NEWSLETTER George Green’sSchool

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Principal’s Welcome Preparing our pupils for the world of work is high on our agenda in George Green’s. Along with the best possible exam results, we want all our young people to have the skills and training to be successful participants in the workplace in their chosen career. So when opportunities arise, we make the very most of them.

This week half of our year 9 pupils attended a fantastic event organised by The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC); this organisation is responsible for promoting physical, social, economic and environmental regeneration of the areas around the Olympic Park. The five day event was the Olympic Legacy Careers Event. It is a particularly important event as there are likely to be lots of opportunities for apprenticeships and other careers available in the near future. Our young people need to be ready to stand head and shoulders above others to secure the jobs.

During the event, the pupils were asked to develop their employability skills through a range of tasks. They were interviewed by people in important positions such as the Chair of London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and a government financier. Through this, the young people learned how to make a positive first impression and how to present themselves during the interview. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the experience and felt even more motivated when they heard how much money these people earn!

Pupils had to carry out a ‘Dragon’s Den’ type activity where they worked in groups to develop a product; this involved them understanding the importance of research, working towards a specific goal with time constraints and team working. At the end of the process, they had to present their ideas to a large audience of other pupils and professionals. Having such high profile professionals involved improves the learning experience as these are real employers and therefore what they say has more credibility in the eyes of our young people.

All of our pupils did extremely well but some did particularly well: Tony To (9A), Nasim Guerroumi (9G), Joyce Makiona (9H), Naomi Ojomo (9P) and Dean Bowman (9R). Well done to you all! Thanks to Ms Bailey, Mr Amey, Mr Ireland, Ms Rennie-Smith, Ms George and Mr Kemp for supporting all the pupils during the event.

Important information regarding school closures next week Please ensure your son/daughter attends school on the appropriate days in full school uniform.

Monday 14 OctoberAll pupils are expected to be in school as normal.

Tuesday 15 OctoberThe school will be closed for Eid celebrations.

Wednesday 16 OctoberAll pupils are expected to be in school as normal.

Thursday 17 OctoberSchool will be closed due to strike action on the part of The NUT and NAS/UWT.

Friday 18 OctoberAll pupils are expected to be in school as normal.

Jill BakerPrincipal

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House captains!The Heads of house and Miss Cientanni would like to thank all the house captains for their help especially with the Macmillan cake sale. There are lots of house events coming up which we will keep you posted about.

Keep working hard to get those house points!!!

Well done everyone!!

ANIMAL CLUB!Well done and thank you to all the pupils that have been attending animal club! We have done rat and heart dissections and also completed lots of literacy worksheets. A special well done to the following pupils:

Jamie Mccarthy 7PFadumo Ali 7HAlex Cauchi 7PMasumah Begum 7HChelsea-Leigh Landerkin 7HSadie Stokes 7HBertie Tough 7H

All pupils are welcome to attend animal club which is held in lab 8 after school on Tuesday and Friday. See Esther for a permission slip to join!!

Science Club!!There is so much happening in science! Dr Glen is running a science club on Wednesdays after school in lab 4 which is such great fun!! Come along and see science in action!

YEAR 8 TRIUMPHSOverall Top Merit Scorer of the week is Kevin Ortiz 8P for the third week in a row! Well done!

Number of positive merit slips for the last 7 days

Total Average per pupil Top Merit Scorer Lates Attendance8T 1672 73 Albie Tidy 2 93.5 %8R 2352 98 Kowthar Hassan 7 96.3 % 8I 2416 105 Larry Simmons 10 98.3 %8U 1448 58 Maisha Tasnim 13 92 %8M 1673 70 Viet To 5 90 % 8P 2890 126 Ekram Jimma 9 92.3%8H 2679 112 Kirsty Goodwin 2 93.8%

Which form will have the highest average by Friday ? Results will be announced in assembly next week.

Miss Abdi and Miss John-Lewis would like to mention Mohima Begum 8T for being a positive and hard-working member of the form!

Miss Short and Miss Begum would like to mention Mohammed, Habib, Maisha and Taslima 8U for always getting merits and continually working hard!

Miss Dann would like to mention Shahana, Jannah and Nisshita 8M for always being organised about their committee meetings.

Miss Kortun and Mr Karim would like to say welcome Hanna, Ekram, Adil and Emad 8P whio have made a great start.

Miss Daling would like to mention Jade 8R for being a constant ‘star’ in literacy and general focus in lessons and helpfulness.

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Prefect Corner:Ms Hussain would like nominate Kieran Wall 11R and Joe Cromar 11R in this week’s newsletter as Kieran is the highest merit scorer in the school and Joe is fifth and she would also like to praise them for their dedication.

Commendations from the Science Faculty ;

Faizah Islam 9H Tommy Sweeny 9H Eva Mac 11H Tania Yasmin 9H Hannah Truong 9H Lutfa Begum 11R Imaan Khan 11R Mohammed Ali 9H Mitchell Byrnes 9H Shuwekar Sharif 9H Alfie Thompson 9H Ubah Abdulle 9H Nadia Akter 11R Daryl Barnard 11R Juned Ahmed 9H Jakira Kamaly 10I Joseph Cromar 11R Amrit Kaur Virdee 11S Shama Akther 9W Mohammed Ahmed 9H Mahmuda Aysha Aktar 7T Farhath Ahmed 11T Sabia Khatun 11R Abeer Arter 9H Nazmin Begum 10I Tarin Choudhury 9H Mohammed Choudhury 10I Joyce Makiona 9H Also the Prefects would like to say “well done” to the year 10 football team for winning both their games.

Well done to everyone who did their French speaking hope you get the grades you deserve....... A final commendation for Ahlam Yusuf 8I- for finishing 5 books in a week….! Well done keep up the hard work.

The prefects would like to say a massive thank you for the whole school taking part in community day in a responsible manner, we hope everyone enjoyed themselves.Many of you already know Sindy Wade and Dannilea Murphy who are organising a campaign to get the vote for 16 year olds. If you are interested in this please speak to Dannilea or Sindy in 11T.

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Cadet and Junior Regional Table Tennis Qualification

The London Regional table tennis qualification was held last weekend on Saturday and Sunday at Morpeth School. We had 11 young people represent George Green’s School both days and there was amazing display of table tennis from the players on both days. On Saturday Tai Luu was outstanding with his positive attitude throughout the day. He was resilient in every game he played and he said he felt really happy with his performance as he felt he gave his best in every game he played. Nayeem Kibria, Reese Croft also did great and supported each other when they played. On Sunday, the Cadet played their tournament, we had our wonderful year 8 and 9’s team which consist of Jay Arlain, Saiful Hoque, Jason Nunuay, Lukas Karpavicius, Leon La, Nasim Guerroumi, Tanvir Chowdhury and Vincent Chu. It was a nervous start for some of them in the first round as it was their first competitive tournament. As the day progressed they started playing better and enjoying the atmosphere especially talking and playing with other players. In the second round Jason Nunuay had a great match with Reese from Capital City. The game went to 2-2 in sets and they had to play the deciding set with a bit of audience watching. Jason dug deep with sweat dripping of his forehead and intensed focused in his eyes. Jason gave everything and he narrowly edge it 15 – 13. All the players showed good attitude and displayed good sportsmanship by shaking their opponent’s hands when they lost. Nasim Guerroumi had a great day as well especially as this was his first competition, he played some fantastic shots. They all said they had great time and they cannot wait for their next competition which is the National Junior and Cadet League on Sunday 13th October at Morpeth School. Congratulations to all of you for making last weekend a successful weekend. I am proud of you and I am looking forward to the next one. LET’S MAKE IT MORE SUCCESSFUL. If you would like to join the table tennis club, below are available sessions.

BREAKFAST CLUB

Monday-Thursday .Times: 8AM- 8:40 AM, Place Sports Hall.All welcome.

After School Monday & Tuesday, Time: 3-5pm - Place- Lansbury RoomThursday: Time: 3-5pm. Place- Sports Hall

Table Tennis CoachWahab Adam

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MAT CornerIt has been a busy week for MAT students as, already, GCSE exams have got underway.

Well done to Ms O’Leary’s French KS4 class. They have completed their second French speaking exam. The bar had been set very high from the beginning of the course in July. Most of them are expected to get B-A* so they needed to ensure that their controlled assessments are at least an A standard. Ms O’Leary was not disappointed, she thinks that most of them are at least a B/A standard, so well done to: Monica, Den Yeng, Fahmida, Summayah, Nawsin, Shahid, Rebekah, Tammana, Hannah, Sarina and Albion.Year 7 and Year 8 MAT students, do you want to be part of ‘The Brilliant Club’? Do not let this exciting opportunity pass you by. Ensure that you get your application to Miss Wright by Monday.

Year 9, 10 and 11 MAT students, are you a member of IGGY? Not logged in for a while? Not picked up your login? Now is the time to reconnect… or just connect! Remember, the more time that you put in, the more chance you have of being picked for future opportunities.

If you have any questions about any issues to do with More Able and Talented provision at George Green’s please contact Miriam Wright on mwright@georgegreens.com

Year 7 Form of the WeekThe year 7 form of the week this week is Black Rhinoceros having the greatest improvement in merit points putting them in 2nd place this week. Well Done 7R.

The Merits Cup

The merits cup is still a close run thing but will the leaders manage to hold for another 2 weeks until the end of half term? 7T this week have managed to get back to top spot. They have had to top spot on 2 occasions and are rarely out of the top 3. However we have 7O very close on their heels who have never been out of the top 3 and have overtaken 7S this week to come in 2nd overall. Will the merit cup go to who have seen the biggest improvement this week closing in on the leaders at the very end of term? At the moment it’s anyones A big push in the last two weeks could turn the tables. Good luck to all the year 7 forms.

Form groups with most merits

This week 1st 7T, 2nd 7R, 3rd 7O

This half term so far 1st 7T, 2nd 7O, 3rd 7S

Special Mentions

Dr. Choudhury would like to mention Anisa Begum (7T) for having the top merit score in year 7 last week.

Mr. Munck would like to mention Andrew Barrett (7E) and Jacey Knight (7E) for having a great week.

Drama department news Y7s and Y8s have been doing their final practitioner performances this week.I have been very impressed with the way the majority of you have worked independently, well done.Some creative and imaginative Brechtian work created by:Elliott Boakye-Adu 8RNicole Cunha Da Silva 8IThe Y7s silent movie have been funny and skilful, well done to the following pupils:Jessica CollinsLouise Little 7HKristiano Loshi 7PMs WilliamsThe days are drawing closer for Performing Arts next performance.An evening of intrigue and delight awaits you all.Performances can be seen in T4 on Tuesday 22nd October 4pmEmail Ms Williams for tickets; jwilliams@georgegreens.com

Ms WilliamsGCSE Drama continue to rehearse for their production of Macbeth; its taking shape now and will transpire into a Macbeth like you have never seen before.Continue with the determination and hard work.

Mr Williams

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Calling all Parent/Carers New English Conversation

Classes

Monday Mornings 9am-10am Starting on

Monday 7th October Practice and improve your language and

conversation skills. The class is informal and semi-structured. It is ideal for ESOL

students and for those whose confidence in speaking English is low. The class is limited to 20.

For more information please call Charlotte, Parent Support on 02079876032 ext 519 or text the word ‘Conversation’ to

GGS’ parentline 07852665386

Parent/Carer Surgery Drop InTuesday and Thursday mornings

9am - 10amAt George Green’s School we know the importance of communication. We are also aware that nobody knows children as well as their parents and carers. In a bid to keep the pathway of communication between ourselves, parents and carers open we have launched a parent drop in surgery. Charlotte your Parent Support Partner will be available between 9am-10am for you to drop in and discuss any matters concerning your child’s education and well being. It may be that you just wish to drop in and introduce yourself and find out what is happening in school. There is no need for an appointment, just pop in and get to know your child’s school a little better.The drop in surgery is an informal opportunity to communicate with school. If you have any serious concerns or issues relating to your child please contact the school in the usual manner. If you have any questions relating to the drop in centre please contact:-Charlotte Constantinou (Parent Support Partner)- Tel: 02079876032 ext519

Positive on CallYear 7 Working hard in their Science Lesson with Ms Tandon this week.