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We have come to the end of assessment week for years 7-10. This means every year group has now finished their Autumn 2 exams. Well done to all of you for the effort you put in and the maturity you showed lining up and being quiet as you entered the hall. For Key Stage 3 students this may have been the first time you’ve taken a test in real exam conditions. Beginning to learn the correct procedure for sitting formal exams will stand you in good stead for when you take your GCSEs in year 11.Next week we will be back to normal lessons, but you still need to remember your APA 10-a-day to make sure you’re fully prepared for all your lessons.I hope you all enjoy your long weekend and come back refreshed for the week ahead.

Spotted at APA

Newsletter Edition 47 ~ 03-12-2015

Students of the week

Ye

ar 7: Mia Tickel

Year 8: Simeon G

reenidge

Year

10:Sabir Abdalla

Year 1

1: J

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han Said

Year

9: L

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sther Kacou

Year 7 girls having their music extra-curricular singing and drumming lessons as part of the music project funded by Mumford and Sons.

Welcome from the Heads of Year

Mis

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Mr

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n: Year 9&10 As we move towards the end

of the term and realise that there are only just over 3 weeks before Christmas, (behind on the Christmas shopping again!), well done to the following students who have achieved the greatest number of achievement points throughout the Year so far. Well done on this

excellent achievement. Congratulations to the following students:

As we come to the end of your first assessment week at the Academy I hope you have all done yourself proud and tried your best in all of your assessments. Not only have these been an opportunity for you to show how much progress you are making but it is a chance to practise going into and being in

the hall as you will for your GCSE’s at the end of year 11. Some of you didn’t get this quite right, I hope you now know how to conduct yourself properly in preparation for these exams. Your teachers will be working hard to get these marked but bear in mind that the whole school has sat assessments so it will take some time to work out your level, please don’t ask your teachers for these, they will pass them on when they are complete.This week also saw the green light given for a DISCO for all of year 7 and 8 just before we break up for Christmas. Details and a poster are also in this newsletter so look out for it as all the details are on there. The school council will be coming around next week selling tickets during afternoon tutor time, they will be £2, don’t forget to bring in some money!

I’m pleased to report that our pillar point leader board is seeing some new names emerging, although Louise (Commitment, Independence and Effort) and Alex P (Community and Teamwork) still dominate, Tyrese Fearon is now joint leader with Alex for teamwork points and Vriddhi, Sila and Christopher all share the lead for Enthusiasm points. It is still very competitive at the top of all the leader boards so keep doing everything you can to earn those points, they will help you achieve your target grades as well as get rewards throughout the year.Well done to Shannon Collen-Broome, Christopher Parish, Max Rowley, Maham Saleem, Shannelle Dixon, Alexandre Gallimore, Tia Josiah, Molly Walker Dowell, Zhane-Goldie Hurdle, Kyran Taylor and Rochelle Smith who have started to improve their attendance and move closer to that magic number of 96% which represents the amount of time we must spend in school to allow us to reach or achieve above our target grade. Also huge congratulations to the thirty three students who are still on 100% attendance for the year, this is an impressive number and is over a third of the year group, keep going, especially now when we all start feel tired and unwell with the cold weather. Even if you feel a little unwell once we are up and in the swing of a day in school we often feel much better.This week’s star of the week goes to a young lady who like last week’s winner has been quietly getting it right since September and she is someone who has an exemplary attendance and punctuality record and is clearly getting it right in lessons as she has collected over forty positive points, well done Mia Tickel, a deserving winner of the queue jump pass, come and collect it from the head of year office on Monday.After revising and working hard this week, make sure you reward yourself by relaxing and doing the things that make you happy this weekend, make use of a three day weekend while your teachers mark your assessments!

Year 9:Eugenia Gomez-116Eleesha Baker-101Duejon Baker-90Brenda Amponsaa-Safo-89Jasmine Harding-84Robyn Smart-79Kayla Longuehaye-79Shakira Brown-74Abigail Nzola-73Lynn-Esther Kacou-73Shakira Badr-73Lia Lothian-71Kaliyah Roye-70Daisy Fieldhouse-69Jeiel Oakley-67Nadia Nelson-65Anton Reva-64Theo Pulit-61Maria Villegas-Calderon-59Anna-Ruth Stephens-58Rumaysah Khalif-57=Troy Piedade-‘Remarkable Improvement’.

Year 10:Elijah Christie-Clarke-48Gina Wisniewska-48Suzannah Harris-45O’Shane Stewart-41Ashia Abeberese-40Shamielle Grant-40Jordan Omadoye-38Sabir Abdalla-37Daniel Edgley-37Lukasz Laskowski-37Emmanuel Brefo-36Leo Grant-36Liana Marshall-36Elizabeth Rowe-36Taig Lee-Salter-34Nancy Moles-Maunder-34Alex Guertin-33Melissa Reid-33Meriem Aouragh-31Aaliyah Casady-31

A really well done to all those students for their continued hard work and dedication.Finally a reminder that I am still looking for BRUNEL volunteers for cake making for the Christmas Evening, please see me ASAP.Have a good weekend.

Don’t forget to always try to consider the Ark Putney Academy Six Pillars when you go about your day both inside and out of lessons.

School Announcements

Handball Result

APA 7 Raynes Park 0

Year 8 Football Match

A dominant performance again this week by the year 8 football team. Goals from Joseph, Josh, Mark, Florian, Aaron and Simeon 2

Well played year 8!The year 8’s played in their first ever handball tournament on Wednesday. We lost our first game 6-5 v Southfields, but bounced back to beat Bolingbroke 7-4.

Ignacio Galarce was man of the tournament for APA with some outstanding saves in goal.

Team: Joseph IfayomiJosh Dowling ReynoldsMark DdembeIsaac OnyekaAmiya WilliamsFlorian TopaIgnacio Galarce

compete, this will roll over to next Friday where we can hopefully crown (fingers crossed for our House) the Skip-A-Thon champ!

As you will see- there is a code breaker on our House notice board- to crack the Turing code, use this formula! 1= a 2= b c =3 and so on….A bag of sweets are up for grabs for the first person to crack the code.

Mis

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y: Year 8Dear Turing House,

I hope you have all started your Christmas card designs!?

The Skip-a-thon proved a real success last week with 30 students turning up to

Dear year 8,It has been a very busy but focused week with exams; it has been great seeing so many of you revising and utilising the library before and after school.

I look forward to meeting your parents and carers tonight and hope you all receive some targets that will enable you to move forward and reach your target grades.

Well done to Joseph, Josh, Mark, Florian, Aaron and Simeon, who beat Raynes Park with an impressive 7-0!

We have our annual Winter Disco very soon! Student council will be selling tickets next week- don’t leave it too late or they might run out!

Have a great long weekend,Miss Harvey

The parent teachers association is an organisation run by volunteer parents

and staff. We are totally independent and act in the interest of the students and

general wellbeing of the school.

Important Dates for the DiaryWednesday 16th December- APA

Christmas Evening and Carol Concert 5:15-6:45pm

Christmas Evening & ConcertSave the date of Wednesday the 16th December for the APA Christmas Evening and concert!

Come and join us from 5.15 p.m in the main hall. There will be refreshments, mulled wine, a bottle tombola, Christmas decoration stall and our

prize raffle draw which includes a £50 cash prize!!The evening will finish with music and drama from the students of Ark Putney Academy.

Please support this event and we look forward to seeing you there!We are still looking for donations for our bottle tombola stall.

Please search your cupboards and send in your new and unused bottlesto the PTA via reception or Ms Borthwick by the 8th December.

Do You Shop Online?

If you shop online, you can help raise vital funds for the school by going to; http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/invite/OBYXZK/

All you need to do is create an account and use it just like you would use google. Easyfundraising notes where you are shopping and sends a

percentage of your total spend back to the nominated organisation such as Ark Putney Academy at no cost to you!

There are lots of big names and great deals associated with the schemeand there is even a handy app. What’s more it doesn’t cost you a penny! All money raised will go

back to the school and the PTA pledges toensure that this money is used to benefit the students directly.

Please sign up today and if you need any help or advice, please contactthe PTA.

A message from the PTA

I wish it could be Quiz-mas every day

“Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.”Of Mice and men

“Terror made me cruel”Wuthering Heights

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”1984

“We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories.”The Handmaid’s Tale

“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”Jane Eyre

“It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.”The Witches

“Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.”Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Last Week’s Quiz Answers

Author of the Week• Anthony Horowitz was born

on the 5th April 1955 in north London.

• He says, “I think I knew with certainty that I wanted to be a writer around eight.”

• Anthony was sent to boarding school, which he hated. He says that one reason he began writing books for young people was “to make up for the shortcomings of my childhood”.

• As well as being the author of over 50 books including the bestselling ‘Alex Rider’ series, Anthony is also an award winning screenwriter, playwright and journalist.

• He is the writer and creator of ‘Foyle’s War’ and has also written for ‘Poirot’ and ‘Midsommer Murders’.

• Anthony is married with two children and lives in London.

Anthony Horowitz

Could you match all the quotes to the famous novels they were taken from?Can you guess which of these names for Santa Claus

belongs to which country?

Brazil

Papai Noel

Chile

Viejo Pascuero (“Old Man Christmas”

Pere Noel

France

Japan

Hoteiosho (a god or priest who

bears gifts

Poland

Babbo Natale

Italy

Mikulas (St. Nicholas)Hungary

School AnnouncementsTakeover Day

Last Friday, three Dickens House captains (and a rogue Turing House captain) went to Wandsworth Town Hall to take part in an event called ‘Takeover’ Day. Our students joined other students from Wandsworth Schools in shadowing decision makers for the day. Teon Piedade spent the day shadowing Hollis Blake, the Wandsworth youth work and crime prevention manager for Roehampton. Daniel Edgely shadowed Santino Fragola, head of lifelong learning and apprenticeships. All four students followed their designated decision maker for the day and took part in consultations and meetings. Davy said the day was enjoyable because he got to ask questions about why he thought young people commit crime and what is being done to prevent this. A particularly interesting meeting was when they discussed the gang prevention strategy for the borough. Well done to all four students for taking part.Daniel EdgelyLukasz LaskowskiTeon PiedadeDavy Fortes

On Thursday 26th November the under 14 girls football team travelled to Southfields for the annual AFC Wimbledon tournament. After the friendly game on Tuesday the girls were keen to build on the experience and take their football to the next level. Throughout the day the team grew in confidence and skill and were giving teams a good battle in what on lookers commented on being a tournament of extremely high standard. The year 7 girls in the team were actually some of the more experienced footballers and this showed in their composure on the ball, both Leia Sheerin and Nicol Ramos making great contributions in midfield. The defence was secured by Amiya Williams of year 8 who made sure that the other team could not score easy goals. With more time spent training together as a team, it is only a matter of time until the girls taste success on the football pitch. The full squad as follows: Amiya Williams, Nicol Ramos, Zoshea Dacres, Aaliah Manuk, Leia Sheerin, Zhane Hurdle, Emily Efiomayi and Amy Laylah Brewer

U14 Girls Football Match

Last Tuesday the year 12 & 13 Sociology students went on Karl Marx walking tour of London. We were shown the places he lived, and the bars that he held his meetings in which were all in and around London. We were guided by a very intelligent man called Heiko who is currently studying for a PHD in Chinese Economics and the influence of Marxism.

Year 13 and 13 Sociology Trip

Departments PageScience Spotlight

For those of you who don’t already know Miss Opoku she is the tutor of 7JOP and the new head of our History Department.

Scan the QR code to watch the clip

Year 9 were testing a range of foods for the presence of fats, sugar, starch, protein using the chemicals benedict’s solution, iodine, ethanol, biurets solution

Year 7 were getting some practise in using microscopes to see cells magnified hundreds of times!

Don’t Forget Science Club!

Room 2-293.30-4.30 pm

Mondays