February 2013 - Guru Nanak Multi Academy Trust

Guru Nanak Sikh
Academy
NEWSLETTER
Christmas Mela At The Garib Nivaj India
The Garib Nivaj School in Delhi thoroughly enjoyed the
Chistmas mela funded by the Academy staff and parents.
The students enjoyed rides, games, food and were grateful
for a memorable time with their friends. Your contributions
brought a smile to their faces when they opened their
Christmas presents. Thank you to everyone who supported
this great cause.
Mrs G Kaur (Design and Technology Teacher)
IMPORTANT DATES
Primary Phase
Term Dates 2013
Monday 25th February - Term begins
Friday 15th March - INSET Training Day Academy closed for
students
Thursday 28th March - Term ends at 11.30am for Primary Phase
and 12 noon for Secondary Phase
Friday 29th March to Friday 12th April 2013 - Easter Break
Monday 15th April - Summer term begins
Monday 6th May –May Day Academy closed
Monday 27th May to Friday 31st May 2013 - Half Term
Friday 19th July - term ends at 11.30am for Primary Phase and 12
noon for Seondary Phase
Monday 22nd July to Tuesday 3rd September 2013- Summer Break
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•Monday 25th February 2013 -New after school
programme starts
•Thursday 28th February 2013 - Parent literacy classes
to start for 15 weeks
•Wednesday 6th March 2013 - Sacred Heart School
visiting Year 5PR
•Thursday 7th March 2013 - World Book Day
•Friday 8th March 2013 - Inter School Cultural Event Hayes Has Got Talent at the Beck Theatre
•Friday 8th March 2013 - Year 4AS Class Assembly
Secondary Phase
•Monday 4th March 2013 - GCSE Option Fair 5-6.30 pm
•Thursday 14th March 2013 - Year 9 Parents’ Evening
5-8 pm
•Friday 15th March 2013 - INSET training day
•Thursday 21st March -Year 12 Parents’ Evening 5-7pm
•Tuesday 26th March 2013 - Year 9 Option forms to be
returned
•Saturday 20th April - Vaisakhi Celebration 4-6pm
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Year 7 Learning About Sewa
During
this
half term Year
7 have been
studying the
topic of Sewa.
As Sant Baba
Amar Singh Ji
always quotes
from Gurbani
‘Vich duniya
sev kamaiye,
ta
dargeh
baisan paiye’,
meaning by doing Sewa (selfless service) in
the world you can achieve the highest place in
Heaven. The students have been learning that
performing Sewa does not necessarily mean it
should be restricted to the Gurdwara and Sikh
community, but it can be done to help anyone
who needs it regardless of their caste and creed.
This is what our Guru’s have emphasised.
The Garib Niwaj society founded by Baba Ji is
based on these
ideals
and
works
hard
to
alleviate
poverty
in
Delhi.
The
s t u d e n t s
were asked to
design a piece
of work which
would involve
creating a new
logo for Garib
Niwaj
that
would reflect
its aims.
Some
very
impressive
designs were
chosen to be
displayed in
the classroom
and
showed
the students’ creativity! There were lots of
interesting and fun designs to choose from and
it was a difficult task to decide who would be
amongst the top 3. So much so that we had to
decide on a top 4 as we were spoilt for choice.
Well done to all the students who have put
so much effort into this task and stay tuned
for more interesting projects in which more
students will be able to excel in Sikh Studies.
Mrs G Sidhu (Sikh Studies & Music Teacher)
Winner Of The Key Stage 3 Science Writing Competition
This term the Science department held a Science writing competition,
where Key Stage 3 pupils submitted a piece of writing that was 200
word or less. The essay addressed what the student thought was the
greatest scientific discovery of all time and justified why. The winner
of the competition was Kavin Manivannan, who wrote about the
discovery of electricity. Well done Kavin!
By Miss C. Morgan
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Year 9 Holocaust Memorial Visit
On Wednesday 6th February, the Year 9 students were given the wonderful opportunity to pay
a visit to Northwood Synagogue. When
we arrived, we were given a brief
explanation of the morning’s activities.
We were firstly split into groups
of 20 which were led by 2 very helpful
volunteers who discussed and
explained to us the main elements of
the Holocaust. Then, after being
offered some refreshments, we were
invited back to the main hall
where a very special guest – Hermann
Hirschberger – did us the honour
of sharing his personal experience of
the Holocaust. His story was very
shocking and eye-opening to us all and
we consider ourselves to be very
fortunate to have been in his presence.
Overall, the trip provided us
with an experience that we will always
remember. We would like to thank
all the teachers who accompanied us there, especially Ms Sariman for organising the trip for us.
Neet Kapoor and Taran Sahota – 9NS
Alan Senitt Community Leadership Programme
On Thursday 31st January, 10 students who were accepted onto
the Alan Senitt Programme – went to Watford Grammar School
for Boys for the first leadership training seminar. We met many
people of different faiths who were in the same situation as us.
The introduction took place in the concert hall, and the school was
very different from ours as it is 300 years old; however, some of the
buildings and facilities were modern. We had a small getting to
know each other seminar with people whom we didn’t know, and
further sessions in which we learned about community, team work
and communication skills. The final activity involved creating a
community sculpture out of rubbish so our team tried our best to
recreate our globe on a plinth, with the motto TOGETHER WE
STAND. Our sculpture, with the black plastic representing polluted
seas, represented our fight against pollution and how we can solve
it together.
It was a unique and fun experience and we are looking forward to the next seminar in March.
Amanpreet Sidhu and Jasmeet Batra, Year 10
Artist of the Month Janaury 2013
Harminder Gill 7AV
Anoop Virdi 9AM
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Mathletics
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Scholastic Book Money
Mathletics is an interactive learning tool that is available
to all pupils in the primary school. Mrs Tatla, would
like to remind everyone to log on regularly and try to
gain their personal best while increasing mathematical
skills at the same time. Please continue your hard work
in all the available activities and listen out for the class
winners on the school radio show!
With the success of last
term’s book fair, the
primary school have
earned £852.00 to spend
towards books from
the Scholastic book
company. Mrs Hall will
be looking at exciting
new titles of both fiction
and non fiction books for
pupils to enjoy in the
classroom. Thank you
for all the enthusiasm
for reading from both
pupils and parents and
we hope the next book
fair is just as fun filled.
Many Congratulations
to everyone!
Night Shelter
Guru Nanak Sikh Academy Primary-Phase collected
donations for the night shelter. The night shelter
donations are collected for homeless people to provide
them with food and bedding during the cold winter
months. We would like to say a big thank you to all
parents who sent in donations.
Year 5 IPC
In their IPC lessons, pupils in Year 5 have been learning
about Building a Village and Settlements. For their
Entry Point, pupils had to create their own structures
from geodesic designs that could be used to create
dwellings. They used lots of straws, tape, staplers and
lots of tea cooperation!
Teachers Award
Congratulations to the pupils who achieved the Teacher
Award last half term. The following pupils were given
recognition for their outstanding effort in their work
and behaviour.
Khushpreet Hoonjan (RPJ), Gurnek Sandher (RKJ),
Sahib Singh (1MD), Prableen Kaur (1AC), Har-Simran
Bhullar (2MM), Ranjeev Gill (2RH), Harman Brar
(3PT), Daya Sangha (3MW), Tia Grewal (4AO), Harneet
Madhan (4AKS), Gurnoor Kaur (5PR), Yuvraj Johal
(5JM), Manveen Bhachu (6PD), Gurjot Bhangoo (6AKB)
The first dome that could be called “geodesic” in every
respect, was designed after World War I by Walther
Bauersfeld. Geodesic dome homes enjoyed a wave of
popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Well done!
Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers
Sainsburys are currently giving out Active Kids vouchers
for schools to exchange for sports equipment, which will
help pupils to have a more active lifestyle. Guru Nanak
Academy are collecting these to put towards some new
equipment for children to use during P.E lessons and at
break-times. If you do collect these vouchers we would be
very grateful if you could send them to school with your
child.
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Christmas Concert 2012
On Friday 14th December 2012, all pupils took part in the Primary Phase Christmas concert and performed an
array of songs and dances to celebrate the Christmas spirit. There were different parts of the nativity acted out
beautifully by pupils in both Key Stage 1 and 2. The recorder club also showed off their talents by playing to the
tune of Jingle Bells. Miss Sarin’s street dancing group put an extra touch of variety to the concert by dancing in
rhythm to popular music. The enthusiasm and efforts were evident in the way all pupils performed. The concert
was enjoyed by everyone and it was a lovely way for the Primary school to all get together on this festive celebration.
Year 5 Trip - Floating Classroom
On Thursday, 31st of January, Year 5PR visited the Elsdale Floating Classroom
as part of their IPC unit: The Time Tunnel. Pupils were fortunate to be given this
wonderful opportunity to consolidate and enhance their learning about living and
using the canal in the past. The visit allowed the children to look at how and why
the Victorians used the canals and how London relied on this waterway to become
a vibrant and wealthy city. Pupils also had a chance to consider how they can look
after London’s Environment and pledge to protect it. In the midst of all of this,
everyone enjoyed going outside on the deck to look at the scenery. The final part
of the visit involved the children looking at the different types of cargo that was
carried on the barges along the canal e.g. ice, bricks, coal, sugar, cocoa etc. As a
link to carrying cocoa and sugar, each child made their own cornflake crispy cake.
It was a brilliant and worthwhile day, which all of the children will remember.
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IPC Fashion In Year 1!
Pupils in Year 1 have been very busy learning about
clothes of the past and present. They have enjoyed lots
of activities such as learning about different fabrics,
clothes from around the world and also designing their
own vibrant T shirts!
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Reception Christmas Party
Reception pupils invited their families to come and listen
to the Punjabi Jingle Bells and other Christmas Songs
on December 19th. The children and parents enjoyed
activities such making Christmas cards, snowflakes and
modelling clay snowmen. They were lucky enough to
have a special visitor - Santa Claus who delivered their
Christmas presents. A Very Big Thank you to all the
parents who sent in food for the party and were able to
attend and also to our Santa Claus and his Elf from the
Secondary Phase of the Academy.
Important Dates Continue
Primary Phase
•Wednesday 13th March 2013 - Red Nose Day - Nonuniform day
•Thursday 14th March 2013 - Science Day 2
•Monday 25th March 2013 - Easter Bonnet / Egg
Competition
•Wednesday 27th March 2013 - Langar Day at the
Academy
Year 4 Trip On The Floating Classroom
Year 4 pupils went on the Elsdale floating classroom as part of their IPC topic ‘Chocolate.’ The children had the
opportunity to enjoy the view from the boat as well as participate in activities highlighting the importance of
recycling. Pupils also had the opportunity to learn about how chocolate used to be transported along the canals. After
a day of learning interesting new things, the children were then able to make chocolate cornflake cakes, yummy!
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New Staff at GNSA - Primary
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Punjabi Drama Club
We have recently welcomed two new LSAs, Mrs Panesar
and Miss Chawla who have joined the Primary Phase
team together with Mrs Saini working in the school
office. Already they have all enjoyed being part of our
busy and ever-growing team. Mrs Saini has commented
on how polite the pupils are when they come to the office
and how helpful they have been showing her around
the school. We hope all our new staff enjoy the busy
environment of our school.
We are delighted to announce that a Panjabi Drama club
started earlier this year. This is the very first Punjabi
acting club at the Primary Phase, where children can
show their hidden talents. It is a great club which
develops pupils speaking skills in Punjabi. It has also
helped develop pupils confidence as speakers and actors.
So far it has been a huge success. The first Panjabi
Drama Production was put on show at the Christmas
Concert. The performances stole the limelight according
to all the positive comments and feedback that we
have received. We are very fortunate and lucky enough
that the show will be performed at the Beck Theatre
on Saturday 16th February 2013. It will be part of the
‘Virsa Culture show 2013’ performed by students of Guru
Nanak Sikh Academy. We are privileged and proud to
be part of it. After this performance, we will have new
exciting project with new story lines to look forward to.
The session for the drama club will start after half term
with new students.
Hayes Has Got Talent At The Beck Theatre
A number of pupils from both the Primary phase and from the Secondary phase will soon be taking part in the Hayes
Has Get Talent Show at the Becks Theatre on Friday, March 8th. The High Flying Extended Schools Collaborative
will provide entertainment for parents and guests from six local schools. The schools; Minet Infants School, Minet
Junior School , Dr Triplett’s School , Brookside Junior School, GNA- Primary phase and GNA Secondary phase have
worked closely for a number of years – formally through money provided by the government and now on an informal
basis. In preparation for this show, each school ran a competition to design the most attractive and informative
show programme cover for each school. The entries were all judged by art Students from GNA Secondary phase;
Noshida Saini (12HN), Dilraj Kallar (11JP), Harbind Sandhu (9NS) and Simran Dhanjal( 11CR). Well done to
Jaskirat Kaur Sihota (Yr 4AS) the winner and Pankti Patel (Yr 4 AS) the runner up. Good luck to all the performers.
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Literacy Corner.. Another Page In The Story Of Our Reading Experiences.....
Interview
with Mr Hall
What memories do you have of reading
as a child?
What is
your most embarrassing
school memory, involving reading?
Mr Hall: Before I was eleven I had never read a complete
book. The first book I did read was Black Beauty by Anna
Sewell; it’s a girly book about a girl and her horse, but I
wasn’t a big reader. My elder brother and I shared rooms
so every night he would read to me. I would listen
and pick up this great literature because he
liked reading Dickens.
Mr Hall: I don’t have many embarrassing moments
involving reading. They used to in my sixth form take
turns to read the Holy Bible, but not many people including
me wanted to; a boy named Sam would read when it’s your
turn if you paid him the equivalent of a pound. So since
you’d have an entire week to read from the Holy Bible
you would pay him 5 times to read for you instead!
Sam really made a fortune by doing this.
When
you studied English at
secondary school, what kind of texts
did you read?
What
books have you
enjoyed reading to your children?
Mr Hall: In English we had the most appalling books!
We used to do box analysis where you break the sentence
into verbs, nouns and pronouns; It made me have less of
an interest in English because it was horrible. We did more
language when I was at school, and the teachers taught
us mainly about punctuation and grammar. They didn’t
think of it as their job to introduce us to books. But
in the end I didn’t find any text studied to be
particularly interesting.
Mr Hall: When my children were small I would
read “Peter Rabbit” which was a popular book,
for children. Sometimes it can be quite tiring reading
to children so what I would do is take Peter Rabbit for
instance, it would have 25 pages I would accidently turn two
or more pages together. It never worked because once you’ve
read a story twice or more to a child they knew when you
missed something out, they would say “dad you missed out
the bit with the carrots or something”. But in all seriousness
I believe reading to your children is important. I used to do
an exercise where I would miss a word so the children
What
would guess what the next word is, and children like
book character can you
to do that. So I have had many hours reading to
most relate to, or are most similar to and
children and children reading to me; it’s a
why?
very valuable experience.
Mr Hall: As a boy I was Tom Sawyer. My brother read me Tom
Sawyer and I have read it many times as an adult, and I thought
it to be a brilliant book! My brother he was older than me and in
Tom Sawyer, Tom had a younger brother called Sidney. I always saw
myself as Tom, but so did my brother. So he would say I was Sidney,
and Sidney was a grass who would always tell on Tom; when my
brother wanted to annoy me he would call me Sidney. But Tom is a
fantastic character, a real business man; once he convinced people
in his neighbourhood to paint a fence by telling them what a big
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opportunity they’re missing out on. They then painted the
there any book that you
fence, which was a chore, so he didn’t have to! I’ve
particularly dislike, and why?
read a lot of Mark Twain, he’s a fascinating
writer.
Mr Hall: I can very quickly switch of, so if I started
reading a book and I didn’t like the first page I would
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stop reading it. I hated Watership Down; I hate that stuff
book genres have you
and The Hobbit. In The Hobbit he created his own language
enjoyed reading?
whereas in Watership Down everyone has a ridiculous rabbit
name; I just never like that kind of stuff. I can cope with
animals talking, but I just want them to talk English
Mr Hall: Science fiction, factual based things, I like facts.
or a normal language rather than an Invented
I find philosophy interesting as well as Science, medicine,
language. I’ve never read a single Harry
finance, and physics. But I can read fiction if there’s a good story
Potter book.
behind it, for example I’ve read One Day which has recently been
made into a movie. It was a very clever idea however I don’t want to
see the film; films can never do justice to the book. When I read One
Day I could not believe the ending, and I remember reading it and
gasping; it’s amazing the effect a book can have on you! I do
like to read. I read “Keep the Aspidistra Flying” by George
Orwell he’s quite a political writer and I really enjoy
his work. I got all my vocabulary from reading,
so it’s important to read!
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Year 10 Textiles Trip To The Valentino Exhibition
On Thursday 24th January, Year 10 Textiles students ventured out
to attend the Valentino Exhibition at Somerset House in Central
London. The students were accompanied by Ms Botros, Miss Naeem
and Mrs Anbu. The Valentino Exhibition was an insight on the life
and work of Valentino Garavani who is a renowned fashion designer
in the industry. Many artifacts and personal messages, sketches,
invitations and a life time-line were present which gave the students
an understanding of how the life of a fashion designer is and the
components needed to be both successful and leave an impression on
the world. However the most captivating component of the exhibition
was an extravagant runway which featured 137 dresses which were
all handmade and we were fortunate enough to admire these pieces
and carefully analyse each piece of these beautiful dresses. Another
part of the exhibition was the special display of the Greek Princess
Maria Chantal’s wedding dress which was made in 1995. This display
helped us realise the work which is needed to create these beautiful garments and showed us how Valentino was
specially known for the garments he made for royalty and celebrities. Another aspect of the exhibition was the
techniques which were present in video and samples as well as an area to view a film which gave a closer insight to
his dresses. To conclude, this trip was very inspirational and rewarding for us students and a provided a realistic
insight of the industry and will surely aid us during our course of GCSE Textiles.
Harleen Motizada and Simran Johal, 10KA
Extra - Curricular Drama
I am delighted to be able to report the results of the recent LAMDA (London Academy
Of Music And Dramatic Art) exams which were taken by seven Year 12 students last
December. Ravinder Ahitan and Amrita Dhillon both passed Grade 5 Acting with
MERIT. Rajpal Soor passed Grade 6 (Bronze Medal) Acting. Kiran Bal, Harkaran
Birk, Ravinder Lally and Amrik Sangha all passed Grade 6 (Bronze Medal) Acting
with MERIT. Congratulations to them all for their achievement! Most of them will
be preparing for the next grades which they will take in July. A number of Year 11,
12 and 13 students will be taking exams in April.
Mrs S Midgley. (Drama Teacher)
Year 13 PSHE Seminar By Suzy Pool Coaching
On Friday 1st February, Year 13 attended a morning PSHE workshop about challenging limiting beliefs and accepting
differences, which was run by a life coaching company called Suzy Pool Coaching. Life coaching is a practice that
helps people identify and achieve personal goals. Ms Pool and her colleagues gave us a brief explanation about
themselves and the areas of life coaching in which they specialised. We were split into pairs; our first activity was
to focus upon what our partner was saying and then midway deliberately loose interest, allowing them to notice the
change in attitude and posture. There was feedback from both partners on how they felt during the conversation.
Following on, we split into 3 groups and each group went to a classroom with a different life coach; within our groups
we discussed our different beliefs and our values that make us who we are and how we have succeeded in reaching
life goals, plus the potential downsides of beliefs learned from others. We created a list of what was important to
us and rated them 1-10 in terms of where they stand with us. A follow-up activity for the coming week will be to
interview a person we don’t know very well about their life and likes, and to hand them a memento of a piece of
ribbon with an inspirational quote.
These sessions taught us how to turn negativity into positivity, to broaden our minds and to identify and achieve
our ambitions. There was fantastic feedback from the
sixth form students about the session, and also from the
visitors who really enjoyed holding this workshop for
us. It was a wonderful experience for us all and we are
thankful to Ms Sariman for organising it.
Kirandeep Singh, Year 13GW
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PE Update
Year 7 Victorious In the Quarter Finals
settled, the midfield pairing of Harkirat and
Mithursan began to dominate in the middle
of the pitch. Dhanveer scored a neat finish
after a good through ball from Harkirat. Into
the second half both teams didn’t want to give
anything away in defence. A lovely interchange
between Kingsley and Hashmeet saw Guru
Nanak take the lead. Haydon were not out yet
and they swiftly returned with an equalised.
Into injury time and Kingsley managed to lead
a break away group out of our own half and
coolly finished to make it 3-2 to Guru Nanak.
Wild celebrations followed and the final whistle
was blown. Well done to the whole squad and to
Mr Marwaha.
The most successful Year 7 team in the history
of the school! The Year 7 team despite having
players missing on the day pulled off a dramatic
Italian style performance in defeating the hotly
tipped Queensmead 1-0. A gigantic effort from
everyone on the day meant this Year 7 team
are now in the Semi Finals! From Jagdev Bal
(one of our most important players outfield but
for the good of the team went in goals) to the
industrious Harpreet Gill up front these year
sevens players were very strong and committed
and produced a performance of skill and grit
rarely seen on the Astroturf. The goal scored
by Deep Rao and assisted by the trickery of
Harpreet Gill proved to be decisive as the Year Miss B Curtis (PE Teacher)
7’s weathered late pressure from Queensmead
by putting their bodies on the line. On the
day most impressive were the Chana twins,
Pavanveer Malhi, Isher Singhota and Harpreet
Special Langar Day On Wednesday
Gill but Man of the Match was Harshpreet
27th March
Shadana who time and again thwarted the
Queensmead attack and joined in ours.
Congratulations to
Year 7 Netball Team Defeat Barnhill
the Academy canteen
staff
for
being
awarded a grade 5
(outstanding)
for
food hygiene. Well
done to them.
The Year 7 Netball defeated Barnhill 5-1 in a
comprehensive victory that ensured their first
win of the season. The game started brightly
and Guru Nanak took an early lead through
Harjeevan Rehal. This early goal seemed to
A special langar day
settle the girls and by half time they were
winning 4-1. Changes were made at half time to
has been organised
enable the whole squad to get game time. This
for both phases of
meant in the second half we were able to add
the Academy. It will
further to the scoreline and finished the game
be on Wednesday
5-1. Well done to the whole squad and a special
27th March.
Any
mention to Priya and Amreece who marshalled
contributions/sewa
the defence with confidence and efficiency.
towards the langar or disposable items for
Year 10 Football Team Progress to Semi Final this occasion, will be gratefully received. If
you can help in any way, or would like further
The Year 10 Football team have progressed to information, please contact Mrs Maninder
the semi final of the plate competition after Punn (Restaurant Manager) at the Academy
narrowly defeating Haydon with an injury time Tel. 0208 756 4864. Many thanks for your
winner. Both teams set their stall out from the continuing support.
start and there were plenty of chances at both
ends. Haydon took an early lead and Guru Mrs M Punn (Restaurant Manager)
Nanak were shell-shocked. Once the game
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Message From Nanaksar Trust
If you would like to help with this great cause then please
make any donations to the Nanaksar Trust. You can hand
them into the school office in the Secondary phase.
Vaisakhi Celebrations
Vaisakhi Celebrations on
Saturday 20th April 2013 4 - 7 pm
Hope you all can attend
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Friends Of The Academy - Lohri Party Raised £4000
On 25th January, FOTA hosted a Ladies only Lohri party at Riverside
Venue on the Bath Road, Hounslow. Another fun filled night where the
ladies danced the night away to traditional giddha and latest Punjabi
tunes. The night raised over £4000. Thank you to all the staff and
parents who attended with their families and supported the event.
Congratulations to Mrs White ( Primary Office) who won a raffle prize
and Mrs Jhand Year 2 LSA for Best Dressed Punjaban wearing a lovely
Fulkari (traditional Indian embroidery) suit, Maujay (Punjabi shoes),
Prandhi (colourful hairpiece) and Tikka (jewellery).
Friends of the Academy would like to thank Sukh Sira from Sira Cash
and Carry (Springfield Road), Papa Joe 100 Studios for their continuous
support and Riverside Venue for their
excellent hospitality.
Mrs K Jhaj (Reception Teacher)
Newsletter Editors: Mrs G Kaur & Mrs M Marwaha
Please send your comments to www.admin@gnsa.co.uk
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