Visit to the Museum of London written by Guilherme Soares, Year 11 International School

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1 Friday 8 December 2017 Visit to the Museum of London written by Guilherme Soares, Year 11 International School O n Tuesday last week we visited the Museum of London in Farringdon.. On arrival we were greeted by Graham who was our guide for the day. First we saw Roman London which was when London was controlled by the Romans (like the name says), London was invaded from River Thames to the north therefore only the north of London was Romanised. This was followed by a workshop about the middle ages, before electricity, when people had to use candleholders (with candles in them) to have some light. There were two types of candles at that time: tallow candles and beeswax candles. Poor people used or made tallow candles because it was cheaper and rich people bought beeswax candles because, well, they were rich and didn t want their houses smelling of animal fat, that s why poor people had herb burners in which they burned rosemary (the flower) to make their houses smell good. After we had been told this we were asked to make our own candleholders in clay, all of them were good especially the one that Mr Cerqueira had made which looked like a tea cup. After lunch we went to see London, during the time of the great fire and the black plague. The black plague took over all of Europe but the great fire only took place on the northern part of London completely destroying it in three days. Pedimos aos familiares e/ou amigos dos nossos alunos que possam disponibilizar algumas horas do seu tempo para traduzir o nosso boletim escolar para português e/ou espanhol, para entrar contacto com Elia Monteiro através do bujurra@yahoo.co.uk

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3 Dates for your Diary Date Time Activity Who should attend? Thursday 14 December 6.30pm School Christmas Concert All families End of Term Wednesday 20 December at 12.30pm Term 3 Wednesday 3 January 2018 Friday 9 February 2018 All students return Term Ends Date Time Activity Who should attend? Wednesday 17 January 6.30pm -8.00pm Governors Achievement, Teaching & Learning Committee Holiday Monday 12 February 2018 to Friday 16 February 2018 Governors Thursday 18 January 4.30pm 7.00pm Sixth Form Parents Evening TES6 Families Wednesday 24 January 6.30pm -8.00pm Governors Communications and Behaviour Committee Governors Thursday 25 January 4.30pm 7.00pm Year 7 Parents Evening Year 7 Families Thursday 8 February 7.00pm -8.30pm Parents and Carers Council All Families Lunchtime Lectures Monday 11 December Dr Louise Seaward of UCL will deliver a lecture on the influential philosopher Jeremy Bentham. Tuesday 12 December Michael Akinle of CityJobs will deliver a lecture on the importance of employability skills on personal success.

4 The Elmgreen School Governors Report The Elmgreen School s mission is be an inclusive community that works together so that all members achieve above and beyond their perceived potential. It is supported in that by the governing body, whose role is to set Elmgreen s strategic direction, vision and ethos as well as monitoring and challenging the progress of the school. The governing body termly meeting took place on Wednesday 6 December. Among the main business was a detailed review of progress and activities during the autumn term, looking at: overall school performance; results to date at Key Stages 3, 4 and 5; quality of teaching; attendance and behaviour; finance and administration. Governors were given an excellent set of presentations by the school s senior management team. Although it is still early in the school year, a tremendous amount of work has already been done both to build on successes from previous years and to further address some areas where there is still room for improvement. This is taking place at every level, be it whole-school, by key stage or department, or with individual students. For more on the Elmgreen governing body visit:

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6 Looking for something great to read over Christmas? The Carnegie Medal recognises one outstanding book each year for children and young adults. Here are the winners from the last twenty five years. Thought provoking, exciting, challenging, sad we think there is a book here for everyone. Carnegie Medal: 25 years of brilliant books

7 Pick up a leaflet from the library.

8 Please remember - you can support all the amazing work at The Elmgreen School when you re Christmas shopping!