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Newsletter 5 March 2010
| Maths Challenge | |
| Written by Ms Adams, Mathematics Teacher | |
| Friday, 05 March 2010 | |
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On Thursday the 4th of February we had the Maths elite of Years 9, 10 and 11 students sit the Intermediate Maths Challenge Paper. The Maths Challenge Papers are part of the UK’s biggest national Maths competitions, and last year over 600,000 pupils from 4,500 schools took part. The top scoring 40% of the entrants receive Bronze, Silver or Gold certificates based on their mark in the paper. COLA students did a fantastic job, gaining a total of 15 certificates. Damani Richards and Timothy Ekeh achieved gold, and Tim has been invited to sit the European Grey Kangaroo paper. Fahimul Amin, Yuexi Xiao, David Bensalem, Joseph Dudley, Ochan Akom, Mahfuz Karim, Kunal Patel and Nathan Punzala all achieved silver, and Aminat Amoo, Deji Davies, Taylor Corps, Jeremy Lieu and Hoi Fung achieved bronze. This superb effort will be highly rewarded with the Gold certificate winners being awarded 100 Vivo miles. Silver certificate winners will get 50 Vivos and and the Bronze winners will get 25. The Maths department congratulates all participants!
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| Students Represent CoLA @ Rock Challenge! | |
| Written by Ms Thompson, Greenhouse Dance Coach | |
| Friday, 05 March 2010 | |
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On Friday 26th February, 14 students from CoLA and a further 10 from St Michael & All Angels Academy joined forces to perform and compete in a National Dance Competition, "Rock Challenge", in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
The students have been working hard for the past five weeks to create a joint piece with St Michael & All Angels named "Broken Territory". This explores the effects of postcode wars and youth homelessness.
CoLA & St Michaels joint team came away with the award for the "Best Dance Interpretation to Soundtrack"
Well done to all involved!
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| Grease is Coming … | |
| Written by Ms Crisp, PaFotA | |
| Friday, 05 March 2010 | |
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A cast of thousands...no not quite, but there are a lot of Cola students working behind the scenes; designing and making the set and props, the fab costumes, great lighting and fantastic music; as well as performing on stage. Cola students are involved in everything. The set has been designed by Lucy Hodges and Mick Gomez along with help from Vanessa Richie-Suarez and Tobi Bello, who have been painting the scenery. The hardest bit has been getting the door just right. The dancers and singers who are playing the T Birds and Pink Ladies have been rehearsing their dance moves – learning how to jitterbug and hand-jive along to the classic tracks like Hound Dog (originally an Elvis song), and Hopelessly Devoted to You - a No.1 in 1978 for Olivia Newton-John. Come along and see this brilliant show, the result of hard work put in by over 80 pupils! |
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Ryan on guitar| Y12 SIFE competition | |
| Written by Ms Jenkins, Head of Science | |
| Friday, 05 March 2010 | |
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Against very stiff competition from other schools, CoLA’s team managed to come 2nd in the Students in Free Enterprise competition last week. The team did a brilliant job, and we offer our congratulations to Chris Newman, Chloe Roach, Georgina-Daisy Kelly, Connor Hayes, Yuksel Gezer and Huda Ali for there inventiveness and knowledge.
A trophy for to mark their achievement will be presented to our winning team at assembly to commemorate their success.
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| Fast Food at the Rendezvous | |
| Written by Mr Delfs, Academy Catering Manager | |
| Friday, 05 March 2010 | |
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As part of our ongoing effort to improve the service at the Academy restaurant, the Rendezvous has opened up a new fast service counter. It serves only the most popular meal and pudding – and if that’s what you want then you can now get it fast! Over the past few days, with the new counter operating, we have found that everyone is served in ten minutes, leaving much more time for a real break!  |
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| WICKED Young Writers' Award | |
| Written by Ms Taylor, Librarian | |
| Friday, 05 March 2010 | |
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The Wicked Young Writers' Award has been established to recognise excellence in writing, encourage creativity and help develop writing talent in young people.Any young person between the ages of 5 and 25 years old is eligible to enter, making the award the first of its kind to reward excellence to such a wide age-range of young people across the whole of the UK.
There will be the opportunity to enter in one of the five different age categories: 5-7, 8-10, 11-13 14-16 and 17-25 years old.
For more details, or if you want to download an application form, please go to the Wicked website at www.wickedyoungwriters.com/about_the_award.html.
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| Mr Carroll comes back with a Sidekick | |
| Written by Feyi Coker, Newsletter reporter | |
| Friday, 05 March 2010 | |
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On 22nd February at 12:33pm, a precious baby boy was born, and he was just what the Doctor ordered. The bouncing baby boy was the new son of our own Mr Carroll, head of Year 10, and he radioed your reporter to tell him about the experience.
What did you name your child? He’s called Sonny Carroll.
Why did you choose that name? It was just one that we liked.
When did you find out that a baby was on the way? In August last year.
Was the baby early or late? He kept us waiting for an extra week before deciding to make his appearance.
How did you feel when you first saw your child? It was am mixture of happiness and excitement. I just felt overwhelmed by the whole experience.
What does it feel like, being a Dad? Better than scoring a a hat-trick for England in the World Cup. It’s the best feeling ever.
Were you expecting the baby to be a boy? No, we thought it would be a girl.
How did your family and friends react to the news? Everyone is very happy and proud for us.
Everyone at the Academy would like to congratulate Mr Carroll, and we wish his family all the best for the future.
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| Science Week is Nearly Here | |
| Written by Ms Jenkins, Head of Science | |
| Friday, 05 March 2010 | |
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In two weeks it is Science week, so we will be running some science competitions. For the first one we are encouraging students to sign up at www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/nsew/GetInvolved/ResourcesandActivities/SchoolCompetition.htm. This competition, for Key Stages 3, asks you to carry out research into animal and plant species that are under threat of extinction. You must explain the effects this loss would have on other species and their habitats, and what actions must be taken to prevent this happening.
This must then be presented in the form of a poster with a drawing of the animal accompanied by an explanation of why their chosen species is under threat and what can be done to preserve them for the future.
Prizes for winners in each category include:
Winning entries will also be exhibited at ZSL London Zoo and ZSL Whipsnade Zoo.
The closing date for entries is Monday 22 March 2010. To get an entry form, please log in to the NSEW organiser area to download. All entries will require an entry form to qualify.
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