st angela's summer newsletter 2014

In this issue . . .

ABA visit Facebook HQ Sports Day Music ConcertA fabulous evening showcasing our students’ musical talents

A great day of sporting fun! St Angela’s Anti-Bullying Alliance have had an exciting term

St Angela’s Newsletter

Summer 2014

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Dear Parents & Carers,

We reach the end of another school year and as ever, the school has been incredibly busy in this final

term. Year 11 have left the school and they put on a fantastic Presentation Evening, reminding us all

of the best of traditions and spirit of St Angela’s. As my first year 7 group as Headteacher, they were

a reminder to me of just how quickly time flies by and it has been wonderful to see them grow to the

confident young women they are now. It is with much excitement now I wait to see their future successes

both at GCSE, A-level, university and beyond.

Of course Year 11 like all the other year groups in the school have been through their exams, for some

public exams and for others internal exams, but whichever your daughter undertook, my heartfelt

thanks to you parents and carers for the support you have given to the school this year in ensuring

the hours of homework and extra study were done to make this a successful year for your daughter.

Without your help, the school would not be as good as it is!

My thanks also to the teaching staff of the school as they approach their well-earned summer holiday.

They have all worked incredibly hard for your daughter this year and this newsletter highlights just a

small fraction of the extra hours our staff put into to making the school run so well and provide such

a depth of both educational and extra-curricular activities. We say our farewells to staff who are

moving on to new schools or abroad to work or to raise their family including; Ms Parsons, Ms Peters, Ms

Warin, Ms Khan, Ms Muriel & Ms McAdams. It has been an exceptional year for maternities this year

also and (although some will return in September) we wish Ms Peacock, Ms Chislett, Mrs Gormley, Ms

Rainford, Ms Bharaj & Ms McWalter all the very best as expectant mothers.

My thanks also to the wonderful support staff of the school for their tireless work in making the school

so efficient and effective. From the main office & all our wider administrative staff, to the premises

staff who will be busy working away during the summer holidays in preparation for our return, we give

thanks and praise for their part in such a wonderful community.

I wish you all a very enjoyable, safe and especially a restful summer holiday and I look forward to

meeting your daughter again on Wednesday 3rd September for the start of a new academic year.

Yours in Serviam,

Mark Johnson

Headteacher

St Angela’s Summer Newsletter 2014

SPORTS DAY 2014

BEST SUPPORT AND BANNER WINNERS:10 AYRES

9 SIMMONDS8 CRESCENTIA

7 BAMBER

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS10 HELEN IKUMELO

9 GUYLAINE NGUEDE YOUMBI8 REBECCA FALOLA

7 MELANIE BEDOYA-LOAIZA

On Friday 11th July we held our annual Athletics Championships, our biggest event of the year at the Terence Macmillan Stadium. This year our focus was to be the Commonwealth Games, which will take place in Glasgow in July and August. Each form class represented a country from one of the six regions of the Commonwealth (Africa, America, Asia, Caribbean, Europe and Oceania) and decorated the banners accordingly.

WINNING FORMS:10 AYRES

9 SIMMONDS8 XAVIER7 BAMBER

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The Year 7s raised over £800 for their Advent Charity ‘Guide Dogs UK.’ In December a speaker from Guide Dogs UK called Martin came along to the year 7 assembly and bought his puppy-in-training, Rosie, to meet 192 keen and eager new friends. Rosie was lovely and the girls were brilliant as they listened to Martin talk about his life with Rosie and what Rosie would then go on to do in service as a guide dog.The Year 7s did such a tre-mendous job and showed true serviam with their fundraising activities and devotion. The money was sent off and we thought, at best, we might get a letter back but Ms Ker-ridge did not expect a phone call from Guide Dogs UK.

They were so impressed with the Year 7s and how much they had raised, they explained that our money could be used to sponsor 6 puppies for 2 years! Wow, what an

opportunity! So every 4 months we receive a pupdate about how our six pup-pies are getting on. Armstrong have sponsored Robin, Bamber have sponsored Cally, Carson have sponsored Holly, Hill have sponsored Herbie, Maathai have sponsored Truffle and Malala have sponsored Gismo. Well done, Year 7s! I am so proud of the difference you

have made in the lives of those who our dogs will go onto support once they are fully trained! You are the true example of Serviam.

CAFOD 2014: Serviam in ActionCAFOD has had a very constructive year this year where we worked hard to get a lot done. We have raised over £2000 for CAFOD this year.The first thing we are doing next year is a joint venture between Years 9 & 11: they will put on a production of ‘Jesus Christ according to Mark’s gospel’ with the proceeds of the tickets going to CAFOD. This year will also involve the CAFOD girls going to the Anchor House Centre at Christmas time to help create the Christmas packs. This will be followed by our Christmas bonanza – arts and crafts fair.

It only remains for me to thank the CAFOD girls for their hard work during this year.

NEXT YEAR: Years 7, 8 and 9 will raise money for CARITAS www.caritas.org

Calling all KS3 studentsIf you are interested in our Serviam in Action

programme, please contact Ms. Afonso

SACRE in St Angela’sSt Angela’s Ursuline was very happy to host the end of the academic year SACRE. SACRE is the standing advisory committee for RE which is also known as RE Matters. Different schools from Newham gather together in the host school and celebrate their diversity. The aim of the committee is to embrace different cultures and religions and to cross any negative hurdle in our society today. This half term we played ‘rounders’ – with religious leaders from different faiths. We met a Jewish Rabbi, a Muslim Imam, a Hindu Pundit, a Catholic Priest (Fr. Dan Mason), a Humanist Speaker and an Anglican Vicar – all from our community. The girls and boys were divided into various groups and were timed as they went to visit and speak to the different religious leaders. There were questions asked and issues raised. It was an informative and enlightening exercise. In the next academic year, the groups will be going to various primary schools to teach lessons on each of these faiths and living together in the community. Therefore, after the religious leaders departed, we brainstormed our lesson plans. We look forward to the new academic year when the project comes to fruition. If you are going to be in year 8 and would be interested in being part of SACRE – there will be 8 – 10 positions coming up next year. Please write a short email to Ms. Afonso explaining how you are a joyful, inspirational, respectful and open minded part of the wider community.

THE YEAR 7S RAISE MONEY FOR ‘GUIDE DOGS UK’

Ms Kerridge

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The St Angela’s Art exhibition took place on the 3rd & 4th July in the Art Department. The work on display was created by students from Year 7 through to Year 13. All of the work was of a very high quality and a true inspiration to us as students moving from Year 9 to start our GCSE course next year. Clearly, a lot of effort had been put into all the artwork. We have seen the high standard expected from the students of St Angela’s, so as future Art GCSE students we plan to fulfil these expectations!Art has changed our point of view of the world. We see things differently and we are very excited about beginning the GCSE Art course and we hope to inspire younger students through our work just as the work in the exhibition has inspired us.An artwork which we were especially intrigued by was a still life coloured pencil study of three fish by the Year 11 student Rajni Davegun. We found this work very fascinating because of her interesting use of colour. This piece of work is very detailed as a result of her high level of observation. The Art work looks 3D because of the wide tonal range. The directional strokes of the coloured pencil further highlight the form of the fish. This particular example of work was completed by Rajni during her 10 hour practical exam. We were extremely impressed by the work of all of the artists whose work was displayed during this exhibition.

By Mary Lwere and Jowita Serwin (Year 9)

ST ANGELA’S ART EXHIBITION

Over the course of this academic year, the Year 10 Young Enterprise team, VOX Enterprise have been running a company; creating and selling sustainable customised accessories. They have entered many events and competitions along their Journey. They successfully competed in and won the Outer East London finals, going through to the East London finals. They set up trade stands in school during lunchtimes and at parents’ evenings to showcase and sell their products. As part of their social enterprise promise, they pledged to donate a percentage of their profits to the schools charity raising.

Young Enterprise

Mr Soares

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Lydia Greenway is an English cricketer. She is a left-handed batsman and an occasional off spin bowler. She has appeared for England in seven Tests and 32 One Day International’s. In the first Test against South Africa in August 2003 she put on a world record 203 for the fourth wicket with Claire Taylor. She was a member of the team which retained the Ashes on tour in Australia in 2008 and won the World Cup and World Twenty/20 Championship in 2009. In addition to her middle order batting, she is one of the best outfielders in the women’s game. She was named Women Cricketer of the year for 2010 and scored her maiden one day international century - an unbeaten 125 - against South Africa.

Lydia visited an afternoon Cricket practice and put the girls through their paces with some fielding and batting drills. It was really inspiring having such a talented cricketer in school and she made the group feel at ease and encouraged them to improve their cricketing skills. All the students enjoyed the session and it was great fun!

England Cricketer takes training session

On Monday14th July and Tuesday 15th July, the school presented its first musical production in six years! The students performed Schools’ Will Rock You – a version of the long-running West End musical, We Will Rock You, which uses the music of Queen. In order to perform the musical, the school has donated to The Mercury Phoenix Trust. The Mercury Phoenix Trust was set up in 1992 in memory of Freddie Mercury and is responsible for raising awareness and funding charities globally in the worldwide fight against AIDS. The West End production of the musical recently closed after 12 years. It was the 9th longest running show in the West End and has also been performed all over the world to over 15 million people.

The school’s production involves 56 students (cast, back stage and front of house) and over 20 staff, including a cameo role for Mr O’Brien!At the time of writing, there are no photographs because the set has yet to be constructed in Brescia Hall – exams, the sixth form prom and the NRA evening are all happening first! The very special set design will completely transform Brescia Hall and it is a closely guarded secret! All I can say is that I hope you managed to buy tickets because they are selling out fast. Photos of the production will be uploaded to the school website in the last week of term!

We Will Rock You

presented by permission of www.schoolswillrockyou.com

production of...

St Angela’s Ursuline School

Monday 14th JulyTuesday 15th July

7.30pm Brescia HallSt Angela’s School


A group of students from Years 7 to 9 graced the Wimbledon Championships this year. We met at Upton Park Station at 7.15am to travel to the event by underground to queue for ground passes. On arriving at Wimbledon the queue was long but with defending Wimbledon Champion Andy Murray playing on that day it wasn’t surprising.

The group queued for hours before getting in but had some fun on the way, playing tennis, tag and dancing! Once inside the ground we headed off to the outside courts were the women’s and men’s singles and doubles events had started. It was amazing to see the tennis stars play: David Ferrer, Serena Williams, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Venus Williams, Sam Querrey, to name but a few!

‘We even watched Andy Murray play from Henman Hill. It was a great day and experience, learning new things, making new friends and of course eating plenty of strawberries and cream!” Talisa (Yr 9).

‘Today was fantastic! I mostly enjoyed the last game because it had my two favourite players…the Williams sisters’. Natalie (Yr 9)

“The long wait and frustration of not knowing whether we were going to get in was worth it when we got to see not just one but both of the

Williams sisters. It was a great day!” Millie (Yr 9).

We left the ground at 8pm after buying some souvenirs and having had a fantastic day. The journey back to Upton Park was fun as we recounted our day and played Shods on the train!

WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

St Angela’s Year 12 historians attended a session at LSE library on how to use the extensive catalogue of materials at LSE. This is in preparation for their Year 13 historical enquiry on the“American Civil Rights’ Movement.” Having access to such a fantastic library is such a privilege for our students, and as a result of being funded by the national lottery, is also accessible to the general public on application.

The History Department

Historians at LSE library

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We won the Diana Award for Best Active Campaigner! We were invited to the Facebook Headquarters to receive our award and watch the video we made. We began our adventure filled day with a journey on the Northern Line train to Tottenham Court Road where we then changed trains: the journey was long, but totally worth it! It was a short walk through the busy London streets to the Headquarters of Facebook, which were both large and very modern. We registered and waited to be taken into the Diana Award Ceremony. While waiting, we spotted Diversity the dance group! Lots of photos later, we were escorted up several flights. There was a table full of ID cards with names of ABA ambassadors and celebrities! We found our individual IB badge and then went over to ‘The Facebook Wall’ where we were given a pen to write some nice messages and leave our mark. We read all the messages –some very sweet and some inspirational -it was a great way to start the event! We also went to the ‘Instagram Photo booth ‘and took props and we smiled for the camera.Then the ceremony began. Simon Milner and Alex Holmes introduced the proceedings, talking about the Diana Awards and how they have contributed to help promote anti-bullying. We even got to hear an amazing opera performance by Lucy Kay.After each school was introduced by celebrities, these celebrities told their stories about their experiences of bullying and how they overcame them. Welling Borough Preparatory School was introduced by Jodie Marsh, Newbold Community School by Will Poulter and Appleton Academy by Bars And Melody. And last but not least our school was introduced by the amazing Diversity! (You can see them introduce us on the school website!) After that, we got given our awards, had lunch, received goodie bags, got some Facebook merchandise and were interviewed by a BBC news reporter! And of course, we took some selfies with a couple famous people.Finally we had pictures taken with Tessy Ojo, Chief Executive of the Diana Awards.A wonderful day: it felt very good to be an ABA ambassador!

Written by Mabel Ubong (9 Sanderson)

THE ADVENTURE TO FACEBOOK Diana Awards Ceremony with ABA Ambassadors


Year 7Liezel Dela Cruz 7HILNana Mensah 7HILGizele Iyeli 7HILEmmanuella Ebosele-Park 7ARMStephanie Iwuanyanwn 7ARMVictoria Ipanga 7MAAAndrea Godwin 7MAAOctavia Nabutanzi 7MAAGiselinne Iyeli 7MAAAlice Osei 7MAAArlenne Gordon 7MALGremy Baby 7MALMargaret Odunwo 7BAMBeyonce Hagan 7BAMMaria Majek 7CAR

Year 8Gabrielle Asamoah 8XAVTanisha White 8XAVRaniyah Dash 8XAVJoy Lewis 8XAVEboni Taylor 8XAVChristina Caberto 8REGKeIra McCollin 8REGJacqueline Debrah 8REGFefilia Iyeli 8REGNazra Sesay 8VICBella Costello 8VICCiara Shirley 8STA

Year 9Bukola Okesade 9TORChiamaka Udeaja 9TORTawania Salmon 9ENNAngeleen Akuwudike 9SANNicole Laudat 9SIM Sara Da Silva 9ROM

If you would like more information about Homework Club, please speak to Miss MacMillan in the LSU

Homework Club NewsHomework Club has had higher numbers of students attending this year which has been great. Throughout the year the students listed below have excelled themselves at Homework Club. These students have, at various points through the year, attended regularly and worked hard. To celebrate their achievements, these students are being invited to attend a special end of term party. Congratulations and well done everyone! Looking forward to seeing you all again after the summer

A group of Year 8 girls went on a project to the Sikh Gurudwara in Forest Gate. We were welcomed by members in the congregation who made us feel at home. We had to cover our heads, remove our shoes and wash our hands before we proceeded inside the holy room – Guru Granth Darbar. There we had a wonderful lecture on Sikhism – this was followed by the priests singing hymns, reciting their prayers and distributing Prasad (a blessed sweet). We then went to the kitchen where we took langar (food) and drink. We had a lovely time. Vicco – the lovely lady who works in our school canteen - made sure that her children were there to take care of us. Following this, we went to another holy room where

we had a question and answer session where Vicco’s children were the panel. It was very nice to see and understand faith in action through the eyes of our generation. It was a great trip because it is important to understand and learn about the different faiths in

Britain. This helps us to live in harmony within the wider community and live out St. Angela’s words. The visit to the Sikh Gurudwara helped us see that the peaceful, faithful people are as God fearing and God loving as us. Service is their priority – hence the kitchen for all to visit – just like Serviam is our priority in the

Ursuline Community. Mr. McCarthy, Ms. Sohi and Ms. Afonso accompanied us on this trip.

Visit to the Sikh Temple

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Every Wednesday after school we meet to practise and (try to) perfect our debating skills. We have to think about difficult and challenging motions and then use our speaking skills to be persuasive. The club includes pupils from years 8-10 and is run by university and 6th form mentors. The debating year culminates in the very competitive Deutsche Bank Debate Mate Cup and the London round was held at the London School

of Economics this year.We approached this competition with trepidation but also excitement. It was a long day – three rounds of debating and the top two teams would go onto compete in a grand final. The team consisted of Amber Pereira, Mia Damerum, Ella Luck, Melissa Yeung, Sarah Uwadiale and Ayana Moore- all from year 10. When the announcement was made that we had made it to the final, we dared to hope that victory was a real possibility.The final was held in front of a large audience on a stage from which Bill Gates, Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela have all spoken. We had to oppose the position “That Facebook should be censored at times of civil unrest (for example the London riots)”. It was not an easy debate but when it was announced that all five judges had unanimously voted St Angela’s the winning team, we were absolutely jubilant. All our hard work, determination and practice have paid off and we are very proud to have won.

ST ANGELA’S WIN THE LONDON ROUND OF THE DEBATE MATE CUP

Before I came to the sixth form, I liked Maths, but studying both Mathematics/ Further Mathematics 2012-2014 turned out to be a source of both academic and personality development which increased my love for Maths tenfold. For all of us who had Mrs Singer, “Mathematics is beautiful” is a quote that will stay with us for life.

Our further Maths class has been referred to as the ‘Dream Team’ throughout the year as we were such a collectively diverse crazy Maths class which worked incredibly well together. I think that we owe this to all of our supportive teachers: Miss Ahmed, Mr Oyebanjo, Mr Kelly, Ms

Ghattas and Mrs Singer, who helped forge the dynamic of our class.

Personally I was expecting A-Level Maths to be really hard and boring, and I probably would have if I had been in a different class and had had different teachers, but it was actually enjoyable.

So I would like to say I’m so grateful for the last two years, the experience just could not have been any better, in terms of the Mathematical journey. I hope that I meet

Mathematicians just like the people in our class but that being said- I know that there will never be the likes of us again!”

A Level Maths

By Ikjot Kaur

Year 13 A Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics student

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The Wimbledon Ursuline and the St Angela’s Ursuline Community Cohesion projectThe girls from Wimbledon Ursuline came over to St Angela’s school to complete another INSIEME (together as a community) project for the academic year. They arrived at 10am after a long journey from Wimbledon and almost immediately got stuck into the various activities planned for them and run by the project leaders. With only a short break of squash and biscuits, the girls soldiered on with their project until lunch. After lunch, the St Angela’s girls took their Wimbledon Ursuline friends on a tour of the school before proceeding to the chapel. There, the girls enjoyed a liturgy service where they presented their activity to all participants and the head teacher – Mr Mark Johnson. Mr Johnson gave a speech on the importance of and the joy that community links brings to the Ursuline community. With fond farewell, we waved goodbye to our friends from the other side of London. Au revoir until we meet again next year. A special thanks to the wonderful Year 9 girls who made wonderful leaders – you are growing into lovely young ladies of St Angela.If you think that you have the makings of a good leader and are interested in being trained by the Brentwood Youth Association of the Diocese of Brentwood in Catholic Leadership, please contact Ms. Afonso. This is open to current year 7, 8 and 9 and ensures that you will be part of the leadership in St. Angela’s school events.

SIGN CLUB

WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE?

Have you ever seen anyone do this and wonder how they do it and what it means?Then come along to the LSU on Wednesday at 3.30pm and learn the basics of British

Sign Language!IT’S FUN!!!

Ursuline Community Links

INTER-FORM COMPETITIONSOver the course of the year, pupils participate in seven activities to gain points for their form class, in order to win the Inter-Form trophies for Years 7 to 11. Each pupil is encouraged to participate in one of the following events; Badminton, Basketball, Cross-country, Dance, Football, Softball or Volleyball. This year saw an increase in participation levels and excellent competition and support throughout the various competitions.

Year 7 Winners MalalaYear 8 Winners CrescentiaYear 9 Winners RomeroYear 10 Winners DurrantYear 11 Winners Wharton

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On 19th June, Dorthea and Alisa in Year 12 attended a workshop at Goldsmiths, University of London, called ‘Theatre Can Happen Anywhere.’ During the day, the students explored different styles of performance. The students had to explore the campus and find an interesting site for performance.

It was a great opportunity for them to learn about theatre and performance, as well to find out more about university life. Dorthea and Alisa opted to stage a performance on the roof and chose an extract from ‘Antigone’. They

worked with other young people from across the country.

U15 Super Eights Cricket TournamentOn 18th June, the cricket team returned to St Angela’s proud and victorious!We had been out in the fields participating in a cricket tournament. The day went as planned and we were quite successful, winning 5 games and losing only one. It was quite a tough competition as the nerves started to kick in during or final games, but we all kept the team spirit high and supported each other to build not only our own inner confidence but our confidence as a team. We were all very surprised when we were crowned the winners as it was very tight - it even had to go to countdown on how many wickets each team had. Overall the fielding, batting and bowling were spotless; it was a well-deserved win. Well done to the team who were:

RELAUNCH OF READING CLUB

W h e n : T u e s d a yW h e r e : T h e T L C

T i m e : 3 . 3 0 – 4 . 2 0

U13 and U15 Newham Girls Cricket Leagues

Congratulations to the U13 and U15 Cricket teams who won the Newham Cricket League this summer, winning all of their games and also regaining their title from last year!

Well done to both teams:

U15 Team: Nichole(Captain), Melanie , Bukola, Grace, Lydia, Peace, Precious, Ralitsa, Simone, Jesufemi and Kira.

U13 Team: Jessica Sadiq (Captain), Maria Tony, Wiktoria Adamczyk, Julitta Amalor, Eunice Koroma, Kiarah Laurence, Connie Mckenzie, Phoebe Durojaiye , Manisha Shajan, Owa Uso and Juanita Virk.

CRICKET NEWS

Schools’ Day at Essex Cricket County Ground

In June the U15 and U13 Cricket teams were invited to participate in a schools’ day at the Essex County Cricket Ground in Chelmsford. When we arrived the girls were given a goodie bag and we took our seats to watch Essex vs. Glamorgan.

During the day we were able to participate in some marquee games; table cricket, cricket commentary, throwing a teabag through a tea pot cut out, drawing, throwing and catching, as well playing in a Kwik cricket game at lunch time on the outfield. The day was great fun and when we left Essex were doing well in this 4-day match.

Theatre Can Happen Anywhere

Nichole Trivino (Captain), Melanie Campos De Olivrira, Grace Baby, Ralitsa Angelova, Simone Tshuma, Jesufemi Onanuga, Kira Elliott, Peace Onuoha, Lydia Alatise, Bukola Okesade, Precious Olagunja The team will now go forward to represent Essex in the Regional finals. By Melanie Campos

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S t a r t i n g i n S e p t e m b e r

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The Anti-Bullying Alliance FilmThe ABA impressed the Diana Awards with all their hard work to raise awareness about bullying.They won the opportunity to make a film about our school for FACEBOOK. A film crew visited the school and the ABA Ambassadors recreated some of the events that they have organised this year. The Year 10s also showcased all the brilliant work they have been doing with Mrs Ali to create a digital profile for the ABA and St Angela’s. The ABA ambassadors have created an ABA App, a blog, a sound cloud positive playlist, twitter and Facebook account. You can access and see what we have been getting up to by using the links below. The staff also got involved by giving each other positive compliments and making everyone smile. To finish the year off, 10 ABA ambassadors were invited to the Facebook headquarters to see the premiere of their film. Watch the space in the next newsletter for feedback of this event. Thank you for everyone’s support this year. Next year the ABA are looking forward to more fun events, more positivity and working together as a community.

P.S There is a survey online on the school website in the NEWS and EVENTS section/ ANTI BULLING ALLIANCE. When you get a moment, tell us your thoughts! Thanks!

Links to social media:Blog: http://stangelasantibullying.wordpress.com/Twitter: Tweet @StA_ABAFacebook: St Angela’s Ursuline Group (Coming soon)

Mrs James

On June 12, Soman Chainani, came to our school to talk about his two books: “The School for Good and Evil” and “A World without Princes”. It was an interesting and exciting talk.Mr Chainani talked about his books in detail and shared his past. His first book was really creative, action filled and really made you never want to put it down! It is a twist on conventional fairy tales and really caught our attention. I have only just started the second and it is already amazing. His books are wonderful and really made fairy tales more exciting! Shannon and Aleksandra

AUTHOR VISIT

On Monday 9th June, 21 Year 10 students tookpart in The Scholars Programme at Keble College, Oxford University. We had all taken part in a four week course with The Brilliant Club where we were given the opportunity to experience university-style tutorials with a PhD student, who had come in to school and taught us the subject that they had specialised in. Our final task was to complete a dissertation style assignment, about the subject that we had been taught. The PhD tutors then had to mark our work, and did this by using the university style of marking. I am very proud to say that everyone passed their assignments and received excellent grades from our PhD tutors. So then the excitement of our visit to Oxford to graduate! Everyone really enjoyed the trip, especially as we were the only school to attend that day and we were taken on a tour of the beautiful Keble College. The day also included being able to talk to two students currently studying there. We also had the chance to eat in the Keble College dining hall, which many of the girls thought looked like the Great Hall

from Harry Potter’s Hogwarts! We were taken outside of the college where we were shown around the amazing sights. One of many places we saw was The Bodleian Library, one of the oldest libraries in Europe and in Britain is second only to The British Library in terms of size and importance! I think

that finding out more information about university life and the different opportunities there are for young females at university, really made us all interested and motivated to go to university one day. The graduation trip was truly a successful one! We all left Keble

College, Oxford, feeling well informed and excited to know that we will all be able to go to university, if we want to and if we work hard. The Brilliant Club has helped us develop a desire to graduate from a top university and it has made us believe that we can do anything we put our minds to. Special thanks to Ms Brown, Ms Peters and Ms Miesuria for being such fun and for sharing in on our graduation day!

Josephine Abosede Year 10, Parker

Computer Science News: Code Academy ClubCode Academy Club is a chance to have fun! It is calming, refreshing and definitely challenging! It is a thorough learning experience...you won’t forget it!

“I find the club really helpful to what I want to do in the future. We learn how to use HTML and eventually this can be used to make our own websites! It has developed my understanding in IT and will help improve my levels.” Erika Elias

“You get to learn about code and how to make your own HTML websites which is really interesting and - you’ll be ahead of your class!” Amelia Elamradi

“I really enjoy coding and it has made me find Computer Science a lot easier because I used to find it quite hard. I am very excited about Year 9….. we will be creating apps and software. I think that’s a really great thing as we rely on apps a lot more in our daily lives.” Grace Long

“It’s a fun experience…. I love how we can learn different things! I can’t wait for Year 9.” –Krizzel aye

Year 10 Brilliant Club Graduation Trip

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3D work to be showcased atART MATTERS

Newham Annual Schools’ Art ExhibitionThe Year 9s have been working really hard creating 3D scupltures inspired by Alice in Wonderland. They made cupcakes, hats, clocks and teacups and then used them in a photo shoot. They were inspired by the artist Wayne Thiebaud, set designer Shona Heath and illustrator John Tenniel. We experimented with modroc and papier mache and really got stuck into the fantastical world created by Lewis Carroll. Our sculptures will be exhbited at the Newham Art Show between the 10th & 18th July. Details about the exhibition are on display in the Art Department and on the flyer in this newsletter. Everyone is invited so come along and have a look!

I enjoyed designing and experimenting with new materials. I really liked sculpting a cupcake that looked good enough to eat.Written by Elizabeth Blasse, 9 Sanderson & Leidee Acosta, 9 Simmonds.

Year 9 Mad Hatters Tea Party

Year 7 Drama Club Performance

On 13th Friday June after school in the Drama Studio, the Year 7 Drama Club performed ‘Sparkleshark’ by Philip Ridley. The cast had been rehearsing since January and they performed to an audience of other Year 7 students. ‘Sparkleshark’ is about nine teenagers who live in the East End of London. They come together on a tower block roof and act out a story, which brings them together, although they are all very different. The performance was very well received—so well in fact, that the Drama Club got to perform it again for Year 6 students on their induction day, outside on the lawn during lunchtime. The set was particularly exciting and included a supermarket shopping trolley, which turned into a golden chariot in the characters’ imaginations!

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A group of Yr 8 and 9 dancers participated in a day of workshops. I really enjoyed taking part in the Hip Hop Dance workshops with the Dare2Dance tutors. I felt that I learnt a lot, even though I knew some of the styles. We had sessions in Waacking, Krumping, House and Locking. After we watched some performances by other students and the tutors we then participated in a battle. Two dancers were chosen from each school to battle against another school. Priya and myself were selected to represent St. Angela’s against Kingsford School. We were nervous but tried to remain confident and fortunately we won that battle by one vote. That placed us into the final and we were to battle against Lister School. Lister School dancers were strong opponents but keeping our composure and working together well, we won. All three judges voted for us and it was really overwhelming and we had worked hard for it. We were presented with t-shirts and the whole day was a really fantastic experience.

Dare2Dance Empowerment Day

By Melanie Hilaire

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Step into Dance is a partnership programme between the Royal Academy of Dance and the Jack Petchey Foundation. Each week since September pupils have had the opportunity to participate in African dance classes on Fridays after school taken by dance artist Ukachi Akalawu.In April the dancers had the opportunity to perform at one of the Borough events in Camden. They were excited and a successful performance meant that they were invited to audition for the Step Live event taking place at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in July. The girls did brilliantly well throughout the audition. They had to perform their dance three times as well as perform a flash mob and curtain call. The dancers were successful and selected to perform at this renowned theatre in Islington.

It was such a privilege for the dancers to perform in such a professional environment and a wonderful experience as some of the pupils would like to carve out a career in the arts. Well done to the fantastic dancers who performed, we are so proud of you: Peace Akhigbemen, Nana Baidoe-Ansah, Goodness Samson, Anna Agyemang, Juliana Oforsu Forson, Martha Moyo, Tatiana Ashiao, Temwani Crabbe-Mann, Autumn Mehaire, Jessica Appiah, Princess Olowogboye, Helen Ikumelo, Anne Marie Williams, Clauresse Amo Yartley, Georgina Naluyange, Anita Afrifa, Fadzai Mukungunugwa, Countessa Taiwo-De-Campos, Jasmine Semujji.

The African dance classes will resume from September and will be open to all pupils in Years 8 to 11 on Fridays 3.45 – 5.15pm.

Dancers perform at Sadler’s Wells Theatre!

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Jellianne and Dhevia

The Launch of the First World War Centenary Battlefields ProgrammeThe experience of two Year 9 History Students

DAY ONE: Our first day was spent in Kent and started with an hour long journey to Grosvenor Hall where we met other schools on the tour and where we first met Sergeant Tracey who accompanied us on our trip. (Each battlefields tour has a serving soldier to show contrast with what it was like to be a soldier a hundred years ago compared to now). After some icebreakers, we did some research on a soldier from the war who lived near our school. His name was Arthur Enos Lill and he was only nineteen when he died. His body was never found and as a result, his name is on a panel in Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium. Simon, our education officer, told us that we would be able to find and visit his panel in the cemetery on the last day of our tour and, over the next few days, get an insight into what atrocities Arthur faced during his time at war.

DAY TWO: We travelled to Belgium and visited Lijssenthoek Cemetery. What struck us the most was the variety of soldiers buried there: some are unknown soldiers ‘known only unto God’, some were Jewish, Indian, French and even members of the Chinese Labour Force. This represented that not only was a whole generation of young men killed, but that the biggest nations and their allies were also involved, making the war a global one. In the evening, we attended the Last Post ceremony held at the Menin Gate at 8pm, something which happens every evening. Menin Gate has 54,406 names inscribed into its pillars of men who fought in the war but for whom ‘the fortune of war denied them the known and honoured burial given to their comrades in death.’ The ceremony is an Act of Remembrance and to be part of this experience showed us that no matter how many years have passed, the poignancy remains.

DAY THREE: We travelled to France to the site of the Battle of the Somme. Here, we saw the trenches in Thiepval Woods, the site of the British Front Line. A further walk up to Serre Road No. 3 Cemetery and Sheffield Memorial Park allowed us to learn about the Pals (young men who joined up with their friends) and heard a letter written from one of the soldiers, to be given to his family in the event of his death. Frank Foster never survived the war, as he along with the other Pals were killed very quickly as they made an advance over No Man’s Land.

DAY FOUR:‘Coming World Remember Me’ is an initiative by the Belgian government to remember the 600,000 Belgian soldiers killed during World War One. We were given the dog tags of one of the soldiers and in their memory, created a clay model of a person curled up, with the spine having the most significance. The spine represented hope, because no matter how alone or defeated the soldiers felt, if their spine was intact, then they were able to get up again. All the individual clay models (all 600,000 of them) will go on a public display in 2018 as an act of remembrance. We then visited Langemark cemetery which was a German cemetery in Belgium to see how the Germans remember their war dead. The cemetery is very sombre and there are large mass graves: up to 20 German soldiers are buried in one plot. We then set off to Tyne Cot cemetery, the biggest cemetery in Belgium. There, we managed to find the name of our local soldier, Arthur Enos Lill. This was a memorable moment because it was where we put two wooden crosses in front of his name and took the time to reflect and to thank all of the soldiers for their sacrifice.

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PSYCHOLOGY MASTERCLASS DAY

In May, Eileen and I were given the opportunity to judge a primary school Gymnastics competition, taking place at Newham Leisure Centre. Weeks prior to this event, we undertook a seven hour training course in gymnastics as neither of us had any previous knowledge of how to officiate the sport. During that session, we were taught the basic moves of gymnastics and the various rules as well. The session was

very interactive with girls from nearby schools and I learnt a lot and had loads of fun. There was a test at the end and we were told we would receive our results in the post. Both Eileen and I passed, gaining our Level One Gymnastics Judging Certificates in the post. As we arrived on the day of the competition, we helped setting up and then were assigned our groups and our judging partners. I was given Years 5 and 6 Vault while she was given Years 3 and 4 Vault!! Overall, the children were hardworking, dedicated and very talented!! Most of my time was spent exclaiming over the leaps, jumps and technique shown in their performances!! It was easy to forget just how young they were but the limitless talent they possessed!! The energy and fun shown on all their faces and during all routines made the day very enjoyable and I am grateful to have been given the chance to watch. By Dionne

GYMNASTICS OFFICIATING COURSE

I thought that trying to decide what A levels to pick was difficult enough, but then having to start thinking about going off to university, applying for UCAS and in particular what branch of Psychology I want to study has been even harder as there are many different areas such as biological, clinical and research, education, sports and so many more. On 11th June the Psychology Department arranged to have a visit from different speakers, each an expert in their field of Psychology. They all passionately spoke about their expertise and experiences, commenting the academic and life journeys they had followed in order to be in their current roles. A trainee Occupational Psychologist spoke about human-machine interaction or employee relations. She had spent some time working in advertising and marketing, so for her to change to this was a pretty interesting story to hear about. The Clinical Psychologist presented the idea of resilience. Resilience was described as the process of ‘bouncing back’. I really liked this talk because the speaker gave special attention to the different personality types of a resilient person and talked about how an individual

can build resilience. Using real life examples from his experience, he was able to explain situations which would have an effect on an individual’s resilience such as the obstacles that we might face as young people and adults. The highlight of the morning though came from Professor Yvonne Kelly who lectures and conducts research at University College London. Her work looks at Epidemiology and Public Health. She spoke to us

about having ‘A good start to life’. We heard about the significant impact on brain development caused by stressors and she also pointed out the importance of sleep on general health and healthy lifestyle.In the afternoon we had some tips about writing our UCAS statements and a Mindfulness training exercise by our School Counsellor.

I thoroughly enjoyed the day and took away a lot from it. Lots of great things to think about as I work on my preparation for university and of course my application form. Thanks to the Psychology Department for such a useful day.

Harsharon Sondh (12E Psychology)



The summer term has been a busy one in the Technology area with a number of trips out, St Edwards’s Year 4 visiting the department for a Technology taster day and it all culminating in our summer display in the TLC from Wednesday 2nd to Friday 4th July.

Technology Summer Exhibition

We rounded off the summer term with our own Technology Exhibition! The parents, students, governors and staff visiting the event over the three days enjoyed the variety and quality of the work on show from the areas within the department. Many commented on the amount of hard work that the girls and their teachers had put into all of the projects, congratulating them on their efforts, as do I: well done to all the students, technicians and teaching staff!

Design & Technology News

AS Product Design Day Trips to University Degree Shows

Our Year 12 Product Design students have enjoyed visits to London South Bank University, Product Design Degree Show, Made in Brunel degree show, all of which were very inspiring. I am delighted to see that one of our former students, Megan Harley, has just achieved a 1st Class Honours in her Product Design course at Middlesex. I was delighted to visit their Product Design Degree show at the Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane earlier in the term and was very impressed with the quality and standard of all of the exhibits shown there.

Some of our Yr 9 Technology students also visited Thames Tideway Tunnel headquarters in Paddington and were treated to female engineers giving insights into the role of women in Engineering as part of the National Women into Science and Engineering (WISE) week. They also completed a practical challenge while there and we rounded the workshop off with a very nice lunch which all enjoyed, including Mrs Hart and Mr Chaundy, who also joined the group on the trip out there.

Women into Science and Engineering visit to London Transport Museum

A group of girls from Yr 8 also visited London Transport Museum in Acton for the day as part of Women into Science and Engineering. The day was very interesting with lots of exhibits to see and a number of interesting challenges to get their brains active. The providers commented very favourably about the exemplary behaviour of the girls and Mr Jarvis, Mr Chaundy and I would like to thank the girls for being such good ambassadors for the school.

Students from Product Design enjoying the Friday Evening viewing of Made In Brunel at the OXO Tower in Southwark

St Edward’s visit Technology Department

A lovely group of Year 4 students came to visit the department early in the term and we had a very successful taster class with Mr Chaundy and I. All of the students said how much they enjoyed the afternoon and are looking forward to returning in the coming year. We are looking forward to having them back.

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These are the Pico Boats. We learned how to operate with the sail. We were in twos and we worked together to get the boat swimming and moving. I was with Diana. She was steering and I was controlling the sail. We also played games on the Picos, one of them was “Simon says” and one of the instructions was ‘Jump in the water!!!’ I really liked this.

This is dart sailing. On this activity we were in groups of 3. It was me Tahira, and Diana. I operated the main sail. Diana was steering and Tahira was operating the Jib (small sail). It went very well and we were moving quite fast. This was one of my favourite activities.

This is Kayaking. For this activity we had to be in groups of 2. So it was me and Diana. We worked really well. We also played ‘Simon says’ I enjoyed it very much. I also got very wet especially when Diana was splashing me with the water. We used the paddle to move the kayak. One hand had to be glued to the paddle and the other was moving along with the paddle.

This is windsurfing. Here we had to do things alone. But at first we just took the boards and played some games, to get used to the water. Later on we got the UJ (universal joint) & had to put it in the gap in the board. We then took the dagger board and put it in the hole that was already in the board, to keep balance. Then we took the sail and had to put it into the UJ. We stood on the board and used the wind to move in different directions.

This is mountain biking . We went and got our bikes and helmets and set off on our way. We went through the forest on the road and back to the camp.

I loved the high ropes. We took the coach to the centre put our gear on, watched a video and went ahead and did it.

By Joanna Has 8 Victoire

I’ve never been involved in anything as phenomenal as partic-ipating in this crew. The first run was hard; I had never run that far in all my life! (On the 800m at sports day I had walked). But the experience was amazing and I was very intrigued and felt welcome so I came back. And that was the best choice I ever made. Throughout the training and the run-ning, I have grown stronger and more able to run longer distances.On Saturday 10th May 2014 I did “The Women’s We Own the Night” 10K run and it was spectac-ular and the vibe was beautiful and I enjoyed every step. I ended up with a reasonable time and was in pain but completing that race gave me the enthusiasm to go and do Hackney Half Marathon. I felt like I could achieve something, I felt like I could inspire and motivate people to do their best and never stop until breaking point.Throughout the training, the only thing that kept on my mind was that I am doing this for people who can’t run. One quote that stuck with me whilst I was training was that: “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go”. Shameek, one of the younger mentors, has been pushing us for a long time, he has supported us and he gave me a quick tip which was “When running, never think about stopping”. This is because if I thought I was going to stop, then I would give up

easily and we did not want that to happen.Running with The Greyhounds gave me the opportunity to communicate with some spectacular people, I love them and they have supported me and made me feel part of their pack, the have moulded me into a comfortable and confident runner

and I am forever thankful for them and their continuous support for me.The Vitality Hackney Half Marathon was one of the best days of my life. Even today, I cannot believe (nor can half the teachers at school!) that I ran 13.1 miles and did a half marathon. The day was extremely hot and the supporters were so motivating. Even though I was mildly injured I kept going I never wanted to give up and I never will. Ash, Sarah, Paul, Charlie and the rest of Run Dem have changed my life forever. Running is a part of my daily activity and I don’t think I will let it go. My aim now is to inspire other teenagers like myself who are unfit to take up the challenge of long distance

running, to show them that they are important and that they CAN change the world if they put the time and effort into it. The miracle is not that I passed the finish line, but that I had the courage to start.

By Angelina Raymond

RUN DEM CREW

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32 girls from year 7, 8 and 9 met early in the morning outside school to set off to France, a little bit tired but full of anticipation. We were all very surprised to see that our coach driver was Peter, who had actually driven us to Germany the year before so we knew we were in good hands. Our accommodation in Normandy was in Merville, just a five minute walk from the amazing beach. We had our own gites – little holiday houses which were very comfortable and well equipped. We even had a flat screen TV and a DVD player! Normandy is a region which played an important part in World War 2. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy, and we saw many villages decorated with UK, American and Canadian flags to commemorate the occasion. In Arromanches, we visited a 360 degree cinema which showed archive footage of the D-Day landings. This film is a tribute to soldiers from all countries and to the 20,000 civilians who were killed during this battle for the liberation of Europe. In the afternoon we visited the American Cemetery, which was also very moving, especially when they played the Last Post. On Wednesday, we went further back in time to the Norman Conquest – we were able to see the Bayeux Tapestry and learn about how it was made. Whilst in Bayeux we also got to visit a typical French market and also admire the beautiful Cathedral. A visit to a goat farm was a lot of fun for everyone, although some people were a little bit nervous. The owner Mr Martin was very passionate about his goats, and he let us feed and stroke them. Our favourite was Blanquette, the little white kid. Some of us even had the chance to milk the goats and try the milk. We also had the chance to try the cheese which was not as terrible as we had feared! On Thursday, we visited Mont Saint Michel, a UNESCO world heritage site and a place of pilgrimage. The views from the top of the mount were spectacular, although it was hard work climbing up all of the steps.The rest of the afternoon we spent on the beach, playing volleyball, boules and paddling in the freezing sea. A great way to end a great week!

MFL Trip to Normandy, France

Visitors from FranceThis year, pupils in year 8 have been writing to penfriends from the Collège Institution St Pierre in Caen, a fellow Ursuline school. On Monday 9th June, St Angela’s girls had the opportunity to meet their French friends when the pupils and their teachers came to visit. Afterwards, some of the girls wrote about the experience. “This was a really great experience because I was able to write to someone and then use my knowledge of speaking French with someone from France in person. We had many enjoyable activities throughout the day and I have

continued to contact my penpal. “Melanie Hilaire 8 Aloysius

6th Form News

University Evening took place for the Post 16 students on 24th April. It was an excellent opportunity for parents and students to meet University Reps from all around the UK. The students left armed with information, course ideas and a huge range of prospectus!

Wonderful to have a range of tweets from universities, as our fabulous Year 13 students were offered places to study next year.

Imperial Colleg London delivered a Bioengineering Talk to students and parents from the 6th Form which was inspiring.

Excellence + students continue their tailored mentor sessions in school and visit various universities.

Beautiful Leavers’ Mass with Father Dennis for our Year 13 students as they progress to university.

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Ashish Patel - Maths Department VolunteerI started at St Angela’s & St Bonaventure’s sixth form in September 2010. Although I was an external student coming into the sixth form, I made friends very quickly, so the social transition was comfortable. I studied A-levels in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Economics and Physics. My choice for these subjects was mainly based on what I enjoyed the most during my GCSEs. Due to the demanding nature of the courses, I was motivated to put in my independent learning skills into use. In particular, for Maths I learned some of the course before my teachers taught it. This enabled me to reinforce my knowledge when the teacher actually taught it in class. Hence, the main skill needed as I entered A-levels was the ability to do work independently and use my initiative to create more work for myself. In addition to this, asking for help from my supportive teachers contributed significantly towards my success in my A-levels. When making a decision on what degree to do, I chose one which I was really interested in and was related to my A-levels. After knowing what course I wanted to do, I researched which universities I

wanted to apply to. Firstly, I went on to their websites to find details about my course and other similar courses. Secondly, I went to the Open days for the universities which I was going to apply to. This gave me the opportunity to form my own personal view of each university, in turn making the decision process more realistic and easier. After volunteering for the Olympics in 2012, I began my degree in Mathematics and Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE). There was a massive leap from A-levels to university learning as there is much less contact time with teachers and lecturers. The course is challenging, but fun, because I am learning new and interesting topics. Currently, I have finished my second year at LSE. My summer vacation started early so I decided to come back to St Angela’s and volunteer in the Maths department. At first, it did feel slightly awkward being back as a helper rather than a student. However, the experience was immensely rewarding and memorable, because knowing that I have given back to, and contributed to the sixth form which made my dreams come true is very satisfying. To read more about our other Maths department volunteers please visit www.stangelas-stbonaventures.co.uk/alumni

Alumni News

Our sixth form CAFOD group took part in a sponsored walk from Westfield to Westfield- they hope to raise over £1000.

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More Sixth Form Successes• Kimberly was accepted onto the Cambridge University

Summer School and Katrina onto the US Sutton Trust Summer School.

• Priska gains a place on the King’s College London Summer Programme.

• Students attended fabulous work experience placements with Trowers and Hamlin and through the Young Journalist scheme.

• Students attended fabulous work experience placements with Trowers and Hamlin and through the Young Journalist scheme.

• We were honoured that Alumni students came to talk to Year 12 and 13 about their experience of University and the world of work.

• Congratulations to Hayat and Shalom who reached the final of Fashion Futures and showcased during London Fashion Week.

The School Careers Department have supported our sixth formers in applying for internships, scholarships and paid work experience with some major city employers.

ELMO are funded by the Arts Council and run a mentoring project with

selected schools linking students to mentors who work for cutting edge employers at the forefront of the creative industries. We publicised this to our Year 12 Art, Textiles, Media, Film and Product Design students and invited ELMO into School to brief students about the project. As a result the project was set up in the Spring term and linked 10 of our students to the following mentors:

As part of the mentoring all students visited their mentor in their professional workplace or at New Direction Stratford 4 to 8 times after school.

“Having spoken to architecture postgraduates and after visiting a real firm, I gained an informed insight into the reality of pursuing a career in the

creative industry, more specifically, architecture. My mentor was very welcoming and provided me with valuable advice that

is sure to come in handy”

Celina Laureta 12 (Bangura) - Stage Designer

Filip Jastrzebski 12 (Bangura) - Independent film-Maker

Paige Rene 12 (Cox) - Communications marketing team Royal Academy

Zach R. Zafar 12 (O’Sullivan) - Operations Manager Whitechapel Gallery

Remmy Oldungu 12 (Rainford) - Graphic Designer- NVou Graphics Agency

Alicia Jordan 12 (Thompson) - Creative Engagement Manager Arcola Theatre

Robert Van Paulino 12 (Waldron) - Technical Officer – Whitechapel Gallery

Steven Murray 12 (Smith) - Illustrator + Tate Gallery Curator

Connor Beck 13 (Rhodes) - Executive Producer Digital Film company

Credit Suisse ScholarshipYear 13 student Dominc Zyznowski was successful in getting onto this sought after scholarship with leading investment bank Credit Suisse. This Scholarship pays all university fees and provides periods of paid work experience.

RBC Royal Bank of Canada InternshipAnother of our Year 13 students, Geraint Garcia has been successful in getting an internship with Royal Bank of Canada after attending our RBC workshops in School. This provides a bursary of £2000 per year whilst at University and some work experience opportunities.

Ernst & Young Work ExperienceYear 12 student, Ryan Makuka, successfully secured a place on the Smart Futures 3 week paid Summer work experience placement with Ernst & Young, the world leading accountancy firm. This includes opportunities to work with their business clients and gain a real insight into finance careers at the highest level.

Barclays Bank Work ExperienceWe helped one of our Year 12 students, Sylvester Nsiah and one of our Year 13 students, Daniel Augustine, secure one week’s work experience placements with local branches of Barclays Bank.

Arcadia Work ExperienceOur students attended a series of workshops from the fashion retail group Arcadia (who own Top Shop and other leading high street retail brands) before applying for 2 weeks work experience in areas such as PR, marketing, merchandising, human resources and customer services. Our successful Year 12s were:

Congratulations to all of our above students who worked hard to secure these exciting opportunities and were in competition with many other students from schools across London. All had to complete detailed applications, CVs and get through the interview stages of the application process!

Chris Jarvis | School Careers Department

Sixth Form NewsSuccess for our Sixth formers in the world of

Business and FinanceELMO Creative Industries mentoring project

Lfra Quereshi Joanellie BoadillaKimberley East Lavinai OfoniamaNyati Patel Fancine CrabbeJeremy Vinalon Savanna Pires-Raji

DISABILITY ATHLETICSCongratulations to disability athletics team on their performance at Mile End Stadium in the London Youth Games as part of the Newham Team. All members acquitted themselves very well. Tamera Mensah took part in shot, Chloe Osei javelin and Bella Costello 200m, Vivian Oniya stole the show winning first place in both standing long jump and 100m. Well done girls!!

Thursday 3rd July was the day of the Summer Concert, and it was a truly memorable event which showcased many musical performances. Brescia Hall was filled with many excited families, teachers, students and fellow performers who couldn’t wait for the performance to begin! The concert started with the spectacular Main School Choir, followed by the ECaM (Every Child a Musical Instrument) students and 6th Form Choir. We really enjoyed seeing the Primary students perform. The highlights of the night were the band performing “She Looks So Perfect” by 5 Seconds Of Summer, the Gospel Choir’s “Lord I Give You My Heart”, ECaM playing “Edelweiss”, the Youth Choir singing “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”, Blessing and Ola’s duet of ‘The Rose”, the Orchestra playing “Mission Impossible”, the Primary Choir singing “My Life, My Love, My All” and last but definitely not least the 6th Form Choir performing “My God Is Awesome”. The night ended in spectacular fashion with all the choirs singing “Firework” by Katy Perry.From our point of view the concert was a big success. It ended with speeches by Chloe Espiritu and Elizabeth Annor-Agyei which was very touching; it is their last year at St Angela’s, having been involved every year for the past seven years! Mr Johnson ended the evening thanking all the teachers. Without the help of Mr Ramos and Mr Carruthers, we would not have pulled this concert off!

Music Summer Concert 2014

By Beatrice and Cristina (Year 8)

DISABILITY ROWING13th MAY 2014What a fantastic afternoon at the Newham Indoor Hub! The girls represented St Angela’s competing against other Newham Schools in individual events with great success. Vivian Onyia and Daniella Everst both came out on top winning two Gold Medals in their events. Chloe and Tamera won Silver in their age groups and Isabella and Blessing brought two bronze medals back home. We then raced hard in the friendly relay competition working hard as a team to achieve quick and efficient change overs. Well done, Team St Angela’s! (Team included: Chloe, Bella, Vivian, Tamera, Daniella and Blessing)

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On Tuesday 6th May, St Angela’s History department was privileged to welcome Professor Peter Hennessey, also known as Baron Hennessy of Nympsfield and Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, to the school. Mrs King, Head of History, invited Professor Hennessey to deliver a lecture to the department’s A level history students as his specialism covers one of the key areas of their study in Year 13 – The Making of Modern Day Britain, 1951-2007.

Professor Hennessey is well-placed to give such a lecture due to his vast wealth of experience. As journalist for over 20 years – with spells on The Times, The Financial Times and The Economist - he has been able to unearth ‘the hidden wiring of the constitution and the power of the machinery of government in Britain.’ He states that ‘Those themes remained at the

heart of my research and teaching at Queen Mary when I moved from journalism to academia in 1992. Since then, it has been my aim to write the history of my

own country, in my own times, for academic and public audiences alike.’ It is for this reason that we were ALL so excited about having one of the world’s leading historians of British History come and talk to our students in an intimate setting in our very own TLC – school library.

The students of St Angela’s were enormously grateful to Professor

Hennessey for coming to the school. At the end of the lecture, our students asked pertinent questions which showcased their own knowledge and understanding of the topic of history that they had been studying and also revealing their readiness for life as an undergraduate.

The History Department

“Mrs. Deluca said she would buy the flowers herself.”

No wait, that’s not how it starts. It’s Mrs Dalloway who decided to buy the flowers herself, or at least that’s what I learnt at the lecture on Modernism that I attended a few weeks ago. It’s one of several I’ve attended over the last few weeks. The authors ranged from Chaucer to Chinua Achebe, the styles from Medieval to Modernism, and the topics from nature to love. Aside from giving you the dazzling first lines of famous novels, the series of Wider Reading Lectures delivered by the English Department at St Angela’s provides you with an insight into the minds of others, because that’s what great literature does. Through our understanding of literature, we find new ways of seeing and appreciating the world around us that we never would have experienced without it.

What else did I learn? How Woolf’s own experiences with therapists were poured into Septimus in ‘Mrs Dalloway’. How the revelation of electricity sparked Mary Shelly’s ‘Frankenstein’. How Wordsworth’s interest in Associationism (go look it up, or better still, go to the lectures) informed much of his work. The Wider Reading talks given by the staff at St Angela’s were a delight, and opened the door to further understanding and appreciation of literature. As Malcolm X once put it: “The ability to read awoke inside of me some long, dormant craving to be mentally alive.” The enjoyment that you can get through reading makes you the most mentally alive you can be.

The History Department welcomes Professor Peter Hennessey

WIDER READING LECTURES

Eleanor Mance-Moran

THE TALENT INSPIRATION PROGRAMME (TIP)

will brings together 200 young aspiring athletes from across the country to participate in a 3 day residential learning experience in Manchester from Thursday 4th September – Saturday 6th September alongside the National Level 4 School Games competitions and for the second year running St. Angela’s are sending one of their talented athletes along!Bella Costello (Year 8 Victoire) was nominated by Miss Lebby on account of her commitment, motivation and talent in sport. Last year Vivian Onyia took part in the programme, which has allowed her to develop her talents as an athlete.The three days will be an exciting combination of workshops run by athlete mentors, trying out exciting new sports and testing sports skills, learning from like minded young athletes from across the country and also VIP access to the Sainsburys school games.This presents a brilliant opportunity we wish Bella every success!

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Inspire > Aspire Awards Ceremony in Glasgow

ST ANGELA’S CRICKET GROUP

The girls played against mixed cricket teams within the Newham on a fine sunny day. All teams were of mixed ability and mainly mixed gender; we played against some all-boys teams too. This did not faze the girls what’s so ever and we played with even more brut determination. We may not have won the tournament but we certainly had the best team spirit. The girls helped coach each other and as we played each match we improved further. Our team communication was fantastic and we this meant we were able to field effectively. There were some fine hits of the ball to scoring many fours and gaining runs. All round a very successful new team was developed.

The Team included: Shekinah, Chloe, Jessica, Bella, Connie, Phoebe Wictoria, Adele, Virginia.

INCLUSIVE FOOTBALL NATIONAL YOUTH GAMES COMPETITION 20TH MAY

St Angela’s were successfully selected to represent Newham in the National Youth competition for inclusive football. The competition was strong but the morale in our team stayed high throughout. We gave it a fair fight and many goals were won and some were lost. Lucky we had save hands Vivian to defend our goal and Bella and Daniella were a fabulous duo in defence. There were some spectacular goals scored by Adele, Wictoria and Virginia. (Football team included: Chloe , Bella, Vivian, Tamera, Daniella, Blessing, Wictoria, Virginia and Adele)

On Monday 16th June, Almendena and Telma in Year 7 and Mable and Nichole in Year 9 travelled to Glasgow, Scotland to receive their awards for winning a national finalist place in the Inspire>Aspire Programme.INSPIRE > ASPIRE is a programme inspired by the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The aim is character development in young people. It is designed to help them explore their character, ideals and values.Pupils from schools all over the UK entered the competition and had to complete a booklet writing about their aspirations and visions for a better world and four St. Angela’s girls were chosen!The day itself was a very long one, leaving school at 8:45, travelling to Stansted by minibus, and then flying to Glasgow before travelling to Glasgow University by bus where the award ceremony took place. But that didn’t matter to our national finalists, ”Today was an amazing day!”. “I enjoyed the whole journey and time in Scotland. I mostly enjoyed Glasgow University”. “The award ceremony was educational, we saw a Guinness World Record holder (Mark Beaumont) who told us about his experience cycling around the world in 82 days! When the awards ceremony started we were called up to receive our medals, certificate and have a picture with Mark Beaumont. All in all, the trip was a wonderful experience and we would love to do it again.”


Sky Sport Living for Sport ProjectAs part of the Sky Sport Living for Sport Project the Year 10 GCSE Dance group received mentoring workshops from Olympic 100m athlete Jeanette Kwayke and Great British Long Jump champion JJ Jegede. The workshops were based around six main keys to success:

As well as boosting their confidence, developing their communication and teamwork skills, all the girls agreed that Jeanette was an inspirational and motivational mentor who shared her own challenges as an athlete, to help the girls overcome their own challenges both academic and sporting and be ambassadors for sport and dance for younger pupils in the future.

I first began competing in the under 20 age group last year in September. This was an exciting as well as nervous prospect as I would be one of the youngest in this age group. Although I was determined to show I could still compete with the older girls by running fast times and finishing in good position in each race The winter training had been very tough so I was looking forward to competing.

The indoor season began well, I managed to win both the 60m and the 200m at the Essex and Eastern Counties Championships, which I was really happy with. This led me onto the indoor national championships in Sheffield where I was hoping to run personal bests (PB). Although at Sheffield I did not medal I had a good indication of where I was at and what I needed to work on before the more important outdoor season began. My first outdoor championships this year was the Essex County Championships where I ran an equal personal best in the 200m and won a gold medal in the 100m and the 200m. As a result of this performance I was selected to represent Essex county at English Schools’ Athletics championships which will take place in Birmingham this July, which I was thrilled to hear. Also later that month I competed in the Bedford international games where I ran a PB and came first in the 200m.

The South of England under 20 championships took place at Crystal Palace where I competed in both the 100 and 200 metres. I was quite nervous about this competition as there were many athletes from all over the Southern region and the standards were higher this time. I ended this competition with a double gold and two PBs which I was really thrilled about, and I was selected to represent the southern region at the Welsh International Championships which takes place in Cardiff this July.

The biggest competition I’ve competed in this year is the England under 20 and under 23 National Championships and World Trials, which took place in Bedford. After a rather disappointing 100m result (caused by an injury which occurred on the day) I was able to come back the next day and compete in the 200m where I came fourth in the final - a very good result considering the conditions. This season so far has

been great for me and is continually getting better, I was even fortunate enough to run in a relay team with my ultimate role model, the 400m World Champion Christine Ohurugu. Balancing athletics with my studies has been a challenge for me but I’m glad I was able to get through and I’m really looking forward to the rest of the season and to continue to compete this year.

By Finette

FINETTE TO COMPETE AT ENGLISH SCHOOLS’ ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

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1. Mental toughness2. Hunger to achieve3. People skills

4. Sports and life knowledge5. Breaking barriers6. Planning for success

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DON’T FORGET

Autumn term begins for students on Wednesday 3rd September 2014

Almighty God,

You are author of life. We are in awe of your creation.

The vast oceans reflect your majesty. The ever changing skies renew our lands.

The deep valleys carry your peace and shelter.

You are saviour of the world. We are amazed at your grace.

The nations find peace in your forgiveness. The sufferer hope in your healing hands.

The burdened rest in your promise of heaven.

You are unconditional love. We are privileged to be filled by your

presence. The youth are filled with your vision. The old are filled with your wisdom.

The oppressed are unchained by your freedom.

Almighty God, Father, Son and Spirit We worship you!

Prayer of praise and adoration

My heart is filled with adoration When I lift my eyes to you.

For you are Lord of all creation, You make all things new.

My soul is filled with lasting peace When I close my eyes to sleep.

For you are Lord, you’re right beside me I’m safe within your keep.

My mind is filled with inspiration When I open my eyes anew.

For you are hope and love outspoken, Your words are full of truth.

My life is full of aspiration When I see through eyes that weep.

For you are Lord of the grand and broken, May I be your hands and feet.

Prayer of praise & thanksgiving

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