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also been busy winning awards, particularly in the arts. We sincerely hope that you will enjoy reading about them in ‘...high...higher… Highcliffe…’ Letting us know It is by such celebration that we show our young people the pride that we feel in them as they work to make the best of the talents and abilities they have. You can help by informing us of any achievement that you would like to see celebrated. The back page of the newsletter
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
In the Community Page 2
Faculty News Pages 3-7
14-19 Update Pages 5-11
The International Dimension
Page 10 ...high, higher, Highcliffe …
Page 11 Achievement Reporting Slips
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Vol. 5 Issue 2– January 2006
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Reporters : Mr Campbell, Mrs Pearson, Mrs Martindale, Mrs Gabony, Mr O’Connor, Mrs McGrath, Mr Trevorrow, Miss Doughty, Mr Dean, Mrs Gower, Mr Pinch, Mrs Karanja, Mr Bryden. Editor Mr Coughlan
Editorial Team......
AWARD SPREE AT HIGHCLIFFE
Young Poets In this issue we are high-lighting a number of suc-cesses achieved by our young people individually and in small teams Pictured right are the stu-dents who have had their poems published in a Na-tional Anthology (see full story on p3). This is a great achievement and a teatament to the hard work both of the young people themselves and the staff of the English Faculty. Future Engineers Also featured inside are the students who have, with the support of the De-sign and Technology Fac-ulty, made such a success of the F1 Challenge. We wish them even more suc-cess as they progress through the competition and hope to bring you even more good news in future issues. Individual Students Individual students have
always contains slips that you can use for this pur-pose.
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In the Community
Teachers’ TV comes to Highcliffe
In early December, High-cliffe was pleased to be in-vited to take part in the fil-ming of a programme for the new Teachers’ TV channel. We were initially invited to provide a lesson in Modern Languages using a new resource, but once we got into discussion with the film team they showed such interest in Highcliffe that they asked if we would be willing also to provide a class in Citizens-hip for the television cameras. Thus it was that two groups of Year Ten students had the op-portunity to smile, perform and show their knowledge before the television crew. Mr Hughes provided a live-ly lesson using a new Citi-
zenship resource and it was a clear success ac-cording to all who were involved. Mr Campbell put his group through a new group opportu-nity in Italian – the willing and budding Year Ten students were able to converse in Italian with a television ca-mera and sound boom sta-ring them in the face – no mean achievement ! And again, the ‘Italians’ res-
ponded enthusiastically and competently, comple-ting a very enjoyable les-son. After the lessons, Mr Hughes and Mr Campbell were then interviewed indi-vidually on their opinions
on the new tea-ching resources which we were as-ked to evaluate. Sadly, we do not yet know the broadcasting date for the programme, but we think it will be sometime in Fe-bruary – and as Teachers’ TV is only
available in the early hours for Freeview viewers, there will be a lot of recording machines whirring into mo-tion in the night when we are told of the time when
students and staff gain their 15 minutes of fame, just as
Andy Warhol promised us all those years ago. We await our BAFTA award !
Report by Mr Campbell
Shoebox Success Increases Yet Again
Where did I put that… jumper, file, scarf, sports kit, pair of gloves, umbrella, MP3 player, pencil case, keyring, book, CD, pen, or-ganizer, hat, mo-bile phone, ring, necklace, cuddly toy, skateboard, jumper, file,
Please collect your lost property from the Student Support
Office
Last term the School once again took part in Opera-tion Christmas Child, a national charitable appeal that encourages people to put together shoeboxes filled with presents to send to disadvantaged children across the world. Through the generosity of our staff and students, once again we beat the re-cord we set last year, with 483 boxes of presents cre-ated. A very big thank you to everybody who took part!
Report by Mr Yapp
Faculty News
English— Anthology Success
Stars in our Eyes! The English Faculty are de-lighted to re-port consider-able success in the recent Young Writers’ ‘Great Minds’ and ‘Wordsmith’ competitions. We had entries selected in both the po-etry and nar-rative catego-ries and those selected have now been profession-ally published in a national Anthology of young writ-ers’ work available for sale in good bookshops every-where. The poetry entries were judged on perception and imagination as well as ex-pression, use of language and interpretation. Con-gratulations to the follow-ing poets: Joe Sherred, Charles Sugden, Heather Moult, Sean Hynes, Alan Hyland, Elizabeth McDon-ald, Gabriella Cooper, Tom Griffiths, Emily Millar, Christopher Symons, Leanne Stretton, Michael Albin, Ellie Stanton, Emma Cardus, Nicola Hazzard, Sarah Di Battista, Rachel Cresswell, Jenny Higson, Lucy Etheridge, Lauren Nerissa Cooper. The narrative entries had a choice of three titles. En-trants were judged on their imagination and story tell-
ing skills as well as ex-pression, and use of language. Congratula-tions to the following au-thors: Lucy Coulson, Lauren Coul-son, Heidi Barnett, Jonathan Swindells, James Gut-sell, Alex
Calder, Alex Spencer, Alice Curtin, Phillip Beale, Issy Donald, Asya Zuyeva, Emily McDonald, Jenna Lloyd, Miles Redrup, Joe Roach, James Bantock, Thomas Smith, Stephen Hutt, Amy Gilbert, Carolyn Franklin, James O’Cal-laghan, Alex Rowe, Adam Horwich, Joanna Bennet, Will Fry, Amy Fowgies, Fern Howard, Holly Welton, Neil Chapman, Amy Currie, and David Johnson. Report by Mrs Pearson and
Miss Martindale
Calling all budding authors and poets!
Always dreamed of being famous? Fancy having your work published? Now’s your chance to make those dreams come true. Due to the recent success in the Young
Writers narrative and poetry competitions, the English Department have decided to
create a ‘Highcliffe Anthology’. We need YOU! Or, more specifically, any poems or stories that you are particularly
proud of and wish to be considered for publication.
The anthology aims to reflect some of the outstanding talent we have in the school -
from Year 7 through to Year 13. Please submit work electronically to
hpearson@hs by 24th March. Work submitted must be your own work,
and no longer than 30 lines for poems and 500 words for stories.
We are looking forward to reading your work!
Mrs Gabony
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Expressive Arts
Year 10 Expressive Arts Congratulations to all Year 10 Expressive Arts stu-dents who produced some outstanding performances in their recent G.C.S.E. practical examination. The theme for the work was ‘People and Places’ and we chose to focus on Africa as our starting point. Students studied songs by Ladysmith Black Mambazo as well as de-veloping their own Gumboot dances. They also used the powerful play ‘Amajuba-Like Doves we Rise’ as a stimulus for producing original performance pieces. Students under-took lots of research as well as being responsi-ble for props, cos-tumes, lighting, sound and staging. Their pieces com-bined elements of drama, dance and music and top-ics ranged from a study ofapartheid to mining con-
ditions in South Africa at the beginning of the twentieth century. We look forward to future work by this talented group of performers. Well done! CADARTS Festival 2005 Students from Highcliffe School were invited to take part in the recent annual Christchurch and District Arts Festival. This event is open to all schools in the
area including private drama, music and dance academies and involves all age ranges competing for a place at the Grand Final Per-formance at the Regent
Centre, Christchurch. A group of Year 11s decided to choreograph an original dance piece entitled ‘Lose Control’ which combined elements of street dance with contemporary dance movements to create an energetic and highly inno-vative piece. The students performed their work in the first round of the com-petition and were chosen to take part in the Grand
Final. Apart from the original choreogra-phy, the students de-vised their own cos-tumes and make up and developed an ap-propriate soundtrack. The evening was a showcase for the best performances in all arts areas and the Year 11’students per-formed with verve and professionalism.
Congratulations to Lucy Brooks, Ria Trudgeon, Maria Seton-Smith, Dan-ielle Trudgeon, Lucy Skilli-corn, Sam Taylor and Rox-anne Carr.
Science—Biology raises its profile
Record numbers of A level biologists at Highcliffe!
Nearly 50 students now study A level Biology
making The Biology de-partment the largest of
the Biology teams in the Christchurch Sixth Form. Students are progressing with their
studies extremely well, with most now submit-ting their AS level coursework ahead of schedule. The photo-graphs show students engaged in their project work. Report by Mr O’Connor
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Junior Jones visits High-cliffe Top professional choreog-rapher, Junior Jones, vis-ited Highcliffe School re-cently to work with 90 Year 7-9 and Year 10 Ex-pressive Arts students. For 5 solid hours Year 7-9 were put through their paces and worked with amazing commitment and focus throughout the day. Junior developed a piece of contemporary dance based on the abstract idea of ‘Falling and Flying’ which included highly imaginative and challenging dance moves, which the students are now using as a stimu-lus as preparation for their Rock Challenge piece. Year 10 Expressive Arts stu-dents also had a fantastic experience working with Junior, who helped them create a powerful series of motifs which they will be able to develop further during their Expressive Arts lessons. The Year 10’s learnt much about the creative process including the dedication, discipline and determination needed to reach a high level in the arts and hopefully they can apply this experience to all areas of their learning. Well done to all students who took part in these in-spirational workshops!
Report by Mrs. McGrath Highcliffe School Christ-mas Concert 2005 On the 19th December 2005 Highcliffe School pre-sented their Christmas concert. Students from all year groups were repre-sented in a concert includ-ing solo music for piano, guitar & viola as well as ensemble music for brass
quintet, rock band, jazz band and choir. The audi-ence was also given a brief taster of the Hot Mi-kado (this year’s musical extravaganza) which will be performed by over 100 students from the 2nd to the 4th of March 2006. The range of music and quality of performance was outstanding with many members of the audience
commenting on the talent on show and the hard work that had been put in by all involved. I would like to personally thank Miss McMillan for her tireless ef-fort in the music depart-ment as well as the staff and students involved in making the concert such a success.
Report by Mr Trevorrow
PE News
U13 Girls Reach County Cup Final The girls’ U13 football team played St Peter’s in the knock out stages of the third round. It was a set-tled start and Highcliffe were keeping possession well in St Peter’s half. After good build up play a cross was played for Jade Rho-des to put in the back of the net. With Highcliffe girls increasing in confi-dence they responded quickly with another goal, as the goalkeeper stum-bled with the ball and mid-field player Hannah Vin-cent made the ball hers. Highcliffe managed to maintain pressure and with a great corner, Hannah made her second goal and made it 3-0 at half time. With the team’s confidence high they were able to keep the game settled in the second half although the weather was poor and the wind and rain made flowing football difficult. In the last 10 minutes a free kick was awarded and Demi Curtin stepped up; as it rebounded off the wall Demi made sure to follow up and finish with the ball
in the back of the net. The match ended with a 4-0 win putting Highcliffe though to the semi-finals. It was West Moors in the semi-final. It was a really exciting high-scoring match and within the first 5 minutes West Moors managed to score with a great volley going in the top right but Highcliffe were quick to respond and Ebony Day managed to pull one back to even up the score. Only 10 minutes later and both teams had scored another goal. West Moors managed to score another goal from a corner and eventually the half time whistle went with the score at 3-2. Highcliffe girls knew that they were capable of scoring more goals and once back on the pitch Aimee Falla managed to level the score once more. With increasing con-fidence Highcliffe were constantly knocking the ball forward and striker Demi Curtin managed to out run her defender to score. Highcliffe were starting to maintain pres-sure and with a great cor-ner, Lucy Webb made it 5-3. With the team’s confi-dence high, Sarah Stocker managed to find the back
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of the net from 30 yards out. But in the last 10 min-utes West Moors managed to pull one back. The match ended in a 6-4 win, putting Highcliffe though to the county cup finals. Well done girls!
Report by Miss Doughty Rugby Trip Towards the end of last term a number of Year 7, 8 and 9 students were lucky enough to be given the opportunity to make a rugby trip to visit Twicken-ham and watch the annual Varsity match. This was not only as a reward for them playing well and their attendance at after school clubs but also as a reward for their general behaviour throughout school. They
had a great day, enjoying both the rugby and the oc-casion. It is possible that we might make this an an-nual event. Report by Mr Dean Tumbling Success Congratulations to the Years 7 & 8 gymnasts who represented the school at the Dorset Schools' Team Tumbling Competition on November 27th: Steven Dow, Holly-Beth Hassall, Jessica Rijska (Year 7), Heidi Barnett and Sofia Constantinou (Year 8). Af-ter the first round the team was in 4th place but they performed really well in the final to reach the sil-ver medal position - well done! Report by Mrs Gower
ters in Yeovil. The F1 chal-lenge is a national competi-tion created to inspire stu-dents about science, engi-neering and technology. It involves students designing, building, testing and racing CO2 powered cars on a 20metre racetrack. Ten stu-dents making up three
Design & Technology
F1 in Schools Challenge On Tuesday 29th Novem-ber the South West re-gional final of the F1 in Schools challenge took place at Westland Helicop-
teams from High-cliffe School took part, accom-panied by their teach-ers Mr Neil Pinch, Mr Mar-tin Simmons, the Head teacher Ms Judith Potts, as well as Mr Mike Greaves and Mr Rory Whitcher from Keith Motors in Christ-church, their very suppor-tive sponsors. The competition was spread over two days. The teams were tested on their car’s speed, their reaction times, and a portfolio of work along with a verbal presentation. The stan-dard at the event was high and although no represen-tative from Highcliffe School won the competi-tion outright, we did win some discretionary awards. Team Blast, con-sisting of Thomas Bantock, James Bantock and Will Fry won the award for Best Marketing & Sponsor-ship. Also winning were Team Wildfire, consisting of Stephen Hutt, Steven Alton, Thomas Smith and Mat Davanzo won the award for Best Team Mar-keting Product. Other su-perb competitors were Dragonettes, consisting of Beth Waters, Katy Harrald and Kelly-Ann Price. The teams are now looking for-ward to the Dorset heat, which will be occurring in July, and to the next South West final in November of next year.
Report by Mr Pinch
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Art & Photography—Hot on the heels of Emily’s success
14—19 At Highcliffe
Modular Examinations As I write Year 12 and 13 students are working hard writing their AS/A2 Modu-lar exams supported by their subject teachers and tutors. We wish them every success and will con-tinue to offer them all the support we can in lessons and tutor sessions as they move into the final stages of their courses. University Applications I have been very pleased to note an increase in stu-dents applying to univer-sity this year. We have over 50 students who have applied for a place on a Higher Education course. In order to help students with their choices, they took part in a programme of preparation for Higher Education that included trips to the Bournemouth Higher Education Conven-
tion and residential trips to Oxford and Plymouth uni-versities. As more students apply to university, it is be-coming increasingly com-petitive to gain places at Britain’s top universities. However, I am delighted to report that Alex Sachs has been accepted to study Ge-ography at Keble College, Oxford. It is also becoming more and more challenging to enter the medical profes-sion. As more students are achieving top grades at A level, new assessment strategies have been intro-duced such as the BMAT medical admissions test. A greater emphasis is now being placed on gaining relevant work experience, and I am sure the admis-sions tutors were very im-pressed by the very wide range of experience gained by Lucy Emmett, including
work shadowing a surgeon for a week at Southampton Hospital. I am very pleased to report that Lucy has been accepted to study Medicine at St George’s Medical School in London and is waiting for offers from her other cho-sen universities. Many of our students are currently holding offers from their chosen universi-ties and are going through the difficult process of choosing which places to accept. Former Students We were sorry to say goodbye to Year 13 in the summer, but very pleased to see them enter the adult world with many stu-dents embarking on their university careers. David Richardson began his Vet-erinary Medicine course in London, Emma Jones is reading English at South-ampton, Danny Toop is
Sixth Form Update
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reading Law at Exeter, Jenny Curtis is also at Exe-ter—reading English, Alex Smith is reading Geogra-phy at Nottingham, Samantha Hookings is reading Law at Kent and many other students are enjoying university life at their chosen institution. We are looking forward to seeing these students again on March 30th at our Awards and Certificate Presentation Evening. This event will take place in the Da Vinci Centre, followed by a glass of wine and buf-fet served by our catering students. Beyond Lessons The social life of the Sixth Form is thriving. So far this year, students have taken part in a teambuilding trip to Calshot Activities Centre where activities included climbing, abseiling, arch-ery and cycling in a velo-drome. Our Christmas bowling trip was very popular and we are cur-rently arranging a trip to Matcham’s ski centre. We continue to be im-pressed by how hard our students are prepared to work to support both the school and local commu-nity. Many students now give up their time to work in local schools as part of our work experience pro-gramme. We also now have a mentoring team who work with Year 7 stu-dents on an individual ba-sis and have helped them in many ways, including settling into school and im-proving organisational and study skills. Our charity team has worked very hard this year and raised an impressive £300 for
Children in Need and £350 for Julia’s House Hospice. Events included a fancy dress street collection in Highcliffe, staff and Sixth Form students dressing in school uniform, leg and chest waxing and hair shaving. Principal students have been chosen by each fac-ulty and do a great job promoting their subject at Open Evenings and gener-ally throughout the school. We even have some stu-dents who share their sub-ject knowledge with oth-ers, including Alex Sachs who has been helping teach an AS module and our CSLA (Community Sports Leader Award) stu-dents who have been coaching students at High-cliffe and Ballard. All these contributions have been greatly appreciated by my-self and the rest of the school.
Report by Mrs Karanja
Pennall, Vicky Gee and Amy Nicholls debated against Ashley Smith and Jack Smith on the subject of whether celebrities were a damaging influence on society. The house voted that celebrities were not a damaging influence. The debates have been well at-tended with both students and teachers participating. Everyone has enjoyed the process of contributing and airing their views with pas-sion, spark and sometimes with humour. Another de-bate is scheduled for the start of February, before preparation for the next round of debates begin again. If you're interested in taking part, please let me know.
Report by Mr Bryden
Debating Society
Last term saw the creation of an exciting development in the enrichment pro-gramme for 6th Formers. Under the aegis of Mr Bry-den, a group of 6th Form-ers have been meeting on Thursday lunchtimes to prepare and present de-bates to fellow students. So far, Andrew Satherly, James Rowdon and Andrew Rogers have debated whether political correct-ness was an attack on freedom of speech, with the house voting almost unanimously that it was. The following week, Megan
Leeson House Collaboration
A Level Biologists Enjoy Success On The Jurassic
Coast Highcliffe School Year 13 students have recently completed a highly suc-cessful residential marine ecology Field trip at Leeson House Field Studies Centre on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset. Leeson House is the only UK Field Studies Centre located on World Heritage Status designated land. The school has worked over a period of time with the staff at Leeson House to develop an intensive 3-day course specific to the Edexcel Bi-ology A level course (6106). The staff from Highcliffe now work in con-junction with the Leeson House teachers to deliver a
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high quality course. The course itinerary includes the study of an aquatic (marine) ecosystem as well as a terrestrial (sand dune) ecosystem on the im-pressive and unique Ju-rassic Coast. The coastline benefits from exceptional sites of geo-graphical and geological interest as well as those particularly appropriate to the Edexcel A level Biology course. This programme can be extended into a 5-day pro-gramme to enable stu-dents to use the work cov-ered in days 1 to 3 to con-duct their individual A2 coursework assignments. There is ample scope to develop the trip to accom-
modate Geography and Ge-ology A level students as
well. Leeson House is an im-pressive character manor house with com-manding
views over the rural location to Swanage Bay and the distant Isle of Wight. The Centre facilities are exception-ally high, where a particular emphasis is paid to meet indi-vidual school requirements. The teaching facilities are particularly good and are
used across the age range from primary schools to University students. There are also ample social and recreational facilities. The accommodation is ex-cellent, as is the food! Leeson House is a very popular venue for many courses and so bookings of at least a year in advance are essential. The Centre staff will also help to plan the best dates for specific
field-work - the lunar calendar is regu-larly used to plot the high and low tides around the spring
and autumn equinoxes! Report by Mr O’Connor
Children In Need Fundraising
The Sixth Form threw themselves with gusto into a range of fundraising ac-tivities on Children in Need day. Just one example of this being that a number of
them joined some male members of staff in getting heads shaved or enduring the pain of having their legs waxed (see photo). In all the Sixth Form contrib-uted £900 to the total of about £2000 raised throughout the school.
The Japanese Are Coming!!! 21st March—1st April
12 Students and 2 Staff From Hiroshima Boys’ School
If you would like to be involved in any way in this visit, possibly even hosting one of our visitors, please contact Mr Bryden via the school office.
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The International
Dimension
The school sees its responsibilities as a Language College as going beyond the teaching of languages. It is about giving our young people a true sense of the world at large as well as their responsibilities and their opportunities within it. A vital component of this is the development of links with our partner schools whether via electronic technology or by the use of personal experience.
Christmas Market
On Friday 2nd December 41 intrepid Highcliffe students from Years 9 & 10 braved the gales that were lashing the South coast and set off for the German Christmas markets, led by Mr. Hill & ably assisted by Ms Weidemann, Mr. Simmons and Mrs. Zuch-hold. The itinerary started with a visit to the Me-dieval Market, complete with jugglers, fire-eaters, danc-ers and musicians. The students were ravenous and made a dash for the stall with the spit roast suckling pig, where the spicy pork on a skewer went down a treat. Next to the real, live manger scene they were entertained by the medieval musicians. Next stop was the Stoll-werk Chocolate Museum. What is it about chocolate that made this one of the highlights? Perhaps it was the chocolate fountain where students were able to taste fresh, warm chocolate on wafer bis-cuits! “I wonder if I can just go round again?” The chocolate shop at the end did a roaring trade. By now it was dusk and the walk back along the Rhine was magical, with all the sights and the countless boats il-
luminated with Christmas lights. After a stroll through the Altstadt it was on to the Alter Markt and time to get acquainted with Bratwurst, Waffles and Glühwein, or in the students’ case, Frucht-punsch. The myriad of stalls selling all manner of
festive wares made this a real de-light. Finally it was time to enjoy a meal in a restau-rant and finish off the eve-ning in the Domplatz mar-ket underneath the mas-sive Gothic Cathedral. Stu-dents were pleasantly sur-prised by the standard of accommodation in the Jugendgästehaus and the ample breakfast the follow-ing morning. Sunday started with a visit to the Cathedral, where a service was in progress, allowing us to enjoy a few moments of the amazing choir and powerful organ music. The 509-step chal-lenge came next and eve-ryone in the group made it to the top of the tower. The reward was a superb view across the city and the countryside beyond.
We had saved the best market until last. The Neu-markt, its entrance guarded by two massive Nutcracker figures, pro-vided the group with many last presents before it was time to get back on the coach and head for home. One final bonus – for those
who needed even more choco-late, we made a stop at a Bel-gian Choco-
late factory not far from Calais, before a much calmer journey home. On leaving the coach late in the evening one student said in passing: “It was a great trip – I even spoke quite a bit of German! Can I go again next year?”
Snippets
In addition to the Japanese exchange there are a num-ber of International links that the school is pursuing. These include an exchange with a school in the Neth-erlands, participation in a Government initiative to promote UK-India links and possible work with a teacher in Bulgaria. Look out for news of these, and other links, in future issues.
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high...higher...Highcliffe!
As you know, we believe it is very important that we recognise the achievements made by all of the members of the school community. This applies whether those achievements are academic, sporting or social and also whether they are made in school or outside school. The more achievements are recognised, the greater the
incentive to achieve even more.
Emily Wallis
You will remember that in the last issue we reported on the success of Year 13 Photography student Emily Wallis in reaching the na-tional final of the RSPCA Young Photographer com-petition. Since the report Emily has
attended the final judging where her photograph was put on dis-play at the Natural His-tory Mu-seum. Al-though she did not win her photo-graph was commended by the
Adam Horwich
Well done again to Adam Horwich of Tutor Group 8.4 who recently achieved a Merit in his Grade 5 Piano examination. We wish him good luck in achieving his next target of passing the Grade 5 examination in Jazz Piano.
Hannah Currie
Headteacher Awards
News just in… congratula-tions also to Hannah Currie of Tutor Group 9.2 who has just heard that she has not only passed her Grade 5 Ballet examination, taken just before Christ-mas, but also was awarded a distinction. Well done!
Congratulations to the fol-lowing students who, on the recommendation of their subject teachers, have received Head-teacher’s Awards for their performance and effort in the relevant subjects. Catherine White (Science), James Calder (Science), Sam Tresman (Science), Brennan Fish (Science), Serena Richardson (Humanities), Jonathan Kenny (Humanities), Graeme Morgan (Humanities), Katie Clark
(Humanities), Jamie Rickard (Expressive Arts), Emma Fisher (Expressive Arts), Danielle Trudgeon (Expressive Arts), Emily-Jane Charge (Expressive Arts), Tony Wiggins (Technology), Alex D Mar-tin (Technology), Rowenna Silverwood (Technology), Claire Smith (Technology), Charlotte Arias-Casquete (Maths), Heather Moult (Maths), Mark Dore (Maths), Hannah Attwater (Maths), Virginia Moseley (MFL), Andrew McDonald (MFL), Victoria L Harris (MFL), Christopher Wil-liams (MFL), Jade Van Der Vyver (ICT), Emily Waters (ICT).
judges and can be viewed on the RSPCA website (she is pictured here with her photo). Not content with this, Emily has also won the second and third prize categories in a recent pho-tographic competition run
by the Wessex Au-tistic Society. The competition entitled 'By the Water' was launched to raise funds for The Dom-ino Appeal. For this she won a new cam-era and a pair of binoculars. Con-
Aimee Falla
Another competition win-ner is Aimee Falla (see also the U13 girls football re-port in the Faculty News section) who was one of a number of students en-couraged by the Art De-
partment to enter a Christ-mas Art competition run by Mitchells Estate Agents, to-wards the end of last term. Aimee was delighted to be one of the winners of the competition, receiving a new bicycle for herself and a £100 cheque for the school. Well done Aimee!
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Can we take this opportunity to thank all parents who have taken advantage of the these achievement slips to inform us of the activities and successes of our young peo-ple. As ever we wish to celebrate all the achievements of the students, in and out of school. We are unable to do this without your support.
H2U, Vol 5 Issue 2 - January 2006 Page 12
