OUTSTANDING! - The Nottingham Emmanuel School

The Emmanuel
The news magazine of The Nottingham Emmanuel School
Issue 13 Autumn 2011
OUTSTANDING!
Church schools’ Ofsted: Judged Outstanding!
Midlands and East Anglia Regional Winners
of the National Church Schools Award
Record exam results
Also Inside:
Emmanuel News Moving Up To Emmanuel Duke of Edinburgh Award Sporting Life
Special Feature: Record Exam Results
The Notice Board Gallery
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
EMMANUEL NEWS
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Record exam results
Church Schools’ Ofsted
- graded outstanding!
Key Stage 3 success
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TRANSITION AT EMMANUEL
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Moving up to Emmanuel
SERVICE AT EMMANUEL
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Emmanuel News
Issue 13 Autumn 2011
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Young Leaders
LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
Enrichment
Duke of Edinburgh Award
TOGETHER TO LEARN
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Record results at Key Stage 4 and 5
Outstanding work in Art, Design & Media
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Welcome
As we reflect on the successes and achievements of this last academic year
we celebrate in this publication how we have worked effectively as a team
and lived out our mission,‘Together to learn, to grow, to serve’.
This has been another amazing year in the continued growth and rapid
development of Emmanuel as a very distinctive school which shares a
special Christian ethos that underpins all that we strive to achieve. I feel
privileged to be leading a very strong team of committed staff who work to
support and collaborate with each other, displaying qualities of flair,
panache and innovation. We are ambitious and determined to contribute to
the national quest for high standards of achievement, as demonstrated in
this summer’s record examination results, but equally believe that when our
students leave school, they are equipped with additional personal and
enterprise skills and leadership qualities which prepare them for lifelong
learning and to make a positive difference to the world. Most recently, we
saw a group of our students embrace the challenges of providing financial
and practical support to a school in Ghana; Post 16 students praised
nationally for their charity work; and were delighted when three of our
students were selected to participate in the Whitehall Social Mobility
programme working in Government departments over the summer.
We hope that you enjoy sharing in some of our highlights!
Carol Fearria, Headteacher
The Emmanuel contingent at the National Church Schools’Awards
Serving the community
Project Ghana
Celebrating
Success at
Key Stage 3
SPORTING LIFE & ACHIEVEMENTS
Yellow House Triumph
Sports Round-up
Spotlight on Montel Nevers
GALLERY WHO'S WHO?
1. Aaliyah Brown,Year 10 2. Abigail Pendergast,Georgia Stapleton-Green,Charmaine Alibinu,Year 8
3. Nicole Cox,Year 8 4.Natasha Darkin-Price,Year 8 5. Jordan Sawicki,Post 16 6. Joshua Marsh,Year 10
7. Orry Calladine,Year 8 8. Victoria Thomas,Rebekah Harrison,Year 8 and Mrs Bracha,Assistant Headteacher
9. Eleanor Dickens,Year 10
CONTRIBUTE TODAY
The Nottingham Emmanuel School
Gresham Park Road
West Bridgford
Nottingham NG2 7YF
Tuesday 19 July provided an opportunity
to celebrate the many and varied
achievements of our students in the
annual Key Stage 3 Celebration Evening.
Tel: 0115 977 5380
Email: admin@emmanuel.nottingham.sch.uk
Web: www.emmanuel.nottingham.sch.uk
In a review of the academic year, Directors of Learning
showed highlights from their curriculum areas before
prizes for academic excellence and sustained effort and
progress were awarded by our guest of honour Bonita
Norris.Young leaders were then recognised for their
contribution to the life of the school and Heads of House
rewarded those who had demonstrated high levels of
support to their tutor group and house team.
Main cover photo: Year 11 students Josh Harris,Jonny Atkins and Liam Whitby with Mrs Fearria,Headteacher
Introducing
the new team
The Year 11 editorial team has worked
hard collecting stories, organising
photographs and selecting the best
features. We hope you like the result
and look forward to receiving your
contributions for the Achiever and the
half-termly Emmanuel Express.
Mrs Bracha
From Left to right:
Kayleigh Mitchell,Shannon Pendergast,Year 10,
Emma Blyth,Jenny Regan,Year 11
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100% attendance was also recognised, with special
congratulations going to Brandon Hill for 100%
attendance across Years 7, 8 and 9.
The Editor - Mrs Bracha
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or ANY member of the
Editorial team.
Thank You
Eleanor Dickens ,Year 10 and Faynowsh Ghani,Year 9
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Mrs Fearria with students from Years 8,10 and 11
The Outstanding Achievement award went to Eleanor
Dickens and Faynowsh Ghani for their significant
contribution to school life. Finally Bonita Norris, who at 23
is the youngest person in history to have reached both the
North Pole and the summit of Everest, urged students to
work hard, persevere, and - most importantly - believe in
themselves in order to make their own dreams come true.
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Key Stage 4
Year
Well-targeted support for all
students enables them to make the
best of the opportunities provided.
Ofsted 2010
Congratulations to those
students who have all
achieved at least 8 A*/A
Summary of GCSE Performance
5+ A* - C
Grades
5+ A* - C
Grades
Average
Point Score
Including Maths
& English
64%
37%
438
2010
81%
45%
450
2011*
86%
60%
470
Students have once again achieved excellent improvements in results in
GCSE examinations. A record 60% of candidates achieved the coveted
measure of five A*-C grades including Maths and English.
The percentage of students gaining five A*-C across all examinations was
outstanding at 86%, with the Average Points Score rising to 470, well
above last year’s national average.
Headteacher Carol Fearria said,“I am absolutely delighted with another
big step forward in our journey as a school, and I'm thrilled for the young
people who have worked so hard alongside their teachers to achieve such
fantastic results. As a church school, we are committed to enabling all
students to achieve their full potential in every aspect of their education,
and these results are a great testament to this vision.”
Looking at the detail of the GCSE results, impressive increases were seen in
both Maths and English, with record numbers of students gaining the
highest A*- A grades.This was supported by outstanding achievement in
other GCSE subjects, notably History and Business Studies where 45% of
students achieved A*- A. The percentage of grades awarded at A*-A was
also a school record, at 19%.
Based on the foundation of recent
results, Emmanuel’s enrolment into
Post 16 studies continues to grow
healthily, as the school establishes
itself as a leading-edge church
school serving both faith and
non-faith communities of
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
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All groups of learners,
irrespective of ability and
background, make at least good
progress in their learning
journey and there are numerous
examples of outstanding talent
and achievement.
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A good curriculum is effective in meeting students’ needs and aspirations.Adjustments to the
curriculum have maximised students’ opportunities to gain relevant qualifications and
increased their enjoyment and motivation. Ofsted 2010
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Daniel Atherton
Callum Baigrie
Christa Beaumont
Henry Bentham
Rebekah Blyth
Zoe Cox
Suzanna Girling
Matthew Gregg
Alexandra Leeming
Lyndsey Levers
Hannah Lisley
Fiona Morley
Jacob Parton
Elizabeth Paul
Stephanie Roughton
Caitlin Shewell-Cooper
Ya Chun Wang
Celia Zheng
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Key Stage 5
The school has also been celebrating
record A Level results this year, with
good increases seen across all
performance measures. Our pass rate
increased to 97%, our A-C rate continued
to rise impressively to 59%, while the
average points score rose to 644.
There were some fantastic individual results including A*
grades for Caitlin Shay (Biology), Sophie Parton (Art) and
Tom Fegredo (Music Technology), and excellent subject
results seen in a range of subjects including History, Maths,
Business Studies, and the Arts. Students achieved their
UCAS offers and now leave the school to extend their
studies at the highest level.
Achievement and Pastoral Manager Rick Newman
commented: "These results represent another great step
forward for the school's Post 16 provision, and great credit
should go to all the students who have worked so tirelessly
to achieve their potential. We're really excited about the
way Post 16 is growing and seeing students achieve the
very highest grades across all subjects is fantastic!"
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Above and left:Students open their results
“This school is improving rapidly because of
senior leaders’ drive and determination,
underpinned by the school’s very strong
Christian ethos. Ofsted 2010
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Celebrating
Success at
Key Stage 4 and 5
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Outstanding work in Art, Music,
Design Technology and Media
Excellent facilities in a state-of-the-art building along with inspirational teaching are
really beginning to pay dividends as students create fantastic work in practical subjects
such as Art and Photography, Music Technology, Media and Design Technology. Results
across all these subjects are at an all-time high and we are extremely proud of our
students, many of whom plan to continue their studies at University and in the
workplace.
GCSE and A Level Art students showcased their talents in
an exhibition held at Emmanuel in July.The work shown
was outstanding and included Fine Art, Photography,
Decorative Arts, Installation and Conceptual pieces. Art
history was a strong element at all Key Stages and the KS5
moderator picked up on the diversity of work and the
engagement of their personal studies, commenting that
‘Emmanuel Art Department is a force to be reckoned with’.
The work proved so popular among family, friends and
staff, that an auction was held, enabling students to sell
selected pieces of work.
Design
Technology
In Design Technology,
students have been
making the very best
use of hi-tech
equipment and
advanced techniques.
This has enabled them to
design and create professional
quality products across all
subjects: Textiles, Resistant
Materials, Construction and
Graphics.
Year 11 Construction students:Dylan Clarke
and Kane Hatfield with Mr Gibson
Dresses designed and made by
Tara Gill and Elizabeth Paul,Year 11
Sophie Parton’s Art work
achieved a top A* grade at
A2 level.
Also pictured:
Luke Towner (bottom
right) gained an A
at A2 level
Corsets designed by
Year 11 Textiles students
Dylan Clarke,Year 11
Music and Media
The purchase of
hardware including
hi-tech video
cameras and
MacBooks, along
with the latest
software has enabled
students to create
stunning music and
media projects both
on location and in Above and top right:Ra-Chard Tucker,Year 10,in the Recording
Studio; below right: Year 11 Media students:
the studio.
Eric Da Silva,Andrew Kumire,Shayne Nhidza,
Toni-Louise Moore,Kourtney White and Sirian Palmer on location
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Emmanuel - Together to Grow
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MovinguptoEmmanuel...
newopportunities
Any anxieties that Year 6 pupils
and their parents may have about
moving up to secondary school
are quickly dispelled when they
embark upon the transition
programme at Emmanuel.
We appreciate that moving to a new and bigger school can be a big
step for children and their parents, but it is also an exciting time and
most children will be ready for the change and looking forward to all
the new opportunities ahead; these include making new friends,
working with new members of staff and experiencing all the
educational activities and resources available.
Our aim is to ensure that we provide every opportunity for children to
familiarise themselves with different aspects of secondary school life
prior to their first day in September.
These opportunities include:
May/June: Getting to Know You sessions
Making new friends with children from other primary schools.
Enrichment activities
at Emmanuel
Activities that take place out of school hours raise
achievement by helping students to improve
motivation, build self-esteem and become more
effective learners.
The range of lunchtime
and after-school activities
available at Emmanuel
continues to grow, with
recent additions to the
programme including
Street Dance, Ultimate
Frisbee and Scalextric
Club. Once a week,
like-minded students
from Years 7 and 8 take
a break from the hustle
Matthew Shaw,James Bennett
and bustle of the
and Jordan McDougall,all Year 8:
playground to engage
founder members of the Scalextric Club
in some healthy competition
as they race their cars around
a Scalextric track. For further details of enrichment activities at
Emmanuel, why not take a look at Emmanuel Extras, the definitive
guide to ‘What’s on’ at Emmanuel, available to view on the school
website.
YoungLeaders
WorshipLeaders
EditorialTeam
Kayleigh Mitchell, Shannon Pendergast,Year 10,
Emma Blyth,Jenny Regan,Year 11
SportsCouncil
Back row:Diocesan Director Claire Meese,Headteacher Carol Fearria,Revd Dr Ian Paul
Front row:Shalizae Hussain,Patrick Jana and Eleanor Dickens,Year 10
The Young Leaders’ programme provides
leadership responsibilities for students of all ages.
June: Induction Meeting
Back Row:Mollie Bradley,Beth Chadwick,
Patrick Jana,all Year 10 Front Row:James Girling,Post 16,
Esther Harris,Year 11,Mr J Irons,and Olivia Eve,Year 9
Parent/child induction meeting with senior member of staff.
June/July:Year 5 and 6 lessons at Emmanuel
Science, Music, Art, Drama, PE and Design Technology.
July: Induction Evening
An evening meeting for Year 6 parents.
July: Common Transfer Days
Two full days experiencing life at Emmanuel.
And when they join us as Year 7s: ...
September: Sherwood Pines
The whole of Year 7 experiencing a day of team-building with the Year
7 APM (Achievement and Pastoral Manager), tutor and members of
the tutor group.
September: Welcome Evening
For Year 7 students and their families.
November: Residential experience
Based at the Pioneer Centre.
In addition, there will be on-going support from Year 7 Buddies and
Assistant Tutors as well as other opportunities for parents to meet the
staff, either informally at events such as the Year 7 Welcome Evening
and the Parent Partnership Forum, or more formally at Parent and
Educational Evenings.
Further details of the transition programme,
along with the Parent Handbook, can be
found on the school website.
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The Duke of
Edinburgh
Award
On the weekend of
25/26 June, the first
cohort of Year 11
students successfully
completed their
assessed expedition
to qualify for the
bronze Duke of
Edinburgh award.
As well as ensuring the student voice is represented effectively across
the school, the scheme enhances and develops personal skills such as
trust, reliability, co-operation, patience and initiative.There are many
opportunities for students to become young leaders:
EmmanuelBuddies
Jonny Atkins
and Joe Owen,Year 11
Congratulations to Mr Dobbs
who led the expedition, with assistance from numerous
members of staff, and to Fionnghuala Arthurson,
Jonny Atkins, Annie Bolstridge, Alicia Goode, Christabel
Goode, Ben Gregory, Brodie Leathers, Adam Lowe,
Peter Marshall, Joe Owen and Nathan Taylor.
The students are now working towards their silver
award whilst a new group of Year 10 students begin
their journey to bronze in September.
Just some of the Year 8 buddies – back row:Sophie Crew,Nicole Cox
middle row:Morgan Salt,Reuben Lee,Chloe Elvin,Jordan McDougall,Bethany Maynard
front row:Cerruti Plummer,Harriet Cowne,Alli Maleta
Buddies
Assistant Tutors
Sports Council
House Leaders
Peer Counsellors
Editorial Team
Paired Reading Mentors
Student Council
Post 16 Council
Worship Leaders
At a meeting of the Parent Partnership
Forum in June, representatives from the
various Young Leaders’ groups gave a short
presentation and answered questions from
parents about their roles and
responsibilities.
They shared how the Young Leaders’
programme had helped them to develop
confidence, empathy and organisational
skills.They were passionate about how their
opinions and contributions were taken
seriously and talked about how proud they
were of the impact they were having on the
school community.
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Emmanuel - Together to Serve
Serving the community
At Emmanuel, one of our overarching aims is to encourage and provide regular opportunity for
Christian service to others, both in the wider community and internationally.
We provide support to those in need through our House
Charities: Red House: Mission Direct; Green House: World Vision;
Yellow House: WaterAid; Blue House: Rainbows Hospice. In
addition, there are charitable events organised throughout the
year, such as our annual Hampers for the Homeless scheme and
Children in Need, all of which have a direct impact on the
communities we serve. However, service doesn’t have to be about
money and often giving our time can be more precious to others
than giving money. Here you can see just a few examples of the
impact Emmanuel students are making in the global community:
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Read International is a charitable organisation
run by University students to raise money and
books for young people in East Africa.
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13 students took part in the opportunity
of a lifetime when they ventured to Ghana
to make a difference to the lives of the
community and, in particular, the
schoolchildren of Ayensudo.
The expedition was organised through World Challenge
and led by Mr White alongside Miss Devi, Mr Wolfe and
Graham, an experienced World Challenge guide.
After spending over 10 months fundraising and
preparing, the team finally ventured to Ghana where
they painted three classrooms, repaired and renovated a
playground and dug a drainage trench for a new
kindergarten building.
Having observed the children learning IT from a chalk
drawing on the blackboard, the students took decisive
action, pledged over £1,500, hired a carpenter and an
electrician, sourced hardware and software and, by the
end of the week, had converted a storeroom into a fully
operational IT suite complete with 12 computers.
And so… 13 children left, but 13 young adults returned,
Beth Wardle-Millar, Fiona Morley, Alex Leeming, Hayley
Rayner, Zoe Cox, Rebecca Massarella, Hannah Cooper,
Chris Thomas, Joe Rosselli, Laurence Rhodes, Olly Boot,
Will Leonard, and myself Daniel Atherton.
It will still take us time to reflect, but in retrospect our
trip was a once in a lifetime experience. And the
relationships, emotional strength, and maturity built
throughout our time in Ghana, will remain with us
forever!
Daniel Atherton, Post 16
Read International
In Post 16, we decided we wanted to be part of this – in fact we
are the first secondary school outside London to have been
invited to take part – and so set up our own Read International
Group, with the challenge of collecting 5000 books and raising
£2000. After promoting the challenge, we led the school in a
Tanzanian Day, when everyone paid to dress in the colours of the
Tanzanian flag. A range of activities included us leading a whole
school Act of Worship, comparing a life of poverty in Tanzania
with one of comparative luxury in the UK and the creation of a
human Tanzanian flag.Year 8 students also experienced life as a
Tanzanian, learning Swahili in the old South Wilford Victorian
school which had been stripped down to resemble a Tanzanian
school. I’m pleased to announce that so far we have collected
3,253 books and raised over £400—and still counting! Not only
GHANA
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Emmanuel - Together to Serve
Pupils were thrilled with their
newly refurbished playground;
right:the Emmanuel team
meets teachers from the school
Daniel Atherton and
Miss Devi decorating
the IT Suite; pupils
celebrating at
the launch of their
new facilities
Oliver Marsh (back row) and the Post 16 Read International Team
that, but the National organisers are so impressed with our work
that I have been invited to be part of their national advisory
group and we’ve been designated a READ International ‘Beacon
School’, which will involve helping to run a training weekend for
new school groups in September.
Oliver Marsh, Post 16
The team take a lunch break!
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Sporting Life and Achievements
Sports Round-Up:
Sports Day triumph
for Yellow House!
Congratulation s to the
following teams, all of
whom were crowned
champions last year:
Year 7 Football Team:
League and Cup winners
Budding athletes from Years 7-12
show off their Sports Day medals
Year 7 Badminton Team:
City Champions
Year 7 and Year 8
Indoor Athletics Team:
City Champions
Despite a very pessimistic weather forecast, the
sun shone for what turned out to be a fantastic
display of talent in this year’s Sports Day.There
were notable performances from a number of
rising stars, both in field events and on the track.
Congratulations to all students who represented their
houses and to Miss Gibson, for leading Yellow House to its first ever Sports Day victory.
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Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 12
Year 13
Isabelle Guyler
Chebony McDonald-Talbot
Ellie Fegredo
Lauren Moir
Hannah Rodger
Abigail Ringrose
Best Female Athlete
Best Male Athlete
Zydane Richardson
Rory McNelis
Liam Motson
Montel Nevers
Jack Marriott
Adam Wright
Year 7 and Year 8 Table
Tennis Team:
City Champions
Year 9 and Year 10
Rounders Team:
City Champions
Under 14 Cricket Team:
City Champions
Year 8 and 9 Cross
Country Team:
City Champions
Year 8 and 9
Badminton Team:
City Champions
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Interview by Emma Blyth
and Jenny Regan, Year 11 (editorial team)
15 year old Montel Nevers has always
been a keen sportsman but what
makes him special is the way in which
he approaches all tasks, sporting or
otherwise, and succeeds, often beyond
all expectations.
He is very, very modest and getting him to talk about his achievements is like getting
blood from a stone! As well as being the guy everyone wants on their sports team,
Montel has a 100% attendance record and is one of the most academically able
students in the school. Montel trains hard at Harvey Haddon Stadium to achieve his
dream of representing Team GB at the 2016 Olympics and becoming the next Phillips
Idowu, his sporting idol. He is currently Under-15 UK Champion for Triple Jump, with a
distance of 13.24m, and has since achieved his personal best of 13.86m. Montel is also a
Nottingham City Under-17 100m champion, he has played football for Nottingham City
Boys and cricket for the school. We wish Montel the very best of luck as he pursues his
Olympic dreams.
Montel Nevers,Year 11