- The Totteridge Academy

Let’s Get Cooking
Visiting Parliament
The LGC club gathered in T3 to learn
to bake Miss Myatt’s rock cakes. Students, assisted by Miss Myatt, Mrs
Gitau-Bone, Mr Asadi and Mr Sanderson had a fantastic time learning
new baking techniques such as mixing and kneading by hand, and shaping their rock cakes. The students
worked together extremely well and
had the opportunity to try one another’s creations at the end of the
session. They all took home a delicious batch of rock cakes. Many
thanks also goes to Miss Burns for taking the photographs at our
sessions.
The guest demonstrator on Wednesday 28th November was Mr
Walker, who dazzled us with his
Chinese stir fried beef and cabbage…. You will never see cabbage in the same light again! All
recipes can be found on the
school website. Next session
Wednesday January 16th, all
welcome for Mr Sanderson's culinary creation!!
On Friday 7th December, A2 Citizenship students went to Parliament.
After a tour around the Parliamentary estate students went on to participate in a debate on the effectiveness of select committees in holding
the government to account.
The debate which involved students
from a variety of other sixth forms
was of a high standard and TTA students excelled in presenting their
arguments taking on the role of
"devil’s advocate".
Well done to all the students who
participated, you were superb!
Maths Family Challenge
Below are five different people, Pythagoras, Galileo, Erik Zeeman,
Einstein and Sofia Kolalevskaya. What do they all have in common, and what are they famous for?
Remember there are four cinema tickets for the correct entry
pulled out of the hat and everyone who enters will be awarded
house points. Answers on a piece of paper along with your name
and form to Mrs Crocker R21.
Good luck!
TTA Times
DATES FOR
YOUR DIARY
January 2013
Monday 7th New Term
begins.
Tuesday 8th—Friday
1st February-Public
Exams.
Tuesday 22nd Year 11
Parents Evening.
Tuesday 28th Year
12/13 Parents Evening.
February 2013
4th—6th ICT study tour
Disneyland Paris.
Tuesday 12th CAL
Day.
Friday 16th Break up
for Half Term.
Monday 18th—Friday
13rd Washington DC
and New York study
trip.
March 2013
Thursday 28h February
to Friday 1st March
School Production.
Thursday 7th March
(Evening) and Friday
8th March all day Student Review Day.
U-Explore
Online Careers
Resource
Medical reminder.
Please make sure that we are kept up to date with any medical issues.
Students’ medication must be handed in clearly labeled and stored in its original packaging. Medication is
administered from the medical room.
IMPORTANT NUMBERS
Keep this newsletter so you have all the emergency contact details for the school.
The Absence Line
If your child is sick please ring Ms Cooper 020 8445 9205 (option 1) each day before
10.00 am to report their absence.
School switchboard 020 8445 9205
Website www.thetotteridgeacademy.co.uk
Not sure what
career you are
interested in?
Try www.uexplore.com
All Students in
Year 9 – 13 have
their unique login
and password
and can use the
website to research information about different careers.
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The Totteridge Academy Celebrates Christmas
Parents, students, teachers and Governors of The Totteridge Academy came together
to celebrate Christmas on Monday 17th December at the annual Carol Service. The
Totteridge Academy singers, Foulds school choir and congregation sang many traditional carols including a rendition of ‘Away in a Manger’ a highlight of the evening.
Year 8 students, Alex Hinton, Solvig Becker and Yehoshua Francis, together with the
Head boy, Oliver Mboge and Head girl, Lauren Cowan gave the
readings. As the service came to a close, the aroma of mince
pies filled the Church as everyone enjoyed the refreshments
provided by the parents of both schools. Canon Hall Speers
congratulated all the students who took part, as we look forward
to what he described as ‘the biggest birthday party in the world.’
Winter Wonderland Quiz
A Message from Mr Ferrie
The Friends of
TTA held the
annual Christmas quiz on
Thursday 13th
December.
Staff, students,
friends and family came together to enjoy a festive evening of food, brain teasing and even some
bush tucker trials.
After a hard battle
the Violet team won!
Thank you to everyone who supported
the school
At this time of peace and reflection at
the end of a very busy 2012, I wanted to
take this opportunity to wish all our students, parents and carers a very Happy
Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
2012 has been an amazing year for both
the UK and for The Totteridge Academy:
the Olympics, the Jubilee celebrations
and some excellent results for students
here. I am sure that 2013 will be equally
successful and we look forward to working together with all our families to ensure the best possible future for our students.
I hope that everyone enjoys the festive
break and we look forward to seeing
everyone in 2013.
Language, literacy, numeracy and sports festival
The Maths, English and MFL faculties joined forces with PE to host a primary festival,
welcoming seven local schools to take part in a series of numeracy and literacy challenges. These were followed by an active languages session where Language and
Sports Leaders worked together with groups of Year 5
students teaching them new words in French, Spanish
and Dutch. The Year 5 students, visiting from
Woodridge, St Paul's, Northside, Cromer Road, St Andrew's, Coppetts Wood and Sacred Heart primaries all
had a fantastic time and enjoyed the activities immensely. Our Numeracy, Literacy, Language and Sport
Leaders planned a series of exciting activities and
were brilliant ambassadors for The Totteridge Academy.
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Happy
Christmas to all
our Readers
We would like to
take this
opportunity to
thank everyone
who supported
The Totteridge
Academy in
2012 and wish
all our readers a
Happy and
Peaceful
Christmas, and
look forward to
a successful
2013
Interested in
joining The
Friends of TTA?
Any parent who
wishes to get
involved with
‘The Friends’ is
welcome to
come along to
our meeting on
Wednesday,
13th March at
4.30pm in the
School Library.
Please contact
Mrs Allison or
Mrs Barker if
you would like
any further information.
TTA
Eco News!
Christmas card appeal
It was a fantastic end to our Christmas Card Appeal
as parents, students and staff rushed to buy the
recycled Christmas Gift Tags at our Autumn Student Review Day on Friday 16th November 2012.
Members of the Eco-Mission Action Team have
worked together over the past few weeks to cut out
Christmas cards donated last January and then
sort, hole punch and add string to each tag in an
effort to raise funds and raise awareness of what
the group does. They work together to develop
their skills in team work, planning, delegation and improve their knowledge of how
their actions impact on our environment and how to make our school more sustainable.
Sonny Greenley and Rebecca Keenan enthusiastically sold the packs of 10 tags in
each pack to parents, carers and guardians that resulted in over £50.00 being donated to Great Ormond Street Hospital, a charity that the children voted for.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE CAN WE ASK FOR YOUR DONATIONS OF USED
CHRISTMAS CARDS AND UNUSED CHRISTMAS WRAPPING PAPER. BRING TO
YOUR TUTOR OR HAND IN TO MRS CHRISTODOULOU...EVERY DONATION
WILL ALSO WIN HOUSE POINTS!!!
Thank you in advance and we wish you all a very happy, healthy and sustainable
Christmas.
Annual 6th Form Conference, Christ’s College School
Sixth Form students had the opportunity to take part in the conference on Wednesday
14th November 2012.
The panel was made up of guest speakers Mike Freer, Conservative MP for Finchley
& Golders Green; Alison Moore, Labour Councillor for East Finchley; Ken Battye, Education Adviser; Andy Mariner, Chief Inspector for the Metropolitan Police; Jules Jack,
Life Coach and chairing the proceedings was Nick Byrne, Director of the London
School of Economics Language Centre
The conference, in the form of "Question Time", proved to be not only a valuable experience for the students but also gave them a chance to network and meet other likeminded students. The focus of the conference has given them lots of "food for
thought" in relation to our education system, University life, politics in general and our
country's economy and what the future might hold for them all after they have com-
Design and Technology Spelling Bee
On November 19th The Design and Technology Faculty
held their first annual Spelling Bee. It was great to see Year
7 so excited about spelling and they were brilliant!
The winners were...
7 EAST – Tayo Abidakun 7R
7 WEST – Aaqil Shakoor 7O
Honourable mentions to Eren Kul 7O and Adam Brandon
7O for coming a very close 2nd. Also, the 7 EAST groups
spelt all the 50 words they were originally given correctly, and then ‘EMERGENCY
WORDS’ had to be used (these were taken straight from the A-Level text book and
the students had no prior warning what they would be!) It is fair to say there was definitely a BUZZ in the hall period 2 and 4, which had to BEE seen to BEE
BEE'lieved!!!!!
Head Girl Lauren Cowan presented the winners with their prizes in assembly alongside Mr Hollamby.
The John Scott Nature Reserve
Staff Focus
The Eco-Mission Action Team donned their wellies and equipped with their forks and spades
during lunch time on Wednesday 15th November 2012, planted trees donated by the Woodlands Trust and Sainsbury's.
A number of members from across the
school helped to
plant a range of saplings including hawthorn, hazel, holly,
dog rose and a Royal
Oak donated from
the Royal Estate.
Students involved
included: Kareen
Russell, Michelle Arden Russell, Alex
Hilton, Harry Pollard,
Andrew Flourentzou, Nadim Kurimbokus, Yuk
San Wang, Roshan Kasker, Samuel McGovern
and Ray Onishi.
Pinky Nontiboot took on
the role of
chief photographer while
George
Flourentzou
recorded
which tree
each student
planted. Ms Lenane
and Mr Kinsley both
supported the children who thoroughly
enjoyed their outdoor
planting experience.
We are all looking
forward to watching
how they grow and
add colour, shape
and interest to our
much loved nature
reserve as we move
into Spring.
The school council will be interviewing members of
staff for future newsletters; the focus for this edition is
Mr Blackburn. The Year 10 council have asked very
unusual and informal questions. Have a look at what
he has been up to in his 14 years of teaching.
Mr Blackburn’s role in The Totteridge Academy is to
oversee the pastoral care and education for Year 8’s,
he is their Director of Learning.
When we asked him what would you do if you won one
million pounds in the lottery, he said that he would
probably build a recording studio in his house, for recording and producing his own songs. Although his
house is too small to make this wish come true.
His favourite food is Indian – garlic chicken. He has the
most fun in going to watch Arsenal play, his favourite
footballer being Dennis Bergkamp. He claims his biggest fear is that one day Tottenham will finish above
Arsenal in the league. If he were to be an animal he
would want to be a badger, just because they sing,
dance, have fun and love mushrooms. (He even
showed us a video!) His most embarrassing memory
was when he was teaching, 10 years ago, he stood on
a chair to write on the board and fell off, twisting his
ankle. He even had to go to hospital!
British Music experience
On 20th November Miss Muley, Miss Lindsey, Mr Hollamby and Mr Law took 28 Year 9 students to the British Music Experience at London’s O2 Arena to find out
more about careers available within the music industry.
As well as a tour of the museum, students attended
workshops on press and marketing, styling and image
and sound engineering, which involved a performance
from an up and coming artist.