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1SSUE 10, Volume 1 Date: 30th November 2012

Executive Head Teacher : Peter Hyman

School 21’s Scientific Journey to the Centre of the Cell

On Tuesday, 4th December, our students went on their first Science trip to visit local laboratory and research centre, Centre of the Cell. Through a series of interactive instalments and vide-os, students learned about different types of cells and found out how research is being used to find treatments to illnesses such as cancer and genetic disorders such as blindness.

At school, students continued their work on cells, making some fantastic models of animal and plant cells. It was near impossi-ble to choose the best ones but a special well done goes out to Laura Kristapaite , Destinee Hassan-Bien and Marcella Keating, Ifte Chowdhury, Benyamin Babayani and Stacy Odogwu-Sinclair and to Farah Ravat, India Rao and Shammila Sheikh for their animal cell and plant cell models which showed great craftsmanship and attention to detail. Well done!

"I enjoyed the

scientific

thinking

games. Nasim

Uddin.

"I enjoyed learning

about how many

cells we have in our

body and how they

look," India Rao.

"I learned that we have

tissues in our bodies,"

On Wednesday morning as part of the Hurri-cane Katrina project based learning activity, all of our students had the opportunity to attend a dance workshop that was run by a member of the word famous ZooNation dance company. The guest teacher Rowen Hawkins has also appeared on Top of the Pops, BBC, ITV, CD:UK, Children In Need, Comic Relief, Brit Awards, MOBOs, MTV Eu-ropean Awards, Sky, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Britain’s Got Talent, Popworld and Channel 4.

The students worked on an original dance piece that represented the hot and cold air of the hurricane that came together with destructive forc-es. Students also had the opportuni-ty to talk with Rowen about his ca-reer and the intensive training that he went through.

Students left the room with big smiles after an inspiring ses-sion, many asking when he was going to return for part 2.

The Day the Waters Came As you know pupils watched a play last Friday that explored the events surrounding Hurricane Katrina. Since then pupils have been involved in a whole range of activi-ties that have allowed them to develop a range of learning styles. On Monday they carried out a Philosophy for Children inquiry exploring the ethical issues raised by the play. On Wednesday they spent the morning exploring further taking part in a carousel that involved Geography, Maths. ICT; Dance; Poetry as well as creating a display. On Friday, pupils started to write a critical analysis of moments from the play in order to develop their ability to reflect and evaluate. It's been a challenging week! Please talk to your child about it, they have a lot to say! We hope to share some of this work with you in our end of term celebration assembly.

This Tuesday students were taught about the im-portance of creativity in an assembly about 'Spark', one of our key personal attributes. They explored how spark - the ability to ask what if? - can be used in both problem solving contexts and through artistic expression. By the end of the assembly, coaching groups had transformed their coach into a fashion model using everyday recycled materials and fabrics, showing great spark and imagination.

A whole lot of spark!

Dates for your

Diary

Christmas Break

Friday, 21st December 2012 to

Monday, 7th January 2013

Please note: Friday, 21st December and Monday, 7th January are staff training days and the school will be closed to students. Students return to school on Tuesday, 8th January 2013

Half Term

Monday 18th February 2013 to

Monday 25th February (Staff

training day)

Spring Break

Friday 29th March 2013 to

Monday 15th April 2013 (Staff

training day).

Half Term

Monday 27th May 2013 to

Monday 3rd June 2013 (Staff

training day)

May Day

Monday 6th May 2013

Summer Break

Wednesday 24th July 2013

End of Term Celebration,

20th December at 2pm

End of Term celebration

We look forward to welcoming all our Year 7 parents

and carers to our End of Term celebration assembly

which starts at 2pm on Thursday, 20th December.

First School 21 Maths Award launched! I could not be more excited to launch the first ever School 21 Maths award: become a Maths master in a year. Along with all the other students who have this week started their award, congratulations to Jathusa Selvarajan and Laura Kristapaite for already mastering 14 skills—both are well on their way to their Bronze award.

How do I get my award? Log into IXL using your unique login and start learning lots of new skills or revise your Maths skills from the year 7 skills list.

What’s in it for you? The pleasure of learning lots of new skills. Mastering new skills will unlock prizes and awards on your game board. Boost your star count - Miss Futo will award 3 Stars for every 10 skills mastered. Start working towards your Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum award for Maths skills. Bronze award - 50 skills mastered Silver award - 100 skills mastered Gold award - 150 skills mastered Platinum award - 200 skills mastered There is no deadline to this award. All you need to do is show off your skills and become a maths master.

Learn something new every day. Good luck Miss Futo

Don’t delay, start today …

become a Maths Master!

Many congratulations to Farah

Ravat (Orbital) who is our winner in

our Season’s Greeting Card compe-

tition. Farah’s design will go to

print on Monday ready to send out

to our School 21 friends. Well done

Farah!

Season’s Greeting Card Competition