Today our students celebrated the multiculturalism of SSA by participating in
#CultureDay
!
Thanks to the hard work and preparation from the Student Leadership Team the day also featured a lunchtime catwalk!🫶🏻✨
#SSAStudentShoutout
#Year9
Umar S created a fantastic acrylic painting of Jadon Sancho today. Like Umar, we stand against racial abuse. We implore our students & school community to stand with us by sharing their own creative pieces of Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho & Marcus Rashford.
A huge well done to alll of our pupils and to a big well done to Mahir Khan for receiving 9 grade 9s in his GCSEs today! 👏🏼😬
#gcseresultsday
#gcseresultsday2020
GCSE results: Rashad Chowdhury received 7 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s today and says it’s all down to “ hard work, teachers interventions and school resources” Well done Rashad👏🏼
#gcseresults2020
#newham
#gcses2020
We aim to support our local community anyway we can! 🦉✨
Please click on the link below to support London’s oldest senior football ground
@OldSpottedDogE7
, in meeting ground grading standards before the promotion deadline 👇🏼
We're so grateful to
@StratfordSch
across the road for letting us use their changing rooms, but to meet ground grading regs it's time to ditch the school run. 👩🏫
With your help, we can renovate our changing rooms before the fast-approaching deadline. 👀
#SSACPD
📚
Teaching staff had CPD training today packed full of Teaching & Learning, Expectations, and a very special guest in
@tombennett71
who delivered a fantastic segment on Behaviour.
"The best teachers have high standards and compassion."
#education
#CPD
#stafftraining
Our staff using or social distancing floor markings to make sure we are training in the safest possible way! 8-10 staff per room and all keeping 2m apart! Our SLT and staff are truly dedicated to keeping everyone safe and preparing to welcome some pupils back!
#socialdistance
Year 10 phased return video is now ready and on our YouTube channel. Press the link below and watch
@MrBJavid
talk you through what you must do on entering, moving around and leaving the school building when you return from the 15th June👇🏼
#SocialDistance
✨🦉 SSA Trip ✨🦉
3 of our lucky students were selected to meet with an award-winning writer Neil Gaiman. They had the chance to ask him questions about reading, his career and what it takes to be a successful writer!
#Author
#writer
#trip
#ssa
#newham
#London
#SSANews
🦉✨
#Year8
students throughly enjoyed attending
@sal2nd
’s YA Digital Author event.
At the event, Stuart Lawrence talked about what he has learned from life - the tools that have helped him live positively and kept him moving forwards when times have been tough.
✨We welcomed over 450 guests during Open Evening yesterday - our BEST ATTENDANCE at an Open Evening event ever!✨
A huge thank you to our staff and student leaders who lit the fire of excitement within the young people Newham.
See the event in action 👉🏻
Congratulations to our wonderful Class of 2022 who are celebrating an exceptional set of GCSE results. 🦉✨
Overall, 84% of students gained a 4 or above in both English and Maths and over 72% gained strong passes of 5 or above in both subjects.
#GCSEResultsDay2022
In honour of Capt. Tom Moore, one of our talented Y11 Art students, Tayyibah A has created a stunning pepper-dye ink portrait in tribute to his amazing contributions
#RIPCaptTomMoore
#RIPTomMoore
The
#BBCShareYourStory
team including special guest ✨ Graham Norton ✨ visited us today!
Thanks to
#GrahamNorton
,
@Jasmine_Takhar
& the BBC team, our young people have been reminded that their story matters and that they too can achieve their goals and ambitions! 🦉✨
#Year10
drama students enjoyed watching ‘How Not to Drown’ at
@stratfordeast
! ✨
‘How Not to Drown’ tells the true story of Kosovan-Albanian refugee, Dritan Kastrati and explores the dilemma of what it is like to be caught between two cultures, countries and languages.
Our very own Design & Technology department spent their own time making us these visors😬 we are so grateful! Making sure we are all safe and protected on our phased return to work
#ppe
#support
#school
#safetyfirst
#SSAAlumni
@MudassarCh__
🦉The former student completed A Levels at
@talknewvic
. At 24, Mudassar is now an Assistant Manager in Sustainable Business Practice at EY (formerly known as Ernst & Young) & Co-Chair of EY Muslim Community in London Bridge.
👉
Students attended an excellent
@BBCYoungReport
event held at
@BrentfordFCCST
today! The event saw students take part in workshops focused on sports news reporting, commentary and filming which were delivered by representatives from the BBC and Brentford FC Community Sports Trust.
Schools out… staff band in! 🎸 🫶🏻
…what a fantastic end to the academic year! We celebrated in style with a live concert from our staff band which formed this term thanks to Mr Pitigala’s and Ms N Khan’s staff well-being initiative! 🦉✨
Jude Yawson met with students to speak about the challenges he faced as a teenager, his struggles with racism, identity and opportunity, his work with
#Stormzy
and the collective, his experiences as a professional writer; as well as his favoured writing techniques.
#worldbookday
Mr Kean, Assistant Headteacher draws the winner of our highly anticipated school uniform competition! 🎉✨
Congratulations to Laura from
@NelsonPriSchool
, E6 2SE! 🦉✨ You have won a full school uniform courtesy of Lucilla Schoolwear Ltd, !
All the staff here at SSA are busy getting ready and making sure the transition from Year 6 to Year 7 is as smooth and as welcoming as possible for our prospective Year 7s😬
#teachers
#gettingready
#Year62020
Day 2 teacher training- today’s focus how to use Microsoft teams and Office 365 to teach remotely. Over 100 of our staff are logged on to this webinar this morning
@escallaTraining
thank you 👍🏼
#remotetraining
#homelearning
All set and ready for our first socially distanced training today and ready to welcome some of our Year 10 pupils back on the 15th. Hand sanitizer and PPE ready to go!
#ppe
#SocialDistancinguk
#trainingday
Year 6 transition booklet ready to go out this week! Thanks to our brilliant
@MrKeanTeaches
and
@NadirahKhan4
who will be making sure year 6 feel best prepared for their year 7 start at SSA😊
Journalist, satirist, editor and team captain on
@haveigotnews
✨Ian Hislop✨ met with students to share insights into his career and his opinions on current affairs & politics. Thanks to Ian and
@speakrs4schools
, students engaged in several issues that were important to them.
A huge thank-you to the wonderful Yousra Imran for visiting our library to share insights into her semi-autobiographical YA novel
#HijabandRedLipstick
. The talk culminated in a Q&A which allowed students to ask lots of questions about the novel and her experience as a writer. 📚
Solademi Oduyoye gained 8 grade 9s and 1 grade 9 in his GCSE results today. He has said that “the teachers support, help and the interventions” contributed to this!
#gcseresults2020
#gcse
#newham
In celebration of
#InternationalWomensDay
,
#Year10
girls joined Mayor
@rokhsanafiaz
and local women leaders including Authors, Lawyers and Councillors for a morning of inspirational talks and workshops focused on identifying inequality and empowering women. 🫶🏻✨
We are very pleased with this year’s exam results. 49% of pupils achieving strong GCSE passes in Maths and English (5-9) and 68% achieved standard passes (4-9). Our pupils’ average grade was 4.8. Good solid teaching, supportive families and motivated pupils made this possible.
#Year10
students Arian and Mahim throughly enjoyed representing ‘The Hoot’ student magazine team at the
@shinemediawards
2022 today! What’s more… we did not come away empty handed!!! 🎉Congratulations to our team who produced a fantastic first issue of the school magazine! ✨
Two teams from Stratford School Academy have made it through to the Solutions for the Planet
@S4TP_Official
Regional Finals 🌏✨
📸 Al-Azah, Tanjel, Isa, Iven and Hannan presented with their certificates before preparing for the next round.
#solutionsfortheplanet
#s4tp
Our IT department has been fantastic through this and I think it’s safe to say we are all grateful for all IT workers- without them we would not be able to work. 👇🏼🎉👏🏼
#SSAYear11Leavers
at UL and GR celebrated their last day at
#SSA
today ❗️They made sure to mark the occasion with some insta-worthy snaps 📸 Head to our IG for more! 🦉
🦉✨ GCSE RESULTS 🦉✨
🎉Congratulations to Arian Mazumder who achieved 11 grade 9’s in his subjects! Arian said: “It’s was a delightful experience to have been in a school that supports students a-lot and cares about them.”🎉
#GCSEResults
#resultsday
#stratfordschoolacademy
Over 100 students here today for Science and Maths Saturday School! 🙌🏻
Fantastic to see our students come together on the weekend to revise and be supported by our subject experts.
#saturdayschool
#gcse
#newham
#education
#edutwitter
SSA hosted Round 2 of the Urban Debate League this afternoon!
Here’s a sneak peak of the teams from
#SSA
, Mulberry School for Girls, Heathcote School & Science College,
The Lammas School, St Angela's Ursuline, Lister Community & Mossbourne Victoria Park!
#GenerationDM
A message to the pupils from the staff at here SSA! We miss having you in the school building and are so proud of how well you are coping through these times!
🚨Best attendance at an event so far! ✨
#Year7
Information Evening saw 100+ families head to GR to listen to a presentation from Headteacher Mr Hewitt and other key staff which covered a range of topics from our vision & values, school systems to supporting students at home.
#SSAEnglish
📚
Reciprocal Reading is a group reading strategy that use with our
#KS4
&
#KS3
students. It allows students to take accountability for their own reading as they are all responsible for their different roles: predictor, summariser, questioner and clarifier.
It's
#NationalCareersWeek
2023 ✨
This week, we're hosting a number of events, trips, workshops and competitions all focused on
#Careers
Remember that
@CareersWeek
Virtual Careers Fair is also OPEN all week long!💻
Visit 👉
#NCW2023
✨TERMLY NEWSLETTER ✨
The termly newsletter is out! Find out what staff and students at
#SSA
have been up to this term 👉🏻
We hope that our students, staff, families and wider school community all have a safe and restful summer break 🫶🏻☀️
Another great day here at SSA with our Year 11 back to curriculum teaching and learning! We are so impressed with how well they are working and adapting to the new routines!
#newham
#BackToSchool2020
#SSAPost16ProgressionFair
🦉✨
🚨Today's the day!
This afternoon, we're opening our doors to a host of local higher education/ college/ apprenticeship providers to speak to our students about the exciting opportunities made available at their institutions.
#education
#post16
Year 7 Induction Day 1 in full swing here at SSA and it is lovely to see pupils back in the building again! Today’s attendance is 94% 😬
#schoolreopening
#BackToSchool2020
#SSA
students and staff have been discussing the critical importance of literacy around the world today as well as the books they just couldn’t live without! 🌏✨
Now… if you were on a deserted island, what book would you want by your side? 🏝
#LiteracyDay
#ILD2021
#edutwitter
#Year10
students visited the London Academy of Sustainable Construction to learn all about
#apprenticeships
with
@simianrisk
✨
Simian offers a growing number of apprenticeship schemes including Scaffolding, Roofing, and Civil Engineering Groundworks.
#careers
#post16pathways
🦉✨ GCSE RESULTS 🦉✨
🎉Congratulations to Simran Parmar who achieved 7 grade 9’s and 2 8’s in her subjects! Simran said: “I will always be grateful to SSA for helping me grow as a person. I loved being part of the student leadership team.”🎉
#GCSEResults
#resultsday
Our
#SSAYear11Leavers
at UL loved dancing to the dhol as they left the school playground for the last time 🦉
Congratulations
#Year11
for overcoming such a challenging year. We cannot wait to see what you do next 👏
#SSA
✨TERMLY NEWSLETTER✨
The termly newsletter is out! Find out what staff and students at
#SSA
have been up to this term 👉
We hope that our students, staff, families and wider school community all have a safe and restful Easter break! 🐰
Today is
#WorldTeachersDay
🌎
At
#SSA
we paid tribute to the invaluable contribution our teachers and support staff make to our students and local communities each day. 📚👏
It's vital that our teachers feel appreciated, supported & empowered.
#mentalheathawareness
Mr Kean, Assistant Headteacher was delighted to meet future
#SSA
student, Rayhan after school today to personally hand him the
#IMJOININGSSA
competition prize! 🎉
✨Congratulations Rayhan! We hope you love your new backpack full of secondary school essentials.✨
#edutwitter
#SSATeaching
✨
#Insetday
looks a little bit like…
⌚️AM: Reviewing this year and priorities for next year; Budgets; Safeguarding; Assessment Policy
⌚️PM: Department Bases; Wellbeing and… ICE CREAM! 🍦
📸 Ms Donohoe
#edutwitter
#teaching
#education
We would like to say a huge well done to our Year 11 pupils for achieving such a great set of results 😬👏🏼 and for dealing with the sudden changes that were brought upon us this year!
#gcseresults2020
#gcse
#newham
We’re spending the day at
@SustainableNewh
’s Green Fair in Forest Lane Park! 🌳🌸 Our students have volunteered to sell planters; to promote good habits that tackle climate change and to talk about Stratford School Academy’s Climate Action Plan! 🌱
Come and say hello! 👋🏻
#SSAStudentShoutout
🦉✨
#Year9
student Safwaan W finished his illustration of
@nglkante
and we just had to share it!
Safwaan created the piece after studying the fascinating work of
@markpowellart
who is an internationally known ballpoint pen artist.
#Year8
twin brother and sister Aumkar Dave and Laxmi Dave made their way to
@newhamcommunity
today to deliver a large haul of donations collected by students at
#SSA
. Around £400 of toiletries were hand delivered to the project
#community
#newham
👉
Year 5 students from
@SelwynE13
enjoyed meeting our
@debate_mate
team, who led them through a series of workshops focused on debating.
✨The aim of our taster days is to reduce the anxiety of students moving on to secondary school by offering them school experiences earlier!✨
Thanks to our Student Leadership Team, SSA students got to vote as to which members of staff they wanted to see wear a fake moustache for the day! 🥸This extra special fundraiser was organised to raise vital funds for
@MovemberUK
✨
#movember
#menshealth
Our remote learning superstars of the week 🎉🎉🎉 you will be receiving a box of sweets 🍭 to say a big well done for your efforts! More names to me announced soon! 👏🏼🎉
#SSAYear7SummerSchool
🦉☀️
Today our students took part in
#art
enrichment activities alongside targeted
#English
interventions.
Students experimented with pepper dyes in the art studio & learnt all about paper quilling techniques to create their very own SSA owl.
🎉We have so many exceptionally talented Y9 students, just look at this great Art work! They are independent, investigative and take on every challenge – they are also technically awesome of course.🎉👏🏼
#remotelearning
#artwork
#learning
🎉Excellent poster for Citizenship on human rights by Gurleen Bhambra in A6🎉 what a brilliant creative piece of work, well done!
#humanrights
#citizenship
‘The biggest obstacle to getting in, is not applying in the first place’ - David, Schools Liaison Officer, Gonville & Cauis College,
@Cambridge_Uni
.
#Year10
students are visiting
@CaiusSchools
today to find out what it takes & what it’s like to study at a top university! 🦉✨
We are so happy to welcome back the first bubble of Year 10 pupils. A fantastic turn out for Day 1. Tue/Wed/Thur/Fri bubbles, make sure you’re following your
#DistanceLearning
timetable on Microsoft Teams today👏🏼😊
#schoolsreopening
#DistanceLearning
It’s
#NewhamTransitionDay
and our corridors are buzzing with excitement as we welcome our future Year 7 students into the classroom for the very first time! 👨🏽🏫… They won’t be leaving empty handed either, as we’re giving each student a ✨FREE✨ reading book for summer! ☀️
#BackToSchool
📚
At
#SSA
our training sessions have focussed on reiterating expectations for students, recapping the importance of building schema through effective curriculum design, using data to inform teaching & strategies for being an effective form tutor.
#edutwitter
✨🦉IROKO Performance ✨🦉
Well done to all Year 8 students for their incredible engagement during the performances and for representing our school with such grace, and enthusiasm!
Calling all future
#SSA
students… have you checked the post? 💌
✨All
#Year6
students due to start with us in Sept 2023 have been sent an
#IMJOININGSSA
postcard and an invite to enter our competition, where you can win a backpack full of secondary school essentials! ✨
School re-opens on Monday 7th January 2019. Pupils should come into school at the normal time. The first week of term will be a Week 2 of the timetable. There is a staff training day on the 10th January 2019 and on this day school will be closed to pupils.
#SSARE
🙏🏻
The
#RE
department have received not one, but two generous donations of religious texts. The texts will be used by our KS4 students as part of their GCSE study of Islam and Christianity.
✨ Qua’rans - Thanks to
@MasjidIbrahimUK
✨Bibles - Thanks to
@_GoodNewsUK
A fantastic opportunity for students to meet poet and artist
@stevenjfowler
, write their own poetry, experiment with language and have their work printed and displayed in the streets of Newham this summer!
🗓TOMMORROW
⏰ 2pm - 4.30pm
📍East Ham Library
Our
#Year8
students enjoyed the final session of the Grimshaw Foundation Education & Outreach Programme.
Students were introduced to different types of roles within
#architecture
and got to make a large structure designed by Annabel/Scale Rule, and inspired by the Eden Project!