Issue 8 - December 2010

Also in this issue:

Children in Need

Book Week

Skin Deep Conference

Bands in the Sand

Hairspray

The school community is celebrating the recently published Section 48 report from Ofsted. We are delighted that we have gained top marks for our distinctiveness and effectiveness in a national standard assessment that complements the Section 5 Ofsted inspection. As a school we were praised for our inclusiveness, with our mission being shared and upheld by all, Christian and non-Christian alike. Strengths included:

♦ clearly defined Christian values ♦ students of all faiths living and learning

harmoniously ♦ outstanding school leadership ♦ a vibrant chaplaincy team

We were recognised as a true Christian community committed to nurturing the ‘whole child’. Students are quoted many times in the report, confirming the support available to them and declaring “without reservation” that the quality of relationships between themselves and the teachers is a major strength of the school. This is confirmed by parents who say that “respect for

each other is a striking feature of school life”. Collective worship is described as “a special time” by students, allowing them to consider important questions and to find answers that help them i n t h e i r personal lives. T h i s w a s evident during the recent Year 7 visit to the Pioneer C e n t r e , a C h r i s t i a n residential activity centre. At Emmanuel our commitment to upholding a strong Christian ethos through the principles we adopt is widely shared and recognised by all who attend and work at the school. It is wonderful to have that recognised, in such glowing terms, by an independent assessor.

Carol Fearria, Headteacher

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PPPRAYERSRAYERSRAYERS OFOFOF HHHOPEOPEOPE FORFORFOR CCCHRISTMASHRISTMASHRISTMAS In the run up to Christmas, students and staff were given stars and invited to write a prayer of hope for Christmas. These prayers are attached to the Christmas tree in the school reception to form poignant and beauti ful decorations.

CCCHRISTMASHRISTMASHRISTMAS INININ THETHETHE CCCITYITYITY: C: C: CARBONARBONARBON Congratulations to our Year 10 band Carbon who won Nottingham City’s annual Battle of the Bands competition Bands In The Sand this term. Adam Bairstow, Sirian Palmer, Liam Whitby, Safrina Henry and Towera Kambona battled it out against eight other bands, all from Nottingham Music School, to win the 11-15 year olds category in the city’s Battle of the Bands competition. The judges praised their energy, performance and song writing expertise, as well as their instrumental and vocal skills. The band performed brilliantly once more in the Christmas in the City Concert at Nottingham’s Albert Hall and again were excellent ambassadors for Emmanuel. Well done to all of you for your hard work, dedication and perseverance. Mrs Bracha, Assistant Headteacher

Nottingham Music School is operated by Nottingham City Music Service and provides opportunities for young musicians from schools across the city to get together to make music. Groups include orchestras, big bands, world music groups and the Band Factory where students can join or form their own bands. Many of these groups take part in high profile events in the city such as Christmas in the City, Light Night & Colwickstock. Most groups meet weekly on Saturday mornings at Ellis Guilford school in Basford and fees start from as little as £1 per week. For more information please visit the Music School website: www.nottinghammusicschool.org.uk or call the Music Service on 0115 947 6202

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O n M o n d a y 1 3 December, 3 Year 11 students (Catherine Regan, Fiona Morley and Stephanie Roughton) were accompanied by Mr Wolfe in a stunning performance of ‘O Holy Night’ for the Lord Mayor of Rushcliffe’s Civic Carol Service, held at St Paul’s Church, West Bridgford. This is a key event in the council’s

seasonal celebrations and was well attended by local dignitaries and elected councillors. The traditional Carol was arranged for 3-part harmony by the students and they received a suitably effusive ovation for their extremely moving performance. ‘It was great to meet the Mayor, and she was really complimentary about our singing’, said Catherine Regan. The students received great feedback from a wide range of councillors, so an excellent night all in all!

FFFROMROMROM MMMEMPHISEMPHISEMPHIS TOTOTO THETHETHE BBBBCBCBC Having been selected as the only school in Nottingham to take part in the BBC Radio Nottingham Carol Service this year, a performance of the mesmerising ‘The Artisan’, composed by Alice Bentham (Year 13) as part of last year’s Music trip to Memphis, was selected. Alice was ably supported in the performance by Mr Williams, Ya Chun Wang (Year 11), Alicia and Christabel Goode (Year 10) and Rachel To (Year 9), and the haunting and moving composition was extremely well received by the 700 guests to the service. Students had the opportunity to meet all the BBC presenters and represented the school splendidly. The Service featuring Alice’s piece is to be broadcast on BBC Radio Nottingham on Christmas Eve at 6.00pm and Christmas Day at 1.00pm, so tune in to hear our very own students live on the airwaves! Mr Wolfe, Assistant Headteacher

HHHAMPERSAMPERSAMPERS FORFORFOR THETHETHE HHHOMELESSOMELESSOMELESS Students across all year groups have been actively involved in creating Christmas hampers, a feature of our charity programme here at Emmanuel. Each tutor group works together to produce a hamper for ‘Emmanuel House’ in Hockley and 'Friary Drop In' in West Bridgford. These organisations work with the vulnerable and disadvantaged, particularly homelessness. As part of our community service

programme all students are encouraged to take part, creating a vibrant atmosphere around school. As ever, students have been thoughtful and generous as they endeavour to be the tutor group with the best hamper! On behalf of Heads of House. I would like to offer our sincere thanks for all of the hard work that students and staff have devoted to supporting others in need. Mrs Whitaker, Head of Blue House

Year 11 students Fiona Morley, Stephanie Roughton and Catherine Regan with Mrs

Marie Males, Mayor of Rushcliffe

Chaplains Diane Tregale and Phil Marsh with Year 10 students Ben Robson, Shannon Edson and Ash ley Cough lan, Dani e l Atherton, Year 11 and Miss Salt, Teaching and Learning Assistant

Carbon members Liam Whitby (bass), Safrina Henry and Towera Kambona (vocals), Sirian Palmer (drums)

and Adam Bairstow (guitar) performing in the final

Alice Bentham leads the chamber ensemble in ‘Artisan’

YYYOUOUOU CCCANANAN’’’TTT SSSTOPTOPTOP THETHETHE BBBEATEATEAT!!! Over 80 students from Years 7 to 13 performed “Hairspray!” for three nights this term. We have such a talented group of students that we had THREE casts! This c r e a t e d s o m e i n t e r e s t i n g complications whilst r ehe a rs i ng , b u t resulted in top class performances to virtually full houses every night. Students a l s o e n j o y e d performing to local primary schools. Anyone involved will have felt the buzz from the singing, acting, dancing and live music. Emmanuel is establishing a reputation for bringing top West End musicals to West Bridgford! Grateful thanks must go to all the people, too numerous to mention, who helped put the show together. What a great team spirit! Mr Ireson, Director

CHILDREN IN NEEDCHILDREN IN NEEDCHILDREN IN NEED

Friday 19 November saw the annual 'Children in Need' Charity

day. The Learning Support team, along with Friday 'Kaleidoscope Club' and NOCN (National Open College

Network) made and decorated cakes for a lunch time cake sale. Staff and students from

around the school came out in support raising £140 for this worthwhile charity. Pudsey (Mrs

Oakley) made a guest appearance, bringing

many smiles and much laughter, going around the school, dining hall, staff room and even a

visit to Mrs Fearria's office where contributions were gratefully received!

Mrs Oakley, Teaching and Learning Assistant, as Pudsey

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On 16 November, the R.S. department took 60 students to Southwell Minster on a fantastic trip with lots of exciting activities. On the theme of self esteem and our value to God, students had the chance to witness an engaging and poignant drama based on the Christmas Truce of 1914 by the Riding Lights Theatre Company. Following this, there was a drama workshop where students expressed their views and shared ideas in relation to self esteem. An in-depth question and answer session with the actor clearly showed that the students had captured the thought provoking experience. The afternoon provided further opportunity for students to engage in workshops on story telling, word art, clay a n d a m u l t i m e d i a presentation on perception. Students thoroughly enjoyed their experiences at Southwell: ‘It was great, I really enjoyed it!’ Kristian Georgev 708. ‘Aww, I don’t want to leave, I’m having so much fun…’ Abigail Pendergast 708

Mr Skinner, Religious Studies

BBBOOKOOKOOK WWWEEKEEKEEK 201020102010 Congratulations to crime writers:

♦ Molly Mansfield 708 ♦ Talia Bennett 801 ♦ Charlotte Taylor 906 ♦ Rebecca Dixon 1107 who all won prizes in the crime writing competition. Malcolm Rose, our guest author, judged the entries and all winners

received books from Malcolm, who kindly signed and wrote a personal message inside every one.

Commendations go to: ♦ Emily Ward, 1101 ♦ Alicia Goode, 1004 ♦ Fionnghuala Arthurson, 1004 ♦ Hannah McDermott, 804 ♦ Sabah Ahmed, 803 ♦ Hannah Sekula, 803 ♦ Miriam Morson, 705 ♦ Grace Ellerby, 708 ♦ Natasha Darkin-Price, 707

Winners of The Malcolm Rose quiz:

♦ Katie Slepko 802 ♦ Talia Bennett 801 ♦ Nijla Khan 802

Winners of the Teacher Crime Label

competition: ♦ Rebekah Harrison 708 ♦ Vikki Thomas 708 ♦ Dani Bernard-Carlin 707 ♦ Sabah Ahmed 803 ♦ Alicia Goode 1004 ♦ Natasha Darkin-Price 707 ♦ Hannah Sekula 803

Mr Pycroft, Learning Resource Centre Manager

DDDESIGNERESIGNERESIGNER OFOFOF THETHETHE MMMONTHONTHONTH The Design and Technology

department would like to congratulate the following Designers of the Month

TEXTILESTEXTILESTEXTILES

Year 7: Alex Boden Excellent Multi-cultural shoe

Year 8: Javon Morris-Springer: Excellent design drawings.

Year 9: Sajid Bukhari: Excellent smart t-shirt

FOODFOODFOOD Year 7: Sophie Crew

Excellent Healthy Sandwich

Year 8: Nadeem Latif Excellent Pizza Evaluation

Year 9: Jasmine Wakefield Excellent cooking skills shown

in International Cuisine

Miss Jones, Design Technology

CCITYITY CCHAMPIONSHAMPIONS!!!!

On a cold and damp evening at Southglade Leisure

Centre's, the City Finals for Y7 Boys Football took shape.

Semi Final Line up of Top Valley v Emmanuel & Trinity V

Nottingham Academy was an exciting prospect as all 4

teams had shown their class in the group stages. It was

Trinity and Emmanuel who excelled reaching the final - a

tight affair with both teams making a cautious start to takie

the game 0 v 0 at half time. After motivational half time team

talks both teams came out looking for the win. It was

Emmanuel who pounced on the counter attack breaking the

deadlock; from here on Emmanuel looked the more positive.

Trinity battled to get back into the game but this time to no

avail as Emmanuel again on the counter attack secured the

match winner. Emmanuel 2 - 0 Trinity!

Mr Rough, Head of Red House

Congratulations to:Congratulations to:Congratulations to: Nicole Cox, 703, Nicole Cox, 703, Nicole Cox, 703, who is achieving huge success as a dancer. Nicole started ballet dancing at the age of 2 ½ and progressed to tap, modern jazz and limbering. Her very f irst competition was in modern dance and she received 3rd place at the age of 5. Since then she has competed in over 35 dances in modern, ballet, tap, and lyrical categories in solos, duets, trios and groups, earning honours in all of them. Nicole has taken a dance exam every year since the age of 5

and has performed at the cooperative arts theatre many

times with her dance school. Well done Nicole!

The Under 15 and Under 13 Girls’ Cricket Teams The Under 15 and Under 13 Girls’ Cricket Teams The Under 15 and Under 13 Girls’ Cricket Teams who represented the school in the Lady Taverners indoor cricket competition. Both the U15s and U13s came out on top, winning their final game against NUSA, with players of the match being awarded to Shereena Begum (804) and Trish Mukandi (901) for their consistent batting and improved

bowling. Well done to all involved and good luck for the next

competition in February!! Miss Gibson, Head of Yellow House

The Year 10 JLSA (Junior Sports Leadership Award) The Year 10 JLSA (Junior Sports Leadership Award) The Year 10 JLSA (Junior Sports Leadership Award) students students students who organised and delivered a multi-skills sports festival to over 120 Year 2 students from 4 of our feeder schools. The 15 students led the activities in a very successful event. The students loved it and the Primary school teachers praised our students for their e x c e l l e n t o r g a n i s a t i o n .

Congratulations! Mr Irons, PE Department

DDDATESATESATES FORFORFOR YOURYOURYOUR DIARYDIARYDIARY

Wednesday 5 January: beginning of Spring Term

Wednesday 12 January , 6.30: ASD Parent Forum

Thursday 13 January, 7.00: Parent Prayer Group

Wednesday 19 January, 4.30: Y11 Parent/Tutor Evening

Thursday 20 January , 7.00: Parent Partnership Forum

Thursday 27January, 4.30: Post 16 Parent Evening

Thursday 3 February, 4.30: Year 8 Parent Evening

Tuesday 8 February, 7.00: Post 16 Music Recital

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FFANTASYANTASY FFOOTBALLOOTBALL This season has seen the launch of Emmanuel's Fantasy Football League with an amazing 44 teams entered across all year

groups and the staff. Each year group winner will receive a pin badge at the end of the season, with the overall winner receiving a Trophy. There I can reveal that November’s Manager of the Month was Jade Wass, 907. The winners are:

♦ Year 7 - Rebekah Harrison & Grace Ellerby ♦ Year 8 - Mr Wigman's tutor group, 805

♦ Year 9 - Jade Wass, 907

♦ Year 10 - Kurtis Shand & Pavandeep Lidher

♦ Year 11 - Miss Tossell's tutor group, 1101

♦ Staff - Mr Barker, Maths Department

Mr Thomas, Academic Mentor

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