ISSUE 28 AUTUMN SPRING 2016

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IS SUE 28

NEWSLETTER

AU TU M N 2 0 1 5 - SPRI N G 2 0 1 6

We hope you enjoy this and future issues which will be printed at the beginning of every term. “We cannot publish this newsletter without your help!” (More details at the back). SCHOOLS’ MARKETPLACE... On Thursday 15th October 2015, St Paul’s, Whitechapel children attended City Hall for the Autumn Schools Marketplace Competition. Led by Mrs Khan; Wajid, Maryam, Symon and Ummayyah sold produce that pupils had made in school using products from the school garden. They extracted honey from their hive which produced thirty jars of delicious honey. The children also made focaccia topped with tomatoes and herbs along with Fennel and Parmesan biscuits and the most amazing lavender and rosemary soap. All the labeling, packaging and advertising was also made in school. St Paul’s were the competition winners and presented with the award for Most Enterprising Products. James Campbell, Garden Organic CEO, who judged the competition said: “The highlight of my week was the Schools' Marketplace at City Hall in London. I was genuinely overwhelmed by the quite stunning arrays of produce and products from an ever‐increasing array of energised schools ‐ including one (St Paul’s) which only started in March. In addition to wonderful veg and fruit, there was an incredible selection of 'added‐value' items ‐ including lavender and almond soap (made by primary school children), a range of ready meals from school‐grown produce sold weekly (a sixth form college), delicious cakes and foccacia bread with school‐grown toppings.’

150TH ANNIVERSARY... St Saviour’s, Poplar celebrated 150 years as a Church of England School on 1 December 2015. The Bishop of Stepney, The Rt Revd Adrian Newman marked the occasion by attending the school assembly where everyone sang the hymn that had been sung in 1865 and at the end of the ‘egg‐cellent’ assembly sang a new hymn written for the School by their talent music teacher. The School created an amazing exhibition of the history of the School using their extensive archives – how many schools still have the original cane used by the Headteacher in 1865?. All the children were on tenter hooks as the Bishop threw an egg into the air several times and caught it, to point out how ‘egg‐cellent’ is a good education. LDBS Schools Newsletter

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LDBS CHRISTMAS CARD...

NEW SCHOOL...

A level Art student Megan Devenish was surprised and delighted when she heard she had won first prize in the 2015 London Diocesan Board For Schools (LDBS) Christmas card competition.

On 5th November 2015, The Bishop of London, The Rt Rev and Rt Hon Richard Chartres, attended a ceremony to open a new Church of England Primary School St Martin’s, West Drayton which is sponsored by the LDBS Frays Academy Trust. During the visit, the Bishop met teachers and pupils and blessed the new school building. The Bishop also added his hand print to a mural commemorating the birth of the new school, which features the hand prints of all the staff and pupils who were the first to inhabit the building .

Megan’s excellent design incorporates the two sides of Christmas. Firstly the traditional tree with a bauble juxtaposed with the true meaning of Christmas and the Nativity fused within the bauble. Megan, a Y12 student at Bishop Ramsey, Ruislip said she originally found it difficult to decide on her theme as she wished to portray the two connotations of Christmas and tried several different sketches before she arrived at one she liked. Once she had decided, it took her a long time to complete the project but is delighted with her final design. Megan’s design was the LDBS Christmas card for 2015 which was sent around the UK and the world. In addition, the design was featured on the front cover of the order of service for the Diocesan and SPCK Staff Christmas service. Megan was also given a small personal prize.

SCARECROW... St Mary's, Hampton were selected to build and show a scarecrow at last year's Hampton Court Flower Show and the winning design picked from the entries was Leila McCann’s (Paris Class). The children helped build the scarecrow as per Leila's design which was transported to Hampton Court prior to the press day on the 4th July 2015, along with other successful winning designs picked from other schools. Visitors to the Flower Show voted on their favourite scarecrow and the three most popular designs won up to £200 in gardening vouchers. St Mary’s also picked two runners up: Oliver Tattam (Reception Class) and Evie Schaapveld (Cairo Class) and along with Leila's scarecrow displayed them in school as part of their Friday afternoon enrichment programme.

The Bishop was also shown around the school building; a state‐of‐the‐art site that offers modern classrooms, a nursery, large school hall, a modern ICT suite and library, kitchen facilities for school lunches and cookery lessons, large music and dance studios, facilities for children with special educational needs, fun playground equipment and a new multi‐use games area. The school offers over 600 places, including 15 for children with additional needs from September 2016. Executive Head teacher and Chief Executive of the LDBS Frays Academy Trust, Christopher Cole, said: “Twelve months on, our vision has risen from nothing. A first class, state‐of‐the‐art building with resources most Primary schools can only dream of. A library, food technology room and an outdoor learning deck are only some of the facilities our pupils can access.”

APOLOGY: Newsletter Issue 27, page 2 ‐ unfortunately the school name is wrong. It’s not St John’s, Highbury Vale that has the playground, it’s St John’s, Upper Holloway. LDBS Schools Newsletter

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AMAZING CHILDREN...

40TH ANNIVERSARY...

Every Wednesday for six weeks from February to March 2016, Y3 pupils at St Andrew’s, Southgate visited their namesake church to prepare beds which were set up in the church hall. Their work included putting sheets and duvet covers on the beds and making sure the area was clean and tidy, which taught them about responsibility as well as the realities of homelessness. One of the pupils said: “It has been fun – the most fun bits have been working as a team, and choosing what colour toothbrush to give to the person. I always try and pick the pink or purple one. It has changed the way we look at homeless people. I want to do more volunteering now.” Reverend Ed Turner said he originally had misgivings over whether children as young as seven could be responsible enough, but that the students had met the challenge. He said: “They have been amazing, we could not have done it without the children. It’s a fun activity for them, but also gets them thinking about difficult questions regarding the people who come here. You can see how important this project is by the fact we provide 16 beds and they are always full. I stay in the church overnight too, but I have to sleep in the chapel on a £5 lilo. Most schools do good work raising money for charity, but this is something immediate and tangible, which the kids can see makes a difference. I was slightly doubtful that Y3 pupils would manage it, but they take it seriously. They don’t need to know all the gory details about the homeless to help them out.” It is the first year the scheme has been run at the church after being introduced in Enfield two years ago.

St Paul’s British Primary School, Brussels, celebrated its 40th birthday in April 2016 since establishing itself as British Primary and 10 years since the school was re‐invented as St Paul’s British Primary School. They are holding celebratory events throughout the year including a big birthday bash for the children, a knees‐up dance party for parents and an afternoon champagne reception for invited dignitaries. "Being 40 years ‘old’, ascribes a certain amount of collective wisdom to the school and its staff along with a sense of trust and respect that they are able to care for and value every child who comes to the school. However, being 10 years ‘young’ creates an expectation of the exuberance of youth with the ability to be agile and flexible and able to respond to an ever changing world.” The school has been successful in navigating the challenges that it has faced in the last 40 years, including those faced by Belgium as a whole at this time. Placing education, community and security at the heart of the school’s approach, St Paul’s is able to look confidently towards the future. Their active parent teacher association and 4010 event committee produced memory books and commemorative tea towels and the children and staff planted a time capsule and created a special tile mosaic which was unveiled by the founding headmistress, Dorothy Guy MBE (photo). Headteacher, Brett Neilson (photo) thanked the families and children who make the school such an exciting place and the dedicated staff, “Whose commitment, experience and loyalty add incalculable value to the education of our community.”

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INTERNATIONAL BANKERS' ESSAY... Sixth former, Andrea Arhagba from Greig City Academy (GCA), Hornsey took second place in the London‐wide Worshipful Company of International Bankers' Essay Competition. Students had to first compete against their peers within their own school. The challenge was to: Write an Open Letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer justifying their views of the most important issues facing the new government. Andrea’s prose poem to George Osborne made her GCA’s winner, and Daniel Onyeanusi was runner up. They both attended the WICB awards ceremony on 1st December 2015 where they were presented with their certificates and prize money. As overall second prize winner, Andrea was presented with a certificate and additional prize money. She also won a summer Work Experience placement in a department of her choice at NatWest.

SPEAK OUT... On Thursday 14th April 2016, Sir John Cass Redcoat, Stepney hosted the Tower Hamlets regional final of the Jack Petchey’s “Speak Out” Challenge, an incentive available to every state secondary school in London and Essex. The competition is held in association with the Jack Petchey Foundation, and the Speakers Trust organisation, with the aim of promoting a society where everybody has the skills, confidence and desire to speak in public and to speak with clarity and an impact. Y10 students from schools in Tower Hamlets presented a speech on the evening about a topic of interest and importance to them. The presentations were judged by a well esteemed panel, including Peter Fleet (Director‐London. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award), Shane Cook (Station Commander at London Fire Brigade), Andy O’Sullivan (Public Speaking and Presentation Skills Expert), Josie Verghese (Producer, BBC Schools Report), Mark Wiltshire (Director, Bamboo Rocket Apps) and Claudine Duberry (Founder and Director of Taking Positive Steps). Awards were presented by local MP, Rushanara Ali and Deputy Mayor, Sharia Khatun, both of whom spoke about the importance of opportunities like the Speak Out Challenge, how impressive all the speakers were and their pride in the future of Tower Hamlets they saw in each of the participants. Maisha Firdaws from Sir John Cass Redcoat secured 3rd place with her speech titled ‘Cake’ in the regional final and the winner of the regional competition was Sweety Tabassum from Sir John Cass Redcoat, with her speech entitled ‘Open Mindedness’. A panel of judges will watch all 37 speeches based on the same criteria used by the judges at the Regional Finals to choose the 15 young people who will represent their schools and their boroughs to deliver their heart‐felt talks to an audience of over 800. Leena Hussain, Interim Headteacher of Sir John Cass Redcoat said, “We felt privileged to be hosting such a prestigious event, especially as public speaking is so important in all aspects of life, be it education, politics or even socially. We are immensely proud of the young people across Tower Hamlets who participated in the ‘Speak Out’ Challenge. It was a very successful evening for Sir John Cass Redcoat School, as both of our Y10 girls ranked in the top 3. LDBS Schools Newsletter

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LGBT BAKE OFF... The Urswick School, Hackney celebrated the lives and achievements of member of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community. As part of the celebrations, the school hosted the national grand final of the ‘Educate and Celebrate Rainbow Bake Off’ on Friday 12 February 2016. “Educate and Celebrate” is a charity which aims to help schools become LGBT friendly and inclusive environments, eradicating homophobia, biphobia and transphobia from schools and communities. Entries for the bake off opened in November 2015 and saw schools from across the country entering their LGBT creations, which this year had a theme of ‘Make a Noise about Bullying.’ Students, families and members of the public voted for their favourite cake in an online poll and the bakers of the 12 most popular entries were selected to take part in the bake off final. A team of three Sixth Form bakers from The Urswick were selected to take part in the final. Excitement mounted as the contestants arrived for the event and were met by the judging panel: Chef and writer, Jack Monroe, CEO of Educate and Celebrate, Elly Barnes, and President of the Gay Star News, Scott Nunn (photo).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HER MAJESTY...

JRSOS...

On Thursday 21st April 2016, the pupils of St Clement Danes, Drury Lane celebrated the Queen’s 90th birthday in style by dressing up in red, white and blue and enjoying a very special tea‐party outside in the playground, complete with bunting, a rousing rendition of the National Anthem and their own School Anthem.

On Tuesday 2nd February 2016, four Junior Road Safety Officers in Y5 from Bishop Winnington Ingram, Ruislip attended the JRSO Annual Awards Ceremony held at Manor Farm, Ruislip. The JRSOs hard work at BWI was recognised by winning the coveted Travel and Road Safety Shield and a Glass Trophy beating many schools in Hillingdon. In addition, as a personal “thank you”, each JRSO was awarded a Kindle Fire for their own use at home. These children also participated and were successful in their Dragon’s Den style pitch to a panel of judges, including the Mayor and Mayoress of Hillingdon. Their bid for an Ipad Mini was recognised as a justifiable and sustainable resource at the school and £300 was allocated to the JRSOs.

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CELEBRATING BRITAIN...

LUNCH...

St Clement Danes, Drury Lane held its traditional 96th annual ‘Oranges and Lemons’ service in April 2016 at St Clement Danes Church. The theme was ‘Celebrating Britain’ and there was an extravaganza of singing, dancing, drumming and poetry performed by the children.

In December 2015, Bishop Winnington Ingram, Ruislip celebrated Black History month in an assembly about famous Black Historical figures. Y3 visited the local Pizza Express and made their own lunches and Y6 visited PGL at Liddington.

DEAR MR CAMERON... On behalf of homeless people I strongly believe that homelessness should be eliminated. If you care about your public's future, there is no doubt as an intelligent Prime Minister you will proceed in reading this letter. Unquestionably, the strongest reason to support my argument is health and wellbeing. Scientific researchers have proven that 80% of homeless people have mental health problems. It is also known that an approximate age of death for the homeless is as little as 47. Homeless people are 20 times more likely to become victims of violence much by general public and homeless people. Have you considered that this irrevocable issue could reach to death? Another area of concern is women and homelessness. It is very common for homeless women to face violence over the last year (2013) 394 women suffered from violence by someone they are aware of. Women's homelessness should be eliminated because they suffer from more pain, they are less able to fight and protect themselves as well as their children. Many people argue that young people are homeless due to their laziness; however, this is not true. Scientists have recently proven that young people are homeless due to lack of skills and not paying rent. To conclude, I still honestly believe, the homeless should have shelter to: • •

Increase health and wellbeing. To protect women, along with men that are suffering due to their helplessness.

Thank you for reading this letter, I hope you agree with me. SAVE THE HOMELESS, SAVE THE PRESENT, SAVE THE FUTURE by Jannet, Y6 ‐ St George the Martyr, Holborn LDBS Schools Newsletter

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EGGCITED... At the beginning of October 2015,,everyone at St Paul’s, Whitechapel were eggcited by new arrivals. In addition to their bees, they now have some chickens in the school. The children watched as one by one, they hatched out of their eggs. It looked like two would not survive, but Miss Amy and Mrs Mitchell nursed them back to good health. The chickens will soon have their own run and start producing eggs for the school. What a fabulous way for children to learn about living creatures, their life cycles and how to care for them.

QUESTION TIME...

SPECIAL VISIT...

Theresa Villiers MP, visited Christ Church, Barnet in early February 2016, where she spent time talking to the children and answering their questions. This followed a visit to the Houses of Parliament that the Y6 children had made a few weeks earlier.

The children and staff at All Souls, Foley Street had a very special visit from the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Lady Flight in December 2015. They were asked to host the Mayoral visit as a pupil from the school won the award for the 2015 Christmas Card competition and this was the second year running that the school had won this competition. Georgina, in Y5 had her Christmas Card design made up and sent to the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street. As a further piece of great news, the school were asked to ensure a large version of the card was signed by all the pupils and sent to the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

2ND BIRTHDAY... St Mary’s, Hampton celebrated their 2 year anniversary in October 2015 with country dancing, games and a picnic with lots of cake. The outdoor learning area was officially opened by Andrew Parish, Governor.

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BETTER WRITERS... In the week of the 18th January 2016, the children at St Luke’s, Kilburn celebrated reading throughout the school. Sue Hampton, a famous author, spoke about how to become better writers as well as her struggles with alopecia. The children also enjoyed a variety of activities throughout the week, including a character dress up day, a book fair and of course plenty of reading‐based activities in lessons.

BOOK AWARDS... On Friday 4th December 2015, St Paul’s, Whitechapel talented Y6 actors (Hamza, Sami‐ul, Khalid, Niha, Rayhan, Fahmida, Reilly and Mar‐yam) performed in the Tower Hamlet Book Awards. The school had been chosen as one of the eight schools to present a book on the shortlist and their choice was SMART by Kim Slater. They did an outstanding job performing parts of the book to a huge audience at Swanlea School. St Paul’s were the overall winners and the pupils were fortunate enough to meet Kim Slater, who was impressed with how the children performed the entire story and used creative ways to show the main characters’ emotions.

BOOK MAGIC... St Mary’s, Hampton pupils enjoyed dressing up as their favourite Julia Donaldson book character on World Book Day in March 2016. Paris Class spent the day designing a new broom stick and writing an advert to sell it to the witch from ‘Room on the Broom’. They then spent the afternoon making magic potions by measuring out ingredients including dragon’s blood, Mr Twits spit and monkey snot which was very messy and great fun.

WORLD BOOK DAY 2016... Staff at Emmanuel, West Hampstead getting in to the spirit of World Book Day.

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BOOK LOVING STUDENT... In November 2015, Hillingdon Library Services honoured students in their Young Volunteer Celebration. This was to thank young people who had worked as volunteers over the summer in Hillingdon Libraries and to recognise their contribution to the Summer Reading Challenge ‘Record Breakers’ The reception was held in the Middlesex Suite at Uxbridge Civic Centre with special guests The Worshipful the Mayor and Mayoress of Hillingdon, Councillor George Cooper and Councillor Judith Cooper who presented the young volunteers with certificates for their voluntary work. Bishop Ramsey , Ruislip Y13 student Luke Black was one of those honoured. Bestselling author and Prize winner Anthony McGowen gave an inspiring, and at times comical, talk on how his studies in Philosophy at University and how he became an author. He then read an intriguing chapter of his book ‘The Knife That Killed Me’. This was followed by a panel of three female authors who each spoke about their personal ups and downs of starting to write and becoming an author. The evening closed with the presentation of the certificates and the Mayor giving a short talk about the wonder of reading and books.

FLOATING CLASSROOM... Holy Trinity, Northwood Y5 visited the ‘floating classroom’ on 17th September 2015. They looked at wildlife along the banks of the canal while travelling at a leisurely pace on the Elsdale II. The original Elsdale boat was a floating classroom for children of barge owners in Victorian times.

CONFUCIUS CLASSROOM... St Mary Magdalen Academy, Islington welcomed two new Chinese exchange teachers in the Autumn 2015 term: Juliette Lei (from SMMA’s link school in Beijing), and Lily Li from Shengyang). Both will be supporting Mandarin teaching for two years, . The teachers are there as part of St Mary Magdalene’s Confucius Classroom status, which has been granted for 2015–16. The Academy is one of only six London schools (and of only 42 across the whole of England) to receive this prestigious award, funded by the Chinese government and administered by University College London’s Institute of Education. The scheme aims to create a network of schools which can share ideas and support each other, in coming up with innovative and exciting ways to teach Chinese language and culture.

DICE... In March 2016, St Ann’s, Tottenham held a maths dice games workshop where children and parents took part in maths learning together. Pupils taught their parents a range of fun dice games that help improve maths skills and then took home a pack so they could continue learning together at home. LDBS Schools Newsletter

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY...

INTERFAITH WEEK...

St George the Martyr, Holborn celebrated the Queen’s birthday by having afternoon tea on Thursday 21st April 2016.

SAILING... Over 120 students have taken part in the Greig City Academy, Hornsey sailing programme in 2015. They have gained Royal Yachting Association qualifications at levels 1‐4 and 10 students have gained the adult RYA level 1 qualification. 24 are working towards their RYA competent crew qualification. The largest yacht, Scaramouche, has sailed over 800 miles off shore and one of the crews was first across the line in the ASTO small ships race as well as coming first in their class.

Holy Trinity, East Finchly held an 'Interfaith Week' in November 2015 to celebrate the diversity in their local area. They had visits from: The Bishop of Edmonton; Mundeep and Sital (Sikhs from New Southgate Gurdwara); Sarah Tyner, one of their governors, who shared the importance of faith to her; a parent talking about Humanism in Y6; there was also: a Diwali workshop from the Harrow Temple; an Islamic assembly led by Aliya (Y6) and Aamyn (Y4), which included a two minutes silence for Paris; a Buddhism assembly led by William, Eddie & Callum (Y4); a parent made traditional Sikh food for Y2 to re‐enact the langar held in a Sikh Gurdwara and Y5 spent the day in a local Jewish school.

ART CORNER... St George the Martyr, Holborn ‐ “Voices in the Park”. The pupils used watercolour paints to create tree and park designs.

Beavers, Hounslow ‐ Y3 pupils looked at the art work of Stephen Wiltshire, who draws fantastic pictures of cityscapes and did some prints of London landscapes. LDBS Schools Newsletter

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HOPE AND PEACE... St George’s, Mayfair held three ‘Values Day’ breakfasts in October, November and December 2015. Their value was 'Hope'. Parents and carers were invited and everyone ate together in the school theatre and then the parents and carers walked over with their children to Grosvenor Chapel for collective worship. After Chapel, the parents returned to school and sat with their children in their classrooms and worked on activities relating to 'Hope'. In December, the children made Christmas decorations associated with peace.

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CHRISTMAS 2015...

John Keble, Harlesden ‐ KS1 ~ Busy, Busy Bethlehem

St Andrew’s, Barnsbury A group of children from across the school went to the Children’s Society ‘Christingle Service’ at Westminster Abbey on 3rd December 2015 and raised money for the charity in school and had a lovely time both at the service and travelling through central London on the bus.

Bishop Winnington Ingram, Ruislip Year 2 ‐ 'Children of the World'

St James and St John, Lancaster Gate Nativity play St Mary’s, Hampton Nativity play

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Holy Trinity, Northwood Acorns Class ‐ Nativity play

St John’s, Bethnal Green Nativity play and a Christmas party

Bishop Ramsey, Ruislip ‐ Christmas Magic Bishop Ramsey held its annual St Cecilia Concert on 12th November 2015. The variety of music contained something for everyone, young and old and all those in between. The Master of Ceremonies for the evening was Y13 student Alexander Wheeler who led the audience through its musical journey; opening with the Junior Choir singing the rousing ‘One Short Day’. In contrast, Jesse Deng a Y12 student played Mozart’s ‘Allegro’ from piano sonata in G K283. Then it was back to theatreland with the wonderful ‘I dreamed a dream’ from Les Misterables played by the Wind band, led by Y13 student Alison Waller. The Senior Choir then sang ‘Let’s begin again’ the finale from John Rutter’s musical fable ‘The Reluctant Dragon’ a tale of a boy, a Saint and a dragon at Christmas with all the ingredients of a fairy tale and ‘feels like magic in the air’. In contrast, the Sinfonia played two modern pieces, music from the ‘Game of Thrones’ and then David Bruce’s ‘Olly’s Mood’ a piece written in 2013 influenced by ska and reggae styles. The newly formed Glee Club, led by Y12’s Renee James and Jacqui Garrett, then delighted the audience with their rendition of ‘Don’t stop believing’. The jazz band led by James Willett played the ever popular Jazz standard ‘Blue Train’, composed in 1957 by John Coltrane and the first act o ended with Andrei Anghel playing the Violin Concerto Movement 1 by Max Bruch, a talented Y10 musician is also an accomplished pianist and recently won the Northwood Piano Competition. The second act opened with the rousing Gospel song ‘Hallelujah, Salvation and Glory’ sung by the Senior Choir, followed by Louis Cowling with a solo drum performance. The Junior Choir and the Jazz Band once again performed and then the Hillingdon Music Service Saxophone Quartet led by Alison Waller played two pieces. The evening ended with the Concert Band playing a James Bond Medley appropriately following the release of the new James Bond movie ‘Spectre’ a few weeks before. LDBS Schools Newsletter

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MIKADO PROJECT... Christ Church, Brondesbury Y5 took part in a very exciting project in the Autumn term 2015 with the English National Opera (ENO), called The Mikado project. The project provided an opportunity for pupils to explore the themes, music and drama of the Mikado. They also had the chance to glimpse behind the scenes of a working theatre and visit the London Coliseum to experience a fully staged production. “I really enjoyed working with the ENO and my favourite part was when we went to the London Coliseum and we saw the performance. The part of the show I liked was when the headless men were dancing. I also liked when we got to work with the ENO for the day because we got to act with the actors.” Dylan “I enjoyed it when we took part in the ‘Opera‐in‐a‐day’ in‐school workshop because we got the chance to make up our own song, which was performed by the opera singers from the Mikado project.” Tiandra Stage and orchestra rehearsal at the London Coliseum

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On Wednesday 11th November 2015, House Captains from St George the Martyr, Holborn joined St Clement Danes, Drury Lane for the annual Armistice Service. The ‘Last Post’ was played, there was a 2 minute silence and the House Captains from both schools laid wreaths together in honour of all who have died or suffered due to war.

For two minutes St Mary Magdalene Academy, Islington fell silent. Pupils and teachers alike left their classes to stand side by side in the playground; each one paying a silent tribute to those who have given their lives for the peace and freedom we enjoy today. The pupils stood in quiet respect right through to the moment when a lone trumpet – beautifully played by musician Tom Griffiths – signalled the end of the silence with the Last Post. Christ Church, Brondesbury Y6 class joined other local primary schools to commemorate Remembrance Day. They walked over to Paddington Old Cemetery and were greeted by clergy members of local churches where The Royal British Legion were also present. They offered prayers and thanks and laid a Poppy Wreath to show their respect and to remember. St John’s, Walham Green KS2 pupils assembled around the mulberry tree at St John’s Church for the two minute’s silence. They were joined by one of the grandparents, Mr Reid, who has recently been awarded the Legion D’Honour by the Government of France. St Mary Magdalene Academy, Islington pupils and teachers stood side by side in the playground; when a lone trumpet – beautifully played by musician Tom Griffiths – signalled the end of the silence with the Last Post.

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2016 SMSC TRIP TO CANTABRIA, NORTHERN SPAIN... Here are just a few of the highlights and magnificent photos taken on the trip in March 2016. For more photos and information see the LDBS website: http://schools.london.anglican.org/20/image‐galleries/cat/19/smsc‐trips

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EXPECTATIONS VS REALITY... “I was excited when the clerk’s first email appeared in my inbox in September 2015. That was, until I noticed the number of attachments. No fewer than 24 documents would be reviewed at my first governors’ meeting, all carefully itemised in the order they appeared in on the agenda. Wide‐eyed, I scrolled through policies, reports, appendices to reports, minutes, codes of conduct… it took hours. By ‘item 16 j’ (the whistleblowing policy), I felt as though I’d aged a century. But perhaps the real question is: what had I expected? Twenty‐first century community volunteering is a foggy concept to define in the minds of most Londoners. Embarrassingly, my vision of governorship had been heavily based on the parish council meetings in The Vicar of Dibley. I had been told that becoming a governor would be a big commitment, but I wasn’t really expecting it to be all that structured. I then spent the first hour of the meeting having silent panic attacks whenever SEN or EAL improvement was mentioned. What had merely seemed like a lot of data in email format suddenly felt like an enormous responsibility when discussed out loud. Filled with self‐doubt, I wondered what I could offer this school, considering I barely remember to make my own lunch some mornings. At some point the headteacher must have noticed my worried expression, and leaned across to explain that it wasn’t up to me to fix all the issues that had been mentioned: instead, I’d work with the staff to ensure they were being properly addressed by the school. Relieved, I started breathing again. My expectations, I realised, had been entirely wrong. I had somehow stepped into a power team of hard‐working, passionate people determined to get this ‘good’ school the ‘outstanding’ Ofsted grade it deserved. Indeed, they were extremely efficient, and within two hours every item on the agenda had been debated, approved or delegated to a committee to look at in more detail. Above all, the meeting was interesting. As I took notes and listed action points, I was struck by two realisations. First, that the decisions made in that ordinary school hall by these friendly, normal people would impact hundreds of children and their first experience of education. And second, that this highly competent team had been created by accident: a chance selection of local people pulled together by a shared interest in education. I felt as though I’d been invited to join a community, which, in a city as vast and anonymous as London, was an exciting new experience. So how will I contribute? For starters, I’m preparing carefully for the next meeting. I’m talking to other governors, and have arranged to meet the inclusion manager later this month. I’ll also be attending a new governor training.” by Katie Tiller, new governor at Christ Church, Brondesbury

STEM...

WCSQM...

St Ann’s, Tottenham Assistant HT, a parent governor and two Y6 pupils visited the House of Commons to contribute to the Haringey Commission on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) in March 2016. They shared their views alongside other Haringey primary, secondary and sixth form students. Commission Chair, Maggie Philbin and MP for Hornsey & Wood Green, Catherine West were also in attendance.

In summer 2015, a group of students (Ali, Kane, Tabia, Jaysim, Lukasz, Elif, Tanya and Titus) began working towards the prestigious award for the 'World Class Schools Quality Mark' (WCSQM) over 18 weeks. Assessors rigorously reviewed each element of Chelsea Academy’s submission. In December 2015, Chelsea Academy exceeded the standard required for accreditation, and were awarded the World Class Schools Quality Mark.

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FASHIONISTA... Lady Margaret, Parsons Green held a Fashion Show on Tuesday 15th March 2016. The evening started with street dancers, followed by a showcase of Y12 Design & Technology students' Sportswear garments with Roxy Parker performing backflips down the catwalk. The first half culminated with the competition section, this year's 'Space' theme tying in nicely with Science Week. With over 100 girls presenting 36 entries, the judges (Ms Stevenson, Antonia Pugh‐Thomas, Mrs Bucknall, and three old girls) had a very hard time choosing the winners. First prize went to Y7 entry Honor Langhorne, Rosie Hughes, Scarlett Baker, Julia Gaggio‐Wissa and Martha Kemp with their dress inspired by a rocket flying through the universe. Highly Commeded were: Y7 Imogen Seward with her stars inspired outfit; Y7 Lucia Gonzalez, Francesca Roberts and Jessica Standring with their astronaut costume inspired by the first female astronaut; Y7 Olivia Marangos, Safiya Jackson and Maria Kraviez with their dress inspired by space named chocolate; Y8 Felicity Thomas with her dress inspired by the universe, astronomy and the orbits of the planets; Y9 Amelie Knight, Jess Conway, Cecily Ward Jackson, Rosa Huntrods, Blaine Demosthenous and Flora Stewart‐Liddon with their David Bowie inspired costumes. The second half opened with Y10 Isabel Marangos, Nell Cox and Maddie Sanderson singing a beautiful rendition of 'Valerie'. Following them were the Y12's with their second collection, this time showing the use of the laser cutter in Textiles. Art Textiles made an appearance too, with Roxy Parker and Millie Hoole presenting their outfits made of playing cards and cotton wool. The finale was of the Y13 Haute Couture garments, special congratulations went to Charlotte Abernethy, Hazel Hoskyns‐Abrahall, Lisa McCormack, Alice Willer, Saskia Pink and Emma Stilwell for their stunning designs.

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FLIGHT SIMULATOR...

KEBLE COLLEGE, OXFORD...

Greig City Academy, Hornsey were selected as one of only ten schools in the country to run the Royal Aeronautical Society's (RAS) Falcon flight simulator project. The challenge was to design and build a prototype flight simulator and the winning two designs will be manufactured by RAS and Boeing engineers. 50 students are involved in the project and one of the teams visited RAF Benson to get advice in January 2016. Engineers at the base donated an air‐speed indicator, an altimeter, an artificial horizon and a compass to the team and Nalson Aviation has given them an aircraft cockpit for use as the base of our simulator – it needs a lot of work as you can see from the photo.

A group of lucky Y6 children from John Keble, Harlesden were given the opportunity to visit Keble College, Oxford on 6th November 2015. The awe and wonder of the magnificent buildings and setting of Keble College certainly made the day sparkle. The children admired the beautiful refectory with its very familiar (and original) painting of John Keble which hung above the Warden’s table. They also visited the magnificent chapel with its mosaic walls, beautifully decorated organ pipes and the original painting “The Light of the World” which was painted by William Holman Hunt. The picture was completed in 1853 after eight years of work, and originally hung in the Royal Academy. It was then given as a gift to the college. The children asked some pertinent questions and were very appreciative of the opportunity – as were the accompanying parents.

CLARE COLLEGE...

UNVEILING... In November 2016, Omar, Amina and Ms Sanassy from St Clement Danes, Drury Lane went on an inspirational outing to Sloane Square for the unveiling of a blue plaque dedicated to Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan, a politician who used to live there. The children learned about Nye Bevan at school and have been interested ever since. Bevan and his wife revolutionised health and education by helping to create the National Health Service and the Open University. LDBS Schools Newsletter

On Wednesday 14th october 2015, St John’s, Bethnal Green Y6 pupils were given the opportunity to visit Clare College, Cambridge. They were given a guided tour around the college and explored the breathtaking King’s Chapel in King’s College. They learnt about the history of the college and finished off the day with a walking tour around the city and discovered nine colleges – including St John’s, Trinity and Corpus Christi.

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SILVERWARE...

YOUNG GYMNASTS... Young gymnasts from Freezywater St George’s, Enfield won first place in the Enfield Gymnastic Competition in early December 2015 and will be representing Enfield at Crystal Palace in July 2016.

St Andrew’s, Barnsbury had a visit from the FA Cup and Charity Shield in November 2015 – along with ‘Gunnersaurus’. The children (and staff) were very excited to see the silverware and mascot from Arsenal the pupils in Ely Class (Y5) were delighted at meeting their mascot hero.

HOOLA... St John’s, Bethnal Green raised £1,198.01 for Sport Relief with “Run a Mile Challenge”. Beavers, Hounslow raised £2,162.

FUNDRAISERS... On Saturday 26th September some of Beavers, Hounslow staff took part in the Windsor 10K Run, “Running For Women”. The late Lesley Ames asked that they fund raise for 2 children’s charities ‐ ”Starlight” and “Shooting Stars Children's Hospice”. Their target figure was £500 but they raised over £1,000. Staff: Miss Thompson, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Grewel, Miss McWhinney, Miss Smith, Miss Antoniou, Mrs Stein, Mrs Welch‐Nowak, Miss Coe, Mrs Chapman, Mrs Harman, Miss Moses, Miss Jeffreys & Mrs Palmer‐Dunn.

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For quite a few years, children and staff at St Andrew’s, Enfield have been raising money for Sport Relief. In just a few years, over £7,000 has been raised, with the children taking part in whole school events such as dancing and obstacle courses. On Friday 18th March 2016, the school held a hula hooping event which was attended by the BBC and other newspaper reporters, with the added surprise of the Tottenham and England striker, Harry Kane. His arrival gave the staff and children the shock of their lives as he joined assembly. Harry stayed behind with around 40 pupils to take part in a number of activities such as Beat the Goalie and football skills. He tried some hula hooping; adding that he would like to challenge his team‐mates to better his efforts with the hoop.

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FUNDRAISRERS CON’T...

HARVEST 2015...

St Paul’s, Whitechapel raised nearly £300 for the Nepal Earthquake Appeal.

St Mary Magdalene Academy, Islington pupils and parents contributed to last year's Harvest Festival food collection by donating over 1000 items. All the donated food was sent via the CARIS Islington organisation to supply seven Islington Night Shelters – enabling them to provide hot dinners and breakfasts for their guests.

During the 2015 summer holidays, Lenka Durisova from Christ Church, Chelsea climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania and is the highest mountain in Africa (approximately 4,877 metres high). Lenka raised a total of £492. All money raised will go towards a new camera for the school and equipment for the children’s kitchen. Lenka said that it was an amazing experience. On Sunday 24th April 2016, John Haxell, Assistant Head Teacher at Sir John Cass Redcoat, Stepney completed the London Marathon in under 4 hours and raised a fantastic £1650 for the charity, Deaf Blind UK. When asked about his achievement, John said “After 4 months of injury free training, I managed to pick up a nasty calf injury the week before the marathon and I was worried I wouldn’t even get to the start line! It gives me great satisfaction to know that my hard work and training has encouraged friends, family and colleagues to raise money for such a great cause!” Deaf Blind UK charity have commented on John’s achievement, and have said “He finished in excellent time! We’re really proud of him and so grateful he chose us to raise awareness and fundraise for us.”

Holy Trinity, Northwood pupils and parents contibuted 80 bags of food and toiletries for NewHope Sevices who help the homeless and vulnerable in Watford.

St Paul’s, Whitechapel donated food as part of their Harvest Service at St George‐in‐the East Church to help the Whitechapel Mission.

St Mary’s, Hampton produced a collective display as well as a food collection donated to St Paul’s Foodbank in Hounslow, which is committed to providing food for families and individuals in the area who are struggling financially and going hungry.

St Mary’s, Hampton went beyond their target of £600 at their school book fair in November 2015. The school receives 50% of the total amount sold to spend on books for their Library. LDBS Schools Newsletter

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SCHOOL UNIFORM...

DALSTON TAKEOVER... BTEC Fashion and Textiles students from Raines Foundation, Bethanal Green were introduced to some of the ethical issues that the fashion industry currently face during one of TRAID Education’s Sustainability in Fashion talks. Following a broad overview of the global supply chain looking at working practices, resource use, consumption, disposal and responsibilities of stakeholders, students were given the context to a live open brief to look at some solutions and work creatively and exclusively with textile waste. The group of BTEC Level 3 students were shown the work of designers offering different design responses to waste textiles before being given an unwanted men’s shirt to upcycle as part of their design task ‘Metamorphosis’. Ms Kerr, BTEC Level 3 Teacher at Raines Foundation said: “I was delighted that TRAID’s Education Team could return to Raines Foundation School again this year. They were shown some of the up and coming designers working creatively with reclaimed textiles including the Alex Noble range for TRAIDremade, Christopher Raeburn and Lu Flux. These funky and quirky designers allowed students to consider this upcycling method of sustainable design, a perfect approach to our open brief.” The finished garments produced by Raines Foundation students Georgia Walsh, Charlotte Dillon, Charlotte Devlin, Louise Aimey, Taja Boodie, Jovilee Burton, Dominika Stovik, Lucy Connier were displayed in a TRAID Dalston window takeover until early 2016.

Raines Foundation, Bethnal Green Interim Head teacher, Rob Hullett showed pupils the revamped school uniform.

BLOG... St George the Martyr, Holborn introduced an exciting new blog for the children and parents. They use the blog to share work which the children produce and all the activities that take place at St George the Martyr. There is also the option for children to leave comments and feedback. The blog is great tool for teachers to share the learning taking place as the year progresses.

THE ROYAL INSTITUTE... In April, Beavers, Hounslow Yr 4 pupils went to the Royal Institute in London. “We worked in the L'Oreal laboratory and had to wear protective coats and gloves. A scientist called Jemma helped us with the equipment . After that we all made bath bombs. Later we made our own lip balm. The lip balm had to melt at 100 degrees centigrade. Then we returned back to school. It was the best by Vanesa day ever!”

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GOODBYE... Holy Trinity, Northwood said goodbye to Father Richard on Friday 22nd January 2016 by holding a ‘Service of Thanks’ by acknowledging all he had done for the school in the last 11 years and wished him well in his new job, home and future.

MOVING ON / THANKS… to the following LDBS Governors for their valuable years of service: Wendy Guild ~ All Saints, Friern Barnet Clare Thomson ~ John Keble, Harlesden Riaz Ahmad ~ Edward Betham, Greenford Colin Nutt ~ St Mary’s, Stoke Newington Mike Leeson ~ Lady Margaret, Parsons Green Oona Carlin ~ Lady Margaret, Parsons Green Andrew Morgan ~ St John’s, Stanmore Tonnie Reed (2 years) ~ St Mark’s, Tollington Park Philippa Hainsworth (2 years) ~ Littleton, Surrey Tola Dehinde (2 years) ~ St Augustine’s Primary, Kilburn Angela Murphy (2 years) ~ Sir John Cass’s, Aldgate Sally Jane Drysden (3 years) ~ St John’s, Whetstone Glenn Greene (3 years) ~ St Mary’s, Norwood Green Katie Robinson (4 years) ~ St Mark’s, Tollington Park Hugh Turvey (4 years) ~ Monken Hadley, Barnet Paul Vincent (4 years) ~ Greig City Academy, Hornsey Sophie Steel (4 years) ~ St Mary & St Pancras, Somers Town Kay Sinden (4 years) ~ Sir John Cass’s Foundation Trust Rosemary Wright (5 years) ~ St Barnabas, Sloane Square Neil Adolphus (5 years) ~ Bishop Wand, Sunbury Nick Tucker (5 years) ~ Cockfosters, Trent Joe Murphy (5 years) ~ Stephen’s, Walham Green Louise Dallmeyer (8 years) ~ Princess Frederica, Kensal Rise Peter Hopewood (8 years) ~ Holy Trinity, Northwood Richard Eastmond (14 years) ~ Christ the Saviour, Ealing

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REST IN PEACE... Carrina Huff, Y6 teacher at All Saints, Fulham died on 18th April 2015 after a long and brave battle with cancer. In October 2015, Father Peter Homewood, died at the age of 57 after a period of illness. He had been the priest at Dr Tripletts, Hayes for 25 years and Chair of Governors until shortly before he died. The service was attended by Y2 ‐ 6 and by Bishop Jonathan Baker who gave the address, Father Desmond Banister and Father David Green as well as Father Peter's father and his wife, close family and friends. Children paid tributes, and gave the Bible reading and led the prayers. Afterwards the ceremony moved outside where the school choir sang and the Bishop dedicated the specially commissioned memorial bench and newly planted tree.

Lesley Ames, taught at Beavers, Hounslow for 23 years and died in September 2015. Words from the school community: “Never forgotten; always in our hearts, brightens up a dull day, happy beautiful smile; encouraging; always there to help or chat; good friend; Beavers family; truly missed by everyone .....”

RETIREMENTS... 27 YEARS SERVICE... Brenda Dewey, teacher at Beavers Community, Hounslow retired before the October 2015 half term.

25 YEARS SERVICE... Diane Roberts, SMSA at Bishop Winnington Ingram, Ruislip retired after 25 years service. The school held a special assembly for Mrs Roberts and lots of children and staff were very sad to see her leave.

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WEDDING CONGRATULATIONS Anna Gatti, Y1Teacher at Holy Trinity, Barnet got married to Kevin Lacle on Wednesday 28th October 2015.

BIRTH CONGRATULATIONS

NEW CAREER... Mrs Khan, Y1 teacher at St Paul’s, Whitechapel moved on at Christmas 2015 to begin training in an exciting career as a Cordon Bleu Chef. Mrs Khan has worked at the school since October 2010 and will be missed and the pupils look forward to her coming back to visit and will be happy for her to try out her chef skills on them.

Lucy Cole, teacher at St John’s, Walham Green ~ Emily on 7th October 2015 at 11.48 am weighing 7lbs. Robert Bullet, HR Adviser at LDBS and his wife Lucy ~ Rory Lawrence on 24 November 2015, was born by emergency c section at 8:25am weighing 7lbs 12oz.

DEAR GOD... Actual prayers of children!

 Please take care of my daddy, mommy, sister,

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brother, my doggy and me. Oh, please take care of yourself, God. If anything happens to you, we're gonna be in a big mess. If you can't make me a better boy, don't worry about it. I'm having a real good time like I am! I heard the moon was made of cheese. Tonight half of it is missing. Did you get hungry? A mother invited some people to dinner. At the table she turned to her six‐year‐old daughter and said, "Would you like to say the blessing?" "I wouldn't know what to say," the child replied. "Just say what you hear Mommy say," the molther said. The daughter bowed her head and said, "Dear Lord, why on earth did I invite all these people to dinner?" A rabbi said to a precocious six‐year‐old boy, "So your mother says your prayers for you each night? Very commendable. What does she say?" The little boy replied, "Thank God he's in bed!"

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Abi Byrne, St Paul’s, Whitechapel’s Place2Be School Project Manager had twins in November 2015.

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