This Week At The Petchey Academy
Dear Parents and Carers,
The final rounds of interviews have taken place this week to recruit a permanent principal. Yesterday three candidates spent a packed day in interviews, tasks and panel interviews with staff and students and met with all the Governors. Today two candidates, including Clare Borrill, spent a final day taking assemblies and another panel interview with the Board. The Governors hope to be able to announce the appointment of permanent principal early next week, so keep an eye on your inbox for more news.
Mock exams start next week for Years 11, 12 and 13, please click on the links below for the exam timetables. Mock exams are extremely important so it's important that students treat them as such. They can help students to start revising early, to practise effective revision strategies, to improve their knowledge, to familiarise themselves with pressure, and act as a guide moving forward for both students and their teachers. Please ensure that students in Y11-13 have prepared a revision timetable and have somewhere suitable and quiet for them to revise.
Rehearsals are in full swing now for our Christmas production of Scrooge and tickets are now on sale on Parentpay, or you can pay with cash via Student Reception. Please come along, get in to the Christmas spirit and support all the hard work that is being put in by everyone involved.
Jayne Nelson (Marketing & Communications Manager)
Important dates to note:
Monday 2nd December - Mock Exams start for Y11-13
Tuesday 3rd December - Year 11 Subject Parents' Evening, 5-7pm
- In extremely important opportunity for students and parents/carers to meet with individual subject teachers to discuss progress in each area in this critical GCSE year.
- Parents will receive an email with a link to book appointments online, please call reception if you need help logging in.
Tuesday 17th & Wednesday 18th December
- The Petchey Academy Christmas production of Scrooge - ticket now on sale
Thursday 19th December
- Last day of term for students
#Haters Knife Crime Workshops
#Haters education programme is a film and drama-based programme targeted at teenagers and young adults to explore the impact of urban regeneration on communities and on the young people who live in them.
Year 9 students watched a 20 minute film adaptation of #Haters followed by a debate and drama-based activities designed to encourage active citizenship, prevent violent crime and develop critical skills.
In 2015 the stage production #Haters was created through interviews and workshops with Hackney residents in response to a real incident: a social housing tenant from a housing estate in Hackney was stabbed in his shoulder and retreated into a newly opened bar in the area to run away from his assailants. After calling emergency services, the management tweeted a picture of the young man’s blood on the floor with the hashtag: #welcometohackney. The incident became case in point for the repercussions of regeneration in one of the poorest areas in the UK. Social media and tabloids fuelled the hate. #Haters was written to offer a fair representation of both side of the story, hoping to foster communication in this broken community.
...to this year's Christmas production of Scrooge
Tuesday 17th December and Wednesday 18th December 7pm-9pm including a 15 min interval.
Tickets are now on sale on Parentpay or you can pay with cash via Student Reception.
Students are allowed to attend on their own but will be assigned a chaperone (a teacher) for the evening. Please come along, get in to the Christmas spirit and support all the hard work that is being put in by everyone involved.
Petchey Alumni wins prestigious Outstanding Achievement Award
Presented by Bank of America, the Student Social Mobility Award for Outstanding Achievement recognises the student that the judges believe has achieved the most. Victoria was awarded the upReach Ten award for having achieved outstanding success academically, professionally and personally, and showing the highest potential as they start their careers. Victoria is currently in her second year at Cambridge University studying Geography.
East London Table Tennis Champions
CONGRATULATIONS to the East London Under 19s Table Tennis champions!! Our boys and girls did amazingly this weekend in the championship sponsored by the Jack Petchey Foundation. Sixth Formers Billy and Renedi lead the team to victory
Sports Hall Athletics Competition
Excellent performance from year 7 and 8 boys at the sports hall athletics competition. Looking very likely they will progress onto the London Youth Games in the new year!
Sixth Form students debate social media for Channel 4 programme
TV presenter Kate Quilton popped in today for a group discussion with some of our Health & Social Care, Sociology and Psychology students on the effects of social media on young people. The discussion was followed by an interview with Ms Blunden and filmed as part of a Channel 4 series called Health Hacks which will be aired in February. The Sixth Formers were naturals, giving mature, considered view points on a fascinating and topical theme.
Double Netball Wins
Fantastic start to the league for the Y9 girls netball team with a very convincing win against Haggerston yesterday. Y10 girls netball team also beat Haggerston in a doubly successful day.
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