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MSPA Fish 'n' chip supper quiz |
5th March 2010 |
MSPA are holding a Fish and Chip Quiz Supper on Saturday 8th May at 7.30pm.
Tickets are available at £12.50 per person and teams are in tables of 8 that you can put together yourselves or let the MSPA make up your team. Forms are available from reception and forms should be returned there with your cheque. Book early as we have limited tables with the deadline being Friday 30th April 2010. |
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Look out for Tesco and Sainsburys vouchers! |
5th March 2010 |
Tesco and Sainsburys have started their 2010 voucher schemes so please get collecting and bring your vouchers to the Library.
Last year we had a range of PE equipment from the Sainsburys Active Kids scheme including rugby kit, three legged race ties, 3 in 1 parachute and body exercise balls and some fantastic playground equipment from the Tesco scheme including space hoppers, a giant ball and creepy crawly tunnel.
Boxtops for books is still ongoing so pleased bring those in too as we get lovely Dorling Kindersley books for these. |
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Trip to Houses of Parliament |
26th February 2010 |
On 7th February Year 7’s visited the Houses of Parliament. They went to the Visitors Gallery in the House of Commons and the floor of the House of Lords where they saw the throne the Queen uses on her annual visit. They also had a debate. Everyone had a very enjoyable and memorable trip. |
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Chinese New Year Lunch |
12th February 2010 |
Everyone tucked into a delicious Chinese lunch this Friday in celebration of the Chinese New Year. |
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Fundraising for Haiti |
5th February 2010 |
On 5th February 2010 all girls and staff paid £2 or more to come to school in mufti to raise money for Haiti. Everyone was very pleased to be contributing to this cause as they were all keen to do their bit to help the people there who had lost everything. |
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Holocaust Memorial Day 26th January 2010 |
5th February 2010 |
42 girls from year groups 9, 10 and 12 attended the Memorial Day at The Finchley Reform Synagogue. The trip is organised to make students understand the horrors of the holocaust. They study WW2 including the holocaust as part of the year 9 history curriculum. The years 12’s who attended are studying a level history. The event featured a workshop and a talk by an elderly Holocaust survivor, Eve Oppenheimer. |
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Reminder from MSPA |
29th January 2010 |
AGM for Mount School Parents Association will take place on Monday 1st February at The Mount School, Room 5 at 7:30pm. |
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Snow Days |
15th January 2010 |
We really have enjoyed plenty of snow over the last few days. The school looked very picturesque as you can see. |
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| Trip to Ypres |
5th January 2010 |
On Saturday 5th December 2009, led by Mr Havaadi, Year 9’s, a few Year 10’s and 12’s and staff left school at 4.30am for Ypres, Belgium. This annual visit supports Year 9’s study of WW1 in History.
The visit covered cemeteries, a preserved section of trenches and a firing post. They witnessed the recreation of the famous Christmas truce of 1914 and attended a moving last post ceremony at the Menin Gate. |
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Anastasia Vinnikova Skates at Alexandra Palace |
5th January 2010 |
Anastasia (Year 12) performed in ‘Wizard of Oz on Ice’ at Alexandra Palace Ice Rink from 14th to 21st December 2009. As one of the lead roles, Glinda, Anastasia had been practicing since mid August. |
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| Christmas Carol Singing |
4th January 2010 |
| Just before Christmas a group of staff and girls went to Waitrose in Mill Hill to carol sing for charity. |
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| Christmas Bazaar |
9th December 2009 |
There was a real
buzz around the school on Friday afternoon as our Christmas
Bazaar filled the dining room and gym with everything
from hair braiding, mug painting, henna and sparkly tattoos
to cakes, fruit kebabs, sushi and hot drinks, to the bottle
tombola, raffle, gifts for family and toys. The photos
show what fun everyone had!
A big thank you to everyone who ran a stall, to caretakers
and teachers who worked behind the scenes and to parents
who encouraged the girls to bring in various items to
enhance their stalls. A special thanks to the Japanese
mothers who once again bonded to produce a wonderful stall
of food and various handmade items. The serving of hot
drinks was very popular, especially the hot chocolate
and whipped cream!
The girls were also appreciative of Santa visiting our
school and handing out gifts.
Lastly, thanks to all the girls and parents who supported
the event by spending their money. We raised a fantastic
£1,800 that will all go towards new equipment for
the girls. |
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| ‘The Greatest
Briton’ by Jeremy Havardi |
4th December 2009 |
As if being Head
of History at The Mount School isn’t enough, Jeremy
Havardi, has just launched his latest book, ‘The
Greatest Briton’, a collection of essays on Churchill’s
life and practical philosophy.
‘It will appeal to any student of modern history
and politics, or anyone interested in the twentieth century’,
says Mr Havardi. ‘The book has been 5_ years in the
making but feels like 500! I became fascinated in Winston
Churchill seven years ago when watching films such as
‘Bridge over the River Kwai’, all set in the
golden age of films and a time of British achievement.
Listening to Churchill’s speeches sent a shiver down
my spine. His powerful words reflected his genius. As
a former soldier he had been a prisoner of war in the
Boer War. He was acutely aware of how cruel war could
be and of the enormous sacrifices that made war possible.
Churchill also sympathised with the common man whilst
thinking little of the aristocratic House of Lords. As
reflected in the title of my book, I really do believe
he deserves too be remembered as the greatest Briton of
them all.’
The book was launched on Friday 27th November, and is
available for purchase. Please go to the link:
www.amazon.co.uk |
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| Daisy Pulls It Off |
4th December 2009 |
| Our school production. |
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| Infants Christmas Production |
4th December 2009 |
On 23rd November 2009 girls
from Reception to Year 3 performed their play
‘Do You Believe in Father Christmas?’.
It was full of songs and dances that they
all really enjoyed, as did the parents! |
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| Film Skool 2010 is now
recruiting! |
27th November 2009 |
| Places are limited and
are available to pupils in Year 7 and upwards.
Signed parental permission letters are needed
to secure a place. Speak to Mrs Hughes for
more details and to collect a permission letter. |
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| Fabulous Flowers from the
MSPA |
27th November 2009 |
On Monday 23rd November
our parents association put on a fabulous
evening of floral arrangement at the school.
Thank you to over 30 parents and teachers
who supported the event.
The next MSPA event will be a super quiz,
so keep your eyes open for the invites. The
AGM will be held on 1st February at 7:30pm
at the school. All parents are most welcome
to attend. |
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| Marie Curie Visit |
27th November 2009 |
| On Thursday
15th October Reception, Year 1 and Year 5
were visited by Donna from the Marie Curie
Care charity. She spoke to them about the
importance of healthy eating. It is a topic
that the girls are learning about this term.
Last Year Reception grew some bulbs in aid
of this charity. |
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| Christmas Cards |
20th November 2009 |
| Girls have been busy designing
Christmas cards. They are now available to
view and buy following
this link » |
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| Celebrating Trees at The
Mount School |
12th November 2009 |
The Mount School have branched
out this autumn and planted a tree as part
of a UK wide project.
Autumn is a time for tree planting and here
at The Mount we have decided to celebrate
everything about these wonderful plants.
BBC Breathing Places Schools provided us with
a rowan tree that we have planted in a special
ceremony on 10th November. Over 70 junior
girls watched and assisted as the Head Teacher,
Ms. Cozens, planted the small rowan in a prime
position at the front of the school. These
girls will be able to watch the tree grow
as they continue their life in the school.
“It was a lovely occasion that the girls
could celebrate together”, said Miss.
Sweeney, Head of Juniors.
With eleven thousand schools, across the UK,
Doing One Thing for nature and planting trees,
we are all leaving a lasting legacy for wildlife
in our schools and our communities.
To find out about BBC Breathing Places Schools
go to bbc.co.uk/ breathing places/schools. |
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| Skipathon |
12th November 2009 |
| The week beginning 2nd
November saw all the pupils from Reception
right through to Year 8, taking part in the
skipathon in order to raise money for The
British Heart Foundation. |
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| Celebrating Black History |
16th October 2009 |
On Wednesday 14th October
2009 the juniors celebrated Black History
Month by dressing up in Afro Caribbean and
Asian clothes. All girls brought in a donation
to raise money for our long running charity
work to build the kindergarten in the village
of Asiakwa. The array of costumes made the
school a very colourful place.
The first photo shows our Head of Junior,
Miss. Sweeney in an Indian Sari and our Reception
teacher Mrs. Amankwah in an African outfit.
With them are Ondlekile (year5) in a dress
from Lesotho, Maddalena (Year 4) in a dress
from Malaysia and Suzuna (Year 3) in a Japanese
Kimono.
In the second photo Suzuna is joined by her
friend Rin (both Year 3) both in their Japanese
Kimonos. |
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| Diwali Lunch |
16th October 2009 |
On Friday 16th October
we enjoyed delicious Diwali delights!
The lunch menu was Chicken Curry Diwali or
Vegetable Korma all served with rice, naan,
vegetable somas and pakoras. For dessert was
Punjabi Rice Pudding. |
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| Fabulous Flowers from the
MSPA |
16th October 2009 |
THE MOUNT SCHOOL PARENTS’
ASSOCIATION INVITE YOU TO A FLORAL DEMONSTRATION
EVENING
Acclaimed florist, Kathy Stewart, who took
over the running of Jennie Mann in 2002, has
had work featured in Vogue, Tatler and various
Bridal magazines. Her designs are very much
in demand by a number of top London hotels
and The Royal Opera House.
From a simple hand tied bunch of flowers to
an opulent bouquet, come along and learn some
of the tricks of the trade!
VENUE - THE MOUNT SCHOOL DINING HALL
DATE - MONDAY 23RD NOVEMBER 2009
TIME - 7.45 PM
This invitation is also open to your friends
and family.
TICKETS ARE £7.00 EACH and includes
a glass of wine.
Please contact the MSPA for tickets. |
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| Year 10 Art Trip to the
National Gallery |
16th October 2009 |
| Mr. Sumray
and his Year 10 Art students enjoying their
lunch break in Trafalgar Square during their
National Gallery visit in October. The girls
spent the day studying paintings by artists
such as Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt. They
each focused on one painting for the whole
day, doing drawings to help them better understand
their painting. It was hard work but the girls
found it a very rewarding experience. |
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| Voucher Collection |
9th October 2009 |
We're collecting
vouchers for quite a few schemes now:
Books for Schools
(vouchers in the Times and Sunday Times every
day)
Boxtops for Books
(vouchers on Nestle cereals)
Morrisons 'Let's Grow'
school vouchers. (vouchers in store until
1 Nov)
Then, of course, there are the usual Sainsburys
and Tesco
campaigns that will start again soon.
Collection boxes
are all in the Library. Thanks for your support
– it really does help the girls! |
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| Languages Day |
25th September 2009 |
The Mount School have branched
out this autumn and planted a tree as part
of a UK wide project.
The school celebrated Languages Day with a
special assembly, lunchtime activities and
a delicious lunch. The event was headed by
Mme Short, Head of Languages, however, we
were also pleased to welcome a former pupil
Kate Ferrino (2003-2007) to join us for the
day.
'I was invited by Mme Short to give a presentation
on my gap year, for Language Day. I believe
that it is very important to celebrate languages
and today's assembly was a great success',
says Kate. |
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| The Mount School Prize
Giving 2009 |
25th September 2009 |
We were pleased that our
first Annual Prize Giving ceremonies on Thursday
17th September 2009 were a great success and
enjoyed by all.
It was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate
the achievements of our girls with the whole
school community. Congratulations to all those
who won prizes and a huge thank you to all
those who entertained us and hosted the event.
Please use the links to the right to view
the Junior and Senior prize givings. |
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| The Mount School Parents'
Association |
9th October2009 |
MSPA had their first event,
a Salsa evening, on Monday 8th June. After
a glass or two of wine, Mina, the Salsa Queen,
managed to get everyone into the salsa beat.
Despite a few bruised toes everyone had a
great time. This was a brilliant start to
the MSPA's funding for the redevelopment of
the girls play area.
Next events coming up:
Wednesday 8th July - Coffee morning
Monday 23rd November - Seasonal flower arranging
Friday 4th December - Christmas Bazaar |
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| Sports Day Wednesday July
1st 2009 |
18th June 2009 |
11.15 am -
12.30pm - Years 0-3 Sports Day
12.45pm-1.45pm – Picnic lunch for juniors
and parents on the lawn
1.45pm- 3.30pm – Years 4-10 Sports Day
All Junior girls will have a picnic lunch
on the lawn, provided by the school with their
class teachers supervising.
Any parents who are coming to Sports Day are
welcome to bring a picnic and join us.
We look forward to an exciting Sports Day
competition to see which House will lift the
Sports Cup! |
| The Mount School Juniors
present Cinderella |
18th June 2009 |
Monday 6th July 2009 -
2.15pm
School Gym |
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| Young Direct Marketing
Awards |
18th June 2009 |
Girls from The Mount School
attended the Young Direct Marketing Awards
at the Magic Circle Headquarters in central
London on Friday 12th June 2009.
Our teams did very well winning two medals,
so congratulations to:
Team EAST who were gold medal winners
for Marie Curie Cancer Care so well
done to:
Elena Michaels
Alice Ludlow
Sarah Pearl
Talia Shadatai
Elenor White was a bronze medal winner
for The Samaritans
http://www.ydma.co.uk/content/Winners-2009.asp
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Gold Medal Winners
Bronze Medal Winners |
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| Katie Kelsey |
12th June 2009 |
Katie
Kelsey chosen for Royal Academy of Arts Online
Summer A level Exhibition 2009
Head of Art, Mr. Sumray, was very pleased
to be informed by The Royal Academy of Arts
that the Katie Kelsey has had one of her fine
art pieces (Face 1) chosen for their summer
online exhibition. 49 paintings have been
chosen from a selection of over 1,000 submissions
for their A level Summer Exhibition that covers
the whole country. Many congratulations Katie!
You can view the exhibition using the following
link. Look under the category 'Soul'.
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/
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Painting by Katie Kelsey |
| Summer Art Exhibition |
12th June 2009 |
Please come and view our
fabulous Art Exhibition including fine art,
textiles, print making and photography by
our exam students.
Private viewing, by invitation Monday 22nd
June 4.30pm – 6.30pm
Open to all Tues 23rd to Fri 26th June 3pm
to 5pm |
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| Art Exhibition
at Chorak Bakery |
3rd June 2009 |
In April we held the second Mount School Art
Exhibition at the Chorak Bakery in East Finchley.
If you do not know Chorak, I can highly recommend
a visit. It is an independently run café
that exhibits the work of local artists.
When I approached the owner, Jevad, he was
thrilled at the chance to show art created
by school pupils. We exhibited work from Year
7 through to Year 13 with examples of painting,
printmaking and photography. What a delight
it was to see the wide range of art work on
show, made even better by enjoying a cup of
tea and a delicious slice of cake (baked on
site).
Jevad said that his customers thoroughly enjoyed
our exhibition and gave him very positive
feedback. Maybe I am biased, but I tend to
agree with them!
By Mrs. Mitchell |
Painting by Banita Matharoo 7W
Mrs Osborn and Miss Cozens at the Chorak bakery
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| Mrs. Lewis walks for Macmillan
Cancer Support |
22nd May 2009 |
| On a sunny Sunday in April
Mrs. Lewis, joined by her two sisters and
200 others, walked 8 miles around Hampstead
Heath to raise money for cancer support. Mrs.
Lewis and her sisters took part in memory
of their brother Abbey, who had died of cancer.
With over £300 raised by Mrs. Lewis
alone, a great day was very worthwhile, topped
by a photo with the mayor. |
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| Swimming Gala |
15th May 2009 |
The inter house swimming
gala took place on Tuesday 12th May at Copthall
pools. Years 4, 5, 6 and 7 competed. The event
was great fun.
The results were:
1st - Red house
2nd - Green house
3rd - Blue house
4th - Yellow house |
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| Mount School are Winners |
15th May 2009 |
in
the Barnet Schools Netball League
The Year 10 Netball
Team – 2008/9 – LEAGUE WINNERS!!
The team won all their league matches to go
through to league finals which were held in
April.
They played St Michaels in the semi finals
which they won after extra time.
In the final they played Friern Barnet County
and won 5 – 2.
The Year 8 Netball
Team – 2008/9 – LEAGUE WINNERS!!
The team won all their league matches to go
through to the league finals which were held
in April.
They played Ashmole in the semi finals which
they won.
In the final they played Copthall which they
won after having to play extra time!!
The Year 7 Netball
Team – 2008/9 – league SEMI FINALISTS!!
The team won all their league matches to go
through to the league finals, which were played
in April.
They played Ashmole in the semi final , which
they lost.
However, it was a fantastic effort to get
there in the first place! |
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| House Spelling Competition |
8th May 2009 |
Every lunchtime last week
the English department ran a House Spelling
Competition for Years 4 to 10 culminating
in the final playoff on Friday. Girls had
been practicing in lesson time, honing their
spelling skills. Girls reacted quickly to
the words thrown at them by question masters,
Mr. Davies and Mrs. Hughes, under the pressure
of the bell.
Congratulations to the winners:
• Year 4
team of Chloe (red), Imogen (red), Shabri
(yellow) and Fatima (yellow) – see photo.
(below)
• Year 7
team of Shannon (green) and Lisako (green)
• Year 10
Sofie (blue), Phoebe (blue) and Jessica (green)
– see photo (right)
A big thanks goes to the helper, Katie, Sarah,
Juliette and Lisa (Year13) and Georgia and
Fiona (Year 11). Also to staff Mr. Cassidy
and Mrs. Warnock.
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Year 4 Team
Year 10 Team |
| Geography Trip to Swanage |
8th May 2009 |
27th
- 30th April 09
Year 10 went to Swanage last week to collect
data on Swanage beach for their Geography
coursework.
We visited Lulworth Cove, Durdle Door, Chesil
beach and Portland Island, where the 2012
Olympic Games sailing events will take place.
Between visits the group walked about 10 miles
along the coastal footpaths of Dorset. The
girls had a great time and at the same time
learnt a great deal about coastal processes! |
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| House Competition |
8th May 2009 |
What
can you grow in your wellie?
This terms House Competition has started very
well. Charlotte Bekhor and Trinity Perkins
in Year 4 and GREEN House decorated this wellie
– Can you do as well? Support your House.
If you are not sure what to do come to the
Wellie Decorating Workshop on Friday 22nd
May. |
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| Netball – 6th Form
vs Staff |
3rd April 2009 |
The match started off well
for the 6th form who were 3:1 up at half time.
A couple of minutes into the second half the
6th formers had a scored two more goals, leaving
the teachers with a very sorry 5:1.
With much shouting and cheering the teachers
worked their way up but didn’t quite
make it to a draw. The final score was 5:4
to the 6th formers. The match was a lot of
fun, so well done to both teams.
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| Annual Bookmark Design
Competition |
27th March 2009 |
| The Library
Bookmark Design competition is now being judged.
The 6 winning designs will be printed up and
available in the Library throughout the year.
Winners will be announced at the end of term
and will each win a boxed chocolate Easter
egg – so good luck to all entrants. |
| Year 7 Book Club |
27th March 2009 |
Year 7 Book
Club met regularly this term – reading
a wonderfully eclectic range of books –
from The Diamond of Drury Lane to the blockbuster
vampire series Twilight. Book Club members
also volunteered to help at the Caroline Lawrence
event.
Members of the club choose the book they’re
all going to read, arrange a date to meet
and make posters to publicise the meeting.
Then they get together – generally on
a Tuesday at lunchtime – for an informal
discussion upstairs in the Library, along
with the Librarian who is required to bring
home-made cookies!
2 books have been chosen for reading over
the Easter holiday and we’ve agreed to
have membership cards next term. |
| Drama |
27th March 2009 |
Well done to Charlotte
Lebetkin in Year eleven who achieved a “Merit”
in her LAMDA Bronze Award Acting Examination.
Congratulations to Year 7 to 10 Drama students
who won the Silver Medal in Group Acting Class
at the Watford Festival.
The Drama and Music Department will be holding
auditions for the Autumn Production next term,
so we hope to see a lot of students auditioning! |
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| Spring Concert 2009 |
27th March 2009 |
| On Thursday
15th October Reception, Year 1 and Year 5
were visited by Donna from the Marie Curie
Care charity. She spoke to them about the
importance of healthy eating. It is a topic
that the girls are learning about this term.
Last Year Reception grew some bulbs in aid
of this charity. |
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| Sporting Achievements |
27th March 2009 |
| Well done to our Year 7A
netball team. Having won their section in
the Barnet Schools Tournament they went on
to beat St. Michaels in the semi-finals 5-3,
but lost to Palmers Green 1-4. This put them
in second place overall making them silver
medal winners! |
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| Mrs. Mitchell is Teaching
Awards Finalist |
27th March 2009 |
| We are very excited to
announce that Mrs. Mitchell, our Art and Textiles
teacher, Head of Year 10 and Duke of Edinburgh
coordinator is a finalist for the DCFS Award
for Enterprise. She is one of just three teachers
chosen from the London area for this category.
On Thursday 26th March Mr. Colin Tufnell MBE
and Linda Austin visited the school to interview
Mrs. Mitchell, pupils, colleagues and the
Head. Mrs. Mitchell, Ms. Cozens and pupils
will be attending the final in London on 23rd
June 2009, when the winner will be announced.
The morning went well, so we all hope Mrs.
Mitchell’s enormous efforts and enthusiasm
in so many areas are recognized outside as
well as inside school. |
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| Red Nose Day - Friday 13th
March |
20th March 2009 |
| The school week started
with a special assembly on Monday culminating
in a very red mufti day and bake sale on Friday.
A big thank you to everyone who contributed
to Red Nose Day - the school raised over £400. |
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| Roman Mysteries to Celebrate
Book Week |
6th March 2009 |
Celebrated author Caroline
Lawrence, creator of the popular Roman Mysteries
series (recently screened on CBBC) visited
The Mount School on World Book Day - Thursday
5th March 2009.
Caroline, who now lives in an apartment overlooking
the Thames, was born in London and returned
to her native USA to grow up in California.
Having studied Classics at Berkeley and Cambridge,
she combines her love of art history, ancient
languages and travel in her hugely successful
series for children set in Ancient Rome.
At the Mount she talked about how to write
a Roman Mystery, answered questions and signed
books for our Year 4 to 7 girls, and Year
6 children from our neighboring St Paul’s
Primary School, who joined us for the event.
Imogen
(Year 4) writes as follows:
We had a very exciting afternoon. Caroline
Lawrence, who writes Roman Mysteries, came
in to talk about it and to sign copies of
her book. She had a lot of things to tell
us about ancient Rome and Pompeii. She also
had a slide show about the books and introduced
us to the four main characters in the books.
I liked the way she gave steps about how to
be write a good story.
She had some funny stories about the Romans
and how they wiped their bottoms with a sponge
on a stick and how they used a clay oil lamp
with a piece of string. She used some of these
ideas in her stories too. It was really fun
and I enjoyed meeting a real author. She signed
my books with a special message in Latin too!
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The photo shows
from left to right:
Alma, Caroline, Chloe and Imogen.
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| Film Skool Clubs - off
to a flying start... |
27th February 2009 |
Two clubs a week are being
held in school for Years 7 to 12. Sessions
run for five weeks teaching the girls the
details of creating their own short film.
The final results will be shown to an invited
audience of parents and friends at a Mayfair
Cinema.
First meetings were this week and girls are
buzzing with anticipation to find out their
roles.
There are a few places still available for
Monday evenings 4-5pm – first come first
served. See Mrs Hughes. |
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| Press Release |
February 2009 |
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– Mount
School Art Exhibition at the Arts Depot
22 pieces of stunning artwork have made
an eye catching display on the first floor
of the Arts Depot in North Finchley. Inspirational
art teachers Jason Sumray, a practicing
painter and Sharon Mitchell, whose specialism
is in textiles, have chosen some of the
best pieces by GCSE, AS and A2 level students
to form a display that will be on public
view until 2nd March 2009.
The pieces show the wide range of art taught
at The Mount School including painting in
various media, print making, photography
and textiles. For GCSE Art, a popular subject,
students concentrate on two dimensional
work, exploring Fine Art in drawing, painting,
mixed media and printmaking. Three separate
A-Levels are offered; Painting and Drawing,
Textiles and Photography.
On 12th February, many gathered for a private
view of the display. Amongst them were some
of the students whose art was being admired.
Fiona Salisbury’s display of fine art
monoprints shows four individual prints
all using an original drawing of skulls.
This piece is forming part of Fiona’s
AS coursework and she is finding printmaking
a lot of fun, with its many creative stages.
Shaleen Patel, also an AS student, has on
display a fantastic study of skulls and
organic material painted in watered down
acrylics. 'Allowing the paint to drip down
the canvas brought much more freedom to
my work' said Shaleen 'and I am delighted
with the result'. This was something Mr
Sumray had encouraged her to do to break
away from her more precise earlier work.
When asked how much help was given by the
teachers both girls replied that to begin
with they were given much direction and
help with materials, techniques and ideas.
As they progressed and were producing exam
work, they were expected to be much more
independent and experiment with different
techniques and media. Both felt art had
allowed them to develop and they always
looked forward to art lessons!
Other art on display includes a fantastic
photography study by Sophie Shaw that formed
part of her A2 photography coursework, and
wonderful textiles by Sarah Sklar, also
an A2 student. Photography and textiles,
taught by specialist teachers, are popular
and always produce stunning and thought
provoking displays.
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Art Teachers Jason Sumray and Sharon Mitchell
Fiona Salisbury - Monoprints
Shaleen Patel - Study in Acrylics |
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| Mount School Girls Excel
at Exams |
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Mount
School Girls Excel at Exams for Overseas Students
Students at The Mount School, Mill Hill, have
for many years been excelling at internationally
recognised exams for overseas students.
2009 has been no exception. 17 girls took
JET, KET, PET and FCE exams at the end of
last year and now the results have been published
we are very pleased to announce that every
single girl passed. Six Junior girls all achieved
the top grade of distinction in JET SET exams;
six girls passed their KET Cambridge exams,
five of whom achieved the top grade of merit;
five girls passed their PET Cambridge exams;
and last but not least, five girls passed
their FCE Cambridge exams. A huge congratulations
to all!
Lisako Narita and Akari Ishida, two of our
year 7’s (pictured top right) achieved
an ‘A’ at the age of 11 in their
FCE (First Certificate in English) - a major
achievement, as the average age for candidates
is 20 years old. The University of Cambridge
state that because FCE exams focus on all
four communication skills (Reading, Writing,
Listening and Speaking) plus the use of English,
students increase their confidence in using
English in everyday situations. FCE is a truly
international exam, recognised by thousands
of industrial, administrative and service-based
employers as a qualification in intermediate
English.
'I was very happy to have passed and got an
'A' for my exam', said Akari. 'My Dad was
especially proud of me and pleased with my
result'.
Lisako said 'because the barrier for 'A' was
80% I felt really pleased. Miss Ferson was
really helpful in improving our speech and
preparing us for the papers.'
Both girls agreed that working for the exam
had improved their vocabulary in other lessons.
We also congratulate two of our Kenyan girls:
Linda Mandu, who achieved the top grade of
a merit in her PET exam and Irene Waweru,
who achieved the top grade of a distinction
in her JET exam.
Last, but not least, we congratulate two very
able Turkish sisters, Rumeysa who achieved
a B in her FCE exam and Zeynep Uludag, who
achieved the top grade of a distinction in
her JET exam.
Uniquely, The Mount School offers overseas
students the best of both worlds, being able
to study a full curriculum whilst being supported
by specialist ESOL teachers.
Karen Ferson, who runs the schools ESOL department,
believes that "the real benefit of being
successful in these exams is that it provides
the foundation for their outstanding achievements
at GCSE. I am so proud of all my students
and their fantastic results." |
Lisako Narita and Akari Ishida
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