- Nower Hill High School

From the Headteacher:
I recently spent the most enjoyable Saturday accompanying Miss Freed , a large number of staff and 6th Form volunteers
and almost 150 Year 10 students on their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award ‘practice’ weekend. The weather was a touch
cold for my liking, but the students headed off on their 6 hour treks, backpacks and maps to hand and all managed to
return safely and on time. I enjoyed driving around the lanes of Hertfordshire to see where they had all got to and later
watching them struggle with tent pegs and guy ropes, as well as tackling a very stiff breeze whilst cooking on the
outdoor gas burners. We have been invited to attend an Anniversary celebration at Buckingham Palace in May which I
am looking forward to.
I had the pleasure this week of talking with Natasha Cheung, Riya Panchmatia, Sumayyah Siddiqui and Laura Spillane
(seen below), four of the six girls involved in an initiative to encourage girls to pursue Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics (STEM) courses and careers, (the other two girls being Imogen Lamb and Sarah Armstrong). Their
work involved taking a road show of science experiments and activities to Cannon Lane Junior School to present to,
involve and inspire the year 5 girls. I was taken with how enthusiastically and eloquently the girls talked about their
experience and have no doubt their objective was achieved and they are great role models all. It sounded like a lot of
fun too.
This end of term sees us saying farewell and thank you to one of our Deputy Headteachers, Ms Moriarty, who has been
promoted to the post of Principal at Harefield Academy. Ms Moriarty joined Nower Hill as Assistant Headteacher, Head
of Maths in June 2011 and was very quickly promoted to Assistant Headteacher, Teaching and Learning. Following my
own promotion to Headteacher of Nower Hill I was fortunate to appoint Ms Moriarty as Deputy Headteacher, Teaching
and Learning. Ms Moriarty took over this role at a time of considerable change in relation to the curriculum, reporting
and accountability measures and leaves us in a very
healthy position going forward as a consequence of her
widely acknowledged expertise and prodigious hard work.
Ms Moriarty’s promotion to Headship is very well
deserved. I have been delighted to appoint Mr Hardy to
replace her.
Wishing you all a peaceful and restful break.
Mr Livesey
Staff Children’s Easter Party and Easter Egg Hunt
Mr Marvel’s Magic Show and bunny rabbit
Easter party tea boxes
Fun on the hall floor
( the crawlers)
A great time was had by all!
Face Painting
Pin the tail on the Easter Bunny
Painting Teddy Bear money boxes
Northwood
Holocaust
Memorial Day
On 10th February the PRE Department took 45 Year 9 and Year 10 students to
Northwood Synagogue. The students participated in a Holocaust memorial
workshop and also heard the account of a Holocaust survivor. Here is what some of
our students said about this event
“The workshops on the treatment
of Jews by Nazi Germany made me
realise that everyday life for Jews
that were not in concentration
camps was just as appalling and
dreadful.”
“The trip made me realise
how lucky my daily life is
compared to that of a 12
year old Jewish boy in the
time of Nazi occupation.”
“The
experience
of
listening to a Holocaust
survivor is something I
will cherish for a long
time.”
“I really enjoyed hearing
what the Rabbi had to
say on why the Jewish
Community remembers
and recalls the events of
the Holocaust. The theme
of community cohesion
and how we should not
stand silent in times of
discrimination.”
Our students showed outstanding behaviour,
respect and attention during their trip to
Northwood Synagogue. Students from across
Year 9 and Year 10 put forward a a number of
intriguing questions to the guest speaker that
really benefitted their own knowledge of the
identity of Jews, their faith and the turmoil
that impacted their everyday life during the
Holocaust. A big well-done and thank you to
all students who attended and contributed.
Mr Latif
The Geography Department are excited to be
launching ‘Geog On’ club again this year which
runs on Thursday’s during lunchtime in H3
The focus of ‘Geog On’ club is global issues.
Students decide which issues they want to raise
awareness of and then create a campaign or
organise a competition.
‘Send My Friend to School’ campaign 2015
Last year, students felt really passionate about speaking out for every child’s
right to education.
“ Geog On club last year was a definite success in my eyes, with all of it’s
members walking away each week with another topic to discuss at the
dinner table. One of the first things we explored was the ‘Send my friend to
school 2015’ campaign. We first looked at how other children our age
were living their lives in different countries around the world. We found
out that across the world 58 million children do not have the opportunity
to go to school. To express our opinion on this issue, and to get our voices
heard, we got involved in the ‘my world leader’ programme, where we
made our own world leaders ( out of paper of course) and wrote what we
would do if we were a world leader to get every child into school?
Over all an eventful year!”
Alice Jardine 8BH
Watford Drama Festival 2016
On Saturday 27th February, hot on the heels of their success of their three night
run of “The Lion King”, 20 Drama students took part once again in the annual
‘Watford Drama Festival’.
The Festival, which is held at the Watersmeet in Rickmansworth, is the largest of
its kind in Europe and competitors include many other schools, Performance and
Theatre groups.
The students involved were an absolute credit to the school throughout the day
and once again swept the board of results with a fantastic 1st place in all 4 classes
entered!
Furthermore, the group performing in the Anthology entitled “I’m not a soldier”
were invited to perform once again at the Senior Finale Concert on the 20th
March where they will receive the prestigious ‘Redhead Trophy’ for the most
memorable performance of any group piece that the adjudicator saw at the
Festival.
All the students had a tiring but very enjoyable day both performing and
supporting each other as members of the audience. All in all an outstanding
achievement for the students involved!
Miss Gardner, Head of Drama
Devised Scene Year 11 and under – ‘The Stranger’
1st Place
Tessa Harvey, Isabel Poonawala, Caitlin Smith, Jacob
Talbot, Hannah Moriarty, Nicole Khan
Devised Scene Year 13 and under – ‘Breakdown’
1st Place
Ben Halnski-Fitzpatrick, Kira Fitton, Josh Paice, Will
Stanton, Mitesh Parmar, Rory Desborough
Group Acting Year 13 and under – ‘The Trial’
1st Place
Reece Nana, Hannah Moriarty, Imogen Kelly, Sam Deal,
Rosie Bashford, Tessa Harvey, Jacob Talbot, Lorenza
Sapio, Sonia Lalloo, Sandra Ostaseviciute.
Group Anthology Year 13 and under –
‘I’m not a soldier’
1st Place and winners of the ‘Redhead Trophy’ for
most memorable group performance at the Festival
Hannah Moriarty, Imogen Kelly, Rosie Bashford, Isabel
Poonawala, Caitlin Smith, Lorenza Sapio, Clara Smith
School Production 2016
by arrangement with JOSEF WEINBERGER LIMITED
• Nower Hill High School’s 2016 production of The Lion King (Junior), a version
of the musical which has been edited especially to suit secondary school
students, was a huge success and had a completely sold out run!
• We were thrilled when the performing rights became available for The Lion
King (Junior) as we knew what a spectacular production we could create and
how much our students would enjoy the iconic songs and vast scope for
movement work.
• The production involved students from across the school (Yr7 - Yr13) and
really showcased the committed, talented performers we are lucky to have
across the age range.
• Creating the African Savannah in North Harrow was no mean feat! Due to the
nature of this production, no costume, set or props were available to hire.
Every aspect of the production (e.g. props, set, costume) was created by staff
from scratch, which is truly unbelievable. I would also like to thank the
students for their consistent hard-work and dedication. I would like to
congratulate them on the fantastic performance that they created!
Miss Gardner, Head of Drama
PAUL HANNAFORD WORKSHOPS
On 15th March, Years 8 to 11 were fortunate to be able to participate in workshops
run by Paul Hannaford. Paul is an ex-drug user and a former gang member who has
spent many years in and out of prison, but who has now reformed and spends his
time speaking to teenagers about the dangers of drugs and gangs. The students
were highly impressed by his informative and hard-hitting workshops, with some
commenting that it was ‘the best assembly they had ever had.’
Ms. Voden
Sports Relief Fancy Dress.
Ben Sanders, 8FN wore a brilliant Eddie the
Eagle homemade costume complete with
colour matching crash helmet. Riya
Panchmatia, who is a black belt in Taekwondo
performed some serious martial art moves in
her Taekwondo kit. Runners up were
Alexander Thomas, 10FH, complete with foil
and head mask looked every part a
professional fencer. Wearing his striking
Kendo robes we had Noah Perera, 10FH
Mr. Nagle
The Sports Relief ‘Wacky Races’ were really wacky! Thanks to all who came along
and made it such good fun.
Mr. Nagle
Parent ESOL Lessons
A group of Nower Hill parents have
successfully completed an ESOL (English for
Speakers of Other Languages) course at
Nower Hill.
The course started in November 2015 and
finished this March. The parents have given
very positive feedback about the course,
which helped them to develop their reading,
writing, speaking and listening skills. ESOL
Tutor Paimana Khalid from Adult, Community
and Family Learning in Harrow said: “They
have all built up their confidence and feel
more motivated to study further. All of the
parent learners who were entered have
achieved their targets and successfully passed
their assessments”.
Congratulations to the parents on their
achievements!
Mrs. Mainwaring
What a Day for World Book Day
World Book Day is promoted nationally and takes place annually on the first Thursday of March, to encourage
young people to read – and Nower Hill was no exception! The day began with teachers and Year Seven and
Eight students, alike, sporting the outfits of their favourite literary characters. With costumes inspired by the
curriculum, Candy from John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and F Scott Fitzgerald’s Jordan from The Great
Gatsby, to more well-known and much loved characters, like The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Mary Poppins.
However, the Technology faculty wowed us again with their joint costumes of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan after their
excellent effort last year as characters from Snow White and Seven Dwarfs.
The day continued with a fancy dress competition and the chance to win a Mad-hatter’s Tea Party. Throughout
the day, students and teachers shared with each other extracts and conversations of books which have inspired
them. Students still have time to enter other competitions including ‘Design a Book Token’ and ‘Nower Hill’s
Future Library’. Overall, it was a great day where everyone could share their love and experiences of reading –
not just the English teachers! World Book Day is really becoming an event in the Nower Hill calendar which
everyone looks forward to!
Miss Potter-Adams
Faculty of Linguistic and Cultural Studies
NEWS
Competence • Confidence •
Curiosity
LANGUAGES WEEK GETS NOWER HILL TALKING!
Saamiyah Khan (6KN) writes:
“Languages Week took place between 8th and 11th of February. It included a variety of
engaging and fun activities, which encouraged and challenged students to greet teachers (and
each other) in 63 different languages. 133 students were awarded special achievement points
and KING house won with 77 achievement points. Other activities included Roman Day and a
special culinary-themed Spanish and French cultural club, where students were able to enjoy
traditional food music and dancing , while using their language skills. A huge thank you to all
the teachers and students who got involved.”
LINGUISTS OF THE ½ TERM
We would like to congratulate and commend the following students for their
excellent work and attitude in Languages this ½ term. Bravo!
French
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Year 12
Year 13
Achievement
Diya Dsgupta
Anjali Patel
Amal Mullan
Shambika Thevananthan
Ishani Desai
Yasmin Wahab
Megan Bailey
Effort and Homework
Maryam Hamim
Nishanth Kanagasabai
Dilan Dave
Dhanisha Vyas
Yousra El Msiya
Denzel Akum
Taher Ebrahim
Spanish
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Year 12
Year 13
German
Year 8
Achievement
Nikoleta Krumzlyte
Rebecca Fallon
Theresa Wilson
Hannah Moriarty
Saara Arab Cruz
Raabia Ghaznavi
Achievement
Effort and Homework
Abaas Farooq
Jade Collins
Anisah Tahir
Hadi Farrukh
Nilagny Sunthareswaran
Joe Deal
Effort and Homework
Delexsa Premkumar
Sherjeel Anjum
Year 9
Sigi Gordon
Tia Brooker
Year 10
Conor Keeley
Mohammed Jassiri
Year 11
Vennilla Anbalakan
Stefan McCabe
Mr Piesse
The Onatti Theatre came to
Nower Hill on Thursday 10th
March 2016 to perform
‘Primera Cita’ for our Year 8,
9 and 10 students studying
Spanish.
"Fantastic...inspirational..modern and funny.
It provides an excellent opportunity for
schools to extend and enrich modern
languages programme."
It was perfect - just
for one hour all the
students were totally
immersed in Spanish.
Miss Sanchez
Student Reviews:
The Onatti Theatre came
to Nower Hill on Thursday
4th February 2016 to
perform ‘Zwillinge’ for our
Year 8, 9 and 10 students
studying German.
Mrs Perry
“I found the play very entertaining and enjoyable to watch”.
“We had opportunities to participate which was fun”.
“It helped me to enjoy the German language”. “I would definitely
recommend this opportunity to any German students next year.
Es war sehr toll!”
“It was lighthearted and it managed to make people laugh while at
the same time help people learn German”.
“I was able to understand a lot”.
Spanish party
At the Spanish party we had a range of Spanish activities including
trying new food, dancing and listening to Spanish music. We enjoyed
eating “tortilla de patatas”, “chorizo”, ham and olives. To accompany
our food, we listened to Spanish music such as Marc Anthony,
Shakira and many others. We put our learning to the test when we
tried out Salsa dancing and now we are all experts. We all had a
really fun time and we recommend you come to Spanish Culture Club.
Amanbir (8BH) Phoebe (8BH) Sana (8KH)
Cameron (8FH)
Emily (8BH)
Alice (8BH) Cameron (8FH)
Spanish party
E-Safety Blog
Safer Internet Day: Tuesday 9th February 2016
On Tuesday 9th February, Nower Hill celebrated Safer Internet Day. Throughout the
day students and staff alike were discussing the importance of safe internet usage
through form time activities, e-safety tips and general e-safety discussions across the
school curriculum.
You can find extra information and resources about safe internet usage on
http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2016.
E-Safety evening for parents and carers: Tuesday 17th May 2016
On Tuesday 17th May, we will be holding our annual e-safety evening for parents &
carers.
This evening is designed to inform and support our parents and carers about the
importance of e-safety. During the evening, parents and carers will have the
opportunity to learn more about different websites and apps, the risks they pose and
practical steps you can take to keep your children safe. Please do join us.
Mr. Ford
Awarded to students in:
Year 7
Megan Bantleman 7SN
Maggie KAMBURSKA 7SH
Year 8
Hafsah Hussain 8SH
Markus EMMOTT 8FN
Ibraheem Raza 8NN
For their achievements in ICT & Computing
Mr. Ford
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