"Simply the Best!!" Our best exam results ever, we would like to congratulate our Year 11s and Sixth Form for the best exam results ever. 92% of our students gained 5 or more GCSEs at grades A* - C and 49% with English and Mathematics. 100% of our Sixth Form students passed their A Level examinations with 74% gaining grades A* - C and 44% gaining grades A* and A.
Southfields students enjoy cardio tennis session Cardio Tennis is a tennis-based workout which is done on court to music, and can engage mixed ability groups on a single court or sports hall.Though just a stone's throw from the venue for The Championships, Wimbledon, the Cardio Tennis session felt world's away from the hallowed lawns of the All England Club.13-year old student Lydia Bekouchi, commented: "That was so fun - I got my heart rate up to 163 and I've never had facilities like this before and it just makes you want to get up and play so you learn more when you have these facilities. I didn't think that tennis was for me before this but it's actually really fun."The session was organised by the Lawn Tennis Association and the School Sports Partnership, and attended by some tennis-interested Parliamentarians ahead of a visit to nearby Wimbledon.Members of Parliament Angie Bray MP, Chris Kelly MP, Gareth Thomas MP, John Mann MP were all at Southfields with Lawn Tennis Association Head of Business Development Tom Harlow, and Sport England Directors Lisa O'Keefe and Caroline Weber.Southfields Community College offers an extensive range of sporting activities to its students, and the local community, through access to its facilities in the evenings and at the weekend. Almost 10 years after it invested £455,000 in the centre in 2001, Sport England returned to see that its investment is still making a huge contribution to sport in the area. The school has received subsequent investment from other partners, including the local council.Southfields Community College is at the centre of the School Sports Partnership in Wandsworth, South-West London, which is working to offer pupils across the Borough the opportunity to participate in quality physical education and sport both during and beyond the curriculum time every week, as part of the five-hour offer. Chris Whitbread, the Director of Specialisms at Southfields Community College commented: "The funding has been absolutely amazing, our sports facilities over the past few years have just developed and developed."We currently have four outdoor tennis courts and one indoor tennis court available. A lot of our kids now play tennis as part of their key stage 3 and key stage 4 learning. We've got a really keen group of students that come out in break time to play tennis and we provide them with tennis racquets and balls - so days like today are fantastic."A number of kids have recently shown interest in playing tennis outside of school in tennis clubs which I am sure will happen - we're trying to make sure that they get a good basis in their lessons and then hopefully some of them might take it forward.Cardio Tennis orginated in the U.S. and the Lawn Tennis Association is rolling it out in Britain as part of its drive to engage more people in tennis and grow the popularity of the sport. The session at the school is one of a number to test how secondary students respond to Cardio Tennis. The activity includes drills for absolute beginners through to advanced tennis, and it can also be used for mixed ability groups and with mini tennis."Another student aho enjoyed the session was 16-year old Shaquille Cummings who has taken up a voluntary assistant role at the school. "Cardio tennis was tiring but enjoyable. I don't really play tennis but I think it will help me to learn how to play the sport and increase my fitness."He said "I got in to a sports course through school as part of that I have to teach kids in sports so I went out to several different primary schools and got involved with them and since then, I have come back to my old school and am participating in activites like today."Jenny Lewis, Head of Physical Education at the College also praised the activity, she said: "it's massively important for kids to be able to commit to something like sport and activities such as this. The kids at this school come from various different backgrounds and it just gives them the chance to express themselves in a different way than just being out on the streets and doing things that maybe they shouldn't really be doing. It gives them the opportunity to follow a dream or learn something new."The Lawn Tennis Association has trained 350 coaches to deliver Cardio Tennis, which is now being delivered at venues across Britain and with new venues being added regularly.
Students from Southfields Community College are aiming to create a long lasting community link with an underprivileged school and community in Cape Town, South Africa. This entails a trip to South Africa during which Southfields Students will aim to create a series of sustainable projects to improve and enrich the local community's quality of life.The students have been selected to take part in this amazing experience because of their motivation, drive and dedication to wanting to help a community who have less than the basic living requirements they need.Students have already been raising money through various means, there have been charity sales, a sponsored bike ride is planned and many other events and sales are planned.We would love for parents and friends to help us with our ambitious project.If you want to be a part of a long lasting link helping communities in South Africa then please contact Mr C. Weir at the College.To donate to the charitable fund set up to send the students on their way you can click here.
The Wandsworth School Sport Partnership launches its new website.The aim of the School Sport Partnership is to encourage all schools to ensure that every pupil in Wandsworth is participating in 3 hours of High Quality PE & Sport every week. The new webpage was launched at the Primary Link Teachers Conference on Tuesday 6th October and we hope it will act as an excellent and easy to use tool for everyone involved in PE & Sport in Wandsworth. To learn more about the Wandsworth School Sport Partnership and to visit the new website by click here.
Southfields Community College, weekly newsletter. Our weekly newsletter is published each Friday and is available for your child to pick up in the College Reception and the Aspire Centre Reception areas, you can also download the current issue by clicking here. Southfields Extended Schools Cluster, termly newsletter. Our Extended Schools Cluster publishes a termly newsletter. It is available for your child to pick up in the College Reception and the Aspire Centre Reception areas, you can also download the current issue by clicking here.
Dear parents / carers,Education Secretary Michael Gove has given the go ahead for the redevelopment of two Wandsworth secondary schools.Southfields Community College is one of those two and will benefit from a major improvement package. The final details are yet to be confirmed but work is expected to start in spring next year.The projects had been on hold while the Government carried out an urgent review of the national Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. Ministers were concerned that the BSF model was overly bureaucratic and failed to deliver value for money.Leader of Wandsworth Council Edward Lister said: “We worked very hard to develop these schemes and I’m delighted that we can now move ahead."Executive member for children’s services Kathy Tracey said:“This is terrific news for these two schools and the thousands of children who will benefit from a huge improvement to their learning environment."Education Secretary Michael Gove said: “I know how hard councils and schools have worked on these projects and I have been anxious to ensure we can do everything we can, in difficult economic times, to support the crucial work of raising educational standards. Planning for these projects is well advanced and we are keen they should proceed without further delay. “We will also work with councils, sponsors and the construction industry to ensure we bear down on costs and bureaucracy so every new school is built in as cost-effective and efficient a way as possible, and I am delighted that they have already responded so positively to this challenge.”Executive Headteacher Jacqueline Valin is over the moon with the news that Southfields will benefit from being redeveloped, she said:"We started BSF in 2007 and after two years' work BSF at Southfields looked like it may not go ahead as planned, but I am delighted that we will be getting our new school."We will keep you updated with news about the College’s BSF redevelopment so check back soon.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS. Welcome to the new academic year, below you will find the key dates for this coming 1/2 Term 1st September Staff Preparation & Planning Day STUDENTS MUST NOT ATTEND 2nd September Year 7 start College Year 12 Interviews STUDENTS BEING INTERVIEWED WILL RECEIVE APPOINTMENT TIME 3rd September Years 8 - 11 Resume College 7th September Year 13 Resume College 8th September Year 12 start College 15th September Year 7 Panathlon 15th September Year 7 Parents' Workshop 22nd September Open Evening 24th September INSET* Day 29th September Open Morning 30th September Year 11 Parents' Evening 1st October Sixth Form Careers Day 5th October Open Morning 7th October UCAS Parents' Workshop 12th October INSET* Day 19th October Sixth Form Panathlon Year 10 Parents' Workshop 20th October IEAP* Day 22nd October College Breaks for 1/2 Term *INSET day = In Service Training Event day *I.E.A.P. day = Individual Education Action Planning day
Southfields students doing BTEC Sport and who work in the Aspire have for the past two years been going to Linden Lodge School in Southfields to support the staff in delivering extra curricular activites. Linden Lodge is a special school for students with visual impairment or multi-disabled visual impairment. Danny Sinclair from Linden Lodge said "I just want to tell you how deeply impressed and immensely grateful I am for the outstanding input from Jason West and and Yasmin Arthur and to see all of our children fully engaged and thoroughly enjoying themselves. From having our meetings in regards to giving the students more training, the students are now comfortable in their role and are able to fully demonstrate their professionalism and training. Linden Lodge students have fully benefited from the successful link with Southfields Community College. This is a partnership that I look forward to seeing getting stronger."UPDATE: The Link Continues to Grow.On Wednesday 9th June, nine of our year 9 students were selected to take part in a challenge for a Channel 4 programme. Ade Adepitan (British wheelchair basketball player) and Iwan Thomas (British athlete) have been set a challenge to create a Goalball team using 3 visually impaired students and 3 sighted students. Goalball is a sport in which participants compete in teams of three wearing blacked out goggles and aim to throw a ball that has bells embedded in it into the opponents' goal. They must use the sound of the bell to judge the position and movement of the ball. Our school and Linden Lodge are the two schools that Ade is working with, while Iwan will be working with schools in Southampton.Our students spent the afternoon meeting the Channel 4 team and the Linden Lodge students in front of the camera. They were put through their paces by Ade with a series of physical tests so that he could have a look at their individual attributes and then had a go at a few Goalball drills.The Channel 4 team and Ade were massively impressed with our students, as they all worked and behaved excellently. The afternoon was highly enjoyable with a great working atmosphere. A big well done to Haris Kekic, Icilio Silva, Thomas Peckham, Aaron Briggs, Jake Dancer and Peter Assor. Special "well dones" to Samuel Ige, Omar Coward and Matthew Davies who were the three lucky students selected by Ade for the final squad. They will be taking part in a series of training sessions and trips over the next few months, before competing in a Goalball match against Iwan's team. The programme will be broadcast on Channel 4 on Saturday 28th August at 13:00.
Our attendance target for the year 2010-2011 is 97.00%. Students are rewarded for achieving 100% punctuality and attendance by being entered into the ‘In It 2 Win It Draw’ which takes place every half term.The following table may be of interest to you: % of Attendance Number of days missed in a school year Impact 100% 0 days missed Your child will have gained the greatest benefit from their time at school. 95% 9½ days – nearly 2 weeks Your child is likely to achieve the best grades they can 90% 19 days – nearly 4 weeks Your child is less likely to achieve their full potential 85% 28½ days – 5 weeks 3½ days It will be difficult for your child to achieve their best; they may struggle to catch up with school work. A referral may be made to the EWO (Education Welfare Officer) 80% 38 days – 7 weeks 3 days Intervention by the EWO (Local Authority) 75% 47½ - 9 weeks 2½ days Serious cause for concern. Possible court proceedings by Local Authority 70% 57 days – 11 weeks 2 days Serious cause for concern. Possible multi agency intervention and court action by Local Authority Students who enjoy regular attendance get into a routine and this is very beneficial to their learning. Unfortunately there are a small number of students whose attendance is 85% or below or they are consistently late. Ms Coffey, our Education Welfare Officer will be involved directly with those students. Parents may be called to an Attendance Hearing Panel, receive a Fix Penalty Notice, or have to attend Court to explain to the authorities the reasons for non attendance/poor punctuality.Contact Ms Devereaux on 0208 875-2634 to report your child’s absence.
Academies As some of you may have seen recently in the press and through television coverage, the new coalition government has announced a new scheme of Academies, targeted at schools which have demonstrated an excellent track record and have been graded by Ofsted as 'Outstanding.' As an 'Outstanding' school Southfields Community college has been invited to apply for Academy Status. Southfields Community College's Governing Body, which includes the Parent Governors who represent parents and carers, is currently considering this proposal. If you would like further information about Academy Status please consult the Department for Education website: http://www.education.gov.uk What are Academies?An Academy is a state funded school which is indpendent of the Local Authority and is set up by a Governing Body. Like Local Authority schools, Academies provide a free education for pupils of all abilities and are inspected by Ofsted. Each Academy specialises in one or more area of the curriculum.Other freedoms include, freedom from following the National Curriculum having greater control over their own school budget freedom to spend the money that the Local Authority currently spends on their behalf liberation from bureaucracy the ability to change the lengths of their terms and school days The government are also making plans for further freedoms for Academies in the way they engage in local partnerships and deliver 14-19 education. Only schools (primary, secondary and special schools) that have been rated 'Outstanding' overall in their most recent Ofsted inspection are eligible to convert to Academies. Unlike existing Academies, no external sponsor will be required where an 'Outstanding' school converts to Academy Status. Schools will be expected to sign up in principle to support another school to raise attainment. All Academies are bound by the same School Admissions Code, SEN (Special Educational Need) Code of Practice and exclusions guidance as all other state-funded schools. Each Academy is unique.
Signpost, The Southfields Extended Schools Cluster Newsletter is now available. Our Extended Schools Cluster publishes a termly newsletter. It is available for your child to pick up in the College Reception and the Aspire Centre Reception areas, you can also download the current issue by clicking here.
SOUTHFIELDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE & CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB GIRLS' ACADEMY UPDATE 21/06/2010 The College is excited to announce the first ever Girls' Academy delivered within a London partnership with Chelsea Football Club.This is a fantastic opportunity for girls aged 16-19.For further information please contact Ms N. Carter at the College.There is another trial on Saturday 17th July from 9.30 - 11.30. Please bring parents along. It will be on the grass pitch but please bring trainers/astroturfs and boots and enter through the Aspire entrance. Click here to download the application form.Click here to download a flyer.
Rivers of the WorldFor the second year running students at Southfields took part in this flagship art and educational project. A select group of students spent two days with two professional artists. The aim of the project was to produce a piece of art based on the River Hooghley, situated near Kolkata in India. This river was chosen because our partnership school, Bidya Bharati Girls School, is situated in Kolkata. The art produced by the very talented group was of the highest quality. Drawings of Hindu Gods, places of worship and animals were sketched on to originali Bengali newspaper. After colour was added a montage of all the drawings was created. The original artworks are on display in the College and below you can view a short gallery video of the works. the artwork will be exhibited along the banks of the River Thames during the Mayor's Thames Festival in September. More information on the project and more artwork are available at www.riversoftheworld.org."I know what you're probably thinking, what do all these animals have to do with the river, well, they don't really but they do have quite something to do with the U.K, St George and King George. The river Thames is the river that links the two places and is a landmark of the U.K. In the 19th century, there was a wild animal emporium in London's docklands. Animals were brought from all over the world to zoos and print collectors. Jamrach was an owner that lived when animals of all kinds were being sold, some of his stories quoted "There is no other place in the world where people can ring a bell and send his servant around the corner to buy one of my lions." He was an owner of many animals and all these animals were sold in the Docks of London. Today though animals are not treated as well as they could be so we designed the two-metre board to show you how beautiful the animals of the world are. In Jamrach's time a simple tiger was sold for £200 or even an elephant for £300. Once, a long timne ago an incident occurred where one of his Tigers escaped. He ran through the town, picked up a little boy and ran off with him, probably planning to eat him. Unluckily a man attacked wildly and killed the boy. The Tiger was then secured. Southfields Community College is a unique sporty and creative college; the students are very friendly and special in their own way. We all contributed to the board in our own way whether it be adding the information or spray-painting the animals. The animals are mostly different. that's where our design comes from. Animals from all over the world escaped Jamrach's shop and roamed our streets. But don't worry we're safe now... I think."Tianna Jordan 8ATSBelow is a video gallery of some of the students' artwork.
Dear Parents / Carers,Ofsted have sent a letter to all parents / carers of students at Southfields Community College, you will all receive a copy of this letter in early September but until then a copy of it can be downloaded by clicking here.Yours SincerelyJacqueline Valin (Executive Headteacher) & Wanda Golinska (Associate Headteacher)
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