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PROSPECTPRIDE IN# Friday 18 September 2020

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to all our new Year 7s AND to our new STAFFYou have joined us at a very strange time but we are delighted with

how quickly you have settled in and are enjoying your learning.

A very warm welcome also to our new Year 12s, both those who were

with us in Year 11 and those joining us from other schools!

We are also very pleased to welcome our new staff: Mr Du Preez (Head of

English), Mrs Bell (Head of Maths), Mr Dixon (History), Miss Russell (Science),

Mr Assuon (Maths), Mrs Mishra (Maths), Miss Daborn (MFL) and Miss Clyne

(Learning Mentor), as well as Mr Lyddon (Head of North House) and Mrs

Gerrard (Head of East House) who joined us in April but have only just met

us all properly. We hope you will all be very happy at Prospect and we look

forward to getting to know you and enjoying learning with you!

WELCOMEPROSPECTA huge

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When we said goodbye to you all on 20th March, I had no idea that it would be another 170 days until we were open again but I am absolutely delighted that last week, we were able to welcome you all back, as well as nearly two hundred new Year 7s, nearly one hundred students into Year 12 and ten new members of staff.

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There are many parts of Prospect that are very different to when

we were last here. Apart from the superb job done by the cleaning

team who have deep cleaned every room in the school (and

continue to clean, polish and sanitise throughout the day), we have

installed new murals in Maths, MFL, Science, the Sixth Form and

Music and Drama, put barriers up, painted classroom numbers in

the playgrounds and completely reorganised the school to create

separate year-group bubbles. We know that some of these

changes are a real challenge but I would like to reiterate that

everything we have done since we closed has been to keep

our students and staff safe and ensure that we can stay open

throughout the winter and the coming year.

Prospect remains a school of very high aspiration, where we

believe and expect every student to do their very best. It is

essential that every student is in school, every day,

notwithstanding those who cannot be in because they are unwell

or isolating. For these students, work is provided via our MS Teams

portal and we will do all we can to support their learning.

However, this is not the time to have a day off for any other

reason. Our students have missed weeks of school and every day

is important in catching up on missed learning, as well as social

time with friends. We do recognise the difficulties faced in getting

Covid tests at the moment, which is why it is even more important

that if you can be in school, you MUST be in school.

This time last year, we started the year full of excitement and high

hopes, with no idea of what was to come. In many ways, we start

this year exactly the same, although we know that things could

become very different again. We will do everything that we can to

keep the school open, ensure that we are delivering the high

quality teaching and learning and providing our students with the

support that they need. I am, however, certain that whatever the

next year brings, it is the strength of the Prospect community that

will see us through it all together.

David Littlemore, Headteacher

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NEW WALL GRAPHICSOver the summer, we’ve been working with Creative Scrum to further

enhance our spaces. We have installed new wall graphics to brighten

the learning environment.

This is our fabulous entrance to Music and Drama at Honey End Lane.

How could we have known that this would turn out to be our very

own tribute to the iconic Black Panther? A very deserved place among

many other greats!

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WORLD-CHANGINGMATHSWhere you can find out what the Maths

department is getting up to, puzzle over

mind-stretching mathematical problems

and see the amazing things that happen

in the world of maths?

Search for us at Prospect School Maths

(@MathsProspect)

Mrs Bell – Head of Maths

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@ScienceProspectDid you know that there is fossil evidence of sharks from over

400 million years ago? Despite their fearsome reputation, there

are an average of just 4 human deaths per year due to shark attacks.

We think the new Prospect shark actually looks quite friendly!

You will find news, information and interesting articles relating to

science lessons across the school. Search for us at Prospect School

Science (@ScienceProspect)

Mrs Stent – Head of Science

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European day of Languages Here at Prospect, we are so fortunate to have such a wonderfully

diverse population of students and staff from many different countries

with more than 25 languages spoken amongst the staff and students.

We will once again be celebrating this incredible diversity and the

wonders of learning a language on 26th September 2020, which is

the European day of Languages.

Competition

We would like to invite all students to take part in a competition

to see if you can say ‘hello’, ‘my name is...’ and ‘how are you?’

in as many different languages as possible.

The highest number will receive a reward from the Languages

department, so get your thinking caps on!

You can hand your answers to your tutors. The winner will also

receive 50 housepoints for their House.

Bonne chance/ viel Glück,

Frau Schmidt, Madame Mumford, Frau McCavish, Madame

Bosely, Frau Grün und Madame Daborn.

Please follow the Languages Department on Twitter @ProspectMFL

With nearly 100 students joining our Sixth Form this September, the

common room rarely looks this empty…so this is a good opportunity

to see our fabulous new wall!

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New 6th form leadership team

THE HEADS

Head Girl, Umm E

Head Boy, Charlie P-S

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Deputy, L Vedadipour

Deputy, C Guy

Deputy, J Fuller

Deputy, A Adeleye

THE DEPUTY HEADS

So here were are! Back at school after over 22 weeks apart....

I for one am glad to have you all back – learning and socialising,

albeit with a lot of changes and new rules and procedures to follow.

It is strange for you not to be able to walk the school site and have to

remain contained within your year ‘bubble’ – but we must do what

we can to ensure the safety of everyone. I know that I have no

choice, but I hope I can get used to wearing the mask and

remembering to speak up so I can be heard!

It certainly has been a start to the year like no other and we hope

that it is not something that we have to repeat.

However, we have welcomed new staff and students to the school -

many in North House and we have already accrued a lot of reward

points for the house which is fantastic! I know that some of you have

already been given postcards for doing really well and I hope that we

can give out even more as the term progresses. Congratulations to

the following students who currently have the most reward points in

North House:

• Gabriella Copas-Kemsley

• Cara Moriarty

• Tea Kamberaj

• Shanyce-Renault Honor

• Maria Trifan

• Luke Campbell

A special mention must go to all the year 7s who completed such

excellent lockdown homework tasks! From what I have seen, you

have put a great deal of effort into producing some fantastic work.

WELL DONE YEAR 7!

For the vast majority of you, it has been a really positive start to the

year and you have adapted to the new ‘normal’ very well. Please

remember to maintain the high expectations that the school has

(and you should have of yourselves) so that we can keep every lesson

a positive learning environment.

Stay in your bubbles. Wash your hands. Wear your masks.

Keep your distance. Do your best.

And remember, North is always on top!

Mr Lyddon, Head of North House

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MrS GERRARDDear East House,

It’s so lovely to finally meet you all in real life. I’ve been

looking forward to this moment since I started as your new

Head of House in April! I was incredibly proud when we

won the one and only “online inter house competition”.

From that point onwards I realised how strong we are as

a House! I hope we will continue to work hard, believe

in ourselves, achieve the impossible and win many other

future events!

I have been enjoying myself by teaching geography and

well-being to so many Prospect and East House students.

Your enthusiasm and eagerness to learn hasn’t gone

unnoticed. As a result we are in second place on the leader

board, I hope by next week we have overtaken South House

and are in 1st place! I know we can do this if we are

determined to work hard in every lesson and make every

lesson count.

I would like to put a few of our East House students in the

spotlight as they have worked above and beyond for the

past week. Rhianna Sandford and Max Borecki in Year 7,

Fazlic Haris and L’Shae Perkins in Year 8, Kai Furnivall and

Haneefa Khan in Year 9, Cullen Perrin and Skye Timmis in

Year 10 and Israel Losier and Callum Timmis in Year 11.

I hope all Year 7 students have settled in and enjoyed their

first week in secondary school. Some students have started

the school year remarkably by bringing in their summer

booklets, the following students have worked extremely

hard and deserve a lot of recognition for their hard work:

Anaya-Akhousia Boahene, Bruna Aguiar and Abihnav Kunta.

As always, if you would like any support please do not

hesitate to email me or send a message on MSTeams!

Mrs Gerrard, Head of East House

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Mr GerrardDear South House,

It’s an absolute pleasure to be back teaching and being

a HOH for real people in real life! Without a doubt, I have

missed you and I am so happy to be back. In part, this

is because it’s great coming back knowing that, for two

years running, South House are the Festival of Sport

winners. Hopefully, the only ever ‘virtual winners’ is

something we can never be defeated in. I’m also proud

that we earned the most positive house points in the

academic year. Please let’s continue to be the best and

set an example for the other Houses.

To continue from last year’s success, South House has

made a great start to the year - top of the leader board

for the first week of school. I have also had the pleasure

of teaching wellbeing to many students in South House,

which will continue this year. I have been so impressed

with the attitude and ability of students in these classes,

it’s a pleasure to see you respecting each other in discussions

and valuing each other’s opinions.

With a greater focus on positive points, congratulations to

John Howard 7SB, Danny Eaton 8SB, Immanuel Brown 9SB,

Charlotte Manning 10SB and Ivan Perejon 11SB who are top

of their year groups for positive points.

On a final note, welcome to all the year 7s. You have made

a really positive start. A special mention to Luca Rea,

Callum Baynham, Rub Richardson, Oliver Henderson

and Julinda Haxhiu for their outstanding transition

booklets completed over the summer holidays.

There really is some great work that reflects the

positivity and the potential of the year group.

Thank you for a great start and keep it up!

Mr Gerrard, Head of South House

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MISS SMITHWest House – The Return

Dear West students, families and staff, I

wanted to say a formal ‘welcome back’ to

you all and remark on how impressive a start

you have all made this year. I have been so

proud to see you coming in calm, organised,

dressed smartly and ready to learn. I know

the new ‘systems’ were a little strange for

the first few days but now it feels like we

have been doing it like this forever. Year 7

West students have been absolutely brilliant

too and I hope you are enjoying your second

week here with us, at Prospect. The

following students have submitted some

excellent work which they did in the holidays

• Lathan Fitzpatrick

• Jeremiah Anim

• Catrin Hoskin

• Benjamin Marshall

Rewards points for all of you! Excellent

commitment to your learning.

You are all so friendly, energetic and keen to

succeed – keep this up to have a really

successful first year!

I would like to take this opportunity to

congratulate my first ‘top 5’ West students

for working extremely hard and gaining the

top 5 highest reward points in Year 7 in

our house:

• Daniel Hiscock

• Finley Bennelick

• Ellie-Mai Hughes

• Imogen Bennett

• Catrin Hoskin

• Zihle Lugongolo

Top for other year groups are:

• Oliver Dehaney-Thompson

• Ellie Bush

• Megan Gibbs

• Sham Alkeresh

• Jasmine Mackie – Congratulations for

making this happen! This is fantastic.:)

I am looking forward to congratulating more

and more of you next time, and remember if

you keep doing working hard, it will always

pay off.

Very proud of everything you do and have

done, keep it up! Let’s keep looking after

each other and staying healthy.

Miss Smith, Head of West is Best

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NEW HOUSE CAPTAINS

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House badgesThese are available to buy via ParentPay.

£2 and will delivered by your Head of House.

They can be worn attached to your lanyard.

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Ufton Court AT PROSPECTWe can’t go to Ufton Court

this year, so Ufton Court is

coming to us!

Massive thanks to Danny for

this fantastic session with

Year 8 students. Some

brilliant collaborative learning

focusing of learning together

and problem solving.

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Ufton Court AT PROSPECT

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BEAUTIFULLY-PRESENTED Year 7 MATHSAmazing class work from Year 7. Keep up the good work!

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SHOUT-OUTS!

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KS3 ‘PROUD OF’

Each week, many of our students

complete truly amazing work and display

outstanding manners and are awarded

points for their houses.

Additionally, for KS3 students who

go above and beyond either in or out

of the classroom, we have ‘Proud of’

nominations, to celebrate those who

have really stood out.

Any member of staff or student can

nominate anybody - we have previously

had staff nominated by students, so

nobody is left out! The nominees will get

3 positive points, their name up on the

reward board and a postcard from

Miss Ralston and their Head of House.

This week we are extra PROUD OF:

Ellie-Mai 7WB – who displayed excellent

manners and attitude when she stood

and held the door open for all the other

students in her class without being

asked with a massive smile on her face.

Nominated by Mr Priddey.

Carlos F 7SA – always impeccable

manners. Nominated by Ms Mumford

Rea K 7NB – immediate focus on

work, volunteering to help around the

classroom, and helping the teacher.

Nominated by Mr Walkem

Gabby C-K 8NB – in her own time she

has been practising on Duolingo and has

really impressed me in the lessons so far.

Nominated by Ms Mumford.

Gabby C-K 8NB – was fabulous today.

Amazing geography. Nominated by Mrs

Park-Barnard.

Gabby C-K 8NB – amazing positive start

to school. Nominated by Miss Clay-Smith.

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ENGLISH

Great to see my lovely Year 11 Eng X2

who have been their bubbly selves this

week. Keep the hard work going over the

upcoming weeks and months.

Brendon Hyde has made a fantastic start

in Year 10 English with some outstanding

vocal responses based on context of

‘An Inspector Calls’.

A brilliant start from Katie Lannon,

Jayden Boyce and Bailey Royden

in Year 9 English. Some thoughtful

and articulate answers. Keep up the

good work.

Mr Akroyde

SCIENCE

Callum Brooker – Year 11 – Constant

positive contribution in lesson.

Tierney Smithurst – Year 10 – Excellent

recall from last year.

Ramiro Ransom – Year 9 – Excellent

recall from previous learning.

Danny Skinner – Year 11 – Good

contribution and great attitude.

Asia Bicetti De Buttinoni – Year 11 –

good contribution and great attitude.

Oliver Dehaney-Thompson – Year 8 –

Great effort in first lesson.

Mrs Welch

Year 9 – Jesse-James Fullbrook

Year 10 – Charlotte Manning, Joshua

Brown

Year 11 – Maizie Townsend, Leo

Ayaoge, Melissa Brain

Year 13 – Zach Watson, Bayo Adeleye,

Jeyan Ratilla

Mrs Stent

Year 7 – Bartek Tojza

Year 8 – George Vass & Liam Peck

Year 10 – Tyler Brydon-Smith & Torray

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Shout-outsPE

It’s been a brilliant two weeks in PE and

we have been so happy to welcome

back pupils for some non-virtual PE

lessons! Our PE lessons have focused on

rambling and how to steadily build up

exercise after a sedentary period. With

the weather also being incredibly warm

(not that we’re complaining!), it also gave

us an opportunity to explore exercise

that could be safely conducted in these

temperatures. During the past two weeks

we have had some amazing lap counts

recorded and below are a handful of

students who have really excelled and

demonstrated some of our core values in

PE – effort and determination. Well done!

• Kartel Forde (Y10) – 9 laps

• Joe Foster (Y10) – 7 laps

• Ajmal Safi (Y10) – 7 laps

• Aliyah Jamil (Y10) – 6 laps

• Jamari Lampkin (Y8) – 4 laps

Our theory classes have also been

returning to normal with our BTEC and

GCSE students continuing on from the

hard work that was completed during the

lockdown period. Miss Mudge has been

particularly impressed with her Y10 BTEC

Sport class and would like to acknowledge

their excellent attitude towards learning so

far – keep it up!.

Mr Radnedge

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