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The Harefield Academy Newsletter Redgrave House Edition
December 2014
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Welcome to our December Newsletter!
Merry Christmas and Best
Wishes for a happy 2015.
Mark Poulter, Principal Upper School Celebration
Evening
“What a fantastic evening…” was echoed around
The Harefield Academy following the wonderful
Upper School Celebration Evening
on Thursday 27th November. Vice Principal,
Fiona O’Sullivan, who led on the organisation of
evening said that it was a fantastic opportunity
to celebrate our students’ achievements, staff
and students alike were inspired by the success
that was celebrated. Guest of Honour and
Olympian, Dave Long, said that as an Olympian
it was so refreshing to see the ethos of
excellence, hard work and sheer enjoyment
being celebrated at The Harefield Academy. “The
cohesive teamwork of students, teachers,
administrators, parents and backers was plain to
see and deserves to be applauded." The Watford
Football Club Award for Contribution to Football
was presented by Watford FC Sporting Director,
Luke Dowling, and with Head of Academy, Chris
McGuane in the audience, boarder Carl Weser,
stepped up to receive the Award. Twenty special
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Our Guest of Honour, Dave Long, after
presenting Hugh Vickers with The Grove Hotel
Award for Achievement in Hospitality and
Catering, with Assistant Principal, Paula
Monaghan.
Here are some of our Award
winners...
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Awards were presented by our supporters which
included The Merchant Taylors’ School Award
for A Level Studies (Head Girl Nikita Sodha), The
Brunel University Award for University Potential
(Andrew Noel) and The Principal’s Award for
Services to The Academy and the Community
which was presented to our Head Boy (Jack
Ramsay). The entertainment was secondtonone
with the delightful Harefield Academy choir
opening the Celebration Evening and a display
from Harefield Gymnastics closing the event with
such panache. Principal, Mark Poulter, said:
Congratulations to all the Award winners and a
big thank you to all members of staff,
Governors, sponsors and parents for the
tremendous work they have done over the last
few years to get the students to this level. An
outstanding evening for all involved.
Full details of our Awards and recipients can be
found by clicking here. (Mrs Reynolds)
Vivian Montesano with her Jonathan Green
Award for ‘Overall Achievement’ pictured
here with Mr Connolly
Vivian is one of the finest students the staff at
The Harefield Academy has ever had the pleasure
of working with. Her truly excellent results at AS
level and predicted grades at A2, is testament to
her hard work and ability to carry out
independent research, enabling her to write
essays in a mature and confident style. Her
academic success is a direct result of being able
to plan purposefully, prepare thoughtfully,
proceed positively and pursue her target grades
persistently. She has achieved all of this while
living a long way from home and working in her
A message from Mrs Bolger, Student Manager for
Redgrave House
second language. Vivian makes everything look
effortless.
It is a real pleasure and an honour to be the
Redgrave House Student Manager and I have
felt so very welcome here since I began working
at The Harefield Academy back in September. I have really enjoyed getting to know you
all, you are a fantastic group of students and I
am very proud of you.
I would like to wish you all a very Happy
Christmas and New Year. Make sure you take a
wellearned rest and keep safe.
...and from Ms Gordon,
Assistant Principal for Redgrave
House
Annabelle Katumba receiving The David
Meller Award for `Effort and
Determination`
The writer John Ruskin once said, that ‘quality is
never an accident. It is always the result of
intelligent effort.’ Annabelle epitomises the very
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essence of effort and determination. As a GCSE
student she laboured for many hours voluntarily
afterschool to complete extra work. Her
wonderful results were a testament of her many
hours toil. As a Sixth Form student she has
continued her outstanding work ethic; achieving
superb ASlevel grades in the summer as a result.
Annabelle also recently gave up her half term
holiday to work at the Brick Court Chambers in
London, a crucial legal work experience
We have the most dedicated teachers, the most
supportive parents, and some of the best
facilities a school can offer but we can only
placement, for her law university application. We
expect great things from Annabelle and she
never disappoints.
show our true colours if we all keep believing in
ourselves. You work hard in school, you pay
attention to those teachers and you listen to
your parents, grandparents and other adults;
and you always put in the hard work it takes to
succeed. That’s why I want to focus on
congratulating Redgrave House: to focus on
continuing the responsibility each of us has in
school and to achieve the best results possible.
Every single one of you has something you’re
good at, every single one of you has something
to offer and you should be proud of this. The
will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to
reach your full potential... these are the keys
that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
Aaron Mather with his Haig Oundjian
Meet some of our talented
Redgrave House students...
Award for `Olympian Qualities` pictured
here with Miss Leonard
To be an Olympian requires outstanding qualities
and characteristics such as sporting technique
and skill, commitment, focus and determination
alongside being a leader and role model,
inspiring future generations. Therefore the
recipient of the Olympic award has to show
these qualities alongside the potential to
compete in such a blue ribbon event as the
Olympics.
This pathway is not easy and has its fair share of
disappointments as well as accolades. Finding a
balance between the amount and intensity of
training required day after day alongside
Redgrave House student Georgia Baker comes
from a background of Acrobatic Gymnastics. She
was three times British National Champion in
women's pairs 2010, 2011 and 2013 and
represented her club and region both in the UK
and internationally. She was fortunate enough
to train and appear with 'Spelbound' (BGT
winners) and was part of the 2012 Olympic
maintaining an academic focus, can lead to
many potential champions falling by the
wayside. Not so for the recipient of this year’s
Olympian Award. Aaron has been with us since
Year 7 and maintained his love for his sport Tae
kwon Do. Training every week for most of his
life he has honed his talent and performs to the
highest level. Not content with being British or
even European champion he set his sights on
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closing ceremony with them. the highest prize and when given the
Georgia started cheerleading, after leaving Acro
opportunity he literally fought his way to
in 2013, with Unity Allstars Pearl (Junior Level 3
becoming World Champion in Rome 2014.
& 4). They were undefeated this season and
won the title Grand Champs. This coming season
Georgia will be competing with Unity Pearl and
Unity Saffron, her first competition will be the
Southern Regionals in January. Georgia also
featured in the CBBC series 'My Team the
Cheerleaders' with Unity Pearl which was an
amazing experience. (Report by Mrs Baker mother of Georgia Baker)
Ocean Gregory with her Michael
Sherwood
Award for ‘Moral and Ethical Behaviour'
pictured here with Peter Wastall
The German Philosopher Hegel once said,
‘Education is the art of making man ethical’.
Here at The Academy we strive to ensure our
young people develop proper attitudes, and that
they can confidently distinguish right from
wrong. This year’s winner of the Michael Sherwood
Award has always had an innate moral compass
which has empowered her to give her time and
energy to others. Ocean is a model student and
Jaz RatteraySmith (top left) Year 13 student
outstanding footballer with enormous potential.
She always volunteers herself for all Academy
Jaz recently had to fly home as he was called up
to play football for Bermuda.
extracurricular events. She can adapt her skill
Dominykas Kolesnikovas (top right) I play
to The Academy by being a mentor herself for
younger students, as well as helping to run
Basketball for The Academy and London United.
set to a number of situations and has given back
Earlier this year I competed at an International
competition in Poland.
school events. This summer, she will leave The
Nathan Davis (bottom left) I play football for
USA. Ocean's dedication and conscientiousness
make her the perfect recipient of this award.
Brentford FC and last year competed at the Milk
Cup in Northern Ireland, the same tournament
that David Beckham played in as a youngster.
Louise Livingstone (bottom right) I compete
Academy to pursue her dream of studying in the
Saviour of M&S visits The
Harefield Academy
in acrobatic gymnastics and won second place
at the national finals in Turin last year after
winning the British regionals. Cross Country
Success
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Hillingdon Schools Cross Country saw
many Harefield Academy students run to
success. They all performed fantastically in very
cold conditions, showing real grit and
determination. A number of students finished in
the Top 10 which is outstanding as most races
had over 100 students running! From here a
team is selected to run as Hillingdon in the
Middlesex cross country championships. The
team and overall results are to be published
soon.
The Top 10 finishers were;
Year 7 Girls 2nd place Remi Benhajkacem,
5th place Sameenah Toussaint
Year 7 Boys 2nd place Essa Mohamad Rashan
Year 8/9 Boys 1st place Marcus Loh,
4th Place Daniel Godden
Year 10/11 Boys 2nd place Owen
Greenbank, 5th place Kiran MartinBright,
8th place Pablo Riesgo (special mention
On Friday 12th December 2014, the Year 11, 12
and 13 Business and Maths students were
treated to a special talk by guest speaker Sir
Stuart Rose. Sir Stuart spent an hour with the students in
what was a truly enthralling assembly, talking
about his career to date and he offered some
words of wisdom for the students for their life
after studies, saying that ‘50% of life is planned,
the other 50% is down to others decisions’ and
that ‘all doors are opportunities, unless they
have man traps’.
Sir Stuart is well known for being the former
executive chairman of Marks and Spencer’s and
is regarded as the ‘saviour of M&S’ and has also
had successful spells as CEO at the Arcadia
Group, Argos and the Burton Group.
For more information on Sir Stuart Roses' visit,
please click here. Article by Year 13 Student
Bradley Hayden.
running 2 years up!), 12th place Nathan Bishop (Mr Littlewood)
Hillingdon Schools Achievement
Awards
The Jack Petchey Foundation Achievement
Awards are presented to students every year at
the Beck Theatre.
The Achievement Award Scheme aims to enable
schools, colleges and youth organisations to
recognise, reward and celebrate the
achievements of their young people. Jack
Petchey wants young people to raise their
aspirations, believe in themselves and make a
Senior Residents' Christmas
High Tea
On Monday 15th December, eighty senior
Harefield residents were invited to our annual
Senior Residents' Christmas High Tea. They
joined in with Year 7 students to sing Christmas
Carols. Sixth Form student Shuling Jones played
a saxophone solo and The Harefield Academy
Orchestra played a Scottish Medley. This year’s
games consisted of giant pass the parcel,
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contribution to their society.
reindeer drive and a chocolate eating game that
These awards are designed to recognise a wide
involved eating AfterEights as quick as they
range of achievements, it's not just about being
could. The High tea was excellent and was
clever or gifted, but about putting the effort in
and doing your best.
prepared by our catering students who also
assisted by serving at tables. Sixth
Two award winners from The Harefield Academy,
Form students helped by welcoming our guests
Georgia Simmonds and Lucy Wood, from
Redgrave House, will be presented with
and serving them sherry. The quiz and raffle
helped round off a wonderful and enjoyable
medallions afternoon. (Mr Smith)
to accompany their framed
certificates and £200 cheques. (Ms Gordon)
Sixth Formers Meet Shaun
Attwood
'The Olympians' Visit
The Academy
Recently we had the pleasure of having three
Olympic athletes at The Academy at the same
The annual Sixth Form Religious
Education Conference took place this term. Our
guest this year was the former stockmarket
millionaire and Ecstasy dealer turned antidrugs
activist Shaun Attwood. Shaun’s story was
covered in the National Geographic documentary
‘Raving Arizona’. Shaun is now an antidrugs
campaigner and has written numerous books on
his experiences in American prisons. His writing
has subsequently put the international media
spotlight on US prison conditions and Shaun
has inadvertently become an advocate of
prisoners’ rights. Shaun talked about his life and
the mistakes he had made very honestly and
allowed the students to ask him questions about
his experiences and his struggle to find
enlightenment. (Miss Fitzgerald)
The Harefield Academy
Alumni/Former Students
time. One being our wonderful sponsor Haig
Oundjian and the others being Joslyn Hoyte
Smith and Louise Collins. Joslyn is a former Great Britain 400m runner
who competed in the 1980 Olympics in Moscow
and Louise is a 200m sprinter who competed in
the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Both are part of 'The Olympians' which was set
up in 2013 and is the body established to
maintain a network and to harness the goodwill,
skill, resource and inspirational potential of all
living British Olympians. It was a fantastic experience for staff to discuss
the future of sport in schools with two Great
Britain athletes and in part this is how 'The
Olympians' would like to make use of the
breadth of Olympic athlete experience we have
in the country. (Mr Littlewood)
Third in the
whole Country!
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We would like to get back in touch with as
many former students of THA as possible; we are
working alongside a company called Future First
to build THA’s first ever Alumni network of
former students. Future First has been designed
to keep you and your former school in touch,
with the aim of providing opportunities to
current students. This could include anything
from careers insight and mentoring to work
experience. Once you’ve signed up, your
school/college will be in touch to offer you
opportunities that you may be interested in. As
well as keeping you up to date with news from
your old school, the network can offer you lots
of ways to support the young people sat in your
old seats. Whether you are still in the area or
have moved far away, we’d love to have your
help. To sign up please go to the Sixth Form page of
the website. Then to the Alumni/Former
Students page and click on the Future First link
at the bottom of the page. Signing up only
takes a couple of minutes. (Miss Fitzgerald)
Sixth form students Mitchell Jones and Danny
Lewis competed in the National Table Tennis
finals on the 22nd November in Preston.
Competing in the U18 doubles category they
made a fantastic team, winning their way
through group stages and the quarter finals.
They were only stopped in the semifinal by the
number 1 and 2 ranked players in the country
who had teamed up!
To come 3rd in the country is a huge
achievement and a credit to the daily training
they have received for the last seven years
through coach Eli Baraty and Greenhouse
Charity. (Mr Littlewood)
U13 West London Champions –
Just!
Sixth Formers Raise Funds
for Children In Need
On Friday 14th November our Sixth Form
students, came to school in ‘fancy dress’ to raise
money for Children in Need. We had a large
Mitchell Pidgeon, Chandler Cash, Jay Frost, Marshall Cash and Matthew VincentEdwards are
through to the English Schools London Table
number of Sixth Formers join in with the fun.
Tutor groups were visited by a horse, Where’s
Wally, Peter Pan, a harlequin, a pirate, a
Tennis finals in January.
They convincingly beat Burlington Danes and
mechanic, Winnie the Pooh and a large
collection of animals to name just a few and
raised £208.41. The Sixth Formers also raised
Wilson schools but had a battle with Whitmore
School. Having just beat them in the group
stages they faced Whitmore again in the final. A
£178.40 for the Poppy Appeal by selling
poppies within school to staff and students.
thriller is an understatement – this was a battle
so close, only counting back the points won
could separate the two teams. Scores were tied
Massive thanks to all the staff and students who
dressed up and donated. (Miss Fitzgerald)
at four games all, the last game went to 17 – 17
and then points scored were checked. The
Winter Woollie
Wonderland!
Harefield Academy had 167 and Whitmore 161! An epic battle that resulted in The Harefield
Academy being crowned U13 West London
Champions! (Mr Littlewood)
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Harrow Borough 1st Team
Football
After impressive performances for The Harefield
Academy 1st team on Wednesdays and Harrow
Borough U21 team on Sundays, six current
players from The Harefield Academy Sporting
Excellence Scheme were selected by the Harrow
Borough first team manager to play in the
Harrow Borough first team. They played
alongside other first team players and ex
Harefield Academy Sporting Excellence Scheme
students in a cup match against Clapton FC
which they won 30. Carl Weser impressed
enough to be selected for the first team to play
for Harrow Borough in the FA cup. In addition
On Friday 12th December the staff and Sixth
Formers of The Harefield Academy wore
Christmas jumpers to support the charity Save
the Children. Recently the charity has been
advertising on television that the 12th December
was ‘Christmas Jumper Day’. All staff and Sixth
Formers paid £2 each to wear their jumpers and
many had to swallow their pride! The jumpers
ranged from snowmen to Santa and Rudolph;
there were also jumpers that lit up. The Academy
raised over £130. (Miss Fitzgerald)
Parent Events
2015
to this, both Keiron Noel and Carl Weser have
been given trials with Watford FC and England
school boys. The Sporting Excellence Scheme has fantastic
opportunities for the players to develop under
the monitoring of Watford FC with trials for
those who are excelling. The opportunity to
play U21 football for The Academy team in
partnership with Harrow Borough is a new
development this season which enables players
to step towards men's football by earning first
team call ups and a possible contract. Exciting
developments for next year include The
Academy team playing in the FA Youth Cup in
partnership with Harrow Borough FC. The
achievement by these players demonstrates the
strength of the football package in the Sixth
Form here at The Harefield Academy, as it now
offers the very best opportunities for any player
wanting to succeed in football. (Mr Brown)
Girls Basketball Booms!
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On Tuesday 11th November approximately 50
girls of all ages took part in the Borough
January 2015
Thu 15th Year 11 Parents' Evening
3:30pm 6:30pm
Thu 29th Year 12 and Year 13 Parents'
Evening
4:00pm 7:00pm
February 2015
Thu 12th Year 9 Parents' Evening
3:30pm 6:30pm
March 2015
Thu 5th Year 8 Parents' and Options Evening
3:30pm 6:30pm
April 2015
Thu 23rd Year 7 Parents' Evening
3:30pm 6:30pm
Spring 2015 Staff INSET Day: Mon 5th January Start of Module 3: Tue 6th January
Module ends on: Fri 13th Feb February Holiday: Mon 16th February to Fri 20th
February
Staff INSET Day: Mon 23rd February
Start of Module 4: Tue 24th February
Module ends on: Fri 27th March Spring Holiday: Mon 30th March to Fri 10th April
(Good Friday – 3rd April; Easter Mon – 6th April)
Summer 2015 Start of Module 5: Mon 13th April
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Basketball Tournament at The Harefield
Academy. There were two competitions running
at the same time the U14 and U16 age groups.
For both age groups Vyners and The Harefield
Academy were in the final.
Both games were very close with some great
basketball being played by both teams. Vyners
won the U14 competition and The Harefield
Academy won the U16 competition. This now
means that both schools can progress to the
London Youth Games Hillingdon. (Mr Littlewood)
representing
Sixth Formers, Josie and Sian
visit Auschwitz
On Wednesday 1st October, Sixth Form students
Josie Cook and Sian Jones travelled with the
Lessons from Auschwitz project to visit the Nazi
concentration and extermination camp
AuschwitzBirkenau. They also met and were
able to ask questions of real Holocaust survivors
as part of a workshop. Both students found the
experience deeply moving and will now design a
way to educate young people about the
Holocaust as their final project. (Miss
Fitzgerald)
Extra Curricular Activities
Sport
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May Holiday: Mon 25th May to Fri 29th May
Start of Module 6: Mon 1st June
Module ends on: Fri 17th July
At The Academy we do not authorise any
holiday booked in term time as since September
2013 Government instruction has stated that no
holidays in term time can be authorised.
Extra Curricular Activities
Visual and Performing Arts
For information on a wide range of extra
curricular Sporting activities that we offer please
click here.
For information on a wide range of extra
curricular activities that the Visual and
Performing Arts department offers, please
click here.
Click on the Christmas pudding to reveal our e
friendly Season’s Greetings.
This year's ecard was designed by Year 7
Redgrave House student Joe Bray.
The runners up in the fabulous Christmas card
competition are Juliette Mournier (Yr 7 Lewis
House) and Amy Doherty (Year 8 Navratilova
House). All entries were fantastic. A very well
done to you all.
All Staff at The Harefield Academy would like to
wish you a very Merry Christmas and a safe and
Happy New Year.
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