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his has been another very busy year for the college. We have so much to celebrate, not least the
continued high levels of academic performance across the college. It was extremely satisfying to
maintain the massive improvements we made in the college standards the year before.
In August of this year the college, along with six other Harrow Secondary schools, was granted Academy
status by the Secretary of State. This allows us curriculum freedom and has given us an increase in college
finance. This funding enables us to buy extra support for students and strengthen our ICT provision.
The college always feels really good at this time of the year. I am looking forward to the Winter concert and
the end of term pantomimes. Many students are taking part and I am sure the Christmas events will be
extremely enjoyable.
There is a great deal to look forward to in the New Year. I am sure our GCSE/BTEC, AS/A2 results will be
even better. The aim is to improve another 3%, 5A*-C including English and Maths, which would mean an
increase of 17% overall - a remarkable achievement.
May I remind you that if we get heavy snowfall in the New Year, then please use the website for relevant
information. The website will be updated regularly and you will find all the information you need.
Finally, may I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I am really looking forward to
spending some time with my grandson who is six months old! Thank you
all for your continued support.
Head Teachers Comment
T
Blast Beat Champions!
John Reavley
Page 3
n the 05th of December 24 year 10 and 11 German students went to
the Winter Wonderland German Christmas Market in Hyde Park. It
was an amazing opportunity to see the German culture and traditions.
Students were working in small groups while completing activities and they
had to speak German. Some had a chance to go on rides, many bought some
delicious German food or souveniers. Everybody had a great time and it was an
experience which you can not forget. Frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes Neues
Jahr 2012!
Frau Pucicka
O
orget the Strictly Come Dancing celebrities, the real stars this month at the BBC’s Shepherds Bush studios
were the talented Rooks Heath students Rudy Robinson, Ravi Vyas and Leon Savory, who were all taking
part in the heats of the BBC project ‘Off By Heart’. On Tuesday 15 November I took three Year nine students to the BBC Studios to do a workshop with professional
actors. They also auditioned for a Shakespeare soliloquy in front of an expert panel of judges. The students were
selected for their commitment and effort in their
drama lessons. Rudy, Ravi and Leon all worked
hard every week after school since the beginning of
term rehearsing and polishing their soliloquies. The students performed extracts from Shake-
speare’s ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Romeo & Juliet’. The
judges were very impressed and the students re-
ceived excellent feedback. Unfortunately, they just
failed to make it through to the next round. The
winners will take part in a programme called ‘Off
By Heart’ that will be televised on the BBC in April
2012. Despite not getting through, the students en-
joyed the experience and thought that it was an ex-
citing opportunity. Ms G. Capoluongo
Head of Drama
Rooks Heath At The BBC
F
Wicked Trip n Wednesday 25th November 75 students
and & staff braved the busy London streets
on their way to the Apollo Theatre to see
the musical Wicked. Everyone had a great time and
enjoyed themselves a lot. All of the students were
interested in music and were amazed by it. All the
students would like to say a big thank you to all the
people involved in organising the trip especially Ms
Christensen. They would also like to thank all the
music prefects for their helpfulness
“Wicked!” – Sophia 7B
“Totally awesome!” - Jake, Music Prefect
Jack 7B
O
Visit to The Winter Wonderland
The Welcome Project e, a group of Year 8 & 9 students, over the past 9 weeks created The Welcome Project with Miss
Fenton and Mr. Simmons, the American interns. The Welcome Project is a new way to help casual entrants
enter the school. So far this year, 66 casual entrants have started at Rooks Heath. Part of the project is a video
which is going to be put on to the Rooks Heath
website; the video provides a tour of the school and student
advice. The project also includes a map and students' fa-
vourite foods to eat in the canteen. Lastly, a leaflet contain-
ing tips about classes, resources and more, completes the
project. We think it would be beneficial for the project to get
translated into other languages for the casual entrants who
speak English as an additional language; Mrs. Sritharan has
already translated it into Tamil. We are hopeful that the pro-
ject will go far with support from all the staff at Rooks
Heath. By, Najma Abdi, Caine Barrow, Bhavnil Chavda,
Sejal Govind, Sung-Jae Lee, Narisa Patel,
and Liam Woolgar
W
ell done to all the year 9 Bridging Business and Media
students who took part in the Real Coca Cola
Challenge. The 3 winning Rooks Heath teams
who took their drinks to the Coca-Cola factory
hugely impressed the judges there. Particulary well done to
the winning team; Ravi Vyas, Caitlin Paton, Devonte
Richards, Sakupan Sakunthaleswaran, Vicky Furquim
and Sayyada Ahmed, You never know we may be seeing
their winning drink, Fizzy Fruits, on the shelves of
supermarkets soon! Ms Mordern
Coca Cola Challenge
W
n the 25th of October, Rooks Beat as well Demo (A.K.A Akash), made their way
down to indigO2 for the national finals of Blast Beat 2011! The first part of the
competition involved our company: Rooks Beat, setting up a stall, presenting all
the work to the judges. The stall showed the story of the company throughout the
programme as well as the infamous Rooks Beat cakes. After presenting our work, it was
time for Demo to show the judges how it’s done – Rooks Heath style! With loads of
supporters in the crowd including teachers, the dream team and students from all year
groups, we were all anticipating his performance. Of course he stole the show and rocked
the crowd. We anxiously waited for the results. First, Robert Stephenson – the founder of
Blast Beat presented the results of the business side of the competition. Rooks Beat were
officially crowned the number one ESE (Events Social Enterprise) in the whole country!
Karolina Boguszewska was then presented with an award for the leader of the best
business team. Our own Ms Girvan then won a ‘Spirit of Enterprise’ award. As the battle
of the bands results drew closer we were all as nervous as Demo. He beat Mammoth
Sound who had an enormous fan base, and came second, just after Find Me Next Fall.
Although he didn’t win, Robert Stephenson has shown interest in expanding Demo’s
career so watch out for him in the charts! We wanted to thank the following people: Ms Girvan, Mr Pitchforth, all the
teachers who helped us, everyone who was not part of Blast Beat but still helped us, especially last year’s year 13s, Martin
and Dan for supporting us throughout, as well as Rob for creating the scheme and most of all, the students of Rooks Heath
who have allowed us to raise money.
Karolina, Lauren and Nisha Y13
Rooks Beat Sweep Finals
O
Wednesday 4th January First day of term
Tuesday 10th January Year 8 & 9 Options evening
Monday 16th January Year 9 Options forms due in
Wednesday 18th January Year 11 Consultation Evening
Thursday 19th January Professional Day-College Closed
Wednesday 8th February Year 10 Consultation Evening
Friday 20th January Year 8 Options forms due in
Diary dates
You are invited to a very important evening, where changes in the curriculumfor 2011-12 will be explained and informa-
tion about subjects will be available from Departments. There will be a meeting in the Hall when the process of completing
the Application Form will be explained. After this you will be free to visit displays by Departments. You will have the op-
portunity to ask subject teachers about courses available next year.
It is essential that students, parents and carers attend.
Calling all Year 8 students, parents & carers
Options Evening
Date: TUESDAY 10Date: TUESDAY 10Date: TUESDAY 10Date: TUESDAY 10THTHTHTH JANUARY 2012 JANUARY 2012 JANUARY 2012 JANUARY 2012
Time: 6.30pm Time: 6.30pm Time: 6.30pm Time: 6.30pm
Venue: College HallVenue: College HallVenue: College HallVenue: College Hall
Calling all Year 9 students, parents & carers
Options Evening
Date: TUESDAY 10Date: TUESDAY 10Date: TUESDAY 10Date: TUESDAY 10THTHTHTH JANUARY 2012 JANUARY 2012 JANUARY 2012 JANUARY 2012
Time: 7.15pm Time: 7.15pm Time: 7.15pm Time: 7.15pm
Venue: College HallVenue: College HallVenue: College HallVenue: College Hall
ou cannot beat 11 Violet on
Sports Day and that’s official.
During the summer term the
Tutor Group completed a hat-trick of
wins in the annual inter-form finale. The
photograph shows members of the Tutor
Group celebrating with trophies going
back to their first victory in Year 8. Their
clean sweep of titles is almost unprece-
dented in recent times. Well done, 11
Violet! Undefeated!
Y
n a cold, wet and windy 11th of November the year 12s and year 13’s got
together to carry out an on-going tradition, the football match! A well
organised year 12 turned up with a full team with enough players to help out an
unorganised year 13 team, consisting of only 8 players. Year 12 were kind
enough to help out the year 13s and the game went ahead as planned. As the light
faded, the game began. Year 12 were first to draw blood when Mosheh slotted it
in. Birthday boy Mohid soon levelled things up with a stunning goal and the
game was back on. Soon after that things were to get worse for year 13. Goals
from Harry and on one unfortunate own goal which deflected off one of the year
13 defenders made it 3-1 to year 12. By this point it was getting pretty dark, a
brilliant shot by Charlie meant that year 12 now had what looked to be a convincing lead. A late penalty earned and taken
by Lamar pull a consolation goal back for the year 13a and restored at least some of their dignity. Final score, 4-2. Both
captains felt that it would be a good idea to arrange a rematch later in the year where the year 13s will be looking to seek
revenge. Year 12, beware!
Mohid 13Y and Max 13B
13 Vs 12 Football O