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We are pleased to report that the following students have demonstrated an ATL of 1 or 2 in all subjects and attendance of 95% or higher. At Arts and Media School Islington we work towards a vision of every child a scholar and these students have demonstrated this in all of their […]
We must now inform you that, with the move for all London boroughs to the High Alert Level, all students (excluding those who are exempt) must now wear a face covering as per the Government Guidelines. We draw particular attention to the section below for advice on the wearing of face coverings in secondary schools. […]
In the run up to the “socially distanced” Record Store Day event on Saturday 24th October we will be releasing five of our best YR11 student compositions from June 2020. There will be one track available each day from Monday 19th October. The pieces that you will be able to hear were created by Justice, […]
Dear students Please complete this form with your parents. The form needs to be completed by 16 October 2020.The information from this form will help the school determine which students require assistance if the are future disruptions to you attending school.
Dear Parents and Carers, As we approach the end of our fifth week back at school, we would like to thank you for your continued support; students in all years have been a credit to themselves and their families. We would also like to take this opportunity to provide further information regarding teaching and learning […]
Dear Parents and Carers, RE: COVID-19 related absence – Quarantine and Isolation Procedures In order to keep our community safe and minimise the risk of infection, we would ask parents to abide by the following rules if their child or anyone in their household exhibits any of the symptoms of COVID-19, or if anyone in […]
Please watch the video below for advice on how to check what homework has been set, via classcharts.If students have any issues or questions regarding their homework, they should speak to their class teacher in the first instance. If parents have any concerns or questions regarding the homework that has been set, these should be directed to the […]
Dear Parents and Carers, Earlier this week, I wrote to you outlining the safety measures we have put into place here at AMSI, and the expectations we will have of our students when we welcome them back. I wanted to follow this up with a reminder of some of our new expectations of behaviour and […]
Dear Parents and Carers, We at AMSI are looking forward to welcoming all our students back in September. Despite remaining open throughout the lockdown period for priority students and Year 10s we have missed our students who are the key component in #TeamAMSI! We have had to balance the need to give all our students […]
Emotional Support Signposting handout from Islington CAMHS
Date: 14.07.20 Dear Parents and Carers, As we come to the end of what has to be the strangest school term in modern history, I wanted to write to you thank you for your efforts in assisting with the students remote learning, and ensuring that the students stayed safe and out of harm’s way. We […]
How to receive your results by email Due to safety measures AMSI will not be open on Results Day, Thursday 20th August. Results (and the additional information) will be posted to students in hard copy via Royal Mail but may take a few days to arrive. Students can, if they wish, opt in and they […]
We love this poem and would like to share it with our students and parents: May 6, 2020 by Maya Angelou Into a world which needed youMy wish for youIs that you continue Continue To be who and how you areTo astonish a mean worldWith your acts of kindness Continue To allow humor to lighten the […]
Dear Students, I hope you are doing well during these unusual times and coping with the new restrictions. There are many ways of keeping in touch with each other via social media so I hope you are making the most of your skills to facilitate the current requirements for you to stay at home. Please complete […]
Dear Students, The day has arrived for you to select your final options.Please click here to complete the final options form.Do not forget that order matters, as does your reserve choice; think long and hard…Would you be happy if you got your 1st, 2nd and Reserve choice or 1st, 3rd and Reserve choice?The deadline for the submission is 23/4/20 and you will […]
We would like to inform you that Dan Arbiter, our wonderful Guitar teacher, is available for guitar lessons for interested students. Students at AMSI are talented and enthusiastic musicians and, as a result, I would therefore expect lots of them to be interested in studying the guitar with Daniel during this year. Unfortunately, we are […]
The Arts and Media School Islington Trust (AMSI) and A New Direction invite you to attend the AMSI 2020 annual lecture delivered by Sir Michael Palin on April 1 at 6.30pm. With a distinguished career ranging from film, television, comedy, travel documentary, journalism, writing, activism and arts and culture – we are honoured to host such […]
Dear Parents,You may be aware that advice for travellers from affected areas has recently changed and it has come to our attention that this may affect children and staff returning from school trips. Please be aware that this is a fast evolving situation and we will continue to share any new advice at the earliest […]
Options Information Evening Thursday 12 March 5.30-6.30pm As I am sure you are aware, this is a very important time for Year 9 students as they make their GCSE options choices for the next two years. We are holding a Parents’ Option Information Evening on Thursday 12 March in the school theatre starting at 5.30pm […]
To all parents/carers in Years 9-11 Dear Parents/Carers, At AMSI, we pride ourselves on the fact that we go over and above the timetabled lessons to support our students in both their learning and extra-curricular activities. When the students are not in an AIM, detention or an organised extra-curricular activity, they are expected to go […]
Dear Parents/Carers I am writing to remind you about parents’ evening which is on Monday 10th February 5:00pm-7:00pm in the Sports Hall. At the beginning of the evening you will be given your child’s report which. details progress in all subjects and you will be able to meet all of your child’s teachers to discuss […]
I am writing to remind you that our annual Parents’ Evening for Year 11 parents is on Tuesday 14th January 5:00-7:00pm at the school. This will be an opportunity for you to discuss your child’s academic progress as well as their mock results with the subject teachers and to collect their annual written report. I […]
4 November 2019 Dear Parents/Carers I want to write to you personally to invite you to your child’s first Parents’ Evening here at Arts and Media School, which will be held on Thursday 21 November 5pm – 7.00 pm. This first Parents’ Evening is particularly important for a number of reasons, not least to mark […]
Dear Parents/ Guardians I am writing to you to inform you of a change to the attendance policy here at Arts Media School Islington. This change has been brought about due to new guidance related to health and safety and the safeguarding of young people. The changes are as follows: Holiday request in term time […]
Dear Parents and Carers, I thought I would take the opportunity to write to you as I begin my second half term at AMSI. Firstly, I am delighted to be working here! Over a 17 year teaching career, I have taught in schools across London, and now find myself at a school serving the area […]
“Books are sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined… Windows are also sliding glass doors, and readers have only to walk through in imagination to become part of whatever world has been created or recreated by the author… however, a window can also be a mirror…and in that reflection we […]
What will students be learning in their lessons during Black History Month? BHM Independent Projects Click this link to join the BHM Google Classroom Exemplary Work in BHM 2021 We have seen some fantastic work from the students over this year’s Black History Month. Students have been studying the life of Mansa Musu, the ninth […]
I would like to congratulate all of the students who have received their results today. They have worked very hard and applied themselves as scholars. The support given by all staff at Arts and Media School Islington throughout the year has yielded a set of results of which myself and Governors are extremely proud. Well […]
At Arts and Media School Islington, we recognise the importance of homework in supporting student progress and in developing independent study habits. Homework is assigned to students by their subject teachers in line with departmental policies. The type of homework that is set will vary from subject to subject, but will usually relate to content […]
Congratulations to former student Kwami Odoom who has the lead role at The Kiln Theatre in The Half God of Rainfall.Kwami left AMSI in 2009 and has travelled the world while studying Spanish & Philosophy, until he returned to his first love, which he developed at AMSI – acting! Kiln Theatre
Congratulations to all the students who went to Finsbury Park athletics track to take part in the district sports day. We are delighted to announce that Arts & Media School Islington were the overall winners on the day after the boys came second and the girls came fourth. This gave us a total of: AMSI […]
30 teenagers from Ugelboelle Friskole spent a day with us this week as part of their annual visit to London. A highlight was going to the Houses of Parliament where we had a special meeting with Angela Rayner, Shadow Secretary of State for Education. AMSI students explained how the cultural exchange has improved their confidence and […]
Congratulations to Shauna from year 10 who has been awarded the Ben Kinsella award at the borough Civic Award ceremony. Shauna was handed the award for her work with charity Solace Women’s Aid who gave an assembly at the school as part of our PSHE programme. We are really proud of Shauna for receiving this […]
SIMPLY THE BEST… Andria Zafirakou 2018 Global Teacher of the year is speaking at the Arts & Media School Islington on Thursday 4th April. Her theme: the importance of making an arts education accessible to all. Currently, schools face extreme pressure to focus on the more academic subjects – mathematics, English, sciences. As a hugely successful arts and textiles […]
We were delighted to welcome ITV News anchor Alistair Stewart OBE to our school to talk to the year 7 & 8 students about working as a journalist. In a full assembly with, two year groups, the students listened intently as Mr Stewart described what it means to work as an impartial journalist covering all […]
We are delighted to congratulate our Year 7 netball team for the fantastic results that they achieved in the schools netball tournament. The results were: Game 1 – AMSI Vs Mary Magdalene: We won 3-1, Waverley scored twice in the first half and Ikhlas once! Game 2 – AMSI Vs Holloway: We won 6-1, Waverley […]
Extended School Timetable Make sure your child is getting the most out of school by attending some of the fantastic FREE clubs and activities before school, at lunchtime and after school. Research shows that young people who take part in out of school activities do better in school and their attainment levels are higher. More than 250 […]
5th December 2018 Dear Parents/Carers The autumn term had many extra-curricular events which your child may have participated in and I would like to signpost particular highlights in each year group: Year 7: International Evening & Shakespeare Schools Festival Year 8: Senior Citizens Christmas Lunch Performances Year 9: Middlesex University Dance Project Year 10: Black […]
It was an absolute pleasure to see our 3 Year 10 girls, Keji, Mariam & Paris compete with 8 other Islington secondary schools in the Islington Regional finals of the Jack Petchey and Speakers’ Trust Speak Out Challenge and deliver their speeches with confidence and strength of character. Congratulations to Keji who took the title, the […]
AMSI are host to Block C – an innovative partnership with local arts organisation, Cubitt Artists, which sees our former woodwork classroom repurposed into four artist studios. This is a unique resource, enabling AMSI students and staff to collaborate with artists and gain insights into their creative practice. Since our partnership began in 2018, we have delivered […]
‘Respect’ goes out to Year 7 students from Arts and Media Islington Secondary school (AMSI) who have won Islington’s Anti Bullying Week competition for schools. The students produced their own version of the News at Ten on the theme ‘Choose Respect’ using Aretha Franklin’s song ‘Respect’ as inspiration. Heather Vaccianna said: “A huge round of […]
Labour Leader and local MP Jeremy Corbyn visited AMSI on Friday taking time to meet and chat with young people in his constituency. Jeremy heard about the students extraordinary achievements, which included some of the 30 who spent a week in Denmark on a Cultural Exchange, a group who run an emotional well-being club ‘First […]
We would like to introduce to our new school app, MyEd, which is free to download on the App Store for Apple users and the Play Store for Android users. This application is the most efficient way of two way communication open to us as a school and parents. You will be able to: Report […]
We would like to inform you that Jade Williams, our wonderful singing teacher, is available for singing lessons for interested students. Students at AMSI are talented and enthusiastic musicians and, as a result, I would therefore expect lots of them to be interested in developing their singing with Jade during this year. Unfortunately, we are […]
We would like to introduce Az Khan, an excellent drum teacher, who works with us as we further develop our outstanding provision in music at AMSI. Our students are talented and enthusiastic musicians and, as a result, I would therefore expect lots of them to be interested in learning the drums with Az during the […]
Students and teachers met the challenge of the new tougher exams and this year we are celebrating improved outcomes in Music, Drama, French and Design & Technology. There were excellent results in Music with 100% 4+, French with 92% 4+ as well as Biology and Chemistry both 82% achieving 4+. 100% of the students entered […]
National Book Tokens are running a competition with a prize of £5000 worth of book tokens for one lucky school (plus £100 in tokens for the person who nominates them!) All it takes for AMSI to be in with a chance of winning is for as many of us as possible to complete an online […]
On 3rd July, four of our Key Stage 3 students attended The Great Debate at the House of Commons. Organised by the RSPCA, Tristan, Olivia, Thomas and Tyler took on the subject of ‘Animal Export’ in the debate with teams from other schools from across the South East. This is the first debate event for young […]
We took a group of 14 AMSI MFL students to visit Barcelona for 5 days to provide the students with a great experience that also allows them to build up their confidence using Spanish in a native speaker’s context. We stayed in a Hostel behind Gaudi’s La Pedrera, in the city centre where the students […]
Welcome to our Online Concert for Summer 2018. Please listen to the performances and let us know which is your favourite. Loading…
We are extremely grateful to Funky Junk for supplying Arts & Media School with this beautiful Yamaha C7 grand piano. Our piano students love the sound it creates and the feel of playing it and we are looking forward to the next concert at the end of the year to hear it again in action. […]
Congratulations to the year 7 girls football team who won the Islington and Camden fair play award! They were awarded the trophy by the C&I borough girl’s football development officer. We would also like to say well done to all the girls in years 7-9 who turned up for football training. The development officer was […]
We were delighted that Jermain Jackman, chose his ‘old school’ to host the Fair Futures report which was commissioned by Islington Council last year. Jermain has chaired the Commission whilst studying Politics at Leeds University and managing his music career! Our students hosted and participated in this important event which launched the recommendation of an […]
We would like to introduce one of our Creative Partnerships who are residents at the school: Raising the Barre in Islington! In September last year, the award winning ‘London Boys Ballet School’, (LBBS), relocated to Arts & Media School Islington. Having been featured in all major newspapers, radio, news stations and television, this school has set […]
We were delighted that Jeremy Corbyn made time to visit AMSI last week, because constituents had praised our partnerships with Crisis at Christmas, Solace Women’s Aid and the British Heart Foundation. Mr Corbyn met a group of young people who are actively involved in raising awareness and funds for charitable organisations which address inequalities […]
As you are aware we have recently welcomed Ofsted Inspectors to the school and we are now able to share the outcome of the recent inspection with you. We are absolutely delighted to announce that we continue to be a ‘Good’ school and have been judged to be ‘Good’ in all areas of the inspection […]
We would like to thank parents for their support and encouragement that enabled us to take 24 students from Years 8, 9 and 10 to Denmark at half-term. Students experienced a very different culture and lifestyle; they developed new friendships, they shared their skills and exchanged ideas with confidence and performed to a very high […]
Guests at the Trustees’ Education Lecture last Thursday were treated to a very open account of Sir Matthew’s personal journey and career in dance. Most notable was his late start to this journey, at the age of 22. It was very apparent that Sir Matthew’s passion for the performing arts and commitment to achieving […]
