The Weekly Buzz 09 November 2020
Noticeboard WEEK 2 Every Day
Salad Bar Soup of the Day (Vegan)
Fresh Fruit Soup of the Day (Vegan)
Yoghurt
Soup of the Day (Vegan)
Main Meat Free: Beef Bolognese
Main: Chicken and Broccoli Pie
Meat Free: Tomato SAUCE With Pasta
Meat Free: Veggie pie
To Go With: Sweet Potato Garlic Bread Sweetcorn with black bean Sauce
To Go With: Cauliflower Peas Rice
Dessert: Flapjack
Main: sticky Chicken Meat Free: Sticky Veg
To Go With: Green Beans Noodle Courgette
Dessert: Dessert:
Soup of the Day (Vegan)
Main: Pizza
Beetroot Cake Peach Cake Meat Free: Soup of the Day (Vegan)
Main: Sausage casserole
Creamy Veg casserole To Go With: Broccoli Mash Potato Kale
Dessert: Chocolate Mousse
Gluten-free options available on each day
Meat Free: Pizza To Go With: Oven Baked Fries Crushed Peas Baked Bean Dessert: Rice cake
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YEAR 11 SCIENCE REVISION SESSIONS
Wednesday - Physics Thursday - Chemistry Friday - Biology All sessions will run from 1:10-1:45pm/H1
Noticeboard Library
Did you know that our library has a large number of interesting non-fiction books? November is the month to appreciate non-fiction and it is a very appropriate time for it too as several students have told me how much they enjoy it recently. Explore topics you are interesting by searching for keywords in our library catalogue. Non-fiction can be the poor relation to fiction and reading for pleasure which is often the highlight in our school library. We often read novels for pleasure but we can also learn so much about the world around us from fact books.
We will focus on non-fiction in library lessons this month and I will ask students to recommend more non-fiction that they would like to see in our school library.
Noticeboard Enrichment – Autumn Term 2 Activity
Room (in PPS)
Staff
Chess Club
G32
RFI
Claymotion Movie Making
PP 43
DFL & PZA
Cookery Club
Dining Hall
SBI & DJA
Comic Club
PP 10 & 11
BCA
Cross Stitch
G24
LRO
Debate Club
G44
ABA
EPQ
G23
LOD
Photography
Art Rooms (HH)
LDE
Horse Riding
PE Corridor
CBY
Junior Maths Puzzle Club
PP 22
LBE
Lego Design Club
PP Hall
TTC
Samba Drumming
PP 1
CBO
Sports Leader Award – Level 1
PP 35 & 36
SRI & JKU
West End Musical Theatre
Drama Studio (HH) DCH & AJU
World on Film
G33
KOL
Yoga & Meditation
PP 11
LVW
Year 11 Football
PE corridor
LST
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Post 16 Noticeboard Post 16 Options – Sixth Form I have been catching up with our Year 11s this week and am very pleased that most students have chosen several colleges that they are in the process of applying for. If I haven’t seen them yet, I will see them next week. I am also available for post 16 drop-ins in the library Mon-Thurs, from 1pm. If your son or daughter hasn’t located a Sixth form college to apply for yet or if you would like to arrange a mock interview for your child, please get in touch. My email is belinda.carvalho@portland-place.co.uk Additionally, if you have any further enquiries please let us know.
Scholarships
Ashbourne currently has a limited number of A-Level scholarships for talented students of Music and Drama, offering up to 100% discount on our tuition fees. Applicants are asked to submit a filmed audition of either a musical performance or dramatic monologue as well as attend an interview with our Director of Studies & Scholarship Panel and sit online admissions tests. Please contact the Admissions Department at admissions@ashbournecollege.co.uk or call 0207 937 3858 for further details.
Open Evenings Some schools still have open days going forward into November. Mill Hill School have theirs this coming Monday, 9th November. Register your interest here: https://www.millhill.org.uk/senior/admissions/openmornings/ Kensington Park School have added a Virtual 3 D tour of the school to their website here: https://www.kps.co.uk/admissions
Noticeboard Extra Languages 2020-2021 RUSSIAN
JAPANESE
ARABIC
CHINESE Mandarin
Wednesday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Lunchtime Room 24
After school Room 36
After school Room 36
Lunchtime PPS Hall
Ms Zalesny
Ms Eren
Mrs Elshlmani
Ms Huang
Harrisson B-T Y6
Gabriel A Y8
Rafer M Y7
Avi W Y7
Mia L Y6
Arjun L Y9
Kadi B Y7
Rachel W Y8
Iasmin M Y6
Jenny Z Y8
Gene A-T Y9
Samara A-M Y8
Humphrey B Y6
Emily Z Y8
Rhiya H Y7
Mia L Y6
Sasha C Y8
Huxley N Y8
Arad M Y7
Harisson B-T Y6
Lloyd D Y9
Harry P Y9
Yaqoub B Y7
Miguel P-P Y8
Avi W Y7
Irene P- P Y10
Rachel W Y8
Humphrey B Y6
Miguel P-P Y8
Miyu A Y9
Irene P- P Y10
Zaid Al-Q Y6
Zaid Al-Q Y6
Basma Al–Q Y6
Samara M Y8
German R Y8
Sam O Y8
Martin R Y7
Albert T Y8
New Mandarin classes, details above
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FRENCH GCSE
SPANISH GCSE
Tuesday
Friday
Lunchtime Room G33
Lunchtime Room G32
Mr Lalande
Ms Magniez
Joshua H
Sam I
Amitis J-P
Anton P
Beatrice C
Dylan Y
Manuela P-S
Bea C
Caspar W
Eleonor G
Will M Faris R Ben W Jude BC
News Portland Place School and Livingstone Tanzania Trust... £1,900 raised!
I’m sure it does not come as a surprise to anyone but, unfortunately, our Tanzania Expedition has been cancelled again. We were all very sad that the Portland Place trip to Tanzania could not happen last year and LTT’s hopes are that they can welcome us back there in Summer 2022. Team Tanzania was made of Joshua Hallam, Amitis Jafari-Pak, Jude Brooke-Cowden, Tommy TaylorWhiteread, Daisy Lewell, Freddie Goold, Eleonora Giust, Lulya Benyam and Jay Sampson. They worked so hard towards their fundraising ahead of the expedition, it is only fair that we recognise their enthusiasm and ambition towards the project. PPS community has come together to support them many times, and they would like to thank everyone who bought “bricks” for their project. (Names of contributors are on display in PPS 58)
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to improve the water, sanitation and hygiene standards in schools across Babati.
News LTT, in conjunction with our delivery partners (MCDO) and the Babati Town Council, have developed a programme to tackle these challenges.
The aims of the programme are 3-fold: 1. 2. 3.
Improve the quality of the toilets and ensure they meet the needs of the girls Improve the hand washing facilities and ensure a supply of soap Establish WASH Clubs in schools to support peer to peer learning of hand hygiene and will include puberty education and discussion
All together as a school, and especially thanks to Team Tanzania, we have raised ÂŁ1,900 that will be sent to LTT for their work towards the programme. We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to helping Team Tanzania one way or another last year and we hope that we can do more work with LTT again very soon! Mr Lalande and Team Tanzania
News
News Haunted House 2020 Here’s the link for the Year 6/7 Haunted House recording. The students created and performed their own monologues and music and there are some brilliant performances by Georgie, Kit and Mr Bradbury! Enjoy!
https://vimeo.com/20media/download/470217809/62aaeffc2b
News English as an Additional Language I am very lucky to work with four exceptional Year 6 students (Fritzi, Susan, Mia and Daniil) and they continue to impress me. Today they’ve practised their presentation skills and shared with us very interesting information about their home countries.
Well done for your ongoing determination to succeed, enthusiasm and commitment to excellence! I am very proud of all of you! Miss Florea
News
News
To Lana Tuite of Y9, who won 2nd Place in the Key Stage 3 category at the 2020 ISA Film and Digital Art Competition. The winning entry was created during the Photography Enrichment last half term, using ProCreate and digital photography on the iPad. Well done Lana!
‘Wednesday’ by Lana Tuite, Y9
News Art Year 7 were trying to create dimension inspired by Redon’s Spider. (Hazuki Kita / Georgie Cox/ Beckett Jenkinson Chamberlain)
Sports report Y9 House Football Just before the school broke up for half term on Friday afternoon, our Year 9s took part in house football
at Regents Park. They played a round-robin tournament of 15 minute, 6-a-side games, with the winning team being decided on points or goal difference. The first round of matches saw favourites Langham put 7 past Cavendish in an incredible display of attacking football. Jessy Fryer-Jacobs managed 4 goals, including one phenomenal strike from twenty yards, into a mini goal. On the other pitch Devonshire held Wigmore to a 1-1 draw with goals from Rudy Bigoni and James Eadally. In round two, Langham continued their winning ways with a 4-0 defeat of Wigmore. Jessy claimed another hat trick and Edwin Hounkanli claimed his third of the day, having netted twice in the first match. Meanwhile, Cavendish bounced back from their heavy loss to put two past Devonshire courtesy of Lawton Ballbach and Sid De Rosario.
Sports report In the final round of matches, Cavendish knew a win against Wigmore would secure them second place
and they romped to a 4-0 victory with a tremendous display of accurate shooting from Lloyd Day, who scored all 4 of their goals. On the adjacent pitch, Devonshire held overall winners Langham, to a more respectable score line, losing just 2-1. Jessy Fryer-Jacobs claimed a single goal to take his tally to 8 goals, the tournament’s top scorer. Langham were hotly fancied from the start this year. They had a strong squad with Tom Hallam retaining much possession and distributing the ball well to players like Jessy Fryer-Jacobs, whose shooting was first -rate and Edwin Hounkanli, whose pace and ball dribbling caused much difficulty to other the houses’ defences. Well done to all that played. Once again, it was a pleasure to see literally all the boys contributing significantly to their teams. Overall Results:
1st Langham
2nd Cavendish
3rd Devonshire
4th Wigmore
Sports report Fencing On Wednesday afternoon, Portland Place fencing club got underway in GPS hall. Ten budding fencers donned their masks in what may be the most Covid-friendly sport available right now. Our students worked on some basics, including the en garde position, moving forward and backward correctly and making basic thrusts. Well done to all who attended.
Diary CLUBS Friday
Monday 12:50—13:40
Y6-11 Table Tennis Club, PPS Hall
12:50—13:50
GCSE Art Club, Miss Dever, H11
12:50—13:40
Y6-8 Drama Club, Drama Studio
12:50—13:40
Y6-11 Table Tennis Club, PPS Hall
12:50—13:40
Y6-8 Book Club
12:50—13:40
Digital Theatre & Club, Drama Studio
12:50—13:40
Y11 GCSE Art Club, Ms Osborne, HH12 (invite only)
12:55—13:40
UKMT Maths Challenge practice, G41
13:15—13:45
KS3 Science Journal & Book Club, H1
13:10—13:45
Y11 Science Revision (Biology), H1
Tuesday 12:50—13:35
Senior Weights Club (Y9-11), PPS Changing Rooms
12:50—13:45
PPS Music Tour Choir, Mr Hill /Ms Boyle, GPS 4th F
12:50—13:45
GCSE French, R24
13:00—13:45
Cyber Discovery (age 13+), Mr Whiteside, G34
13:15—13:45
KS3 STEM Club, H1
15:45—16:45
Japanese Club, Ms Eren, R36
15:45—16:45
Y11 GCSE Design Club, Ms Birtles, B1
15:50—17:00
Football Club (Y6-11), meet @PPS Changing Rooms
15:50—17:00
Art Club, Ms Dever, H11
Wednesday 12:50—13:45
PPS Choir, Mr Hill/Ms Boyle, GPS 4th Floor
12:50—13:40
Y6-11 Fitness Training Club (HIIT/Circuit), Rm 11
12:50—13:40
GCSE Computer Science (Y11), G34
Autumn Term 2020
12:55—13:40
Maths Puzzles, G41
Term starts
Monday 7 September
13:00—13:45
Russian Club, Ms Zalesny, R24
Half term
13:10—13:45
Y11 Science Revision (Physics), H1
End of term
Mon 19 Oct – Fri 30 Oct (two weeks)
15:45—16:30
KS3 Maths Club (Y6-9), R24
Spring Term 2020
15:45—16:30
GCSE Statistics & Additional Maths, G33
16:00—17:00
Fencing, GPS Halll, meet PPS changing rooms 15:45
Thursday 12:50—13:40
PPS TERM DATES
Friday 11 December
Term starts Half term End of term
Y6-11 Dance Club, Rm 11 Summer Term 2021
12:50—13:40
Y8-11 Creative Writing
13:10—13:45
Y11 Science Revision (Chemistry), H1
15:45—16:30
KS4 Maths Club (Y10-11), G33
Bank holiday
15:45—16:45
KS2/3 Design Technology Club, Mr Bradford, B1
Half term
15:50—17:00
Art Club, Ms Dever & Ms Osborne, H10 & H11
End of term
16:00—17:00
Chamber Choir, Ms Boyle, R1
Monday 4 January Mon 15 Feb – Fri 19 Feb Thursday 1 April
Term starts Thursday 22 April Mon 3 May (school closed) Mon 31 May – Fri 4 June Friday 9 July
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