London
Enterprise
Academy
Issue 3 | Spring Term 2016
LEA LIFE
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Message from
the Principal
It has been a very busy and
rewarding term in our second
year here at London Enterprise
Academy. The journey has been
incredible; there is still a very
long way to go. New students
have settled in well and are
making great progress
academically as well as making
new friends and developing new
skills. We have had many trips
and visits as well as a number of
guest speakers to inspire our
students to become well rounded
citizens growing up in London.
I am also pleased to inform
parents that phase two (second,
third and fourth floors) of the
building works is completed
giving us an additional thirteen
new classrooms including five
new science labs, a food
technology room and a
performing arts studio.
I am honoured to be able to lead a
great team of staff supported by
fantastic governors on this
journey. I hope from reading this
issue you will be able to gain a
flavour of what goes on at our
school on a day to day basis.
Finally, I would like to wish all
families a prosperous New Year.
Ashid Ali
Principal.
Issue 3 - Spring 2016
London Enterprise Academy
Students visit WW1 Battlefield
sites in Belgium
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of
the 11th month we remember the
millions of soldiers who died in the
line of duty. This is known as
Remembrance Day marking the end
of the First World War (1914-1918).
This tradition inaugurated by King
George V in 1919, is also marked by
war remembrances in many nonCommonwealth countries. Hostilities
formally ended "at the 11th hour of
the 11th day of the 11th month", in
accordance with the armistice signed
by representatives of Germany and
the Entente. The First World War
officially ended with the signing of
the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June
1919.
In October, two students, Zerin and
Sultana from London Enterprise
Academy joined a large group of
students from all over London who
were touring the WW1 battlefields
with serving soldiers. This was a
unique, exciting and moving
experience for all of the students
because they followed the journey of
a British Soldier from London 100
years ago from New Street in Tower
Hamlets to Tyncot Cemetery in
Belgium. This impressed upon all of
the students the reasons we remember
the First World War. The students are
pictured at the Menin Gate memorial in
Ypres, Belgium with serving soldiers
following a special memorial service.
Both students accompanied by Miss
Purdue, Lead Teacher of Humanities
led assemblies when they returned to
the whole school sharing their experience and what they have learnt. The
school also held a minute silence on
11th November to remember the fallen
soldiers of WW1. Principal Mr Ali
said, he was extremely pleased that
pupils from London Enterprise
Academy are taking part in a wide
range of learning in and out of the
school and opportunities to take students
abroad on field tours are extremely
important in terms of their social and
academic development. “These are
events and visits that they will
remember for the rest of their lives”.
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On Friday 4th September, there was a
buzz of surprised voices when students
found out they were visiting Greenwich Park.
Students enjoyed a picnic in the sun
having completed a variety of writing
and artistic activities all about
Greenwich. Students drew a sketch of
the skyline from the Royal
LEA Has Made History
Observatory, accompanied by a
descriptive piece of writing on their
favourite area of Greenwich Park.
Greenwich Park is one of the largest,
open green spaces in south-east
London and is listed as one of the
Royal Parks of London. The Park is
home to the Queen’s house, Royal
Observatory, the magnificent view of
London’s skyline and a museum.
In addition to the park’s scenic views,
we saw the famous Cutty Sark; a
British tea clipper ship that ruled the
seas in the late 1800’s.
By Ebrahim Uddin
It was also a beautiful day for football, as 7E ruled the pitch against Year 8.
Especially the moments when Ebrahim scored a magical volley and Adil A scored a header that Van Persie would be proud of!
Roald Dahl Day
On Friday 2nd October, the teachers
(and a few students, including
Marwan and Koyes) dressed up as a
character from a Roald Dahl book.
These included, an Oompa Loompa, a
selection of witches, Mrs Wormwood,
Bruce Bogtrotter, Mr Wormwood, a
Twit and many others.
Every teacher and student who took
part had donated at least £1 to the
Roald Dahl Marvellous Children’s
Charity.
Roald Dahl’s charity helps to make
life a little better for seriously ill
children in the U.K. The charity
believes that “every child has the right
to a marvellous life, no matter how ill
they are or how short their life may
be” and here at LEA, we could not
agree more.
see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
in the West End.
Thank you to all those who took part
in Roald Dahl day; your donations
have been given to a marvellous
The £133 raised by LEA (so far), will cause.
be directed towards families who
By Miss Bagaria
require financial support for a child
with a rare condition, help pioneer
nurse-led research and provide
exciting story-tellers for every child in
hospital.
In the past, money donated to the
Roald Dahl charity has provided
enough finance for a group of children
with a life-threatening condition, to
Ragged School
Between the 5th and 9th October, year
7 visited the Ragged School in Mile
End. At the Ragged School students
had the opportunity to experience life
in a Victorian classroom that had been
restored to look how it did in the
1870s.
Students compared the class teacher
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to the one and only, treacherous Head
Teacher from the Matilda book, Miss
Trunchbull! If following her rules was
not enough, her strict persona was
accompanied with a cane!
One of the students said:
“She would bang on the table if she
couldn’t see our hands!”
If that wasn’t scary enough, rumour
has it, that the Ragged School is
haunted. Some Londoners claim they
have seen children walking around
with a doll covered in a blanket.
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Pupils at
London Enterprise
Academy
support Tower
Hamlets foodbank
Hundreds of families in Tower
Hamlets and other parts of London
have to choose between food and
paying the bills during the winter
months. Students at London
Enterprise Academy decided to help
out during these difficult times and
collected food items to send out to the
Tower Hamlets food bank. The pupils
managed to bring in over 300 items of
food which will make a difference to a
number of families. We hope to be
able to do this every year. Year 7
student Fatima said ‘it’s important
that we look after our neighbours who
are worse off than us’. Farhana in
Year 8 said ‘this is a small
contribution we can make to help
make a positive difference in other
peoples lives’ in our community.
help out as they are aware that there
are people who are worse off than
them. As our school grows, we intend
to make sure that our contribution to
charities is developed further’.
In the first term of this academic year
we have raised money for Roald
Dahl’s Children’s charity, Readathon
which supports children who are very
ill and now we have made a good
contribution to Tower Hamlets
Principal Ashid Ali was very pleased foodbank which does an excellent job
with the efforts made by students and to support families during difficult
staff. He said ‘I am keen to ensure our times.
students make an active contribution
to society and develop as responsible
* In the Borough of Tower
citizens. Yes, many of our students
come from a background of poverty
Hamlets, 72% of its 237,900
and even these students wanted to
residents are deprived.
The New Floors in LEA
Two new floors at LEA More fun, learning and space to play.
Now that fresh floors have opened up, there is likely to be space for an enormous truck.
Further stairs, sighs and ways to walk up and a gorgeous view of London from
the rooftop.
Our expansion includes new hubs and an ICT room, for a brighter educational
environment where we all feel more at home.
By Imran Ahmed
* Child poverty in Tower
Hamlets is worse than anywhere
else in the UK with 52% of
children living below the
poverty line.
Further information about the school can be found on:
www.londonenterpriseacademy.org
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School Meals
School meals are a popular choice in
secondary school. Children enjoy
school meals as they provide them
with a variety of different foods to
indulge in.
At LEA, students are offered meals
including: meat and vegetable options
for curry and pasta as well as a
selection of sandwiches. Students are
served salad alongside their meal,
making it balanced. A wide range of
fresh fruits are provided, alongside
juice cartons.
Pupils have expressed suggestions to
make the school meals more exciting
on special occasions; particularly
through regular bake-sales.
Samiya Hussain 7A suggested, "dessert could include sugar-free cakes,
yoghurts or jellies, as they are healthier."
Food served in free-schools and academies in England must meet the school
food standards, to ensure that children have a well-rounded diet.
All schools must provide:
• High-quality meat, poultry or oily
fish
• Fruit and vegetables
• Bread
• Cereals
• Potatoes
School lunches (including packed lunches)
should not include:
• drinks with added sugar
• crisps
• chocolate or sweets
• more than two portions of deep fried,
battered food per week
Update:
LEA’s new canteen will soon have their very own kitchen staff,
ready to cook them fresh hot meals, daily.
Naira Ahmed
My first day of Year 7
My gleaming, silver alarm woke me
up with a shock. I dashed down the
stairs like a shooting star and scoffed
down my throat- a warm buttery
croissant. It tasted amazing, but my
nerves had got better of me; all that I
could concentrate on was my first day
at secondary school.
My mum said that the pupils would be
very welcoming. Deep inside me I
knew my mum spoke the truth,
however, that feeling failed to emerge
through the barrier of nerves that
enveloped me. As the time ticked on,
the butterflies got worse, it felt like
insects were running marathons
around my stomach. I wondered about
the walk to school and whether there
would be any other year 7 students as
concerned as me.
I arrived on time, in my brand new
purple blazer. The teachers seemed
wonderful…but deep inside I felt I
still belonged to my Primary School;
Blue Gate Fields.
I was given my timetable, textbooks
and a tour of the entire school;
excitement began to replace my
nerves!
I strolled with my advisory group, up
to the first floor for our first assembly.
I felt welcomed and looked forward to
my future days at London Enterprise
Academy. I put my friendship-making
hat on, held my head high, and walked
up to the group of girls sitting at the
dining table at lunch. I forgot why I
was so anxious at the beginning of the
day!
The day came to an end and with a big
smile on my face, I was ready to tell
my mum the good news. I opened the
front door and my eyes caught sight of
a gooey, chocolate fudge cake and my
mum. It was the cherry on top of a
fantastic first day at London
Enterprise Academy!
By Rahma and Iqra
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Our Custom food in D&T
In our Design Technology lessons we
have been studying food technology.
In a pattern of lessons, we would first
watch our D&T teacher show us a
demonstration of how to make
specific foods, then we would make it.
First it was bread, next was pizza, and
finally, our last cooking lesson was
pasta and a scrummy sauce.
WERE YOU ALLOWED TO
BRING THE FOOD HOME?
Yes, we were allowed to take our food
home. After a successful task of
cooking, we would be granted the
permission to package the food and
take it home. A lot of us had
incredible feedback from our "Target
Market".
HOW DID IT WORK?
First, we would watch demonstrations
from our teacher making food
accurately, then on the next lesson, we
would bring in our own ingredients to
make it, such as spices, flavours,
seasoning, etc.
WHAT ARE YOU STUDYING
NOW IN D&T?
This term, we are studying Electronic
Textiles in DT. We are learning how
to sew and about how we can
incorporate LED Lights in our
creations.
By Muwahhid
Readathon 2015
Readathon encourages children to
read for pleasure through a sponsored
reading marathon. The duration of the
reading marathon is up to the child
and how much money they hope to
raise. Money raised by each child is
used to provide brand new, mobile
bookcases and fund regular storyteller visits to our local children’s
hospitals. These 30 story-tellers bring
laughter and entertainment to the
children and their families who need it
most.
Students were given a sponsorship
form by their advisory teacher. They
pledged to read a certain number of
books within their specified time
frame. Once donations were made by
family and friends, the reading began.
It is important to encourage our
students to read regularly and feed
their imagination. Reading is a
wonderful use of our time and betters
our literacy and confidence levels.
"He was genuinely first-class, a five-star story-teller.
He seemed to have all the time in the world for us and for Daisy."
By Sharmin Siddiqua
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Design &
Technology
at LEA
In our new Design and Technology
room this year Year 8 have learnt
about food hygiene and nutrition.
They have enjoyed making bread
rolls, pizza, pasta and sauce. Most
have endured the challenge of
washing up and all of them have
enjoyed eating what they made.
For Textiles we now have brand new
sewing machines which have also
boosted our sewing enrichment club.
Ishaq has decorated the fabric of his
cushion with fabric transfer paint; he
transferred the paint to the fabric
using a combination of heat and
pressure in our brand new heat press.
After completing this Ishaq has used
the sewing machine to construct the
cushion with fabulous results.
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Science
Ambassadors
Spotlight on
Staff at LEA
Mrs Avant, our very own business
manager, has happily agreed to
answer some questions based on the
building development at London
Enterprise Academy. Amongst the
new additions to our facilities, we
now have two new floors; one full
floor of science labs and an
outstanding new computer hub. Every
computer desk in our ICT room has a
computer with extra space to place
books or write. Our brand new drama
studio is equipped with mirrors and
has even been used for ballet during
PE! There is a food technology room
with ovens, cookers and sewing
machines; ready for pupils to develop
essential cooking and sewing skills.
Mrs Avant mentioned that the
builders are working on a new
canteen, providing wide varieties of
freshly cooked food for the pupils and
staff. This is planned to open in
January 2016. Finally, Mrs Avant
stressed that there is lots of work
going on to develop an outstanding
school, such as: a car park area and a
fifth floor with a double height sports
hall.
At Science Ambassadors everyone's goal is to receive the British Science
Association CREST Bronze Award, and in order to do that everyone needs to
choose a project that they want to do. If you join this club you can achieve three
types of awards: bronze, silver and gold. There are a number of projects you
can choose from. For example you can make a solar system model; a game
controller; a roller coaster; a bridge and much more.
Everyone has a choice of working independently or in teams. I am working in
a group and my partners are Eisha and Hafsa. We chose to concentrate on
making a solar system model with LED lights. The first few weeks we planned
how we wanted to make our model and what materials we needed in order to
create our solar system. Afterwards, when we got all our materials, we started
to make our nine planets and the sun with different sized balloons, covering
them with paper mache. Overall, we are aiming to make a very realistic looking
solar system in ten weeks.
By Zerin Islam
Using Computers Safely
Young people in today’s society have greater access
to communities, videos, audios and websites than
ever before; there is an endless amount of content on
an array of topics whilst children browse the internet.
Although this can enable young children to research,
study and broaden their understanding; it can also
open up a dimension that could very easily be
misused.
With access to mobile phones, laptops (PC’s), tablets
and games consoles young people are able to use apps
and accessories to communicate with people globally
- posting images and videos for an open audience.
This a major worry for parents and it can be difficult
to control. However, there are a number of measures
that parents can take in trying to tackle this.
By Mr B. Ahmed
Below are some risks and dangers of being online:
• access to inappropriate content
• age restricted websites and material
• friending and communicating with strangers
• grooming and abuse
• sharing of personal information
You can keep your child safe online in a number of ways:
• Use parental controls on your internet service – you can get more
information from your provider.
• Speak to them about their internet use to advise them.
• Keep a watchful eye on their general usage of internet enabled devices
they use.
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Issue 3 - Spring 2016
3K
Club
The aim of 3K club is to develop
student fitness and athletic ability in
an enjoyable and safe environment to
the point where he/she may choose to
compete in borough competitions
such as the cross country.
Non-competitive members who enjoy
the fitness aspect of training are also
welcomed and encouraged. 3K club
runs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays straight after school till
4pm.
Why is it good for me?
• works heart & lungs
• builds strong bones
• de-stresses
How many calories
will I burn?
• 200-300 calories per class
(30min of continuous running)
• The harder you work,
the more calories you'll burn.
What will I do?
• run in a group
• be out & indoors
• feel motivated
LEA
Football
Club
Our after school clubs provide
students with a great way to finish the
school day.
The Football club is fully inclusive
and provides parents with a perfect
solution to finding that extra hour in
the day. Your child simply stays at
school while our football coaches
make sure they end the day with a
Girls.
healthy bout of exercise in an
Are you looking for a
enjoyable setting. Students get active
and have lots of fun with friends
place to play
taking part in activities they love and
badminton with your
may also not have tried before.
school friends?
The Football club runs on a Friday
straight after school from 3:10 till
5:30pm. Football trials will be on
Badminton sessions will take place at
going for the rest of the term. The
Mulberry school,
main squad will be announced at the
every Friday, 4:00-5:00pm.
end of term.
Badminton:
Girls Only
Students will be collected from LEA
Students who receive a detention on a
at 4:00 and taken to Mulberry school.
Friday will not be allowed to attend;
so good behaviour is expected.
Please collect and sign a form from
reception, before coming to play
badminton on a Friday.
Students
If parents or guardians are interested
in bringing their daughter/s, you are
MUST have:
more than welcome.
• running trainers
• bottled water
• P.E kit
What do I need?
• running trainers
• bottled water
• P.E kit
NO
Detention
By Hafsa Abdullahi 8D
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Safeguarding
At London Enterprise Academy
(LEA), we are extremely proud of the
exceptional and safe learning
experience we provide to our
students. All browsing on the internet
is strictly monitored and regulated at
LEA using our web filtering system.
Access to inappropriate sites and
social media networks such as
Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are
completly restricted in the school.
We want all of our students to be safe
from radicalisation and extremism
and would appreciate support and
co-operation from parents/carers. It is
extremely important that you as
parents are aware of what your child
is doing on the internet. Please make
regular checks on what your child is
accessing online at home and build in
parental controls (if you have not
done so already).
I also attach a link for ‘Advice to
Parents and Carers – Keeping
Children and Young People Safe
Against
Radicalisation
and
Extremism’ which was sent out to all
parents at the end of last the academic
year
(i.e. 2014-2015):
http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/healthandsocialcare/childrenandfamilycare/keepingchildrensafe
Top Merits: Year 7 and Year 8
Year 7
Year 8
Students
Bhuiyan Sumaia
Hossain Fathia
Uddin Ebrahim
Siddiqua Sharmin
Gadjakaeva Fatima
Crockett Mitchell
Saadia Shumaira
Hussain Ammaar
Ahmed Hussian
Bepari Saim
Uddin Nadira
Form
7S
7D
7E
7D
7A
7S
7A
7D
7D
7E
7A
Merits
138
122
119
119
111
111
107
107
107
102
101
Students
Hussain Neeha
Ruhan Syed
Chowdhury Sadia
Khatun Taslima
Khatun Sultana
Rahman Ishaq
Rahman Eisha
Islam Iqra
Ahmed Adeeba
Ullah Nishat
Humed Khadija Ali
Form
8A
8A
8A
8A
8L
8S
8D
8L
8A
8L
8L
Merits
133
129
122
114
112
109
108
103
103
100
100
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Enterprise
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