On the 15th of November, some Soane students were included in a

competition to design a new pedestrian crossing in Ealing town centre.

Ark Soane students made their way to the Pitzhanger Manor and

Gallery, which was John Soanes’ country house. We should be

extremely thankful to the staff for opening the Museum on a day the

Museum was not accessible to the public. The students who went on

this trip saw the re-enaction of John Soanes house. The marble effect

in the front hallway took many months of challenging work; it was all

painted by hand. When they stepped into the breakfast room, their

attention was drawn to the elaborately decorated ceiling, which had

the illusion of a cloudy sky above them.

Pitzhanger Manor Trip

An interview with Mr

Burnage

Word of the Month

Interest piece

Enrichment

Clubs

Student leaders

This month in family dining

Quiz

A R K S O A N E M O N T H Y

N E W S L E T T E R

P I T Z H A N G E R M A N O R T R I P

B Y D I L Y S N E W L A N D A N D

Y U S R A A B D U L L E

KEEPING UPWITH SOANEI S S U E 3 • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 1  

T A B L E O FC O N T E N T S

The illusion was surrounded by Greek

motifs. The room next to the breakfast

room was the library. The library had four

infinity mirrors, which are two mirrors

facing each other, giving the illusion that

there is an infinite hallway. Although there

are no remaining books, the library still

gives the feel of calm and tranquility. In

the library there is another elaborately

decorated ceiling, which consists of a

pergola with roses and other plants

entwined in it. A pergola is a wooden

structure with an open roof where plants

are often grown, it can be used to shade

the inside of the structure. Following our

guide, we stepped into the conservatory,

which was originally meant to span two

floors. However, John Soane did not

manage to do this, and so the restorers

kept it the same as it was in his time.

The conservatory also had the same stained-

glass windows as the entrance hall, but these

windows were in a diamond pattern. As the

students stepped up the stairs, they saw a

magnificent statue of a Greek woman, probably

the goddess Athena. The room to the right of

the stairway was the drawing room, which had

elaborately decorated wallpaper that was all

painted by hand. Birds and butterflies dotted

the walls, intertwined with leaves and branches.

The guide (Lauren) told the students to find the

only wasp in the wallpaper. Most of the

students found it in under thirty seconds, many

following the first person who shouted, “found

it!”

The banisters were decorated with flowers such

as roses, and many people took inspiration from

that. The artist, Joel, told them to take

inspiration from the museum to use in their

designs for the road crossing.

Overall, the students had an exciting time

drawing and taking inspiration from John

Soane’s house.

Q: What’s your morning routine?

A: My morning routine is to wake up at 5:45am, have a slice of toast

and a cup of coffee.

Q: What’s your mode of transport to school?

A: I take the underground from Wimbledon, It’s a 45-minute ride.

Q: What do you do before the students arrive at school?

A: I check my emails and plan my lessons.

Q: What’s the best part of being a history teacher?

A: Talking about history

Q: What’s your worst part of being a teacher.

A: The worst part is probably getting up before 6.00 am

Q: What do what do you do when the students leave.

A: I do some training and planning

In this interview, Younis and

Yasir set out to find out

more about Mr Burnage's

daily life.

AN

INTERVIEW

WITH

MR

BURNAGE

B Y Y O U N I S A L I

A N D Y A S I R O S M A N

B Y J U L I A K A N A A N

Eucatastrophe was first used in the 1530s, it means a "reversal of what is expected"

(especially a fatal turning point in a drama, the winding up of the plot), from Latin

catastropha, from Greek katastrophe "an overturning; a sudden end," from

katastrephein "to overturn, turn down, trample on; to come to an end," from kata

"down"

To use eucatastrophe in a sentence: 'It was a eucatastrophic ending.'

In short it means a dramatic plot twist ending.

Word of the month is important because finding out interesting words will

expand your vocabulary and therefore expand your English. Even if you prefer

another subject other than English, it is still fascinating to learn odd words.

This month's word of the month is....

WORD OF THE MONTH

We have just finished Oliver Twist and started

a new topic in English which is Creative

Writing where we learn the key components

to Making your own short story.

We have just finished our

first exploration day at Ark

Soane Academy. Every two

forms went to 3 different

museums, the Greeks, the

Egyptians, and the Romans

went to the Museum of

London, Science Museum,

and the British Museum.

Alexander and Pericles

went to the Museum of

London and learnt and

studied about Victorian

London. We went to find

more information on our

English topic (Oliver Twist).

Each group did an activity

based on what they did

and saw.For example, the

Eygyptians made leaflets

describing objects from

the British Museum.

B Y Y A K U B A B D U L L A H IEXPLORATION DAY

B Y E R I K A H E R AI T Z AW e a s k e d o u r I t z a l e a d e r M r s .

C r u i c k s h a n k s s o m e q u e s t i o n s a n d w e

f o u n d o u t . . .

I t z a i s a g l o b a l c h a l l e n g e t h a t m a n y

s c h o o l s p a r t i c i p a t e i n t o h e l p o u r

p l a n e t a n d e n v i r o n m e n t b y c o m p l e t i n g

c h a l l e n g e s . A r k S o a n e h a s e n d e d u p i n

1 6 t h p l a c e b e c a u s e o f o u r a m a z i n g

s t u d e n t s t h a t s p e n d t i m e l e a r n i n g m o r e

a b o u t o u r w o r l d a n d h e l p i n g u s g a i n

p o i n t s ! T h e t o p t w o p e o p l e t h a t e n d e d

u p i n t h e I t z a f i n a l s t h i s m o n t h w e r e

L u c a s G a n d M a l v i n a B . S a d l y , A r k

S o n e w a s n o t a b l e t o m a k e i t t o t h e

t o p 3 t h i s y e a r , b u t h o p e f u l l y n e x t

y e a r w e w i l l t r y t o m a k e i t a t l e a s t i n

t o p 1 0 .

CHARITY OF THE MONTH BY MALCOM DENTON-

LECKY AND RETAJ AMRANE

The charity of the month is Cancer research UK. Cancer

Research was founded on January 29th, 1953, by Helen

Coley Nauts and Oliver R Grace Sr. Cancer Research was

started to find a cure for cancer.

What have they been doing recently?

Progress in molecular, epidemiologic, and clinical research

is leading to improved cancer prevention, screening, and

treatment. Cancer mortality rates and the increasing

numbers of cancer survivors are important indicators of the

progress being made. Cancer Research UK’s mission is to

see the day when all cancers are cured. Investing an

average of $500 million per year, they're the world’s

largest independent funder of cancer research.

How can you help?

You can donate by going to

https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/get-involved/donate

Now is the time to really want to help with cancer research

so DONATE!

Soane’s Museum:

In 1792, John Soane purchased a house at 12

Lincoln’s Inn Fields. Later buying a second on 13

Lincoln’s Inn Fields, he used the house as his home

and library, but also entertained potential clients in

the drawing room. The two houses along with 14

Lincoln’s Inns Fields, is now the Sir John Soane’s

Museum and is open to the public for free.

Between 1794 and 1824 Soane remodelled and

extended the house into two neighbouring

properties – partly to experiment with architectural

ideas, and partly to house his growing collection of

antiques and architectural salvage. As his practice

prospered, Soane was able to collect objects

worthy of the British Museum, including the

Sarcophagus of Seti I in 1824.

Childhood:

John was born in Goring-on-Thames

on the 10th of September 1753, he

was the second son to his father and

mother, his father (John Soane)

worked as a bricklayer. Soane was

educated in a nearby private school

run by William Baker. The Soane

Family moved to Chertsey with John’s

brother, William.

John was introduced to James

Peacock, a surveyor who worked

with George Dance, the Younger.

Soane continued his education and

joined the household and office of

Henry Holland.

B Y K I E R A N J A N I - R U T H E N

A N D M A K G E O R G E

J O H N

S O A N E ' S

H I S T O R Y

Early Work:

Following John Soane’s studies at the Royal Academy, he gathered the knowledge he needed to

start his architectural journey and returned to England in June of 1780. Throughout the 1780’s,

Soane had well-earned success. His first architectural build was a country house.

J o h n S o a n e ( 1 7 5 3

– 1 8 3 7 ) w a s a n

E n g l i s h A r c h i t e c t

a n d s p e c i a l i s e d

i n t h e N e o -

C l a s s i c a l s t y l e .

A s t h e s o n o f a

b r i c k l a y e r , h e

w a n t e d t o r e a c h

t h e t o p o f h i s

p r o f e s s i o n a n d

b e c a m e t h e

p r o f e s s o r o f

a r c h i t e c t u r e a t

t h e R o y a l

A c a d e m y .

Why We Chose to Do This:

Mr. J Soane is a very inspirational character

who lived near Ealing. Mak George and I

decided to do this as we really enjoy sharing

information about Ark Soane’s namesake.

It’s been another amazing month of family

dining at Ark Soane.

The most popular conversational topic this

month has been the riddles. An example of a

riddle told was: "Hercules is practising archery.

But he missses all his shots. What did he

break?" This riddle has many answers. Some of

them could be his concentration, his bow or the

targets.

How well do you really know our school? Take our quiz and find out!

1) Who gets to play table tennis? 6) What do the Lunchtime

Legends do?

2) How can you get more merits? 7) Put eucatstrophe in a sentence.

3) Where did Ramesses go on the trip? 8) When is the last day of term?

4) Which houses have football in PE? 9) What are the enrichments?

5) What is the first line of Invictus? 10) What is the date of the next school trip?

B Y T H E

N E W S L E T T E R T E A M

B Y T H E N E W S L E T T E R

T E A M

THIS MONTHIN FAMILY DINING

Student favourite:

Fish and Cips

Teacher favourite:

Chicken Curry

QUIZ

1) Mr Tse and Ms Snowdon

2) Invictus

3) The Museum of London

4) Coach Lauren and Georgia

5) Demerit, Reflection, Refferal

These are the answers to last issues quiz!

6) Romans, Egyptians, Greeks

7) 12:50pm

8) Swift, Smart, Silent, Still, Straight

9) Ruler, Rubber, 2 black or blue pens,

Green pen, Pencil, Calculator, Protractor,

Compass, 100% book, Reading Book

10) 30 minutes

QUIZ - ANSWERS

E d i t i n g : Y u s r a A b d u l l e