message from the interim head teacher
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message from the interim head teacher
learn, achieve and be valued CASSNEWS SIR JOHN CASS REDCOAT SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Editor: Nadiyah Patel SUMMER TERM 2016 MESSAGE FROM THE INTERIM HEAD TEACHER I am delighted to be the Interim Head Teacher at Sir John Cass Redcoat School and Sixth Form College. I feel privileged to be working with young people in Tower Hamlets where students and their families are determined to succeed. I have been at the school for over 15 years and understand some of the challenges that our students face and will continue to work collaboratively with all members of the school and the wider community ensuring that students are highly aspirational and also supported in realising their full potential. The term ahead of us is an important one; all teachers and support staff are working tirelessly to prepare students for exams as well as managing the transition to their different stages of learning. I look forward to working with you even more closely over the coming months and would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support without which this school could not be so successful in providing an excellent standard of education. Ms L. Hussain ‐ Interim Head Teacher ALSO IN THIS ISSUE; MESSAGE FROM INTERIM HEAD TEACHER SCULPTURE IN THE CITY JACK PETCHEY’S “SPEAK OUT” CHALLENGE! FUNDRAISING UPDATES NT CONNECTIONS FESTIVAL 2016 SAFE DRIVE STAY ALIVE SJCR SCHOOL WINS 2 SSAT AWARDS FOR EXCEPTIONAL 2015 RESULTS SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS Sir John Cass Red Coat CofE School Stepney Way, London E1 0RH. www.sjcr.net WE’RE A DIGITAL SCHOOL! FREE TRAINING FOR PARENTS @SJCRschool /sjcrschool Sculpture in the City By Mr Virk L ast year a group of twenty Year 8 Gifted and Talented pupils from Sir John Cass Redcoat school participated in four workshops organised by The City of London Corporation and its project partners, in a Sculpture in the City Community Outreach Education Programme. Pupils worked with architects and artists onsite in famous London buildings around the Eastern quarters of the City. Through the workshops pupils become explorers, investigating 2 | SUMMER TERM 2016 | SIR JOHN CASS REDCOAT NEWSLETTER the installation sites for the sculptures and neighbouring buildings through the three key themes of architecture: scale, light and materials and their effect on the personality of each sculpture piece in its place. the sculptures. The school will be involved with the Sculpture in the City Project again this year with the present Year 8 Gifted and Talented pupils. The Sculpture in the City workshops were filmed last year, and a number of our pupils feature in the film. The pupils also collaborated with artists and architects and created temporary viewing structures, responding to their experience of You can view this video on the art in its temporary YouTube – Sculpture in the City environment and encouraged 2015. different ways for themselves and passers‐by to experience and view Sir John Cass Foundation and Redcoat Church of England Secondary School wins two awards for exceptional 2015 results ir John Cass Foundation and Redcoat Church of England Secondary School has been nationally recognised for its exceptional 2015 performance by the Schools, Students and Teachers network (SSAT). Educational Outcomes data analysis from SSAT has shown that the school is in the top 20% of schools nationally for high average grades achieved by students and is also in the top 10% nationally for progress made by pupils between their key stage 2 results at primary school and their key stage 4 results. S always impressed by the creativity of teachers in engaging and inspiring their students. ‘I hope that SSAT’s Educational Outcomes awards will highlight the professionalism, commitment and hard work of the leaders, teachers and students at Sir John Cass Foundation and Redcoat Church of England Secondary School. Recognising and sharing successes like this is at the heart of SSAT’s mission, so I’m delighted to congratulate Sir John Cass Foundation and Redcoat Church of England Secondary School on their achievement.’ The school’s SSAT Educational Outcomes awards will be presented at a regional celebration event held to draw attention to the work of high‐achieving, improving and innovating schools and teachers. Sue Williamson, Chief Executive of SSAT said: ‘It’s my great pleasure to commend Sir John Cass Foundation and Redcoat Church of England Secondary School on their excellent 2015 performance, and to have the opportunity to highlight and share their great work at the SSAT Educational Outcomes celebration evening. I have the privilege of visiting a lot of schools and I am This article was featured in the East End Life; May 2 (1100) issue SUMMER TERM 2016 | SIR JOHN CASS REDCOAT NEWSLETTER | 3 NT Connections Festival 2016 Sir John Cass Redcoat School Perform at Theatre Royal Stratford East Students from Sir John Cass Redcoat School appeared in this year’s National Theatre Connections Festival, that took place at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. As part of the largest NT Connections Festival to date, Theatre Royal Stratford East presented six new plays by ten different schools and young theatre groups as part of Connections, the National Theatre’s annual festival of new plays for youth theatres and schools. This year twelve brand new plays were written exclusively for Connections by both established and talented young playwrights, giving 10,000 young people aged 13 – 19 all over the country access to the best new writing for theatre. They also experienced professional theatre‐making: creating marketing campaigns, designing sets and costumes, operating lighting and sound boards, and stage‐managing their performances. Sir John Cass Redcoat School’s performance of Eclipse by Simon Armitage, took place on Saturday 14th May at 7pm. In the lead up to the performance at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, Ms Hussain, Interim Headteacher at Sir John Cass Redcoat school said “We are delighted that our students were selected to take part in this incredible festival. After many weeks of hard work, and rehearsals and performances 4 | SUMMER TERM 2016 | SIR JOHN CASS REDCOAT NEWSLETTER in school, students have the opportunity to show the rest of London just how talented they are. It is a great chance for them to showcase their performance on one of London’s oldest stages.” After the performances in school, cast member Maria Darnal was excited about performing at the Theatre Royal Stratford East and said, “Rehearsing and preparing for Eclipse, a production so big was an exciting experience. I’ve had a lot of fun working with the cast. I’m looking forward to performing in Theatre Royal Stratford East. It’s a great opportunity for us all to showcase our talent on a big stage. We’ve worked extremely hard as a team. Competition will be fierce, but we will give our 100%.” Kerry Michael, Artistic Director at Theatre Royal Stratford East said: “We’re thrilled to be hosting National Theatre Connections Festival again in 2016. Young people are at the heart of everything we do here at Stratford East so we know how creative, talented and engaging they are.” About Eclipse: Six friends are interviewed by the police after the disappearance of Lucy Lime, a strange unnerving girl ‐ 'I am a walking Universe, I am' ‐ whom they met beneath the cliffs on a Cornish beach, just before the total eclipse of the sun. Simon Armitage was inspired by J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls to explore the unknowable in his play for the National Theatre’s Connections festival. The play is a police procedural about a missing girl, a coming of age story, a meditation on faith and ritual, and an attempt to express the inexpressible. Eclipse is as frightening as it is funny, as it takes the audience on a hypnotic journey full of surprises to determine the truth of what happened on a very fateful day. Cast List: Klondike: Isuf Ahmed Tulip: Protitee Paromita Polly: Maria Darnal Jane: Tanya Darnal Midnight: Obed Bhiziki Glue Boy: Tathagata Saha Lucy Lime: Midia Islam Producer: Justin Smith Director: Timothy Trimingham Lee Designer: Martin Thomas Lighting Designer: Matthew Swithinbank Sound Designer: Rob Hart Music: Obed Bhiziki & Shabbir Hussain Assistant Director: Shabbir Hussain Understudy: Shabbir Hussain Marketing & Publicity: Nadiyah Patel By Hamda Farah (12AS1) By Hamda Farah, 12AS1 O n Thursday 11th February 2016 all students from Year 12 journeyed to Jo Richardson Community School in Dagenham to take part and watch a production called ‘Safe Drive Stay Alive’. The host of the event ‘Big Ted’ began his introductory speech in which he introduced himself and announced all the colleges that were observing the production; within his introduction he explained the reason behind the production and ultimate meaning of it, which was to help us understand why safe driving is important and the consequences of dangerous driving. The casualty was a 19 year old teenage girl who suffered horrific injuries. The bombshell was that the paramedic found out that the 19 year old was 8 months pregnant. The paramedic remembered the young girl repeating ‘please don’t let me and my baby die’. He reassured her that ‘everything was going to be okay’. Despite the paramedics reassurance the young girl and her baby died two hours after the accident. She had lost far too much blood and there was nothing the doctors and paramedics could do for her. I remember crying when the paramedic finished his speech as the realisation sank in that the tragic circumstances could have been After this, Ted requested for one volunteer avoided if the young girl had not been from every college who would be willing to speeding. take part in a quiz about general knowledge of Music, Football, London as We were then introduced to four other well as driving. Our volunteer Ray did quite speakers who all had different experiences well in answering two out of the three and lessons to implement in the questions provided. However production. This included the Fire Brigade, unfortunately for our sixth form, it was Police and a parent. However the speaker Newham College that won the quiz, that stuck with me the most was Mark, a getting three out of three correct! We victim of a car accident. I recall feeling so were then shown a dramatic clip of all the emotional and moved by his story that it different road accidents which have drove me to tears. His friend who was occurred in the recent year, which was the driving whilst under the influence of first glimpse at what the rest of the alcohol had sped into another vehicle, production would be like. It was very rendering Mark paralysed for the rest of emotional just reading all of the his life. Although Mark’s life was altered newspaper articles that came up on the heavily because of the physical injury, the screen and watching the extremely graphic psychological damage far outweighed any nature of the accidents that took place. physical pain. His girlfriend had left him, After the short video, a mini film began and after a while he lost all of his friends which was centred around five friends causing him to spiral into depression. who were attending a club. The film was then paused, and we were introduced to The production ‘Safe Drive Stay Alive’ has our first guest, a paramedic who had heightened my sense of safety whilst worked for Accidents and Emergency for around cars and provided me with skills over 20 years. After he gave us a quick that I lacked before the play. I now wear introduction about himself, he re‐told an seatbelts every time that I’m in a car emotional memory about an accident that because I understand the that has stayed with him and will carry on consequence of not wearing a seatbelt is a haunting him for the rest of his days. At grave danger and can be life altering. the start of his career he came across a car accident that occurred due to speeding. The recurring theme throughout the production was very simple ‐ ‘SAFE DRIVE STAY ALIVE’. We can achieve these by following some very simple steps: 1. Wear you seatbelt 2. Watch your speed 3. Don’t drive under the influence of drink or drugs 4. Don’t succumb to peer pressure SUMMER TERM 2016 | SIR JOHN CASS REDCOAT NEWSLETTER | 5 Sir John Cass Redcoat student crowned as regional winner for Jack Petchey’s “Speak Out” Challenge By Ms N Patel O n Thursday 14th April Sir John Cass Redcoat School hosted the Tower Hamlets regional Final of the Jack Petchey’s “Speak Out” Challenge, an incentive available to every state secondary school in London and Essex. The competition is held in association with the Jack Petchey Foundation, and the Speakers Trust organisation, with the aim of promoting a society where everybody has the skills, confidence and desire to speak in public and to speak with clarity and an impact. Year 10 students from schools in Tower Hamlets presented a speech on the evening about a topic of interest and importance to them. The presentations were judged by a well esteemed panel, including Peter Fleet (Director‐London, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award), Shane Cook (Station Commander at London Fire Brigade), Andy O’Sullivan (Public Speaking and Presentation Skills Expert), Josie Verghese (Producer, BBC Schools Report), Mark Wiltshire (Director, Bamboo Rocket Apps, Winning competitive speaker) and Claudine Duberry (Founder and Director of Taking Positive Steps). Awards were presented by local MP Rushanara Ali and Deputy Mayor Sharia Khatun, both of whom spoke about the importance of opportunities like the Speak Out Challenge, how impressive all the speakers were and their pride in the future of Tower Hamlets they saw in each of the participants. Winners of the regional final were announced as Maisha for Sir John Cass Redcoat School securing 3rd place with her speech titled ‘Cake’, 2nd place went to Iqra Amani from Bethnal Green Academy for her speech about Islamaphobia. The winner of the regional competition was 6 | SUMMER TERM 2016 | SIR JOHN CASS REDCOAT NEWSLETTER announced as Sweety from Sir John Cass Redcoat school, for her speech entitled ‘Open Mindedness’. A panel of judges will watch all 37 speeches based on the same criteria used by the judges at the Regional Finals to choose the 15 young people who will represent their schools and their boroughs to deliver their heart‐ felt talks to an audience of over 800. Sweety is very happy about winning the regional finals of the competition and has said “Although the event had me nervous for days, it was such an exciting experience and I was definitely happy with the outcome.” Leena Hussain, Interim headteacher of Sir John Cass Redcoat school, has said, “we felt privileged to be hosting such a prestigious event, especially as public speaking is so important in all aspects of life be it education, politics or even socially. We are immensely proud of the young people across Tower Hamlets who participated in the ‘Speak Out’ Challenge. It was a very successful evening for Sir John Cass Redcoat School, as both of our Year 10 girls ranked in the top 3! We want to wish Sweety (the winner of the Tower Hamlets Finals) the best of luck for the Grand Finals!” Fundraising Updates Charity Week S JC Sixth Form held their annual charity week in the least week of the spring term. Students, sold food, did mehndi designs, a sponsored silence and a karaoke night, and raised a fantastic £3,673.13 for charity week. The proceeds were split equally between the Sixth Form’s chosen charities, the Teenage Cancer Trust and Unicef. London Marathon 2016 By Mr. Haxell P reparation for the London Marathon started 4 months ago. On a cold January morning I set myself a huge challenge; to run 26.2 miles and raise at least £1,500 for an amazing charity! Deafblindness is a unique disability that affects a large and growing number of people across the UK and ranges from people with some residual sight and hearing to those with profound loss who rely on touch to communicate. DeafBlind UK currently work with almost 400,000 people across the UK. It gave me great satisfaction to know that my hard work and training would encourage friends, family and colleagues to raise money for such a great cause! After 4 months of injury free training, I managed to pick up an awful calf injury the week before the marathon! This made the build up to the race very difficult and I was worried I wouldn't get to the start line, let alone finish the race! However, running the London marathon is really about making pledges. For me, these included: 1. To raise money for a great cause 2. To make all of my friends and family proud 3. To complete the race in a good time. complete exhaustion, the supporters from DeafBlind UK appeared! A welcome relief and a much needed energy boost! A few high fives later and I was off again with a new sense of determination to finish the race and keep to the pledges I had made. 4 hours and 5 minutes after starting the race I reached the finish line without stopping once throughout the whole race. I can describe this feeling in three simple words; relief, pain and pride, the latter being the most important. I had completed the biggest physical challenge of my life for an amazing cause and I knew my fundraising total of £1,650 would really make a difference. ‘Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving’ – Henry Rosso Thank you to everyone for your generous sponsors! This article was featured in the East End Life; May 2 (1100) issue Sports Relief 2016 B efore the end of the Easter term, students from the Equality Group, and members of staff volunteered to cycle the equivalent distance from London to Paris. The sponsored cycle, as well as a bake sale raised £944.65 for Sports Relief. So on the morning of the marathon I strapped up my calf and made a further pledge to everyone at DeafBlind UK ‐ 'Whatever happens I will finish the race, even if it takes 10 hours!' With the conditions perfect for running (nice and cool) I set off at a steady pace. Before too long my calf was hurting, but I remembered by pledge and I kept going. Just seeing the effort put in by the other 38,000 runners was inspiration enough to keep going. The bonus was seeing my friends and family cheering me on at mile 5, 7, 15, 17 and 20, and that really helped! In training you get to 20 miles so up to this point you know what to expect, beyond this, it's a mystery! It will come as no surprise that by 20 miles the pain in my calf disappeared. I suspect that this was because every other part of my body was now in pain! As I approached the 23 mile marker, I was finding it very difficult to keep going and I knew I had no more friends and family left to cheer me on. At the point of SUMMER TERM 2016 | SIR JOHN CASS REDCOAT NEWSLETTER | 7 Sporting Updates By Mr McCabe and Mr Rayney LBTH FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS! By Mr McCabe YEAR 11 BOYS, TOP OF THE LEAGUE AGAIN! SJCR Year 11 boys took part in a day football competition with all the schools in the local borough, including teams from Hackney. They once again showed how far they had come throughout the season, with some special displays. Cameron Hayden scored more in this competition than he had in four years of playing for Cass! The competition consisted of fourteen teams, and the boys were undefeated throughout the competition before having a tough final against Bow School. Joel Brown managed to score with a lofted shot over the goal keeper in the last minute of extra time, instead of going to the lottery of a penalty shootout. This means the year 11 boys have been borough champions for three years in a row! A really great achievement! YEAR 11 GIRLS MATCH THE BOYS FOOTBALL STANDARDS The year 11 girls once again became borough football champions in a day competition, where they, like the boys were also undefeated. The girls were in cruise control throughout the competition, demonstrating how much they had improved over the past four years. They were disciplined in the position that they played which was the most encouraging factor, as in truth they didn’t really need to get out of second gear. The tournament included a 7‐0 win against Bishop Challoner School, before meeting Central Foundation School in the final. This proved to be a tougher competition, with SJCR running out 6‐3 winners, leaving the SJCR girls as Borough Champions! It has been a privilege to manage such hard working teams. I wish them good luck for the future, and every success, whether that is at our sixth form or elsewhere. As a PE department we are very proud of the year 11’s achievements and have enjoyed working with them. 8 | SUMMER TERM 2016 | SIR JOHN CASS REDCOAT NEWSLETTER YEAR 9 & 10 GIRLS FOOTBALL By Mr McCabe In an extremely tough football competition the year 9 and 10 girls played their heart out and finished runners up. The girls were faced with some really tough competition, including the likes of Bishop Challoner, Raines School and Central Foundation, with players from these teams including some who play for professional football clubs. Nevertheless, the girls only lost one game in competition, to the eventual winners Bishop Challoner School. This was an excellent achievement for the girls, and I am really proud of the character that they showed within the competition. YEAR 7 & 8 GIRLS FOOTBALL PULL OFF A SHOCK RESULT By Mr McCabe The year 7 and 8 girls played in a competition consisting of fifteen teams from the local borough of Tower Hamlets and from the borough of Hackney. The girls were unbelievable throughout the competition, conceding absolutely no goals in the group stages, playing fourteen games, winning twelve of them and drawing in two. This meant that SJCR finished at the top of their group, and Bishop Challoner School finished at the top of theirs. This avoided potentially the toughest game, as the winners of our group played the runners up of Bishop Challoner’s group in the semi‐ final. With Bishop Challoner’s team easing past Swanlea in the semi final, and SJCR winning a hard fought contest against Bow School, it meant it was a Bishop vs Cass Final yet again. The teacher from Bishop Challoner was extremely confident, with every single one of her players playing football outside of school, either for professional teams or local clubs. However our girls showed no sign of nerves and grabbed an early goal with an outstanding individual goal by Aliyah. After that Aliyah gave a penalty away with a ferocious tackle. However Ammer in a rather unorthodox way managed to save the penalty. Cass went into half time with a two goal lead. Bishop scored very early in the second half and put us under unbelievable pressure, however the girls were not going to be beaten. Their tenacious spirit ensured that we saw out the rest of the game and once again became borough champions! This result came as a surprise to every school as Bishop had such a strong team, however the key factor was the belief and determination the girls had throughout, as they always believed they could do it. A special mention to Chloe who epitomised the whole teams attitude, turning up to every training session and showing unbelievable desire on the pitch every time she played. Well done girls, a superb effort! SUMMER TERM 2016 | SIR JOHN CASS REDCOAT NEWSLETTER | 9 BASKETBALL ACADEMY VICTORIOUS ON DEBUT By Mr Rayney committed student who has worked extremely hard this year. Ubayda has only been competing since September when he started at SJCR School, and has progressed rapidly with Mr Rayney, and now with his club coach Rich Kite. He has also obtained a weightlifter’s instructors qualification and supervises students working out in the SJCR School’s fitness suite. Weightlifting is on Monday from 4‐5 pm and Fridays from 3‐4pm with Mr Rayney. Here is Ray (far right) pictured alongside his Oaklands Weightlifters team, receiving their award for club of the year. BADMINTON STARS TAKE LONDON BY STORM By Mr Rayney The Tower Hamlets Basketball Academy made their debut at the London Central Basketball League in December, recording a 43‐ 40 victory over Kensington & Chelsea Knights. The Academy has been a new initiative for the Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation in 2015/16. They play as ‘The Ravens,’ and are led by THYSF's Basketball Development Officer Albert Ziwa. Basketball training takes place at SJCR School on Mondays after school from 3‐4pm. The win was made all the more remarkable by the youth and inexperience of the Tower Hamlets squad, which includes 11 year old SJCR pupil Jaheim, who will captain the U12 team when they start their fixtures later this month. The picture below is a picture of Jaheim with his proud mum, receiving his award for his outstanding performances this season from Trevor Sinclair former West Ham and England footballer. UBAYDA GOES FOR GOLD By Mr Rayney The SJCR key stage 4 girls badminton team started the 2015‐16 season where they left off the previous year, and have already collected a fine haul of medals. They won the hotly contested Tower Hamlets Badminton Competition which took place at the UEL Sports Dock with SJCR retaining their KS4 crown with a comfortable victory over Bishop Challoner School. Next they went on to the East London finals at Redbridge Sports Centre, which saw the girls top their group to qualify for the London Youth Games. The girls from year 10 were playing against the other 7 best schools in London and were competitive in all their matches, just missing out on qualifying for the semi‐finals against a talented array of county players. Ubayda aka Ray, has been selected for the London Youth Games Weightlifting team following a string of strong performances. Ubayda is a member of Oaklands Weightlifters, and is coached by the Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation's Weight‐lifting Officer Rich Kite. Rich has said that Ray is a dedicated and 10 | SUMMER TERM 2016 | SIR JOHN CASS REDCOAT NEWSLETTER As a result of their performances this season Protitee secured a place in the U15 Middlesex County squad. SJCR’s other starlet Veronica also made the U15 girls squad, and remained undefeated all the way to the finals at Crystal Palace Sports Centre. Other members of the team include Maria and Tamara. We’re a Digital School! Free training for parents Mr Jones (Assistant Head Teacher ‐ Online Safety) O ur school is part of Parent Zone’s Digital Schools Membership programme, recognising our commitment to keeping our pupils safe online, and making sure we work with you and all of the school community to achieve this. Digital Schools membership includes access to Parent Zone’s online digital parenting course, Parenting in the Digital Age. This short course gives you straightforward information and advice on how to manage and feel confident about your child’s online world. Simply click on the pink ‘Add to cart’ button to start your registration. You will then be asked to enter your email address. On the next page, you will need to enter the coupon code DSP16 to ensure you have free access to the programme. Once you have completed the short registration you will receive two emails ‐ one confirming your order and one with log in instructions. After logging in to the parents’ training section of the website, you will be able to take the course whenever it suits you and come back to it at your convenience. questions about the course or any aspect of your family’s online life, you can email [email protected] for free, confidential advice. If you have any e‐safety concerns you can also contact us at school or you can make a report to CEOP (The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre). www.ceop.police.uk For your free access to the programme, go to www.parentzone.org.uk/parentcours Another benefit of our Digital Schools membership is access to an email help service for parents, so if you have any SUMMER TERM 2016 | SIR JOHN CASS REDCOAT NEWSLETTER | 11 SUMMER TERM DATES: EXAM PERIOD STARTS: MONDAY 16TH MAY 2016 EXAM PERIOD ENDS: WEDNESDAY 29TH JUNE 2016 ----------------------------------------------------- Half Term Date: 30th May 2016 - 03rd June 2016 ----------------------------------------------------Sports Day Date: 11th July 2016 ----------------------------------------------------Last Day of Term Date: 15th July 2016 w w w. s j c r. n e t Sir John Cass’s Foundation and Red Coat Church of England Secondary School Stepney Way, London E1 0RH, 020 7790 6712