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The Pearson Teaching Awards - our Miss Zenkic wins the Silver award!
Posted on: 27th November
This weekend Mrs Giubertoni and Mr Sarcevic travelled to London for a very exciting reason - to support our very own Miss Zenkic (now Mrs Sarcevic) at the National Teacher Awards!
Miss Zenkic, who teaches Computing at Bishop Challoner Catholic College, was nominated for Outstanding New Teacher of the Year, and she won the Silver Award!
The ceremony was a glitzy affair in Central London, hosted by Gabby Roslin, and there were so many moving and emotional moments in the evening, as we heard about the great work teachers are doing all over the country.
The nomination for Miss Zenkic shows how wonderful her work has been, and the Silver Award is recognition of an exceptional teacher we are all privileged to work with:
Ayla has been instrumental in the drive to encourage more students, especially girls, to study Computing, inspiring them with her outstanding teaching, and commitment to exciting extra-curricular activities. She has helped to change the culture of this school to make Computing an exciting and attractive choice for all students. She is an inspirational and effective classroom practitioner, already passing her expertise on by supporting new trainee teachers.
Ayla also brings Computing alive outside the classroom. The list of Computing-related clubs, trips and competitions she volunteers to lead is outstanding: Coding Club for girls, Cyber Security Club, Coding Escape room experience, trips to Allied Codebreaking attraction Bletchley Park, trips to universities, and more. Two years running, her Cyber Security Club team reached the finals of the GCHQ Cyber Security Competition.
Ayla is a humble individual who brings positive energy. She has even been observed by teachers from other schools to demonstrate best practice in teaching computer science. Her impact on student – particularly female – uptake of Computing at GCSE is phenomenal.
It was an evening celebrating the incredible work teachers do around the country every day, often unheralded. But these awards celebrate the work teachers do every single day, and it was truly moving to celebrate with the other teachers in the room.
