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<strong>Issue</strong> #6 | Autumn 2020<br />
The newsletter of the Mulberry Schools Trust<br />
connect<br />
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL<br />
A message<br />
from the CEO<br />
<strong>Issue</strong> #6 of the<br />
Mulberry Schools<br />
Trust newsletter<br />
brings you an<br />
array of news<br />
stories since we<br />
last connected<br />
with you during<br />
the summer term – and I am<br />
pleased to say that we have much<br />
to share with you!<br />
If you didn’t catch the news at<br />
the time of the announcement in<br />
November, our feature story covers<br />
the first-class learning experiences<br />
our students will receive through<br />
the Mulberry STEM Academy and<br />
our partnership with Mercedes-<br />
Benz Grand Prix Ltd.<br />
As well as this exciting news, it<br />
will be hard to miss the articles<br />
covering the very good results<br />
achieved by students from across<br />
our three schools this year in<br />
some of the most challenging<br />
educational circumstances that<br />
we have experienced for some<br />
time. We are all so very proud of<br />
the Class of 2020. I would like to<br />
thank teachers and support staff<br />
for all their hard work during the<br />
lockdown to ensure our students<br />
were not disadvantaged.<br />
Mulberry students used their<br />
voices to advocate for fair<br />
education at a two day virtual<br />
online summit hosted by the Fair<br />
Education Alliance, of which I<br />
am the Chair. Our Food and Care<br />
Service returned to support our<br />
families during the festive season<br />
and we will continue to support<br />
this work for as long as there are<br />
funds available.<br />
Please enjoy the collection of<br />
news stories from across the<br />
Mulberry Schools Trust. I feel<br />
privileged to be able to sharewith<br />
you all thatour students are doing.<br />
I hope you have a peaceful and<br />
restful break as we say goodbye<br />
to an unconventional year.<br />
Season’s greetings to you all.<br />
Launch of Mulberry STEM<br />
Academy in partnership with<br />
Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Ltd<br />
On Thursday 5th November we shared exciting news<br />
about our innovative new partnership.<br />
The Mulberry STEM Academy is a<br />
powerful supplementary provision<br />
for STEM (science, technology,<br />
engineering and maths) education,<br />
offering a world-class programme of<br />
vocational training, specialised study<br />
and masterclasses for students aged<br />
7-18 within the Mulberry family of<br />
schools and beyond.<br />
Over 90 students from Mulberry<br />
Academy Shoreditch, Mulberry<br />
School for Girls and Mulberry UTC<br />
gathered for the once-in-a-life time<br />
launch of the programme at their<br />
respective schools. As the suspense<br />
increased and containment was<br />
at an electrifying breaking point,<br />
they each learnt that Mercedes-<br />
Benz Grand Prix had arranged<br />
for two very special icons to join<br />
the celebrations. Loud cheers and<br />
jubilation reverberated across<br />
all locations, as students were<br />
informed that Lewis Hamilton and<br />
Toto Wolff were soon to be beamed<br />
into their schools via a broadcast<br />
from the team’s headquarters in<br />
Brackley, Northamptonshire.<br />
After delivering their opening<br />
address, Lewis and Toto braved<br />
hard-hitting and light-hearted<br />
questions from students, covering<br />
a number of topics including their<br />
successful careers, improving the<br />
representation of people of colour in<br />
Formula 1, right through to the type<br />
of music they listen to in their cars.<br />
Students at Mulberry School<br />
for Girls received an additional<br />
special surprise…a model of Lewis<br />
Hamilton’s racing car was snuck<br />
into the school’s foyer earlier<br />
that morning!<br />
Continued on page 2
Richard Street, Commercial Road, London E1 2JP<br />
A 020 7790 6327 m mstnews@mulberryschoolstrust.org<br />
www.mulberryschoolstrust.org<br />
CEO: Dr Vanessa Ogden<br />
Continued from page 1<br />
In his statement, Toto Wolff,<br />
CEO of Mercedes-Benz Grand<br />
Prix commented: “We are very<br />
proud today to announce our new<br />
partnership with the Mulberry<br />
Schools Trust and to continue<br />
our journey towards making a<br />
positive contribution to the future<br />
engineers and scientists of the<br />
next generation.”<br />
Lewis Hamilton continued:<br />
“I was honoured to join the virtual<br />
event today to launch the new<br />
STEM Academy and to see the<br />
enthusiasm, intelligence and<br />
commitment of the Mulberry<br />
students for myself. It’s so important<br />
that, as a sport, we do all that we<br />
can to ensure we are as inclusive as<br />
possible. Increasing young people’s<br />
access to STEM and, ultimately,<br />
paving the way to careers in our<br />
industry is a brilliant way to do this.<br />
Food and Care<br />
Service returns for<br />
the festive period<br />
From its inception in March 2020,<br />
the Mulberry Schools Trust Food<br />
and Care Service successfully<br />
raised a staggering £92,648.29<br />
in monetary donations from our<br />
kind supporters.<br />
We also received product and<br />
food donations from various<br />
organisations, which totalled<br />
approximately £160,000. The<br />
generosity of so many meant that<br />
we were able to distribute over<br />
10,000 bags to families.<br />
Due to its success, we reinstated<br />
the service in December to<br />
provide continued support to<br />
our community during the<br />
festive period.<br />
The service ran from Thursday<br />
10th December through to<br />
Thursday 17th December. On<br />
the final day, food and essential<br />
items were collated, packed and<br />
distributed to families to last<br />
throughout the Christmas break.<br />
Providing young people from<br />
diverse and often disadvantaged<br />
backgrounds with the confidence<br />
and resources to implement change<br />
in their own lives is one of the<br />
strongest tools that we have to<br />
build a fairer and more equal future.<br />
I’m looking forward to seeing how<br />
the students progress and, judging<br />
by the questions I received today,<br />
Mulberry students participate<br />
in leading ‘Physics in Action’<br />
conference<br />
In November, A-level<br />
Physics students from<br />
Mulberry Academy<br />
Shoreditch and Mulberry<br />
School for Girls joined<br />
the ‘Physics in Action’<br />
conference.<br />
The event involved five sessions<br />
of phenomenal physics facilitated<br />
by the brightest lights in the field.<br />
This year the students did not<br />
get the opportunity to attend in<br />
person, but it was still a fantastic<br />
experience for all involved<br />
as sessions were delivered<br />
conference style, but remotely.<br />
Students were privileged to hear<br />
a range of high profile speakers<br />
who are leaders in their areas<br />
of work, linked to Physics.<br />
These included:<br />
Simon Singh telling the story<br />
behind one of the greatest<br />
questions in the history of<br />
humanity – where did the<br />
universe come from? Is the<br />
universe eternal or was it<br />
created? Is the Big Bang<br />
the answer?<br />
I have every faith we will see<br />
some of them fulfilling their<br />
dreams of working in motorsport<br />
in the future!”<br />
The inspirational event was shared<br />
across all Mercedes-Benz Grand<br />
Prix’s official social media accounts<br />
and, to coincide with the launch, a<br />
vibrant Mulberry STEM Academy<br />
website was created, brimming<br />
with detailed information about<br />
the programme.<br />
Since the launch, students have<br />
submitted high quality applications<br />
and we will be selecting successful<br />
candidates by the end of term.<br />
The opportunity has caught the<br />
imagination of so many students<br />
from our schools and we can’t wait<br />
to see how they make the most<br />
of the life-changing opportunities<br />
ahead of them.<br />
Liz Seward, Senior Space<br />
Strategist at Airbus Defence<br />
and Space illustrated the power<br />
of satellites to forecast the<br />
weather, monitor crops, track<br />
pollution and explore the solar<br />
system as we discover what the<br />
future holds for space science<br />
in the UK.<br />
Tamsin Edwards, a climate<br />
scientist specialising in<br />
quantifying the uncertainties<br />
of climate model predictions,<br />
and a regular expert contributor<br />
on TV and radio, spoke about<br />
where climate predictions come<br />
from and how to make sense<br />
of differing and seemingly<br />
contradictory reports in<br />
the news.<br />
Ceri Brenner, senior Physicist<br />
showed us the power of lasers,<br />
from cancer treatment to jet<br />
engine imaging, nuclear waste<br />
management and more.<br />
There was also a special session on<br />
examination success that provided<br />
students with the tools to excel. We<br />
look forward to participating in the<br />
conference next year.<br />
2
Mulberry stands<br />
in solidarity with<br />
others for fairer<br />
education<br />
On Tuesday 17th and Wednesday<br />
18th November, the Fair Education<br />
Alliance hosted a two day virtual<br />
online summit that gathered<br />
the wider education sector and<br />
members of the Alliance to drive<br />
forward their shared vision for<br />
a fairer and more equitable<br />
education system for all. As Chair<br />
of the organisation, Dr Vanessa<br />
Ogden was invited to give the<br />
opening address.<br />
During the morning, an impactful<br />
video from Mulberry School for<br />
Girls was shared with the delegates.<br />
The video focused on the students’<br />
advocacy for fair education, what<br />
this means to them and how we all<br />
might get there. It drew positive<br />
comments on social media and<br />
gave a platform for Mulberry<br />
students to stand in solidarity with<br />
others fighting for a more equitable<br />
education system for young people.<br />
New global conference<br />
showcases incredible pioneers<br />
In October, Mulberry School<br />
for Girls was proud to work<br />
in association with Women<br />
of the World (WOW) to<br />
develop a new conference:<br />
‘Global Girl Leading’.<br />
Due to the challenges that<br />
COVID-19 presented, we held the<br />
conference remotely, showcasing<br />
some incredible pioneers and<br />
leaders from different sectors<br />
and walks of life.<br />
A morning session on ‘Activism in<br />
an Ever-Changing World’ examined<br />
some contemporary issues and<br />
how we can work together to<br />
overcome them. In the afternoon,<br />
students took part in ‘Women in<br />
the Arts, Media and Sports’, where<br />
some trailblazers led discussions<br />
on their own experiences and<br />
thoughts for the future.<br />
Mulberry School for Girls<br />
broadcasted live webinars<br />
intermixed with pre-recorded<br />
interviews to over 20 different<br />
schools from Somerset to<br />
Singapore, as well as Mulberry<br />
Academy Shoreditch and<br />
Mulberry UTC.<br />
Our CEO, Dr Vanessa Ogden,<br />
finished the day with a keynote<br />
conversation with Tiffany Drake,<br />
Executive Director of the Girls<br />
Opportunity Alliance. Students<br />
from over 15 schools in 4 different<br />
countries took part in this<br />
exciting inaugural event with<br />
many commenting on how they<br />
enjoyed the flexibility remote<br />
access gave them, as well as<br />
the variety of activities on offer.<br />
Dialogue mats (a unique learning<br />
aid that encourages interactive<br />
discussion) on the topic of<br />
intersectionality were completed<br />
and the discussions led to students<br />
examining their own roles as<br />
citizens, activists and leaders in the<br />
globalised world we live in today.<br />
Our schools were able to fly the<br />
flag for Mulberry as they engaged<br />
in the exceptional discussions<br />
and online resources. As with<br />
other Trust-wide conferences, our<br />
resources are made available to<br />
schools, so that they may replicate<br />
elements of the day’s proceedings.<br />
The live streamed and prerecorded<br />
interviews, as well as<br />
links to interactive content can<br />
be found on our Partnership of<br />
Equals website .<br />
Mulberry College of Education update<br />
Mulberry College of Education is<br />
committed to the development<br />
of Trust-wide projects and<br />
quality CPD that encourages<br />
teaching and support staff to<br />
engage in professional dialogue<br />
about learning. The work involves<br />
collaboration, experimentation<br />
and research into how we can<br />
best serve the needs of our<br />
students. Since September we<br />
have hit the ground running!<br />
We have submitted a Teaching<br />
School Hub (TSH) application<br />
to become the lead school for<br />
the Tower Hamlets and Hackney<br />
hub. It’s been great working with<br />
a range of strategic partners<br />
and local schools to compile<br />
the application. If successful, we<br />
would support around 176 schools<br />
to engage with a range of teacher<br />
development programmes. We<br />
are excited about the possibility<br />
to work with a wider range of<br />
schools and colleagues to ensure<br />
every child gets the best possible<br />
education. Staff across the Trust<br />
will play a central role in this<br />
important work.<br />
We also continue to work with<br />
the Challenge Partners network.<br />
This term we have led a ‘sharing<br />
leading practice webinar’ about<br />
our successful Fetch Me a Pen<br />
Academic Literacy teacher<br />
development programme and<br />
continue to lead the East London<br />
Challenge Partners hub.<br />
Lastly, unlike teachers who have a<br />
national set of Teachers Standards,<br />
nothing similar exists for support<br />
staff in education. As a result,<br />
MCoE has created a ‘Gold Charter’<br />
for support staff professional<br />
standards that exemplifies and<br />
celebrates the important expertise<br />
and contribution support staff<br />
make. Our ambition is for this<br />
framework to be shared beyond<br />
the Trust so more schools and<br />
students benefit.<br />
3
NEWS FROM OUR SCHOOLS<br />
Examination success<br />
for Year 11 and Year 13<br />
Mulberry School for Girls were delighted with fantastic<br />
results for both Year 11 and 13 in the summer.<br />
In Year 11, 90% of students achieved<br />
a strong grade 5 pass or above<br />
in English and in Maths, 83% of<br />
students achieved grades between<br />
9 and 4. We were particularly<br />
delighted to celebrate with four<br />
students who achieved nine grade<br />
9 grades, and many more who<br />
demonstrated excellent progress.<br />
Students and teachers worked hard<br />
together to achieve these excellent<br />
outcomes and the majority of<br />
students progressed to study in<br />
Mulberry School for Girls Sixth Form.<br />
In Year 13, we are thrilled to report<br />
that 83% of students progressed<br />
Microsoft Teams @MulberryTH<br />
We continue to move at an<br />
incredibly fast pace and with<br />
the support of senior colleagues<br />
at Mulberry UTC and the Trust’s<br />
Technical Manager, Chris Stone,<br />
the journey so far has been<br />
transformational.<br />
We now use MS Teams throughout<br />
the school community – from<br />
making video calls to holding<br />
meetings, staff training and<br />
whole school briefings. However,<br />
the biggest benefit to Mulberry<br />
School for Girls has been its use in<br />
teaching and learning, particularly<br />
when staff or students have been in<br />
isolation due to COVID-19.<br />
Every student is a member of<br />
their class Team in every subject.<br />
Homework, assignments, videos,<br />
worksheets and assessments are all<br />
uploaded to the platform. Students<br />
can post messages or ask for help.<br />
Many students, particularly at key<br />
stage 4 and key stage 5, have had<br />
their work marked over Teams.<br />
on to university and 50% of these<br />
secured places at Russell Group<br />
universities like Oxford, Cambridge,<br />
Kings College London and UCL.<br />
Two students achieved four A*<br />
grades and we celebrated the<br />
results day together with delicious<br />
ice cream from our very own ice<br />
cream van!<br />
We wish all our students the best of<br />
luck in their next steps and we are<br />
incredibly proud of them.<br />
For further details about<br />
Sixth Form destinations<br />
across the Trust, please read<br />
our Going Places brochure.<br />
Mulberry Learn is the name of the virtual learning<br />
environment (VLE) used across the Mulberry Schools<br />
Trust. It is powered by Microsoft Teams and Mulberry<br />
School for Girls has quickly adapted to the new<br />
technology since the transition to the VLE in May 2020.<br />
Since September,<br />
we have trained<br />
staff in the<br />
delivery of live<br />
lessons, which<br />
adhere to strict<br />
safeguarding<br />
procedures. As a result, students<br />
isolating can join their peers in the<br />
lesson, interact with them and ask<br />
and answer questions.<br />
Our next stage is to develop<br />
processes for electronic remote<br />
communication with parents/<br />
carers.<br />
We know that the changes we have<br />
made to teaching and learning<br />
will remain with us and, going<br />
forward, will be enormously helpful<br />
if students are absent or staff are<br />
offsite training.<br />
If you would like to give us<br />
feedback on how well Microsoft<br />
Teams is working for your<br />
daughter please email admin@<br />
mulberryschoolforgirls.org .<br />
Richard Street, Commercial Road, London E1 2JP<br />
A 020 7790 6327 m info@mulberryschoolforgirls.org<br />
www.mulberryschoolforgirls.org @MulberryTH<br />
Headteacher: Dr Vanessa Ogden<br />
Leading<br />
the way in<br />
Computing<br />
across Tower<br />
Hamlets<br />
We are delighted to<br />
announce that Mulberry<br />
Schools for Girls is<br />
now the lead school in<br />
Tower Hamlets for both<br />
primary and secondary<br />
education in Computing.<br />
The Computing at School<br />
(CAS) community aims to bring<br />
together teachers, academics<br />
and industry professionals<br />
in order to provide access<br />
to a range of resources and<br />
deliver local events supporting<br />
continuing professional<br />
development in Computing.<br />
We hope that by taking a<br />
leading role in CAS in Tower<br />
hamlets, we are able to support<br />
our colleagues across the<br />
borough in delivering a creative<br />
and engaging Computing<br />
curriculum to students across<br />
the all key stages to develop<br />
a strong support network<br />
between us all.<br />
4
Black people have lived<br />
The The Beachy Beachy Head Head Lady Lady was was<br />
the first the first Black Black Briton Briton known known<br />
to have to have lived lived in a in Roman a Roman<br />
area area in the in south-east the of of<br />
England. England. The The skeleton skeleton of of<br />
the sub-Saharan the African African<br />
woman woman whose whose name name is is<br />
unknown unknown was was discovered<br />
in the in East the East Sussex Sussex beauty beauty<br />
spot spot of Beachy of Beachy Head. Head. She She<br />
is believed is believed to have to have died died in in<br />
her early her early twenties. twenties.<br />
The The Ivory Ivory Bangle Bangle<br />
Lady Lady was was a highstatusstatus,<br />
mixed-race<br />
woman woman who who lived lived in in<br />
a high-<br />
Roman Roman York. York. Buried Buried<br />
in a in stone a stone coffin coffin her her<br />
remains remains were were found found<br />
with with ivory ivory bracelets, bracelets,<br />
earrings, earrings, pendants pendants<br />
and and other other expensive expensive<br />
possessions indicating indicating<br />
that that she she held held a high a high<br />
ranking ranking position position within within<br />
Roman Roman York. York.<br />
Black Black Tudors Tudors - John - John<br />
Blanke Blanke was was a court a court<br />
trumpeter trumpeter who who<br />
was was present present in the in the<br />
entourage entourage of Henry of Henry<br />
VII from VII from at least at least<br />
1507. 1507. He performed He performed<br />
at both at both Henry Henry VII’s VII’s<br />
funeral funeral and and Henry Henry<br />
VIII’s VIII’s coronation in in<br />
1509. 1509.<br />
125 125 AD - AD 16th - 16th Century Century 18th 18th Century Century 19th 19th Century Century 20th 20th Century Century 21st 21st Century Century<br />
Captain Captain John John Hawkins Hawkins<br />
made made the first the first known known<br />
English English slaving slaving voyage voyage<br />
to Africa, to Africa, in 1562, in 1562, in the in the<br />
reign reign of Elizabeth of Elizabeth 1. 1.<br />
Hawkins Hawkins made made three three such such<br />
journeys journeys over over a period a period of of<br />
six years. six years. He captured He captured<br />
over over 1200 1200 Africans Africans and and<br />
sold sold them them as goods as goods in the in the<br />
Spanish Spanish colonies colonies in the in the<br />
Americas. Americas.<br />
The The earliest earliest known known<br />
record record of a of Black a Black<br />
person person living living in London in London<br />
is of is “Cornelius of “Cornelius a a<br />
Blackamoor” whose whose<br />
burial burial on 2nd on 2nd March March<br />
1593 1593 was was recorded recorded in in<br />
the parish the parish register register at St at St<br />
Margaret’s Church Church in in<br />
Lee. Lee.<br />
Ignatius Sancho was the<br />
first African prose writer<br />
published in England.<br />
Sancho became a<br />
financially independent<br />
male householder and<br />
the first known black<br />
British voter.<br />
Black Londoners<br />
account for 10,000-<br />
15,000 of the nation’s<br />
20,000 black people.<br />
Mary Seacole a nurse who<br />
independently set up the<br />
British Hotel to care for the<br />
wounded during the Crimean<br />
War. Became a much-loved<br />
figure.<br />
The Slave Trade Act<br />
of 1807 was passed,<br />
prohibiting the slave<br />
trade in the British<br />
Empire.<br />
The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 abolished<br />
slavery throughout the British Empire. This<br />
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom<br />
expanded the jurisdiction of the Slave Trade<br />
Act 1807 which made the purchase or<br />
ownership of slaves illegal within the British<br />
Empire.<br />
John Archer, a British politician<br />
and political activist, was<br />
elected Mayor of Battersea,<br />
becoming the first Black mayor<br />
in London.<br />
During World War I Black soldiers could be found<br />
in all branches of the British armed forces. Walter<br />
Tull was one of the most celebrated Black British<br />
soldiers of the First World War.<br />
Racism After the War<br />
At the end of the First World War, many African and<br />
West Indian soldiers who had fought for their ‘Mother<br />
Country’ decided to make Britain their home, but<br />
in some cities, including the seaports Cardiff and<br />
Liverpool, they came under attack. Between January<br />
and August 1919, there were anti-black ‘race riots’<br />
in seven towns and cities in Britain. Cardiff’s Black<br />
population had increased during the war from 700 in<br />
1914 to 3,000 by April.<br />
During World War II, around<br />
10,000 Caribbean men and<br />
women joined the British<br />
armed forces, working<br />
behind the scenes and on<br />
the front-lines to defeat the<br />
Nazis.<br />
The Empire Windrush<br />
arrived at Tilbury<br />
Docks, Essex, on 21<br />
June 1948. It brought<br />
one of the first large<br />
groups of post-war<br />
West Indian immigrants<br />
to the UK. British<br />
Caribbean people who<br />
came to the UK in<br />
the period after World<br />
War II are sometimes<br />
referred to as the<br />
Windrush generation.<br />
Mass migration meant<br />
that workers from all<br />
over the Caribbean,<br />
particularly Jamaica<br />
were “invited” to fill<br />
labour requirements<br />
within hospitals,<br />
transportation and<br />
overall contribute to<br />
rebuilding the post-war<br />
urban economy.<br />
The Race Relations Act of 1965<br />
was passed and protections<br />
against discrimination were<br />
extended in the Act of 1968, and<br />
further in the Act of 1976. This<br />
legislation resulted in the right to<br />
take discrimination complaints to<br />
civil courts or industrial tribunals<br />
and set up the Commission for<br />
Racial Equality.<br />
The Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM), founded in<br />
London in 1966, was the first organised collaboration<br />
of artists from the Caribbean with the aim of celebrating<br />
a new sense of shared Caribbean ‘nationhood’,<br />
exchanging ideas and attempting to forge a new<br />
Caribbean aesthetic in the arts.<br />
Notting Hill Carnival (inspired by the<br />
London Caribbean Carnival organised<br />
by Claudia Jones) was launched by<br />
a community activist and one of the<br />
founders of the London Free School,<br />
Rhaune Laslett, who aimed to highlight<br />
the cultural richness of the area and<br />
remedy racial tensions after the 1958<br />
Notting Hill race riots.<br />
A branch of the Black<br />
Panther Party was<br />
formed in the UK.<br />
The Immigration Act<br />
of 1971 was passed,<br />
stripping Commonwealth<br />
citizens’ right to remain<br />
in the UK and further<br />
restricting immigration.<br />
Trevor McDonald<br />
joins ITN and<br />
becomes the first<br />
Black news reporter.<br />
He goes on to receive<br />
an OBE in 1992 and<br />
a knighthood in 1999.<br />
Viv Anderson<br />
becomes the<br />
first Black British<br />
footballer to play<br />
for England in<br />
an international<br />
tournament.<br />
The Brixton Riot or Brixton<br />
Uprising occurs as tensions<br />
between the Black British<br />
community and the police in the<br />
area, culminated in three days<br />
of rioting against police brutality<br />
and discriminatory policies. The<br />
uprisings spread across the UK.<br />
The Voice is founded,<br />
becoming the first<br />
British national Black<br />
weekly newspaper; it’s<br />
based in London.<br />
Tessa Sanderson becomes<br />
the first Black British woman<br />
to win an Olympic gold<br />
medal; she is awarded an<br />
OBE in 1998.<br />
The UK elects four Black<br />
members of parliament:<br />
Diane Abbott (the first<br />
black woman), Bernie<br />
Grant and Paul Boateng,<br />
all of whom were Labour<br />
MPs.<br />
Naomi Campbell becomes<br />
the first Black model to grace<br />
the cover of French Vogue.<br />
Stephen Lawrence is stabbed<br />
to death in an unprovoked<br />
attack by a gang of white<br />
youths as he waits for a bus in<br />
south-east London. In 1999,<br />
the police response to the<br />
teenager’s killing is labelled<br />
“institutionally racist” by Sir<br />
W. Macpherson who led the<br />
public inquiry into Stephen’s<br />
murder.<br />
The The Race Race Relations<br />
(Amendment) Act Act 2000 2000 comes<br />
into into force force as as an an extension of of<br />
the the Race Race Relations Act Act 1976, 1976,<br />
requiring the the police police and and other other<br />
public public authorities such such as as<br />
colleges and and universities to to take take<br />
action to to promote race race equality.<br />
“The “The law law imposes a duty a duty on on<br />
institutions to:Eliminate unlawful<br />
discrimination, Promote equality<br />
of of opportunity and and Promote good good<br />
race race relations between persons<br />
of of different racial racial groups.<br />
British rapper, singer, songwriter<br />
and and record producer Ms. Ms.<br />
Dynamite,won the the prestigious<br />
Mercury Prize Prize for for her her debut debut solo solo<br />
album A Little A Little Deeper, followed<br />
by by two two Brit Brit awards the the following<br />
year. year.<br />
Doreen Lawrence, mother<br />
of of Stephen Lawrence,<br />
is is awarded an an OBE OBE for for<br />
services to to community<br />
relations in in 2003. 2003. She She is is<br />
made made Baroness Lawrence of of<br />
Clarendon in in 2013. 2013.<br />
The The first first Black Black<br />
Lives Lives Matter<br />
protest takes takes<br />
place place in in the the UK. UK.<br />
Stormzy’s album<br />
Signs Signs & & Prayer w<br />
first first grime grime albumto<br />
#1 #1 on on the the UK UK Album<br />
and and won won British Al<br />
the the Year Year at at the the 20<br />
Awards. 2019: 2019: StoS<br />
headline appearanc<br />
Glastonbury Festiv<br />
widely praised. HeH<br />
featured on on the the cov c<br />
US US Time Time magazine<br />
the the list list of of “next “next gen g<br />
leaders”.<br />
Celebrating Black British identity<br />
This year’s Black History<br />
Month celebrations<br />
focused on the theme of<br />
‘Black British Identity’.<br />
Kat Francois, an award winning<br />
spoken word performance artist, ran<br />
a series of remote workshops for<br />
students inspired by her solo play<br />
‘Raising Lazarus’ which charts the<br />
true story of Kat Francois’ relative,<br />
Private Lazarus Francois, from<br />
the Caribbean island of Grenada,<br />
who joined the British West Indies<br />
Regiment in 1915 to fight for Britain<br />
during the First World War.<br />
The play is critically acclaimed<br />
and was originally directed by our<br />
very own Head of Year 9, Dawn<br />
Reid. The first three workshops<br />
acted as stimuli for the students<br />
to gain ideas for their own work<br />
and the last two gave students<br />
opportunities to explore writing<br />
their own poems culminating in a<br />
spoken word / poetry competition.<br />
The Heads of Year led assembles<br />
on the theme of Black British<br />
identity throughout the month and<br />
students took part in additional<br />
PSHE lessons, arts workshops and<br />
curriculum activities.<br />
An incredible timeline has been<br />
created by members of staff,<br />
Dorothy Asare and Samia Hadjadji,<br />
which will be developed and<br />
displayed in each year group hub<br />
to depict a chronology of Black<br />
British History alongside some<br />
questions for students to research<br />
and think about.<br />
A commemorative pack including<br />
the timeline will be given to each<br />
student this term. The celebration<br />
of Black History Month is not a<br />
standalone event; moreover, it<br />
supports the school’s continued<br />
commitment to working towards<br />
anti-racism and equality and will<br />
be followed by our anti-racism<br />
conference in January 2021.<br />
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Black History Month Timeline – – C.125 AD AD to to 2020<br />
Black people have lived<br />
in Britain in Britain for for centuries<br />
and and their their presence dates dates<br />
back back to at to least at least the the Roman Roman<br />
period period when when African African soldiers soldiers<br />
serving serving the in the Roman Roman army army<br />
were were stationed at Hadrian’s at Wall Wall during during the the 2nd 2nd century century<br />
AD. AD. The The experiences of of<br />
Black Black Britons Britons have have varied varied<br />
significantly over over time. time. Many Many<br />
endured hardships, were were<br />
enslaved and and exploited.<br />
The The expansion of the of the<br />
British British Empire, Empire, caused caused the the<br />
numbers of African of African and and<br />
Afro-Caribbean’s to grow to grow<br />
exceedingly in the in the 17th 17th and and<br />
18th 18th centuries. This This time time<br />
line line is an is attempt an attempt to mark to mark<br />
significant periods periods within within<br />
Black Black British British History History and and<br />
show show that that Black Black Britons Britons have have<br />
called called the the UK UK home home from from as as<br />
early early as the as the 2nd 2nd century. century.<br />
C.350 AD AD<br />
1560 1560<br />
C.125 AD AD<br />
C.1507<br />
1593 1593<br />
1729-1780<br />
1805-1881<br />
1833<br />
1760s<br />
1807<br />
1913<br />
1914-1918<br />
1948<br />
1965-76<br />
1967<br />
1939-1945 1950s-60s<br />
1966<br />
1971<br />
1981<br />
1973<br />
1984<br />
1988<br />
1978 1982 1987<br />
1993<br />
2000<br />
2003-2013<br />
2002 2016<br />
2017-20<br />
Mulberry UTC celebrates incredible results<br />
We are extremely<br />
proud of our students’<br />
achievements following<br />
this year’s summer exams.<br />
Our GCSE students achieved a<br />
strong set of results in summer<br />
2020. Their hard work and<br />
determination led to superb<br />
outcomes in their academic,<br />
technical and vocational<br />
qualifications leading to successful<br />
progression to Sixth Form study.<br />
We are delighted to also share<br />
the exceptional achievements<br />
of our Year 13 students. They all<br />
worked incredibly hard this year<br />
and the results they have achieved<br />
are well deserved.<br />
In summary, Year 13 students<br />
secured places at top universities in<br />
a number of fields including:<br />
Kings College London – Nursing<br />
St Georges, University of London<br />
– Diagnostic Radiography<br />
Ravensbourne University –<br />
Digital Photography<br />
Queen Mary University of<br />
London – Biology<br />
University of Greenwich –<br />
Sociology and Criminology<br />
Anglia Ruskin University –<br />
Pharmaceutical Science<br />
University of East Anglia –<br />
English with Creative Writing<br />
Loughborough University –<br />
Automotive Engineering<br />
64 Parnell Rd, London E3 2RU<br />
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Principal: Dr Katharine Vincent<br />
There have been many individual<br />
stand-out performances and we are<br />
delighted to share a selection of<br />
these with you:<br />
Stella Benjamin: A* (A-level<br />
Sociology), D*D* (Digital Media)<br />
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Naciima Jino: AA (A-level<br />
Biology and Psychology); D*D<br />
(Applied Science)<br />
Haneefah Sideeqah: A (A-level<br />
Sociology), D*D* (Digital Media)<br />
Charlie Davis: AA (A-level<br />
English and Sociology), D*D*<br />
(Digital Media)<br />
Jaabir Hussain: A*A (A-level<br />
Maths and Further Maths),<br />
DD (Digital Media)<br />
Our students now have the<br />
opportunity to pursue exciting<br />
choices and prosper in their<br />
Black pioneers and innovators<br />
celebrated during BHM<br />
For Black History Month at<br />
Mulberry UTC, we celebrated black<br />
pioneers and innovators linked<br />
to our areas of specialism within<br />
the curriculum. This included Bell<br />
Hooks (feminist writer), Maggie<br />
Aderin-Pocock (space scientist)<br />
and Andrew Brimmer (economist<br />
and business pioneer).<br />
MUTC staff shared examples<br />
of their favourite books by<br />
black authors including Candice<br />
Carty-Williams, Roger Robinson<br />
chosen career paths. Their overall<br />
performance is a reflection of our<br />
thriving Sixth Form and our<br />
Key Stage 4 students are looking<br />
forward to emulating and<br />
continuing this success.<br />
APPLY NOW! Applications are<br />
now open for September 2021<br />
For further details<br />
about Sixth Form<br />
destinations across<br />
the Trust, please read<br />
our Going Places<br />
brochure.<br />
and Bernadine Evaristo. In a<br />
virtual whole school assembly,<br />
we reflected on the importance<br />
of Black History and the underrepresentation<br />
of the huge<br />
contribution the black community<br />
has made throughout<br />
British history.<br />
We also considered common<br />
misconceptions about Black History<br />
Month and the importance of<br />
education to further equality and<br />
understanding within society.<br />
Mulberry UTC House<br />
System launched<br />
This term, Mulberry UTC launched<br />
a new House System to provide<br />
further support to students and<br />
enhance their opportunities to<br />
be involved with extra-curricular<br />
activities, including actively taking<br />
up important leadership roles<br />
within the school community.<br />
The three student Houses are<br />
named after trees: Oak, Elm and<br />
Ash. Each has its own distinctive<br />
identity and characteristics, and<br />
each is led by a Head of House and<br />
a student House Captain.<br />
A competitive selection process,<br />
including a formal interview panel,<br />
recently took place for the House<br />
Captains. The Year 13s House<br />
Captains were interviewed and<br />
appointed this half term and they<br />
are Najama Jino (Ash House),<br />
Jalilah Jaha (Elm House) and Mikey<br />
Self (Ash House).<br />
The House Captains are supported<br />
by Year 11 Vice Captains and<br />
a team of Year 10 and Year 12<br />
House Ambassadors. The student<br />
leadership got off to a brilliant start<br />
when they represented the school<br />
at a virtual event with their local<br />
MP, Rushanara Ali, on Friday<br />
27th November.<br />
Students have been busy earning<br />
house points and the total so far<br />
this term are as follows:<br />
ASH<br />
1700<br />
OAK<br />
1663<br />
ELM<br />
1509<br />
Introducing our new Health T-Level<br />
The student leadership team have<br />
lots of exciting ideas for upcoming<br />
competitions, charity events and<br />
extra-curricular activities – it is<br />
going to be a very exciting year.<br />
We are delighted<br />
to introduce a new<br />
Health qualification<br />
at Mulberry UTC.<br />
Students can now apply to study<br />
a T-Level in Health that will give<br />
them a head start towards a<br />
career in nursing.<br />
A T-Level is a new two-year<br />
qualification combining subject<br />
theory, technical learning and<br />
an ongoing work experience<br />
placement throughout the course<br />
to ensure that students have<br />
the skills to thrive in the field<br />
of nursing.<br />
T-levels are equivalent to three<br />
A-Levels and are recognised by all<br />
universities and providers of Higher<br />
Apprenticeships.<br />
Students studying the T-level<br />
in Health will learn through a<br />
combination of classroom study,<br />
practical and technical work in<br />
simulated health environments<br />
and work experience with Barts<br />
Health NHS Trust. Students<br />
will also have the opportunity<br />
to work towards the Care<br />
Certificate, a requirement for all<br />
workers in hospital settings.<br />
Read more about this exciting<br />
qualification on our website .<br />
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Executive Principal: Mrs Ruth Holden<br />
Best results ever for<br />
Mulberry Academy Shoreditch<br />
The 2020 cohort secured the<br />
best results ever for Mulberry<br />
Academy Shoreditch. Our Key<br />
Stage 5 cohort achieved a value<br />
added +1.01 with a grade B average<br />
points score per A-level. Strong<br />
subjects include Spanish, IT BTEC,<br />
Economics, Chemistry, History and<br />
English Literature.<br />
We saw a significant rise in<br />
performance in English and<br />
Maths. We are proud that our<br />
students achieved the grades<br />
needed to study fabulous<br />
courses at university, with<br />
36% attending a Russell Group<br />
University. Destinations include<br />
reading Medicine at University<br />
of Southampton, History at the<br />
London School of Economics<br />
and Kings College London and<br />
Computer Science at Kings College<br />
London. The breadth of courses<br />
now being study by our alumni is<br />
also something to be proud of.<br />
Year 7 is music<br />
to our ears<br />
Each morning, we’re delighted to<br />
see the Year 7 Music tutor group<br />
displaying their fantastic talents<br />
during their tutor time. They are<br />
stationed in The Street beside our<br />
lovely piano, which is a beautiful,<br />
light and airy space perfect for<br />
the occasion!<br />
The tutor group compromises<br />
of the students who played an<br />
instrument at primary school and<br />
are continuing with their instrument<br />
here with us. We are so happy to<br />
benefit from some great music first<br />
thing in the morning and it’s a great<br />
way for staff and students to start<br />
the day.<br />
At KS4 58% of students achieved<br />
grades 9–5 and 83% 9-4 in both<br />
English and maths. 22% of all<br />
grades awarded were 9–7 reflecting<br />
the hard work of all involved. We<br />
are proud that 80% of students<br />
study EBacc subjects and that<br />
30% of students achieved a strong<br />
EBacc (grade 5 or above in English,<br />
maths, science, a humanity and<br />
a language). 37% of students<br />
achieved grades 9–7 in English &<br />
32% in maths. Retention into our<br />
Sixth Form is 80%, so we have the<br />
pleasure of seeing their next steps<br />
to exceptionally bright futures.<br />
For further details about Sixth Form<br />
destinations across the Trust, please<br />
read our Going Places brochure.<br />
BHM celebrated<br />
One of the celebratory events that<br />
took place during Black History<br />
Month at Mulberry Academy<br />
Shoreditch, was the showing of<br />
a special video that highlighted<br />
some of the places connected to<br />
our school community. It was great<br />
to see students and staff from<br />
countries as diverse as Somalia,<br />
Dominica, Jamaica, Congo,<br />
Nigeria, Barbados and Trinidad<br />
and Tobago talking about their<br />
culture and traditions.<br />
The video also reflected on<br />
everything the students had learnt<br />
about racial equality/inequality<br />
and systemic racism during BHM<br />
and also included a special<br />
dance performance.<br />
Applications for<br />
Sixth Form now open<br />
We are pleased to announce<br />
that we have begun to take<br />
applications from Year 11<br />
students for places into Year<br />
12 for next year. Our Sixth<br />
Form is steadily growing and<br />
becoming extremely popular<br />
with our own students, but<br />
also with students form<br />
other schools.<br />
At our November event, Year<br />
11 students met with Heads<br />
of Department to discuss<br />
our Sixth Form curriculum<br />
offer and hear from Year 13<br />
students about<br />
the great work we do with<br />
current students.<br />
By the way...isn’t it amazing<br />
that the term ‘Sixth Form’<br />
has remained whilst other<br />
names within our<br />
education system<br />
have changed<br />
over time!<br />
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Drop Down Day extravaganza<br />
NEWS FROM OUR SCHOOLS<br />
Mulberry Academy Shoreditch<br />
held its first Drop Down Day of the<br />
academic year and a fantastic day<br />
of learning was had by all. Drop<br />
Down Days replace structured<br />
classroom lessons so that students<br />
can enjoy a deeper learning<br />
experience away from the norm.<br />
Running with the theme ‘Health<br />
and Wellbeing’, the day was a jampacked<br />
extravaganza, providing<br />
a range of enriching activities<br />
enabling students to learn,<br />
connect and have fun with staff<br />
and with each other. All students<br />
participated within school and<br />
outside of school.<br />
The suite of captivating and<br />
thrilling activities included: team<br />
building workshops, a visit to the<br />
local Power League, exploring<br />
the use of social media today and<br />
relationships, building a remote<br />
control car workshop, GCSE<br />
examination preparation and<br />
important revision skills.<br />
Wishing you a<br />
(Merry Christmas)<br />
and a very<br />
(Happy New Year)<br />
from all at<br />
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