement across the two year course, which culminated in her creative use of denim and bleach to produce her shorts. The second prize went to Amy Harrall for her enthusiasm and hard work during the GCSE controlled assessment which showed itself in her project work as well as her high quality garment. May 2013

LIFE ON‐LINE—CyberSafety

Sonia Matinelli

ZaK Benfetouha

Deniz Hirli May 2013

Ms Daws‐Knowles writes: Over fifty Year 11 Media Studies students participated in this year’s show. Their Life Online campaign posters are displayed outside the IMac computer room in the Wren building. Holly Stott, Beth O'Lenahan, Billie Fawcett, Audrey King Lassman, Jack Coomber were awarded with subject prizes and Jordan McMurray received a prize for most improved.

All the posters remain on display so come and have a look at the wonderfully varied and creative talent of Highgate Wood School Media Studies students. The three most popular posters, shown below, will be professionally printed and displayed in the ICT department.

Sabi Newman‐Chalk

Alice Lough

Working on a furniture design project at Architects Penoyre & Prasad

Preparing for the busy lunchtime period at Moro Restaurant

SUCCESSFUL 21st CENTURY WORKERS Ms Roberts writes Well done to all our Year 10 students who undertook a week of work experience between 29th April and 3rd May. We had students in a range of placements including familiar businesses such as Asda, Sony, Barclays, London Underground, Network Rail, Imperial War Museum, Imperial College London, Turkish Bank, and Penguin Publishers, as well as many lesser known companies. Students assisted in a range of public sector services such as local primary schools, council offices, GP surgeries and offices of local MPs. The work students accomplished during the week ranged from interviewing celebrities, to writing reports and presentations to caring for farm animals! Our students impressed employers with their punctuality, enthusiasm, eagerness to learn and willingness to assist in all aspects of the work. Some have even been offered weekend and summer work. We hope that all students have enjoyed themselves and sampled a taster of the world of work. I'd like to thank all employers who welcomed students into their places of work. Thank you also to all teachers who visited students during their placements and to the year 10 team for working hard in ensuring the success of the week. 16

Here are some comments from the employers: "He's a well spoken, presented and intelligent young man. You [HWS] have obviously done a good job with him!" "He's impressed us with his great presentation

skills, we're even learning things from him!" "She's been a valuable member of the team this

week." "We've been using him as an intern all week,

we've all been surprised by how mature he is. He'd definitely have a job here if he wanted it in the future." "Can't we keep

her for another week?" "The best work

experience student we've ever had. We've offered him a Cataloguing fabric samples at Saturday job HodgeSellers, Hoxton textile group here." If you think you might be able to offer work experience placements for next year, please email me at: srs@hws.haringey.sch.uk.

May 2013

A STUDENT’S VIEW OF MADFEST Pat Hegarty‐Morrish writes: The date for this year’s MADfest has been confirmed for the 6th of July, and hopefully we will have much better weather than we had last year. Preparations are already being made by students and the PSA for the various stalls and there are exciting new things to do … and eat. We have the bookstall, market stall, plant stall, bead stall, raffle and voucher tree, loads of DVDs to sell, a retro/ vintage clothes stall and some truly amazing prizes in the tombola. Foodwise, there is the BBQ (in the true English fashion this will happen whatever the weather). There is also a café, a non‐alcoholic bar and an ice cream stand. Preparations are also being made by this year’s team of Year 10 students (who will be Year 11 by MADfest), who are planning the music entertainment. For those hoping to perform in Haringey’s best festival, the date for auditions is yet to be decided, but will definitely be in early June. Also, something new for MADfest, the A level Art Show will be in the hall, so long as the rain hold off. (If not, the performers will have to take up the main hall.) Good luck to anyone wanting to perform – and get practicing because the auditions are guaranteed to come round quicker than you think. Make sure you put MADfest in your diary. Come and show how good your school is.

After a successful year in 2012, the Crouch End Festival is back for its second year, starting on the 6th June with the last event on June 21st. And, of course, Highgate Wood has been asked to be part of the Festival. Again, we are showing our fantastic art skills in a display in the upstairs area of Haringey Library, along with most of the local primary schools. There will also be a performance by the HWS choir in front of the Town Hall. So please come into Crouch End on any of the days you’re free. Find all the other events on the website: www.crouchendfestival.org They are also on twitter @crouchendfest

ENRICHMENT IN YEAR 7—TEAM WORKING, PROBLEM SOLVING, THINKING… AND SHARING. Ms Angove writes: Over the course of the year we have realised that Since September 2012 Year 7's can take 30 rolls of newspaper and make a Year 7s have taken part temporary shelter for themselves and science have in over 15 enrichment discovered a group of budding forensic scientists. days, improving their We have also realised that Year 7s behave team working, problem brilliantly when they are out at the open air in solving and general Hampton Court and Kew Gardens! thinking skills on I would like to take this chance to say a huge thank projects that have you to all of the staff involved throughout the year varied from enterprise and the hard work of all of the students who to engineering. helped out. May 2013

YEAR 7 DRAMA CLUB

SOUL SHADOWS AUTHOR VISITS LRC

Ms Stables writes: This year the students in the Year 7 Drama Club have put together different plays based on children’s fairy stories and also on the subject of bullying. There has been a modern day versions of Cinderella, Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood; a fantasy where the characters meet Shrek and a more serious play about bullying, in which Rory Moodie was hilarious as the headteacher, with his blonde wig and lipstick. The club have been performing these plays at three primary schools— Coleridge, Rokesly and St Mary’s. All twenty‐four students in the club have done extremely well, and their work has been really appreciated by the primary school children who have seen it. I would like to say a big “Thank you” to all those involved, for all your hard work and all your dedication. 18

Mr Lamb writes: This half‐term author Alex Woolf spoke to Year 8s about his new novel: Soul Shadows. Students discovered how he came up with ideas, researched his novels and went about writing them. They asked questions, received advice on how to improve their writing and were awarded signed copies for reviewing the book.

CHESS CHAMPIONS

Students are allowed to play chess during lunch and break, and chess club takes place on Thursday 15:10 ‐ 16:10. A strict ranking system determines who makes Highgate Wood's top 10. Summer 1 Chess Rankings 1. Ceake Maddix 8G (undefeated) 2. Madeliene Baron 8A 3. Daniel Dop 8S 4. Sertan Kiziloz 7I 5. Ertan Kiziloz 7I 6. Abel Kent 8G 7. Tolga Kale 8A 8. Scarlett Monaighan 8A 9. Ishmael Tikly‐Young 8S 10. Harry West 8A

May 2013

BOOK CLUB CONTINUE TO DEVOUR NOVELS

FOURTH PLACE FOR DEBATERS

Mr Lamb writes: Book club members have read an extraordinary amount this term, and easily work their way through a novel in under a week. Students meet each Friday and discuss the merit of each book, make predictions about the ending and recommend books to each other. This club is always keen to quickly get through a novel, and move on to the next! Students are encouraged to submit their reviews to the LRC MLE page. Amongst the titles read this term are: The Messenger Bird (Ruth Eastham), Life of Pi (Yann Martel), Lost Riders (Elizabeth Laird), Dead to You (Lisa McMann)

Mr Lamb writes: Highgate Wood fielded three teams and achieved 4th position in the Deutsche Bank Debate Mate Cup held at the London School of Economics on Thursday 18 April. It was the largest Debate Mate Cup held, with over twenty schools participating. The proposals included: women’s sports should have equal television coverage, all countries have the right to nuclear weapons, and companies must pay the UK minimum wage to their overseas workers. The students argued their points with great conviction, and clearly had spent many hours planning and practising. Congratulations to them all.

Current Top Readers Elif Celik 9S Melisa Sahan 9S Abel Kent 8G

Hamdi Dalmer 9S Demet Duman 9A Alex Vidic 8E Madeleine Baron 8A

LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE Open: every school day at 8:00 am every break time every lunchtime and... every school day after school: until 5:00 pm Monday to Wednesday

May 2013

DEBATE MATE CUP COMPETITORS Ishmael Tikly 8S Fay Heron 9I Rosa Elsan 9H Imogen Sheperd 9T Amber Patterson 9T Beth Gosschalk 9T Jonah Berman 10H Jace Giffiths 8T Susie Friedman 10E Colette Rogers 9T Andrea Ahern 9T Jake Canton Pery 8I

Liliana Rickets 9D Lauren Gee 10H Harry Vinall‐Smeeth 10H Aaron Gunnery 9D Ruth Ollier 9T Sina Nafissi 8E Nathaniel Stark 8H Robyn Cowie 9D Blue Weiss 10G Max Aref‐Adibi 9D Martha Berkmann 9E

School starts again for students on Tuesday 4th June at 8:35 am It will be Week One of the new timetable Monday 3rd June

INSET DAY

Tuesday 4th June

Term starts (New Timetable)

Friday 21st June

Class of 2013 ‐ Celebration Evening

24th—27th June. 1st July

Mid Key Stage 4 Exams

Friday 28th June

Sports Day

Monday 1st July

New Parents’ Evening

Tuesday 2nd July

Transition Day (our new Year 7s come into school)

Saturday 6th July

MADFEST

Wednesday 24th July

Term Ends

Thursday 15th August

A Level Results Day **

Thursday 22nd August

GCSE Results Day and Post 16 Admission Day**

Monday 2nd September

INSET DAY

Tuesday 3rd September

First day of Autumn Term

AUTUMN 2013

SPRING 2014

Mon 2nd September Term Starts *

Mon 6th Jan

Term Starts

SUMMER 2014 Tuesday 22nd April

Term Starts

28th Oct ‐ 1st Nov

Half term break

17th Feb– 21st Feb

Half term break

27th—30th May

Half term break

Friday 20th Dec

Term Ends

Friday 4th April

Term Ends

Wed 23rd July

Term Ends

* INSET Days still to be decided The school calendar is now available on‐line at www.hws.uk.com

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** EXAM RESULTS If you are unable to collect your results on results day this August and would like them to be posted home, please provide an A4 or A5 sized, stamped address envelope. This should be handed to the Examinations Officer together with your name, no later than 24th July. Any requests after this date will not be posted on the day of results and will delay you receiving them. If you would like a parent or family member to collect your result for you, this must requested by email before 24th July at jde@hws.haringey.sch.uk