insight 12

News from Highgate Wood School arts college

CONSIDERATION COOPERATION COURTESY CONTRIBUTION Issue No 12 May 2013

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Katherine Glossop writes:

MADFEST, our biggest event

in the school year, will be

happening on Saturday 6th

July. Preparations have already begun. We

are looking for donations of prizes for the Raffle

and/or Voucher Tree.

Please contact [email protected] if

you have anything suitable.

We are also looking for unwanted gifts for the

tombola, homemade goodies for the market stall,

high quality books and new or nearly new clothes

for the vintage stall ‐ no jumble please. The plant

stall needs help too, if you are planting at the

moment please put in a few extra seeds, so we have a

range of edible and ornamental plants on sale again.

Please bring your donations into school. As usual we

have an arrangement with the Wren Office so please

drop them off there.

The Chair of Governors, Charles

Wright, writes:

Our Governing Body meeting

earlier this month was an

important session, where we

confirmed the new pastoral

arrangements which have now

been communicated to parents and carers.

This is an exciting and positive change, though I

certainly wish I had a pound for every time

someone’s mentioned Gryffindor, Slytherin etc

when I’ve been discussing houses!

For me the new pastoral structure ‐ which is in fact

actually a return to our roots ‐ is about making sure

that all students get the attention they need and

deserve throughout their time at Highgate Wood

School. There won’t be any change to current tutor

groups, or additional costs to parents, but there will

be extra focus and support for progress. I look

forward to seeing the system develop over time in

ways which will benefit all students.

Exams are well underway, and I’d like to thank all

staff for their efforts supporting students through

this period, as well as parents and carers, and wish

all exam‐takers the best of luck.

The Governing Body will be looking closely at the

results when they come through in the summer, so

that we can make sure we continue to improve,

with a strategy focused on exam success but also

on providing that wider educational experience for

all students which is what I think Highgate Wood is

all about.

In the meantime, we have Madfest to look forward

to, a fantastic showcase for the Highgate Wood

ethos. Thanks to everyone involved with the PSA

who make the event such a success.

Cover picture:

The cover features some artwork

from the recent exhibition. Artists

are (clockwise from bottom right):

Alysha Takoushian, Maxime

Singleton, Alex Mackay, Phoenix Sun,

Emma Gilligan and Jack Carroll.

Chair of Governors:

Charles Wright (Community Governor)

Vice Chair:

Imogen Pennell (Representative Governor)

Representative Governors:

Cllr Eddie Griffith • Oliver Blackaby • Brenda Allan

Parent Governors:

Andrew Boardman • Diana Brown • Philip Cavendish

Caroline Conlon • Elizabeth Hess • Chris Tully • Rob White

Community Governors:

Phil Cocksedge • Violet Hazelwood‐Henry • Chris Parr •

Carol Vincent Headteacher Governor:

Patrick Cozier

Staff Governors:

Tristan Ashman • Jack Fitzgerald • Saad Gul Mohammed

If you wish to contact the Governing Body please write to the

Chair of Governors, c/o Mrs K Ozturk, Highgate Wood School,

Montenotte Road, London N8 8RN

HIGHGATE WOOD SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY

GOVERNING BODY UPDATE

www.madfest.co.uk

www.facebook.com/HWSMadfest

We also have a Madfest website and Facebook page

which you may like to visit:

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It’s May Already!

Welcome to the May edition

of Insight. As always you will

find this edition full of

information highlighting

many of the achievements

of our incredible students

over the last few months.

We hope that you will get a

sense of the amazing range

of activities and opportunities that our students

benefit from at HWS thanks to our dedicated staff.

There are also some positive changes on the horizon

that we will tell you more about during this edition.

As ever, this is a very exciting time to be part of the

HWS Community.

New Timetable Starts on June 4th –

New Year group Names

The new timetable will be in operation after half term

from Tuesday 4th June at 8.35am. As well as the

curriculum advantages that I referred to in the March

edition of Insight, the other bonus for students is the

progression into their new year groups.

From Tuesday 4th June, we will consider that our

students have graduated one year up – hence our

Year 7s will be the new Year 8; our Year 8s will be the

new Year 9; our Year 9s will be the new Year 10, our

Year 10s will be the new Year 11. Our current Year 11

students who have begun their public exams will be

known as Year 11 Exam Group. We believe that this is

more than just a label as it gives students the

additional boost of feeling a year older.

Please remember this when communicating with the

school about your child after half term as their tutor

group will also change name, as it takes on the new

Year group identity.

Post 16 Applications & Places Offered – An Update

We are delighted with the record number of offers

that we have been able to make for places in the 6th

Form. As you will be able to see from the table below;

this builds on last year’s significant increase in

popularity. Having been involved in the interviews

personally, I know just how well our students

presented themselves and I have been impressed

with their maturity in discussing their futures.

MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER

Recently, Nick Charlesworth (Head of 6th Form) and I

visited Year 11s in their tutor periods to give them an

update on recruitment and respond to questions.

Looking at the last three years, we have good reason

to be pleased. The table above shows the pattern of

offers that have been made to students interviewed

for a place in the HWS 6th form over the last three

years – including the current Year 11. The BLUE bars

represent offers for HWS Year 11 students. The RED

bars show the number of places offered to students

who are currently in other schools across Haringey

and beyond.

You can see that the number of places offered to Year

11 HWS students has increased over the last three

years with a record number of 194 offers this year.

This rise is accompanied by another near one

hundred offers being made to Year 11s who currently

attend other schools across Haringey and beyond;

almost double the places offered in 2011. This

confirms our feeling that HWS is now more popular

both within and beyond Highgate Wood than ever

before and that more and more we are achieving one

of our key aims of being the local school of choice.

Importantly, and similar to last year, in order to deal

with what we expect to be a high demand for places

at the start of the autumn term, we have taken the

decision to hold our first day of enrolment on

Thursday 22nd August – the day of the GCSE results.

We anticipate that this will give HWS year 11s the

first opportunity to secure places onto their choice of

courses.

We are very proud of our Year 11s, we have every

faith in their ability to do well in their exams and we

look forward to seeing a large number of them

thriving in the 6th form from this September.

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Year 11 and Post 16 Students – Preparation for

Exams

Year 11 and Post 16 students have been working hard

for weeks now in preparation for their public exams.

In the last issue of Insight I shared with you the GCSE

prediction for our Year 11s – showing that we expect

to improve on last year’s record high. The same is

true of our Year 13 students as shown in the table

below.

We are confident that our Year 13s will do

themselves and the school proud by achieving

excellent results and more importantly securing their

chosen university places for the autumn term.

House System – A Positive Change for 2013

Last Tuesday I wrote to you introducing an exciting

change for September. The decision to move to a

vertical house system is something that I have

considered for some time during my leadership of

HWS. I am convinced that it is a system that can

enhance the excellent pastoral care that we already

offer at the school. The fact that we are going to

adopt it in the same format that it previously existed

in 1967 when Highgate Wood first opened has made

it all the more meaningful.

I want to take this opportunity to explain a little more

about what we expect to achieve and how we will

make it happen. As a reminder, we are moving away

from the horizontal year structure that we currently

use to a vertical structure where the person in charge

of your child’s pastoral care will change.

In terms of what this means for students and parents,

the main difference will be that the team of staff who

are looking after our students in terms of their

pastoral care and monitoring their academic progress

will be larger than is currently the case. The table

below shows the different roles.

Who will be supporting the students?

In the new house structure there will be seven

members of staff in each house (including the form

tutor) with a responsibility for ensuring that each

student performs to the best of their ability and

enjoys the experience of attending HWS. This

compares favourable to the current structure where

there are four (i.e. Head of Learning, Pastoral Mentor,

Form Tutor and Assistant Head Line Manager).

A Level Summary A* ‐ E A* ‐ C A* ‐ B

2006 92% 56% 30%

2007 91% 61% 36%

2009 98% 70% 39%

2008 98% 66% 39%

2010 98.5% 71% 41%

2011 98% 78% 43%

2012 99% 79% 48%

2013* predicted 100% 81% 52%

Our current structure of Tutor Groups arranged in Year Groups

Head of House

Head of House

Head of House

Our new structure of Tutor Groups arranged in House Groups

Head of House in charge of

Student Progress

Deputy Head of House

in charge of

Pastoral Care

Form Tutor First Point of Contact

2 x

Pastoral Mentors Pastoral and

Behavioural Support

Assistant Head Mr D Mansfield Line Manager of Student Progress

Assistant Head Ms C Allaway

Line Manager of Pastoral Care


Student Progress


in charge of

Pastoral Care


2 x


Behavioural Support

Assistant Head Mr A Hartley

Line Manager of Student Progress

Assistant Head Ms D Spence


Blue House [HIG]

Green House [ATE]

Yellow House [WDS]


Student Progress


in charge of

Pastoral Care


2 x


Behavioural Support

Assistant Head Ms L Pinnick

Line Manager of Student Progress

Assistant Head Mr T Ashman


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At the current time we have decided which Assistant

Heads will line manage and support each house (as

can be seen by the table above). However, the other

positions of responsibility are to be confirmed. Once

we have done this we will inform you later this term.

Having changed our mission statement last year, we

believe that the move to a house structure will make

this even more achievable on a consistent basis. The

two diagrams that follow show what the benefits for

students will be in relation to enhancing our school

ethos and improving student progress across the

school.

Enhancing Our School Ethos

Improving the Progress of All Students in All Year Groups

Increase opportunities for

student leadership.

Making a Positive Difference:

Inspiring Self Belief

Create a family environment

and a greater sense of

belonging.

Ensuring that Everyone

Encourage and support wider

participation in extra‐

curricular activities.

Inspiring Self Belief

Create a greater sense of

competition across the school.

Encouraging the Highest

Expectations

Provide more opportunities for the mentoring

of younger students by older students.

Older students can Make a Positive Difference

and younger students can be reassured that

Everyone Matters

Making a positive difference to students’

achievements and experiences, maintaining the

highest expectations and inspiring self belief.

In addition to the changes to pastoral structure, we

are also improving the ways in which our teachers are

kept up to date and trained in the ever continuously

evolving best practice that exists. To facilitate this we

are creating, for September, a Learning and Teaching

Development Team which will consist of our best

teachers.

This team of teachers will be led by Mr Mansfield and

Mr Contor. They will model the best teaching practice

and take a significant role in sharing the best teaching

ideas and technique across the school, coaching other

staff where necessary.

I was very pleased to be given the opportunity to

speak to a large group of parents at the PSA meeting

on Thursday 16th May about these changes. I was

very heartened by the overwhelmingly positive

support for these changes, and the recognition of

what opportunities it presents to our students. By the

time you read this I will have spoken to students in

their assemblies to explain what these changes mean

for them and why they can view it as a change that

presents many new opportunities.

... And Finally – Thank you for your support!

I would like to thank you all again for your valued and

continued support. I wish you and your families a

pleasant half term break.

Please remember, we return on Tuesday 4th June at

8.35am. It will be Week 1.

Regards

Patrick Cozier

Headteacher

Making a positive difference to students’

achievements and experiences, maintaining the

highest expectations and inspiring self belief.

Create a team of outstanding lead

teachers who ensure that the very

best teaching techniques are

spread across the school.

High Expectations, Everyone

Matters and Achieves

Create a more explicit and

efficient focus on tracking

individual progress across all year

groups.

Everyone Matters and Achieves

Create a more explicit and efficient focus on pastoral

support to remove barriers to progress for disadvantaged

students.

Lead teacher ‐ Staff Coach Specialism to be decided




Mr G Contor

Mr D Mansfield

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Mr Ashman writes:

All students have accounts

with SAMLearning, which is an

online revision and study site

that has been proved to raise

students’ achievement.

Their website address is

www.samlearning.com and our centre ID is N8HW.

If you need your username and password please

email me: [email protected]

PREPARING FOR EXAMS

CHANGES FOR THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR

SAM LEARNING

The first half‐term of the new academic year has

the following Homework projects for Key Stage 3.

You will be able to find details on the MLE

New Year 8: ECS:‐ Zakah (Muslim Charity)

History:‐ Ottomans

New Year 9: History:‐ Changes to London

ICT:‐ impact of technology

HOMEWORK PROJECTS ON THE MLE

Mr Ashman writes:

Changes in our curriculum and also within exam

specifications for 2015 mean that there may be

variations between what has been published in the

Key Stage 3 and 4 handbooks and the plans for

lessons during the coming half‐term in some

subjects. This will impact particularly on ICT where

we are teaching Year 8s for the first time ‐ and

there are also major changes within the Key Stage 4

course.

As is always the case at the beginning of a new

academic year, the first lessons of all subjects will

be to provide a detailed outline of the topics to be

studied over the coming weeks and the work to be

done. All students should therefore be fully

informed of what they need to be doing.

Where there are significant changes a written

outline will be provided for students to bring home.

Updated Key Stage hand books for both Key Stage 3

and Key Stage 4 will be published, as usual, in

September, and made available on the school

website.

Ms McConville writes:

Examinations have now started and I would like to

wish each and every one of you the very best of

luck. I know how hard many of you have been

working so that you are fully prepared, and I am

absolutely confident that you will do extremely

well.

However, I also know that this can be a very

stressful time, and it is important to remain calm,

healthy and cheerful.

Revise when you can, and make good use of the

time you have left. Don’t forget to relax too!

And try and keep your brain and body healthy.

When you are revising

It is always better to revise in 40 minute chunks.

Don’t try and do it all in one go

Revise the things you are weakest at.

Don’t revise what you already know.

Try to keep calm, and don’t panic!

There are many different people who can help you

if you get “stuck” or are feeling stressed. Don’t

bottle it all up inside. Speak to someone at home, or

one of your friends, or a teacher at school. We are

all there to support you.

Before your exams, and during them:

Try and get a good night’s sleep.

Eat a good breakfast

Drink plenty of water

Make sure you have all the equipment you need

Remember to read the questions carefully.

Give yourself time to read your answers too!

Our thoughts are with you! Good luck

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Ms Hassan writes:

Although students’ timetables will

change from 4th June, it is not

possible to re‐schedule all remaining

music lessons for this year . Please bear with any

possible clashes that may arise for the few

remaining lessons before the summer break.

Music lessons schedules will be changed in

September.

MUSIC LESSONS WITH NEW TIMETABLE

Ms Angove writes:

On 26th April a group of Year 9 Highgate Wood

School students had a special teacher: Yewande

Akinola, the Institute of Engineering and

Technologies Young Woman Engineer of the Year

2012. She came to school as part of Teach First’s

‘Every Child Can Week’.

Yewande, an environmental services engineer at

Arup, taught a one hour lesson showing the

students what she gets up to in her job and the

exciting opportunities it has given her! She

challenged the students to design the House of

2050, and our Year 9 students put their creativity to

good use, proposing ideas as diverse as air

powered air conditioning to robot slaves!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank

Yewande for coming to the school and for the Year

9’s for representing their school so brilliantly.

WOMEN ENGINEER OF THE YEAR VISITS HWS

Mr Hatch writes:

Whilst the inside of

Wren has been

busy with the GCSE

show, there has

been activity on

the roof too. We

now have a set of 84 solar panels installed, and

they are already providing power for the school.

The photovoltaic system feeds directly into the

electric supply of the building, creating green

energy that we all can use.

The installation was paid for by Haringey Council, as

will the ongoing maintenance. The amount of

energy produced by the panels can be monitored

using hand held‐devices which also enable us to see

the savings generated on a daily basis. It is

anticipated that the system will meet a significant

part of the Wren building’s energy needs.

SOLAR POWER AT HIGHGATE WOOD SCHOOL

Ms Osborne writes:

Having already won the Haringey Schools’ League

and the Jan Harding Cup, and then reaching the

semi‐finals of the Middlesex Trophy, our young

female footballers have also now received national

recognition.

Josie Shand, Magda Zieja, Elliana Vetoriano, Adnya

Moseley, Kazenthi Lungah, Amy Haynes, Sophie

Aldridge, Julisa Tusha, Burcin Garip, Margarita

Ciamatti, Carolina Ciamatti, Rosa Gamble and

Isabella Considine have won the UEFA women's

festival U16 competition for outstanding

contribution to promoting football in the school

and community.

As the prize for this the girls will receive a training

session with Faye White (ex‐England captain),

playing in a Playstation 3v3 tournament with prizes,

and watching the UEFA women's champions league

final at Stamford Bridge.

The girls will also be having their team photo and

action photos taken by media representatives as

this is a national competition and high profile for

the FA and UEFA.

GIRLS WIN UEFA U16 COMPETITION STOP PRESS ++ STOP PRESS ++ STOP PRESS ++ STOP PRESS ++ STOP PRESS ++

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Freya Everest writes: On Tuesday 26th March, myself and twenty other Year 10 students had the privilege to visit the Oxbridge conference at The Queen Elizabeth II Hall in Westminster. The day involved a group of speakers from some of the top universities in our country, who gave engaging and insightful talks on how to prepare yourself for and what to expect at university. The conference offered thorough and valuable advice on how to cope with the competitive nature of the application process and taught us all the importance of finding and perusing a subject that we enjoy. I enjoyed everything that the conference had to offer and was interested by everything the speakers had to say. All in all, the trip made the thought of going to university a lot less daunting and a lot more invigorating.

YEAR 10 PiXL VISIT TO OXBRIDGE CONFERENCE

Ms Harding writes:

The History department

was delighted to receive

some fantastic historical

stories from students in

Year 8.

Everyone contributed and

the standard was excellent.

The competition is a national one that is run by the

Historical Association and schools are only allowed

to submit three entries. It was extremely difficult to

choose but three. In the end we submitted the

stories written by Christoper Martenson, Tommy

Escott, and Ishmael Tikly‐Young.

Congratulations to everyone involved. We will have

to wait until 24th June to find out how well our

three finalists did.

HISTORICAL FICTION

Bethany Jack writes:

On the 28th March, Alexandra Burgess, Cassandra

Penfold and I travelled with Ms Robertson to the

Whittington hospital to support NHS Sustainability

Day. This is a day which is part of a larger campaign

that aims to link ‘healthy lifestyles and sustainable

living’.

The event was run in partnership with TRAID ‐ ‘a

charity committed to protecting the environment

and reducing world poverty by recycling and

campaigning at home’. Although there were many

activities on offer (such as a rock‐climbing wall and

a rowing race simulation) we focused our time on

the workshop that TRAID was running. The

workshop’s aim was to create a banner to

encourage Whittington Health staff to recycle.

We were provided with a wide range of materials

with which to create our patches and we had a lot

of fun creating our bright and individual designs, all

of which encouraged or informed about

sustainability.

I very much enjoyed the day and really learned

more about leading a sustainable lifestyle through

ways such as recycling and up‐cycling.

TRAID: HELPING THE WORLD TO RECYCLE

MADfest is one of the three Community Matters

good causes for May in Waitrose. If you are

shopping there please can you put a green token in

the slot to maximise the amount of money donated.

May 2013

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Ms Smith writes:

Jasmine Daley applied

her learning in the

classroom to her

everyday situation by

bringing in her

cousin’s shed snake’s

skin for her peers to

view.

Jasmine said that she

was inspired by the

class’s recent biology

lesson on classification

of vertebrates. Reptiles, for example snakes, are a

vertebrate sub‐group. One feature of a reptile is a

scaly dry skin.

Such enthusiasm from a student, in their first year

of secondary school, needs to be applauded,

embraced and nurtured.

Well done Jasmine, keep taking your learning

beyond classroom level.

SNAKES IN SCHOOL EASTER POSTCARDS

Ms Lacroix writes:

Spanish homework for Year 8 over the Easter

holidays was to write a postcard in Spanish to the

school telling us what they were doing. The results

were fantastic, and I would like to thank all the

students involved. They seemed to enjoy it too!

Nathaniel Stark: "It was fun homework and

challenged our class.”

Jordan Kennedy " It was kind of a bit hard but I did

it. it was really fun writing a postcard"

Julisa Tusha " the postcard Homework was fun and

challenging and it helped my Spanish a lot."

We were delighted to receive an email from a

passenger on the W5 bus.

“Hello,

I just wanted to email to say how well your pupils

behave on the bus. Everyday I get the W5 and many

of your pupils do too. Its a busy bus which often has

to pick up elderly people and your pupils are always

very considerate, letting others who need the seats

sit down and saying thank you to the driver.

These young people are a credit to you.”

Well done to those unnamed students who created

such a positive impression about themselves and

their school.

STUDENT BEHAVIOUR ON BUS IS PRAISED

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Alfie Shann writes:

In March, eight PE GCSE students, including myself,

went on a trip to Hungary as part of the Comenius

project. The Comenius project aims to bring

students and teachers from around Europe

together to promote understanding of different

countries heritages and cultures.

In Hungary we took part in a range of activities

including Archery, Horse Riding, Yoga, Adventure

Courses, and Swimming. We also went sightseeing

in the capital of Hungary, Budapest, which included

a tour around Parliament, a visit to the Castle, a

boat ride down the Danube, leaving enough time

for some shopping for souvenirs.

We spent some time in a local school, working on

research projects with the other students from

different countries taking part in the trip.

I am very grateful I was given the opportunity to go

on the trip. In addition to learning about other

countries’ cultures I made lots of new friends that I

still talk to from around Europe.

PE STUDENTS VISIT HUNGARY

Ms Hickey writes:

On May 9th the Year 10 Geographers visited

Clacton to study coastal erosion.

The students spent the day looking at a range of

coastal protection schemes in preparation for their

Controlled Assessment for GCSE and it proved to be

a positive and focused day. Our students managed

to collect all the data they will require for their

assessment. What’s more, it didn't rain!

All the students had a good time, sharing the

following comments: "an amazing experience", "so

many caravans", "very windy", "interesting to see

the coastal defences up close", "people were very

helpful answering our questions", "It showed us the

actual impacts of erosion by the sea", and "nice fish

and chips".

GEOGRAPHY FIELD TRIP

FOOTBALL AND NETBALL TEAMS TO TRAVEL TO SPAIN

Mr Adams writes:

For the first time in Highgate Wood School’s history

we have Football and Netball teams preparing for

an international tour.

Fifty six boys and twenty four girls from Years 7, 8

and 9 will be travelling to Spain in May half term

2014!

The boys will play against three Spanish teams,

giving them the opportunity to put their own skills

and abilities to the test against their European

counterparts. The Netball team will have two or

three squads, and will play against other British

teams on Spanish Soil.

All the students will have the opportunity to

experience Catalonian culture with visits to Camp

Nou, Sagrada Familia, Las Ramblas, Barcelona

harbour, and trying out their Spanish on the locals.

Students have already been informed about this

exciting event in assemblies and in their PE lessons.

Almost all places have now been allocated. But if

you haven’t yet applied and wish to be considered

please contact Mr Adams as soon as possible.

It will be the experience of a lifetime!

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Ms Lacroix writes:

The recent sunnier weather has allowed us to play

a language game called "El cartero", which means

The Postman in Spanish.

This gives a rare opportunity for students to play

outdoor in teams and also to have fun while

consolidating grammar or words and reinforcing

literacy. This was definitely a successful lesson with

a lot of smiles around!

"The game outside was fun, active and

educational." Andre Tibbles

"The postman game was so fun and instead of

sitting down we got to run around and find the

envelopes, it put our Spanish to a good use!" Julisa

Tusha

"The postman game was fun because we had to

find envelopes that had words in Spanish that we

had to find as a group. It was the best Spanish

lesson ever". Dennisha Edwards

SPANISH POSTMEN

Ms Harding writes:

The History and ECS department arranged for two

Holocaust survivors to visit Highgate Wood School

on Monday 22nd April.

Our guest speakers, Bernd

Koschland & Lady Zahava Kohn

spoke to our Year 9 students. It

was a great privilege for students

and staff alike to listen to Bernd &

Lady Zahava’s personal stories, and

how the Holocaust affected them

and their loved ones.

These are some of the comments

that our Year 9 students made

after they had meet the speakers.

“I was very grateful that Lady

Zahava took time to educate us

about the traumas she had

experienced”. Celine Gyamfi (9D)

“I can’t even imagine how horrific

something like the Holocaust could be. I honestly

think Lady Zahava is the bravest person I have ever

had the pleasure of meeting and listening to.”

Jessica Krahn (9D)

“Meeting Zahava was a moving and amazing

experience.” Barney Terrington (9D)

“It made me realise how lucky I am; when Bernd

said that he found out his parents had been killed,

and he would never see his family again.” Koray

Mallitte (9G)

“When Bernd saw a photograph in a book of his

father in a concentration camp years after WWII.

Also how he described ‘Kristallnacht’...” Alicia

Lerche (9G)

Ms Harding & Ms Burniston would like to thank our

Year 9 students for their great conduct during the

visit. They showed great compassion and empathy

towards our guests.

REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST

LAKE GARDA MUSIC TOUR

Ms Hassan writes:

There is less than seven weeks

until our bi‐annual Music Tour

to Lake Garda in Italy. This time

we are taking 93 students and

10 members of staff, including

Mr Cozier, his first time on a Music Tour.

We have three planned concerts near Lake Garda in

Sirmione, Lazise and Riva Del Garda which is an

excellent opportunity to showcase the talents of

our music students. Their ‘team effort’ before,

during and after the concerts always amazes me

and the speed of setting up and packing down is

fine tuned by the end of the Tour.

We will also see nearby Malcesine, Verona, go on a

Boat Trip across Lake Garda and visit the Water

Park, a great deal of fun for staff and students alike.

May 2013

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Natasha Fairclough

Lily Scott

Sesgin Arslan

GCSE EXHIBITION 2013 As reported on the front cover of the Ham & High,

the work of almost 200 students was on show at

the joint art & design, design technology, food

tech, media and textiles exhibition. Hundreds of

visitors came to view the fantastic work.

Here is a small selection of what they saw.

ART & DESIGN

Mr Astrop writes:

The Art department is proud of the great work that

the GCSE art students produced in the two days of

their exam in April and over the two years of the

course. They have been a great cohort and we wish

them well for the future. We will of course be

seeing many of them again as they join our A level

Art and Photography courses.

They worked very hard and focussed exceptionally

well to create some stunning exciting and

thoughtful outcomes in a huge variety of media.

Particular mention should be made of Sezgin

Arslan, Audrey King Lassman and Kristian Lam‐Clark

who produced some truly memorable work.

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Jonathan Manzeke

Audrey King Lassman

May 2013

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Sabi Newman‐Chalk Kristian Lam‐Clark

Ms Angove writes:

This year over 120 Design and Technology students

exhibited their work as part of the GCSE Show

2013.

The variety and creativity of the work was

astounding and clearly showed the huge amount of

work that the students had put in to complete such

high quality products in all three areas; textiles,

food technology and resistant materials.

A special mention should go to our prizewinners;

ZaK Benfetouha, for his persistence when

producing technically challenging joints on his lamp

and Sonia Matinelli for her interpretation of the

Memphis lamp design theme, independently

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY producing a commercially viable product.

Food technology would like to congratulate Daniel

Musabi for his fantastic adaptation of Ugandan

cuisine into his recipes for a themed restaurant and

Kaleb Robinson for lovely Italian cooking. Both

students worked conscientiously and diligently to

complete their controlled assessment.

Textiles awarded two prizes on the night, the first

to Gizem Alici for her continual improvement

across the two year course, which culminated in

her creative use of denim and bleach to produce

her shorts. The second prize went to Amy Harrall

for her enthusiasm and hard work during the GCSE

controlled assessment which showed itself in her

project work as well as her high quality garment.

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Ms Daws‐Knowles writes:

Over fifty Year 11 Media Studies students

participated in this year’s show. Their Life Online

campaign posters are displayed outside the IMac

computer room in the Wren building.

Holly Stott, Beth O'Lenahan, Billie Fawcett, Audrey

King Lassman, Jack Coomber were awarded with

subject prizes and Jordan McMurray received a

prize for most improved.

LIFE ON‐LINE—CyberSafety

Sabi Newman‐Chalk Alice Lough Deniz Hirli

All the posters remain on display so come and have

a look at the wonderfully varied and creative talent

of Highgate Wood School Media Studies students.

The three most popular posters, shown below, will

be professionally printed and displayed in the ICT

department. ZaK Benfetouha

Sonia Matinelli

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Here are some comments from the employers:

"He's a well spoken, presented and intelligent

young man. You [HWS] have obviously done a

good job with him!"

"He's impressed us with his great presentation

skills, we're even learning things from him!"

"She's been a valuable member of the team this

week."

"We've been using him as an intern all week,

we've all been surprised by how mature he is.

He'd definitely

have a job here

if he wanted it in

the future."

"Can't we keep

her for another

week?"

"The best work

experience

student we've

ever had. We've

offered him a

Saturday job

here."

If you think you might be able to offer work

experience placements for next year, please email

me at: [email protected].

Ms Roberts writes

Well done to all our Year 10 students who

undertook a week of work experience between

29th April and 3rd May.

We had students in a range of placements including

familiar businesses such as Asda, Sony, Barclays,

London Underground, Network Rail, Imperial War

Museum, Imperial College London, Turkish Bank,

and Penguin Publishers, as well as many lesser

known companies. Students assisted in a range of

public sector services such as local primary schools,

council offices, GP surgeries and offices of local

MPs. The work students accomplished during the

week ranged from interviewing celebrities, to

writing reports and presentations to caring for farm

animals!

Our students impressed employers with their

punctuality, enthusiasm, eagerness to learn and

willingness to assist in all aspects of the work. Some

have even been offered weekend and summer

work. We hope that all students have enjoyed

themselves and sampled a taster of the world of

work. I'd like to thank all employers who welcomed

students into their places of work. Thank you also

to all teachers who visited students during their

placements and to the year 10 team for working

hard in ensuring the success of the week.

Cataloguing fabric samples at

HodgeSellers, Hoxton textile group

Working on a furniture design project at Architects Penoyre &

Prasad

Preparing for the busy lunchtime period at Moro Restaurant

SUCCESSFUL 21st CENTURY WORKERS

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Pat Hegarty‐Morrish writes:

The date for this year’s MADfest has been

confirmed for the 6th of July, and hopefully we will

have much better weather than we had last year.

Preparations are already being made by students

and the PSA for the various stalls and there are

exciting new things to do … and eat. We have the

bookstall, market stall, plant stall, bead stall, raffle

and voucher tree, loads of DVDs to sell, a retro/

vintage clothes stall and some truly amazing prizes

in the tombola.

Foodwise, there is the BBQ (in the true English

fashion this will happen whatever the weather).

There is also a café, a non‐alcoholic bar and an ice

cream stand.

Preparations are also being made by this year’s

team of Year 10 students (who will be Year 11 by

MADfest), who are planning the music

entertainment.

For those hoping to perform in Haringey’s best

festival, the date for auditions is yet to be decided,

but will definitely be in early June.

Also, something new for MADfest, the A level Art

Show will be in the hall, so long as the rain hold off.

(If not, the performers will have to take up the

main hall.)

Good luck to anyone wanting to perform – and get

practicing because the auditions are guaranteed to

come round quicker than you think.

Make sure you put MADfest in your diary. Come

and show how good your school is.

A STUDENT’S VIEW OF MADFEST

After a successful year in 2012, the Crouch End

Festival is back for its second year, starting on the

6th June with the last event on June 21st. And, of

course, Highgate Wood has been asked to be part

of the Festival. Again, we are showing our fantastic

art skills in a display in the upstairs area of Haringey

Library, along with most of the local primary

schools. There will also be a performance by the

HWS choir in front of the Town Hall. So please

come into Crouch End on any of the days you’re

free.

Find all the other events on the website:

www.crouchendfestival.org

They are also on twitter @crouchendfest

Ms Angove writes:

Since September 2012

Year 7s have taken part

in over 15 enrichment

days, improving their

team working, problem

solving and general

thinking skills on

projects that have

varied from enterprise

to engineering.

ENRICHMENT IN YEAR 7—TEAM WORKING, PROBLEM SOLVING, THINKING… AND SHARING.

Over the course of the year we have realised that

Year 7's can take 30 rolls of newspaper and make a

temporary shelter for themselves and science have

discovered a group of budding forensic scientists.

We have also realised that Year 7s behave

brilliantly when they are out at the open air in

Hampton Court and Kew Gardens!

I would like to take this chance to say a huge thank

you to all of the staff involved throughout the year

and the hard work of all of the students who

helped out.

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SOUL SHADOWS AUTHOR VISITS LRC

Mr Lamb writes:

This half‐term author Alex Woolf spoke to Year 8s

about his new novel: Soul Shadows. Students

discovered how he came up with ideas, researched

his novels and went about writing them. They

asked questions, received advice on how to

improve their writing and were awarded signed

copies for reviewing the book.

YEAR 7 DRAMA CLUB

Ms Stables writes:

This year the students in the Year 7 Drama Club

have put together different plays based on

children’s fairy stories and also on the subject of

bullying.

There has been a modern day versions of

Cinderella, Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding

Hood; a fantasy

where the characters

meet Shrek and a

more serious play

about bullying, in

which Rory Moodie

was hilarious as the

headteacher, with his

blonde wig and

lipstick.

The club have been

performing these

plays at three primary

schools— Coleridge,

Rokesly and St Mary’s.

All twenty‐four

students in the club

have done extremely

well, and their work

has been really

appreciated by the

primary school children who have seen it.

I would like to say a big “Thank you” to all those

involved, for all your hard work and all your

dedication.

Students are allowed to play chess during lunch

and break, and chess club takes place on Thursday

15:10 ‐ 16:10. A strict ranking system determines

who makes Highgate Wood's top 10.

Summer 1 Chess Rankings

1. Ceake Maddix 8G (undefeated) 2. Madeliene Baron 8A 3. Daniel Dop 8S 4. Sertan Kiziloz 7I 5. Ertan Kiziloz 7I 6. Abel Kent 8G 7. Tolga Kale 8A 8. Scarlett Monaighan 8A 9. Ishmael Tikly‐Young 8S 10. Harry West 8A

CHESS CHAMPIONS

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LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE Open: every school day at 8:00 am

every break time

every lunchtime

and... every school day after school:

until 5:00 pm Monday to Wednesday

Mr Lamb writes:

Book club members have

read an extraordinary

amount this term, and easily

work their way through a

novel in under a week.

Students meet each Friday

and discuss the merit of

each book, make

predictions about the

ending and

recommend books to

each other.

This club is always

keen to quickly get

through a novel, and

move on to the next!

Students are

encouraged to submit

their reviews to the

LRC MLE page.

Amongst the titles

read this term are: The

Messenger Bird (Ruth

Eastham), Life of Pi (Yann

Martel), Lost Riders

(Elizabeth Laird), Dead to

You (Lisa McMann)

BOOK CLUB CONTINUE TO DEVOUR NOVELS FOURTH PLACE FOR DEBATERS

Current Top Readers

Elif Celik 9S

Melisa Sahan 9S

Abel Kent 8G

Hamdi Dalmer 9S

Demet Duman 9A

Alex Vidic 8E

Madeleine Baron 8A

Mr Lamb writes:

Highgate Wood fielded three teams and achieved

4th position in the Deutsche Bank Debate Mate

Cup held at the London School of Economics on

Thursday 18 April.

It was the largest Debate Mate Cup held, with over

twenty schools participating. The proposals

included: women’s sports should have equal

television coverage, all countries have the right to

nuclear weapons, and companies must pay the UK

minimum wage to their overseas workers.

The students argued their points with great

conviction, and clearly had spent many hours

planning and practising.

Congratulations to them all.

Ishmael Tikly 8S

Fay Heron 9I

Rosa Elsan 9H

Imogen Sheperd 9T

Amber Patterson 9T

Beth Gosschalk 9T

Jonah Berman 10H

Jace Giffiths 8T

Susie Friedman 10E

Colette Rogers 9T

Andrea Ahern 9T

Jake Canton Pery 8I

Liliana Rickets 9D

Lauren Gee 10H

Harry Vinall‐Smeeth

10H

Aaron Gunnery 9D

Ruth Ollier 9T

Sina Nafissi 8E

Nathaniel Stark 8H

Robyn Cowie 9D

Blue Weiss 10G

Max Aref‐Adibi 9D

Martha Berkmann 9E

DEBATE MATE CUP COMPETITORS

The school calendar is now available on‐line at www.hws.uk.com

AUTUMN 2013 Mon 2nd September

28th Oct ‐ 1st Nov

Friday 20th Dec

Term Starts *

Half term break

Term Ends

SPRING 2014 Mon 6th Jan

17th Feb– 21st Feb

Friday 4th April

Term Starts

Half term break

Term Ends

SUMMER 2014 Tuesday 22nd April

27th—30th May

Wed 23rd July

Term Starts

Half term break

Term Ends

School starts again for students on Tuesday 4th June at 8:35 am

It will be Week One of the new timetable

* INSET Days still to be decided

Monday 3rd June INSET DAY

Tuesday 4th June Term starts (New Timetable)

Friday 21st June Class of 2013 ‐ Celebration Evening

24th—27th June. 1st July Mid Key Stage 4 Exams

Thursday 15th August A Level Results Day **

Thursday 22nd August GCSE Results Day and Post 16 Admission Day**

Monday 2nd September INSET DAY

Tuesday 3rd September First day of Autumn Term

Friday 28th June Sports Day

Monday 1st July New Parents’ Evening

Tuesday 2nd July Transition Day (our new Year 7s come into school)

Wednesday 24th July Term Ends

The Exam timetable for A Level

and GCSE Examinations is

available on the school website

(under the Learning tab) and also

on the first page of the school’s

mobile site.

Just go to www.hws.uk.com on

your smartphone and it will take

you straight to the page.

EXAM TIMETABLE

Saturday 6th July MADFEST

If you are unable to collect your results on results day

this August and would like them to be posted home,

please provide an A4 or A5 sized, stamped address

envelope.

This should be handed to the Examinations Officer

together with your name, no later than 24th July.

Any requests after this date will not be posted on the

day of results and will delay you receiving them.

If you would like a parent or family member to collect

your result for you, this must requested by email before

24th July at [email protected]

Keep informed Find out what is going on at Highgate Wood School and keep up with our news

visit us at our website www.hws.uk.com

follow us on twitter twitter.com/highgatewood

Insight is available on‐line at www.hws.uk.com

** EXAM RESULTS

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