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Evelyn Grace News
Parent/Carer Newsletter
February 2013
In this issue:
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World History Month
Message from the Principal
Welcome to our new staff
VEGA—new virtual learning
for students
Attendance & notices
Prize Giving 2013 winners
’Roll of Honour’
Year 11 Science Residential
ARK Maths Challenge
February 2013
www.evelyngraceacademy.org
The sights, tastes and sounds
of World History Month!
Staff and students
celebrated World History
Month in a variety of special
assemblies and activities
last term, culminating in our
first International Evening
held on Wednesday 14th
November.
The evening, organised by
Mr Kissoon and Ms Dixon,
was a celebration by
students of the rich
diversity of world cultures.
Isra Sayed and Rea-Kwon Warren work the catwalk
Literacy focus
University visits
Spirit of London Awards
Debating success
Drama trips
Inspirational speakers
Sports news, victories and
successes
Mr Bailey celebrating
Jamaican Culture
Events included a colourful
fashion show, international
cuisine as well as music
from around the world,
headed by Choice FM.
Students, who packed into
the hall, loved the
experience. ‘You have made
our Year 11 memorable –
we will never forget this
day’ said Toni Amiaghonyi,
a Year 11 student.
Mr Hanson, Principal, spoke
of the great success of the
evening where ‘students are
enriched by the rich
diversity of the world
community.’
Thanks to all students, staff
and parents who worked on
such a great evening.
Toni Amiagbonyi presents the finest African fashion
Haidee
PerryRyder
peforms
an
amazing
solo
dance
piece on
stage
Message From The Principal
Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome to this first edition of The Evelyn Grace News. I trust that you will find it
informative and useful as a way of keeping up to date with our fantastic array of
activities and enrichment opportunities. We are very proud of the successes and
achievements of all our students and I hope you enjoy reading about them.
I am very pleased to report that we are beginning to see outstanding academic progress with significant
numbers of students. I am especially pleased that Year 11 students are taking full advantage of the range of
intervention sessions, including a very full programme of residential study weekends, run by a number of
academic departments. You will also notice in our newsletter the groundbreaking innovation of our VEGA
initiative where Key Stage 4 students are able to access lessons from their own teachers through their home
computer or mobile device. Please encourage your son or daughter to take advantage of this unique
opportunity.
Academic achievements are important but they are only part of what we care about at EGA. Many of you will
have attended our International Evening last term where we celebrated the rich diversity of world cultures,
many represented at the academy. It was fantastic to see so many of our students performing so well at this
event.
Similarly, I was very proud of EGA footballers who participated in the Junior Nkwelle memorial match at
Walworth Academy. All students conducted themselves with dignity in what, I feel, is a fitting memorial to
Junior. This will now become an annual event for both EGA and Walworth.
I am grateful, as I am sure you are, to the hard working staff at EGA who are tireless in their provision of
enrichment opportunities for students. This Newsletter is able to capture only some select highlights, but you
will see that students have attended educational theatre and cinema trips as well as participating in dramatic
and musical performances of their own at the academy. In addition, EGA staff are creating opportunities for
students to raise their aspirations by visiting world-class university colleges such as the King’s College trip last
term. Debating and Public Speaking, always a strength at EGA, continue to thrive with students winning
debates in National competitions, some now hosted at EGA.
Finally, I would like to thank all parents and carers for your support since September, without which we would
not be able to provide the rich and broad variety of curriculum and extra curricular experiences for all of our
students. Please continue to support your child’s progress by talking to them regularly about their progress at
school and by checking your son or daughter’s planner each evening.
Mr Hanson
Welcome To New Staff
We would like to extend a warm welcome to staff who started with us this term:
Laura Robinson
Graham Gayle
Novellette Bennett
June Bragahi
Head of Performing Arts (Music and Drama)
Head of Art
Maths Teacher
EAL and MFL teacher
They are more than happy to talk to parents and carers about any concerns or questions they might have regarding
their child. Should you wish to do so please contact Main Reception.
VEGA Comes to EGA
In July 2011, Steve Jobs (founder of Apple Computers) was dying of cancer. Bill
Gates (founder of Microsoft) came to see him and their conversation turned
to education. The conversation between the two greatest technology
visionaries of our time turned to education and how the children of the future
would learn and Gates outlined a vision of what schools of the future would
be like, “with students watching video lessons on their own then using class
time for discussion and problem solving.”
In December 2012, EGA was very proud to launch VEGA (Virtual Evelyn Grace
Academy), a new and revolutionary approach to online learning which will allow students to learn in a time and
place which suits them best, even on their mobile phones. The first wave of VEGA involves the creation and sharing
of video lessons over the academy’s Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/arkvega. Teachers are creating short,
high quality videos focusing on exactly the topics students need to know to support them in their exam success
and, over time, the students themselves will also be creating these videos. They can then access these videos
quickly and easily on an computer, on their mobile phone, on their Playstation, Xbox or Nintendo games console or
through any other device which allows access to Youtube (such as iPod touch).
Year 11 students revising for their GCSE English exam in January have already been able to take advantage of the
videos created by both teachers and students and, the night before the GCSE English exam, our students watched
over 50 hours of online lessons. By the time exams come around in the spring, we hope that every Year 11 student
will be able to revise every aspect of their GCSEs in this way. By subscribing to the channel, students will also
receive an email when any new videos are uploaded which means they will be the first to know when new learning
resources become available.
Video learning is just the beginning for VEGA however. A number of other projects which are currently under
development are designed to ensure that students (and parents) are able to quickly and easily find out what their
homework tasks are online without any need to remember login details or passwords. Not only this, but they will
be able to communicate directly with their teachers outside of school hours if they
have questions or queries about their learning and they will be able to interact with
one another and share their work with each other in a secure, moderated and user
friendly environment. Most importantly, they will be able to do all of this in a time
and place which suits them best.
Why not check it out for yourselves by visiting www.youtube.com/arkvega and
having a look at some of the learning materials already available to our students?
Attendance
ATTENDANCE IS IMPORTANT!
97%+ Excellent
92.7 - 97% Good
90 - 92.7% Needs Improving
Below 90% Serious Concern
Below 85% Referral to School
Statistics have proved that students with
BELOW 95% attendance gain 75% fewer
GCSE passes. Good attendance aids students
achieving good exam grades
Acceptable reasons
for
absence :
◊ Illness
When leave may be given:
◊ To attend college/
job interviews
◊ Religious Observance
◊ To take part in approved
public performances
◊ Leave of absence
with school permission
from the principal
◊ To take part in special tuition,
public examinations, sporting
events etc
◊ Study leave etc
EGA Prize Winners 2013
Roll Of Honour
Excellence
Bianca Walker
Destiny Adeyemi
Jessica San
Stephanie Homawoo
Toni Amiagbonyi
Endeavour
Jayden Williams
Nisbah Arif
Amandine Guihard
Supanat Tangtrakoon
Rushaun Francis
MATHS
Year
Most Improved
Imtiyaz Rahman
Kyrie Ennis
Tyreke Thompson
Tetteh Tettey
Jonathan Binyam
Amarachi Orie
Most Improved
Work of Excellence
Jaheim Rose
Yasmine Martey
Mariam Mhamdi
7
Melanie
Ordonez-Proano
Owain
Hutchins-Jones
Baseera
MohammedMaude
Michelle Brown
Akram Salim
8
Millicent Osei
Tahmid Khan
Damian
Boguslawski
Year
7
8
9
10
11
HISTORY
Work of
Excellence
Independent
Learning
Diana Lampa
Self Discipline
Vicky San
Amari Shand
Reece Murphy
Ishmael Lartey
Rebecca O'Connor
Nicholas Moniz
9
Omar Dinee
10
Erik Salguero
11
Tyreek Hudson
Abdul Kunle
Ashwinder
Singh-Khurana
Loretta-Rose
Greenwood
Independent
Learning
D'Andre
Pitter-Lisbie
Jessica
Pereira-Rodrigues
Year
7
8
Sasha-Kaye Francis
9
Loshell Coke
10
Samantha Abbey
11
RE
ENGLISH
Most Improved
Work of Excellence
Independent
Learning
Laarif Ali
Joshua Adeyemi
Luke Duffy
7
Dylan Appah
Sashin Rowe
Lina Caicedo
8
Segun Oluleye
Tamara
Collins-Pascal
Scott Greenfield
9
Nadia Roberts
Namario Barrett
Lena
LindsayDrummonds
10
Hawalul Abdi
11
Guy-Tresor
Mpungi
Cheynen
Lackey-Doyle
Year
SCIENCE
Most Improved
Work of
Excellence
Independent
Learning
Year
Kate Owoeye
Bianca Walker
Alex Sesay
7
Fiona Assazo
Andre
Antwi-Afriyie
8
Lynden Adegunle
Seantoi Lee
9
Saeeda Hamidi
Karollyne Silva
10
Dajarne
Mariott-Jones
Raquan
Mitchell-Perry
Hassan Ali
GEOGRAPHY
Most Improved
Work of
Excellence
Eli - Ann
Moor - Robinson
Kadiza Begum
Veronic Prendergast
Ilham Ali
Aimee
Hennessey
Shaquille
Scott - Davis
Most Improved
Work of Excellence
Independent
Learning
Year
Kyle
Armstrong-James
Damilola
Animashaun
Cial Taylor
Hugo Williams
7
Moloko Mashalane
Reon Florentine
Raquel Marques
Loureiro
Bakiasolwa Candela
8
Abdulwajid
Abdulmalik
Ayishat Abinuyo
Brandon
Mcfarlane-English
Yedidia
Gbefan -D'Almeida
9
De-Andre Gordon
Muna Nur
Jocelyn Grimaldi
Garcia
10
Filipe Cardoso
Maria
Alzate Garzon
Layla-Rose Habarek
11
Gent Neziri
Independent
Learning
Muhammad
Chowdhury
Year
7
Jessica
Pereira-Rodrigues
8
Kalesha Lindsay
9
Keenen Williams
10
Rosie Bruce
11
EGA Prize Winners 2013
Roll Of Honour
MEDIA
Most Improved
Work of Excellence
Independent Learning
Year
Mohammed Ali
Mark Manning
Gavin Andrews
10
MFL
Most Improved
Work of Excellence
Independent Learning
Year
Moses Ibironke
Kayley Wu
Melchisedek Mbamba
7
Jordan Ibironke
Cristiana Monteiro
Winessia Williams
8
Shantel Harvey
Ednei Mauricio
Reece Cox
9
Jamaal Shuriye
Kanisha Anderson
Aaron Blackett
10
Isra Sayed
Salome Silva
Kaio Martins Silveiro
11
IT
Most Improved
Work of Excellence
Independent Learning
Year
Jasdine Polson
Margareth Toscano-Moreira
Jose Pestana-Marques
7
Leah Burke
Amina Roberts
Thierry Vierra Thomas
8
Thomas O'Brien Martin
Ellie-Louise Burley
Rendel Dela Cruz
9
Tran Che
Troy Da Silva
Barin Bamgbose
10
Rojay Hutton
Toby Wells
Shennelle Kassie
11
DRAMA
Most Improved
Work of Excellence
Independent Learning
Year
Kai Greenidge-Morris
Ibraheem Benmeriem
Yusuf Mahamud
7
Manal Elmarzak
Farha Amirpur
Aidan Lang
8
Harry Helps
Ismahan Abdi
Bennet (Efosa) Uhuangho
9
Rebekah Brown
Katrease Sinclair
Ann-Marie Taylor
10
Esther Adefuwa
Wonuola Olaribigbe
Georgie Searle
11
PE
Community Award
Most
Improved
Work of
Excellence
Independent
Learning
Year
Wesley Case
Cristale De’Abreu
Handerline
Morency-Nalus
7
Katie Ramos
Jerome Graham
William Zoh
8
Isiah Springer
Joshua Bohui
Onyinyechi Orie
9
Hamza Arif
Ellis Thomas
Nakae Mascoll
10
Kristofer Escobar
Daria Baran
Liam Taylor
11
Bleona Sylejmani
Nadine Zeferino
Principal's Award
Keanna Williams
Reading Award
Ikran Weheliye, Year 7
Tetteh Tettey, Year 8
Aboubakar-Sidik Diarrassouba , Year 9
EGA Prize Winners 2013
Roll Of Honour
Most Improved
ART & DESIGN
Work of Excellence
Independent Learning
Year
Khai Bailey Smith
Kitana Kelly
Jayzhaun Coley-Denny
7
Lashai Morris-Rose
Ike Onifade
Rae Boyd McKenzie
8
Sabine Cough
Taylor Bowes
Rachel O’Connor
9
Raquelia Wynter-Coleman
Tanique Thompson
Marta Fario
10
Lynda Adewoye
Tariq Disu-Shabiolegbe
Hamida Kontravida
11
Most Improved
TECHNOLOGY
Work of Excellence
Independent Learning
Year
Malone Green
Reyel Dela Cruz
Denzel Nebuwa
7
Fatin Elmhassani
Shauna Mann
Jeorgia Anderson
8
Alex Mesfun
Jamal Sheridan
Takara Garnett
9
Ryan Elliot
Niko Boguslawski
Kedar Mullings
10
Travis Henry
Tambir Khan
Daniel Onofeghare
11
Independent Learning
Year
Most Improved
BUSINESS STUDIES
Work of Excellence
Ben Rosling
Melanie Vaca Toapanta
Tonicha Gayle
10
Raekwon Johnson-Nevers
Shanice Coombs
Rukevwe Eyeregba
11
Most Improved
SEN
Work of Excellence
Independent Learning
Year
Jayden Mundle
Sarah Parke
Thierry Lewis
7
King David Ndudi-Fiti
Javahn Fearon
Jehoida Ande
8
Michael Kamara
Rachel O’Connor
Andrea Martin-Barsanti
9
Andres Choy-Rodrigues
Mustafa Salih
Marlon Sessing
10
Renaya Murray
Elliott Ryan
Paris Hancock-Gayle
11
Most Improved
MUSIC
Work of Excellence
Independent Learning
Year
Hassan Nur
Hannah Owusu
Prince Gray-Mills
7
Herman Solomon
Precious Coker
Kanyinsola Jinadu
8
Raquan Mitchell-Perry
Emily Pham
Malachi Simpson
9
Rhea Bowley
Elohim Bavugize
Mubarak Adebaya-Tairu
10
Georgia Brown
Sabrina Boateng
Rea-Kwon Warren
11
Most Improved
FOOD
Work of Excellence
Independent Learning
Year
Jahzi Jackson
Beatriz Pais-Lopes
Leah Gordon
7
Cameron Chapman
Taniesha Scarlett
Paulo Diasrego-Cabral
8
Bleard Munishi
Kareemah Foster-Sinclair
Ramatu Kamara
9
Joshua Thompson
Lester Tyrah-Shae
Abigail Jarrett
10
HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
DANCE
Sachet Allen
Haidee Perry-Ryder
Year 11 Science Residential
After an hour spent on the A2 heading south we arrived at the
Arethusa venture centre on the banks of the Medway river in
Kent. We settled into our rooms had a bite to eat and then – with
only a little grumbling – sat down to a past paper. After a good
night’s (or half a night’s) sleep everyone was up and feeling
refreshed the next day and ready to see what mark they had
achieved after a burst of marking from the teachers and it was
clear that some people had a lot of work to do.
The focus that the Year 11 boys showed was absolutely
amazing. They got their heads down, concentrated and made the
most of the opportunity to work in groups of 6 to 8 with teachers
giving them individual support and with a few more exam papers,
some presentations and quizzes they made astonishing progress.
Special mention should be made for Ibrahim Cisse who
improved from a U grade to a C and to Daniel Copeland
Kelly who went from a D grade to an A as well as for
Rushaun and Vicente who both achieved A* grades. But it
wasn’t all about exam papers. The boys got a chance to go
rock climbing up a pretty challenging course – clinging on
to a 10m vertical wall and the after dinner football
championship refereed by Mr Bailey was hotly
contested. On Saturday evening Mr Bailey ordered Pizza
Hut for everyone as a thank you for everyone’s hard work
(and even managed to wangle two extra pizzas and some
chicken wings) and we feasted whilst watching Match of
the Day. Year 11 were fantastic throughout the whole
weekend and really took the most of a great opportunity to
improve their grades.
Mr Murray
Dates of future Year 11 Study Weekend Residentials
Maths – Girls
Friday 8th – Sunday 10th February 2013
Maths – Boys
Friday 15th – Sunday 17th February 2013
GCSE Art
Monday 25th – Thursday 28th January 2013
GCSE Art
Friday 1st - Monday 4th March 2013
ARK Maths Challenge
Congratulations to Year 8
and Year 10
mathematicians who
represented EGA in the
recent Maths Challenge.
Our budding ‘Matheletes’
competed at Walworth
Academy in a range of
brainteasing
mathematical challenges
against other schools in
the ARK network.
Particular congratulations
to teams on winning
Bronze medals.
Geographers developing
literacy through collaboration
Students who participated in
Year 8:
Fardowsa Mohamed
Rochanne Bailey-Simmonds
Gideon Orena
Andrea Merino-Frosi
Students who participated in
Year 10:
Ashwinder Singh Khurana
Barin Bamgbose
Abdi Abdirahman
Aydan Jackson
Literacy Focus
One area of our academy
that really improved last
term was our focus on
Literacy. We recognise
that being proficient in
the use of language is one
of the most important
skills we can give our
pupils and as such, have
launched a series of
innovative initiatives.
The first is called “The
Writing’s On The Wall”,
which is when teachers
put up new vocabulary
posters every week
throughout the corridors.
So, if you visit the
academy, keep a sharp
eye out for some new
words to learn!
The second, is a focus on
Speaking and Listening
skills in lessons, for which
last term we set ourselves
a challenge of learning
only through talk for one
whole day. It was an
enlightening and
successful experience for
all involved; and certainly
a challenge to be taken on
again in the future.
Finally, the school has put
together a team of
Literacy Champions, with
a member of staff from
each department, who
are working together to
push the academy even
further forward in
improving Literacy skills
amongst all our pupils.
EGA Students Aspire To Top Universities
A group of students
attended the highly
prestigious Into University
programme at the elite
King’s College University last
term.
Year 8 students enthused
about the opportunities they
had to work with University
students on a variety of
activities. ‘The best thing
about this programme was
the communication with
other students because it
gave me a good
perspective of what
university is like’ said an
aspiring university
student from EGA.
Mr Smith from the
Science department spoke
of our students’ ‘exemplary
behaviour and attitude in
representing the academy’.
University Hopefuls from Evelyn Grace Academy
EGA Library Developing Student Literacy
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Tyrone, Renyka and Kai
This term the library have
had a successful reading
partners programme.
Two mornings a week Year
Nine students have been
supporting Year Eight
students to improve their
confidence when reading.
Students read
together, take quizzes and
then write their opinions
in an exercise book.
The students have really
enjoyed the programme
so far and it has forged
new friendships. Next year
we will be running a
programme to support our
year seven students as
well.
Key stage three Students
can now log into
Accelerated Reader’s
Home Connect to see how
many books they have
read and to take quizzes
based on their average
score.
Using your normal
Accelerated Reader username and password, students log in on: https://
Students can set it up so
that parents receive an
email every time students
take a quiz. If you need any
help, please contact
Ms.Dutton.
The library now has a new
website. Here students and
parents can find links to
revision and author websites, see student work and
Y8 Trip To See Private Peaceful
Earlier this term Year 8
pupils went on a specially
organised trip to the Ritzy
Cinema in Brixton.
The purpose of the trip
was to watch a screening
of the film Private
Peaceful. This was the
film version of a novel,
studied by all Year 8
students, that tells the
story of young Tommo
Peaceful and his brother
Charlie
as they enlist as British
troops during World War I.
The trip was an excellent
way of encouraging
discussion of the novel and
the students took this
opportunity with pride.
All teaching staff, and staff
at the Ritzy cinema,
commented on the good
conduct of the pupils and
all the pupils had a
wonderful time.
More Debating Success
Public Speaking at EGA
is going from strength
to strength with the
launch of Model United
Nations debating in
addition to continuing
the weekly Debate
Mate programme. We
have sent students to
both the ARK MUN
Conference and also the
Mulberry Global
Classrooms MUN
Conference at the
prestigious
International Maritime
Organisation.
Two Year 11 students,
Vicente Conte-Couto and
Keanna Williams, showed
their debating skill and
passion by going through
the first round of The
Mace, beating Dunraven
and Greycoat 6th
Formers, and coming a
close second to Alleyns
6th Formers.
We also entered 4
debating teams into the
Cambridge Schools
Competition, with Toby
Wells and Muna Nur
winning their debate on
This House Would
Introduce state school
quotas for universities.
Two students, Shaquille
Scot-Davis and Muna
Nur, have become
Debate Mate
ambassadors; they are
now involved in leading
and running weekly
meetings, training new
debaters and organising
assemblies and show
debates.
find out about any library
news.
Students who see their
work on the website can
visit Ms. Dutton for a
prize: http://
missedutton.wix.com/
Spirit of London
Awards
Miss Johnson, Miss
Anderson, Miss Dolphy &
Miss Morgan took 11
students to the Spirit of
London Awards, held on
the 10th December at the
O2 in Greenwich.
The Spirit of London
Awards is a ceremony that
awards exceptional young
people for their talent
across London and the UK,
in the Arts, Media, Sport
and Education.
It featured artists such as
Labrinth, Angel, McFly
and Diversity. The girls
were excited to attend the
awards show and had a
great time.
Year 7 Residential
Year 10 Trip To The Young Vic
Year 10 students were
recently inspired by a trip
to see Hattie Naylor’s
celebrated play Going
Dark.
Over the past term, the
English Department have
developed links with the
Young Vic theatre.
We have been able to
take advantage of their
free tickets for schools
scheme and have
organised trips to see
three productions so far.
These have been
Checkov’s ‘Three Sisters’,
‘Blackta’ and ‘Going Dark’.
Students have really
enjoyed these enrichment
opportunities and it is
vitally important that they
are able to expand their
knowledge and horizons
by experiencing live
theatre first hand.
Ms Manlay, Head of
English, said, ‘We are
always looking for ways to
enhance the curriculum
for students.
‘We have a number of
trips planned for the new
year and students should
make sure that they take
advantage of these
opportunities.’
During the autumn term
Year 7 and many Year 9
students were taken on a
residential to Margaret
McMillian House which is a
centre run by Widehorizons
Trust, a charity dedicated
to providing inspirational
adventure and outdoor
learning experiences to
young people.
Siham Mohamed said,
‘The play made me
appreciate how precious
sight is. I thought the
story and the staging
were amazing and I would
pay to see it again.’
Army Hero Inspires Students To Never Give Up
Army veteran, Phil Packer
visited the academy last
term to speak to Key
Stage 3 students.
Phil Packer, who was
invited to the academy by
Rachel from Kids
Company, urged students
not to allow anything to
stand in the way of their
ambitions.
‘No matter what troubles
he has faced in life, he still
has the perseverance to
do all these amazing
things’ said Hugo Williams
in Year 7.
Phil Packer who suffered
a spinal-cord injury while
serving as a major in the
British Army, was told he
might never walk again.
However, Phil defied
expectations by rowing
across the English
Channel and then completed the London Marathon on crutches in 14
days.
Students
inspired
by Phil
Packer to
join
Rachel on
Brit 2012
walk
‘It was such a good experience and I am forever
thankful to Evelyn Grace
Academy for giving me
the opportunity and once
in a life-time experience
of meeting and hearing
from the man himself, Phil
Packer. I will never forget
that. Thanks EGA! ‘
(Scott Greenfield 9R)
The aim of the weekend
was to help new Year 7
students to integrate into
their new school life, get to
know their classmates and
Year Group, and also for
Year 9s to develop teamwork, communication and
problem-solving skills that
will help them through
their school career and
beyond.
The students had an
amazing time, had lots of
fun, learnt lots and
represented EGA very well.
The activities included
things such as making fire
using flint, cooking bread
on an open fire, abseiling
and rock climbing to name
a few. These activities also
helped to develop the
students skills along with
increasing self confidence
and motivation.
Widehorizons centres have
their activities
independently inspected
and hold the national
Learning Outside the
Classroom Quality Badge
for educational provision.
EGA Has Talent!
EGA students rounded off the autumn term with a rousing end of term concert that packed out the main hall.
Audiences cheered on a wide range of acts with top performances from the school choir, the amazing drummers of
EGA, the Latin Dance Trio as well as a wide range of individual performances. Dajarne performed a fantastic
rendition of amazing grace as well as a prayer which he wrote himself wishing for a successful concert.
Perhaps the highlight of the show was the performance by Manal Elmarzak and Grace Irikefe-Collins singing Ave
Maria by Beyonce.
EGA American Football
Students at Evelyn
Grace Academy have
been learning the
exciting game of
American Football for
the past twelve
months.
A select number of
students have been
training weekly with
South London
Renegades Coach Steve
Verrell on Wednesdays
after school.
This has resulted in a full
kitted match on
Wednesday 5th
December against Acton
High School.
Basketball Scores 3 Pointer
Training continues on Wednesday after
school.
The senior boys
basketball team
finished third
overall in the
Lambeth League.
Since this
impressive feat
they have played
numerous
fixtures with our
local Ark schools,
Walworth and
Globe Academy.
A new kit was
launched this year,
which became so
popular with the
boys that they
now have their
own personalised
kits.
Training for the
Basketball Teams is on
Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday after school
and at lunch time every
day.
Year 10 Boys Make Junior Nkwelle Football
Tribute
Young Sports Designers
EGA Rugby players are showing
creative flair both on and off the pitch.
In October Darren Keenan and Kevin
Coelho went with Mr Riley to
Twickenham to design a new EGA
Rugby kit, courtesy of England Rugby
and Canterbury Sports Wear.
The kit is now being made and will be
with us in the new year.
Year 10 boys showed incredible
dignity as well as fantastic
footballing skills in a memorial
game held at Walworth
Academy.
The game, played in December,
is the first in what will
be an annual match in
memory of Walworth
student Junior Nkwelle
who was tragically
killed in Brixton at the
end of September.
hugged one another at the sound of
the final whistle.
The game was concluded with a
convincing EGA win, scorers Samuel
Clayton and Jeremy Kessie: final
score EGA 2 Walworth 0.
The match, between
EGA Year 10 and
Walworth Year 11
students began with a
minute’s silence.
The New EGA Rugby kit designed by our
students
The game was good
spirited and students
Mr Hanson presents the Junior Nkwelle
Memorial Shield to Mohamed Ouedraogo
Girls’ Sport
Netball
Year 7, 8, 9 and 11 have all been working really hard on a
Wednesday after school resulting in Year 7 and 8s
becoming the 2nd best team in Lambeth after a
tournament at St Martin’s.
Year 11s also took part in the London Academies Cup
resulting in them picking up 2nd place.
Well done all those girls who took part— let’s carry on
training hard next term on Tuesday, 3.30 – 4.30!
Dance
Football
The dance company has grown dramatically this year
with new additions from all year groups. They took part
in the Step into Battles and came 3rd with Brandon
Walker gaining the best newcomer award.
Girls were very enthusiastic this term – with the
Crystal Palace coach coming in to help out and give the
girls an opportunity to play for a team outside of
school. This has been a very successful term with lots
of games being played, including a football
tournament where we came 2nd out of 8, closely
missing out on 1st place after an amazing performance.
The girls have been entered into a football 11 a-side
league this year. First game against Elmgreen School (4
-2 L) which was a good learning curve— hopefully a
bigger push on full sized games and positioning will
mean we are ready for games in January.
Last match of the term was EGA v Globe Academy Y710 at home. The girls all put in 100% effort and came
out on top winning comfortably 5-0!
Our football team goes from strength to strength!
Well done girls! We are having a big push on
participation for girls football and with the interest
from Fulham FC coaches we are sure to have another
positive term.
Boys’ Football
Year 8 boys have had a challenging start to the season but showed great improvement in their second game.
Special mention to Kieran Power-Daley who has been excellent in both games, not only showing great ability but
also determination and spirit, a great example to other players in the side.
Year 9 boys reached the English Schools FA Cup 3rd Round and are progressing well. Joel Stennett recently
captained the team to an 8-0 victory over Year 8 and Joshua Bohui and Malachi Simpson continue to impress.
Year 10 boys are through to the 3rd round of the South London Cup and are on a 3 game unbeaten run. Captained
by Mohamed Ouedraogo the team have a strong spirit and always eat together on match days.
Year 11 boys experienced success in the Lambeth 6-a-side competition held at EGA, securing an excellent and
deserved 2nd place. The team’s increasing commitment to training and appreciation of each other’s skills and
qualities has been a pleasure to witness