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Ark Putney Academy Newsletter - 04/11/2016 Edition 6

I hope you all have had a restful half term and a positive first week back at school, despite the weather getting colder and the days getting darker.

This weekend is bonfire night, and I am sure many of you will be going to fireworks displays or parties. Bonfire night is a fantastic night steeped in British history, but it is important that you are all careful. Here are some important rules:• Stand far away from fireworks and

bonfires• Only use sparklers whilst wearing

gloves, only use one at a time, hold them at arms length and make sure you are supervised by an adult.

• Keep a bucket of water hand for emergencies

• Make sure any pets are inside during bonfire night.

• Do not light any fireworks after 11pm as this is illegal!

Most of all, make sure you have fun!Have a lovely weekend.Ms Downey

Stars of the Week

Ethan

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ahaan

Alhassan

Due

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Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

HAVE YOU GOT YOUR TICKET YET?Come and support APA students in our own unique production of HAMLET! Tickets available NOW from RADA Studio Box Office 0207 3075060Hamlet will be performed at the RADA Studios, 16 Chenies Street, London on November 14th at 7pm. See you there!

Year 11

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Spotted at APA

Last term’s spooky pumpkin carving Halloween competition.

Attendance Reward Trip22 students who have sustained 100% attendance and the most improved students in terms of attendance were identified across the year groups. As a reward they were taken on a trip to watch the TV show ‘Catchphrase’. If you want to be in with a chance of being rewarded for attendance and punctuality ensure you are in school every day on time!!

APA Community

Messages from

the Heads of Year

Welcome back year 7s! I hope you all had a restful break and have come back excited for the second half of the autumn term.

Tuesday’s assembly was a little different with a road safety presentation. Congratulations on being such an attentive audience, we were very impressed with the thoughtful responses you gave. I hope it made you think more about your safety to and from school.

Asmaahan is this week’s student of the week for her great dedication to our year 7 Community. Her kindness and support of her peers is amazing, as are her apple and sultana pancakes!

We have a lot of rewards trips coming up including ice skating – make sure you’re here every day to have a chance at participating.

Year 7Miss Cameron

Year 8Miss Bingham

Year 9Ms Harvey

Year 10Miss McMillan

Dear Year 9,

It was great seeing you this week for our resilience assembly- facing your fears and being resilient is great character building. On the topic of resilience, we have assessment week coming up very soon- ensure you are revising and using SMHW and speaking to your subject teachers to support you in this crucial time.

Huge well done to 9NCO- the best attendance this week! With second place 9COL, third 9MEV and fourth 9KTO- there will be a special prize for the tutor with the best attendance this term very soon!

Tutor points league:1st- MEV2nd- KTO3rd- COL4th- NCO

Star of the week is Alhassan- amazing attendance, punctuality and a top point scorer!- well done!

Keep up the fantastic work and have a great weekend.

Year 10, What an excellent first week back. Filled with good behaviour, Year 10 Information Evening, an attendance trip to ITV studios, a FULL day of rehearsal on Tuesday and a fantastic Geography trip- Well done all of you involved. I would like to congratulate ALL of year 10 Geography on a fantastic Geography Field Trip. Mr Collins was very impressed with all of your hard work and behaviour.

I personally can’t wait to come and watch the SSF- I know how hard you are all working and I know the credit you will be to our school. Don’t forget your tickets too. Have a restful weekend,

Miss McMillan

Student of the week – Ethan Newman – for his consistent effort in lessons which is contributing to him being top male points scorer in the year!

Pillar achievement of the week – Stephen Said – top teamwork point scorer in the year – keep it up!

Well done to all that earned their place at the attendance rewards trip on Tuesday to the filming of Catchphrase, it was a great night and you all represented the Academy brilliantly.

Don’t forget to get your Shakespeare School festival tickets for the performance at RADA on Monday 14th November.

Miss Bingham

3348 points

95% attendance

Year 11 - Miss Lake

A reminder to you all that it is your parents evening next week. Please ensure you get appointment times with all of your teachers and that your return slips are handed in to tutors.It is the first opportunity you will have to discuss your progress since last year and what you need to do in order to be successful in your up-coming Mock exams.

Student of the weekBartosz Kreft for always making me laugh both at and with him!!!!

Pillar of the weekPierre-Laurent for a great amount of effort across all his subjects this week

APA Curriculum and Achievement

I want to congratulate the Year 10 Geography students for their excellent work and attitude to leaning shown on the Geography field trip on Wednesday. After an early start they all remained up-beat and enthusiastic throughout the day, keeping up with the (some would say brutal) pace set by the teachers down and up some very steep hills. I believe the final count was 23,000 steps and over 10km walked. Pictures were taken, great landforms were seen (and walked on), fossils were found and throughout your great attitude constantly kept me smiling. So well done to all of you.

Drop of the trip goes to Abdi, followed closely by Ibrar. “Genius” of the trip goes to Ibrahim who managed to be both late and then forgot his clip board with his work book; I hope you get everything copied up in time for Monday!

-Mr Collins

Year 10 Geography Trip Year 10 Neutralisation Challenge

Year 9 Set 1 are learning about Neutralisation as the moment. This week their challenge was to use acid, alkali and indicator to make a rainbow of colours, to make different strengths of acid and alkalis

Maslah Noor - Work Experience

Maslah Noor, an APA Sixth Form student, used his half-term wisely by gaining some valuable work experience at Lombard Wharf, a striking new development located within Battersea. Mehmet was the first work experience student at the Development, where a 2 bedroom apartment could cost a mere £1,072,500. Maslah received a glowing report from the site manager assistant, who described Maslah as “extremely capable and friendly with an eagerness to learn

APA Community

“Big up Sixth Form for doing well towards university. Keep up the good work!” Tyshondre

“Big up Tylar for being amazing<3” Anon

“Big up Paul Conte” Anon

“Big up Levi Quartey for being so nice” Tyshondre

“Big Up Miss Beck for being funny” Josh

“Big Up Ms Carter for making me smile all the time.” Anon

“Big up Mr Marshall for being a good musician” Anon

“Big up Louis for being awesome like Batman” Tyshondre

“Big Up Nathan for being a cool dude.” Anon

“Big up Brenda, Calesse and Karen for being so funny in Science! Haha my big mouth” Courtney xxxx

“Big up Miss Carter for being kind and intelligent” Anon

“Big up Mr Solari for being a good Art Teacher.” Tyshondre

“Big up Anna, Alea, Brenda, Calesse, Kaliyah, Saphyra, Rumaysah, Karen, Valeria, Jimena, Shakira and Shania” Abigail

Big Up Box US Presidential Election -Who would YOU choose?

Basic Information:An American Politician and the democratic nominee for the 2016 US election. She was the first lady of the United States during the presidency of her spouse Bill Clinton in 1993 to 2001policies:Economic:A fair tax system. - raising income tax to those earning over $400,000Raising minimum wage to $15 an hour.Prevent children growing up in poverty.Supporting workers rights.Domestic:Early childhood educationImprove technology and innovationMaking college debt-free and taking on student debtAffordable health careDefense:Strengthen the defences back in the US to prevent future terrorist attacks.Smart and sustainable military.International/Immigration:Work with allied countries to help dismantle global terrorist networks such as ISIS.Build stronger ties with nearby countries.as called for an increase in the number of Syrian refugees resettled in the US from the current 10,000 annual level to 65,000Individual rights::Fixing current gun laws and restricting and limiting guns in America.Women’s rights and opportunity -Pro ChoiceTake on the threat of climate change by more stringent regulations on energy industry

Basic Information: Donald John Trump is an American businessman, television producer, and politician who is the Republican Party nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election.Economic:Reducing the number of tax brackets from seven to three, cutting corporate taxes, eliminating the estate taxSays he will create 25 million jobs over 10 years, saying too many jobs, especially in manufacturing, are being lost to other countriesDomestic:No official position statements on environmental issuesRepeal Obamacare legislationImmediately add an additional federal investment of $20 billion towards school choice. This will be done by reprioritising existing federal dollars.Defense:Hard-line stance toward combating IS Would increase the size of the U.S. Army to 540,000 active duty soldiersHe says Nato should do more to combat terrorism in the Middle East.International/Immigration:Begin working on an impenetrable physical wall on the southern border, on day one. Mexico proposed to for the wall.Establish new immigration controls to boost wages and to ensure that open jobs are offered to American workers first.Individual rights:Pro-Life (Anti-abortion)Defends the Second Amendment -The right of the people to keep and bear Arms.Plans to legalise marijuana.

On Tuesday the citizens of America will vote for a new president. The person elected will arguably become the most powerful leader in the world. Here at APA we are going to hold our own election and see how our results compare to what takes place in America. The ballot box will be coming round to tutors on Tuesday morning so its time to start researching who you want to vote for. You will hear more new week but here are some basic facts about the policies of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

APA Sports News

Sky Sports Living for SportOur APA Sky Sports Living for Sport Group kicked off their project this week with an orientation lesson. It was a lesson based on teamwork and saw team O’Shane battle it out with team Emmanuel over 4 fun games badminton, tug of war, river crossing and 3 in a row. Congratulations to Team Emmanuel who won 5-3. The project will last 7 weeks and see the group take part in various sports sessions to help develop life skills.

Year 7 vs City Heights Academy On the final day of last half term the year 7 boys continued their unbeaten run with a 2-1 win over City Heights Academy. It was their toughest game so far but APA showed teamwork and effort from start to finish. Both goals were scored by Fabian Williams in the first half and some magnificent saves from goalkeeper Dominic Smart prevented CHA from scoring on many occasions. Overall all players put on a great show for those who came to support and should be extremely proud of 3 wins out of 3 so far.

The next challenge for the year 7s will be in the ‘English School Football Association’ cup against The Harefield Academy.

Bike-Run event at The Hurlingham Academy

We have an exciting event coming up on the 15th November at The Hurlingham Academy. Students will work to complete 2 activities a static bike and run. Overall, the aim of the event is to try to collectively match the distance Tim Peake took to get to the space station.

PE Pillar Students of the weekEach week the PE staff will nominate 6 pupils who demonstrate the pillars in class or PE extra-curricular clubs. As well as being published in our newsletter their names will go up on our Pillar star board which can be found in the PE department. Effort - Soham Bendre – always giving 100% Commitment - Sarah Fellouh – asked to do extra rowing and produced a great time.Community - Daniel Edgley – work on the Sky Sports project with Mr Sheehan.Independence - Calesse Nymn – focused and 100% concentration with her class work in BTEC sport theory lesson.Teamwork - Dominic Smart – part of the badminton and year 7 football team.Enthusiasm - Kate Muldowney – approaching all tasks in lessons with a fabulous attitude helping her come up with creative and well executed gymnastics routines.

Upcoming fixtures and events:• Tuesday 15th November: Bike-Run event @ The Hurlingham Academy• 7th November and 14th November: London Youth Games 2017 Cricket Trials and training

Extra-Curricular ClubsAll PE extra-curricular clubs have restarted including ballet and ks3 rugby which will be starting from next Monday. There will be a lot of competitions coming up in all sports so get yourself down to the clubs and you could be a part of one of the APA sports teams.Please see this term’s club timetable in the PE department, on the school screens or ask your tutors. Be sure to attend as many as possible!

sessions for year 7 and 8 boys and girls (For more details speak with Mr Sheehan). • Wandsworth School Games Badminton Competition KS4 boys Wed 30th November 2016 (if interested see Mr Sheehan).