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ISSUE 71 . FRIDAY 19TH NOVEMBER 2021
NEWS AND INFORMATION FROM YOUR SCHOOL
News this week from the Executive Principal
House Con are expanding to offer trail running
sessions to other year groups.
On Tuesday we held our first
Trail running is an amazing way to
HouseCon 21. This was a fantastic
engage with nature; with clear
event that enabled parents to
physical and mental benefits for our
discover more about our House
students and is absolutely amazing!
System and a chance for families to
A big thank you to Mr Stokes and all
come together to play games and
staff involved!
make suggestions for competitions
and events. Parents also had a part of the STEM Academy This week was anti bullying week - a
chance to speak to Heads of House Assemblies. The students found it very big thank you to Ms Bartlett who
about enrichment opportunities and informative and exciting and are all arranged all of the student led
hear from Student House Leaders. eager to apply for the STEM Academy! assemblies, they were amazing!
The whole event was brilliant and I Also thank you to Ms Healy, Mr Collis
want to say a big thank you to all Trail Fam and Ms Pitts with special thanks, and
Heads of House - Ms Bartlett, Ms TrailFam takes groups of up to 30 biscuits, for the NHS team who
James, Mr Stokes, Ms Milton, Mr students at a time to woodlands, hills facilitated Covid vaccinations for our
Webb and Mr Calderon as well as all and trails in the counties surrounding students.
of our student helpers and staff for London. The Fam, as they are called, Thank you,
making the event so successful! are currently made up of year 7 and Mrs Ruth Holden,
year 12 students, however, TrailFam Executive Principal
STEM Assemblies
A big thank you to Dr Mundy and Ms
Montgomerie for arranging for
Students in Year 10 and Year 12 to be a
The last year has been extremely
Sixth Form Update difficult for our students. As we
come out of lockdown and our
On Wednesday, the Year 12 Culture Jason Michell, Co-Head of school begins to return to normal,
Club explorers went delving into the Responsible Investment at Man there is an urgent need to give all
underground Roman ruins of Group, was back at MAS this week to our students the opportunity, not
Mithreum in the heart of the city. give students some fascinating insight just to return to the classroom, but
They enjoyed an immersive to his recent trip to Glasgow for to have fun, to experience a trip
experience with Latin chants played COP26 (the UN Climate Change somewhere, to feel the freedom of
over the tomb. This hidden gem has Conference). Jason delivered a the seaside or a camping trip and
been one of the students’ favourite to enrich their lives and undo the
seminar on how Investment, AI and
mental and emotional damage that
trips this term. Sustainability are helping to tackle
lockdown will have caused. If you
some of our most pressing climate feel passionate about helping us to
change challenges. In the audience do this for our young people aged
were Year 9 Economics Society 11-18 – please donate to our
students from MAS, MSfG and JustGiving page – no matter how
Mulberry UTC, along with our Year 12 little or how much – you will make a
Economists and Computer Scientists. different to children’s lives and we
Most interestingly, Jason explained will acknowledge this. Please visit:
how his study of poetry at Berkeley
led to a career (continued over page)
Donate at JustGiving
Sixth Form Open Evening
Tuesday 30th November https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/
mulberry-academy-shoreditch-fundraiser
4.00pm-5.30pm
Sustainable futures
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in the UK Civil Service, followed by
roles in computing and finance before
leading on sustainable investment on
behalf of the world’s largest hedge
fund. This is exactly the message we
just outcomes. (As well as inspire the
hoped our students would take away
next generation by working in a
from the talk: that they will need to
school!)
develop the knowledge, skills, and
attributes to pivot amongst future What to do this weekend:
jobs yet to be imagined. In keeping with the sustainability
This brings me to something we at MAS theme and getting a cultural capital fix
sixth form relentlessly pursue...how to confidence so that they can simply this weekend, why not check out the
develop ‘range’ in our students. You ‘figure things out’. Our sixth form excels (free) ‘culture and climate’ exhibition
may recall the feature in last week’s with our ambitious curriculum and at the British Museum. Their website
newsletter on cultural capital as part of extra-curricular activities so that one also has a fantastic 360degree tour of
this half-term's teaching and learning day our students can also choose to be the Artic which is well worth exploring
focus. It is those experiences which a guest speaker at a global conference, (pun intended).
offer contrast to students’ usual lives shape government policy and direct https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhib
and promotes curiosity, creativity, and huge financial resources to the most itions/arctic-culture-and-climate
HouseCon ’21
On Tuesday 16th November our
House Event, HouseCon ‘21,
celebrated the exciting and vibrant
House system here at MAS. Students
and their families were invited to
come along and enjoy activities, a
raffle and delicious food and it was
great to see so many of you here!
Applications open
Year 7 & 8 trail runners out in the
autumnal Essex countryside on
Monday afternoon.
for next STEM
Scholars
The Mulberry STEM
Academy is launching its
second year’s programme
and offering places for
students from Years 10 and chance to meet Sir Lewis Hamilton
12 who are passionate about and Toto Woolf and, for Year 12s,
STEM subjects. life changing work experience at
Dr Mundy and Ms Khanam their HQ. This really is an incredible
presented assemblies on Tuesday programme for students who want
to showcase the fantastic to pursue university degrees and
opportunities that Mulberry STEM careers in STEM.
Academy offers, from robotics to If you would like more information
building and racing electric cars. and advice about Mulberry STEM
Our inspirational partnership with Academy speak to Ms Montgomerie,
Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Ltd is Ms Scott or Ms Gillott.
pioneering and gives students the
For more info or to apply visit:
www.mulberryschoolstrust.org/stemacademy
On Thursday 18th November a
group of RE students from Years
10, 12 and 13 went to the
Dominion Theatre to see The
Prince of Egypt, a West End
musical that follows the life of
Moses from being a prince of
Egypt to his ultimate destiny of
leading the Children of Israel out
of Egypt. They really enjoyed the
music and storyline and hope to
get back the the theatre soon.
TERM DATES 2021-2022
Term 1 finishes:
Friday 17th December 2021
Christmas break: Monday 20th December
2021-Wednesday 5th January 2022
Term two starts:
Tuesday 4th January (inset day)
Wednesday 5th January (all students)
Half-term: Monday 14th February – Friday
18th February 2022
Term 2 resumes for all students on
Monday 21st February
Term 2 finishes: Friday 1st April 2022
Easter break: Monday 4th April – Tuesday
19th April 2022
Term three starts: Tuesday 19th April
2022 (Inset Day), Wednesday 20th April
2022 (for all students)
Half-term: Monday 30th May – Friday 3rd
June 2022
Term 3 resumes for all students on
Monday 6th June
Term three finishes: Friday 22nd July
ISSUE 71 . FRIDAY 19TH NOVEMBER 2021
Student Voice Update Year 7 Climbing
The final group of Year 7s started
This week our Year 10 Prefects carried out their first set of their 3 week climbing course on
lunch duties around the Street, MUGA and the LRC. They Thursday. Here are some photos.
have been doing a brilliant job of ensuring that our lunch
times run as smoothly as possible. Prefects are identifiable
through their badges, so please do speak to them if you
need any help or support during lunch time!
We also saw the exciting launch of the Debate Mate
programme at MAS. Up to forty pupils were in attendance
from Years 7 to 10, taking part in stimulating warm-up
activities including speech-giving and hot-seating. There are still spaces
available on Debate Mate, so if you would like to join please collect a consent
form from the English office. Sessions take place every Monday from 3.35 to
4.35pm in the English classrooms.
Last week, 5 our Year 9 students visualised and produced four amazing
graphs to depict income inequality in the UK.
Their beautiful pieces
have been entered into
a national visualising
inequality competition
held by the amsp.
Did you manage to solve the maths problem this week?
If your child loses something,
please can they check the admin office?
Lost Property will be put out
in the Street every Friday
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