The Golden Quill

Starting a new school may seem scary at first but af-ter some time you will get used to it.

Everyone has that nervous feeling when they walk into school that day. It is totally normal.. Nev-er the less, you should always try to present your self in the best way because first impressions al-ways count. Try to be positive and nev-

er feel that you don’t belong.

After some time, you will know your way around the school and it won’t be something to worry your head about.

This what Paige felt on her first day of AJK, ‘I felt nervous and scared because I was not sure if I could make friends’ but she did make friends in the end.

Make sure you try your best and you will always exceed in your learning. Al-ways remember to (even when you feel down) to put a smile on your face—it will make you feel better.

By Saniye Abus

Starting a New School

Starting a New School

ARK Schools

This is the front entrance of an amazing , educational school;

When having gerbils

you don’t need a lot of

time like you do with a

dog. However, a suita-

ble amount of time

would be 20-30

minutes a day maybe 1

hour every week. How-

ever, you can spend as

much time as you want

as they are loveable

and fun small pets.

You need to be a car-

ing person as they are

very fragile and need

care when handling

them.

When getting gerbils

you should always buy

2, this is because they

grow up in packs and

like to have company.

However, if unfortu-

nately one passes

away you shouldn't

get another one. This

is because they

would get scared that

the new gerbil is in-

truding upon their

territory and they

would fight until the

death. This is the

same with introduc-

ing your gerbils to

your friends’ gerbils.

[If they have any.]

If one gerbil does die

then they are going to

need more love and

attention than before,

as very quickly they

will start to become

depressed (extreme

sadness). If however

you don’t play with

your gerbil it could

die earlier of sad-

ness.

+

You will need to

get a suitable size

cage so that the

gerbils don’t feel

cooped up in a

How to deal with gerbils and what to do and what happens when

things go wrong . This will provide professional information about

gerbils.

These are my

gerbils . They

are called

Bounce and

Scratch. The

one on the

left is called

Scratch and

the other is

called

bounce .

They are 3

years old.

Their birth-

day is the

25th of No-

vember

I have had

my gerbils for

Interview time! In this interview we will ask people from AJK what kind of pet they have and what's the funniest thing they do?

What pet do you have and

what's its name?

Saniye-yr7 has a pet tor-

toise called Speedy.

What's the funniest thing it

does? Speedy attempts to

climb up the walls.

What pet do you have and

what's its name?

Connie -yr9 has a pet ham-

ster called Kiwi.

What pet do you have

and what's its name?

Rhia-yr9 has a pet ham-

ster called Charlie.

What’s the funniest thing

it does?

It sits and looks at me

until I play with it.

Half term1 2016-17

Gerbils and what they involve By paige phelan

The Golden Quill

At Ark John Keats Academy, students are provided with the op-portunity to broaden their futures with their subject lessons and their enrichment classes. The students are very lucky to be able to receive enrich-ment lessons on Wednesdays and Fri-days afternoons. Our enrichment sessions vary between activities like learning the skills of football and table tennis and learning different languages

like Spanish, French and Japanese. This article will provide you with knowledge on the kinds of enrichment opportunities we have at our school e.g;

Netball

Basketball

Chess

Badminton

Abida Alom from Poland in

Year 9 contributed her opin-

ion on enrichment by say-

ing,’ I think enrichment is a

good idea as we get to try

new things and do things we

get to find new hobbies.

One thing we can do to im-

prove our enrichment pro-

gram, would be to possibly

be able to receive our first

choices.’

Michael Gennuh-Sarpong

from Poland in year 9 also

said,’ I think the enrichment

program is a really good

idea. However, I think the

enrichment sessions could

be longer. For example,

football on a Wednesday’

Leyan Mahendran from

Kenya in year 7 said that,’

I had enrichment in my

primary school, but there

are better choices and

more activities. However,

there could also be more

options within different

topics.’

The basics on enrichment

Jasmine’s top tips

for enrichment

~ Enrichment takes place on Wednesdays from 15:00 to 16:00. It also takes place on Friday from 15:15 to 16:30

~ Remember to write your enrichment choices on the cor-rect day in your plan-ner with the place.

~ Show 100% effort in all of your enrich-ment sessions. You’re very lucky to be able to receive these enrichment sessions!

Interviews with pupils!

By Jasmine-Kathryn etonde

Enrichment At Ark John Keats!

The Golden Quill Term 1 2016-2017

Here at Ark John Keats

Academy, we provide

the children with tasks

where they can show

their life skills in order

to succeed in that task.

Recently, we introduced

a new program named

FRANKLIN SCHOLARS.

This program helps little chil-

dren, who are transitioning

from primary to secondary

soon, with their social well-

being and also helps broaden

their confidence by mentoring

them, supporting their literacy

and developing friendship

groups. This program at Ark

John Keats is totally ran by the

year 9’s here, with

someone external

who comes to train them . It

also gives them

better interaction

skills, because it

TERM 1 2016-2017

Interviewing Justice and Gamze

Viewing what they did in

those mentoring classes,

I saw that they were play-

ing a game called

‘SPLAT’. A person who

unfortunately was elimi-

nated from the game was

Gamze from Canada. So I

asked her in the mean

time, “ Why did you pick

to do this program?”

She said, “ I wanted to

help the year 3’s to pre-

pare them for their fu-

ture. I think that in or-

der for a child to suc-

ceed in the years com-

ing before them, they

need someone to men-

tor them.” I then asked

Justice,” How will this

help you in the future?”

He then said,” I think

this will help people by

p u t t i n g

‘Franklin Scholars’ in

their CV’s, so when

they are older and

want to do a specific

job to do with people,

for example children,

they would be most

likely to get chosen,

because of their past

(mentoring children

t o

ARK Schools

Franklin Scholars take AJK!

THE GOLDEN UNKEATSABLE!

*These are some of the scholars

playing games with the children.

*This is a picture of a mentor and a child

* This is a picture of a group of the

WRITTEN BY SERENA SHAUMBA NSIALA

I asked two teach-

ers what tips they

could give me. Ms

Freeman said “

Tick your planner

when you have fin-

ished, make a to do list and

to use the note pages in our

planners”. Ms Christian

said” listen and follow in-

structions”.

Written by

leyan emine

mahendran

Tip number one- Have your

planner with you at all

times. Close it (make sure

the waterproof cover is on

it) and put it in your bag.

Otherwise, the pages will

get bent.

Tip number two- Make

sure you pack your bag the

night before. Check in the

morning again and check

in your pencil case.

Tip number three- if you

have space in your pencil

case, put two of each item

in your case or bag.

Tip number four- When you

make your tie look in the

mirror. This will help you

make your tie look nice

and smart.

Tip number five- When

you have work you need

to write. You could read

over your work more than

once. You could read over

your work and change

some words to show off

what you know.

Tip number six- Make

sure your laces are tied.

Tip number seven– Com-

plete your homework at

least two nights before

it’s due.

Tip number eight– If you

have a question ask your

teacher as soon as you

think of it.

Tip number nine– Bring in

a healthy snack to keep

up tour energy.

Tip number ten- Bring in a

book you enjoy or borrow

one from the library.

Useful tips to help you

organise yourself

Quotes

The Golden Quill

Half term 1 2016-17

UNKEATSABLE

Quirky

Questions

. How many times

have you completed

an extra piece of

homework?

.How long do you

study each day?

.What is your favor-

ite subject?

.Do you enjoy

school?

. Do you put the

maximum amount

of detail into your

work/

This is John Keats. He worked

ridiculously hard to succeed. But,

in the end he did it. Remember,

never give up and always think of

the future.

If you’re here for

some jokes your in

the right place. Well

we all know that

School Publications

include the best

joker well let me

prove it. These pic-

tures and jokes

are so funny that

you better have a

spare pair of … with

you or probably

you`ll be in big trou-

ble.

So as this is a joke article obviously I'm go-

ing to include some jokes so that’s why I'm

going to include some jokes write? Here’s a

joke that probably is true and reasonable:

‘I thought I’d begin reading a poem from

Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should

I, he never reads any of mine.’ Spike Milli-

gan.

The person that got the history of

memes going was a man called

Jack Dawkins in 1976. People often

know memes as the subset of the

internet. After all it is known that

they are almost clicked over a mil-

lion times a day. No wonder they’re

so famous. A man even broke his

screen after reading one! How fun-

ny right ! No?...

BANTER!

BANTA +

Unkeatsable The golden quill

Ms. Gray’s

favorite

joke is

‘knock

knock,

who’s

there, you

know, you

know who’

from the

famous

Harry Pot-

ter.

The scoop

on my

classmate

goes to

Hasan who

for some

reason has

to mention

Cyprus in

every an-

swer.;)

BY ARDA ARSLAN

History of Memes

(Two pictures of famous memes)

Here are 3 outfit ideas for

event in the fall semester

Fashion week

Autumn/Winter 2016's top-line fash-

ion trends may be wildly different from

each other, but they're all supercharged with

one major element—creative electricity.

If you

are

more in-

to clas-

sic ele-

gant

fashion

you

could try

this new

camel

coat:

Keep warm and look nice

By Nadia

You could try

this amazing winter

look with a white

trench coat, white

pumps and top it up

with a beanie. Wear

it slightly back on

your head.

These outfits

are a classic

look made

suitable for all

kinds of peo-

ple. Now u try

and kick off

the year with

these looks.

The Golden Quill 2016 Term One

Further Information

If you want further infor-mation, go to: http://

arkjohnkeats.org/

Unkeatsable Presents: Music and Facts

The New Curriculum for Years 7, 8 and 9

Year 7

Finding Your Voice: Working and singing in groups,

learning a selection of songs as a class; graphic score

composition; baseline/getting to know each other as

musicians.

Building the basics: Treble clef pitch notation; instru-

mental/keyboard skills.

Setting the scene: Instruments of the orchestra; listen-

ing to/ identifying instruments and instrumental

families; Prokofiev; thinking about how different

timbres fit different animals using keyboards.

Performing carnival rhythm: Rhythmic notation; compos-

ing rhythms; the background of Samba music

(carnivals/favelas); working as a class and in small

groups.

Composing carnival tunes: Using pitch and rhythm nota-

tion to read notation to read and write music; com-

posing simple melodies (mainly call and response);

pentatonic music (introduction to scales); creating a

performance in small bands.

A Grand Piano

Year 8

Using the axis of awesome: Introduction to basic chords/harmony through a selec-

tion of sour chord songs-I, V, VI, I-Analysis of the harmony of some pop songs;

keyboard/singing skills-performing songs with a four chord structure.

How do film composers change the atmosphere?: Focus on major and minor

scales, including key signatures and ‘building’ scales; performing selections/

arrangements of film music as a class in a variety of keys.

Filling your composition tool box: Composing film music; focus on composition de-

vices (ostinato/drone/sequence) listening to and identifying them, as well as using

them, as well as using them to compose; introduction to composition using com-

puters (sync video clips with sound).

Writing the blues: Improvisation; chords/extended chords; 12 bar blues structure;

the context of the blues; pupils work in groups to compose a stylistic piece of the

blues music.

World tour: Gamelan, raga, ukulele; introduction to a range of world music

through performance of typical pieces, and listening and recognizing key features

of those styles (3 lessons per style).

Year 9

TBC

Members of the orchestra

playing instruments

“The family is the nucleus

of

civilization.” -Will Durant

Our current teachers for music are Ms Morris

and Charatan. If you want to go to any musical

clubs, ask one of the teachers to add you to

the register. There are both after school clubs

and lunchtime enrichment. There are also

music lessons for a wide range of instruments.

You can perform in the celebration assembly

is you really want to.

Thoughts by pupils

Arda Arslan, Year 7: “I haven’t really been to

any clubs, but if I was to refer to the music

lessons, I would say that they are really fun.”

Emilo Carchia, Year 9: “The music lessons are

really fun and great.”

Freddie Turner, Year 8: “I think that music

lessons are good as they could help you to

achieve something away from a normal office

job.”

Current Teachers, clubs and music

lessons

Latest Results Congratulations to the team on

their victory against Kingsmead! AJK-3

Kingsmead-2 Unlucky to our Year 8 boys team

on their loss to Southgate at

home this week.

AJK-2

Southgate-5

Ark John Keats Year 8 Football Team

ABOUT THE TEAM

Here at Ark John Keats we

love football. Especially our

own teams! Some of our play-

ers had a few things to say

about what they feel about

the team.

‘The football team is a great

thing to be part of as it gets

you away from normal every-

day school life. It also allows

you to take part in competi-

tive games with other schools

in our community!’

For those who aren't in the

team, it’s never too late to

try! We have football enrich-

ments which allow unseen

talents to show off their skills

and try to get into the team.

By Freddie Turner

Marcus Rashford playing for the under 21 team.

Is being part of the school

football team fun or not?

Lets find out if it is. We are

going to ask people in

school. Why is it fun? Why

do you like it?

Interviews

Mr Rowley has said,“

They have improved as a

team. They have shown real

tenacity.”

Ms Gray has said, ”I

think it is really im-

portant to have a

school football team. A

school football team

can show other schools

just how fantastic we

are at AJK.”

Football

This was last year of

them winning. The score

was 10-5!!!This was

Ayhan and Richard.

SCORES

First match 5-2

lost.

ARK Schools

Star Sports

Write your answers.

Do you like football or

not?

Why do you like foot-

ball? if not why don’t

you like it?

What team do you

like?

Lets have a guess.

Will the school football

team win the match-

es?

A Yes

B No

Year 9 Players:

Richard

Diamond

Jonald

Selcuk

Michael

Burak

Adrian

Yahye

Justice

Ayhan

Jamal

Football is not

only played

by men, Wom-

en can play

too. So don’t

feel felt out.

By Emilio

Jokes you wont resist laughing at!

Unkeatsable!!

This is why mums tells us to wear sun cream . Will you listen to her now. :p

Never lets the baby

cook or this will

happen !!

Never ask

adults these

questions.

Mr. Rowley’s joke

What is brown and sticky?

A stick

Why did the cow cross the road?

To get moovies.

By Ridwan

Knock Knock

Who is there?

Doctor

Doctor Who?

You just said it! :)

I think its

covered

By Harrison

Why did the skeleton not go to the

swimming pool?

Because he had no guts.

This is true (but

don’t do it).

By Laura Draghiciu

This magazine was brought to you by:

Laura- Jokes page and back cover

Arda- Banter

Leyan- How to keep yourself organised and front cover

Jasmine- Enrichment

Freddie- Year 8 Football

Serena- Frankin Scholars

Aidan– Music

Emilio– Year 9 football

Nadia- Clothes and fashion

Paige- Gerbils and what they involve

Saniye– Starting a new school