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Oliver... a fantasticperformance leftthe audiencewanting more!

Also Inside....Examination resultsimprove again!

Moving Up to Emmanuel

Curriculum EnrichmentWeek

Visits to Rome and Barcelona

Ready Steady Cook!

This Issue: Emmanuel News Special Feature: Moving up to Emmanuel International Links Enrichment at Emmanuel Sporting Life

Issue 12 Autumn 2010

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GALLERYWHO'SWHO?1. Bethany Griffiths,Year 10 2. Esther Lowe,Year 9 3. Keenan Shipley,Year 8 4. Rhiannah Blake,Year 85. James Tomlinson,Year 8 6. Kedijah Eaves O'Connor,Year 8, leads a dance workshop7.Year 11 girls arrive in style for their Prom 8.Andrew Kumire and Emmanuel Ojomo,Year 10

Emmanuel News

As Emmanuel celebrates another year ofgrowing, learning and serving it is apleasure to congratulate so many studentsand staff on the successes of the last fewmonths. As you read through this editionof the Achiever, I hope that you too will feelproud of what you have achieved asparents, through your encouragement andsupport of your children.Working togetherin partnership and valuing the work of ourstaff and young people, underpinned byour belief that God is with us, creates adistinctiveness that helps Emmanuel makea positive difference to all who it serves.

Firstly, I am delighted to share with you thatthe hard work and dedication of staff andstudents over the course of the academicyear has resulted in a significantimprovement in A level and GCSEexamination results. 81% of studentsachieved 5 or more GCSEs at Grades A*-Ccompared with last year’s figure of 62%,and 95% of students passed their A levels.The 5+ A*- C measure including Maths andEnglish also improved to 45%,withaccompanying improvements in each ofthese areas. Congratulations to everyone!

This can be attributed to the developmentof a more personalised curriculum to meetthe needs of all groups of students and arelentless focus on tracking studentprogress with intervention programmespromoted by our own team of teachers andacademic mentors.

Our Gifted and Talented programmecontinues to provide additionalopportunities for students and we arethrilled that there has been a 53% increasein students achieving A* and A grades atGCSE and that at A level, the number of A* -C grades has increased by 30%.Congratulations also to the Year 10students who passed their GCSE Mathsearly with 63% achieving A* and A gradepasses and the rest achieving a Grade B.Wewish them every success as they study theiradditional Maths qualification inpreparation for A level.

We wish all of our Post 16 students whohave been successful in gaining a place attheir chosen university, and those who aretaking further qualifications, all the very

best in their chosen areas. Some studentshave opted to take a Gap year and we verymuch look forward to keeping in touch,tracking their progress and inviting themback to Emmanuel to share with otherstudents their experience and expertise.Doread the account fromMatt Slater in thispublication of the Achiever; further articlesof Post 16 successes will be published inthe next edition.

Mrs C.A. Fearria,Headteacher

Emmanuel GCSE andA level exam resultscontinue to rise

The Notice Board Gallery I s s u e 1 2 A u t u m n 2 0 1 0Dates For Your DiaryThursday 16 September,6.30pm: Parent Partnership ForumFriday 24 September, 7pm:Year 7 Welcome Event

Tuesday 28 September, 7pm:Open Evening

Wednesday 29 September:INSET Day

Mon – Fri 25-29 October:Half Term

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Cover photos:AdamWright (Year 8)

Niamh Shewell-Cooperand Lucy Townsend,Year 8

Main cover photo: Tom Girling, Eleanor Dickens (both Year 9)and Alice Bentham (Year 13) in a scene from Oliver

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Meet theteamThe Year 11 editorial team hasworked hard collecting stories,organising photographs andselecting the best features.We hope you like the resultand look forward to receivingyour contributions in the nextedition.

Mrs Bracha

EMMANUEL NEWSImproved exam resultsSalter’s Science Challenge

EMMANUEL ARTSMaximummarks for art studentBTEC artist at QMCEmmanuel’s Got TalentOliver! the musical

SPECIAL FEATUREMoving up to Emmanuel

LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOMCurriculum EnrichmentWeek

INTERNATIONAL LINKSRome 2010Costa Brava tripGap year interview

ENRICHMENT AT EMMANUELReady Steady CookDuke of Edinburgh AwardROKO Health Club offer

SPORTING LIFE & ACHIEVEMENTSCity Athletic ChampionsSports Round-upGold medal hat trickA day in the life of Esther Lowe

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The event, attended by 15 schools across thecounty, began with the ‘Salter’s Challenge.’Students were transformed into ForensicScientists to crack a ‘murder case’usingchromatography experiments. Students andstaff then engaged in the ‘University ChallengeEgg Race!’Here, they were asked to design avehicle to launch a raw egg through a highramp of over 2 metres without breaking theegg! The rest of the day was filled with Fizz &Bang fun-type chemistry experiments held inone of the university’s lecture theatres.Thestudents were a great credit to the school andthoroughly enjoyed their time at the festival.

Salter’s Science Challenge

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Special congratulationsmust go to the followingstudents who achieved 9or more grades A* and A:

Hannah Bolstridge,Alice Butler,Rebecca Butler, Jessica Etheridge,Stephen Ford, Frances Parnell,TobyPrice , Emily Smith,Charlotte Stoneyand Aaniyat Zahra

Emmanuel - The Arts Emmanuel - The Arts

Featuring some outstanding principal characters, anenergetic chorus and a professional quality band, the show was aresounding success. Staff from departments across the school cametogether in a formidable production team and ensured Oliver! was ashow to remember.

Principals included:Oliver – Harry Bennett/AdamWright,Year 8Artful Dodger – Tom Girling,Year 9 / Martha Harris,Year 8Fagin – Daniel Atherton,Year 11Nancy – Alice Bentham,Year 13 / Eleanor Dickens,Year 9Bill Sykes – Clara Rawson,Year 13

The Children’sWard at theQueens Medical Centrecommissioned local students tocreate Art that can be displayedin the wards to promotehealing and wellbeing.Our BTEC students have been working onbeautiful Impressionist paintings that willbe displayed in the hospital, and theirefforts drew the attention of the BBC whocame in to meet some of the students andlook at the Artwork being produced. Soimpressed were the crew that they tookone of the paintings with them to presentto Angela Horsley who is heading up theinitiative.The efforts of the students havealso resulted in the collaboration betweenschool and hospital to develop aNottingham Emmanuel School galleryspace, specifically for displaying Artworkcreated by our students.

We look forward to a long partnershipwith the hospital creating and displayingthe excellent work of our students,whilstalso helping to make the hospital abrighter, healthier place.

Miss Hamer,Art and Design

BTEC artists at Queen Medical Centre

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Maximum marksfor Lauren

This was the comment of the moderator ashe looked around the Year 12 and 13 AS andA2 Art and Photography exhibition.Teachingand Learning was highly commended on itsability to enable students to develop theirown personalised learning, and boy, did weindeed have variety this year!

Lauren Allin’s final piece of Art scored topmarks across all of Edexcel’s Assessment Objectives.To some itmerely looks like 3 random bikes covered in sweets; to Lauren itwas her way of expressing how becoming an adult woman meansshe has lost some of the youth and imagination from herchildhood.Her concept was backed up with her in-depth studieson the theme of ‘Rhythm and Cycles’ set by the examining board.

Mrs Pearson,Head of Art and Design

“It is quite clearly degree level work,”

Mrs Pearson,Head of Art,with work by Lauren Allin,Year 13

Amy Carver,Year 11

Aaliyah Brown,Year 9

“The variety of form and brilliancy of colour in the objects presentedto patients have a physical effect and are actual means of recovery”.

Florence Nightingale

Oliver...Can we havesome more?For three days and nights, theNottingham Emmanuel School Hallwas transformed into a scene fromVictorian London as around 60 studentsfromYears 7 –12 produced the well-knownmusical Oliver! as part ofCurriculum EnrichmentWeek.

Emmanuel’s Got TalentHaving been through a series ofauditions and call-backs over the pastweeks, 15 student acts made it through,eager to impress the audience, and ourvery own Simon and Amanda,MrWilliams and Mrs Bracha.There weresome stunning performances fromstudents from all year groups,withhighlights of the first round includingAlfie Hallam,Year 8,Year 9s Brandon Hilland Leon Hannania and Year 10s JennyRegan and Kirsty Barnes.As the tensionbegan to grow, the audience were giventhe opportunity to vote for their finalthree contenders for the sing-off.

Lois BrownYear 13,Aaliyah BrownYear 9and Harmony (Towera Kambona, LouisaNoruschat, Alegria Carlos, Safrina Henry –all Year 10) made it through, and after a

tense and agonising decision for thejudges, the 2010 title was handed toAaliyah Brown, for her infectious andcharismatic rendition of Taylor Swift's hit,'Romeo and Juliet'. Fantasticperformances from the Emmanuel Choirand the Emmanuel Music TheatreCompany (directed by Alice Bentham,Year 13) also made the evening anotherspecial occasion, showcasing the verybest of the depth and breadth of thetalent found within the School.

Special thanks go to Year 13 studentsEmma Duckers and Helen Keith of theEmmanuel Student Union for theirorganisation of the event.

Friday 28 May saw the Hall absolutely packed out withpassionate supporters keen to cheer on their heroes in thefinals of Emmanuel's Got Talent.

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Moving up toEmmanuel

Your first fewdays atEmmanuel

Special Feature

Dates for the diary:16th and 17th September: Year 7 Trip to Sherwood Pines

24th September: Year 7Welcome Event

14th October: Key Stage 3 Educational Evening (Homework)

2nd November: Pioneer Centre Parent Meeting

17th – 19th November: Pioneer Centre Residential

9th December: Year 7 Tutor Evening

Year 6 students from St.Patrick’s Primary School got an exciting chance tocome in and work with the ‘Oliver!’ cast towards the end of the summerterm.They learnt dance routines, songs and acting skills and producedsome fabulous performances.

Members of the choir sing ‘Saviour’, composed by Year12 student BethWardle-Miller (centre)

Alice Butler,Year 11

Dance workshop

MissWatson with Kai Bell, Charmaine Alibinue,Sophie Davies and Alli Maleta

Year 8 buddies Jordon Powell and Joscelyn Hill with Domenika Kurda, Sophie Jackson andWei Huang

7th July saw 180 newYear 7students come and experiencelife at The Nottingham EmmanuelSchool for the first time.As therest of the school was gettingready for the summer holidays,year 6 students fromacross Nottingham andNottinghamshire were lookingforward to September when theywould join us here to begin theirsecondary education.

Students got to meet their tutors and theother students in their new tutor group.Theylearnt more about each other with an objectthat they had all been asked to bring in.These ranged from photographs, objectsthey had made,favourite booksand even teddybears. Studentswere very braveand stood up infront of theirgroups toexplain whatthey hadchosen torepresentthemselvesand why.

Tutor groups alsogot to experience what lessons at TheNottingham Emmanuel School are like,ranging from learning Spanish; designingeco-friendly houses in Geography;medievalEnglish village life in

History; evaluating important values in life inReligious Education and team sports in PE.All teachers commented on how everyonegot involved in all the lessons and workedreally hard throughout the day; they were acredit to themselves.

At lunch time many differentenrichment activities wereoffered which all students got tosample.Again, there was such avariety of different work takingplace. Some got to relax in theChill Zone whereas others weremore energetic enjoying playingtennis with the PE Department, orsinging and dancing with the‘Oliver!’ cast.The most popular by farthough was making and launchingrockets into the River Trent withTechnology.All involved seemed tohave good fun, and we hope that it

will encourage them to take up themultitude of activities on offer whenthey join us here.

Many thanks toall teacherswho gave uptheir free timeto make theday such asuccess; allstudentsenjoyedthemselvesand workedhard all day.Their behaviour was fantastic and we are allvery excited about them starting here inSeptember as Year 7 students.

MissWatson,Achievement & Pastoral Manager

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Enrichment at Emmanuel Enrichment at Emmanuel

Curriculum EnrichmentWeek(CEW) from 12th-16th Julyprovided 6 extended projectopportunities for all Key Stage 3students.

Students worked across year groups in smallteams on independent learning projects inPE,Arts,Maths & Computing,Humanities &Communications, Business, Science & DT,and outdoors in the Ground Force LabyrinthProject.

There was a wonderful buzz around theschool and some outstanding workproduced in all areas. In PE, students tookpart in an Olympics Experience,whichinvolved a range of highly competitiveactivities exploring the Olympic spirit.

The Arts combined CEWwith the stagingof theWhole School Production of Oliver!In Maths & Computing, students workedwith a professional computer gamesdesigner to develop a range of computergames solving mathematical problems,while the Humanities andCommunications teams produced somefantastic films, on the subject of 'Peopleand Places'.

MrWolfe,Assistant Headteacher

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The Apprentice

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Oliver theMusical

FilmMaking

Learning outside the classroom

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The Ground Force team designed andbuilt a Labyrinth in the school garden,enabling students and staff to exploretheir Christian faith through a variety ofsensory experiences, and theBusiness/Science/DT staff held a fantasticenterprise competition based on TheApprentice.The winning team was thentreated to an hour in a limousine as theirprize, topping off another hugelysuccessful week.

Computer games designerstake a break to play more traditional games

Eleanor Dickens,Year 9, as Nancy

Miss Carrick with Samantha Hind and Caprice Adjei, both Year 8

The Apprentice winning team

Back row:Sophie Downs,Alexandria Smith,both Year 9, Mr Keeling,Daniel Davies,Year 8, Ashley Nicholls,Year 10, George Carter,Year 9.

Front row:MrsWood, Adam Carver,Year 8 and Mrs Scobell

OlympicExperience

Rome July 2010

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Matt’s gapyear scholarship

Our 12 students were an absolute credit to the school.They had apacked itinerary over 5 days with plenty of opportunities tosketch and take photographs at famous landmarks including theChristian Catacombs,The Trevi Fountain,The Spanish Steps,ThePantheon, St. Peter’s Square, and The Coliseum.The undoubtedhighlight of the visit was the ornamental and famous SistineChapel in the Vatican.We all valued the trip immensely andwould fly back in a heartbeat to be amongst this busy, romanticand charming city.

Mrs Pearson,Head of Art and Design

I have always been really excited aboutGeography and I am hoping to study for a BAin Geography with International Studies atLeeds University,which involves studyingabroad for a year. In preparation for this Idecided to take a gap year, and applied for ascholarship from the Royal GeographicalSociety,who offer up to £4000 for Geographystudents to plan a gap year. I had to send off a

written application including some ideas of what I might want todo and reasons why I’d be a good candidate and then go for aninterview at the RGS headquarters in London. I was extremelyhonoured to discover I was one of only 10 students in thecountry to be successful in earning a scholarship! I later returnedto London to meet my mentor, and other mentees who had alsobeen given the opportunity to plan their gap year with RGS.

As a result I have planned to go to Norway for a fewmonths tostudy the effects of climate change in the Arctic Circle, see thefjords and visit an energy company. In January 2011, I will bemoving to Madrid for three months where I will be living with afamily and teaching English to their children. Later in 2011, I amplanning to go inter-railing around Europe with some friends. Iam looking forward to experiencing different cultures, gainingmore independence and getting used to travelling and adaptingto different environments. I may even learn to cook!

Taking a gap year is something I would recommend to everyone,especially if you are intending to study Geography at universityas it will make your application even stronger!

Matt Slater,Year 13

International Links Emmanual Enrichment

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HOT! HOT! HOT!What an exciting and busytime we had in and around Rome, on the firstEuropean Annual Art Trip.

Costa Brava

The focus of the visit was to study the effects of tourism, topractise Spanish language skills, visit historic sites and toparticipate in various activities focussing on physical andhuman Geography.One of the highlights of the trip was a tourof Barcelona which included a visit to the vibrant and livelypromenade; Las Ramblas and the largest all-seater stadium inEurope, the Nou Camp.Thank you to the students for making itso special; it will be remembered for so many things, not leastthe fact that we were actually in Spain when they won theWorld Cup!

MissWiltshire,Director of Humanities

During Curriculum EnrichmentWeek 28students fromYears 7, 8, 9 and 12 visited therenowned tourist resort of Lloret de Mar inCosta Brava.

Winning Chefs:Whitney Uwadiae (Year 9),Towera Kambona and EmmanuelOjomo (both Year 10)

Alexandra Dixon,Mrs Mather-Craddock,Charlotte Stoneyand Rebecca Butler with their cakes

Staff and students at Nou Camp,home of Barcelona FC

This Key Stage 3 event was theinaugural Ready Steady CookCompetition at the NottinghamEmmanuel School. The design brief forthe activity was for students to designa healthy snack. Over eighty per centof the students entered the competition.These entries were then judged andeach year and house was represented inthe final, when students had to cookand present their meal.A thrilling climax then followed withstaff more nervous than thecompetitors! Finally the winners wereselected and in joint first place wereWhitney Uwadiae (Year 9) and ToweraKambona (Year 10) who made Couscous with Red Peppers, and Salmon ona bed of Salad. Third place wasawarded to Emmanuel Ojomo(Year 10)for a dish originating from West Arica— Jolof Chicken with Rice. All wereextremely delicious and beautifullypresented, so well done students - can’twait until next year!Mr Dunning,Head of Design Technology

Ready Steady Cook

Duke ofEdinburghAwardCongratulations toYear 11 studentsAlexandra Dixon,Charlotte Stoney andRebecca Butler who recently completed a cakedecorating course, led by Mrs Mather-Craddock, as partof their Duke of Edinburgh Award.

We are pleased to announce that Mr Dobbs and MrDunning will be launching the Duke of Edinburghawards at Emmanuel,with a group of Year 10 studentspreparing for their first expedition in the Spring term.

We are pleased to report that we are working in partnership with ROKO HealthClub to encourage students to improve their fitness levels.They have verykindly donated family passes as rewards and are delivering activities such asStreet Dance, Boxing and Cheer Leading as part of our lunchtime EnrichmentProgramme. Some lucky students will also have the chance to visit ROKO totake part in training sessions.

ROKO offers a Child’s Membership Scheme which consists of a variety ofsupervised studio and gym based classes run by a highly qualified FitnessTeam.The Children’s Activity programme includes:Teen Gym,Cheerleading,Super Circuits, Ballet, Football Coaching,Yoganutz, Kickboxing, Family Splash,Street Dance andWater Sports. All sessions are designed to ensure you get fit,have fun and make new friends all at the same time,which is exactly whatchildren should be doing.

ROKO is offering you and your family a chance to get fit and stay healthy. Bysimply bringing this article down to the club, you can redeem a complimentary“Day Pass” for 2 Adults and 2 Children to use all the fantastic facilities at ROKOHealth Club,Nottingham.For more information or advice on exercise for children,please feel free tocontact Lee on lcooper@nottingham.roko.co.uk

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Sporting Life and Achievements

As well as some outstanding individualperformances, the Year 7 Athletics Team producedour best result of the season and of the past 8years in the competition! Emmanuel is now one ofan elite group of just 4 schools to win thiscompetition, along with the High School, Bluecoatand Trinity. All boys and girls competing on thetrack came in 4th place or above in all events.

Congratulations to all students who took part.

Miss Schulze,Head of Physical Education

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Year 9 student Esther Lowe has beendancing from the age of 4, recentlyfulfilling one of her dreams by dancingwith the English Youth Ballet in aperformance of ‘Coppelia’ at Nottingham’sRoyal Theatre. She took time out from herbusy schedule to talk to me about herdancing.

What types of dance do you do,wheredo you dance, and what standard areyou? I do ballet, tap, jazz andcontemporary dance at Gedling BalletSchool and I have reached Grade 7 (Grade8 is the highest). I have also taken part in‘insight days’with the Royal Ballet School.

How often do you dance? I train 5 days aweek for up to 3 hours at a time – more if Ihave a show.Dancing ‘en pointe’ (on mytoes) is the hardest of all and classesconsist of 3 hours of non-stop dancing,after which I have to bandage my toes tolet them recover.

That’s a heavy schedule.Why do you doit? I love it! It’s hard work but reallyenjoyable. It helps with discipline, strengthand memory. I also learn everything inFrench!

So what’s next? I am working towards anaudition with the Royal Ballet School as I’dlove to be a professional dancer. I’d alsolike to teach dance – or work with animals!

Andwould you recommend dancing toothers? Definitely!

The Sugden SportsCentre in Manchestermarked the English and final leg of the 4 NationsDisabled Badminton Championship series for2009/10 over the weekend of 18-19 April.Although the spotlight was on Britain’s Men’sWheelchair No1, European andWorld No 3 GobiRanganathan, it was Nottingham Emmanuelstudent Owen Kilburn who stole the limelight bywinning 3 Gold medals in the Men’s Singles Class1 & 2, Combined Doubles and Mixed DoublesCombined.Well done Owen—we’re all so proud ofyou and wish you all the best as you leaveEmmanuel to continue your academic andsporting career.

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Congratulations to ...

� KayleighMitchell (Year 9)who danced her way to highly commended inthe prestigious Len Goodman exam, achievingher silver award. She has been dancing with theJulie Lockton School of Dance since she was 8years old and is now working towards her goldaward.

� Red HouseAnd students from all Houses who competed inour annual Sports Day.As always, the quality ofperformance was high with many school recordsbeing broken,most notably by Year 8 studentTalisha Brown who smashed a 200m record whichhad stood for 5 years.Well done to Red House, theoverall winners of both Sports Day and the HouseCup

� U15 Boys Tennis Squad (Year 10s)Jonny Higham (c), Henry Bentham,Charlie Cottonand Eban Straker-Meads (Year 7) who wererunners-up in the County Tennis Competition.They should be really proud of their achievementas they have ensured that Nottingham EmmanuelSchool has a tennis team to be reckoned with!

� Ryan HastieRyan Hastie, former Year 13 student,who is nowplaying football in America after attaining asoccer scholarship. Ryan is happy to be wearingthe number 6 shirt in his preferred position ofcentre back

Esther Lowe,Year 9

Budding athletes fromYears 7-12show off their Sports Day medals

Rory McNelis and Talisha Brown collect the team trophyfrom PaulWalker (Nottingham Schools’Sport Partner)

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Sports Round-Up:

First placewinners

CITY ATHLETICCHAMPIONS!!

Rory McNelis - HurdlesTalisha Brown - 200mBryson Thorpe - 200mJahzeel Barrow - 800m

Jessica Higgott - DiscusAmazingWongyai - JavelinGirls Relay TeamBoys Relay Team

Owen’sgoldmedalhat trick !