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Year 9 News KEEPING THE PEACE On Wednesday 20 May a group of Year 9 pupils participated in the annual United Nations Peacekeepers wreath-laying ceremony at Whitehall. This year wreaths were laid at the foot of the Women of World War II memorial just north of the Cenotaph to remember those UN Peacekeepers who have died helping countries torn by conflict. The pupils involved were responsible for chaperoning groups of UN representatives to their standing areas around the memorial, and then orchestrating the wreath-laying in a specific sequence. To ensure it ran smoothly the boys dedicated two afternoons after school to rehearse their roles in the ceremony. All the pupils were deeply respectful and impeccably behaved throughout. Ms M Bailey, Languages Teacher Unitate Fortior Chess Club Solomon Gains Chess Victory At the begining of May pupils from Year 8 to 11 matched their wit and strategic abilities against each other in a school chess competition. The matches took place in the library after school every day with the boys playing a single match to qualify. The qualification round quickly sorted out four of the strongest competitors, Anas Kramech 9K, Eduard Platon 9H, Kaz Azumaya 9S and Solomon Alfred 11K. After nine days and thirty games Eduard Platon achieved third place and Anas Kramech second place. The six game final battle between Anas and Solomon was quite close but after two timed matches, Solomon claimed a clear victory. Chess has long been recognised throughout the world as a builder of strong intellects. Playing chess can improve the cognitive ability, rational thinking and reasoning skills of any pupil. It also promotes logical thinking, instils a sense of self-confidence and improves pattern recognition skills. It teaches the values of hard work, concentration, objectivity, and commitment. Chess can also improve academic performance and this has been demonstrated by several studies by scientists around the world. Mr D Gachette, Cover Administrator 12 Westminster City School Newsletter Edition 020 September 2015
Year 8 News Pupil VOICE Year 8 News Pupil VOICE Travel Ambassadors Scheme Year 9 Youth Travel Ambassadors have been working with Transport for London to create a campaign called safe feet safe foot steps. Our idea is to appoint road safety marshals who are willing to volunteer approximately 15- 20 minutes of their time after school to help their peers cross the road safely. This will stop the roads from being congested by students as we have seen this is an issue outside of school grounds. Road safety marshals will be rewarded with a £10 Amazon voucher for joining and then will be given an amazing opport<strong>unity</strong> to train with the City of Westminster Council on how to be safe on the road. After training is completed students will be awarded positive points for each shift they do. Our goal is to reduce the amount of people standing on the roads after school and to promote efficient and safe crossing of the road. All students from all year groups are welcome to apply as road safety marshals. By Tahir Khandaker and Arqam Shah, Youth Travel Ambassadors “I’ve been bowled over by the effort, enthusiasm and insight that the young people have shown today.” Chris Mather, Head of Behaviour change TfL Enrichment Week Film Maker Talk Koby Adom is a film-maker who came to visit 8H at Westminster City School on Wednesday 15 July. He told us about everyday life in the film industry. He also told us what qualifications are needed to make it in the film industry. We all enjoyed Koby Adom coming in to talk about becoming a film director or a film maker and we learnt a lot from him. Papa Kwofie, 8H History Department HORRIBLE HISTORY Thirty Year 7 boys were chosen to go to the London Dungeon as a reward for excellent behaviour and hard work in their history lessons this year. They were given an immersive first-hand experience of London’s dark past, meeting Jack the Ripper and Sweeney Todd, and seeing what life was really like hundreds of years ago. The pupils all thoroughly enjoyed the day, which was set alight with scary suspense and fun, both in equal measures. Mr J Weare, History Teacher wcsch.com Westminster City School Newsletter 13
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