BEVIN NEWS www.ernestbevin.london Issue 146

Friday 29th March 2019INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY PANEL

To mark International Women’s Day, Ms Southgate and Ms Head organised a number of events including a Panel Debate, an IWD breakfast for parents and a female athlete speaker. The aim was to increase dialogue and make the young men and women at the college understand their role in creating a more equal society.

The panel debate featured some fantastic insights from the Tooting MP, Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, Susan Kurr, from Amnesty International and Revered Philippa Boardman, vicar of St Mary Magdalene Church on Wandsworth Common and a college governor. Sixth Formers and selected classes from Years 7-10 listened to the debate and asked questions.Tobi 9ALS said: “The experiences and struggles that the panellists spoke about were very shocking as they showed that women are still being treated differently to men around the world. It was very interesting and I hope we can do something like it again.”

JACK PETCHEY SPEAK OUT CHALLENGEWell done to the 60 Green Ties who took part in the Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge this term.

The Wandsworth Final took place in the Ernest Bevin College hall on Monday 18th March and the college was represented in the final by Amal 10KH and Mason 10FON. Runner Up was Qasim 10FON and pats on the back to Joel 10KH and Omari 10EAM for having the courage to speak in assembly in front of their whole year group. Mr Punt

WORLD BOOK DAYTo mark World Book Day, the poet Karl Nova came in to college and spoke to Year 7 students in the library. He spoke about the inspiration behind some of his poems, the overlap between poetry and music and he read some of his poems from his award winning Rhythm and Poetry book. It was a very lively and enjoyable event and thanks to Mrs Richards, the college librarian for organising it.

On International Women’s Day Abi Oyepitan, an Olympic runner and Commonwealth Gold and Silver medallist gave an inspirational talk about overcoming setbacks in order to achieve her goals to a group of athletics students. She also put them through their paces with a practical session in the sports hall.

VEHICLE IDLINGParents are reminded to park considerately to our neighbours and not to leave the engine running whilst waiting to pick up your child from school. Motorists can be issued an on the spot fine if the do not switch off the engine when requested to do so. It is also important for air quality to reduce vehicle emissions wherever possible as there are proven links between air pollution and respiratory disease particularly in young people.

BRIGHTER SOUNDS CONCERTOn the 25th March, Mr Kilner and Mr Rodman took 11 boys to the Royal Festival Hall to take part in Wandsworth’s Brighter Sounds concert. The boys performed as part of a 300 person choir which was made up of students from all school in Wandsworth. Despite the vast numbers in the choir, the boys held their own as some of the only tenors in attendance singing three songs to a full auditorium.

NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEKTo mark National Apprenticeship week, Mr Clarke, the Head of Careers was pleased to welcome back some former students to talk about their experiences since leaving. Thank you to Caxie Dagupen, who was Head Girl two years ago who spoke to about 50 Year 12 and 13 students about her experience as a White Hat Apprentice.AMERICAN CLOCK PERFORMANCE

The third instalment of The Old Vic Schools Club took place on Wednesday 6th March. 15 students from Years 9 and 10 were involved in a workshop exploring various techniques delivered by professional actors from The Old Vic company. Students were then invited to the theatre to watch ‘The American Clock’ by Arthur Miller. This gave students the opportunity to see the techniques they had learnt in practice. Students thoroughly enjoyed the performance.“I thought ‘The American Clock’ performance was good because of the techniques they used. I could link what I have learnt in my Drama lessons to what I was watching” Marley 9TVW

BATCA CHEQUE PRESENTATIONBack in September Akilesh and Nidal in 8PG were two of the pupils who helped man the Ernest Bevin sports attractions at the Balham and Tooting Community Association Fun Day. The Fun Day raised £2750 which was donated to St George’s Hospital Charity at a small event held recently at Gatton Primary School who had hosted the Fun Day. Representatives from the hospital said the money would be used to buy Acuvein equipment which helps find veins in patients to make taking blood easier. This year’s Fun Day will be held on Saturday 13th July – put the date in your diary!

CLIMATE CHANGE POP UPYear 8 boys who have been learning about Climate Change, spent the morning in Tooting Market manning a pop up stall and talking to the public about Climate Change and what we can do about it.

We were also pleased to welcome back Pano Christou, an ex-Purple Tie who left Ernest Bevin 25 years ago and is now Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Pret a Manger. Pano spoke to Sixth Formers and selected Year 11 students, who then took part in a sustainability challenge #PlanetPret that is being run by the company with students around the country to look for new ways of making the business more sustainable in the future.

YEAR 7 FOOTBALLThe Year 7 football team progress to the quarter finals of the South London Cup after a thrilling match against City Heights Academy. Trailing 3-0 at half term the result looked ominous for the Yellow Ties however, a change in the formation and a team determined to put up a fight, we somehow with the last attack of the game clawed the game back to 3-3. After some excellent penalties and a great outstretched save by Syed 7JRS, Louis 7JRS stepped up to confidently seal the victory. Ernest Bevin win 8-7 on penalties! Mr Trodden

SIXTH FORM CHARITY RUNSixth Formers, Michael 12LTT and Jemima 12CJW ran 10k and raised sponsorship money in aid of the charity STEM 4, the teenage mental health charity. Michael is pictured passing on the cheque to Sarah Sterne, Education Co-ordiator, STEM 4. Michael and Jemima ran from Colliers Wood to Clapham Common and back to Tooting Bec on the Insed day in February and raised £219.63.

MOBERLY RUMBLE JUDOThe Moberly Rumble took place in Stonebridge in February. There were 21 strong clubs participating including Pinewood Judo, Camberley, Kin Ryu of Crawley, Hackney, Micklefield, Bishop Stortford, Core Judo near Woking, Ealing Judo, Osaka Judo, Willesden Judo, Budokwai in Chelsea, Windsor Judo in Brighton. It was a beginner and intermediate competitions for their age band. Five players participated in the Tournament. They demonstrate their Judo abilities, and the students supported each other during the day. Sensei Mike

The results are as follows : Gold: Shai 7YC & Ali 8SW

Silver: Ramy 7YC & Wassim 8MASBronze: Shan 7JRS

TABLE TENNIS NATIONALSThe U16 and U19 teams played at the National teams table tennis school finals at Hinckley Leisure Centre on Saturday 23rd March. The under 19s boys and under 16s boy team tried very hard to get both titles but they could not do it. The boys faced three very strong teams and strong players ranked very high in the country. The matches were quite close and it is a great achievement to have two teams playing in the national finals. I am very happy because our school is in the best three in the country in table tennis and we will carry on working hard until we win. Please see the results as follow:

Boys under 16s: EB v St Mary's Academy (Kingston-upon-Hull) 6-2 to EB win EB v Tanbridge House School( Horsham West Sussex) 1-7 EB lost EB v Carlton le Willows Academy (Nottingham) 3-5 EB lost

Boys under 19s results:1. EB v Grantham College (Lincolnshire) 1-7 EB lost

2. EB v Whitgift School( Croydon) 1-7 EB lost3. EB v Bradford Grammar (West Yorkshire) 5-3 EB win.

Coach HenryLONDON DEVELOPMENT JUDO

We participated in the London development Judo Tournament which was held on the Saturday 23rd March at University of East London. The team was 8 players from Year 7 to 12. The boys won 7 medals and the results are as follows :

Gold: Shai 7YC, Camaron 8SW and Wassim 8MAS Silver: Nathan 8PXM and Zakareya 10FON

Bronze: Mohammed 8PRH and Farid 11AJTParticipated: Marcus 12SV

SWIMMINGWell done to Sonny 8MAS who competed in the Surrey Swimming Championships and won the following medals: Gold - 800m Freestyle and Silver in the 200m, 400m and 1500m Freestyle.He was also a finalist in the 50m and 100m Fly, 100m Freestyle, 200m and 400m Medley.Sonny was shortlisted for the Active Wandsworth Young Sports Person of 2018 Award in recognition of his success in swimming last year. Congratulations

Diary DatesFriday 5th April

College breaks up for Easter holidayMonday 8th-18th April

Easter Revision (GCSE and some 6th Form) sessionsTuesday 23rd April

College returns after break

JUDO TRAINING SESSIONThe Ernest Bevin Judo athletes had got the opportunity to train with Mrs Joyce Heron, European and World Medallist, Deputy Sports Director of the British Judo and Dr Yoko Tanabe three-times World Medallist and two-times Olympic Medallist from Japan before the British National Schools in Sheffield.

It was a great opportunity for the students to practice Judo and ask questions from two world-class champions. Sensei Mike

TABLE TENNIS INDIVIDUAL FINALSWell done to all the table tennis players who took part in the Individual finals.

Nahom 11SAA won the under 16 boys competition and therefore he has qualified for the national school individual finals in Wolverhampton on 27th April. He also qualified to the London schools individual finals.Howard 11SH was runner in the under 16s competition, therefore he also qualified for the London schools individual finals.Kamal 10KH won the under 19s competition and so he qualified for the national schools individual finals on 27th April. He also qualified for the London schools finals.Zion 13MJH came 4th in the under 19s competition and has qualified for the London schools individual finals.Daniel 8PXM was runner up under 13s competition and so he qualified for the London schools individual finals.Akilesh 8PG was 4th in the under 13s competition and qualified for the London schools individual finals. Coach Henry

COACH OF THE YEARCongratulations to Sensei Mike who won Coach of the Year at the Active Wandsworth Awards. This annual awards ceremony recognises sporting excellence in the borough. Previously the Greenhouse coaches in Volleyball and Table Tennis have won this prestigious award so it was fitting for Sensei to be recognised in the year that saw Ernest Bevin crowned Number One Judo School in the country.

TEAM GB JUDO CALL UPCongratulations to Ayoub 11SAA who has been chosen to represent Great Britain in the European Youth Olympic Festival which will be held in the Baku (Azerbaijan) from 21 to 27 July 2019.

BRITISH SCHOOL’S NATIONAL JUDOThe British Judo Schools Nationals was held on the 16-17th March at Sheffield Arena in the English Institute of Sports. Over the two days of competition, eight students from Ernest Bevin competed and they came home with 7 medals. Well done to all of our judoka for these fantastic results and all the hard work that has gone in to preparing for this tournament. Sensei MikeBritish School Champions (Gold) Nabil 9HS, Shayden 11SHSilver: Youcef 9HS, Reese 9HS , Omar 12LT Umar 10BC in

the Judo Adaptive (SEN)Bronze: Yusuf 10LDM. Participated: Samuel 11DD

YEAR 8 FOOTBALLBlue Ties were in action on Monday 4th March against Ark Putney. After last year’s narrow 4-3 defeat on the last kick of the game, the boys were pleased to record a decisive 7-1 win this time around. Great improvement boys!

LONDON YOUTH GAMES VOLLEYBALLWell done to our Year 10 Volleyball team who represented Wandsworth at the London Youth Games Volleyball competition and won gold medal.

The team was:

Ketharan 10KH, Mohamed 10KH, Szymon 9HS, Thomas 10LDM, Mohamed 10LDM Abishan 10PCB. Coach Guilia