Half Term Activities

Animation Workshop at the CLC
Fateha Begum and Nhi Nguyen of 8R were selected to join pupils from other Newham schools over half term for a two day animation workshop at the City Learning Centre.

"We used plasticene to make our own characters and then used them to make our own short animated film. We could choose our topic. We chose ‘Litter’.

It was hard to move the characters because we had to move them very slowly to end up with the right effect and each time the character was moved, a photo had to be taken. We had to take about 25 photos to represent just a few seconds of film.

The bit we liked least was making the characters, because it was difficult to get them looking as perfect as we’d have liked them. The best bit was adding the voiceover, because it made our characters come to life. It was also quicker and easier than making the animation part of the film, and if we got it wrong, we could simply and quickly re-record the sound.

If a similar opportunity came up again we’d recommend it to others, because it was a really fun activity".

Nhi & Fateha 8R

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As we break for half term

Half term
Pupils and staff begin their much needed half term break today.
We return to school on Monday 22nd February at 8.40am

Cumberland Chronicle
Our latest Cumberland Chronicle was sent home today highlighting all the key events for the past half term. This is a fantastic publication. Many thanks to Ms Doyle and her army of volunteers who help put the Chronicle together

B4L
Since the beginning of term I have been discussing with staff, pupils and parents what behaviour is needed to ensure good teaching and learning can take place.
Building on the Cumberland Code we have developed Behaviour 4 Learning as part of our Classroom Expectations. What follows is the outcome of these discussions. When pupils return to school after half term our expectations about classroom behaviour will be raised. Many of our pupils already follow these expectations
Sports News

Football:
Yr 11 boys beat Rokeby 5-0
Yr 7 boys, 7-a-side, came third in the Newham Cup

Basketball:
U/14 Boys Newham cup:
draw v St Bons 15-15
lost v Rokeby 2-18 – unfortunately failed to qualify for the knockout stage.

Indoor Athletics:
Girls are currently joint 1st with St Angela's in the Newham League

Headteacher's Commendations

The following pupils were sent letters of commendation from me last week, as a result of recommendation by one of their subject teachers:

Fateha Begum 8R
Fatima Lakdawala 11E
Priscilla Asare 9N
Una Wilson 11R
Eliezer Del Rosario 11C
Ahmir Hussain 11R
David Nduka-Oladiti 9A
Malcolm Lukwago-Bisaso 9N
Kyran Green 9C
Dhruv Patel 9C
Ali Ayeman 9C
Elle Nelson 9R
Eliza Luxton 9R
Shanice Joseph-Downer 9R
Noor Nadir 10C

Sports News

Football:
Newham Year 7 7-a-side
Cumberland second and qualified for the final

Badminton:
KS4 East London Schools Finals
Cumberland won 1st round, lost in quarter finals

Basketball:
Girls Newham league:
Cumberland Year 8 and 9 beat Forest Gate 10-6

Cumberland Year 10 & 11 lost to Forest Gate

KS3 Enterprise Week - Year 7

"Year 7 had to work in groups and create a company that makes t-shirts or towers. We discussed and decided a company name, roles within our team and a design for our towers and t-shirts. To make the towers we used rolled newspaper and packing tape. It was extremely important that we all worked together as a good team.
After sketching out our ideas for the t-shirts we used glitter and loads of stickers, glitter and fabric pens.
The best thing about it was that everyone participated in it and it was fun. We presented our final pieces to each other and voted on the winning groups.
My favourite part was designing the t-shirt which was brilliant".

By Aaron McNally and Adam Hussain 7C

KS3 Enterprise Week - Year 8

Year 8 were split into two groups for their annual enterprise day. External facilitators hosted this annual event which helped pupils develop many different skills through the 2 hour workshops.
The first organisation was EdArt, a creative and business-minded group that asked pupils to work in groups and come up with a business idea for a T-shirt design based around the themes of social agendas such as drugs, bullying, alcohol, violence, crimes, human rights, the environment etc. The pupils were judged based on their business plan, their T-shirt design and their advert that they had to present to the judges. Most of the pupils used the concept of role-play, poems, raps and important catchphrases to try to win a cash prize.

The second organisation was a drama group ‘Ready or Not’ who have worked with Cumberland school for many years. Pupils were once again put in groups and were asked to devise, within a time limit, an idea for a TV news report. The pupils used a video camera to help them create their idea and incorporated it with their live presentation.
Pupils managed to develop many different qualities and worked on their personal, learning and thinking skills such as communication, teamwork, organisation, leadership, commitment, imagination, reflective learning, independent enquiring, self-management, being an effective participator and being a creative thinker.
The feedback from ‘Ready or Not’ mentioned that the pupils were absolutely great and praised their behaviour and commitment to the tasks given to them. The organiser of Ed-Art announced at the end of the session to all the pupils that they have been running this programme for five years and never had a year group so brilliant and hard-working producing quality presentations; the best they had ever seen.
A huge ‘well done’ to all year 8 pupils.

KS3 Enterprise Week - Year 9

Year 9 participated in their annual enterprise day and this time the challenge was much tougher than they expected. The pupils started off learning about the different types of qualities and skills that they have and how they can use members of their groups to work together using those skills in order to compete with other groups.

The challenge for our pupils was to create a 3D roller coaster given paper, card, sticky tape, glue and scissors. They had to use the resources available to them and design a roller coaster where a marble was placed at the start of the track and had to go around to the finish without stopping or falling off.

Pupils worked really hard and gained bonus points for teamwork and resolving any conflicts that they had. They had to test their roller coaster in front of an audience and present their findings. They were given marks throughout the workshop. It was a fun day during which all members of the year group contributed.

Headteacher's Commendations

The following pupils were sent letters of commendation from me last week, as a result of recommendation by one of their subject teachers:
Jessica Squibb 8A
Shakiyl Chowdhury 11E
Joshua Evans 11R
Lok Kei Wan 11L
Chennel Chalmers 11L
Laura McGrath 11M
Deverie Young 11E
Temitope Raheem 11R
Stefan Taylor 10M
Ahmed Hussain 10N
Katherine Bulaon 10C
Romaine Rose-Cameron 10L
Ehimetalor Unuabona 10B
Shane Watson 10R
Nicola Gunnersson 10C
Iris Kamara 10U
Taiwo Olokayode 10C
Dillon Powlett 10N
Rosie Holder 9A
Hally Ngyuen 11R
Oksana Senior-Peters 11C
Arminas Rinkevicius 10M
Dua Ashraf 9L
Melanie Momood 9L
Egla Loshi 11L
Christine Wan 11L