11th December 2015 - Nishkam School Trust

Friday 11th December
LEADERSHIP LETTER
Dates for your diary
Christmas Holidays
Dear parents/carers,
The Autumn Term is traditionally the longest of the school year. This term has seen our
Year 10 students begin their GCSE journey and I have been delighted with their response to the academic challenges that they have faced. In the sixth form we have
welcomed new students into Year 12 and have appointed Head Boy and Head Girl
as our most significant student leaders. It is also always inspirational to watch the developing contributions from our Year 7 pupils as they become more familiar with the
new surroundings of ‘big school’.
The school, of course, continues to grow and our staffing expands to meet our
needs; we therefore keenly anticipate the arrival of two new colleagues after Christmas. Mr Brush will take on the lead of the PE Faculty and Ms Moody will become the
subject leader of History. We are also intent on letting parents know more about
what is happening within the school and our Facebook page has proven popular
and provided coverage of sporting fixtures, extra curricular visits and curriculum enrichment opportunities.
The last day of term is
Friday 18th
December
at 1:15pm
School will resume on
Tuesday 5th Jan 2016
You can contact the
school office until the
22nd Dec and then
again after the 4th Jan
Finally, your child has been provided with a beautiful Faith Journal to allow them to
reflect and capture any aspect of their Nishkam journey that facilitates their personal growth and development. The Christmas and New Year break will afford us all the
opportunity to reflect on the past twelve months and look forward to the year
ahead. I hope it will be a restful time and one in which you are able to enjoy quality
family time together.
School will close on Friday December 18 at 1.15pm; it re-opens for pupils on Tuesday
January 5, 2016, at 8.30am.
Highest number of points
in form:
Truth:
Y7 Daniel Bashir
Y8 KirpaJoyt Balgard
Y9 Nuvrattan Gumman
Y10 Jacob Constable
Kind regards,
Contacting the school office during the
Christmas holidays
If you need to contact the school office during the
Christmas break, you can do so until the 22nd December;
the school office will then re-open on the 4th January.
Archbishop Bernard Longley and
B’hai Sahib Mohinder Singh opening the Start Now performance at
Birmingham University which featured six Nishkam students.
Please turn over to find out more
about the Start Now
performances.
Humility:
Y7 Gurvir Rai
Y8 Manbir Dhindsa
Y9 Sunita Sangar and
Ryan Lemm
Y10 Kirnprit Kaur
Compassion:
Y7 Rajvir Rai
Y8 Samran Narwain and
Robineep Singh
Y9 Jagdeep Sachar
Y10 Jordan Baley
Contentment:
Y7 Ujjal Jheeta
Y8 Pavandeep Mann
Y9 Alisha Shergill
Y10 Charandeep Bassi
Overall Form point
Winners:
7 Compassion
8 Truth
9 Humility
10 Truth
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Start Now
On Wednesday 2nd December, six Nishkam High students took part in the Focolare promoted Start Now performance at Birmingham University in Edgbaston.
Following three days of rehearsals, students from across
a number of schools in Birmingham took to the stage to
sing, dance and act in a variety of set pieces focusing
on the theme of The Golden Rule – treating others as
you would like to be treated. Students were able to work
with the professional Gen Verde international performing arts group and the results of the intensive coaching
sessions were spectacular.
The six students who impressed at the event were Gessica Randhawa, Jade Rai, Ujal Jheeta and Gurjhoot
Bhangoo in Year 7 as well as Amarpreet Assi and Priya
Purewal in Year 8. We hope to take part in the initiative
again next year and would love to see a greater number of Nishkam High School students taking part in what
was a truly enriching experience for those involved on
this recent occasion.
Boys sports roundup
Nishkam's basketball teams finished off the year with strong performances across the board. Having not yet won a game so far this season, all came close to
winning this week. An all-round improved performance by all the boys involved meant that, despite loses, the margins of loss were significantly smaller. Great
statements of sportsmanship and fair play were evident this week from the Nishkam boys, across all teams, as decisions frequently did not go their way. The
boys have developed well over the course of the year and their first win is surely not far away. Well done all!
Results
Year 7
Nishkam 10 - 18 Baverstock
Year 8
Nishkam 26 - 32 Baverstock
Year 10
Nishkam 16 - 19 Bishop Challenor
Cultural Studies Projects
Students have now finished their personal projects and are currently presenting their artefacts and research in cultural studies lessons. We have
been impressed by the diverse range of topics explored from the construction of drill powered bikes to the composition of music using a limited
number of chords. Just have a look at the pictures to see the different
projects students have been engaged in.
Teachers are now starting to judge who the form winners will be in years 7
to 9. In January, the overall winner will be
selected by the leadership team. Exciting times!
Debating Matters
Four Year 12 students participated in the qualifying round of Debating Matters on Monday 7th December at Bishop Stopford High School in Kettering.
Chess speaks for itself,
it's going to be
amazing!
*Free maths help*
After a passionate and informed debate on whether museum cultural artefacts should be repatriated, the Nishkam debating team narrowly lost out to
the opposition. The three judges explained that they took so long to deliberate over who should win because all three were not in agreement.
Though the team lost, it was, in the words of Bella Constable, an ‘enriching
and educational experience’. The team look forward to taking part in more
debating competitions in the future. Well done to Jas Hothi, Bella Constable, Harleen Sahota and Jesse Kaur.
Join Mr Nandra for
Chess club
Tuesday Lunchtimes
in S19!
Starting in January!