Emmanuel

EXPRESSI N T H I S I S S U E

DT STUDENTS’ AMAZING CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT WORK

FA I T H I N A C T I O N

YOUNG CREAT IVES AWARDS SUCCESS

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ISSUE 36 MAY 2015

S I X T H F O R M S T U D E N TS ’ E A S T E R S C H O O L AT C A M B R I D G E U N I V E R S I TY

The Grand Balloon Race 2015

To the excitement of everyone gathered in the cloister, over 1600 balloons were released on the last day of the Spring Term.A student committee of over 30 students spanning each year group organised this spectacular event, not only to celebrate Maundy Thursday but to raise money for their house charities. Their vision for an innovative fundraiser enabled the whole school community to unite and support local, national and international charities, raising over £1600. Students, with the support of staff, obtained aviation authorisation as well as designing and distributing thousands of race tickets. Race balloons represented house colours giving students an added incentive to raise money for their house charity. The chaplaincy team also organised the writing of over 200 prayers, written by students, that

were attached to white balloons to celebrate the Last Supper. Students were amazed by the distance their charity balloons had travelled when the finders of the balloons returned back to us the attached race tickets. We were inundated by delightful letters, postcards, photos and maps from the people in the areas

where the balloons had landed. The balloons landed in four

countries, the United Kingdom, France Germany and the furthest Switzerland. Gaurav Jhall in 705 was the owner of the balloon that triumphantly travelled the furthest distance, 594 miles. He was delighted to win

an iPad mini generously donated by XMA, a local IT

company. The charities benefitting from

this fundraiser are The Arches Project, WaterAid, Make a Wish, Nottingham’s Hospitals Charity and Partner Schools WorldWide.Mr White, Science Key Stage 4 Manager

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An explosion of creativity, colour and imagination transformed the exhibition space at The Nottingham Contemporary Gallery last month. This fantastic space was used to exhibit the impressive work created by some of our current Year 9 students. The diverse

selection of artwork developed by a number of schools throughout Nottingham stole the limelight with an incredible turn out of 900 visitors over 4 days. Themes such as Rights and Nature and protecting your environment provided stimulus for our artistically talented and enthusiastic students to cultivate both exciting and individual works of Art. Excellent sculptures, paintings and photography pieces all featured as part of The Nottingham Emmanuel’s collection of work within the exhibition. The Art department is incredibly proud of the successes and achievements of all Emmanuel students involved within the project. We anticipate further exciting opportunities to share our amazing students’ artistic talents within our community. Congratulations to the following students: Heather Schild , Natasha Hudson, Georgia Blyth, Jessica Blyth, Balraj Singh, Tegan Thornhill, Charley-Mae Middleton, Kyra Waldram, Victoria Chodan, Ashleigh Morris, Itasha Tezoo, Megan Cambell, Estelle South-Wilson, Bradley Jepson and Estelle Demafeliz.Ms James-Davis, Teacher of Art and Photography

Victoria Chodan, Estelle Demafeliz and Kyra Waldram with the group’s artwork at the Contemporary

A R T S T U D E N T S E X H I B I T A T T H E

N O T T I N G H A M C O N T E M P O R A R Y

On 15 May a group of university students studying Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University delivered a workshop to Year 10 Art students called ‘Outside the Box’. It was a fantastic opportunity for the students to engage with a range of disciplines which inspired. them. Bryony Cousins, second year Fine Art student, said: “It’s important to have these workshops in school to open students’ eyes to new and different techniques. The students were enthusiastic and willing to complete all the tasks given to them.” Year 10 student Bethany Lowe added: “I’ll be able to use what I’ve learnt today to make my sketchbook more creative.”

Clockwise: Nathaniel Small (1002) working on layering his cutouts. NTU students Briony Cousins and Ilona Sutherland give advice to GCSE student (name to be added). Bethany Lowe (1007) and Chandni Patel discuss the art of drawing with liquid.

OUTSIDE THE BOX

As part of the school’s continuing commitment to this, a weekly staff prayer meeting now takes place every Thursday, and updates for prayer are published on the School App each week. At various points in the year, special opportunities are provided for students to reflect and pray and on 9 May, we gathered together for our Voluntary Communion for students taking exams in Years 11, 12 and 13. It was a wonderful opportunity for students to come together and pray for each other at this crucial time of year.

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This half term we pray for...Students taking examinations at GCSE and A level – pray that God would grant them peace and wisdom as they approach these crucial moments in their learningPartner Sri Lanka – our new international partnership sees its first trip in early July – pray for an amazing experience for all staff and students going, and also for the ongoing establishment of the partnership in the medium term.New Year 6 students arriving and moving into Year 7 – pray that at this really important time for families that students would be full of excitement and confidence about the transition to secondary school and that they would quickly make strong relationships and feel at home at Emmanuel.

PARENTS PRAYERThere is a growing number of parents who have expressed their desire to come together and pray for the school, and following an initial team meeting in April, we would like to invite all parents to a further developmental workshop which is taking place in the Chapel on Monday 15 June from 8.00-9.00pm. This event will be an opportunity to shape the prayer and worship life of the school for parents in the coming terms, and we would really encourage all parents with an interest in this aspect of the school to come along and add to the core team who are already working with staff on this project. Mr Wolfe, Vice Principal

As part of the spiritual life of the school, students and staff are engaged in prayer in a wide variety of ways, on a daily basis through the Acts of Worship that happen in Year Groups, Houses and Tutor Groups. In addition to this, a wide variety of enrichment opportunities provide space and encouragement for students to grow in their faith.

FAITHIN ACTION

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LETTERS , POSTC ARDS, MAPS AND PHOTOS FROM UK AND EUROPE

“I was real ly surpr ised to find that my bal loon had travel led the fur thest . I was del ighted as I ’ve never won anything before . I thought it was impor tant to suppor t the char it ies especial ly WaterAid which is Yel low House’s Char ity.” Gaurav Jhall (705), Yellow House

THE WINNER!

Photos: Top: Ms Jenkins with Latoyah Walker (705) and Brontae Wint (701) tracking the bal loons on the map of Europe. Ms Gyeke presenting Gaurav with his pr ize .

TRACKING THE GRAND BALLOON RACE!

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A selection of Design work: Above, Top to Bottom: Food; Graphics; RM; Product Design. Right: Textiles

year 11 design work

The Design and Technology department would like to celebrate the current Year 11 and A level students finishing their controlled assessments. These high quality products reflect how hard the students have worked over the past few months, spending most of their lunchtimes and after schools in the department. We would like to wish them every success in their up and coming exams. The Design and Technology Team

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Students from Year 8 were captivated by their recent visit to the Green Mosque in Basford.The visit represented an introduction to some of the work which is covered under Religious Expression in the Religious Studies GCSE course. Students listened attentively to the information provided by the Imam; and the excellent display of posters on show gave the students a brilliant insight into the history and culture of Islam.Students asked impressive questions about the purpose of the mosque and were intrigued with the function of various artefacts which were on display. Ahmed, the Imam, commented on the use of technology which supports everyday belief and practice such as an app to locate the direction of Mecca at prayer times and an app which contains the whole of the Holy Qur’an. Ahmed had memorised the Holy Qur’an word for word! He emphasised

the spiritual focus of the mosque and was delighted with how members of the mosque has engaged in a supportive and helpful manner with members of the local community. Students engaged energetically in a quiz with several groups getting very high marks! It was excellent being with a group of students who displayed such sensitivity and respect to the beliefs of others. We were made very welcome at the mosque and it made us consider whether Christians are as hospitable and welcoming to our places of worship. Certainly we should be!Overall, this was a fantastically successful trip and thanks go to Mr Skinner and Mrs Wilkins for accompanying the students with me on this fascinating and enlightening visit. We look forward to similar worthwhile trips to places of worship in the future.Mr Doorbar, Director of Learning for Religious Studies, PSHE, Citizenship and Spiritual Growth.

VISIT TO MASJID AL-KHAZRA, THE GREEN MOSQUE

E a s t e r S c h o o l R e s i d e n t i a l a t C a m b r i d g e U n i v e r s i t yYe a r 1 2 s t u d e n t s J u s t i n M o t s i , M u m i n a h Fa r o o q , S i c e l o N t i n i , R a e k w o n D y e r a n d S u l l i v a n Wa l d r a m w h o a r e o n t h e Te a c h F i r s t F u t u r e s p r o g r a m m e w h i c h g u i d e s a n d s u p p o r t s s t u d e n t s w i t h t h e i r u n i v e r s i t y a p p l i c a t i o n , a t t e n d e d a n i n s p i r i n g 4 - d a y E a s t e r r e s i d e n t i a l a t C a m b r i d g e U n i v e r s i t y. T h e t a s t e r s u b j e c t s c h o s e n i n c l u d e d E n g i n e e r i n g , L i f e S c i e n c e s a n d P s y c h o l o g y. I n a d d i t i o n t o t h e a c a d e m i c l e c t u r e s a n d p r a c t i c a l s , o u r s t u d e n t s a l s o h a d t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o t a k e p a r t i n l e i s u r e a n d s o c i e t i e s ’ a c t i v i t i e s , a n d a f o r m a l d i n n e r. J u s t i n t h o u g h t t h a t t h e w h o l e e x p e r i e n c e w a s f a n t a s t i c a n d i n f o r m a t i v e e s p e c i a l l y a s t h e g r o u p g o t t o t a l k t o t h e a d m i s s i o n s o f f i c e r w h o g a v e t h e m v a l u a b l e t i p s o n t h e w h o l e a p p l i c a t i o n p r o c e s s i n c l u d i n g h o w t o w r i t e t h e i r p e r s o n a l s t a t e m e n t a n d i n t e r v i e w t e c h n i q u e s . S i c e l o s a i d : “ W h e n I s t a r t e d t h e w e e k I w a s i n t e r e s t e d i n P s y c h o l o g y b u t a s I p r o g r e s s e d t h r o u g h t h e l e c t u r e s , I r e a l i s e d t h a t i t w a s n o t f o r m e . I ’ v e n o w d e c i d e d t o r e a d E c o n o m i c s i n s t e a d a s I h a d t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o d i s c u s s m y f u t u r e w i t h p r o f e s s i o n a l s w i t h i n t h e i n d u s t r y w h o w e r e t h e r e a n d g a v e m e g r e a t a d v i c e .”

Sicelo Ntini, Muninah Farooq and Justin Motsi who attended the Easter School at Cambridge

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At the recent Nottingham Young Creative Awards ceremony, Sixth Former Rebecca Dixon, and Calista Corbin and Brittany Ward, both in Year 10, were highly commended for their fashion garments

within their age range, whilst Calista won first prize in her age range for her corset. Ms Jones and Ms Weston

who supported the students at the ceremony were delighted. Ms Jones said: “This year, the competition was stronger than ever with more than 300 entries so I am sure you will agree that the girls did amazingly. This is now four years in a row that we have won 1st prize in the 13-15 fashion category which clearly shows that we are the best in Nottingham for our age range. Rebecca had tough competition with work being submitted from Central College and NCN college. Next year I am hoping to win this one too!”

Y O U N G C R E A T I V E S A WA R D S : F I R S T P R I Z E F O R C A L I S T A C O R B I N

Why Voting is Important

Left: Rebecca at the Awards Ceremony; Right: Calista’s winning garment.

More than 100 sixth formers and community leaders gathered at The Nottingham Emmanuel School on 28 April for a first time voters’ lunch – asking Rushcliffe candidates why they should choose to vote and then presenting key issues for young people to hear their responses.The first time voters’ lunch with a difference turned the traditional hustings on its head – instead of the normal crowd hearing set speeches from local candidates the room was full of teenagers, vicars and students’ union leaders who all care deeply

about the community in which they live and who want to bring about effective change. They presented local MP Ken Clarke and Labour candidate David Mellen, Richard Mallender (Green) with the challenge of convincing them why voting matters before the room decided if the argument was convincing. Students in Year 10 and 12 then worked in groups with

local community leaders before agreeing together the key issues they wanted to ask candidates about. The event was organised and chaired by Niamh Shewell-Cooper (Year 12) who recently co-chaired the Nottingham Citizens General Election Assembly in March, which brought together 2,300 people from across the city at the Royal Concert Hall. Mr Skinner, Teacher of RE

SWIMMING GALAThe following students represented Emmanuel in the City Swimming Gala which involved schools within the city taking part in various events such as 50m Front Crawl and life saving: Charlotte Troup, Anna Harrisson, Hannah Ilsley, Maddison Harrop, Grace Phillips, Emily Digman, Alec King, Finn Christman, Haydn Newbold and Hamza Javed. The event took place at Beechdale Swimming pool on 14 May 2015. It was a fantastic event which saw the team come third in the City.Ms Baker, Teacher of PE“It was a fun and enjoyable day, and a great experience. It was awesome coming 3rd in the city. I did the 50m back stroke and 50m free sculling. I also took part in the life saving event where I had to wear clothes and swim in the pool.” Charlotte Troup Y7

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DATES FOR JUNE - JULY 2015Monday 1 June Term Starts; w/c, Year 10 Geography visit to Burbage BrookTues 2 - Fri 5 June: Year 6 Parental Meetings 4 pmWed 3 June: KS5 trip to Nottingham Trent Degree Show, All dayThur 4 June: Year 8 Science Think Tank trip, All DaySat 6 - Sun 7 June: Year 10 DofE Bronze Assessed expeditionMon 8 June: w/c Year 8 History visit to Lace Market; Year 13 Induction beginsThur 11 June: RM/Graphics Industry links visit, All dayTues 16 June: Year 6 Getting to know you session 2 4-6pmThur 18 June - 17 July: Ramadan starts; Year 6 Music transition event pmFri 19 - Sun 21 June: Year 8 Camping experienceMon 22 June: The Emmanuel Literary Festival KS3-4, all week; Year9/10 First

Anthology Launch 7-8.30 pm; Year 7 ‘Write Your Own Parable’ competion launchedTues 23 June: Year 10 Parent Evening 2 4-6 pm; End of Year Art exhibitionFri 26 June: Year 11 Prom, 7 pm Albert HallMon 29 June- Fri 10 July: Year 10 Insight into Work/Work ExperienceMon 29 June: Year 6 Induction evening, 7-8.30 pmFri 3 - Tues 14 July: Sri Lanka TripMon 6 July: KS3 Celebration Evening 7 pmWed 8 - Fri 10 July: Curriculum Enrichment WeekTues 14 July: Sports Day, individual/field events; Wed 15 July: Sports Day, trackMon 20 - Tues 21 July: Year 11 DofE Silver Assessed expeditionWed 22 July: End of Term

Year 8/9 Girls Rounders League The Year 8/9 Girls Rounders League was played over two evenings of fixtures. The first round was played at Trinity and after a morning of rain along with howling winds, conditions were tough. Our first opponents, NGHS proved to be the strongest, going on to win the league. We then beat NUSA but narrowly lost to a very good Fernwood team. A dry, sunny evening for the second round, played at home, was more like rounders should be! Following some intense practice, team confidence prevailed and saw us beat both Trinity and Bluecoat Beechdale. Outstanding fielding and confident batting performances from Rosie and Natasha gave us comfortable wins. We finished third in the league, narrowly missing out on a place in the finals. Squad; (Year 9) Jess Blyth, Georgia Blyth, Abi Brown, Jade Jones, Natasha Hudson, Anita Gaspar, Rosie Bentham, Alisha Ali-Din. (Year 8) Mandipa Pahlani, Maizy Lancashire, Bethan Keen, Chloe Pembleton, Anjali Shah.Ms Hoskisson, Teacher of PE

SPOTLIGHT ON SWIMMING AND ROUNDERS

Back Row, Left to Right: Jess Blyth, Abi Browne, Anita Gaspar, Jade Jones, Georgie BlythFront Row, Left to Right: Anjali Shah, Rosie Bentham, Natasha Hudson, Mandipa Phalani, Maizy Lancashire

The swimming team - third in the City