Friday 28 June 2019

Young Enterprise Employability Masterclass

With the Year 10 Work Experience fast approaching in July, the students participated in a practical workshop to prepare

them for the world of work; a perfect opportunity for students to consider their skills and personal qualities that

employers value.

Through practical hands on activities the mastercalss explored themes such as

personal branding, employability skills, evidencing life experiences, CVs, covering

letters, preparing for an interview and high growth career sectors.

EY Foundation

The EY Foundation visited The Elmgreen School to run an employability skills workshop to support our Year 10

students to develop their aspirations and their work related skills and knowledge. Twenty four excellent volunteers

from across industries participated in group activities with the students.

The activities offered our young people the opportunity to present

themselves confidently in person (verbally and non-verbally), to

demonstrate an awareness of essential employability skills and

how these can be applied in the workplace, and to show

understanding of their own strengths.

Our Year 10 students were excellent candidates for these

workshops and participated wonderfully.

Duke of Edinburgh Expedition

W ell done to the fantastic Blue Bronze group for completing their Assessed

Duke of Edinburgh Award expedition. They all navigated through the

countryside of Sussex using their maps and compass to guide them. All students

passed their expedition

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DofE social media on:

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‘Divided’ by Tim Marshall

A Geography Department Book Review

We inhabit an age of walls, the journalist Tim Marshall observes in Divided. Half of all border

barriers erected globally since 1945 have appeared in this century. “Within a few years, the European

nations could have more miles of walls, fences and barriers on their borders than there were at the

height of the Cold War.

Marshall takes us on a tour of some of the most relevant border divides in the world: India’s border

with Pakistan and Bangladesh, the Israel and Palestine border in the West Bank, the new borders

across the Middle East and those running across Europe. The effectiveness of barriers are explored,

whilst also looking into our desire for social and political division, the ‘us and them’ thinking and

how it fits into the 21st century

Divided also opens up the role of borders on an internal level, such as gated communities in South Africa and the US.

Here, Marshall examines how levels of exclusivity can spiral, creating physical and psychological division. In China, it is

the entire population who are excluded, with the ‘Great Firewall’ keeping 700 million citizens detached from foreign news

and media outlets. Overall, this book brilliantly deconstructs the walls – both, electronic, external and internal of the

future.

This book is now in stock at in the school library. Other notable reads include Prisoners o f Geography and Worth dying

for: the power and politics of flags, which are both also available.

Volunteers needed for preparing and

serving refreshments at We Will Rock You

Are you able to help with refreshments at the summer school

musical production on the evenings of 10, 11 and 12 July?

We need lots of help with preparing fruit for the cast and crew as well as serving audience refreshments before the show ,

in the interval and clearing up at the end.

We also need donations of sweet and savoury finger snacks to sell .

Helping out at the show is a great way to meet other parents and support the school.

If you would be able to help please contact Liz Myers at : myersomulloy@btinternet.com or on 07584 751372

Dates for your Diary

Wednesday 3 July 6.30pm Full Governing Body Meeting Governors

Friday 5 July Professional Development Day (staff only)

Wednesday 10 July 6.30pm - 8.00pm Governors Resources, Leadership

& Management Committee

Governors

Wednesday 10 July 5.30pm-7.00pm Art, Media and DT Exhibition All families/guests

Wednesday 10 July 6.30pm – 9.00pm School Production All Families

Thursday 11 July 6.30pm – 9.00pm School Production All Families

Friday 12 July 6.30pm – 9.00pm School Production All Families

Thursday 18 July All Day Sports Day Tooting Bec Athletics Track

Friday 19 July End of Term—students dismissed at 12.30pm

Monday 22 July 2019 Professional Development Day (staff only)

Tuesday 23 July 2019 Professional Development Day (staff only)

End of Year Key Stage 3 (KS3) Examinations

Date Start Length

Year

Group Subject

Monday 1 July 9am 1hr20mins Year 9 English Paper 2

Monday 1 July 1:30pm 1hr20mins Year 7 English

Tuesday 2 July 9am 1hr20mins Year 9 Maths (Non-Calculator) Paper 1 of 3

Tuesday 2 July 1:30pm 1hr20mins Year 7 Maths (Non-Calculator) Paper 1 of 3

Wednesday 3 July 9am 1hr20mins Year 9 Maths (Calculator) Paper 2 of 3

Wednesday 3 July 1:30pm 1hr20mins Year 7 Geography

Thursday 4 July 9am 1hr20mins Year 7 Maths (Calculator) Paper 2 of 3

Thursday 4 July 1:30pm 1hr20mins Year 8 Maths (Calculator) Paper 2 of 3

Friday 5 July Staff Professional Development Day – no school for students

Monday 8 July 9am 1hr20mins Year 8 Geography

Monday 8 July 1:30pm 1hr20mins Year 9 Geography

Tuesday 9 July 9am 1hr20mins Year 8 History

Tuesday 9 July 11am 30mins Year 9 Numeracy (Non-Calculator) Paper 3 of 3

Tuesday 9 July 1:30pm 30mins Year 7 Numeracy (Non-Calculator) Paper 3 of 3

Wednesday 10 July 9am 1hr20mins Year 7 History

Wednesday 10 July 11am 30mins Year 8 Numeracy (Non-Calculator) Paper 3 of 3

Wednesday 10 July 1:30pm 1hr20mins Year 9 History

Speed-Stacking

Recently, we held a speed-stacking competition for Year 7 students in the library. We had able assistance from Year 9’s, who took charge of the practice tables, the timer table and the leader board.

Students demonstrated their speed stacking skills by up-stacking (building the cups up) and then down-stacking.

The fastest student was Daniel, 7W1 in a record time of 4.382 seconds. Well done, Daniel!