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Gable Talk The Gable Hall School Newsletter
Issue 4 - Autumn Term Thursday 05 November 2015
Year 7 Talent Show
Diary Dates
Wednesday 11 November Drama Help for Heroes
Showcase
Saturday 14 November 10% Performing Arts
Auditions 9-1pm
Monday 16 November Staff Training Day / Non Student Day
Monday 23 November -
Friday 27 November Year 11 Mock exams
Tuesday 24 November Year 9 Parent’s Evening
4.30 - 7.30pm
Thursday 26 November Ski Trip meeting 6pm
Tuesday 1 December
Dance KS3 Showcase 4pm
Wednesday 2 December GAR Year 7&8 Parent Surgery 4.30 - 5.30pm
Thursday 3 December
Sixth Form Open Evening
This year's annual Mock Interview Day for year 11 students took place on Wednesday 21st October. Year 11 students did Gable Hall proud, with their impeccable dress sense, their confident attitude and their general preparedness for the big wide world ahead of them. All students prepared a progress file in advance of the interview day in which they added a CV, personal statement and application form, as well as any certificates, examination results and additional information relevant to their interview. There was a large amount of positive feedback from the interviewers, and one lady stated ‘it was the best cohort of students I have interviewed in all the years I have interviewed with Gable Hall'. There were roughly thirty students who scored higher than 15/20, and fifteen students who gained full marks. The interviewers were only allowed to select six students to go through to the second interview day, and a chance to win £80 prize money courtesy of Thurrock Lions. The following students were selected and all received a prize with special congratulations to those winners of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize: 1st – Macy Window, 2nd – Isabelle Moore and 3rd – Ekene Izegbu. Oriana Mercer, Joshua Nyinabarinzi and Daisy Stickings were very noble runners up. Well done to all year 11 who took part!
Mock Interview Day
Year 11 Btec Performing Arts organised a Year 7 Talent Show as part of their course before half term. We decided it would be a great opportunity for some Year 7 students to perform and it would also be a great way to end their first half term at Gable Hall. The performers were excellent and performed to a very high standard. The Year 7’s watching the performance were well behaved and all had made banners to cheer on their friends. The atmosphere was great. Well done to the performers and well done to the Btec students for organising an excellent event!
THE HEROES EVENING
WEDNESDAY 11th
NOVEMBER 2015
DANCE / DRAMA /
MUSIC
PERFORMANCES
7.00PM - 8.15PM
@ GABLE HALL
SCHOOL
Adults £2
Concession £1
Fundraising for...
During the last six weeks we have purchased lots of new books for Sixth Form and School Libraries. All books are now catalogued and ready to read. Our next step is to recall all our outstanding loans. The process will be: Books are taken out for a two week period. They can be returned to the Library earlier than two weeks or have the loan period extended for a week at a time, by the Librarian.
After three weeks, a letter will be sent to the form teacher who will remind the student to return the book to the Library.
After four weeks, a letter/email will be sent home to Parent/Carer, to remind the student to return the overdue book.
After six weeks, with book not returned, a phone call home, to Parent/Carer, for either money for new book or replacement book.
When we have all overdue books returned we will be rearranging book shelving to promote all stock to enable better selection for students. Your help in this matter would be much appreciated. Mrs Georgiou - Librarian
Girl Football Players, we need YOU!!!
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CONTINUING YOUR POST 16
EDUCATION WHILST COMBINING IT WITH PLAYING FOOTBALL?
After the success of the Boys Football Academy at the Stanford & Corringham Sixth Form Centre. We now want to offer aspiring Girl football players the opportunity of full-time education and a Football Programme for students aged 16-19.
Open Evening - Thursday 3rd December (GHS) COURSE DETAILS
2 year programmes
Study Level 3, BTEC National, Extended Diploma in Sport and Exercise Science or chose 3/4 A-Levels alongside your Football Training.
Gain FA Level 1 Coaching Badge with the possibility of Level 2 FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE
Compete in Regional and National Competitions
Regular Coaching
Progression into different football/sporting pathways What is the Stanford & Corringham Sixth Form Centre Football Academy?
The Stanford & Corringham Sixth Form Centre comprises of a partnership between the three schools of Gable Hall, Hassenbrook and St Clere's
Fully qualified teachers from Gable Hall, St Clere’s & Hassenbrook School
will be responsible for the delivery of the Level 3, BTEC National, Extended Diploma in Sport and Exercise Science and A Level courses.
Students will have the opportunity to access a number of educational
programmes with the prospect of timetabling their football training and matches around their vocational and academic qualifications.
Training Kit All students selected for the Football Academy will be supplied with a training kit and a match day tracksuit. For further details please contact Mr C Wilson at Gable Hall School
Library update
Star Wars Club Star Wars Club is a friendly place for children. It is on Thursdays and Fridays at Food Break 2. If your Form Teacher knows, you can stay for the whole hour of Food Break. You are allowed to bring food, but it has to be cold. The things you get to do at Star Wars Club are really fun. You get to take the books home and read there. To sign up go to the Library at any time. It is in the LRC at 12.15 -1.15
- Written by Adem Burton Year 7
Date Subject Year Group
Monday, 23rd Nov Media Studies 11
Monday, 23rd Nov Music 10 & 11
Tuesday, 24th Nov History 11
Tuesday, 24th Nov ICT 11
Tuesday, 24th Nov Maths - Non Calc 11
Wednesday, 25th Nov Maths - Calculator 11
Wednesday, 25th Nov French 11
Thursday, 26th Nov Business Studies 11
Thursday, 26th Nov PE 11
Friday, 27th Nov Computer Science 11
Friday, 27th Nov German 11
Year 11 Mock Examinations
#WaterSavingSelfie
This term saw the launch of the #watersavingselfie, which was the culmination of the project launched by Fresh Thinking, the Gable Hall team who won Thurrock's Next Top Boss. Essex and Suffolk Water were so impressed with the winning proposal, that they decided to launch it for real, as it was a novel way of getting young people to think about saving water. All Gable Hall students came home with a T-shirt and some water saving tips earlier in the term and pupils have been posting their tips on twitter and Facebook. Thank you to everybody who has taken part in the social media campaign. Essex and Suffolk Water are currently visiting homes in the Thurrock area to fit free water saving devises. Look at their website for further details.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
Congratulations to...
Commendations
56 Commendations have been awarded
Letters will be sent home shortly.
Above & Beyond Awards
22 have been awarded
Letters will be sent home shortly
On Sunday 27 September, Taylor Knight participated in a triathlon at Hever Castle as part of the Castle Triathlon Series. Taylor was successful in raising £1201 for the charity Cancer Research UK. The event involved a 200m swim in a very cold lake, 4km bike and 2km run. The event was a real challenge and Taylor persevered, finishing the whole race with a big smile on his face and telling jokes to the marshals on the way. Taylor's new scout group 1st Langdon Hills recognised his achievements by awarding him two badges: Fundraising and Sports Enthusiast. Congratulations on your achievements!
Stanford & Corringham sixth Form centre’s football academy have made a great start to the season, played 7 won 6. Their last victory came against Newham college, played at East Thurrocks Rocky Hill Stadium Winning 2-0. The team currently sit second in the league table in the 3rd round of the English Schools national cup and in the quarter finals of both the Essex League cup and Open school Essex cup.
Uniform/Footwear update
In order to help you when purchasing a new pair of shoes for your child we have included some images of acceptable and unacceptable footwear. Please contact the school if you are at all unsure before making your purchase
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Masterpiece of the week goes to…
Lauren Gray
This is a sample of Lauren’s Art work which is her Unit 1 GCSE final piece based on Natural Forms, in response to artists William Morris and Kaffe Fassett. Lauren’s design has been screen printed, and she has machine and hand embroidered it. She is going to be making a skirt with her finished piece. It is a beautiful piece of work…well done Lauren!
Did you know that the Duke of Edinburgh Award is a recognised award and looks great on your CV or university application?
Do you like a challenge, an adventure and enjoy feeling that sense of achievement?
Join the DofE Group within Gable Hall and take part in several overnight camping experiences together with first aid training, survival skills and belong to a great group of young
people.
Places are limited for both the Bronze Award and Silver Award, available to year 9 and 10’s only, but if you are interested please register as soon as possible with Mrs Alexander (Pastoral) to start your journey!
‘Kicker’ type shoes (not ankle boots) are a popular choice due to their hardwearing
nature.
‘Hybrid’ trainer/shoes are not acceptable.
Parent Surgery
Monday 9th November 2015 6-7.15pm Monday 16th November 2015 6-7.15pm
Please wait in the old reception. Thank you!
Contact us
Key Stage 3 Co-Ordinators [email protected]
(Miss Pooley) [email protected]
(Mrs Jeffrey) [email protected]
(Miss Nancolas) Key Stage 4 Co-Ordinators
[email protected] (Mr Cogger)
[email protected] (Miss Mead)
SEN Parent Surgery
To cut down on waiting times, SEN surgeries are now by appointment only. Please call to arrange to see the SENCo (Mr Grant Smith) should you wish to attend. 01375 400800 or email [email protected] FAO SENCO
HOMEWORK CLUB
Need a quiet place to work? Need help to get organised? Need support with projects? The Homework Club is the club for you! We run every day in the LRC from 3.05 until 4.30 Monday to Thursday and 3.05 – 4.00 on Friday. Two members of staff will be available to support you. No need to sign up, you can come along as you please. You will be asked to sign in on arrival and this will earn you points on the school reward system. If you have any queries please contact the team on
[email protected]. We look forward to seeing you there.
UNIFORM APPEAL
Dear Parents, Please check that the skirts you buy this term are not clingy, do cover your daughter’s knee and are straight cut. If in doubt, please send them to school in trousers. We will return students who wear the wrong skirt lengths etc., home. Thanking you for your support.
Please credit your SQUID account!
The initial overdraft facility given to all students on SQUID for cashless payments has now expired. Please remember to top up your SQUID account as your children may be unaware of low or zero funds being available when they approach the till with their items. As we all know this can cause anxiety and embarrassment in all of us. There are five ways of topping up SQUID, including Auto Top up and Direct Transfer. All are detailed on your SQUID portal.
Do you have (or know of someone with) talents you would like us to shout about? Please contact your child's Form Tutor or email us at [email protected] with details.
Can we do better? We are asking for parents to give us feedback on anything they feel we as a school can improve on. If you have any suggestions please email the school [email protected] for the attention of Mrs Jeffrey.
This term we are looking at developing our parent partnerships further and thought I would take the opportunity to remind
you of the work we have done so far and inform you of our events leading up to the end of term. We are looking to recruit a
number of parents for a range of roles from volunteers to supporting cultural events and fundraising activities. If you are able
to support us in any way please contact reception and leave your details, so we can join together to help move the school
further forward.
If your son/daughter suffers from Asthma, it is vital that they have an asthma pump on them at all times, and a spare one in the Medical Bay, especially now the weather conditions have changed!
