AUTUMN 2018

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St. Anthony’s continues to be a very successful and happy school. We could not be as successful without the support we receive from parents, carers and friends of the school. Please continue to support and work with us. Your support is very much appreciated and valued by the staff and governors.

Should parents want regular updates of what we have been up to in school, then you can access the Headteacher’s Blog on the school website which is updated every other week.

Finally, I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and New Year.

Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome to our first newsletter for this academic year, where we have had the opportunity to welcome 37 new pupils to the school. It has been an incredibly busy start to the year with lots of activities and visits as well as all the hard work pupils have been doing in class. Hopefully you will have the chance to read about them in the newsletter.

As we approach Christmas, there will be many more events to look forward to which celebrate the festive season. There are a range of exciting activities planned for our pupils and some events that parents/carers and families are invited to attend. The Primary Department are hosting their Christmas Assembly on Monday 17th December and Christmas Soiree is taking place on Wednesday 12th December. It would be great to see as many parents as possible at these events.

Over the summer break, we have continued to develop the facilities at St. Anthony’s. A new class base and sensory space has been created in the primary department. Thank you to Mr McGreal and Mr Birch in particular for supporting and

managing these projects.

I am pleased to welcome the following new staff to the school, Mrs Coltart, Mrs King, Mrs Bicker, Mrs Hammond, Miss Everett, Miss Reddie, Mr Da Costa, Mrs Lodge, Miss Stone, Miss Gabriel, Miss Gale, Mrs Scrivener, Mr Mathias, Mr Crosby Wilsher, Miss Ennis and Mrs Siddall.

A presentation evening was held on 7th November, to celebrate the achievements of the Year 11 pupils who left school last summer. The event was extremely well attended and it was lovely to see the students. Our results were extremely good. All of the pupils who left school this year successfully achieved a range accreditation.

I would like to remind parents and carers that we have a text system that is used to alert parents of events and other important issues

‘Tis the season for Miss Ball to be choosing

this year’s winning designs from our annual

Christmas card competition. She had so

many fabulous ones, so it was a very tough

job!

The cards are available to buy from the

school office at 30p each or a pack of 10

cards at £2.50.

All proceeds will go towards enriching the

pupil’s time at school.

Look at some of the other things we’ve been learning in

Chestnut class...

This term we have been

learning the story ‘Walking

through the Jungle’. We

have been singing songs

and learning about animals

that live in the rainforest.

Walking through the

jungle what can you

see? Can you hear

a noise? What could

it be?

…..been sorting worms!

We have been working out

which were longest,

shortest or medium sized.

...making repeating

patterns with lots of

things including beads.

Every Monday Miss B teaches us to play the

instruments, we listen to her very carefully. We are learning some yoga

poses—look at us balancing!

We marked Diwali and Remembrance

Day with short films that helped us learn

about these important events. We

painted some great pictures of Poppies

too.

In our lessons we have been

learning to write letters properly

and we love making big or little

marks when we play too.

This term we have been reading

Handa’s Surprise by Eileen

Browne. It is a story full of

wonderful animals and many

different fruits. We have all enjoyed

group ‘narrative’ sessions when the

story is told using props and

symbols. We have also explored

the different fruits in the story,

chopping them up and making fruit

salads and smoothies.

The importance of Remembrance

Day can be very difficult to explain

to some of our pupils. We decided

to explore poppies in a variety of

sensory ways through ‘Little Group’

activities and individual work times.

We have enjoyed our new

area.

We said a

BIG HELLO

to lots of new faces this

term.

Our topic this term is Green ECO & Me.

Hawthorn Class made recycling superheroes to

help save the world!

We sorted rubbish into the correct bins and

identified recycling points around the school.

Our topic this term has been

Houses, Homes and Pets. We have

been looking at the different types of

houses, including old and new

homes. In our pets topic we have

learnt about how to care for pets

and different types of working

animals.

In Numeracy we looked at the different

2D and 3D shapes. We went on a

shape hunt around the school and

made our own 3D houses in DT.

In Literacy we became estate

agents. We looked at different

adjectives to describe the

houses that we were trying to

sell to each other.

In Science we have been

learning about forces. We

conducted experiments to

learn about friction,

gravity and magnetism.

Looking for 2D shapes

and describing their

properties.

In literacy we have been reading

and retelling the story of The

Three Little Pigs. The children

have used Makaton, drama and

symbols to help sequence the story.

We have then written our own

versions to read to the class.

Welcome to Willow Class Newsletter. I have

very much enjoyed getting to know your children

during my first half term and look forward to

more learning and fun in the spring term!

We have been learning the

ukulele in music with Chris. It

has been great fun singing and

playing at the same time!

The children have been busy learning their Christmas songs and are looking forward to

performing them to you on the 17th December and afterwards welcoming you into their

classroom for some festive nibbles!

Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year!

Our topic this term has been Houses, Homes and Pets. We have explored different types of houses and the materials used. We have looked at old and new houses

and how Estate Agents advertise . We have also looked at how we care for our pets and what our responsibilities are as a pet owner.

We really enjoyed horse riding

this term and Year 6 are looking

forward to going to Olympia on

Wednesday 19th December.

Making

our

model

houses.

Learning to make

circuits in Science.

We have been

working hard to

develop our

measuring skills.

We are looking forward to our Christmas Singing Assembly at 9.30 on Monday 17th December.

Year 8s have been studying Danny the

Champion of the World by Roald Dahl. They

have been looking at the characters in the story

and sequencing and recalling the events of each

chapter.

Year 7’s have been studying the text ‘The

Paradise Garden’. They have looked at

describing words, descriptions and being

creative in thinking about their own paradise

gardens and have come up with some lovely

ideas.

The year 9’s have been

busy creating Autumn

poetry and were lucky to

experience some forest

school workshops at

Aldingbourne Country

Centre. Here is one of

their beautiful poems and

sculptures inspired by the

season.

Autumn I can see brown yellow

crunchy Leaves I can smell Smokey

bonfires I can hear cars, bees,

birds I feel good by Connor

This year we have introduced the children’s newspaper First News to help Key Stage 4 pupils with their

reading skills. They read weekly news items from around the world and have a go at reading

challenges that help to improve their teamwork and reading skills.

Tackling the coins around the world challenge Excellent teamwork and reading skills to

do the origami bat challenge.

Completing the reading match challenge

It has been another fun filled and action packed term in the history department with time travel a plenty! Year 7 have gone the furthest, heading back to Roman times, bringing the Colosseum to life in the classroom (with a little imagination) and successfully completing Roman army training at ‘Roman Army Bootcamp’.Year 8 have re-enacted Tudor life, punishments from the time have been played out along with the

gossip and scandal from the Royal Court! Year 9 have travelled between Africa, America and Britain, looking at the slave trade and following that through to the Black Civil Rights movement and the present day. There have also been trips to Fishbourne Roman Palace with Year 7, the Mary Rose and some workshops with Year 8. A busy start to the year but lots more exciting time travelling to come in 2019.

Year 7 learnt the use of simple lab equipment

including the Bunsen burner. Initially, many of

the pupils found it daunting. However, with

encouragement and reinforcement of safety and

risk control, the pupils were able to use the

Bunsen burner correctly.

Year 9 pupils started the Autumn

term learning about Microscopy and

the introduction to cells. The pupils

learnt about the function of the parts

of the microscope, its correct use,

magnification of images and

preparing slides of some specimens

(onion skin, wing of butterfly, layer of

cork, leg of an ant).

Year 11 pupils are learning about

making different salts with the

focus on using equipment

(Burette, evaporating dish,

Bunsen burner) and hazardous

chemicals safely, and the simple

concept of neutralisation

reactions.

In maths we have been

learning about different areas

of mathematics through lots of

practical activities inside and

outside the classroom. Pupils

chose different resources, such

as counters, to estimate and

measure a variety of lengths

and distances. Our learning

about shapes and patterns was

developed through creating our

own unique patterns on the

playground. Addition and

subtraction involved threading

beads so pupils could see and

feel the different amounts in

their number sentences.

Perimeter took a similar theme

with pupils developing their

understanding of this topic

through activities such as

‘sewing’ the perimeter of

laminated shapes.

We've been exploring art-tastic nature at Create Club this term and everyone has been wonderfully creative, producing some amazing artwork. Well done everyone!

This term, Year 8 have been learning

parts of the body. They have created

monsters using magazines and labelled

them.

8C and 8T have voted for each others

monsters and Dimitri and Kieran won.

The Wider World. Year 10

are exploring foods from

the wider world and

comparing food we eat in

Britain to the food eaten

traditionally in Japan.

Lauren is trying some

Sushi. She said that she

doesn’t really like fish but

she did still try the

vegetable sushi.

Year 8’s topic for the Autumn Term is Judaism. Pupils have been learning about the story of Moses. They have learnt about the 10 Plagues of Egypt and used role play to help

remember them. Next they learned about the 10 Commandments and used Lego to show their understanding of the topic.

The topic for Year 9 RE in the Autumn Term is

Hinduism. Pupils have been learning about Hindu

beliefs and practices. Using role play they told the

story of Rama and Sita and the origins of the festival

of Diwali. It is a love story where good overcomes

evil.

Year 9 have been making

volcano models as part of their

Restless Earth scheme of work.

The pupils researched and

designed volcanoes. They then

constructed the models using

paper Mache and then painted

them to look like Dormant,

Extinct or Active Volcanoes.

This term we have focussed on where our food comes from and food in season to enable our pupils to think about the impact of where our food travels from and what its source is.

Across the year groups we have been making dishes using fruit and vegetables in

season and talking about why it is healthier to eat food that is sourced locally. Year 7’s developed their preparation skills by working with different fruits and year 8 looked at where the ingredients in different breads came from.

Year 9 started their ‘Food around the World’ topic by making British dishes; some very tasty apple pies were created. They also looked at a variety of apples and where in the world they had travelled from to end up on our supermarket shelves. Year 10 kick started their Btec qualification with a visit to Goodwood Farm and Restaurant. They saw cows being milked and then where the milk was bottled. We also made some delicious butter from the milk and had a very tasty bread and butter snack

during the afternoon. We also visited the pigs and piglets, calves and cow herd and very narrowly missed a calf being born, which proved highly exciting! We were also lucky enough to visit the restaurant and meet the head chef of the Goodwood Hotel restaurant, who gave us a talk about where their ingredients are sourced from and we got to taste test some very delicious samples. We also saw the kitchen in action, as they prepared for their afternoon rush.

Last but not least, Year 11 visited Chichester Farmers’ market to look at and buy locally sourced foods and carried out a survey to find out exactly what products were available and

how much they cost. We then made some delicious biscotti with some of the eggs purchased.

Year 10 have been making

cheese on toast and focusing

on using the life skills room

safely and then serving their

friends too! It was delicious.

Year 11 visited Dunelm to

practise their

communication and

decision making as they

chose items they would

use to decorate their

rooms at home. We

wanted to buy it all!

This term pupils in Year 10 & 11

have been continuing to work

towards their Physical section of

the award by canoeing on

Chichester Canal.

They have worked as a team to

move the canoes through the

water and to go on journeys as

far as Hunston and back from

the basin in Chichester.

Liam and Ryan

Photos from our Music class! The choir are rehearsing for the Xmas events this term.

Please support us at The Cross in Chichester

10.30-11am Friday 14

th December.

Year 11 Composing Exam Pieces Pupils have been learning to create and organise musical ideas to produce compositions for their exam pieces. Pupils explored Dubstep, Electronic, Funk, Hip Hop or House. They will then identify the strengths and weaknesses of each composition with reference to the musical elements and selected genres.

1Term2Learn is a whole-class ensemble teaching programme that aims to inspire children to take up a musical instrument. Working in partnership with schools, West Sussex Music will continue to deliver weekly ukulele sessions to three of our Key Stage 2 classes on a rotational basis. Here are Willow Class!

Pupils in Years 7,8,9 and 10 have executed their Boccia and New Age Kurling Level 1 School Games Competitions for Mrs Strudwick. Pupils from the winning teams will go on to represent the school in the Level 2 competitions held at others schools.

Secondary dance club have been creating a dance for their Dance House Show which is in 2019. They have a mash up of four differerent songs through their one dance and have been working extremely hard learning new moves and positions.

Year 7 have been

exploring colour,

looking at

Kandinsky and

Matisse.

Year 7,8 and 9 have

been creating

colourful

compositions to be

framed and bought

by parents/carers to

raise funds for our

school productions.

Year 9 have been drawing from

observation and learning new skills with

wax resist painting.

KEY STAGE 4

RESULTS 2018 YEAR 11 RESULTS 2018

28 pupils were entered for Qualifications

64% (18) of pupils achieved 11 Qualifications

18% (5) of pupils achieved 10 Qualifications.

14% (4) of pupils achieved 9 Qualifications.

4% (1) of pupils achieved 9 Qualifications.

FIGURES ROUNDED UP TO NEAREST %

Entry Level

Entry Pathways

BTEC Food

Functional Skills

ASDAN YOUTH AWARD SCHEME DUKE OF EDINBURGH BRONZE AWARD

13 pupils achieved Gold Award 26 pupils achieved this qualification

13 pupils achieved Towards Independence

2 pupils achieved Transition Challenge

SUBJECT % OF YEAR 11 PUPILS WHO GAINED

LEVEL 3 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 1 UNGRADED

ENGLISH 43% 52% 5% 0%

MATHS 14% 57% 29% 0%

ART 0% 36% 64% 0%

PE 62% 38% 0% 0%

SUBJECT % OF YEAR 11 PUPILS WHO GAINED

LEVEL 3

Certificate

LEVEL 3

Award

LEVEL 2 Cer-

tificate

LEVEL 2

Award

LEVEL 1

Award

SCIENCE 50% 0% 43% 7% 0%

ICT 41% 7% 0% 22% 30%

DRAMA 0% 54% 0% 46% 0%

Level 1 52%

Level 2 48%

Entry 1 61%

Entry 2 13%

Entry 3 26%

Thank You very much for

your generous donations

towards this year’s Children

in Need. £202.97 has been

donated by St Anthony’s

School.

A very merry Thank You to Brick Kiln Garden Centre for donating a Christmas tree to the school.

It will be decorated and on display in the school reception.

Monday 10 Dec Infant Christmas Performance

Wednesday 12 Dec Festive Soiree

Friday 14 Dec Choir to sing at Cross

Friday 14 Dec Year 8 Science trip to Winchester

Monday 17 Dec Junior Christmas Assembly

Tuesday 18 Dec KS3 & KS4 Theatre trip Sleeping Beauty

Wednesday 19 Dec Olympia Horse Show

Christmas Lunch, Non uniform day (Christmas Jumpers)

End of term

(Subject to dates being

changed or added)

Thursday 3 Jan Term Starts

Friday 15 Feb INSET

Mon-Fri 18-22 Feb Half Term

Thursday 5 April End of Term

On Tuesday 6th November the school held a Parent Information Morning.

There were a range of professionals from West Sussex County Council who specialise in Special Educational Needs (Post 16) plus

Chichester College, Fordwater School Further Education dept. and local providers of Post 18 provision.

This event gave parents/carers the opportunity to talk to key people with questions they had regarding the future.