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Issue 22 March 2013 1
Issue 22 March 2013
Ides of March 2013
This week Dr Nigel Spivey (Emmanuel
College, Cambridge) delivered the
School’s second Ides of March Lecture
entitled, “The Classical Body”. In his
fascinating and entertaining speech to a
large and varied audience, Dr Spivey’s
observations ranged from the thinking
behind ancient Greek sculpture to the
relatively modern phenomenon of body
building, including his own humorous
experience of Muscle Beach in California.
Mr Towler (Head of Classics)
Year 10 Team Maths Challenge
Last Friday eight of our Year 10 girls, Moniba
Asgari, Rosie Belton, Abi Broome, Florence
Grummitt, Iman Gidado, Amelia Hughes,
Mary Kelada and Samantha Oram, took
part in the Further Mathematics Support
Network Maths Challenge at Dorothy
Stringer against other schools in the area.
The girls studied hard for the event which
required knowledge from a variety of topics
not on our syllabus. They worked well
together, with one of the two teams
gaining full marks on the studied round
about the ‘absolute value function’. They
should all be congratulated for their
performance in this tough event.
Well done, girls!
GDST 140TH ANNIVERSARY FILM
COMPETITION –
Judging is now in progress and our brilliant
BHHS films are available for viewing on the
GDST website. We are really proud that the
excellent work of our students is being
celebrated and promoted in this way. Now
we need your help – to
find all the shortlisted films. We are
confident you will be impressed by the work
of our students and might even feel moved
to vote for them! Please vote! All three of
the films we submitted are ready for your
votes.
Junior: Parr and Iona Scott with ‘Love of
Pie’.
Senior, years 7-9: Holly Booker, Jessye
Clarke, Clara Browne-Amorim, Madsie
Pavitt, Rosanna Lloyd with ‘A Normal Day
on the Bus’.
Senior, years 10-11: Alice Warner, Celeste
Gration, Matilda Macari, Louise Warner,
Phoebe Benjamin with ‘The Doorbell’.
Mrs Ashdown & Mr Whiteside
HEADITORIAL
Dear Parents and Students,
Last weekend I attended the Heads and College Leaders national conference. Amidst passionate debate
about proposed changes to the National Curriculum, GCSE’s and A Levels, the speech that struck me most
was given by John Cridland, Director General of the CBI. Representing the views of business on the
importance of education to long-term growth in our country, he argued that schools have to deliver on more
than just examination results. Quoting the American psychologist B F Skinner, he reminded us that: “Education
is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten."
He suggested that the school system ought to focus on characteristics, values and habits that last a lifetime.
We should encourage young people, he said, to be determined – to develop grit and tenacity; to be
optimistic – demonstrating enthusiasm, showing gratitude, being confident and ambitious and, importantly,
to be emotionally intelligent, understanding the importance of humility, respect, good manners and sensitivity
to others.
His speech made a lot of sense to me and, as we embark on a re-structuring of our Personal Social and
Health Education curriculum at BHHS next term, I will be asking colleagues to explore some of the CBI’s
education proposals in their planning.
I would also be interested in the views of parents and girls as to what you feel should be part of a PSHE
programme at the school and would welcome ideas via e-mail. You can read the full CBI ‘First Steps’ Report
on education reform here: www.cbi.org.uk
Have a good weekend. Jennifer Smith
Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help with the water station at the Brighton Marathon on Sunday 14th April. We still have a few places left. If you would like to volunteer please e-mail [email protected] to register.
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Year 11 GCSE Drama Performance – “Shakers”
The Year 11 gave their final GCSE performances on Wednesday evening. The moderator had visited during the afternoon, which was a
tense and nerve wracking time. The evening gave them the opportunity to enjoy themselves as their audience certainly did. There were
five extracts, all performed to the highest possible standard. The extracts from ‘Shakers’ were very well observed, making their audience
laugh and reflect at the same time. ‘My Sister in This House’ was chilling and shocking, brilliantly executed. ‘Adrian Mole’ was hysterical
and the characterisation was superb. All girls are to be congratulated on some truly amazing Drama. Caroline Schilt
FASHION SHOW 2013
Tuesday night saw the annual Fashion Show at Brighton and Hove High School, an event organised by the Sixth Form in aid of charity. This year the chosen charities were the the Rockinghorse Appeal and the Neimann-Pick Disease Group. Girls from year 7 to year 13 took part, modelling clothes from a range of local shops including Ted Baker, Gap, Lavender Rooms and Fair. The staff took part, too, modelling outfits from I Gigi. The girls looked stunning showcasing dresses from Coast, Chic Boutique on Church Road, Hove and Walk-in Wardrobe. The finale of the evening saw the girls showcasing bridal dresses from Ocean Brides in Hove. The evening was a huge success with over £2400 raised for the chosen charities.
Issue 22 March 2013 3
JUNIOR EDITORIAL
Dear Parents,
Although we still have
three and a half days left
this will be the last
newsletter of the term. It
has been a wonderful
final week culminating in
the Year 5,4,&3
production and
Grandparents Afternoon.
Both were so brilliantly
supported and it has
been wonderful to really
highlight the talents of
the girls and their great
team work.
We have also had part
two of the parents
evening which I hope
was valuable. As a staff
we discussed whether it is
preferable to have the
parents’ evenings on
consecutive days or
consecutive weeks. We
also discussed the online
booking system. Any
feedback on both points
would be really
appreciated. We sadly
say farewell to Mrs James
next week, and thanks
for all her commitment
over the past 5 years and
our best wishes for the
future.
I hope that all BHHS
families have a
wonderful Easter break
and see you all on 16th
April.
Best Wishes
Sian Cattaneo
PRIMARY MATHS
CHALLENGE
Berniya Hamie, Ernestine
Bradley and Florence Haggis
managed to get into the final
of the Primary Maths Challenge
which is an achievement in
itself, and last week we heard
that Berniya had got a Bronze
medal for scoring 21 out of 25!
So, well done to all three of
them.
Earth Hour
At the Junior School we are
supporting Earth Hour for the
5th consecutive year.
Inspiring hundreds of millions to
protect our brilliant planet
WWF’s Earth Hour is a unique
annual phenomenon that
focuses the world’s attention on
our amazing planet, and how
we need to protect it.
At 8.30pm on Saturday 23rd
March hundreds of millions of
people will turn off their lights
for one hour, on the same
night, all across the world in a
huge, symbolic show of
support. It’s always a
memorable and spectacular
event with places from New
York to New Delhi going dark
for the hour. Check out their
website and join in the fun!
http://www.earthhour.org/
LAST DAY OF TERM
Just a reminder that the last
day of term, next Thursday 28th
March, will be a half day and
parents are asked to pick up
their children at 12.00pm
Nursery – Year 2, 12.15 for Years
3-6. Older siblings are allowed
to leave at the same time as
their younger siblings.
ORCHESTRA CONCERT
NEXT TUESDAY
The orchestra girls have been
busy preparing for a
presentation of pieces to their
parents next Tuesday 26th
March from 4pm. Some of the
orchestra girls will also be
performing a solo piece of their
own choice at this concert. The
concert will take place in the
Junior School hall, now
enhanced by our beautiful new
grand piano. Many of our
orchestra girls are at grade 1
level and have worked very
hard to learn the five pieces we
are performing. Most of all we
have really good fun making
music together and we hope
parents enjoy the product of
our hard work!
BOOK AWARDS
So much has happened since the last update. For instance,
three people have already won a prize in the Book Jacket
Competition and also writing descriptive reviews, namely Mia
Nathan, Clemmie Copeland and Teresa Mascsrenhas. (See
picture on the right)
Everybody is on their 4th out of 5th book. Somebody from
“Anonymous Book Worms said: “My favourite book so far is The
Messenger Bird because it is descriptive and I love the plot. “
Someone from “Radical Readers” said: “The Great Escape
because it is a good book”. I am currently reading The
Messenger Bird and I am inspired by the life of this boy without
his father. The most unpopular book so far is Small Changes for
Stuart because it is one of those books that you cant get into
quickly. The other book reps and I think that we could do a lot
better and win some more awards so if your child is doing the
book awards tell them to keep going with all these
competitions as there is a good chance they could win! The
prizes to win are books, MP3 players, and much more!
By Charlotte Hague, Year 6.
YEAR 2 PALAENTOLOGIST VISIT
On Tuesday Year 2 were lucky enough to have a visit from a
palaeontologist. Mr. Hindell came in for the morning and
shared with them his amazing fossil and bone collection; he
explained how fossils were formed and how they can be
excavated. He showed the girls the equipment he uses to
excavate fossils and how he became a fossil hunter. He
discussed the various fossils that he has found over 45 years
of collecting. These included fossilised sea urchins,
ammonites, ferns and dinosaur bones! The girls asked him
lots of clever questions, sketched him in his fossil hunting gear
and then wrote a list of the equipment you need to be an
amateur palaeontologist. They learnt a lot of new facts
about fossils and really enjoyed his visit. We’d like to thank
Mr. Hindell for spending time with us and also to Mrs. Hindell
for bringing in lovely homemade cakes for the staff!
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COMIC RELIEF
Red Nose Cake Sale
On Red Nose Day Georgia Chalk, Jessica Bunday, Ellie Bunday, Matilda Haynes and I (Phoebe Haynes) sold lots of cakes which we had
made. We thought it would be a good way of helping support Comic Relief. Matilda’s brownies were VERY good and sold very quickly. We
had a good mix of customers from BHHS, Cottesmore and Cardinal Newman; even Miss Parker, Miss Berlin and Mr Baynes came! In the end
we raised £145.58. Thank you to everyone that came.
Phoebe Haynes (5 1)
Penalty Shootout
Last Friday, in aid of Comic Relief, Eliza Steeles and Mr Baynes challenged the school to a penalty shootout. Lots of girls, and Mrs
Hausdoerfer, stepped up to the challenge. Eliza and Mr Baynes saved some fantastic goals and overall raised £15.00. Watch this space as
we think an England call up could be on the cards!
MORE FUN FOR YEAR 1 – LAVENDER LINE
The girls in Year 1 had a fabulous day at the Lavender Line at Isfield on Wednesday.
They explored the driver’s cab on a steam train in the engine shed, they found out
about levers in the signal box, they looked at the model railway and enjoyed two train
rides. Many girls reported their highlights as the picnic lunch, the souvenir shop and
going on a coach! It was a great way to round off our “On the move” topic.
Calendar
Sat 23rd
Mon 25th
PC Jones with KS2 and PC Joel with KS1/EY
all day
Tues 26th
Orchestra Presentation 4pm in Hall
Wed 27th
Thurs 28th
END OF TERM 12.00-12.15pm
MISSING SCHOOL COAT
A pupil in our Reception class lost
her coat during last week’s
parents’ evening. Would all
parents of younger pupils kindly
check the labels in their daughter’s
coats to ensure she is wearing the
correct one. Many thanks.
VOLUNTARY ONE WAY SYSTEM AND
ACCESS OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL
Could I please ask that parents
follow the voluntary one way
system, whereby cars do not
access the school by turning up
Radinden Manor Road from the
Old Shoreham Road. Can I also
please ask that parents do not
park or stop on the zigzags outside
the school, these must be kept
clear at all times. Thank you.