BEVIN NEWS www.ernestbevin.london Issue 133

Friday 20th April 2018US DIPLOMAT Q&A SESSION

Sixth Formers spent a thought-provoking afternoon with consular officers from the US Embassy in Vauxhall. The students took part in an interactive presentation designed to encourage the audience to think about what they knew about US domestic and foreign policy and how it related to the world around them. Students took part in various surveys and gave feedback on their answers. There was also the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the presentation.

Mike Westendorp, the consular officer who led the presentation advised the students to get involved in democracy, to articulate what they think and to get involved. He explained that the democratic system is one of constant refinement from one generation to the next and the only way to make improvements is for people, especially young people to engage.

CHINA TRIPOver the Easter holiday Ms Dorcely and Mr Huang took 12 Sixth Formers to China for 10 days. It was a fantastic trip and the boys learnt as much about themselves as they did about China.

Sharwyn Gordon 12JMO: “It was a really amazing trip. We spent time in Harbin University and learnt a little bit of the language. We climbed the Great Wall and had a fantastic chance to interact with the culture and people of China.”

Vinal Asodia 13FSM “I applied twice last year and didn’t get a place but it was really worth persisting & applying again this year. The people In Harbin treated us like royalty, wanting to talk to us and have their photo taken with us. The hardest thing was learning how to use chopsticks.”Joshua Lamb-Oakley 12JMO: “It was a great experience and I really enjoyed it.”

YEAR 11 MACBETHYear 11 watched an abridged version of Macbeth performed by Box Clever Theatre on the first day back to school after the Easter break as part of the revision programme in the run up to their GCSE exams. The play was performed by three actors who enlisted the help of the audience to represent other members of the cast.

FAB BOOK AWARDSMembers of the Book Club and regular readers attended the Wandsworth Librarian’s FAB Book Awards held at the Wandsworth Professional Centre at the end of last term. Students from across the Wandsworth schools have been reading and voting on their favourite books over the last six months.

Some of the authors of the six shortlisted books attended the Awards ceremony. The students gave presentations about the different books and they also took part in a quiz.Andre Protacio 8HS said: “The thing I liked about the event was that the authors talked about their own ideas and how they came up with the book. During their speeches they told us about how the book came from an idea.”

The climax of the event was when this year’s winner was announced: it was ‘One of us is Lying’ by Karen McManus. The author who lives in the United States sent a video message of thanks. The book which is a murder mystery with a twist was a popular choice amongst those who had read it. Naqibullah Azizi 10DD said: “I liked everything about it: the characters, how they developed, the plot and the twist at the end.”

SCIENCE WEEK COMPETITION WINNERS

Congratulations to the winners of the Key Stage 3 Science Week Dinosaur Competition to design a poster or model

about dinosaurs.1st Place – Harris Raja 9KH

2nd Place – Junior Feliz Marrero 7PG3rd Place – Sami Bashir 7SW, Alif Bhuiyan 9KH, Amal

Malmat & Ketharan Sasikumar 9KH

WANDSWORTH YOUNG CHEFWell done to our two finalists in this year’s Wandsworth Young Chef competition: Zakareya Ahmed 9AAB and Yafiet Binyam 10CW. In the competition against students from other Wandsworth schools, Yafiet came third by cooking the following courses on his menu:

Starter: Smoked mackerel & mixed leaf saladMain: Chicken breast, roast potatoes, sprouts and broccoli

Dessert: Tiramisu

Yafiet Binyam said: “I really enjoyed the competition, everyone was very friendly and the judges in particular liked my Tiramisu. We went to Billingsgate Fish Market and learnt how to filet a fish. We also visited a restaurant, and saw what it would be like to work in a kitchen. I would really like to be a chef and hope to get some work experience at one of the restaurants I visited.”

WORLD BOOK DAY QUIZ WINNERSWell done to the following boys who have all won prizes for the World Book Day quizzes:

Book Bonanza Quiz1st (joint) Sheraz Ahmed 9AAB and Daniyal Ahmed 7SW

2nd Sonny Thomas 7MAS3rd Uthman Eletu 9KH

Library Book Quiz1st Aayaan Haider 12SSS

2nd Yahya Gaffar 7SW3rd Bruno Luis Spinola 10AMS

Please collect your prizes from Mrs Richards in the library.

PRINCES’ TRUSTThe Princes Trust course aims to connect young people with the world of work and equip them with the transferrable skills and knowledge they need to succeed. It also focusses on important life skills such as money management. Ms Baum took a group of Purple Ties to a company called Autonomous Research who are involved with the Princes’ Trust and the Bank of England Museum to compliment the work they are doing on managing money in class.

Faizan Baig 10EG said: “We began by talking about money: how to use it and how to save it. We were told it is better to save money and put it in the bank.”Cashmar Douglas 10EG said: “The best part of the day was when we got to hold a brick of gold at the Bank of England Museum. It was really heavy and we needed two hands to hold it.”

CV WRITING WORKSHOP“On Tuesday 17th April two Year 9 Classes took part in a CV workshop run by Berkeley Homes. The company specialise in building homes in London and the South of England.

Two representatives from the company Marlee Boateng and Noushin Hussain gave a really informative presentation on the importance of CVs and what to include in them.The session also involved a talk on the careers available in construction from apprenticeships to graduate roles.The second part of session involved finding out how to write CV, and one of the things I learnt was that it is not a good idea to have a CV that is more than two pages long as the reader can lose interest. We were also given the opportunity to write our CVs. I found the session really helpful and I feel more prepared to write my CV in the future.” By Mohamed Bawa 9ML

JADEN MEETS SIR MOIt’s not every day you get to meet your hero. But distance runner Jaden Kennedy 9SYS did just that on Tuesday 17th April when he was invited to the London Marathon press conference and met Sir Mo Farah. Jaden won the U13 boys mini Marathon last year and was asked to interview Sir Mo who had just got off a plane from 3 months training in Ethiopia for the London Marathon video. Sir Mo had plenty of tips for Jaden, who will be running the U15 competition on Sunday 22nd April.The video of Sir Mo and Jaden should be available on the London Marathon Facebook page.

16.06 READING CLUBWell done to the following boys who have joined the 16.06 club, which is for boys who have achieved a reading age of 16 years and 6 months on the most recent STAR reading tests. This is the highest level assessed and the goal for all boys in order to access the GCSE curriculum. Mr Williams

Khuweyb MOHAMUD 7MASIlyas HASSAN 8ALSGino BRYAN 8HS

Miland JUGROO 9AABKieran BROWN 9AAB Abdiamiin ALI 9AAB

Ibrahim MOHAMMED 9KH Isa CHARLES 9KH

Daim AHMAD 9KHHayden MORGAN 9ML

Shaffi LUBIRA 9VXSZain CHOUDRY 10DD

Cyrian GUT 10DD Mirza REFAI 10SH

Nahom GOITOM 10SAA

APRIL QUIZ SOLUTIONSBrain Trainer 12, 570, 552

Word Wheel - ample, lamp, lampoon, leap, loop, lope, maple, monoplane, mope, nape, napoleon, neap, nopal, nope, opal, open, paeon, pale, palm, pane,

panel, peal, pean, penal, penman, penna, peon, plan, plane, plea, poem, pole, polo, pomelo, pone, pool

Diary Dates

Thursday 26th AprilYear 8 Parents Evening

Thursday 26th AprilParent Workshop 6-6.45pm

‘Building better boundaries with my son’

VOLLEYBALL NATIONAL FINALSOn Sunday 15th April both the U16 and U18 Volleyball teams played at the Volleyball England National Cup Finals in Kettering but it was not to be our year this year and both teams had to settle for silver.

U18 Volleyball teamThe U18s have had a rollercoaster of a journey in the competition this year. They gave everything they had at the Last 8s stage to defy the odds of progressing to the finals stage, however despite the passion and desire to cause more upsets this year Richmond were simply too strong and clinical.A special mention must go out to the U16s squad who over the course of the season have showed fantastic effort, commitment and attitude to training, matches and their studies. They have played in the London League all season to help with their preparation for the National Cup and many adult teams have been surprised with the level of play and volleyball intelligence. It was only last week that they beat the first rank team in the league 3-1 to shock, not only the opponents, but also the officials and spectators!They have been the hardest working group this academy programme have ever seen and we are immensely proud that they have grown and developed on and off the court into resilient, confident and mature young men.

Focus for these two age groups now turns to their academic exams and then we will have some fun in the sun and sand for the Beach Volleyball seasonThank you to all friends and family that came to support; it is much appreciated. Coach Ashley

TABLE TENNISWhile some people were resting during Easter, the table tennis squad were busy practising and competing. On 7th April we took part in a 2* tournament at London Academy.Nahom Goitom 10SAA won Gold medals in both the Cadet & Junior competitions.

Howard Onweng 10SH won Gold and Zion Boumpoutou 12JK won Silver in the Juniors. These were good results and fantastic matches from the players that will definitely raise their rankings in the next updates.Now all attention goes to another two National Finalists at the Schools Individuals National Finals this weekend in Wolverhampton. Zion and Nahom will represent Bevin and Greenhouse Let’s go boys!!! Coach Renan

YEAR 8 FOOTBALLRed Ties had a tough game against St Cecilia’s School. They ran out eventual 4-1 winners but the score line was flattering for the boys who weren’t at their best. But 3 points is 3 points! Man of the Match to Rayyan Adam 8AO, Jamel Leslie-Hibbert 8UM and Calvin Griffiths 8ALS.