Issue 15 summer newsletter 2014
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Transcript of Issue 15 summer newsletter 2014
This is the time of year to say goodbye to staff, students and pupils, and also to welcome new staff.
We send our best wishes to all of our Year 13 and Year 11 leavers. We look forward with anticipation to their results and hope that they are able to move forward with their education or the world of work.
We say goodbye to the following staff:
Ms Blaize—Assistant Vice Principal
Miss Shaw – Languages
Mr Harris – Science
Mr Hurst – Geography
We thank them for their contribution to the success of the Academy.
We are also saying goodbye to Mrs Sharpe, who after many years of dedicated service to this community, leaves the science faculty to return to South Africa with her family. Thank you and best wishes for the future.
And finally I would to personally thank Ms Blaize who leaves the Senior Leadership Team of the Academy, for a well-deserved position as Deputy Headteacher of Emerson Park School. Ms Blaize has been a pupil, Teacher; Head of Department; Head of Faculty; Assistant Vice Principal and Vice Principal (Acting) of the Academy. She has made a massive impact on the lives of so many people and we thank her profusely.
Joining the Academy in September we welcome:
Drapers’ Academy Newsletter Summer Term 2014 Issue 15
Academy Life
Message from the Principal, Mr Slater
www.drapersacademy.com
Ms Jordan – Languages
Mr Dennehy – Maths
Miss Bellis – Maths
Miss Cuddington – English
Ms Dunn – Music
Miss Tahan – Science
Miss Wright – Science
Miss Canfield – History
Miss Alphonse – Geography
Miss Woonton – English
Miss Monk – PE
Miss Ahmed – Maths
We wish them all well.
And finally – I wish you all and all who are connected to Drapers’ Academy very best wishes for continued success, for the final time.
Have a great summer.
Mr Kelly – Maths
Miss Borowiecki – English
Mrs Sharpe—Science
RIBA National Award
House Grand Prix
After our success at the regional level, judges from the Royal Institute of
British Architects (RIBA) returned to the Academy on Friday 23rd
May to
assess our building for the national awards.
On Friday 13th June, we were delighted to find out that we have been
presented a prestigious RIBA National Award in the Education and
Community category. 44 buildings received the national award with
only 4 presented to schools across the country. Other winners included
notable, high profile projects such as the London Aquatics Centre, Tate
Britain and London Bridge Tower.
This award is an incredible achievement for the Academy and is testament to the unique,
successful learning environment we have created in Harold Hill.
Our Academy building will now be considered for the Stirling Prize which is the biggest prize in
UK architecture. A shortlist for this award will be announced on the 17th July.
Now we are in our final term the house competition is well and
truly heating up.
The House Grand Prix competition took place on the 21st May,
providing opportunities for crucial extra points. Pupils, students
and staff all congregated in the courtyard around the track in
which the remote control cars would be racing round. Year 10
pupils Harry Bland (Da Vinci), Jack Andrews (Fermat) and Year 9
pupil Billy Stanbridge (Einstein) have been working during their lunchtimes for several weeks to
make this race possible. Over 60 hours of extra-curricular work had gone into building the
machines from scratch.
The challenge was set; the teams had 10 minutes to complete as many laps as possible.
Da Vinci and Fermat led straight from the off but it was only a short time before Jack Andrews,
the Fermat driver, began to take control of the race. After a while some cars experienced
technical difficulties and took a pit stop. Fermat stayed in pole position and raced to a
comfortable victory.
Congratulations to Fermat who gained much needed house
points. The current house totals are as follows;
Franklin 9553
Da Vinci 9964
Einstein 9606
Fermat 8834
Sian Moynihan recognised by Havering
Art Exhibition 2014
Pupils and their families, along with staff enjoyed a fantastic evening at the annual Art Exhibition
which took place on the 19th June. GCSE, AS and A Level art work was showcased, with a wide
and varied range of themes. Specialisms extended from traditional fine art, through to art textiles,
graphics and three-dimensional design.
Visitors to the exhibition have been impressed by the high standard of the work on show, many of
whom wrote lovely testaments in our comments book.
Pupils have worked extremely hard to develop their own creative and unique approaches and
this was very clear in the work exhibited.
Year 9 pupil Sian Moynihan, member of Einstein house, has been
recognised as one of the borough’s most talented young people for
her skill in Ice Skating.
Sian has been skating on the ice since the age of 5 and now 9 years
on she still loves every minute of it, currently representing
Chelmsford Riverside Ice Skating Club competing at the advanced
novice level. Sian has had a fantastic season achieving a personal
best in the Bracknell open competition.
Sian has real ambitions to go further next season with hopes to be
selected for the International Development Squad representing
GB. If she achieves her goals Sian will then have the opportunity to compete in competitions
overseas.
With her recognition by Havering, Sian has also received a grant of £200. The money is going
towards an intensive summer training camp in Kitzbuhel, Austria which will be run by top
international skating coach Yuri Bureiko. The 6 day course is a once in a lifetime opportunity
and has been highly recommended to Sian by her current coaches.
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Sian for being recognised by Havering for
her talent and wish her the best of luck in the future.
@DrapersAcademy
Drapers’ Academy
www.drapersacademy.com
Salters’ Festival of Chemistry
Year 7 & 8 Athletic Competition
Year 7 and 8 pupils got their first taste of competitive athletics this year when they travelled to
Emerson Park Academy on Monday 9th June.
The girls got the team of to a great start with some impressive results. Year 7 Brooke Eaton won
the 800m with a time of 3 minutes and 6 seconds and Shakira Adefabi of the same year,
continued the success winning the 300m clocking a time of 54.09 seconds.
Other notable performances from the girls included;
- Elizabeth Awoemi who came 2nd
in the 200m with a time of 30.97 seconds.
- Abimbola Jimoh came 2nd
in the discus with a throw of 14.25 metres.
- Kira Smith recieved 2nd
in the 800m with a time of 3 minutes and 22 seconds.
- Emma Hughed came 3rd
in the discus with a throw of 15.10 metres.
- Besarta Ternava was awarded 3rd
place in javelin throwing 13.20 metres.
- Hollie Bell received 1st place in the high jump leaping 1.30 metres.
With these fantastic results, the pressure was on the boys to continue the success.
Year 7 Timi Tinubu was first up in the 100m sprint where he ran an impressive time of 14.05
seconds. For his time Timi was awarded 2nd
place, however the podium places didn’t end there
for the Drapers’ Athletics Team. Kai Pound received 3rd
place for his 200m race where he ran
the time of 33.52 seconds and Kieran Moniyhan also came 3rd
in the 800m with a time of 2
minutes 45 seconds. In the field events the boys controlled the discus event
with a 3rd
and 1st place. Thomas Doidge took 3
rd with a throw of 19.85 metres
and Ricky Singh won the event with a throw of 24.20 metres. These results
meant the team finished the competition in an impressive 4th place.
On Wednesday 14th May, a team of four Year 7 pupils entered the London area Salters’
Chemistry Challenge at Queen Mary, University of London. The team comprised Ashleigh
Pearson (Einstein), Mitchell Roach (Fermat), Daisy Robins (Da Vinci) and Timi Tinubu (Fermat).
The pupils competed against 19 other schools for the prize including Dulwich College,
Mossbourne Community Academy and Durston House School.
The challenge involved using their practical skills and deductive
reasoning to identify the perpetrator of a crime using various
techniques usually found in an episode of CSI. The team were up
against some outstanding pupils from prestigious schools in the
London area, many of them where in the year above. To our great
delight, our team battled hard to overcome all the other schools to
win 1st prize in the competition. The pupils summarised the
experience as “… pretty serious and we had to work together extremely hard.”