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Friday 23rd October
LEADERSHIP LETTER
Overall Form point
Winners:
7 Truth
8 Truth
9 Truth
10 Humility & Truth
October Half Term
Mon 26th Oct until
Fri 31st Oct
School will resume on
Mon 2nd Nov
Highest number of points in
form:
Truth:
Y7 Aryan Gulza
Y8 Gurdit Dosanjh
Y9 Gursimran Samra
Y10 No overall winner
Humility:
Y7 Amar Purewal
Y8 Amrit Khera
Y9 No overall winner
Y10 Ravneet Arora
Compassion:
Y7 Amrita Kaur
(Highest in the year group)
Y8 Rajveer Sethi
(Highest in the year group)
Y9 No overall winner
Y10 No overall winner
Contentment:
Y7 Gurpreet Ubhi
Y8 Shruti Najran
Y9 Karamjot Singh
(Highest in the year group)
Y10 No overall winner
Staff Trip to Guru Nanak Nishkam Sevak Jatha Gurudwara
Dates for your diary
On Saturday, some of the staff from Nishkam
High school enjoyed a trip to the Gurudwara
on Soho Road. This included time spent in the
prayer hall. Mr Dhanda informed staff about
the Sikh ethos, appreciating the community
feel of the kitchens which provided free
langar to all as sewa. A tour of the Gudwara
also included a trip to the top, to marvel at
the beauty of the dome and a quick look at
a wedding gathering. At the end of the visit,
staff sat together with the community to enjoy
the wonderful langar.
Dear parents/guardians,
As the October break approaches, it is time to take stock of the very busy half-term
we have had, including significant sporting wins for our netball and football teams,
beautiful plaques for our civic society winners, fantastic figures for attendance (187
pupils with 100% attendance this half term), trips to our local church and to see the
new Suffragette film and our new Facebook page (reaching over 2700 people at
https://www.facebook.com/nishkamhighschool). We've welcomed new staff and
subjects, including Food Technology and Photography, Journalism, Chess and
Zumba through our enrichment offer and we've started our first ever GCSE cours-
es. Students in Year 10 have risen tremendously to meet the challenge and have
embraced the broad and balanced curriculum on offer.
It is timely therefore to return to our Patron's vision: “Every child is precious, deserves
to have dignity, to experience love, to develop inner confidence in being part of
the wider world. Every child needs good nourishment, for the body, the mind and
also for that spark of the spirit that shines within. These are the foundations for suc-
cessful learning; we fail children if we don’t provide these.” It is this vision up-
on which the school has been built. This Saturday, our entire staff visited our Gurud-
wara to learn more about our Sikh ethos and the community spirit which pervades
every aspect of what we do. We returned to school on Saturday renewed
with energy and with spirit, ready to humbly try to bring the patron's vision to life. We
thank you for your continued support of our school and our vision.
We wish you all an enjoyable half-term break.
Ela McSorley
Senior Vice Principal
www.facebook.com/nishkamhighschool
Consultation – Road Safety Stategy
Birmingham City Council has developed a new Road Safety Strategy with support
from The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. They are keen to gather
views on their plans and are asking people to respond to their consultation which
is open until Friday 23rd October. You can find out more and have your say at
www.birmingham.gov.uk/roadsafetystrategy.
Your feedback is important as these strategies effect all road users but in
particular the council are seeking opinions from parents and carers.
Amount of Pupils with 100%
Attendance per form
Well Done!
Year 7 Humility 10
Compassion 10
Contentment 18
Truth 17
Year 8 Humility 11
Compassion 11
Contentment 10
Truth 11
Year 9 Humility 14
Compassion 17
Contentment 7
Truth 6
Year 10 Humility 11
Compassion 6
Contentment 16
Truth 7
Drama October half term activities
There is a lot to do during school holidays at the theatres in
Stratford Upon Avon. You and your family have the
opportunity to participate in workshops and demonstrations on:
Henry V
Blood, Guts and Gore
Peter Pan
Speaking Shakespeare
Stage fighting workshops
Writing workshops
Voice skills workshops
These activities are great opportunities for students, especially those
who are interested in studying GCSE Drama to develop their acting
skills and become even more familiar with the works of William
Shakespeare. If you are interested, for more details please visit
http://www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on/events/october-half-term-
activities.aspx
On Monday evening, Year 10 pupils went to the Electric Cine-
ma to watch the film ‘Suffragette’ which is about women cam-
paigning for the right to vote and fighting for women to be
equal to men. This film was based on a true story which helped
the Year 10 pupils understand what the suffragettes really did
and how they did it as we are currently studying this topic in
GCSE History.
Thanks to Mrs Butler who organised the trip and encouraged us
to watch this brilliant film. The film brought tears to my eyes and
I’m happy that I watched it with class mates and teachers. Also
thanks to Mr Blackburn and Miss Singh who volunteered their
personal time to help Mrs Butler supervise us.
By Jada Nembhard (Year 10)
Girls football results
On Thursday 15th Octo-
ber, the Year 7 and 8 girls’
football A and B teams
took part in their first foot-
ball matches of the year
against Starbank Acade-
my. It was brilliant to wel-
come so many new play-
ers into the teams, with football becoming very popular amongst
the girls. Also, this year the teams have been combined 7 and 8
teams as opposed to separate year groups to offer more experi-
ence and strength in both teams. This tactical decision proved to be
worthwhile as the results from the evening were fantastic! Excellent
goalkeeping from Nimratpall Kullar, Anmol Virdi, Kimran Shergill and
Farida Bakari ensured that the visitors struggled to get on the score
sheet. Particular mention must go to Manisha Bansal (Year 8) and
Kajol Korotania (Year 7) for the goals that they both scored for each
of their teams. There was also some great supporting play shown
from Gurpreet Ubhi (Year 7) and Nimrta Amrik (Year 7). Both teams
worked extremely hard and all girls should be very proud of their
efforts both on Thursday and at training after-school. Thursday was
tremendous and Miss Lloyd is hoping that the teams can build on
this achievement in the next round of matches, which will be the
football tournaments in November.
Results
Nishkam A vs Starbank A = Nishkam won 7-0
Nishkam B vs Starbank B = Nishkam won 4-0
Nishkam A vs Starbank B = Nishkam won 8-1
Nishkam B vs Starbank A = Starbank won 2-0
Tuesday (4-5.15pm) Boys Football (Futsal) (2 week rotation)
Tuesday (4-5.15pm) Girls’ Football (sports hall)
Tuesday (4-5.15pm) Girls’ Football (sport hall)
Wednesday (4-5.15pm) Girls’ Netball (sports hall)
Thursday (4-5.15pm) Basketball (sports hall)
Friday (3.10-4.30pm) Badminton (sports hall)
(with professional coaching)
For afterschool sessions, students must bring their PE kits.
Any questions ask Mr Turner or Miss Lloyd
Yr 7/8 Yr 9/10 Yr 7/8 Yr 9/10 Yr 7/8 Yr 9/10 Yr 7/8
3rd Nov 10th Nov 17th Nov 24th Nov 1st Dec 8th Dec 15th Dec
School uniform reminder
A reminder that all uniform should be
clearly labelled with:
child's name and form.
If Parents have any spare uniform items
that they wish to donate to the school
all contributions would be welcome
Mobile phones and other devices
A short reminder to parents that currently all pupils are asked to
place their devices in a plastic wallet at the start of a school day.
Those wallets reside in a form box until the end of the school day
when they are returned.
For pupils in years 7-10 there is currently no curriculum requirement
for them to bring phones in to school at all. The school, therefore,
does not accept any liability for loss or damage to such goods that
might occur during the school week. Furthermore, police advice is
that such expensive equipment might make pupils vulnerable
during the journey to and from school.
Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
Collect your certificate and prizes from Mr Blackburn in F16
Food Tech lesson serves up a treat Our new Food Technology lessons are going
down a treat with our students. Here is what
one student had to say about his lesson with Mrs
Sidhu:
"Food tech is so much fun! We made a pasta
salad; you can be very creative with your reci-
pe but you have to remember to check with
Miss to see if the flavours blend together. One
of the best lessons this school has."