Parent Bulletin Christ`s College Finchley

Week Ending — 3rd July 2015
Parent Bulletin Christ’s College Finchley
Summer Weather
As the temperatures look set to remain high for some time, please remind your child to bring a bottle of water to
school.
Students may fill their bottle up from the fountains at break and lunchtimes.
We have allowed students to remove blazers in the very hot weather (when over 26 degrees Celsius) but they
should:
1.
Always have blazers with them in school (sanctions are issued where this is not the case).
2.
Ensure shirts are always neatly tucked in.
3.
Wear ties from the top of the collar to the waist.
Year 7 and Year 12 Helpers on Year 6 Transition Day
I would like to thank our wonderful teams of Year 7 and Year 12 helpers who facilitated a very successful transition
day for Year 6 students here on Thursday. The new students really enjoyed their day and found our Student Ambassadors to be knowledgeable, caring, helpful and this put them at great ease on what is a potentially very nervous day for the young people. I would like to thank the parents who have allowed us to use these wonderful volunteers..
Requests for Leave in Term Time
Please be reminded that school finishes on 24th July for the summer. I would ask parents to kindly refrain from requests for early starts to holidays. Six weeks is a very significant period of time and we would politely request that
parents do not seek to disadvantage the education of their children by seeking to remove them from lessons simply because flights are cheaper. I am grateful to the very vast majority of parents who appreciate that the impact of
several students in a class all leaving for holidays at different times in the term is incredibly disruptive on everyone’s education.
Mr Olusanya
THE FAYRE IS TOMORROW
We hope to see you here tomorrow for our Summer Fayre between 12 and 4. We have lots of
exciting things going on. We will be having live music from some of our very own students as well
as a local steel band. There will be a performance from a local dance company and a Zumba /
Afro Street workout.
Test your balance on the Rodeo Bull or try your luck on the tombola.
You can have lunch from our Barbeque or international food stall and enjoy a drink from our refreshments stall!
The weather looks set to be good so slap on your sun cream and head on down!
Year 7 & 8 Cricket trip to Lords
On Monday June 29th representatives of our Year 7 & 8 cricket teams were
invited to a Middlesex CC community schools day. Upon arrival they got
involved in some team building exercises. These were fun and competitive and
set the boys up for the rest of the day. They were then seated in the mound
stand and watched play from the Middlesex v Hampshire county game through
to lunchtime. At lunch we were invited into the nursery indoor school to try out
a new form of indoor cricket being rolled out to schools next year. Several boys
won tee shirts for performing well in the games (see photo ) The afternoon was
spent watching the cricket and pestering England bowler Monty Panesar for his
autograph who was training at Lords. He was very obliging and signed
numerous cricket balls and hats for the boys. All the boys who went had a great
time and are looking forward to going back in the future.
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CCF Pupils selected for English Schools Athletics Association National Championships
Laura Aregbe (Year 12) and Hamza Kadir (Year 10) have both been selected to represent
Middlesex at the 2015 English Schools Athletics Association National Championships. Laura
will be running in the Senior (Under 20) Girls 100m, while Hamza will be competing in the
Intermediate (Under 17) Boys 800m.
Both Athletes manged to meet the stringent qualifying times set by Middlesex Athletics,
with Laura running 12.17 in the 100m and Hamza clocking 1min 58.22 seconds in the 800m.
This represents the first time in over 25 years that a CCF pupil has competed at the ESAA
National Championships
The ESAA National Championships are the 4th largest athletics event in the World and are
staged each year. They were televised live by SKY Sports from 2008 to 2013.
The event brings together the best athletes in each County in England to compete for the
honour of being the best athlete in the Country at their event.
Nearly all the UK Olympic Athletics team members have featured in the ESAA Championships, if you visit the ESAA website (www.esaa.net) you can see the roll of honour of former
competitors.
Athletes to have competed at this event in the past include Dame Kelly Holmes, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Mo Farah.
Good luck to both Laura and Hamza!
Year 9 & 10 Mathematicians
An opportunity has come up in Kings Maths school for our able mathematicians in Year 9 and 10.
Ms Pullan will be sending a letter home shortly. The weblink for more information and pictures is http://
www.kcl.ac.uk/mathsschool/home.aspx.
Middlesex Plate Semi-Finals
Results
Year 8 vs Wren - WON by 9 wickets
Year 10 vs Whitefield - WON by 7 wickets
1st XI vs MCC - WON by 4 wickets
Fixtures
Tuesday 7th July - Year 9/10 Athletics League
Meeting (Allianz Park)
Wednesday 8th July - Year 8 Cricket vs Compton
(H)
Thursday 9th July - 1st XI Cricket vs Old Finchleians (Old Finchleians)
Latymer beat CCF by 6 wickets
CCF narrowly lost a thrilling Middlesex Plate Semi-Final
against Latymer at a sweltering Finchley CC. At one stage,
CCF looked to be cruising to victory as openers Gabriel
Wyndham-Dawe and Danny Blyghton smashed 46 in 6
overs. Both boys were out in successive deliveries and the
rest of the innings stalled, leaving us with 75 runs to defend in 16 overs.
Excellent fielding from all boys and economical bowling
from Hassan Iqbal, Danny Blyghton, Shyam Depala, Harsh
Depala and Gabriel Windham-Dawe kept Latymer under
pressure throughout their innings. The game was in the
balance until the final over but Latymer crawled to victory
with 2 balls to spare. Harsh Depala, Hassan Iqbal and
Shyam Depala were our wicket takers and can take much
of the credit for pushing Latymer so hard.
Team: Danny Blyghton, Gabriel Wyndham-Dawe, Hassan
Iqbal, Harsh Depala, Shyam Depala, Jayidu Jayaweera,
Aamir Newton, Felipe Keeley, Josh Howarth, Umar Siddiq,
Jamal Lharri, Taranvir Singh, Oliver Beagly
Man of the Match – Harsh Depala (2 wickets and mature
bowling at the end of the innings)
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STEM club trip to the Science museum
On Wednesday, 1st July; Mr Pereira and I took 24
KS3 boys to the amazing Science mMuseum in
South Kensington.
The outdoor temperature was already
approaching 25oC on our walk to the station in the
morning. We had a pretty pleasant underground
journey there and arrived to the fully airconditioned museum; just in time to watch the 3D
film, ‘Mysteries of the unseen world’ in the
incredible IMAX cinema. It was unsettling to find
out about all these creatures which live on and in
our bodies.
The technology of the IMAX was extremely
realistic and the boys found this awe inspiring.
After the film and a picnic lunch the boys had
some freedom to move around the many
exhibitions. They then checked in with their
teachers before having some shopping time.
The journey back to school was a bit more
uncomfortable because of the high temperatures
and busy trains but that was expected on the
hottest day for 9 years in London!
Many of the boys commented on their wonderful
learning experience. The majority were a credit to
CCF.
Ms. E. Agyepong
More CCF Athletes selected for London Youth Games!
Another 2 CCF Athletes have this week been selected for the
London Youth Games, taking place this weekend! Justin
Magtibay (Year 8) has been selected for both the Barnet
Volleyball team and the Barnet Beach Volleyball team.
Ta-Jaun Suburan (Year 8) has been selected for the Barnet
Athletics team and will run the 100m and 4x100m Relay. He
will join Konrad Krzempek (Triple Jump) and William Prior
(Javelin) already selected for the event. Good luck boys!
Dates for your diary
Saturday 4th July - Summer Fayre
12-4pm
Friday 24th July - Last day of school. Finish at 12:30
Tuesday 1st September - INSET day, school closed to
students.
Wednesday 3rd September - Autumn term begins
News from the Cadets
7 Cadets led by WO2 Bowra took part in the London Borough of Barnet Armed forces Day Parade on Sunday 28
June outside Hendon Town Hall. Our Cadets joined other Cadets from all 3 services as well as Veterans and Reservists from the local Reserve Forces for a short parade and service. After the parade they all went to the Town Hall
for refreshments and to mix with the other participants. It was very pleasing to see them talking to some of the
veterans including the oldest on parade who was 101 years old. Luckily the weather stayed good and dry until the
return journey to school when it started to rain. As usual our Cadets were a credit to themselves, the Cadet Unit
and the School.
This coming Sunday a smaller group will be providing part of the Guard of Honour at Westminster Abbey for the
Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster’s annual Civic Service.
The Cadet Unit is going to St Martin’s Plain Camp near Folkestone for its Annual Camp this year. They travel to
Camp on Sunday 19 July and return the following Sunday 26th July. Cost £65 includes all travel, accommodation and
meals. Please see a member of the Unit Staff for a camp form if you would like to attend.
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CCF v MCC
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Wednesday 1st July 2015 played at Finchley CC
Our 1st XI cricket team played against the prestigious MCC Representative team in our annual friendly match yesterday. The game was played at the Finchley Cricket Club who supported us extremely well throughout the day.
MCC won the toss and decided to bat first on a scorching hot day. M. Thorely who played for Leicestershire CCC
last year played beautifully to score 121 with his opening partner R Clements (83). The opening stand of 177 at
lunch placed the MCC in a position where they could declare soon after lunch, giving them plenty of time to bowl
CCF out. Billy Blyghton who is in year 9 (2 wickets) and Ronak Depala (1 wicket) were the pick of the bowlers. On a
batting paradise, they were able to trouble the top order batsmen and were able to keep the run rate down. Having said that, the MCC managed to score 235 for 3 off 49 overs.
Ross Sutcliffe and Mr. Depala decided to open the batting and were able to put on 68 runs off just 6 overs. Ross
was dismissed for 34 runs and Mr.Depala (38) was out a ball before the tea break. CCF were 82/2 off 10 overs at
tea. Brijesh Pujara (82) and Mayur Depala (24) played superbly to put on 50 runs together. Brijesh held the innings
together, but he was then out with the team needing another 49 runs to win. Sam Hamerton who kept wicket for
CCF was the man of the match, as he played a brilliant innings under pressure scoring 32 not out to see CCF home.
He was well supported by our year 9 student, Dylan Humphyres (13*) who hit two boundaries to finish off the
game.
It was a superb performance by our students who showed real class and determination. The MCC team were surprised and were thoroughly impressed with the run chase. The boys were well congratulated with the win and the
spirit in which they played the match in.
Well done CCF!
Year 7 geographers have
been litter picking to
Save the Environment
and to get us ready for
the school Fayre. Well
done!
Easyfundraising
It really is easy! If you are an on-line shopper
then you could help us to raise money for the
school just by going about your normal routine
and it wont cost you a penny!
Just go to www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/
ccfpfa to register and then when you shop we
can receive cashback on your purchases, easy as
that!
CCF CADETS
Would you like to join ?
Year 8 students and above, should contact:
Email: [email protected] or Phone: 0208 349 4288
(please leave message)
Year 7 History Hill Walk Trip.
Over the three days from the 19 to the 21 July seven intrepid
students in their first year of secondary school will set off on an
adventure to deepest Shropshire as they undertake an exciting
and interesting walking tour guided expertly by the History departments very own Mr. Nalewajko with Mr. Futter from D&T
ably driving the mini bus.
The boys will enjoy the (hopefully) lovely weather, beautiful
countryside and fresh air and exercise as they trek and drive
through a county packed with Roman Medieval and Tudor remains.
On their journey they will encounter forts, monasteries, castles
and more. I am sure you will all join me in wishing Mr Nalewajko, Mr. Futter and the
lads a safe and pleasant trip.
Mr Wrein.
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CCF Economics
Three A-level economics students Kumar Chandra Kamal, James Leung, and Pierre Morris participated in the
“Rethinking Economics 2015 “conference, held last weekend at the University of Greenwich. This was the third
annual international conference dedicated to rethinking the way the subject matter of economics is taught and
understood by the public at large. Delegates came from around the world from as far as Israel and Norway to
attend. There was a range of thirty workshops, held in parallel sessions, of which the participants, whom were
mostly undergraduates could hear leading economists discuss current economic issues. One very memorable and
electric debate was on the subject of “Must We Pay Our Debts?” This involved Professor Ozlem Onaran
(Greenwich) a member of the “Debt Truth Committee in Greece”; Professor David Graeber (LSE), author of “Debt:
The First 5,000 Years; and Ann Pettifor Director of Policy Research in
Macroeconomics (PRIME),who was formerly one of the leaders of
the Jubilee 2000 debt campaign. Ms Pettifor is also famous for having
predicted the global financial crisis. Another economist that also saw
the Great Recession coming was Professor Steve Keen pictured
chatting with the students in the photo below. Originally from
Sydney, Australia, Professor Keen is now the Head of the School of
Economics, History and Politics at the University of Kingston.
Balloon Race
As it was such a success last summer,
we will be holding another CCF
Balloon Race. We will release the
balloons at the Summer Fayre on July
4th 2015.
Balloons will be on sale at the fair for
£2. The owner of the balloon which
is returned from the furthest
distance will receive a cash prize of
£50.
Please support us!
Cheques made payable to
Christ’s College Finchley