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S A C R E D H E A R T N E W S

Spring Term—Issue 4 Friday 14th February 2020

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Treasure Island is a rip-roaring success!

Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1883 novel Treasure Island is rightly regarded as a classic of the adventure genre, with its salty language and labyrinthine plot full of intrigue, betrayal and double crosses.

In the assured hands of the Sacred Heart Performing Arts team – led by Ms Mazur and Ms Trustman, the

1973 musical version of Stevenson’s book (with music by Cyril Ornadel and script by Bernard Miles and

Josephine Wilson) provided the basis for four performances of outstanding quality this week, which saw

around 500 spectators right royally entertained!

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IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE WEEK (Commencing Monday 24th February 2020)

Monday, 24th February Year 9 Romeo & Juliet Periods 1-2 in

School Hall Tuesday 25th February Assembly Years 9 and 10—Charity/Lent Wednesday 26th February Year 12 Employability Trip 3.30pm Ash Wednesday Assemblies in Church Hall Year 11 Registration Year 12 Period 1 Years 7-10 Period 6

Thursday 27th February Year 9 Assembly (Options) Year 13 Assembly Year 12 Auschwitz Trip Year 9 Theatre Trip 4pm Year 9 Boys & Girls Immunisation Year 11 Inspector Calls at 3.30pm in

School Hall Friday 28th February Assemblies Years 7, 8 and 12—Charity/

Lent Year 12 Mass Business Breakfast (Investment) in D7

Name: Tiana – 11C Found: A set of keys Name: Emily – 7C Found: A pin cross Name: Amerie – 7T Found: A locker key Name: Ashantae – 8B Found: A planner Name: Henry – 7M Found: A pencil case

Name: Peace – 11T Found: AQA Sociology book Name: Nicole – 7T Found: A Liturgy badge Name: Daniel – 7B Found: A water bottle

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The most challenging Sacred Heart

production from a linguistic

standpoint in many years (staff of a

particular vintage may recall Mr Cooke’s

2005 production of Dr Jekyll and Mr

Hyde, another example of a 19th century

text brought to life on the Sacred Heart

stage), this production demanded the

highest standards of acting, storytelling

and diction from the cast. Drawn from

Years 7-10 our young performers uni-

formly rose to the challenge, improving

their craft each day to a glorious climax

on the final night.

Beza Efrem’s Jim Hawkins contained the

perfect mixture of determination,

naivety and good nature as she added

another fine performance to her

performing arts CV which also included

the lead in Annie a couple of years ago.

With her youthful, enthusiastic air, Beza

was perfectly complemented by India

Lodge’s sinister, reptilian Long John Sil-

ver. The role of Silver often lends itself to

caricature, but India’s performance, with

her sly use of gesture and facial

expression, succeeded in giving us a new,

more duplicitous take on the legendary

character.

The challenging roles of Squire

Trelawney, Doctor Livesey and

Captain Smollett fell to Erhus

Digba, Daniela Athieno Jawiloka

and Mirana Claye.

These vital characters impart much of the plot exposition of the play, and each performer demonstrated an impressively secure under-standing of their dialogue and roles, performing with perfect diction and assurance and thus helping guide the audience through the complexities of the plot.

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Elsewhere in the cast. Augustina Mbah, Owen Ehioghae and Arinze Egesi infused their roles as Blind Pew, Black Dog and Billy Bones with the perfect mixture of menace and mystery, using voice and physicality very effectively. Also among the supporting cast, Annie Boamah excelled as Ben Gunn, making an appropriately eccentric and bizarre castaway, while Heaven Yonas demonstrated an assured grasp of the character of Hands, with some excellent verbal and non-verbal acting.

The fluid and imaginative staging of the

production, complemented by wonderful

costumes, a superb backdrop and

convincing props, all contributed to the

ambience and helped create many

moments of palpable and genuine

tension. The musical numbers were

energetic and engaging, and it was also

notable that the background acting and

ability of all the ensemble to “stay in role”

at all times was truly outstanding. For this

Ms Mazur and Ms Trustman's steward-

ship of the production deserves much

credit, as does the support and hard work

of Ms Harmer and Mr Udebhulu.

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Special mention must go to the band and the musicians, led by Ms Harris, with Ms Mazur on piano,

Jonathan Lawson on trombone, Rhian Grant on keyboard, Reuel Rodriquez-Palmer on drums and Petra

Kasozi on keyboards. Their sense of unity and musicality proved invaluable. As ever, Mrs Barton also pro-

vided wonderful support with costume fixing and fittings to name just two of the many roles she

customarily fulfils.

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Among the stage crew, Stephanie Siraut was

rightly given a special mention on the final

night for her outstanding contribution to

Sacred Heart performing arts over the past

seven years, and she was ably assisted by

Francesca Pires.

All in all, another dramatic triumph on the Sacred Heart stage! Roll on next year! Mr L Williams, Assistant Headteacher

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EVENTS IN THE LIBRARY AT

SACRED HEART

WORLD BOOK DAY QUIZ –

PRIZE FOR ALL ENTRANTS

POETRY COMPETITON

CREATE A POEM ABOUT YOUR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY/HOBBY.

VOUCHERS FOR THE TOP 3 POEMS IN YEARS 7, 8 AND 9

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EVENTS IN THE LIBRARY AT

SACRED HEART

BLIND DATE READING!

Some of our very creative students have helped me transform the school book trolley into a BLIND DATE READING TROLLEY. We have chosen a selection of books from the school library, wrapped them and put key-words relating to the book on the front. Students will not know what the book cover looks like or what they are reading until they have taken it out. We are hoping that students will pick stories that they would like to read based on the keywords and not to be put off by the cover of the book. There are some fantastic books to choose from.

Mme Laffan—School Librarian

TOP READERS IN YEARS, 7, 8 AND 9

Top readers this term are as follows: Year 7 Chukwuemeka – 7C Danielle – 7P Year 8 Jesse – 8B Angel – 8C Year 9 Joshua – 9B Louisa – 9B

All students have received a new reading book.

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Basketball Training Days

Girls Basketball Day: Monday‘s & Tuesday’s

Time: 3:00pm – 4:30pm Where: Sports Hall Year Group: 7 – 11

What to wear: PE Kit & Trainers

Boys Basketball Day: Monday‘s & Tuesday’s

Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm Where: Sports Hall Year Group: 7 – 11

What to wear: PE Kit & Trainers

PE FIXTURES Wednesday 26th February - Years 7/8/9 Girls Football @ Bacons Thursday 27th February - Years 8/9 Netball @ Bacons

If you would like to attend

Basketball Training please see Head Basketball Coach Corey or Assistant Coach Michelle. Both can be found every

Monday & Tuesday in the Sports Hall (Lunch Time or after School)

Shoot Around Day: Monday ‘s & Tuesday’s

Time: Lunch Time Where: Sports Hall

Year Group: 7 – 11 Boys & Girls What to wear: Trainers

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VICTORY FOR OUR Y7 BOYS WHO WON THE SOUTH LONDON YOUTH GAMES ON WEDNESDAY, 12TH FEBRUARY 2020

Coach Ojuriye, and the School, is very proud of our Y7 boys who won the South London Youth Games this week. Our boys were well behaved and performed extremely well. A girl from another school fell over in a relay race and was very upset—two of our pupils ran across the track and helped the girl up. Her teacher was very impressed and thanked the boys. As they geared up for the final race, they formed a huddle and using encouraging words such as “come on guys, this is the last race, this is the most important—give your all!” and so they did and raced to victory. This is just the attitude that Sacred Heart expects from all our pupils. Well done Year 7!

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Year 8 Girls Netball won their first league game against COLA 5:2. The year 7 Girls Netball won their first league game against St. Michaels 10:5. U16 Girls Football made it through to the quarter finals and the U13 are play-ing their quarter final game on March 9th.

PE DEPARTMENT

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PE DEPARTMENT

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We understand from our local NHS Trust that hospi-

tal appointments are now paperless. To reflect this

we are changing the procedure needed when in-

forming school of an appointment.

Please can all parents follow the advice below.

Hospital appointments should be evidenced to

school as follows:

Where an appointment letter is sent, please

present to school as evidence of

appointment.

Where a text has been sent for the appoint-

ment, please either show the office staff the

text, or forward the text to your child so they

can show the office staff.

For booked GP appointments please follow

the same procedure, as most GP services will

notify you by text.

For early morning walk-in appointments your

practice should be able to provide you with a

slip to confirm that the appointment has tak-

en place. Please give to your child so they can

hand to reception on their arrival to avoid

them being marked late.

Mme Hetherington

Assistant Headteacher/Safeguarding Lead

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS REGARDING MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS

St Patrick’s Day Dance

Admission: Families £10 (2 adults + 2 children) Adults £5 Children £2 each Ticket price includes Irish stew

Entrance tickets on sale in

the Parish Office

Also in the Repository af-

ter Mass from 9.30 to 12.30

All children must be accompanied by an adult!

- Music - Irish Dancing - Raffle

Saturday 21st March 2020 From 7pm to 11pm

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Please make sure that your son/

daughter is properly equipped for

their

forthcoming exams

As a minimum, they should have several black pens,

pencils, a set of colouring pencils, a rubber, ruler and

pencil-sharpener, mathematical equipment (protractor,

set-square, compasses and a working calculator). All

students MUST also have a large TRANSPARENT

PENCIL-CASE.

COUNTDOWN TO EXAMS

For the dates of all forthcoming exams, please go to the Sacred Heart website –

www.sacredheart.southwark.sch.uk. Click on ‘Parents’, then on ‘Forthcoming exams’. This page of

the website is updated throughout the year as exam

timetables and dates are finalised, so please check it on a regular basis.

How many school weeks away ?

Year Group Exams

0! Year 13 Year 13 mock A level exams take place in the week beginning 24th February. Students will be on study leave for this week (only coming in to school when they have exams)

8 Year 7 Year 7 ‘End-of-Year’ exams take place in the week beginning 4th May

9 Years 10, 11, 12 & 13

Public examinations (GCE & GCSE) begin on 11th May 2020

12 Year 8 Year 8 End-of-Year exams take place in the week beginning 8th June (possibly spilling over into the following week)

13 Year 9 Year 9 End-of-Year exams take place in the week beginning 15th June

14 Year 10 Year 10 End-of-Year (& mock GCSE) exams take place in the week beginning 22nd June

Parents are reminded that students should not be taken out of school for any reason during exam periods. Medical or dental appoint-ments must not be made during this time, as exams cannot be resched-

uled or taken at another time to suit the student. A student who misses an exam (for whatever reason) will score zero

marks, exactly as they would for a public exam such as a GCSE or an A

level. In such a circumstance, subject teachers will base their assessment

on classwork and homework and write reports accordingly.