July 2015 Newsletter - Preston Manor School

Preston Manor Upper School
July 2015 Newsletter
Our Prefects for 2015 - 2016
Diary Dates
Tuesday 1 September
Staff Inset
Wednesday 2 September
Staff Inset
Thursday 3 September
Start of Term - Year 7 students
(08:40am)
Friday 4 September
Start of term - Years 8,9,10 and 11
(08:40am)
Monday September
6th Form Lessons begin
(08:40am)
Thursday 10 September
Year 12 Meet the Tutors Evening 6.00 to 7.00pm
Congratulations to our Prefects
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Karen Ampong
Vanessa Djan
Sumi Gurung
Krishna Patel
Mobeen Khan
Darshan Patel
Shangeth Ranjan
Sharujan Sandrakumar
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Anith Sivabalasuprama- Jasmina Hamdonah
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Samiya Mohamud
Musab Choudhury
Ehsan Ghous
Harsh Nayak
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Disha Dagli
Kajanthika Kanagaratham
Vishwa Patel
Susanna Rai
Talha Habib Bakht
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Warda Diyar
Mesi Lazar
Kelton Muse
Calin Albert
Stephan Egbuna
Hinay Mistry
Mujeeb Ullah
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Nengimote Woripaga
Timothy Chelliah
Raafay Khalid
Bhargav Maniar
Anand Patel
Rikesh Solanki
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Josephine Akowuah
Aysha Mughal
Mary Ogunlami
Adam Cherfa
Daniel Kempson
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Tia Cutts
Nicole Gouveia
Shaniah-Jordan Gupta
Rajvi Patel
Salim Yunus
Aleksandra Bubella
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Alena Bell-Gam
Shaniya Dyer
Deevya Patel
Janhvi Zala
Ibrahim Bahadur
Abdulrahman Jalloh
On Monday 13 July Preston Manor held its
annual Prefects Assembly. Fifty students
from year 10 were chosen as prefects for
the new academic year. The students had to
write a letter of application detailing who
their role model was and why they made
such a good role model to others.
The application then had to be
countersigned by 2 members of staff who
supported their application to become a
prefect. The assembly was a wonderful
event and the year group really
demonstrated their maturity by celebrating
this achievement together. The students will
be excellent role models in the school
community next year.
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The MFL Department
In April a group of year 10 students took part in a trip organised by the MFL department to Barcelona in
Spain. During the trip the students had the opportunity to practise their language skills and to learn about the
culture of this vibrant and fascinating city. Activities included visits to La Sagrada Familia (Barcelona’s
cathedral), Park Güell, Montjuic castle, and the famous Camp Nou (Barcelona football stadium). There was
also time to visit the well known street market, Las Ramblas, and to experience some local cuisine in a Tapas
restaurant.
Year 9 Trip to France
39 Year 9 students studying French took part on a day trip to Saint-Omer in
France on Friday 3 July organised by the MFL Department. Students
visited different areas of Saint-Omer and had the opportunity to speak French
in different sites, shops and cafes.
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Psychology Department
As the new teacher of Psychology at Preston Manor, it has been great fun.
The students have enjoyed the interactive lessons and have developed a
real flare for the subjects. It was very exciting to see some of our very own
year 12 students representing at the Psychology taster course for the year
11s, giving them a real insight about what they’ve learnt and the expectations of the course.
Students of both years- 12 and 13- have made such excellent progress that
it makes Ms Kobel and I feel extremely proud. Well done guys!
We are really looking forward to seeing how our students have achieved for
their summer exams and even more exciting to be delivering a brand new
specification for Psychology in the new academic year.
Falguni Upadhyaya
Performing Arts Department
Performing Arts have been very busy this year. There have been numerous dance clubs taking place
every lunch time and the boys dance club performed extremely well in ALL rewards assemblies. The
boys are taking part in the Brent Dance Blast competition in July. There have been many performances throughout the year including the year 10 and 11 BTEC Performing Arts students assessment
which took place in the main hall and was a huge success. One World rehearsals have been under
way since February and students from all year groups are taking part in what will be a very high energy and show stopping performance. I would like to give a special thanks to Micah Mcleoud 10R and
Aaliyah O'Sullivan 9A for their continued hard work with running clubs for me
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It has been an exciting year for the food technology
department which has been active in assisting with
preparation for cake sales to raise money for different
charities to 6th form Mentors and Mentees raising funding
for their end of year of celebration.
Year 7 Making Pasta Salad
Year 10 GCSE catering students have been busy
preparing for an event based on their coursework to
prepare and serve an Afternoon Tea. The event will be held
on the 10th July 2015, during lunchtime and students will
invite a teacher of their choice to attend this special event.
Sixth Formers
This club was specifically devised to
assist year 12 and 13 students to prepare for University life. Students can
attend one day a week and learn to
cook inexpensive healthy meals from
scratch over the course of a half term.
This club will resume after the summer holidays.
Finally a big thank you to all the parents and carers who provided ingredients their child and or children, to allow them to participate in the practical activities, this is very much appreciated! Thank you for
your support. Happy Holidays
Star Cooks This Term!!
10A
Deja Pascal-Braithwaite
&
Rabia Din
Well Done!!
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Debate Mate
Preston Manor has carried on its great success with their Debate Mate team this year. Not only is the club thriving with
established members from Years 8, 9 and 10, it has also picked up many regular Year 7 members too.
This year, we have had the honour of hosting the Urban Debate League heats twice in which we welcomed schools such
as Kingsbury High School and Rooks Heath to debate with our pupils for the chance of winning the Artemis Cup.
This May, we also took 2 teams of debaters to the Deutsche Bank Debate Mate Championship held at The London
School of Economics. Our debaters battled with a number of schools on the prepared topic of eco terrorism as well as
preparing to face off 2 rounds of unprepared debates on topics as diverse as plastic surgery and advertising for children.
Out of approximately 80 teams, Preston Manor B team came 8th as well as winning all of their rounds of debates. All of
Debating Club
As some of you know, 10 of our debaters took part in a London wide debating tournament today at the LSE.
There were over 80 teams present and around 30/40 odd schools there. Our teams consisted of:
Preston Manor A
Saira (8P)
Tawad (8P)
Elena (8E)
Anjani (8E)
Preston Manor B
Alena (10A)
Zarina (9S)
Zahra (8E)
Sohaan (8N)
Floor and alternating teams
Pranjal (8N)
Renata (9S)
We won 5 out of 6 debates, with Preston Manor A winning a hat-rick! We did so well that, out of 80 teams,
Preston Manor A came 8th! One of our debaters,
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The History Department
Mock Election Results
Preston Manor students joined the rest of the
nation in voting on 5 May 2015. Students held
hustings, produced election videos, and even
hosted a Newsnight style event (see photographs
and video links below). A report on the results of
the election can be seen below. A large thank you
to the Social Sciences Club and Ala Hussein and
Shahvez Darr in particular, in ensuring that this
event was a great success!
https://drive.google.com/file/
d/0B7JWXFRhbrHIMGdIMzVTYVM4ZU0/
view?usp=sharing
Year 9 Trip to Ypres, Belgium
On 15 May 2015, sixty Year 9 students visited The Somme. This annual trip run by the History Department was a great success. Students visited Bayernwald and the Commonwealth cemeteries of Bedford
House and Tyne Cot. They also visited the Passchendaele Museum before going to Ypres. At Ypres,
Zahra Iqbal, Aliya Nsemoh and Darren Sitou represented the school in laying a wreathe of remembrance
at the Menin Gate, an event attended by several thousand people.
Photographs can be viewed at link below:
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Religious Studies
Year 8 visit to the Jewish Museum
As part of their study of Judaism, Year 8 participate in a Torah scrolls competition, and many students produced excellent quality work. The students selected as competition were invited on a visit to the Jewish Museum in Camden to participate in a workshop about the Torah.
Year 13 visit to the British Library
In the first term, our A Level RS students visited the Sacred Texts exhibition at the British
library; this exhibition contains unique copies of scriptures from different religions. The Library
teacher led the group in discovering how and why the particular texts were made, and
considering their historical, cultural and religious significance.
Year 12 Medical Ethics workshops
A group of our AS RS students used the ‘Westminster Faith Debates’ recordings to explore medical ethics issues in greater depth. The students discussed and evaluated the views of the politicians, doctors, and faith leaders who participated in the debates. These workshops
supported the practical ethics part of the AS course, and were also useful to other Year 12
students considering a career in medicine.
Additionally, many of the GCSE, AS and A Level RS students attended extra revision classes as
they prepared for their exams; we hope that their hard-work leads to good results in August.
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Summer Term 2015 Careers News
Preston Manor
“…maximises potential for a happy and fulfilling life in our changing world.”
Year 8
Challenging Perceptions of Women’s Work Careers Event
Year 8 girls worked with professional women in fields from engineering to architecture to find out about
the skills and qualifications needed for these areas of work.
Past Students – Future Lives Careers Event
Year 8 boys met former Preston Manor students who are now successful professionals or university undergraduates. They found out about the possible directions an education at Preston Manor can take people.
Raising Aspirations
Ms Vanderpoorten has been working with groups of Year 8 students to help them recognise their talents,
and to look at ways of channelling them into future career options.
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Years 8, 9, 10 & 11
Preston Manor- Queen Mary Access to Dentistry & Medicine Programme
Some Year 8, 9, 10 and 11 students are taking part in the Access to Dentistry & Medicine Programme in
partnership with Queen Mary, University of London. The students visited the university and met
Professor Piper, the Admissions Tutor for Dentistry and Medicine at the university. Our students took
part in workshops at the university alongside current undergraduate students.
Year 10
Careers in Science Workshops
The Science and the Careers Departments worked together to offer optional after school Allied Health
Careers workshops (with undergraduate students from St George’s, University of London) in:
Paramedicine
Radiography
Work Experience Preparation
All Year 10 students took part in the Preston Manor suited and booted Work Experience Preparation Day
at the end of the Spring term. The students worked with their tutors and then each had a 1:1 mock
interview with a representative from one of London’s blue-chip companies. All the students received
excellent feedback and once again many were told they would be hired for a real job if they were over
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Making the Leap Gala Event at The Wardorf Hotel
Adam Cherfa (10N) represented Preston Manor at the Waldorf Hotel on 30th April this year. He took
part in a panel discussion with Andrew Castle in front of 300 corporate partners from HSBC, PwC, Barclays and The Telegraph, outlining how the Making the Leap programme prepares students for work
experience placements.
Year 10 Work Experience – June 2015
Almost half of Yr 10 Preston Manor students found their own work experience placements this year. The
students proved to the school that they already have the ability to succeed in the labour market. Our
students were offered placements at the Royal Garden Hotel, the Park Plaza Hotel, the Hilton, the
Premier Inn, the Lancaster Hotel, Boodles, Barclays, Deloitte and The Houses of Parliament, as well as
many others in central London and in Brent. All of the students developed their CVs significantly and
impressed their employers.
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Transformation Trust Futures Fair and Rock Assembly at Wembley Arena:
http://www.transformationtrust.org.uk/news/
A group of Year 10 students were invited to attend the Transformation Trust’s Futures Fair and Rock
Assembly on 1st July as a reward for the successful completion of their Work Experience Programme
booklets and employer reports. The students met representatives from several universities, apprenticeships providers and school leaver schemes to find out about post-16 options. They then saw a line-up
including Example and many more.
Year 12
12A Work Experience
12A had successful Health and Social Care work experience placements in February 2015. Kamran
Saqeb was invited to continue volunteering at Milman’s Resource Centre as his employers were so impressed by his work.
HE Day
The Careers department supported the HE Day events by arranging workshops in the following post-18
options areas:
Law
The PwC School Leaver Scheme
Year 11
All Year 11 students took part in Year 11 Careers Day in January. The students chose two hands-on
Career Taster Workshops with professionals in their areas of interest. They also attended a Careers
Fair that was supported by some of London’s universities and key employers and was hosted by the
keynote speaker Ayiesha Russell of the Ashridge Postgraduate Business School.
1:1 Guidance
1:1 independent, impartial Careers guidance has been given to students from Years 9-13 throughout
the year.
Follow the Careers department on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PManorCareers
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Year 8 Citizenship reps and selected students ventured down to the lower school
to plan and write stories for Year 2. The students gathered information about their
story preferences and favourite authors, then proceeded to collaborate with the
Year 2 pupils to create key characters and a story setting. Overall, all students
enjoyed the experience and look forward to returning to the lower school at the
end of term to share their new personalised tales with the children!
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100% Attendance & Punctuality (2014-15)
The attached list of students have achieved 100% Attendance and Punctuality this academic year. This is
a great accomplishment and we are very proud of these students.
Well done one and all.
Miss Airey
Assistant Head
Student Name
Form
Student Name
Form
Yianni Antoniou
7E
Denisa Strango
8O
Zahra Naim
7E
Rushil Patel
8O
Abdallah Hecht
7M
Shahil Gurung
8O
Mohammad Yahya Ahmed
7M
Amar Rose
8P
Shareha Saiady
7N
Meet Patel
8P
Jaymit Patel
7P
Harleen Kalsi
8R
Shakesh Sivashankar
7P
Harmony Small
8R
Yasmin Safieddine
7R
Saameh Dallali
8T
Eneni Woripaga
7S
Aaron Khatri
9E
Isshita Jaiswal
7S
Aayush Patel
9E
Sachin Penukonda
7S
Ioana Flore
9E
Anthony Antoniou
7T
Caelan Rodrigues
9N
Khush Patel
7T
Fiza Nawaz
9P
Krisita Mitesh
7T
Yaseen Elahi
9R
Santhusan Sathuruparan
8A
Daniela Berende
9T
Mikesh Hirani
8E
Deevya Patel
10A
Prasen Rana
8E
Anand Patel
10O
Mathush Wimalraj
8N
Raafay Khalid
10O
Sameer Dallali
8N
Hava Yorulmaz
11N
Zuhur Aadan
8N
Nicholas Williams
11N
Deep Patel
8O
Dewanshi Maniar
11R
Payal Shah
11R
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SEND NEWS
Autism Ambassadors Transition Workshop
On Wednesday 1st July our 3 Autism Ambassadors attended a transition workshop at the Wembley
Stadium Learning Zone with BOAT (Brent Outreach for Autism Team). The ambassadors, Jordan
McDonald (11T), Mikial Jonas (8A) and Omar Diab El-Arab (8O) were involved in supporting year 6
ASD students from around the borough with their imminent transition to secondary school. All
ambassadors fulfilled their role and represented the school brilliantly. The ambassadors also took lead
roles in group work to construct the strongest bridge possible. Each student demonstrated their
aptitude with the 4 skills of the learning identity to present themselves as collaborative, resilient, active
and reflective team members and were a credit to the school.
Preston Manor Parents’ Forum
Following the first very well attended Parents’ Forum earlier this year, the Learning
Support Department held a second meeting on 21st May, Assistant Head Teacher,
Daniel Graham, gave a well received presentation on using new technologies at home
to support children’s learning. These include ‘Show my Homework’ and GCSEPod.
Other members of staff also talked about the technologies used by teachers to support
students’ learning in school.
Over tea, coffee and biscuits families present gave very positive feedback and put
forward ideas for future topics to be explored. We look forward to inviting families back
to our next Parent’s Forum after the summer holidays in the Autumn Term.
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Year 9 200m Middlesex Champion
Jaiden Aaron’s (9T) win as the Year 9 200m Middlesex Champion. He will now go on to complete
nationally in Newcastle.
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BRENT INCLUSION SPORTS FESTIVAL
On Friday June 19, 13 students were selected to represent Preston Manor at the Brent Inclusion Sports
Festival. The students were from Years 7, 8 & 9. On the day the students participated in a range of
sports including cricket, rugby, football & seated volleyball. The students shared in a fantastic day and
demonstrated great skill and teamwork throughout the course of the day.
In addition, the students had their Cricket and Football sessions with Barry Gardiner, PM for Brent North.
Media Studies
Preston Manor Screening Room
Visit the Preston Manor Screening Room, a digital hub where production work created by
Key Stage 4 and 5 Media Studies students can be viewed. You can access the YouTube
playlists directly for each year group at link below, or click on the tabs above to see each
year group’s page. The finished products on display here are the culmination, for most students, of six months’ worth of work. We hope you enjoy the productions, feel free to leave a
comment on your impressions of the videos.
https://sites.google.com/a/preston-manor.com/preston-manor-screening-room/home
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RESISTANT MATERIALS
Darren Situ 9E
Morgan Lapeyre 9R
Samiha Hussain 9S
Year 9 clocks
Congratulations to all those students who
made the effort to attend the after school
session for resistant materials to complete
their clock designs. As you can see they
made some stunning designs.
Aayush Patel 9E
Amanda Ahangama - Arachchilage 9A
Zaynab Chaudhri 7O
The best thing about DT was I got to make a
mirror all by myself after Mrs Rhodes guided
me through how to make it. Another amazing
thing about DT was I got to do things I never
did before like cutting wood, smoothing wood,
painting wood, cutting a mirror and gluing a mirror onto wood. My final design of making a mirror is a bird.
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The Art and Design Department
The Art and design technology department took 24 students to Paris to see real art in the gallerias in Paris. They not only saw the beautiful landscape architecture and landmarks of the Capital, but was able to
visit some of the most established galleries in the world. A fantastic artistic time was had by all. The students were a credit to the school.
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Maths
Year 5 Taster Morning
20th March 2015
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English Department News
Once again the English Department has had a busy and lively term, and staff have continued to
seek every opportunity to provide a varied and diverse experience for our students. At Key Stage
3, students have continued to trail blaze the new KS3 National Curriculum with immense success.
Year 7 students have enjoyed tackling pre-1914 texts “Peter Pan” or “Treasure Island” and the
analytical essays which they have produced is testament to the hard work of both teachers and
students. The Cultural Enrichment Club, led by Miss Branch, visited the Tate Modern and wrote
some very impressive creative writing about pieces of art which moved them.
Earlier this academic year we had a visit from the AQA Speaking and Listening Moderator who
was extremely impressed with the Speaking and Listening tasks our students complete during
their two year course. Congratulations to the 89% of Year 11 students who have achieved grade
A* - C in Speaking and Listening, and to the many others who achieved a ‘personal best’. We
look forward to seeing their results in August for GCSE Language and GCSE Literature.
We have had a number of Key Stage 4 trips happen this year. In December 2014 a group of 100
year 11 students braved the central line at peak hours to head to The Dominion Theatre on
Tottenham Court Road. The annual Poetry Live event hosted many of the key poets from the
AQA Anthology who spoke to students about their poetry by going into detail about their
motivations, inspirations and the use of literary devices. When teaching poetry and exploring
poetic devices students often ask questions about the poetic process that are often difficult for
teachers to answer with any degree of certainty. At Poetry Live, Students were able to obtain a
real insight about the poems they have studied directly from the poets themselves. At the event
students were moved, entertained and brought out of their seats by poets such as Gillian Clarke
and Carol Ann Duffy, Grace Nichols, Simon Armitage and the ever energetic John Agard.
Students also had a lecture from a chief examiner giving them inside information to help them
with the Unit 2 Poetry exam. The students found the event a valuable experience and were
excellent ambassadors of the school. Thanks to Miss Clarke for co-ordinating this trip.
Furthermore, we also Miss Khan take a group of Year 11 English enthusiasts attend John Lyon
school in Harrow for a day of Dystopian literature and these students came back with a renewed
passion for choosing Literature in Sixth Form.
The star of the extra-curricular programme has been the debating club, led by Ms Kerai, who
recently came 8th out of 80 schools in a Debate Mate competition. Thank you to Ms Kerai for the
time put in to the debating club’s continuing success.
Lastly it is with great sadness that we say goodbye to three members of our staff this term: Miss
Clarke, Miss Prince and Miss Branch are moving on, and they leave with the gratitude and best
wishes of staff and students.
Ms Steven
Head of English
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SCIENCE MUSEUM TRIP
Year 9 students on a trip to the Science Museum. One of their activities involves the students
going round the museum in groups and taking photos of themselves acting out science
concepts.
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MUSIC AND PERFORMAING ARTS
On Thursday 11th June it was announced that the
Music Department of Preston Manor School was
one of eight schools in the capital winning the
Mayor of London’s prestigious Music Excellence in
School’s Award for 2015. Mr. Crawley (Director of
Music/Head of Performing Arts) attended an
awards ceremony at the Roundhouse which was
hosted by Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London
and featured Ray Davies (of British band ‘The
Kinks’ fame) and composer of many hit west end
musicals Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.
July saw Preston Manor’s students performing at Apple’s
education conference held at Brent’s Civic Centre. Students Kenny Mpanga, Alex Kempson, Joseph McGovern
and Gustavo Da Silva performed a range of music including an original dance music piece from Kenny, a song
from Gustavo and Joseph and Alex’s progressive rock
inspired composition for synthesiser and electric guitar. In
the hot weather performing on the balcony outside ‘the
drum’ overlooking Wembley Stadium and the rest of the
borough provided a welcome change of scenery and
temperature.
Other examples of Preston Manor’s musical talent may
now also be found on Sir Paul McCartney’s Meet Free
Monday website which showcases our work for this
worthwhile cause. Please follow the link to listen the music.
http://www.meatfreemondays.com/student-work/meat-free-monday-music/
On Saturday 4th July the Music Academy held its annual Summer Concert which featured the usual range
of solo items including a Rachmaninov Prelude, Eric Satie’s Gnossienne No 1 and Gymnopedie No 2. The
orchestra perfromed a suite of themes from the current televsion version of ‘Sherlock’. The concert closed
with the combined forces of the orchestra, junior and senior choirs peforming the gospel classic ‘Oh Happy
Day’.
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P E Department
Preston Manor has had an extremely successful year in sport, competing in many Brent Cup finals and
building on the success of last year. One of our successful Brent Cup victories came from our Year 10
Girls Football team On the 13th May, Preston Manor competed in the Brent League Championships.
Preston Manor got off to a flying start beating Queens Park 2-0 with goals from Nicole and Tori and some
superb defending from KJ and Bridget. They then narrowly lost to Ark Academy in the final group stage
match, with a late minute goal. This left Preston Manor to face Ark in the final of the Brent Cup.
A really tense affair saw neither side create many chances, with the most clear cut coming from a Gertrude long throw, Lucia narrowly missing out at the back post. More solid defending from both sides, in
particular Bridget at the back for Preston Manor saw the scores level at full time.
Extra time ensued, Tori came within a whisker of heading the ball in from another excellent Nicole corner.
At the other end, Amy made a spectacular save in the final seconds to tip a certain goal into the bar.
Penalties it was.
Ark scored first, Nicole replied with a calm bottom corner finish. Amy then made a superb stop, KJ slotted
home Preston Manor’s 2nd. Amy then made another outstanding stop to really put the pressure on Ark.
Lucia calmly slotted home Preston Manor’s 3rd leaving Amy to make another brilliant save and crown
Preston Manor CHAMPIONS!!!!
All the girls were an absolute credit to the school and worked tirelessly for each other on what was a really
hot day. Player of the match must go to Amy for her superb penalty saves in the final, but all the team
deserve credit for their hard work and commitment all year.
The PE/Sport newsletter is due out next week with lots more stories of success from what has been a
great year of sport at Preston Manor!
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The achievements of the Whole School Council have been considerable this year. Their
successes include:
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The introduction of lockers
Hooks on back of toilet doors
Improved CCTV coverage of areas of the school site
Increased feedback to canteen management and services
Regular maintenance of school water fountains (now quarterly)
Spearheading of Nepal Appeal which raised over £700 for charity
The members of this year’s Whole School Council were:
Diana Molla
Gustavo Silva
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7P
7N
Monique Adedeji
Bilal Hamza
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8A
8R
Zainab Bakir
Said Ali
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9O
9P
Angela Molla
Daniel Adjei
Haroun-Bilal Ali
Rajvi Patel
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10E
10P
10A
10M
Sahara Ezzat
Samuel Suarez
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11R
11A
Muna Nour
Renell Harding
Jalal Pamire-Muhammad
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12R
12T
12M
Janvi Patel
Nerugen Sivasothirajah
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13E
13E
Thank you to all of them for helping Preston Manor become even better!
Mr Graham
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