insight13

News from Highgate Wood School arts college

CONSIDERATION COOPERATION COURTESY CONTRIBUTION Issue No 13 July 2013

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The school would like to thank all those involved in

the PSA for their contribution to school life during

the past year.

The PSA has been instrumental in providing funding

for a whole range of resources within the school,

has run Staff Appreciation events and has also

played a key role in maintaining that vital

relationship between what happens within school

and what goes on at home. We are particularly

grateful to the work of Liz Whitlock who stepped

down as co‐chair earlier this term, after serving five

years on the PSA steering committee.

At the last PSA meeting Rebecca Hamilton was

elected the new co‐chair. The PSA committee now

consists of Co‐Chairs: Jane Morgan and Rebecca

Hamilton; Treasurer: Mark Baldwin and Social

Secretary: Virle Paterson

The best way to contact the PSA is still through

[email protected].

The Chair of Governors, Charles

Wright, writes:

I recently attended two great

Highgate Wood events, the Year 11

Celebration Evening and MADfest.

Between them I think they summed up the

Highgate Wood ethos, of individual and collective

achievement to the best of your ability. Many

thanks to the staff and PSA members who made

these events so successful, and of course to our

students for their efforts and enthusiasm

throughout.

Our Sixth Form is going from strength to strength,

and we hope to welcome back many of our Year

11s in September, along with a new influx of sixth

formers from elsewhere. So good luck to all who

are awaiting those exam results.

At the Governing Body we have been signing off the

budget, for 2013‐14, which sees us in a healthy

state financially, and also looking in detail at the

plans for the house system, which will be

introduced in the autumn.

Basically this is about new ways to ensure that all

our students get the maximum support throughout

their time at Highgate Wood, as well as new

opportunities to work together across the huge

range of extra‐curricular activities the school

provides. I am confident that it will provide a solid

base for us to move forward on helping all our

students reach their potential.

Finally, can I thank all of you, our parents and

carers, for the support you have shown both for

your own children and for the school over the past

year; it is this sort of support that helps make

Highgate Wood the positive community

comprehensive school we all want it to be.

Have a great summer.

Cover picture:

The cover features images from MADFest,

which included the Post 16 Art, Photography,

Design Technology and Media exhibition

which so impressed Nick Clegg when he

visited the school earlier this month.

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

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Welcome to the last edition of

Insight for this academic year. Yet

again the year has absolutely flown

by. However, that’s not to say that

we haven’t been incredibly busy as

always, continuously achieving new

heights and delivering excellent experiences for our

students. It seems like only a few weeks ago that I

was writing to you to celebrate another set of

outstanding exam results at Highgate Wood School

last October. Given the tremendous dedication of

our students and staff (and of course the fantastic

support that we get from our parents/carers and

governors), I am very confident that this August will

see similarly impressive results to be proud of. I

wish our Year 11s and Post 16 students the very

best of luck!

You will see in this edition of Insight just how

vibrant a place HWS continues to be for all of our

students and staff with so many exciting things

happening. I think you will get a sense that at

Highgate Wood School we are very serious about

doing whatever we can to make a positive

difference to our students, maintain the highest of

expectations and inspire self belief. I hope that you

enjoy the read!

School Development Priorities for Improvement

for 2013/14

You may recognise that the two key priorities for

2013/14 are the same as those for this year. This is

no accident. We are very clear that if we as a school

are to give our students great experiences and to

ensure their most outstanding achievements at

Highgate Wood School, we must ensure that they

receive the very best teaching possible; and this in

turn is only made possible if the leadership of the

school is outstanding. Therefore, we intend to keep

MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER our focus on these two core priorities until we

achieve them.

We have made some good progress this year and

we continue to get better, but we know that we are

not yet where we are capable of being, so the

journey continues. I will feedback to you in the

autumn term on some of the more specific focuses

that underpin the plan to deliver on Priority A.

Visit to HWS by Rt. Hon. Nick Clegg PM (Deputy

Prime Minister)

You may or may not be aware that we were visited

on Friday 5th July by Rt. Hon. Nick Clegg MP and

our local MP, Rt. Hon. Lynne Featherstone. The

focus of the visit was to discuss the ways in which

the school uses the Pupil Premium funding that we

get from the government. This is money that is

given to schools nationally to use specifically to

close the academic gap that often exists between

students who have social and financial

disadvantages compared to other students. For the

year 2013/14 the funding we have received at HWS

equates to approximately £410,000.

It was a fantastic occasion, and a true privilege for

the school to host such a senior politician as the

Deputy Prime Minister. The best part of the visit

was when he had an opportunity to view the

amazing Art, Media and Technology work from our

Post 16 students. Some were present and thus able

to show their work to him personally. He was very

Priority A: Securing Outstanding

Teaching and Learning

Securing Outstanding

Leadership and Management Priority B:

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impressed with the quality of their work and of the

school as a whole.

Uniform in September

We intend to be strict with our uniform

expectations when we come back to school in

September. Most students wear the uniform with

pride and to a high standard, but not all. As a

reminder, our expectations include the following:

Blazers are compulsory, but jumpers/cardigans are

not – hence if students do not wish to wear two

layers on top of their shirts, it’s the jumpers/

cardigans that should not be worn

No other alternative to the school jumper/cardigan

(with the HWS Blue trim) can be worn:

Black shoes must be worn – not black trainers

Shirts for boys and girls must be worn tucked in

Ties should be worn to a length where at least

five stripes are visible on the wide part of the tie

below the knot – the knot must be worn high so

that the top button of the shirt is covered up

Girls’ skirts should not be rolled at the top and

should be worn so that all four buttons down

the side of the skirt should be visible

Short sleeve shirts are a perfectly acceptable

alternative to long sleeve shirts for girls and boys

Plain headscarves are acceptable if worn for

religious reasons, but not otherwise.

We are very keen to ensure that we set and

maintain the highest of expectations for students at

HWS, and this includes the way in which the

uniform is worn. We thank you in advance for

support with this.

New House System – Appointments Have

Been Made

The progress towards the new house system in

September has continued during the course of this

term. In the last edition of Insight I shared the

structure with you to show you the key posts of

responsibility within the system.

I am pleased to say that we have now appointed

staff to the posts. The following table shows you

who will be the main staff responsible for your

Head of House

Mr J Rowlands

in charge of Student Progress

Deputy Head of House

Ms K Zwicky

in charge of Pastoral Care

Form Tutor

Same as this year unless there have been staff changes

First Point of Contact

Pastoral Care Mentors

Assistant Head

Mr D Mansfield

Student Progress Lead

Ms W. Maclean‐Jones

Pastoral and Behavioural Support

Assistant Head

Ms C Allaway

Pastoral Care Lead

BLUE HOUSE ‐ HIG

Ms K. Roberts

Head of House

Mr K Brokenshire



Ms S Roberts


Form Tutor




Assistant Head

Mr A Hartley


Mr L Mitchell


Assistant Head

Ms D Spence

Pastoral Care Lead

GREEN HOUSE ‐ ATE

Ms J Smith

Head of House

Mr J Key



Ms A Ryan


Form Tutor




Assistant Head

Mr L Pinnick


Mr A Sturdy


Assistant Head

Mr T Ashman

Pastoral Care Lead

YELLOW HOUSE ‐ WDS

Ms D Byfield‐Elizabeth

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The cost of the new PE kit is approximately £50

(depending on the size required). However, we are

very conscious of the burden of cost to parents/

carers (particularly if you have recently bought the

current red and black kit). With this in mind we are

looking to heavily subsidise the cost of your first

purchase of the new kits for all students in years 8,

9 and 10. The way that this will work is shown in

the table below:

We are very pleased with the teams that we have

put together and are excited about the key role

that they will play in launching the new house

system and providing the very best support and

care for your child.

Over the last few days of the term we will be

deciding upon what sort of process to go through

to name each house. This will happen very early in

the autumn term. At the heart of that process will

be the students as we are keen that they have the

most significant say.

In terms of uniform (apart from the PE kit

mentioned below), there are no plans to change

any items of uniform to represent house allegiance.

We are most likely to issue students with house

colour lanyards and badges, but that is still to be

discussed with the students before plans are

finalised.

A Change in the PE Kit

We have decided to change our PE kit from

September to reflect the new House system. The

changes will come into effect for Year 7, 8, 9 and

10. The new kit will be optional for Year 11. The

reason why I am insisting that all year groups from

7 to 10 wear the new kit is to avoid a situation

where those families who can afford the new kits

buy them, and those that can’t continue to wear

the old kit, with the possible result that parents/

carers are pressured into buying the new one

‘because everyone else has’.

My preference is to avoid such a scenario by

making it a complete change for everyone (with the

exception of year 11). However, we are intending

to help out financially with the change as described

in the table overleaf.

The new kits will be predominantly black with trim

to match the colour of the respective houses. The

items that will comprise the new PE Kit will be:

Black Polo Shirt (with House Colour Trim)

Black Hoodie (with House Colour Trim)

Black Tracksuit Bottoms

Black Shorts

Black Socks

Group Compulsory Cost

Year 7 Compulsory Full Cost

Year 8, 9 10 ‐ eligible for

FSM and\or Pupil Premium Compulsory Free

Year 10 GCSE PE Students Compulsory Free

All other Years 8, 9 and 10 Compulsory £25 discount

Year 11 Optional Full Cost

The new PE Kits will be available from the end of

August for students in Green House. Unfortunately

there is a delay for the other houses. We expect

the orders for Blue House and Yellow House to

arrive a couple of weeks later. However, you can

still come in at the end of August to have your child

fitted and to order the new kit, whether or not the

correct one has arrived. In the event that the PE kit

is not available for the start of term, we ask that

students wear the current red and black kit, or a kit

of their own that is representative of their house

colour until the new kit is obtained.

When purchasing the new kit, we would be very

grateful if you could donate any items from the

current PE kit that are still in good condition.

Our intention is to send the HWS

red and black kits over to

South Africa as a

donation to our school

charity Hillcrest. A

number of our partner

schools in South Africa

would truly appreciate

the kits.

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Senior Leadership Team (SLT) Changes

I reported to you in the March edition of Insight

that we had made changes to the Senior

Leadership Team, including the appointment of Mr

Craig Hewitt as Deputy Headteacher.

I have now decided how to distribute the roles and

responsibilities of the team. This is shown below.

Mr Cozier Headteacher

School Development Strategy

SLT Performance

Departmental Performance

Ms K Christodoulou Deputy Head

Staff Development (CPD)

Performance Appraisal

Staffing & Recruitment

Mr C Hewitt Deputy Head

Whole school self‐evaluation

Assessment

Curriculum

Mr S Hatch Business Manager

Finance and Premises

Health and Safety

Oversight of Managed Network

Service

Mr D Mansfield Assistant Head

Learning & Teaching

Development

Literacy Strategy

Numeracy Strategy

Mr A Hartley Assistant Head

Key Stage Four Coordinator

Key Stage Four Raising Standards

Leader

Attendance

Mr C Allaway Assistant Head

Behaviour for Learning

Community & Arts Specialism

KS2‐3 transition

Ms D Spence Assistant Head

Inclusion and Intervention

Child Protection lead

Pupil Premium Strategy

Ms L Pinnick Assistant Head

Key Stage 3 Coordinator

Key Stage 3 Raising Standards Leader

Timetabling

Mr T Ashman Assistant Head

E‐Learning strategy and E‐Safety

Officer

Communication (including PR)

Procedures and Data Protection

Student Voice

By keeping a note of the roles and responsibilities

above, it should help you in terms of approaching

the right person to deal with any queries that you

have depending on the nature of your query.

Learning and Teaching Development Team

In addition to the staffing changes mentioned so

far, I would like to congratulate Ms R Howard, Ms

W Watkins and Mr N Robertson who have been

appointed as our Outstanding Teaching Coaches.

They will join Mr D Mansfield and Mr G Contor to

form our new Learning and Teaching Development

Team. They will lead the school’s development with

regards to exploring and sharing the latest teaching

techniques and ideas to move our teaching from

mostly good to mostly outstanding.

Goodbye and Good Luck to leaving

colleagues

As always, the end of the summer term is also a

time for farewells. We are saying goodbye to a

number of staff at the end of this term.

Adam Jivraj (Psychology), Laura Brain (Ethics and

Cultural Studies) and Jess Canty (English) have been

with us for about a year. Mr Jivraj has been an

important part of the Social Science department.

Ms Brain has similarly made a significant

contribution the to ECS department. Mr Canty has

worked well in the English department, but has also

made a much wider and more significant

contribution to HWS by covering as an Assistant

Headteacher during Ms Spence’s absence earlier

this year. We thank them all for their time and

energy at HWS and wish them well for the future.

Donnie Maclaren (Art), Ines Taylor (Science), Jack

Ms W. Watkins Outstanding Teaching Coach

Ms R. Howard Outstanding Teaching Coach

Mr N. Robertson Outstanding Teaching Coach

Mr G. Contor Advanced Skills Teacher

Mr D. Mansfield Assistant Headteacher

Learning and Teaching

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Fitzgerald (History) and Saad Gul Mohammed

(Maths) have all been with us for two years. In the

time that they have been here they have made a

significant contribution to HWS. Mr Maclaren has

been an excellent teacher of Art, but demonstrated

his excellent versatility by taking on ICT teaching

this year. Ms Taylor has been a really positive

addition to the Science department and has built

up excellent relationships with her students who

will miss her when she goes. Mr Fitzgerald has been

influential as the Student Council lead this year as

well as being a staff governor. Mr Gul Mohammed

has made his mark in Maths in addition to

organising and leading the daily prayers for our

Muslim students, as well as being a staff governor.

We wish them all well for the future, and know that

they are bound for success.

Joss Keates (Drama) has been at Highgate Wood

since September 2005. In that time she has made a

huge contribution to the Drama department and

the school as a whole. She has been fully involved

in a number of Drama productions and musicals.

Ms Keates has a fantastic relationship with her

students and will be very much missed by them.

We will miss her too, but we wish her the best for

the future.

Richard Ampomah (Science) has been at Highgate

Wood since November 2004. He has a very calm

manner and joined the Science department at a

time when stability was very much needed. Well,

he did just that giving us nine years of loyal service,

working very hard to contribute to his department

and support his students. We are saying bye to him

this summer as he moves on to new pastures. We

wish him the best of luck.

Chris Wheeler has been the Site Manager at

Highgate Wood for a massive 18 years. His

commitment to the school has been magnificent

and his loyalty is hugely valued. Everyone who has

worked in a school will know that the Site Manager

can make your experience amazingly good or

amazingly bad. Mr Wheeler fits into the former

category. He is hardworking, patient,

accommodating and very skilled. He is leaving HWS

to begin a well earned retirement. We wish him

and his family all the best for the future.

All those who are leaving have made Highgate

Wood School a richer place and we are very

grateful for that contribution. We offer our very

best wishes for the future.

During the course of the year several staff took on

roles above and beyond their usual responsibility. I

would like to thank Mr. Odei for so capably

stepping in to lead the ICT department, and Mr.

Robertson and Ms McGurk for providing leadership

in Sociology and Psychology respectively. Thanks

also to Ms. Harding for managing the History

department during Ms. Kingston's maternity leave,

and Ms. Breed for covering Mr. Howley's absence

as Head of Learning for Year 9.

Earlier this year Ms. Christodoulou stepped in to

lead the English department, Mr. Mansfield

became an interim examinations officer, whilst

more recently Ms. Ryan supported us by becoming

acting Head of Year 10. Thanks to you ALL, and the

rest of the staff, for helping ensure that Highgate

Wood School provides not only a successful and

happy learning environment, but a stable and

secure one too.

Amazing Students!

I would like

to take this

opportunity

to thank and

congratulate

some very

special

students.

Firstly, I would like to congratulate Joe Dodd for

being awarded the Pauline Ashbee 4Cs Award at

the Year 11 Celebration Evening. This was a well

deserved award for a top student. We are proud

that he is a Highgate Wood Student.

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Ms McConville writes:

Our Year 11 Celebration Evening

took place on Friday 21st June

2013 in Union Chapel, Islington.

Year 11 students did the school,

their parents and themselves

proud and made an incredible

effort with their outfits – lots of

amazing dresses and dapper suits

were on show!

The music acts showed the astonishing talent

within the year group with four

bands and artists performing a

wide range of songs.

Our special guest, the Radio

One DJ, Gemma Carney spoke

about her road to success and

describe the highs and lows she

has encountered in her life so

far.

Joe Dodd, 11G, was announced

as the winner of the annual 4Cs

award by Mr Cozier. Speeches

were given by all the form tutors,

Mr Cozier and Miss McConville.

Lois Green, 11H, and Conrad Lee,

11W, entertained us at the end

of the evening during the Order

of Thanks. Afterwards, students and staff enjoyed

food and drinks in the exclusives bar at Union

Chapel. Overall a thoroughly memorable evening.

Many thanks to all members of staff who were

involved in the organisation of the evening – it was

fabulous.

CELEBRATION EVENING ‐ CLASS OF 2013

I also want to thank three very special young

women who came to the rescue of one of our

students who sustained a very serious injury in an

accident on site. Whilst others (understandably)

panicked at the sight of the injury (and the blood

that was present), Charley Edgecombe, Monica

Nicolaou and Magda Zieja applied some immediate

basic first aid and comforted him whilst the

school’s first aid staff were on their way to the

scene. These girls were truly heroic, and I am proud

of them all. They deserve all of our praise for their

swift, calm and helpful reaction to a difficult

situation.

... 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 summer holiday.

Please remember, we return on Tuesday 3rd

September 2013 (please double‐check the start

times for each year group on the back page of this

edition of Insight).

Regards

Patrick Cozier

Headteacher

Radio One DJ, Gemma

Carney, our special guest.

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Ms Dornan and Ms Ryan write:

We would like to say a big thank you to all the

students involved in performing at the Crouch End

Festival in the second week of June.

Those who played with the Haringey and Young

Persons’ Big Band were really impressive. The choir

sang brilliantly and the band ‘Little Folk’ played and

sang professionally and beautifully.

We had lots of comments from members of the

public about how high the standard of the music

was. Everyone was so proud.

Well done!

CROUCH END FESTIVAL

SIXTH FORM ART TRIP TO BARCELONA

More images from the evening will be available on GCSE Results

Day\6th Form enrolment Thursday 22nd August.

Gemma Cairney’s tweet following our

Celebration Evening

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Ms Harding

writes:

In May 2013, our

year 8 students

completed a

homework

project where they had to write a piece of historical

fiction. The story could be set in any country and

cover any period from 1500‐1900.The best 3

entries from the Year group were entered into a

National Historical Fiction competition, with the

chance to have their story published, and win a

prize. I am thrilled to announce that Tommy Escott

from 9D was one of the winners, with his story,

‘Join or die’.

The Historical Association received entries from

forty schools, and the standard of the stories was

excellent, making Tommy’s achievement all the

greater. The judges at the Historical Association

particularly liked Tommy’s ‘action sequences’.

Tommy received a certificate from the HA, a £25

cheque, and a Bath aqua blue glass paperweight.

The history department also receive a year’s free

subscription to the Historical Association.

Many congratulations Tommy, and thank you for

taking part.

ENTERPRISE AND ACHIEVEMENT HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION PRIZE WINNER

Ms Jones writes:

The BTEC Sustainability skills students have been

doing a Workskills unit 'Working as a team' that

includes an enterprise project. The enterprise

project is something they have to do from scratch

e.g. plant seeds, grow them into vegetables and

herbs, then decide on costs and finally manage to

actually sell their crops.

It is a project that also exemplifies communication

skills and tests the students ability to be a good

citizen' in the community. Moreover it shows keen

enterprise as the students were able to sell all their

products.

The manager at Waitrose is very pleased with the

outcome of the sale and has invited our students

back to do 'more business through selling our

vegetables at Waitrose.' He has also commended

the students behaviour etc. and offered to help us

with funding in the future for our produce

enterprise!

Mr Astrop writes:

“This is truly outstanding art and

photography,” was Deputy Prime Minister

Nick Clegg's assessment our A level exhibition

held in the main hall during MADfest.

Mr Clegg viewed our exhibition in the final

stages of hanging when our teachers and

students were rushing to complete the show

before the private view that evening.

Throughout MADFest visitors confirmed Mr

Clegg’s opinion. It was truly a stunning show.

OUTSTANDING ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY

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Ms Allaway writes:

On 9th July Year 10 students had a speaker from

Speakers for Schools, the organisation set up by ex‐

Highgate Wood School student Robert Peston.

Adam Gee, the award‐winning TV producer from

Channel 4.

Mr Gee spoke about the power of multi platform

media to create change and the example he gave

was the campaign started on Hugh Fernly

Whittingstall’s programme about fish discarding.

He showed that by combining TV programmes with

internet petitions and other social media

campaigns things that people care about can be

made to change for the better.

For the last part of the session Mr Gee spoke

exclusively to the GCSE Media Studies students,

talking about the programmes he is responsible for

on Channel 4 which are the factual entertainment

schedules such as Embarrassing Bodies and One

Born Every Minute.

SPEAKERS FOR SCHOOLS

Ms Zwicky writes:

Our new year 11 have been visiting the Tate Britain,

to build on their GCSE Art & Design coursework.

Those who have already been on the trip have

investigated the work of William Turner as well as

the more modern work by the Chapman Brothers,

which they have analysed with great insight, and

strong observations contextually as well as visually.

Through close investigation, Archie Cartwright

discovered additional interactive elements to the

sculpture work, unnoticed by all teachers up to that

point! We were truly impressed!

We were in fact thrilled at the level of detail the

student applied to their work throughout the trip.

They have been a pleasure to take on this trip, and

have been great ambassadors to Highgate Wood

School.

VISITS TO THE TATE BRITAIN

Mr Charlesworth writes:

Students in Year 12 have

completed their Centigrade

questionnaires and await

the feedback they need on

university options.

Centigrade is an on‐line

facility to provide advice to

A level students thinking about

university for the first time. Provided by the

Institute of Careers, Centigrade matches student

interests with university courses while also taking

each students academic profile into consideration.

GUIDANCE FOR UNIVERSITY

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MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO

THE STUDENTS BELOW WHO

HAVE BEEN LISTED IN THE PURPLE

BOOK FOR EXCEPTIONAL

ACHIEVEMENTS THIS YEAR.

Manel Ait Mouheb (8H) for winning the Castle

Competition.

Marwan Al‐Khalaf (8A) for making very positive progress

on a positive report.

Andrea Bevilacqua (9H) for excellent languages work,

handwriting and presentation of overall work.

Desmond Boampong (8E) for making very positive

progress on a positive report.

Lucas Bolton (8D) for being the runner up for the Castle

competition.

Dan Butuc (11G) for making impressive progress in

English, moving from a grade F to a C in less than a year.

Mia Clarke (8G) for excellent and creative design work in

Science.

Lorcan Duffy (8G) for excellent and creative design work in

Science.

Emmanuel Dultheo (11D) for producing excellent work in

Art, which is very creative and skilled.

Tommy Escott (9D) for winning the Historical Fiction

Competition.

Ashley Forde (8G) for excellent and creative design work

in Science.

Kate Gosschalk (Post 16) for helping organise the kind

donations made to the residents of the YMCA Hostel.

Alisa Gudzinskaite (9S) for being the only volunteer at

lunch‐time to organise a whole class display.

Rory Hammett (10D) for excellent poem in English and a

positive star to GCSEs.

Sam Holmes‐Kelly (11I) for achieving full marks in Spanish

CA and being a 'model of the 4C's'.

Kalid Khulatein (11T) for excellent work experience report

‐ you were 'a pleasure to work with'.

Jacob Lukaszewicz (8A) for winning the Castle

Competition.

Christina Lyons (10S) for writing an outstanding essay on

female stereotypes in the media.

Imogen Marks (11H) for excellent work in Science and

consistently demonstrating the 4Cs.

Christopher Martenson (8S) runner up in the Historical

Fiction Competition.

Ishmael Tickly‐Young (8S) runner up in the Historical

Fiction Competition.

Matthew Mulcahy (11G) for excellent work experience

report whilst working at the British Film Institute.

Mr Russell writes:

“Working with the young writers at Highgate Wood

School has been a complete joy. The group have

shown an indefatigable zeal for learning,

understanding and exploring” – Anthony Anaxagorou

From October 2012, there has been an exciting

project taking place every Thursday afternoon.

Eleven dedicated pupils have been working with

Anthony Anaxagorou, a spoken word artist who has

worked with notable musicians and artists and

featured in The London Mayor Poetry Slam, BBC

London Radio, BBC Youth Nation and the Royal

Shakespeare Company.

Alongside The First Story

Project, Anthony has help

these pupils publish their

work in a brand new

anthology entitled:

Metrophobia. The book

itself was presented to

each pupil by Ali

Nightingale from First

Story at the successful

Highgate Wood School

evening book launch on Tuesday 16th July.

Well done to the following students: Yoshiki

Vernon, Caleb Wyckoff Smith, Lily Roberts, Sina

Nafissi, Jace Griffiths, Max Currer, Alicia Lerche,

Hannah Crabb‐Krivine, Martha White, Sim Farhad,

Ruth Ollier and Amber Paterson.

It’s been a pleasure to work with you all

throughout the project.

Metrophobia will be available in the LRC and from

First Story.

CONGRATULATIONS FIRST STORY‐ERS!

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A small group of A Level Media students were

invited to join the Press Team that was with Nick

Clegg on his tour of the school.

Chase Teera writes:

The experience we had of being part of the camera

crew as well as working with professional

journalists was educational and exciting. It allowed

us to see the kind of professionalism that these

reporters work with. They could quickly adapt to

different scenarios and were well prepared for

anything.

We followed their advice in taking as much footage

as possible, and gave ourselves enough options to

cover different possibilities.

We followed Nick Clegg on his tour of the school

and saw how well he engaged with students in

different lessons, admiring and appreciating their

hard work. There was also a glimpse of his

personality when he asked for the tennis scores

with a student as he left the school despite being

tightly scheduled.

All the members of the press team realised that Mr

Clegg was genuinely impressed by our school and

this was reflected in their reports in the papers, as

well as our own planning for our video report.

DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IN SCHOOL STUDENT PRESS TEAM

The surprise visit of the Deputy Prime Minister,

Nick Clegg, to the school caused a few shocks for

some of our students as he walked into their

classrooms.

Together with local MP Lynne Featherstone, he

visited History, English and Food Tech lessons

where he asked questions and tried to get a flavour

of what happens within the school.

He was fortunate enough to come at a time when

we had the A Level art exhibition being displayed

and seemed particularly impressed with the work

of Adan Abdiqanni. “I was really surprised when

Nick Clegg came in and started speaking to me

about my designs,” Abdi told the Haringey

Independent. “He has really inspired me and

encouraged me to give my all in my future studies.”

The purpose of the visit was to see at first hand

how Pupil Premium funding can make a difference

to student’s lives. This is an initiative that Nick

Clegg has personally championed and he told the

press he was “chuffed” to see it “making a

difference on the ground” in a school like Highgate

Wood. But it was also clear that Mr Clegg wasn’t

just impressed with what is happening with Pupil

Premium in the school. He was genuinely excited.

“Highgate Wood is great, it’s fantastic,” he raved to

the Ham and High. “It’s got a wonderful atmos‐

phere ‐ and it’s really hugely impressive to see

these outstanding works of art [at the post 16 art,

photography, design and technology and media

studies exhibition].

Mr Clegg visiting Food Tech

Visiting a History Lesson

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Ms Ford writes:

Over the last half term in English, the new Year 8

have been reading and learning about A

Midsummer Night's Dream.

We have taken a creative

approach and students

have enjoyed activities

such as drama and set

design to support their

understanding and

enjoyment of the text.

Ms Emery's class have

made some wonderful

stages showing the

magical world and

characters of the play and have incorporated

elements such as glowing moons, flying Pucks and

real flowers!

Congratulations to

everyone in 8T for

their amazing work,

but particular

mention must be give

to Sonny Bailey‐Davis,

Isobel Crompton,

Maya Eagles, Finn

Linburn, Daniel

Litviniuc, Vincent

Davies, Stanley

Adepegba‐Ogidan,

Kerise Granfield, Armelinda Idrizi and Maria Lyons,

who have been particularly creative and

industrious.

MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

Ms Robertson writes:

On Tuesday 16th July, we welcomed visitors from

Fashion Enter, a government supported fashion

consultancy and manufacturer that gives advice

and exposure to some of today’s most talented

designers and manufacturers.

Year 10 and Textile GCSE students listened

attentively as they were told of the many career

prospects within the textile industry.

Fashion Enter offer Appenticeships to young people

where they work four days of the week and are in

college for one. And they get paid. Students

listened to two ex‐apprentice employees from the

on‐line fashion store ASOS, who are one of the

numerous companies that work with Fashion Enter.

They explained how apprentices can move on to

many different positions from production pattern

cutter to fabric technologist to textile designer.

Our visitors were so impressed with the quality of

students work at Highgate Wood that ASOS are

being approached to put Rebecca Frank’s skirt

design into production, and they are also now

exploring the possibility of launching a competition

to get student designs onto the ASOS website.

We are looking forward to our relationship with

Fashion Enter developing in the coming year.

A CAREER IN FASHION

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Mr Astrop writes:

During this half‐term

twenty four art and design

and photography A level

students devised and

taught six two day

workshops to Year two,

Year four and Year five

pupils at Weston Park

Primary.

The themes covered ideas as diverse as painting

with light using digital cameras, identity through

mask making and stop frame animation.

All the teachers involved were thoroughly

impressed by our students work. Ms Stephens

said, 'I was so proud of our sixth formers, they were

naturally worried about teaching young children

but performed magnificently and had a great time.”

We also got many compliments from the primary

school pupils themselves who thoroughly enjoyed

the experience.

Alana Leissle writes:

I really enjoyed getting to know the children’s

individual styles and personalities. And it wasn’t

just their artistry that we saw being developed. As

the sessions progressed the children also learnt

how to cooperate better with each other and

communicate with a different age group well.

It was a fantastic experience for me and I would

recommend all sixth formers getting involved in

something similar, whether it is working within the

creative arts or doing something entirely different.

6th FORM OUTREACH TO PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Mr Fitzgerald writes:

On the 15th July 25 excellently behaved new Y11

students spent an enjoyable day at Magdalen

College, one of the 38 colleges that make up the

University of Oxford. They had the chance to

question a current History Fellow (tutor), struggled

with a moral dilemma as an example of the logical

discussion that students are expected to

demonstrate at interview, and had the opportunity

to enjoy Oxford in the sun.

It seems that students took away two important

messages from the trip: firstly, that Oxford,

Cambridge and many other great universities are

attainable goals for Highgate Wood School

students; and, secondly, that being able to

demonstrate an active interest in your subject

through what you've read, visited, seen and

researched (and how you responded to each of

these things) is the most important thing that

admissions tutors are looking for evidence of.

As Harvey Clements comments: "It scrapped a lot

of what people thought about Oxford beforehand...

Even though it is a massively elite university you

don't have to get A*s in everything to go there...You

just have to be clever and love your subject, not a

complete genius..."

A VISIT TO OXFORD

QUIZ NIGHT

Ms Osborne writes:

Well done to all

those involved in the

Quiz Night for South

Africa. The students

managed to raise nearly £1,000 towards their

summer project to support the Hillcrest Charity.

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CAREERS EXPERIENCE AT ALEXANDRA PALACE

Ms Roberts writes:

On Friday 21st of June a group of Year 10 students

attended the Pan Youth Diversion Day and Public

Services Fair at Alexandra Palace.

Students spoke to members of the Army, the

Metropolitan Police, Fire and Ambulance service

and had the opportunity to ask about their work

and even try on some unusual uniforms such as the

clothing worn by police to protect them from

dangerous gas attacks. Students found out more

about the London riots and how the services were

involved during this time.

There were also representatives from numerous

sports organisation, with our students playing

rugby with some members of the London Saracens

and providing support to young amateur boxers

battling it out in the ring!

Ms Osborne and Mr.Williams write:

Monday 8th July Miss Osborne, Mr Williams and 20

excited Year 8 students set off to Pendarren House

with high expectations of what promised to be a

fantastic week of outdoor and adventurous

activities, and we were not disappointed.

Carrying on the long standing tradition between

Highgate Wood School and Pendarren House,

students showed perseverance, determination, and

team spirit. Throughout the week students were

put through a range of challenges in canoeing,

caving, abseiling, high ropes, mountain walking,

orienteering , and each time they excelled with

huge smiles and sense of accomplishment.

Students showed great character in the face of

fears and apprehension. They also displayed

amazing consideration towards each other,

whether it be offering a helping hand up to the

next rock edge, or an encouraging word when the

going got tough.

In the words of Nancy Mahon “I'm so pleased I

reached the top of the mountain… this means its all

downhill from here right?”

It is their ability to form new friendships, work with

different people and achieve common goals that

always makes this trip so special and rewarding.

Ms Osborne writes: “It was a real honour to share

this experience with all the students and I would

urge everyone to snap up the opportunity if it

arises. I come away with memories I will always

cherish, and have the photos to prove it.”

Mr. Williams writes “Possibly the best Pendarren

yet, sunshine, smiles and all out fun for everyone.”

SUMMER TRIP TO PENDARREN

WAR ON WASTE

Ms Jones writes:

Many congratulations to the BTEC Sustainability

Group for receiving their War on Waste Award at

the recent Haringey ceremony. Congratulations

also to Oliver (BTEC Student) and Elisabetta (Parent

Volunteer/Gardener) for your individual successes

on the scheme.

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Rosa Gamble writes:

Model UN is a conference that

attempts to replicate the

conditions of the real United

Nations, giving delegates a

chance to debate from the

positions of real countries in

an effort to reach agreements

on some of the most important issues our world

faces.

At the Global Classrooms conference this year the

main topic of discussion was the 'water crisis', and

many different solutions were discussed and

debated with the two days. Model UN was very

enjoyable as it gives you the chance to debate

topics that affect all of our futures with students

from a wide range of different schools.

MODEL UN—GLOBAL

CLASSROOMS INTERNATIONAL

Mr Robertson writes:

Every time we take our students to conference they

represent themselves and Highgate Wood superbly

well. This conference, however, was even more

special. Our delegates were outstanding; they

supported each other throughout the two days and

were impeccable in the way they negotiated and

debated with students from other schools.

It was clear that they had prepared thoroughly by

researching their topics in depth, and this meant

that their contributions raised the standard of

debate in their committees.

Out of the 15 delegates selected for the

conference, 9 won awards, which led to Highgate

Wood winning the award for Best Delegation. They

were one of the most successful delegations that

we have had in several years and Mr O'Connor and

I are incredibly proud of them.

Beth Gosschalk (awarded Best Position Paper) Jonah Berman Blue Weiss Susie Friedman (awarded Best Delegate) Rosa Tully Lucy Carter (awarded Best Delegate) Ellie Delamere Harry Vinall‐Smeeth (awarded Best Delegate) Sushila Ghose‐Coveny Ellen Boardman (awarded Best Delegate) Alex Ahern (awarded Distinguished Delegate) Patrick Hegarty‐Morrish (awarded Distinguished Delegate) Natalya De La Motte Rosa Gamble (awarded Distinguished Delegate) Rebecca Franks (awarded Distinguished Delegate)

HWS MODEL UN DELEGATES ‐ JULY 2013

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Mr Fitzgerald writes:

Ms Kingston, Ms Georgiades, Ms Burniston, Mr

Hatch and I had the great pleasure of

accompanying 43 new Year 9s to France in order to,

as one student put it, “walk on land where history

was made.”

We were excellently guided around each of the

cemeteries, monuments and preserved trenches by

the highly conversant Mr Smith who encouraged

the whole group to reflect on what they saw; on

the scale of the sacrifice made, the conditions of

the trenches, the experiences of ordinary men who

loyally went 'over the top' to walk across no‐man's‐

land into enemy machine gun fire.

Perhaps the most poignant part of the day was

our visit to the German cemetery at Fricourt.

With its shady trees and black metallic crosses,

each bearing the names of four‐not one ‐soldiers, it

contrasted with the almost ceremonial atmosphere

of the immaculate British graves. We were

impressed at the many students who began to

ponder the justice of the defeated nation being

given much less space with which to honour their

own often equally innocent dead. The highlight of

the trip, however, had to be Joachim Harris finding

the grave of a relative who fell at the Somme and

A VISIT TO THE BATTLEFIELDS OF FRANCE who is now buried at Pozieres. This reminded

everyone how the Somme ‐ often remember

through casualty numbers ‐ was a battle fought by

individuals, many of whom ended up paying the

ultimate sacrifice.

Hopefully the students'

experiences in France will

greatly enrich not just their

own study of WW1 in the

autumn term, but also the

rest of their classes’ as they

get the opportunity to share

some of their feelings,

memories and photos.

Ijes Marshall, Tunrayo Sadiq and Jamila Willcott

write:

Thanks to Ms DK for giving us the opportunity to

participate in the 2013 London Metropolitan

University Summer School.

We studied criminology throughout the week.

However other subjects such as business, human

sciences and journalism also took place. We

participated in university lectures and discovered

information about criminology at a degree level.

We tackled questions such as 'what is crime?' and

'who is a criminal?'. As well as this, we learnt about

university finances, courses and student life.

During the end of the course, we presented our

work to the rest of the summer school and received

our certificates. We also learnt a great deal.

Along the process, we met people from different

nationalities and background who have similar

interests and beliefs.

LONDON MET SUMMER SCHOOL

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Ms Birnie writes:

Students and staff

responded brilliantly to the

suspected racist attack on a mosque in Muswell Hill

in June.

On hearing of the incident, the Citizenship, ECS and

Sociology Departments organised cards and

messages of support from over 500 students and

staff in solidarity to those that we affected in the

nearby community.

In the evening a vigil was held and Ms Birnie, Mr

O’Connor and Mr Robertson joined with local

parents and students to show their support for the

Somalian community that had been targeted. Ms

Birnie, Mr O’Connor and William Orchard for Year 8

handed the cards over and spoke at the rally about

how Highgate Wood School stood for diversity and

tolerance.

William’s mother commented: "When I heard the

vigil was to be held, I had a very strong impulse to

attend, and to take William. It felt so important to

actually show our support and solidarity to the

Somali community by our physical presence. I also

particularly wanted to take William to witness the

vigil, to show him how individuals taking a stand

matter ‐ I get the impression that so many young

people now seem to feel "I can't make a difference

so I won't bother" but I've always felt that the

whole is a composition of its many parts, and each

part is essential. I want to instil in my children the

importance and power of having a voice, of

standing up for what you believe in, and in what

you believe is right or wrong."

SAY NO TO RACISM


Students in Year 12 spent an engaging day at the

University of Essex at their annual ‘Applying for HE’

conference.

The day affords an opportunity to look round a

campus university which students are often

interested in when faced with the prospect of

staying in London or leaving home for a large city

based university such as Manchester, Leeds or

Liverpool. In addition to a full tour of the campus –

accommodation options caused more than a little

interest – an en‐suite for £40 per week or £40 in

your pocket? ‐ Students attended a series of

subject specific lectures on subjects of their choice.

For those interested in Medicine or Oxbridge there

was a seminar on each and those interested in a

Gap Year could find out more from a charity

running schemes all over the world.

TRIP TO ESSEX UNIVERSITY

Ms Harding writes: Following our Holocaust survivors visit last term the History and Philosophy Department took 30 Year 10 students to the Jewish museum where they learnt about the life of Leon Greenman who survived the holocaust, even though he was moved to five different concentration camps, including Auschwitz. ‘Visiting the Jewish museum was an unforgettable experience. It was very touching learning about how dreadful living conditions, and horror the Jewish community had to go through’, said one of our students. “It made me think not to take for granted what I have and how lucky we all are,” said another. We would like to thank the m all for displaying such maturity and empathy during their visit.

HOLOCAUST — Never Again

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To mark the end of A level

exams 6th Form students met

for a BBQ and a chance to

relax after the hard work they put into their exams.

In charge of cooking was Mr Pateman who made it

through 150 burgers, 90 sausages and a vast

quantity of Ketchup. Tropical punch was provided

by students raising money for their World

Challenge trip to Malaysia and music provided by

the South Africa team. Entertainment came in the

form of an adult bouncy castle and sumo wrestling

suits. The highlight of the evening being Head of

Science Mr Brennan successfully flooring Joel

Archer after Joel had beaten Head of 6th Form Mr

Charlesworth with ease.

SIXTH FORM PARTY MADFEST

Izzi Weir and Lucy Carter write:

MADfest this year was a great success! It was a

scorching hot afternoon and the acts were the best

yet, not to mention Mr Frost in the stocks!

The stalls were really well run and there was a

fantastic range of things to fill up the day.

So “thank you to the PSA (and the Year 11

Committee who did a pretty good job as well!)

Activities such as the bungee run and beat the

goalie were great, and not just for children either. It

was hilarious.

Arabella Weir writes for the PSA:

This year's MADfest was a huge success ‐ we had

boiling hot sunshine all day (a first?), fantastic acts,

amazing food and endlessly cheery staff prepared

to go in the 'stocks'!

We were probably down on numbers this year,

which was a shame, but there were so many other

local events going on plus the weather we realised

this might happen. That said, MADfest still raised

an amazing amount ‐ over £6,000 with a bit more

coming in, so, with luck, we'll get to £7,000.

MADfest really is a whole school effort but special

thanks ought to go Nancy Wilde and Helen Franks

who really do run the MADfest machine with

incredible precision, good nature and ultimately

efficiency. The year 11s made a really valuable and

much appreciated contribution, too.

For the last week of term , ninety‐two talented

music students, together with a select collection of

staff (including Mr Cozier) travelled to Italy for the

bi‐annual Music Tour to Lake Garda.

Here Pat Hegarty‐Morrish describes their outward

bound journey.

On our 24 hour coach journey to Italy, Lake Garda I

cannot even start to explain how much has

happened in such little time. Fifty secondary school

kids could probably do a lot of stuff if they were on

a coach together for as long as we have been!

After leaving school yesterday at about 8ish

everyone was so hyper on the gallons of sugar

smuggled onto the coach, and the excitement

lasted well into the journey to Dover and on the

ferry itself.

When the after sugar slump hit at about 3 in the

morning, we had just arrived in Dunkirk, and Mr

Cozier's snores echoed through the bus. Obviously

he could not be expecting a rest from running the

school, because getting 90 rowdy schoolchildren

through immigration could be even more stressful.

Now we've grabbed a few hours sleep we are

regenerated for the next 10 hour’s sitting down

and eating. We are all loving each others company

and are looking forward to getting to Italy itself and

we think its going to be a great week.

LAKE GARDA MUSIC TOUR

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SWIMMING STARS

Ms Breed writes:

In the recent Haringey schools swimming

championships, we took 6 teams in 3 age groups.

Some outstanding performances which resulted in

winning 4 of the 6 age groups.

Yr 7 40m Girls Backstroke Rosa Georgiou 1st

Yr7 40 m Girls butterfly Megan Boardman 1st

Yr7 40 m Girls Freestyle Kate Owen 1st

Yr7 40m Girls Breaststroke Rhea Patel 1st

Yr7 40 m Boys Breaststroke Callum Paveley 1st

Yr7 Girls 4 x 20m freestyle relay HWS 1st

Yr 8 40m Boys Back Nic Lerche 1st

Yr 8 40 m Boys Fly Jake Hamilton 1st

Yr 8 40 m Boys freestyle Jake Hamilton 1st

Yr 8 40m Girls Breaststroke Ruby Neale 1st

Yr 8 40 m Boys Breaststroke Tommy Escot 1st

Yr 8 Boys 4 x 20m freestyle relay HWS 1st

Yr 9 40m Girls Backstroke Raphi Phelps 1st

Yr 9 40m Boys Back Martin Donnelly 2nd

Yr 9 40 m Girls Fly Morwenna Taylor 1st

Yr 9 40 m Boys Fly Patrick Heggarty 2nd

Yr 9 40 m Girls Freestyle Helen Swinton 1st

Yr 9 40 m Boys freestyle Billy Scott Price 1st

Yr 9 40m Girls Breaststroke Beth Gosschalk 1st

Yr 9 40 m Boys Breaststroke Barney Terrington 1st

Yr 9 Girls 4 x 20m freestyle relay HWS 1st

Yr 9 Boys 4 x 20m freestyle relay HWS 1st

These students should be complimented not just on

their swimming ability, but on their conduct,

behaviour and presentation. They thoroughly

impressed everyone and were perfect ambassadors

for the school.

Well done!

Mr Ibrahim writes:

July 8th hosted the annual school Sports Day which

introduced the new House system to the school

body.

Students from across all year groups participated in

a range of sporting activities including Rounders,

Tennis and Track and Field athletics. Team selection

and organisation of the day was left to newly

elected house captains and form reps ensuring that

all events and races were fully represented by

competitors from each respective house.

The good weather played its part in making this a

memorable event with Green house winning the

Athletics festival and Yellows winning the Games

events.

A big thanks to all staff and students who made

this such a great event. Special thanks to Mr Adams

for his hard work in pulling the day together.

SPORTS DAY

1st 2nd 3rd Athletics

B G Y Boys

G Y B Girls

G B Y Combined

1st 2nd 3rd Team Games

Y G B

RESULTS

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CHESS TOURNAMENT AT HIGHGATE SCHOOL

Mr Lamb writes:

On Thursday 20 June, fourteen of our students

travelled to Highgate School to take part in a chess

tournament.

After 32 matches and much excitement, Highgate

Wood narrowly conceded defeat. The team will be

returning in September for a much anticipated

rematch.

Highgate School: 18 wins

Highgate Wood School: 14 wins

Madeline Baron

Mati‐Ur‐Rahman Sarwa

Harry West

Imaru Lewis

Abel Kent

Daniel Dop

Leban Mohamed

Ertan Kiziloz

Sertan Kiziloz

Christopher Martenson

Scarlett Monaighn

Klaidi Kuka

Joseph Nguyen

OUR CHESS TEAM

CONRAD MASON VISITS HWS

Mr Lamb writes:

Conrad Mason, author of The Demon’s

Watch, visited Highgate Wood School

on Tuesday 25 June to share his

writing tips with Year 8s.

He explained how he came up with ideas and led a

writing workshop.

Shrey Sethi 8I was awarded a £10 Amazon gift voucher for producing the best story of the day. An extract from his composition is printed below. Well done Shrey!

The Black Rose By Shrey Sethi

The grey clouds snaked across the gloomy

sky. Waves bombarded the colossal ship as

it fought for its pride. Captain Longbeard

had never been so afraid.

‘Stay together...we can get through this!’

bellowed the captain.

Boom! The once victorious Black Rose

began sinking.

‘What should we do captain?’ cried Jack.

‘Nothing... we gave Mother Nature a good

fight and now we’ve lost.’

The captain knew it was the end for him

and his loyal shipmates. Or was it...?

‘I hadn’t seen an author before and he really

inspired me’ Ertan Kiziloz 8I

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Mr Lamb writes:

On Tuesday 18 June the junior

debate team took part in the Debate

Mate Novice Cup. It was held at the Credit Suisse

Building in Canary Wharf.

The topics included: Should child labour be legal

and violent video games should be banned. After

the debates, the CEO of Credit Suisse gave an

inspirational speech about success!

Well done to the team and congratulations to all

Debate Mate participants in what has been

Highgate Wood’s most successful year!

DEBATE MATE NOVICE CUP

Mr Lamb writes:

Students took part

in deciding the

winner of the 2013

Carnegie novel

review. Students

posted their reviews on the LRC MLE space and

voted for their favourite novel.

CARNEGIE AWARD 2013

The Weight of Water by Sarah

Crossman is amazing. I love the way

that the author splits the story into

poem format.

The story is about a Polish girl and her

mum who emigrated from Poland to

Coventry trying to look for a man called Tata.

Kasienka (the girl) starts year seven and she is not

fitting in. Her mum starts works in a hospital and

she is not fitting in either. It’s sad and shows how

real life is like for some people. You can skip pages

and go to another part of the book and catch up,

because each 2 pages have poem titles, such as

Starting Year Seven.

So to conclude, I LOVE THIS BOOK and I have never

come across a book like this before.

Talv Bains 9A

CARNEGIE BOOK REVIEW WINNER

CREDIT SUISSE NOVICE CUP TEAM

Sina Nafisi

Imran Lewis

Jace Griffiths

Harry Ghose‐Coveney

Ihsmael Tikly Young

Nathaniel Stark

Tre' Jackson

CATCH SOMEONE READING!

Ms Ford writes:

To help promote the joy and fun of reading we are

asking students, staff, parents, relatives and friends

to send us pictures of themselves reading a book

during the summer holidays.

We hope that this will end up as a display in school

for September.

Please email your pictures of people reading to:

[email protected]

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

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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 3rd September

It will be Week One Year 7 arrive for 10:25 registration

Other year groups register at 2:10 pm

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

Thursday 7th November Academic Review Day

Thursday 3rd October Open Evening (for 2014 entry Year 7s)

Wed 14th May 2014 Year 7

Tues 25th March Year 8

Thur 14th Nov 2013 Year 9

Tue 28th Jan 2014 Year 10

Thur 16th Jan 2014 Year 11

Wed 27th Nov 2013 Post 16

PARENTS’ EVENINGS

Mon 2nd Sept 2013

Fri 11th October 2013

Monday 2nd June 2014

Monday 21st July 2014

Tuesday 22nd July 2014

INSET DAYS

* First day for students is Tue 3rd Sept

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