INSIDE:Message from the

Headteacher*

Message from the Chair of Governors

*Celebrating

Achievement*

Student Leadership*

Events and Activities*

Departmental News*

Trips and Visits*

Competitions andContests

*Sports

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COMPTON SCHOOL NEWSLETTER“Outstanding” Ofsted

July 2016: Issue 3

EXCELLENCE THROUGHDEDICATION AND RESPECT

Cover Photo: Doncaster Racecourse was the

venue for the Grand Finals of the Ryman National EnterpriseChallenge. See how our Year 8students got on, p10

Thursday, 25th August See p2

GCSE Results Day 2016

25th & 26th August See p2

Sixth FormEnrolment 2016

Thursday, 18th August

A Level Results Day 2016

See p2

Dear parents andStudentsWhat a term and

what a year! This isprobably our mostsuccessful yet - ournewsletter andCelebration Evenings,

as usual, recognise some of the highlights..Every year I look back and reflect on themany developments across the school butthis year we have seen three major ones inone year – the opening of our Sixth Form,the second year training new teachers hereand our bid to open a second ComptonSchool in Barnet in 2018. Year one of the Sixth Form has gone

incredibly well and we are eagerly awaitingour first set of AS Level results in August.We are also looking forward to the newSixth Form Centre due to open this

October, which will provide wonderful studyfacilities for our students.Our second year as one of the few

schools nationally training their ownteachers, has finished on a real high with all18 of our trainees ‘graduating’ with flyingcolours. The perfect finish to a year in whichOFSTED graded this provision as‘Outstanding’. We look forward to workingwith our next set of trainees.Undoubtedly the biggest development this

year has been our bid to open a secondCompton School in Barnet. Since ourapplication was submitted in March, I havepresented to parents at eight primary schoolsand attended other community events acrossthe borough. Accompanied by some of ourwonderful Year 7s and Year 10 prefects,we’ve received a universally positivereception from parents, many of whom wouldhave liked their child to attend the Comptonbut live outside the current catchment area.To date nearly 500 parents have signed up tosupport our bid. We have just attended our

final interview with the DfE on 18 July and weexpect to receive notification of the outcomewithin the first two weeks of September.Assuming that our bid is approved we shallthen be working hard with the DfE during theAutumn months to secure a site for the newschool ready to open in September 2018.

Farewells As is usual in schools at this time of year,

some of our staff are leaving. I would like tothank Jemi Patel from Science, LianaAnthony from Drama and James Patrickfrom Maths, for their contributions to theschool and to wish them luck in their newcareers beyond the school. Finally, yet again I want to extend a huge

thank you to all parents for all the supportyou provide for your children and for theschool. We could not do our job without this.To our students I want to say well done toyou all for working so hard and achievingyour very best, we continue to be veryproud of you. Have a lovely Summer.

Teresa Tunnadine

Information from the Headteacher

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Message from the School GovernorsDear ParentsThe last year has been another year of significant strategic developments for the

school. This time last year I told you about our preparations for the Sixth Form andwe are delighted with how well things have gone during this inaugural year. The takeup of applications for next September is testament to the strong start made by ourSixth Form.This year on top of our regular, ongoing reviews of activities at the school, including

the Sixth Form, we have spent a lot of time on the longer term strategy, including thesecondary free school application and considerations of the future governancestructure. As I write this, we are preparing for our interview with the Department forEducation on the free school application and we hope to hear of a successfuloutcome around the beginning of September.As I noted in my recent letter to you, our governance structure will be developing from

one of a single academy trust, as we are today, into a multi-academy trust, which willalso include the free school. We shall give you further updates on this in due course.On behalf of the governing body, I wish you all a wonderful summer holiday and the

best of luck to all those students waiting for their exam results!Sebastian Wood, Chair of Governors

chairofgovernors@thecompton.org.uk

● A’ Level results Day - Thursday,18th August 2016There will be a staggered distribution

of A’ Level results throughout 18thAugust as students will need to meetstaff and discuss their options forsubjects as they move into Year 13.Students have been notified regardingtimings. If you know that you will be awayon holiday during results day, pleasecontact The Compton School Sixth Form(sixthform@thecompton.org.uk) prior tothe summer holidays to make otherarrangements.

● GCSE results Day - Thursday,25th August 2016, from 10am

Sixth Form Enrolment ● Enrolment Day 1 - Thursday, 25thAugust 2016 (Internal students 10am-12.30pm, External students 1pm-3.30pm)● Enrolment Day 2 - Friday, 26thAugust 12pm-3pm (All students)On 25th August, the school will be

open from 10am for internal studentsand from 1pm for external students.Upon receiving your results you canmeet with senior staff to discuss yourGCSE results. If you meet the requiredentry criteria and there is spaceavailable on your chosen courses, wewill finalise your course choices andenrol you into the Sixth Form. If youknow that you will be away on holidayduring the enrolments dates pleasecontact The Compton School SixthForm (sixthform@thecompton.org.uk)prior to the summer holidays to makeother arrangements for your enrolment. Many thanks and good luck.

Jonathan McDonnell Director of Sixth Form

Key Messages For Students Entering Year 13work ExpErIENCEThis began for students on Friday, 15th July. Students were issued with a work

experience booklet to complete over the course of their placement. This was animportant record of activities carried out and employability skills developed that willprovide evidence which can be used in a personal statement and on a CV. Studentsshould be looking after it carefully until they return to school in September.

uCAS AppLICATIoNSStudents have been working on a draft of their UCAS personal statement during

tutor time. A first draft should be completed on return to school in September, whenfinal drafts will begin and applications will be finalised and submitted by the schooldeadline which is Thursday, 15th October 2016.

uSE THE SuMMEr HoLIDAy wISELyStudents who are considering alternatives to University are advised to continue

researching their options using the Post-18 Choices booklet issued to them in schooland available on Firefly under the Sixth Form Careers tab. The summer period is agood opportunity to gain further work experience or part-time employment andengage in cultural activities related to their career plans which can demonstrate theirinterest in a degree course, career sector or company.

Dominique Doyle, Careers and Study Support Officer

Results and Enrolment

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AWARDS AND WINNERS

Celebrating the Achievers ofSpring 2016

Headteacher’s Award winners - year 7May Ahmed, Koen Chung, Savan Dattani, Hemisha Depala,Jenny Elliott, Kiyan Faridi, James Gray, Anthea Hasnath, Ivana Ignatova, Ido Insler, Max Jacobs, Callum Killeen, Harleen Maan, Dalina Patel, Jasmine Sabri, Kyan Ung

Headteacher’s Award winners - year 8Lily Archer, Keya Banerji, Dimitar Bozov, Jack Crosby, DanielChiu, Joseph Dembina, Shahar Koren, Lola Koureas, NehaMaster, Albert Mock, Aman Pathak, Amanda Rusta, SamirSedaoui, Rafi Shaikh, Mishel Stefanova, Olivia Wood

Headteacher’s Award winners - year 9Parsa Asadi, Mihika Athavale, Meena Azim, Genc Gashi, Gent Gashi, Ahmad Sulaiman Khurram, Rebecca Lynch,Ryutaro Matsumura, Georgia Miskell, Amirali Monshizadeh,Arjun Nanning Ramamurthy, Yasmin Newell, Krina Ruparel,

Ruby Snell, Areli Tumba, Jessica Watson

Headteacher’s Award winners - year 10Ahmed Abdulrahman, Matthew Chadder-Manchego-Humphrey,Josephine Chadwick, Jillian Tsu-Ling Cheng, Sofia Dellamura,Adam Dhaga’Alen, Lucy Gibson, Gramos Havolli, Zachary

Leibowitz, Areeba Paracha, Meghana Pathak, Josh Pear, NikolaPetkov, Parima Shah, Anish Sheth, Chloe Smith

Headteacher’s Award winners - year 11Archie Billingsley, Karishma Chauhan, Emma De Duve, FarahFahad, Maeve Gibson, Mariqua Keshi-Clunis, Gabriella

Kyriacou, Zoe Leibowitz, George Lesbirel, Cate Mandell, LouisO'Shea, Amy Phillips, Amir Razak, Niralee Shah, Blessie Simbol,

Priyanka Siregar, Michael Spann, Dorian Williams

year 12 Subject AwardsRufeida Alhatimy (Sociology), Vandana Dabasia (Chemistry),

Yash Depala (Physics), Faiza Dhaga’Alen (History), Leanne Drury (PE), Oliver Findlater (Religion, Philosophy and Ethics),

Jinyu Fu (Further Maths), Jashika Gurung (Accounting and Finance)

year 12 Subject AwardsErik Krasniqi (Geography), Maria Kyriacou (Product Design - Graphics),

Anya Mallerman-Bristow (Biology), Nika Namini (Drama and Theatre Studies),

Tahsin Rahman (English Language and Literature), Ambereen Razak (Maths), Leonora Rexha (Business Studies)

year 12 Subject AwardsRikhil Shah (MFL), Yagoda Sokolowska (English Literature),

Khadijah Sufi (Economics), Ikram Uddin (ICT), Karishma Hauzaree (Psychology)

Enrichment Awards: Leanne Drury, Osman MuradAcademic Excellence: Tejas Depala, Alicia Pickard

Congratulations to all these students whose efforts and hard work last term have been recognised through The Compton School’s Award system

As part of the school’s studentleadership enrichment, a group ofYear 10 students are participatingin the Team London YoungAmbassador’s Programme whichseeks to inspire young peopleacross London to volunteer andmake a positive impact in theirschool and local community. Year 10 students have decided

that they would like the school tosupport a local Food Bank. Thirteenmillion people live below thepoverty line in the UK. For a childstruggling with hunger, one mealcan mean the difference betweenhaving the energy to succeed inschool and failing a test, orbetween staying heathy and getting

ill. Chipping Barnet Foodbankprovides emergency food andsupport to local people in crisisOn Friday, 20th May 2016 there

was a non-school uniform day,where students donated either anitem of non-perishable food or£1.00.It was an extremely successful

day. The students raised £404.29pand delivered 618.55 kilos of non-perishable food to the food bank’sstorage facility in East BarnetThanks to everyone for your

support with this important project,it will make such a difference topeople who really need it.

Jane Telot, Year 10 Manager

STUDENT LEADERSHIP ENRICHMENT

Volunteers support local food bankThis term, Year 7 have been studying A Midsummer

Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. As part of theirhalf-term homework, students were allowed to use theircreative sides to research more information about this

famous playwright.Some looked at his life,others Shakespeareanhouses and some choseto make a detailedmodel of The GlobeTheatre. We even had adonkey head made fromclay to represent thecharacter of Bottom. Itwas universally agreedthat a lot of effort wasput into this homework.

Jodie Collins SEN Teacher

Creative InspirationCourtesy of The Bard

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Charity begins at...The Compton SchoolHello, I am this year's Chief

Executive of the CharityCommittee and I would like toshare the achievements thatthe school has made thisacademic year.Through September to the

summer term, The Comptoncontinuously shows supporttowards charities and raisingawareness. This year we havereached a new milestone aswe promoted an animal charityfor the very first time - BornFree Foundation. On average,we have raised over £1,000for every charity we have

promoted - that's a whoppingtotal of over £5,000! As a committee, we are

dedicated to making ourcharity awareness as relevantto the news and to thestudents as possible. Forinstance, in the week 20th-26th June, we promotedNational Refugee Week bycreating educationalpresentations and highlightingthe importance of welcomingrefugees who are not ‘badpeople’ like the media oftenportrays them to be. This isonly to point out a small slice

of what the Charity Committeehas done; the amount of effortand energy that every CharityLeader has contributed isexceptional. To end on a happy note, I

wish everyone a lovelysummer (that includes

volunteering work of somesort!) and I hope that in thenext year, the school's CharityCommittee will improve toraise more awareness aboutless fortunate people aroundthe world.

Soraya Siregar, Year 10

From Palace through Woodland andWoods to Heath...and back againA massive thank you to the Key Stage 3 (Year 7, 8 and 9)

students who managed to brave the very wet conditions andcompleted over 20,000 steps (9.7 miles) on Sunday, 12thJune. They walked from Alexandra Palace, along theWoodland Walk to Highgate Woods, onto Hampstead Heath,around the Heath to Kenwood House returning to AlexandraPalace. Everyone impressed Ms Chapple and Ms Cran withtheir sense of humour and determination. On top of afantastic day, these students managed to raise an amazing£698.84 in sponsorship money that will be shared betweenHomeless Action Barnet and The Dogs Trust. This was thefinal event in a year long project. We look forward to seeingwhat we can achieve next year.

Rebecca Chapple, Year 8 and 9 Leader

As part of TheCompton’s RefugeeWeek celebrations,we were visited byLucy Barnett, aspeaker for LondonSchools for AmnestyInternational. She leda very informativeand engaging sessionfor Year 10 Religious Studies students and the Charity Leadersabout the work of Amnesty, the plight of refugees, dispellingmyths about refugees and asylum seekers and what we can doto help. Students were given the opportunity to learn about oneof Amnesty’s current campaigns and how to get involved if theychoose to.

Linda Oakley, Head of Ethnic Minority Achievement

Amnesty International Visit for Refugee Week

Air Cadets meet the Duke of EdinburghIn May we received an invitation from St

James' Palace to represent the AirTraining Corp at a reception hosted by HisRoyal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh.The reception was to celebrate andrecognise the 75th anniversary of The AirLeague, also known as the Air Cadets.

We arrived at the venue at 12 noon inour full Cadet uniform. We stood toattention for the duration of the event atthe Palace and saluted very importantguests as they arrived. The highlight ofthe evening was when we met His RoyalHighness, the Duke of Edinburgh and Air

Commodore Dawn McCafferty,Commandant of the Royal Air Force AirCadets.Venessa was one of the few cadets

selected by our Commanding Officer tostand alongside the Air Commodore asshe received an award from the Duke ofEdinburgh. It was really exciting to meet a member

of the royal family and it was a privilege tobe invited to the event at the Palace.

Venessa Njoki and Lemmuella Owusu-Ansah, Year 10

As part of political literacy, students were involved withorganising a referendum about UK membership of theEuropean Union. Year 9 and 7 students researched andthen organised the event to take place just before thenational referendum. During break and lunchtime on Wednesday, 22nd June

students went to the LRC to cast their votes to remain orleave the EU. Once this process was completed votes were

counted and shared with students thenext day.The school was buzzing with

excitement when the announcementwas made. Unlike the national resultson the 23rd June, Compton studentsvoted overwhelmingly to remain as thebreakdown of results show.

Michael Barrett,SMSC Coordinator

POLITICAL LITERACY

TCS votes to Remain

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ENGLISH, LITERACY AND LEARNING

Reading, Writing, RewardsReading Week

During 3rd-6th May, The ComptonSchool celebrated Reading Week withan exciting programme of events,rewards and challenges.

LitQuizA Year 7 team travelled to JCoSS

to take part in our first ever LitQuiz,where many schools across Barnetmet to test their knowledge of fiction.After a challenging series of roundson all genres, we were very narrowlybeaten by Henrietta Barnett and the Archer Academy but still gained an impressive third place.Congratulations to Savan, Aya,Amber F, Jasmine and Aitana.

Global Book ChallengeStudents across all year groups

were challenged to enter thecompetition Around the World in 80Books, suggesting novels set in allparts of the globe written by a trulyinternational community of authors.Participants’ names were entered into a prize draw in the LRC.Congratulations to Pauline, the luckyprize-winner.

Chris Bradford VisitsOn 6th May, Years 7 and 8

welcomed award-winning authorChris Bradford, who delivered aninspiring and dynamic performanceand talk on his popular Bodyguardseries of novels, including a trainingsession on close protection,surveillance and unarmed combat!Students also had the chance to buyChris’ books at a discounted rate andfind out about his work in martial artsand professional bodyguard training.

Natalia MarshallLRC Manager

Buddies help to improve readingIt’s been another highly successful year for our Paired Reading Club. Fifteen Year 7s

were buddied up with fifteen Year 10s, to read together on a regular basis. Congratulationsto all students involved for their effort and commitment. Paired Reading Club has seen Year 7 students’ reading ages increase by well over a

year during its nine month run. Between them, they have read a total of 3,680,470 wordsand passed 545 quizzes on Accelerated Reader. Many thanks to our Year 10 mentors and the Sixth Form volunteers who have helped

run the scheme. Linda Oakley, Head of EMA and Natalia Marshall, Learning Resource Centre Manager

On Friday, 10th June, some of ourkeenest readers took part in the annualCILIP Carnegie Medal shadowing event.It was held at Hendon Town Hall and over100 other students from schools acrossthe borough aslo took part. This enjoyableevent was the culmination of severalweeks’ work during which our students,between them, read the eight novelsshortlisted for this prestigious children/young adult fiction prize. The guestspeaker was Tanya Landman, last year’swinner, who wrote Buffalo Soldiers. Tanyaentertained students and staff alike withher amusing stories and tips on how to bea successful writer.Students then voted for their favourite

novel from the shortlist. Lies We TellOurselves by Robyn Talley was the clearwinner. (The national winner was One, bySarah Crossman.)The shadowing event, organised by

Barnet Libraries, provided a thought-provoking and stimulating day of literarydiscussion. “It was good to meet studentsfrom other schools and talk about booksand Tanya Landman was very funny withall her stories,” said Spike, Year 7.“Standing up in front of lots of people wasscary but afterwards I felt really pleasedwith myself. And it was fun to be part of thegroup who got to go to the Carnegie day.” Well done to Bibi Maimona, Harvey,

Leon, Parendy and Spike, (Year 7) andAnnie, Kathryn, Khadijah, Rafi and Sujad(Year 8), chosen to participate because oftheir excellent reading achievements onthe Accelerated Reader programme.Copies of all of the shortlisted books are

now available for loan in the LRC sostudents can read and decide forthemselves on their Carnegie favourite for2016.

Natalia Marshall LRC Manager

Asia House Literary FestivalA group of Year 9 boys participated in a literary

event in Central London organised by Asia House.The day was filled with workshops and writingactivities as well as Q&A sessions with artists andguests; students explored the creative process anddiscussed politics of identity and multiculturalism.We also visited an exhibition on Zen Calligraphy

and learned about tea meditation and Chineseprinting blocks.

Luke Tokarz, 3ic English

Holiday ReadingWith the end of term fast

approaching, students have beenchoosing books from the LRC to enjoyover the summer holidays. To achievemaximum progress you should bereading for a minimum of 30 minuteseach day at the right AcceleratedReader level. A huge variety of both fiction and non-

fiction books are always available in theLRC and staff are happy to recommendtitles if you’re not sure what to read. Many thanks to all the many student

volunteers who have helped out in theLRC this year, and in particular to ourReader Leaders, Aman, Baran,Francesca and Maia.

CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL

A thought-provoking and stimulating day

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Drama - Act I, Scene IPeople, Placesand ThingsOn Thursday 16th June, the

Year 12 Drama students went tosee the critically acclaimedPeople, Places and Things inLeicester Square. This sold outshow (some people had queuedfrom 4am to see it) wasthoroughly enjoyed by allstudents. Not only was it a greatexperience for them to see such a well-received play, the actingwas also amazing, with theprotagonist of the show winningan Olivier Award for best actress.

Welcome HomeMr FoxOn 16th March 2016, a select

group of Year 9 students went to see Welcome Home Mr Foxat the Donmar Warehouse in Covent Garden. This wellstaged comedy provided thestudents with a great insight intoprofessional acting and also gavethem ideas which they couldincorporate into their own work.

Hannah MostEnglish and Drama Teacher

Year 9 DevisingWorkshopOn Wednesday, 29th June,

Airlie Scott delivered a fun andengaging workshop to 17 Year 9students. It provided anopportunity for students to workwith like-minded peers with apassion for theatre andperformance and an interest indeveloping their devising skills.Students played games andperformed role-play to developtheir concentration, sensitivityand imagination to a range ofactivities, such as storytelling inpairs, ‘Mime the Lie’ and ‘Yes,let’s’. The workshop preparedstudents for the new curriculum inSeptember 2016, where devisingskills will be a key component ofthe new specification for DramaGSCE. Martyna Belz said, "It wasso much fun, I got to work withstudents I don't usually work withand I laughed lots!" Mohamoud Kassim said, “I got

to play lots of games, I had toimprovise on the spot which wasreally fun."

Liana Anthony2ic Drama

Exploring Disability and Exclusion

Fright night with The Woman in BlackYear 10 GCSE drama students

experienced a fright at The Fortune Theatreon 10th May 2016. Students had to reviewtheir experience as audience members inresponse to watching The Woman in Blacktheatrical production. The written TheatreReview is an important part of the GCSEcourse and makes up 10% of the final grade. Students analysed the play by making

critical and justified comments on theiroverall experience;

"The story was not gripping for mebecause it did not have enough flair to it, itneeded more movement" Ben Holmes"The play used film noir, a type of dramatic

form where you exaggerate shadows"Courtney Tilley"Absolutely fascinating, creative and blood

curdling were the words that could describethis epic adaptation of The Woman in Black"Hannah Gasasira

Liana Anthony2ic Drama

In May, a group of 25 Year 9 students took part in adrama project run by a charity called Tender, whichexplored the theme of ‘Healthy Relationships’. The aim wasto help students develop skills for building healthy andrespectful relationships through open, creative workshops;the project explored both healthy and unhealthy aspects ofrelationships and aimed to empower students to considertheir attitudes and behaviour. The two days culminated in aperformance during which the students shared theirknowledge with their peers. The students involved werepraised by the facilitators for their maturity and confidencewhen discussing the sensitive themes and issues explored.

Zoe MerrittAssistant Headteacher

Tender workshop

In March, Year 11 studentsperformed to their friends andfamily and then to the examineras part of their final GCSE examworth 40%. Performancesranged from devised work basedon mental health and moraldilemmas to a comedy based onThe Ladykillers. The students should all be

incredibly proud of themselves:we most certainly are! Our year12s had the gruelling task ofperforming twice in front of an external examiner and theirfriends and family on the same evening. The students allgave brilliantly outstanding and contrasting performances -a fantastic feat! Good luck to all 53 students for your resultsin August!

Sarah Tunnadine, Head of Drama

On 22nd June, we werefortunate to be able to host a visitfrom the Theatre Centre. Wehave worked with this companyfor a number of years as theirwork focuses on creating newplays for children and youngpeople that stimulate, provokeand facilitate questions about theworld we live in and how we canmake it a better place. During this workshop with 30

Year 9 students, the companyran a pilot of a new programmeentitled Drama Debate The Fix.The workshop explored issues ofdisability and exclusion throughan audio play and a follow-updebate which enabled thestudents to discuss the issuespresented to them through theplay.

Zoe MerrittAssistant Headteacher

Well done, Years 11 and 12, and Good Luck!

Arts AwardCongratulationsCongratulations to Alex Ellis,

Imogen Hurry, May Harding,Erfan Najimi, Arjan Arenas, JoshPear, Jesse Musker and AmiraBhatt for completing their BronzeArts Award. These students tookpart in the Arts Award as part ofan extracurricular programmeand they thrived! To pass they had to take part in

an arts activity and they allperformed brilliantly in ourversion of Hamlet, which wasperformed at the artsdepot. Theyalso had to review live theatre,research an ‘arts inspiration’ aswell as deliver a workshop basedon Shakespeare to year 7students. An excellent effort allround!

Sarah TunnadineHead of Drama

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Drama - Act I, Scene IIShakespeareshowcaseForty-five hardworking and

committed Year 9 and 10students were rehearsingthroughout this term to create a‘Shakespeare Spectacular’ whichcommemorated 400 years sincethe Bard’s death. We featuredextracts and scenes inspired by AMidsummer Night’s Dream,Hamlet and Romeo and Julietand performed these on 14th Julyalongside the drama casts fromYear 7 and 8 as well as sometalented musicians and singers.

Zoe MerrittAssistant Headteacher

Chickenshed Theatre Company Visit

Death and betrayal in the Land of LiteratureA small group of dedicated Year 8 students devised a short performance about

Shakespeare's famous deaths to perform as part of the Summer Showcase evening on 14thJuly. Detective Tragedy and PC Plot investigated each scene in The Land of Literature,striving to identify which playwright was responsible for the array gruesome deaths . Theaudience experienced tragic events from The Winters Tale, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet,Cleopatra and Antony and Hamlet, dealing with themes of revenge, death, betrayal andpolitics. The cast used a mixture of Shakespearean language and modern to engage ayoung audience. Students have created iconic roles with vigour and depth, adding a littlehumour in the mix to lighten the mood. Well done, you were amazing! What a great evening.

Liana Anthony, 2ic Drama and Amy Longden, English Teacher

Modern Foreign LanguagesIvana Makes TheTop Ten In Nationwide Spelling BeeOne of our Year 7 students,

Ivana Ignatova, qualified outof 75,000 students nationallyfor the final of the ModernForeign Language SpellingBee held in Cambridge atAnglia Ruskin University on1st July. This event issponsored by the EuropeanCommission and organisedby Routes into Languages, anorganisation dedicated topromoting languages inprimary and secondaryschools throughout the UK.After a successful semi-final

held in London in April, Ivanawas one of the four finalistsrepresenting the Londonregion. Qualifying for the finalwas already a tremendousachievement and a first forThe Compton School. Ivana

practised very consistently toprepare for the final, goingfrom spelling 14 words in oneminute to spelling 22 words.The Spelling Bee consists

of spelling as many words aspossible out of a list of 200, inthe foreign language (eitherFrench, German or Spanish).Words are called outrandomly in English and thestudent has to say the word inthe foreign language with thecorrect pronunciation andthen spell it in the foreignlanguage. This is a verychallenging task in itself, letalone in front of a crowd ofteachers and competitors!Ivana did extremely well in

the final, managing to spell 23words in one minute withoutany errors or hesitations. She

finished within the first 10students in the whole ofEngland. What a fantasticachievement for her and forthe school! Ivana has beenvery dedicated to her practicethroughout, progressing fromspelling seven words in theschool competition to spelling

23 words in the final. Welldone Ivana!We are looking forward to

next year for the MFL SpellingBee for Year 7s and the newMFL Translation Bee for Year8s and 9s!

Mademoiselle Muriel KosovskyMFL Teacher

Earlier this term someYear 7 and 8 students weregiven the opportunity towatch the plays produced by the BA students at Chickenshed TheatreCompany. The first play wasentitled This Way ToAdulthood and explored theidea of teenagers having to

pass an Adult ProficiencyTest, much like the drivingtest, in order to gain ‘adult’status. The second wasabout the migrant crisis andwas entitled Citizens ofWhere? Our students wereimpressed by the work andwere able to providefeedback and ask questionsabout the plays to the actors.

Zoe MerrittAssistant Headteacher

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MATHS DEPARTMENT

The Compton Loves Maths

On Monday, 4th July nearlya hundred Year 6 studentsfrom 23 local primary schoolscame to The Compton to takepart in The Primary TeamMaths Challenge. Teams offour students competedagainst each other in a seriesof exciting rounds whichcombined mathematical,communication and teamworkskills. The atmosphere was

buzzing and everyoneparticipated with enthusiasm.Here are some quotes from a

few of the Year 6 students:“It was fun but hard!”“Very exciting and intense!” “Great day - great

experience!”‘‘It was better than being at

sports day!”The leading teams changed

between rounds and resultswere close within the top 10teams. Christ Church C of Etook the lead fromSummerside after round twoand went on to be overallwinners. The team fromBrookland scooped second

place whilst Foulds ran aclose third. Trophies wereawarded to the teams in first,second and third place.

Students in these teams alsoreceived individual prizes andcertificates.

Joanna Lewis3ic Maths

Primary Team Maths Challenge

Art and Photography in focusyear 7- Identity

Year 7 have produced beautiful piecesin response to the works of CaroleeClarke, combing patterns and foods whileconsidering their personal culturalidentity. Beginning with observationaldrawings of food from around the world,we then learned about motifs and the wayevery culture and era develops its ownlanguage of pattern design which cancommunicate identities and narratives.

year 8 – SkateboardsYear 8 were looking at the work of

Graphic Designer Mike Perry anddesigning colourful skateboards based oncityscapes.

year 9 Human rightsIn their Human Rights project Year 9

have been learning about the power ofimages and slogans. Looking at HumanRights campaigns by AmnestyInternational and the work of artists

whose practice relate to the humancondition. They have developedunderstanding of visual communication,typography, figure proportion and the roleartists can play conveying issues to anaudience by designing posters around anissue of importance to them.

year 10 – Art Year 10 have been looking at still life

and personal objects, thinking about howartists represent themselves and theirexperiences. On Wednesday 6th July, to further

inform their research, a group of Year 10students visited BP Portrait Award at theNational Gallery in Trafalgar Square. Theextensive collection was a wealth ofinspiration to the group!

year 10 – photography Responding to their given brief ‘Urban

Decay’ our Year 10 photographers havebeen pushing the boundaries of theirimages by experimenting with sculpturalphotography - trapping imagery in layersof wax, melted acrylic as well as coveringcard constructions and objects with theirphotographs.

AS Level - selected works Our AS Level students have been

producing individually led workgenerating a range of outcomes from oil

paintings to textiles. Interpreting the ideaof ‘Transformation’, their projects arediverse and range from: an exploration ofthe effects of climate changes, totransformation in cultural diversity – aswell as the representation of femaleidentity in Art and the media.

Arts Award BronzeWell done to our Year 9 Arts Award

group for achieving their Bronze Awardthis term. Taking part in a Paper Sculptureproject they have explored storytellingand illustration through the theme‘Journeys’. Since March, the group havebeen developing their work byresearching contemporary paper craftpractitioners, gaining skills in papertechniques and processes and beinginspired by a day long journey in King'sCross seeing exhibitions in severalgalleries as well as the public artworks inthe redeveloped area, and a visit toCentral St Martins. The group devised aworkshop to share their new skills with agroup of Year 7 students, which proved avery popular and successful exchange. Inan end of project exhibition held in the ArtDepartment on Friday, 24th June, thestudents delivered a presentation to theirguests about the project and displayedtheir portfolios alongside their creations!

by Emilie Spark-GuillaumeArt Technician

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Design and Technology

Twelve students went to MiddlesexUniversity on 8th June, 2016. While there,they worked in groups with students fromother schools and competed a set of fourchallenges. These were a medicalchallenge, an e-fit challenge, build a vehicleand race challenge and finally a robotprogramming challenge. All the studentsworked well with their peers and some ofour students were in the two winning teams.They received an award and certificate,presented to them by the Mayor of Barnet.All students should be congratulated ontheir enthusiasm and participation in the

day’s events. Year 8: Amy Thorne, Yi-An Chen,

Zuzanna Hartlieb, Jamie Page, AlexanderHarding, Baran Pehlivan.Year 9: Anya Nanning Ramamurthy, Arjun

Nanning Ramamurthy, Pouya Keyvani,Saffron Willett, Alice Chadwick, RatkoJovanovic. Thank you to the Middlesex University for

hosting the event and a thank you to NahlaMerghani, Head of Product Design and RobHall, Senior Technician for D&T, for takingthe students.

Julie TinsleyHead of D&T

Despite the rain, the Garden Club has seen lots of activitythis term. The club participated in the Royal HorticulturalSociety’s Rocket Science experiment which used seeds thatwere launched into space with astronaut Tim Peake. Onepacket of rocket seeds went to space while another batchstayed here on earth. It was our gardeners’ job to grow andmeasure both sets to find out if there was difference.Perhaps one day this information will help feed our spaceexplorers.With more down to earth activities, the club has grown all

sorts of fruit and veg including carrots, tomatoes, beetroots,radishes, peppers, chillies, rhubarb and, just in time for the

tennis at Wimbledon,strawberries. This year to co-incide

with the Shakespeare event the garden club is running a gardendesign competition to find the next budding designer and buildthe team ready for September’s big Green Plan-it competitionwhich allows students to work with horticulturists and visit CapelManor Gardens in Enfield.

Rob Hall, Senior D&T Technician

Food, glorious food!The cooking club has once again

been a roaring success with thesmells of chocolate fridge cake, ricekrispie cakes and Pesto Pastaamongst other culinary delightswafting along the corridors. MrsO’Shea has been ably assisted thisterm by two Duke of Edinburghstudents, Paul Jenkins and BillyEphgrave, who chose the club tovolunteer with. Taylor Conway hasalso volunteered to help out withthe over subscribed club.This year has also seen the

Masterchef Winner 2013 NatalieColeman judging the AnnualCompton Cake Competition. Thisyear the theme for the cakes isbased around Shakespeare.

Jacqueline O'SheaFood Technician

A Day of Challenge At Middlesex University

Tasty Growth in the Garden Club

Biology Challenge Competition winnersDuring March, 25 Year 9 and 10

students took part in the 2016 NationalBiology Challenge. The competition wasopen to all students in England and Walesand was organised by the Royal Society ofBiology.The competition aims to encourage an

interest in Biology beyond the schoolcurriculum and stimulate curiosity in thenatural world. It rewards students whoseknowledge of the subject has beenincreased by reading books, articles andwatching Natural History programmes aswell as items in the news media.The competition involved two

challenging 30-minute online tests whichcovered some aspects of the Biologycurriculum but also included questionswhich could have appeared on an ASLevel Biology exam paper!Huge congratulations go to the following;Bronze: Rebecca Moore, Arjun Nanning-

Ramamurthy, Yasmin Newell, JaiminPatel.Highly Commended: Amirali

Monshizadeh, Ahmed Haji, EmanShahzad, Annika Keshu, Yahye Abdi.Commended: Ilhaam Kassim, Doaa

Ahmed, Meena Azim, Devika Dabasia,Lucy Garland.

Dr Nilima Modha2ic Science

In June, nine Year 12 Biology sdtudents took part in the Intermediate BiologyOlympiad, a competition open to Year 12 students across England and Wales.Huge congratulations to the students below, who received the following;

Silver Award: Anya Mallerman-BristowBronze Award: Jason Cheng,Sumeya Ahmed, Nilofar SoltaniHighly Commended: NicoleZahouaniCommended: Husna Gul, IlhaamKassim, Doaa Ahmed, Meena Azim,Devika Dabasia, Lucy Garland.

Dr Nilima Modha2ic Science

AS Level Intermediate Biology Challenge winners

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Getting Down to Business

On June 29th, six students from Year 8competed against young people fromacross the country in front of some ofBusiness’ biggest names. DoncasterRacecourse was the venue for the GrandFinals of the Ryman National EnterpriseChallenge supported by Kingswood.The 2016 challenges saw young people

idesigning a new outdoor attraction forKingswood’s outdoor Dearne Valleyactivity centre in Yorkshire. The idea thatwas most viable and creative ultimatelywon the overall competition but all finalistsdid a fantastic job in making sure judgeshad a very difficult decision to make.Popular youth television personalitiesDick & Dom hosted the Grand Finals andjudges included successful entrepreneur

and ex-Dragon, Theo Paphitis and exOlympic athlete Eddie 'The Eagle'. Over 30,000 students from across the

UK have taken part in the challengethroughout the year and in the final, TheCompton School was represented byJason Toon, Daphne Shea, Sebastian StGermain, Jemma Evans, ElenaDionissiou and Darren Valaydon. Despitefierce competition they performedamazingly well and were unlucky not towin. Well done on a fantastic job andhopefully this is just the start of yourjourney on the road to success asentrepreneurs.

Aashiq Pujara Head of Business Studies

As part of its enrichmentprogramme, the BusinessStudies department entered agroup of students from Year 9into the Young EnterpriseChallenge 2016. For this, thestudents had to create acompany and sell productswith the main aim of making asmuch profit as possible, whichwould be donated to a chosencharity. Having performed

fantastically well throughout

the whole process, TheCompton School Year 9s wereonce again invited toparticipate in the YoungEnterprise Finals, held atPentland Brands Plc HQlocated on Squires Lane.Students were asked to set upa stall where they couldexplain to judges what theirproduct idea was and whatsuccesses they experienced.All judges were thoroughlyimpressed with their

professionalism, exuberanceand their dynamicpersonalities. I would like to thank all 31

members of the YoungEnterprise group for their hard

work and I am looking forwardseeing a lot of them next yearas GCSE Business Studiesstudents.

Aashiq Pujara Head of Business Studies

On Thursday, 5th May 2016, a year of hard work was finallyrewarded at The Young Enterprise London Regional Finalsheld at Pentlands Brand's head office in Finchley. Our Year12 Young Enterprise team scooped the prize for 'Best Productor Service' which is a huge achievement considering theywere up against eight of the best schools in London to win thisaward. Throughout the year, the group whose company iscalled 'Adapt', have worked tremendously hard to design, buy,

market and sell their products. This award marks a great endto the year for them and has given them a great insight intothe world of business and enterprise. Hopefully next year'sYoung Enterprise Company will be able to match up to thesuccess of this year's group!

Morgan CrumpKey Stage 5 Leader

Fierce Competition at the Ryman National Enterprise Challenge

Rising to the Young Enterprise Challenge 2016

Year 12 ‘Adapt’, survive...and win!

Merlin Marketing Strategy under ScrutinyOn 21st April, 102 Compton School Business Studies students

and their teachers went to Thorpe Park for a day of adventure andinsight into how Merlin Entertainment's marketing strategy works.The students attended a talk on how Merlin look to maximiserevenue at each of their centres, especially focussing on Thorpe

Park. The students learned about their marketing mix and howeach ride is targeted at a different audience. A special mentiongoes to Moumon Sahnoun for winning a competition to design thebest new ride! After the talks, the students were able to spend theday enjoying all the different rides that they had learned about inthe bright Surrey sunshine!

Morgan Crump, Key Stage 5 Leader

...and teachers had fun too!

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In spite of a relatively soggy summer, we have managed to participate in numerous tournaments, festivals, five-a-sidecompetitions and league matches in cricket and athletics. The Year 7 and 8 girls’ football team travelled to GoodisonPark; a select group of Year 8 students had a trip to the Olympic Park to watch International Hockey and the Year 12 ALevel PE students had an excellent day of team building at ‘Go Ape’ in Trent Park. The Year 10 Boys’ Handball teamrepresented Barnet at the London Youth Games at the Copper Box in the Olympic Park; a fantastic group - coached byMs Munoz.

The Year 10 cricket team have had a highly successful season. Many thanks to Mr Christenson for all of hisenthusiasm and hard work, not only with the Year 10 team but with Year 7 and 8 as well.

Our rounders teams were highly successful with Year 8, 9 and 10 teams winning the Borough festivals.Many thanks also to Ms Abraham, Ms Thanabalasingam and Mr Fuller for organising badminton club this year,

engaging students in another activity. Well done to the hundreds of students who participate with so much enthusiasm and team spirit in clubs, teams and

interform activities. Have an active summer holiday.

Year 7 Rounders

Year 10 Cricket team Year 8 Rugby Blast Champions Year 8 Boys’ Football

Back in the middle ofJune, a squad of Year 10boys competed in theLondon Youth GamesHandball competition. Theircoach was Titus Tan and theboys all played extremelywell against exceptionallytough competition.Although the boys did not

get through to the nextround they were an absolutecredit to themselves andThe Compton School; asuperb group of students. Many thanks to Ms

Munoz for organising this.

London Youth Games Handball

The Compton School Hall of Fame - Summer 2016

Year 9 and 10 Rounders Year 8 Borough Rounders Champions

SPORTS News at The Compton Schoolby Nikki Chodurek

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Students return to school on Wednesay, 7th September 2016, Week 1There will be a staggered start - please check the website for timings

NC: How did you get intofencing?Sk: I joined in ‘taster’sessions at Butlin’s (a holidaycamp) and really enjoyed itNC: Do you fence at a club?Sk: Yes, it’s called Sallepaulat the Hendon Leisure CentreNC: When do you train?Sk: Once, for an hour and ahalf a week and once for twohours. It’s incredibly intenseNC: What is involved in yourtraining sessions?Sk: Specific exercisespertaining to fencing, footworkdrills and matches againsthigher levels – so that pushesus and we can improve. Wealso work in small groups withone coachNC: How long have you beenfencing?

Sk: I have now fenced for fouryearsNC: Where did you trainbefore Sallepaul?Sk Finchley FoilNC: What competitions haveyou competed in?Sk: Totteridge LPGS – (JuniorSeries competition), LondonYouth Games 2015, LondonYouth Games 2016NC: What is your ultimateaim?Sk: At the moment I’m aimingto be in the top five fencers inLondonNC: Will this be difficult toachieve?Sk: Yes, it is incredibly difficultto become top level – it’s a lotof hard work and commitmentand needs concentrationNC: What other skills do you

need to become a top classfencer?Sk: Quick reflexes, a quickmind to react to what youneed to do nextNC: Thank you Shalang for aglimpse into your fencingworld and good luck with yourfuture competitions.

National SchoolsNational SchoolsSports WeekSports Week

A highly successful National SchoolsSports week was organised by Ms Munoz.The curriculum was collapsed for the weekand a variety of sports were introduced –‘Aussie’ rules football, Swedish long ball,Handball, Ultimate Frisbee and Cycling.During PDT, the traditional Tug-of-Warcompetition was held. Winners were 8C “I really enjoyed getting the opportunity to

try new sports” Muzamel, Year 9“I like to play new sports with my friends”

Tanya, Year 8“It’s great being part of a team”

Oliver, Year 7“I don’t think I should have been the

‘Anchor’ for our tug-of-war” Lucia, Year 8

Forty two Year 10 students haveparticipated in two expeditions thisterm. All displayed excellentorganisational, orienteering, teambuilding and cooking skills! Well doneto all Year 10 students who participatedand many thanks to all the staff who helped in these weekends; MsClapham, Ms Kelly, Ms Curtis, MrClark, Mr Farley, Mr Lishak, Ms Bailey,Ms Bevan, Mrs Telot, Mr Christenson,and Mr Crump. Many thanks also to MsMunoz for her superb organisation.

I love to go wandering across a mountain track...I love to go wandering across a mountain track...

En garde! Shalang Strikes for SuccessEn garde! Shalang Strikes for SuccessContinuing our series of sporting interviews, this term we talk toShalang Kolas

SPORTS News at The Compton Schoolby Nikki Chodurek