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Volume 2

Issue 13

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8th April , 2011

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This has been a really busy term which has seen lots of our students excelling at numerous

sporting events, participating in the Barnet Dance Festival and going on trips to China

Town, St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, The Tower of London, The London Eye ,

The Science Museum, Hendon Air Museum and many other places of interest. There have

been two residential trips, we have had a science day in school and there have been two dif-

ferent musical concerts for the students to enjoy .

Many of the activities we provide would not be possible without the support of our school

charity, Hearts of Oak. Our next fundraising event is our Summer Party for Adults on May

7th and we do hope that you will be able to attend.

Sadly, we say goodbye today to Mr Churnin, one of our teaching assistants, who is returning

to his previous career as a chef! He will be greatly missed, but we all wish him well for the

future!

I hope you all have a good Easter. School re-opens on 26th April.

From the Head Teacher

Barnet Short Breaks team have very kindly funded SNAAP to run FREE Saturday afternoon multi-

player gaming sessions! The idea is that young people can get together with like-minded peers to en-

joy age appropriate (hence no under 12s allowed) multiplayer games.

Date: Saturday afternoons starting 16th April

Time: 4pm-6pm each Saturday (except 7th May- we will be running 1:30-3:30pm that week)

Venue: We have EXCLUSIVE USE during this time slot of the multiplayer gaming centre Radicl,

which is based at 229 Nether Street, West Finchley, N3 1NT

Who can attend: this Short Break is exclusively for young people diagnosed with Autism/Asperger

Syndrome and old enough to be in secondary school (aged 12+)

To book a place for your son/daughter you need to get in touch quite quickly as places are lim-

ited- if places are already fully booked for 16th April by the time you contact us we will offer you a

place/places for the following Saturday. Places will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis. Get

in touch, email on snaapclub@yahoo.co.uk

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P1 went to Summers Lane Recycling Centre last Tuesday as part of a lesson in En-

vironmental Awareness. They had a guided tour of all the recycling stations and

learnt about how items such as glass, paper, cardboard, clothes, oil, cooking oil,

cds, videos and even wood are recycled. It was very interesting and some of the

class took the opportunity to have their photo taken with a recycled creature from

the black lagoon.

Post 16 celebrated the World Autism Awareness Day by listening to and inter-

acting with members of The St. John’s Orchestra. John Lubbock, the Artistic

Director, found some real conductor talents amongst us!

P5 had a great trip to the Science Museum. Guillaume and Jordan found out

about the Tuesday events and navigated us to the 3rd floor to see the ‘Bubble

Show’. The performer of the show was very impressed with Louis, who said that

‘Bubbles are 3D shapes’. Adam showed everyone ‘the Space’, his favourite

room in the museum and Nikita and Nicola admired the main hall. Elliott liked

the old objects, especially the radios. We really enjoyed our day!

On Tuesday, 5th April, P4 went to

the Battersea Dogs’ and Cats’

home and then they went to see

the Buddha Pagoda in Battersea

Park.

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Step into Dance

Easter Chicks made by S3 class Easter Chicks designed by Kalum (S2) on the computer

S7 and the year 11 history option group went on a

visit to Kenwood House on Wednesday. The beau-

tiful weather made the gardens look magnificent

and they learnt the names of certain plants, like

magnolias. They also learnt the names of the Cana-

dian and Egyptian geese.

23 students went to Southbury Swimming School for a Barnet v Enfield Swimming

event. It was a thrilling morning , with a high level of competition, lots of exercise and a

chance to meet students from across North London.

Lauren Cooper, Marc Sindole, Phillip Du, Adam Vicary, Guillaume Sudre, Lily Pearson

and Louise Reeves all swam fast enough in their races to represent the London Borough

of Barnet in the London Youth Games. Well Done!!

We are really sorry for having to cancel the last 2 after school dance clubs, but with the

Barnet Schools Dance Festival and the orchestra coming in to school , it has been impossible

to run it. The lessons to the sixth form and the after school dance club will continue on

Wednesday, 27th April and we will be looking forward to performing to the school and the

parents in May. If you would like your child to join the after school dance club and are pre-

pared to come and pick them up at 4.45, then please speak to the school office for more de-

tails