NUMERACY COMPETITIONAre you able to answer the following questions?

• How much money do your parents spend

on you in a year?

• How much money have your parents spent

on you up until now?

• How much money will your parents have

spent on you by the time you finish secondary

school?

• How much money will be spent on raising

children in the whole country this year?

Please ensure that all stages in the calculations are shown.

Please give your answer to your Maths teacher

or Mr. Ahle-Hagh (T9).

Remember to write your full name and tutor

group.

The winners will be announced in the next issue

of newsletter.

The overall winner of each year group will

receive a WHSmith voucher, 20 Vivos and a

certificate. Whoever participates in competitions

will receive 5 vivos.

K. Ahle-Hagh, Numeracy Coordinator

West Green Road

London N15 3QR

Tel: 020 8888 1722

Fax: 020 8881 8143

Email: admin@parkview.haringey.sch.uk

www.parkview.haringey.sch.uk

UPDATEAUTUMN TERM | DECEMBER 2013

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

NUMERACY WEEK

RHYTHM STICKS

OUTSTANDING FOR ALL AWARDS

LEE VALLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP

DEAR PARENT/CARERWelcome to our Winter term Newsletter!

As you are aware this is my final newsletter

before I move on to pastures new in

January.

I would like to thank you all for the support

you have shown for the school and me

personally. It has been a privilege to serve

this community. Parent Voice has done a lot

to shape Park View over the years and your

input will always be absolutely crucial to

the success of your child. Despite increased

competition from new schools we have

become ever more popular; the number of

first choices has increased by over a quarter

for the 2014 intake. Thank you for all you

have done to spread the word.

I am very proud of the school I leave

behind. Examination results are the best

they have ever been and far stronger than

anyone would have thought a Tottenham

school was capable of five or ten years

ago, yet I know that Park View is about

so much more. The school passed the

half million ViVO mark within 15 months

of implementation in November, the

house system has been embraced and is

taking hold and the students from John

Loughborough have been welcomed

with open arms. The school won two

out of the eight awards available at the

recent Outstanding for All ceremony,

for Most Inclusive School and a Lifetime

Achievement Award for Ms McQueen.

These are just some examples.

More than anything else I am proud of the

feel around the school and the learning

ethos developed over time. Our students do

aspire, they certainly achieve at school and

I know they will succeed in life. Park View

is arguably the world’s most diverse school

and has become an incredibly harmonious

community. Your child is fortunate to have

the most dedicated and talented group of

professionals I have ever worked with.

I would like to wish my successor Rob

Thomas good luck in the interim period

which is to come and to wish you all a

good break, Merry Christmas to those

of you who celebrate it and a Happy

New Year.

Alex Atherton, Headteacher

DATES FOR YOUR DIARYEND OF TERM 20th December

2014

TERM STARTS Monday 6th January All 9.30am Start

YEAR 10 PARENTS EVENING Thursday 9th January 5pm – 7pm

INSET DAY Friday 14th February

HALF TERM HOLIDAY 17th – 21st February

YEAR 9 OPTIONS EVENING Thursday 13th March 5pm

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT DAY Wednesday 19th March 8.30am – 6pm

END OF TERM Friday 4th April 12.15pm close

HOLIDAY 7th – 21st April

BANK HOLIDAYS 18th & 21st April

TEXTILES TRIPAs we near the end of a long term it is time to pause, reflect and discuss how to make our subject relevant and enjoyable for every student.

One of the things students told us was that

they wanted more trips. We took that on

board and this term we have tried to make

that happen. We want to make sure that

all students go on one Technology trip per

year and so far every year group except

9 has been out. Mr Munro our technician

has been on every trip – so a big thank

you to him!

Ms Beith’s Year 7 Textiles group went to

the Victoria and Albert Museum to look at

the Costume Galleries and research fashion

history. They also went to the Medieval

Court where they drew some interesting

artefacts including an enormous window

dating from before the Fire of London –

so slightly older than Ms Beith herself! Year

10 GCSE Textiles also went to the V and A

to visit the ‘Club to Catwalk’ exhibition as

a starting point for their own GCSE work.

Year 8 students went to the British Museum

with Ms Patel to explore cultural artefacts

and draw inspiration for their pewter cast

pendant project. Ms Patel confessed she is

most excited about the Year 11 Hamleys trip,

where she hopes to meet Santa. The main

focus of this trip is to enable students to

carry out primary research for their

GCSE Product Design course work.

Ms Beith, D&T

SCHOOL UNIFORM POLICY REMINDERA reminder of Park View’s school uniform requirements:

Compulsory items• Black blazer• Black skirt/trousers (tracksuits, leggings

and jeans are not permitted)• Black shoes or smart plain black trainers• White collared shirt• School tie (covering at least 6 buttons, including

the top button)• School bag (big enough to carry A4 books)

Uniform restrictions• Jackets, scarves and gloves can be worn outside

the school building or in ‘The Street’ but must not be worn anywhere else

• Fashion belts are not permitted• Head scarves (worn only for religious reasons)

must be plain black or dark blue

• Tights must be flesh coloured or plain black• Any other items of clothing are not permitted

including hooded tops and cardigans• Caps should not be seen or worn, except those

of religious/cultural significance• Hats may only be worn outside all school buildings• Jewellery and make up should be kept to a

minimum. Large earrings are not permitted; only studs or sleepers can be worn. Piercings are only allowed in ears and noses

If, for any reason, your child cannot adhere to these requirements then they may be sent home.

We would like to thank you in advance for your support.

Senior Leadership Team

COMPUTER CODE CLUBComputer Code Club now meeting every Tuesday lunchtime in S20.

In addition to the ICT Club running every

afternoon, Josh Hoffman in Year 11 is now

teaching computer code every Tuesday to

interested students. Students are being

introduced to basic programming in multiple

languages, game design and game engine

use. Josh has been interested in writing

computer code since Year 7 and we are very

grateful to him for sharing his expertise.

The first project that he will be undertaking

with the students is coding a programme

that solves quadratic equations. During his

work experience he worked at the interactive

media marketing company, Syzygy, as a web

programmer and wrote the prototype for The

Human Tide Project, an art installation that

was launched at a London art gallery this

month. Interested students should contact

Mr Green or speak to Josh.

Mr S Green

SUMMER TERM WINNERSYEAR 7Zelal Kaya 7EDe’Shawn Lewis 7EYEAR 8 Ozelm Tango 8ESaad Ali 8RYEAR 9 Patrycja Lizak 9WJava Franks 9W

YEAR 10Daniela Tome Ado Da Silva 10IShuel Ahmed 10WYEAR 11Leonard Miricia 11PAlexa Massengo 11K

A HUGE MOMENTThe Year 7 boys athletics team won a very high profile National calibre athletics competition at the Lee Valley’s Indoor London Cup Championships. The boys’ team fought off stiff competition from 42 other teams from top athletics counties in Essex, Hertfordshire, Inner London and Kent. The girls’ team came 3rd overall which puts them up there amongst the best athletics teams in the country.

Historically Park View do not stand a chance in competitions like this because traditionally the Sports College Schools tend to win these types of finalist stages of competition. However, this year it was the PV Year 7 boys turn to go up and collect some hard earned silverware.

Over 42 schools entered this national standard event and this shows the calibre of athletes we have at PV. Rohann Ernest, Antonio Andrade, an excellent PE Department and an excellent whole school play a part in making things like this happen, where our kids feel like they are winners. Nerves were present with a few boys and girls feeling and being sick, along with the ever present butterflies!! The kids came through it all and were mesmerising.

Let’s make more achievements like this possible.

The names and events students participated in over the two weeks of qualifiers and finals are as follows:

BoysStuart Patterson 7E High Jump cleared 1m.30cm and came 2nd

Shahid Khan 7V threw 9m. 18cm in Shot Putt

Jeremi Nectali Cevallos 7V came fourth in 60m hurdles

Ahmed Sheriff 7P came 2nd in 800m. In the heats set a stadium record of 2 mins 25 seconds

Cam’Ron Brown 7P came 3rd in the 60m race

Maltiete Fusseini 7P ran in the heats of the 60m hurdles in qualifiers

Sahid-Kamil Mouktar 7R came 7th in Long Jump

Terel Williams 7E came 1st in the 200m

Jeremi Nectali Cevallos 7V, Ahmed Sheriff 7P, Cam’Ron Brown 7P, Maltiete Fusseini 7P, Terel Williams 7E, Ahmed Sheriff 7P 4 x 200m relay squad members

GirlsJessica Ismalaj 7I came 4th in the 60m race

Kiera Nixon 7I came 5th in the High Jump, 3rd in the 200m and ran in the 4 x 200m relay

Damla Akkaya 7W came 4th in the 60m hurdles and ran in the 4 x 200m relay

Sonia Harizi 7E came second in the 800m and threw the Shot Putt

Daria Biris 7E, Jessica Ismalaj 7I , Kiera Nixon 7I, Damla Akkaya 7W, Anna Bailey 7W 4 x 200m relay squad members

If you see them or teach them we urge you to congratulate their marvellous achievement in winning the London Indoor Athletics Cup.

Mr Neo, Mr Ernest & your PE Team

We have spent this term planning and

organising our Primary School Year 5 Taster

Days. So far this year we have been visited

by pupils from:

• Belmont Juniors

• Bruce Grove Primary

• Harris Academy

• Risley Avenue Primary

• The Willow Primary

On Taster Days Year 5 pupils get the

opportunity to take part in lessons, they are

given a tour of the school and lunch in the

school canteen. We hope they leave having

had a positive experience of secondary

school life.

These Taster Days are proving so popular we

have had to increase the number of Taster

Days to meet the level of demand from

schools.

Classes for Parents and CarersEnrolment for adult classes run 6th – 17th

January from 9.00am – 8.30pm each day.

Come and enrol for:

• Computing

• Photography

• Spanish

• French

• Italian

• Creative Writing

• Indian Head Massage

• Heal with Crystals

• Tai Chi

• Yoga

• Badminton

• Archery

• Legs, Bums and Tums

• Dancercise for the Over 50’s

• Functional Skills in English

• Functional Skills in Maths

Some of our courses are free if you are

receiving certain benefits.

If you would like more information

about any of our courses, email us at

courseinfo@wglc.co.uk or telephone

us on 020 8888 1722

Neighbourhood Learning Team

TASTER DAYS

New features on the MLE

• Calendar Updates• PV Sports Page• MLE Weekly Challenge• Educational Games• Lesson Resourceswww.pvlondon.com

10 hours on SAM Learning = 2 increased grades

Centre ID: N15PVUser ID & Password: DMMYYII

samlearning.com

WINNERS

PARK VIEW LIONS AUTUMN TERM 2013 PRESS COVERAGEThe PV PE and sport program started its first term in a powerful fashion with sport provision including inter school sport competitions in football, netball, table tennis and athletics. Success stories feature in the following high profile, outer borough, results:

Table Tennis • U13 girls table tennis North London winners

Football • Currently still in the National Cup for Year 9 boys• Middlesex cup for Year 11 & 9 boys• Middlesex cup for U16 girls cup• Haringey League boys football. Teams are doing

well and when games start up again at the end of February, this will be an exciting time to compete for the top prizes and to remain in the Schools Premier League.

Athletics • U16 girls Lee Valley Cup indoor athletics cup

finalist, 1st • U12 girls Lee Valley Cup indoor athletics cup

finalist, 3rd place• U12 boys Lee Valley Cup indoor athletics cup

finalist and winners• Lee Valley Indoor Athletics London Cup Finalist

teams and winners.

TennisVisits to the O2 ATP tour went ahead as per PV tradition where some very lucky kids went to see the likes of Nadal and Djokovic play. Tennis training and fixtures have been taking place this term which has seen standards of ground strokes improving preparing for the Summer League.

NetballThe netball girls have had a successful season so far. Currently our Year 7&8’s are positioned 3rd in the league out of 10 secondary schools. Our Year 9 seniors are currently top 6 in the league. The girls have played a fantastic season and will hopefully continue this success when it starts again in February 2014.

In the spring term some of the sporting calendar competitions to look forward to are the U12 & U13 Sportshall athletics, Year 8/9 Lee Valley indoor athletics Cup, indoor cricket for the U13’s and U15’s girls team and the boys U13 teams, more football cup later round fixtures, volleyball fixtures and more netball fixtures. These competitions will supplement the vast PE extra-curricular time table.

Mr A Neophytou, Head of PE

OUTSTANDING FOR ALL AWARDS 2013Park View had a great night at the first

Haringey Outstanding for All awards

ceremony. It was held at Alexandra Palace

with over 250 people in attendance.

Out of eight awards, two were won by Park

View. The Lifetime Achievement winner was

Vinsia McQueen who was described as ‘a role

model for anyone at any level of any school...

absolutely unwavering in her aspirations.’ The

school also won the Most Inclusive School

award and came 2nd for the Most Sustainable

School award. We had more winners and

finalists than any of the other 60 schools.

Very worthy mentions to two organisations

we work with closely. Kulan was in the final

for Community Organisation – congratulations

to St Ann’s Church (and Rev John Wood in

particular) won the award.

Congratulations also to the dancers who

performed a stunning set and Ben Gardiner

as part of the Haringey band.

A DAY AT DOWNING STREETGracing the same hallways as Sir Robert Walpole, Sir Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher, eight Park View students spent the day touring 10 Downing Street as part of a work experience programme with the Cabinet Office.

Students were able to explore the rooms where key decisions have been made for the last three hundred years. Impressed by both the architecture and the artwork on display, students participated in a time-honoured tradition - seeing the chair in which Winston Churchill made such momentous decisions and rubbing the head of his bronze for good luck. The day was an wonderful opportunity for our students to further develop their understanding of the British Government.

The highlight of the day for two students took part in the White Drawing Room, where students sat in the same chairs used by President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron when in discussion.

Over the last term, students have worked with a variety of different departments within the Cabinet Office ranging from the National Citizenship Service to meeting with those responsible for all the charity work the government participates in. Students will be continuing their participation into the new term.

Ms L Fernback, English Teacher

TABLE TENNIS FINALSThe U13 Park View girls table tennis team have recently taken part in the Jack Petchey North London Team Table Tennis competition. The event took place at the North London

Academy on the 15th November, where the girls played some great matches in order to win

a place in the finals.

The girls Evelyn and Sarah have come a long way since they first started last year, and their focus and commitment is obvious as they won the tournament and will now

represent North London in the Jack Petchey Schools’ Team London Finals on 18 January at East London University.

Well done, and good luck for the finals!

LITERACY IS SIC!Students in Year 10 have embarked on a leadership project (‘The Apprentice’ style!) aiming to raise the reading levels of pupils in KS3. The project is entitled ‘Students In Charge’ (SIC) and it provides KS4 pupils with the opportunity to project manage KS3 student progress and be creative about doing it. Each student team has their own member of staff to manage and teacher responsibilities at designated times. They are gaining invaluable experience that will prepare them for college, university, infinity and beyond!

Pupils in KS3 get the opportunity to be mentored, get excited about their reading through fierce but healthy competitions and hopefully raise their levels beyond expectations.

The rooms are buzzing with activity and the competition between the teams for most progress made is on!

It’s been a highly successful term and the KS4 students have demonstrated excellent organisational skills, tenacity in ensuring attendance and positivity towards our KS3 pupils.

The KS3 pupils have been superb at engaging with their reading and are working really hard to develop their skills.

Park View has some very talented students and really keen readers in our midst!

Ms Jarvis, EMA

YEAR 9 FOOTBALLThe Year 9 football team has had a great start to the year, advancing through five rounds of the National Cup and also progressing in the Middlesex Cup.

The team won the Haringey league in the previous two seasons and reached the last 16 of the National Cup last year. They are aiming to go even further this year. In the 4th round of the National Cup they beat the defending

champions 6-4 in an incredible game and they’re now in the last 32 of the competition. The team has benefitted from having the same, consistent players from Year 7 but also from more recent additions such as Costi Stoica, Rafael Dos Santos and Shadrac Meya Tayeye.

Huge congratulations should also go to Kyle Lynch and Mus Dauti who have this

term signed academy contracts with Crystal Palace and Queens Park Rangers, respectively. Proof that hard work does pay off and that Park View has some talented young footballers.

Chris Hill, Year 9 Football Coach

ENTERPRISE COMPETITIONThis term, a team of students from Years

8-11 have been taking part in a nationwide

enterprise competition. Having successfully

submitted a business plan, they were one

of the winning teams to be given a loan by

Peter Jones CBE (Dragons Den) to start their

own business.

They have been working tirelessly for the

last 4 weeks, designing, marketing and

producing customised t-shirts for staff and

students. Having gained some valuable skills

along the way, they now plan to carry on

their own business and expand it to offer

different products.

The team is: Victoria Nakwejye, Nikita

Naker, Jamilla Sutton, Serdal Dursun,

Haroon Aftab, Tamimul Islam, Kayleigh

Johnstone, Tiana Williams, Helena Tra

Chris Hill, Teacher and Enterprise Co-ordinator

Starters:Georgina Ladas – Cover and Timetable ManagerNataliya Petrova – EMA Learning Support AssistantErbu Muhittin – Learning Support AssistantKrystal Agravat – Learning Support AssistantNisha Jain – Learning Support AssistantNatalie Williams – Cover SupervisorKyra Karios – Communications OfficerMayra Villarraga – Student Services Support OfficerTere Relmy-Beltran – Language AssistantTheresa Pawelec – Finance OfficerRob Thomas – Interim Head TeacherMel Sealy-Pearson – Alternative Education tutor

Leavers:Alison Kelly – PE TeacherAlex Atherton – Head Teacher

2013 has been a remarkable year for all involved in Rhythm Sticks. Working

in partnership with Good Move! Music

2013 saw: a highly successful kick-starter

campaign; recording in a world class studio;

student designed album artwork; our album

being archived at the British Library Sound

Archives; listed in September’s top ten

albums in Jazzwise magazine; radio play

on BBC London; professional performance

opportunities: Vortex Outdoors Festival,

Jazz On 3’s Jazz In The Round and then in

November, Rhythm Sticks launched ‘The

Hen’s Tooth’ at the prestigious Barbican

Centre as part of EFG London Jazz Festival –

London’s largest music festival.

Our collectively devised music - heavy on

groove and eccentric improvisation, took

the Barbican by storm. The exuberant

performance was not only a wonderful

celebration of what has been achieved

with Rhythm Sticks over the past five

years but a credit to all the dedicated

student musicians who drive the

ensemble’s creative progression.

Many thanks to all those who have helped

along the way and HUGE congratulations to

all the students involved. We look forward

to more creative adventures in 2014.

Andrew Plummer & Tom Greenhalgh

Both physical and digital versions

of their album are now available:

www.rhythmsticks.org

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NUMERACY WEEK AT PARK VIEW SCHOOLThe week beginning 25th of November was Numeracy week across the school. The main idea was for all teachers to highlight the importance of numeracy in their subjects by doing a little bit of Maths in their lessons.

Numeracy activity days were a huge success. All the students thoroughly enjoyed working out puzzles, piecing together problems, and working in teams to solve difficult brainteasers. This is what Maths is all about – having fun whilst learning.

Year 8s displayed superb team building skills to solve problems with innovative thinking on Maths Puzzle Challenge day. The students encountered a variety of fun, but challenging 3D hands-on puzzle tasks, which

they had to complete in teams. Most challenges lasted for no more than a few minutes, but required each team to work together and carefully develop strategies in order to find a solution.

Year 7s took part in Mind Missions workshop. They had a fabulous time solving logical and creative puzzles. Each team was given a mission to complete and to achieve this they had to work together effectively, solving hands-on challenges requiring a wide variety of mathematical and thinking skills, collecting the pieces of information that enabled them to complete the mission.

Year 9 took part in an Architecture workshop. They had to visualize, design, create, calculate and

analysis through practical activities. The activities required each team work together and carefully develop strategies in order to find a solution.

Everybody learned something new, found something to be proud of, and were delighted to have taken part. Well done all students for a highly successful and enjoyable week.

And finally many thanks to all staff who made the numeracy week very fruitful and rewarding for students and particularly Mr. Abdelmula, Mr. Salem and Mr. Mohamed for helping out organizing the events.

Mr Ahle-Hagh, Numeracy Coordinator

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