Word on the StreetMonday 11th November . Issue 126

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Year 11 students from BGA and from other schools came along with their parents and carers to see what our Sixth Form has to offer. The subject stands were reallyeye-catching and engaging with activities and demonstrations led by our current Sixth Form students who were fantastic ambassadors for the Academy. Queen Mary’s University and King’s College London came along to offer advice and information and the Sixth Form support team and Sixth Form Committee were on hand to help.Students gave confident and informative speeches about their experiences in the Sixth Form, introduced by Head Boy, Arif and Head Girl, Sharmin to help visitors get a real sense of what is on offer at BGA Sixth Form.

Learning from China

Last Tuesday BGA was host to a group of visiting teachers from the Hubei Provincial Department of Education arranged by SSAT. The purpose of their visit was to observe teaching and learning at BGA and learn about the English education system.

Our Year 8 Mandarin Chinese group had their first opportunity to speak to native Chinese speakers and they were great ambassadors for their school as they discussed their experiences of learning languages and other subjects with our visitors.

The First World War officially ended on the eleventh hour on the eleventh day on the eleventh month, 1918 - Armistice Day. The act of a Two Minute Silence began on the anniversary of Armistice Day in 1919 by those who did not want to forget the millions killed, injured and affected.

Sixth Form Open EveningOn Thursday we were shown just how fantastic life and learning are at Bethnal Green Academy Sixth Form.

Artbeat EntrepreneursAs part of their BTEC Level 3 qualification, I'm working with the YTear 12 business group to start their own small businesses. To support with this Allen & Overy have sponsored our Artbeat Enterprise project.

Over the next 12 weeks students will develop a detailed business plan as well as products for sale before eventually pitching their ideas to funders for support.

In true Apprentice fashion, A&O have arranged for us to sell our products to the public in Spitalfields on 21st May 2013.

On Tuesday 12th March we went to the Lichtenstein exhibition shop at the Tate Modern to see how artwork is developed into merchandise. Learners also conducted crucial market research to feed into their product development process.

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This week has been a busy for some of our students involved in sport. Basit Ematuwo (Year 12) attended trials for Blackheath Rugby club and has subsequently joined the Under 18's squad for this season.Francis Biyak (Year 12) attended trials for London Schools under 18's Football and has been selected for the squad training sessions before the County games in the new year.Kevani Cameron and D'Andre Davis have attended trials at Charlton Athletic Football club and will continue to train and potentially play with the teams in their age groups.A large group BGA students from year 7 and 8 attended a 3 day football course (free of charge) delivered by Arsenal FC.Basit Ematuwo, Year 12

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The first few days of the biology field trip brought an unbroken spell of glorious weather.

Sixth Form Biology trip to Arran

The first few days of the biology field trip brought an unbroken spell of glorious weather. We were able to make the most of the house’s idyllic rural setting – strolling along the ‘village trail’, following a rather more strenuous uphill path along the hills, investigating fresh water ecology and a rocky sea shore. It was exciting to wake up to surrounding green hills, whereas usually we wake up to the city-scape of London. As part of our trip, we often walked to the rocky sea shore. The weather at first

on Tuesday was very windy and rainy, but this was all broken by a spell of wonderful sunshine and the brightly coloured rainbows. We saw different size crabs, which we got to hold. This was definitely another factor which made the trip exciting. I mean how many times in London do we get to hold crabs crawling on the palms of our bare hands?

by Fahmida Uddin

HistoryMatters

On Wednesday 6th November, four student representatives from the ‘History Matters’ project participated in a Walk and Talk session at ‘The Goodsyard’ in Shoreditch. Another student from Bethnal Green Academy also attended the session with his local youth group. Clad in high visibility jackets and hard hats, the students received a unique tour of what used to be Bishopsgate Railway Station and goods yard, before engaging in a discussion concerning their ideas of how the area should be redeveloped. We were lucky enough to be able to see parts of the current proposals for the site’s redevelopment, which will include 2000 new homes, leisure facilities and a park. The students thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to have their voices heard, with one of the Year 7 students claiming ‘how wonderful it is to see what the future might look like.’

The students were absolute assets to Bethnal Green Academy. Their contributions to the discussion were of an exceptionally high standard and excellent feedback on their behaviour and ideas was received from the team at ‘The Goodsyard’. The students’ comments will be used to represent the ‘youth voice’ of Tower Hamlets concerning the redevelopment project, meaning that they are not only true ambassadors of the school but equally of the borough.