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HUISHHUISHHUISH July 2016
As another fantastic year at Huish draws to a close I wanted to just reflect for a moment or two on some of our achievements this year. Academic standards in 2015 The year started exceptionally well with another fantastic set of results from both our Year 11 and Huish Sixth students. In both cases our overall progress figure was significantly above national expectations which shows that our focus on ensuring every individual student achieves as well as they possibly can is paying dividends. In addition, with two students gaining places at Cambridge University from Huish Sixth, and over half our GCSE cohort achieving at least 1 A or A* grade, with a further 10% of GCSE students achieving 8 or more A or A* grades, it is clear that our emphasis on high expectations and academic excellence continues to stretch and challenge the most able as well as raising standards for all students. Our English Baccalaureate results continued to be amongst the highest in Somerset at 43% and reflects our belief that the curriculum should reflect the individual interests of students but also challenge them to achieve more than they ever thought possible. Memorable learning experiences beyond the classroom Of course we are aware results are only part of the educational offer that Huish provides. We are completely committed to the development of the whole child and see experiences beyond the classroom as a critical part of this work. During the year we have taken students on trips and activities 134 times which surpasses our previous record of 111. These trips take an enormous amount of time to organise and lead but we believe that learning outside the class-room is integral to students developing skills of leadership, teamwork and communication, as well as extending their cultural education and experience of life beyond Somerset. These trips have ranged from local fieldwork at Lulworth Cove for Year 9 Geographers to a visit to Bath University as part of the GCSE PE course and a Year 7 trip to encourage girls into Science. On the cultural front students have attended various trips to the theatre and arts events, such as, Year 11 watching Blood Brothers, Years 8-11 going to Comicon, as well as our students en-joying performances of Hamlet, Les Misérables, Macbeth, Made in Dagenham and War Horse. There have been numerous challenge type events with our students successfully taking part in Engineering Challenges, visiting the Explorium, the Flying Start Challenge, RSPB Great Crane Project and the Arts event held at Hestercombe House. Our 2015/16 foreign trips have included a French exchange to Nice, a language visit to Seville, geography expedition to Sicily, skiing in Austria, a sociology trip to Poland and an ICT trip to New York. Sporting successes Our students have also continued to dominate the sporting scene in Somerset with three of our netball teams progressing to Area Finals and winning their local league. Our Year 10 netball team won the Area Final as well as ultimately being crowned County Champions. Hockey continues to grow in popularity with our Year 11 team placed third in the Area Final. Huish students are
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part of both the England Hockey Development Centre as well as being represented at the Satellite Academy for netball which forms part of the England Netball Performance Pathway. Our new artificial grass pitch has really helped to further develop football at Huish. Our Year 7 boys team is undefeated this year and were crowned Area Champions which allows them to compete in County and National competitions next year. While our Year 9 team were Area Champions and made it to the fourth round of the Nationals. In rugby our Year 9 and 10 teams were Area Champions with Year 11 reaching the final, although unfortunately all were defeated in their semi-finals at County level. We are also seeing a strong improvement and participation from the girls in both football and, in particular, rugby. In basketball our Year 10 team is excel-ling as one of the County’s top teams and were selected to represent Somerset in the U15 National Tournament. There were of course many other team and individual highlights during the year from Huish students in athletics, swimming, rounders, Sports Leaders and gymnastics. Well done to all of the students and staff that make Huish such a centre for sporting excellence. Indeed this year we also welcomed cycling’s Tour of Wessex, England Ladies SW Elite Football squad and Arsenal Soccer Schools to Huish, such are the quality of our facilities. Excellence in the Arts
Finally we have continued to excel in Music, Drama and Art with a fantastic Fashion Show in February and an external Art Exhibition of student work at the Langport Gallery of Shak-speare Glass. There have been many, many Drama performances including a Shakespeare Fes-tival, primary school tour and Key Stage 3 performance of The Last Laugh. In Music we saw great performances in the Christmas Music concert and BTEC Music Concert and, of course, we were very much looking forward to the performance of West Side Story which was once again exceptional.
Further Campus developments to give all our students and local community outstanding facilities
We continue to upgrade our facilities throughout the year and the school has benefited from more than £6 million of investment in new teaching spaces and sports facilities over the past 6 years or so. We continue to want the very best facilities for our students though and have recently been successful in bidding for approximately £900,000 to completely refurbish our pool and changing rooms as well as turn the lido into a new indoor pool for use by the whole communi-ty throughout the year. This project is due for completion by next Summer, however, we need your help to raise £20,000. We will be trying to engage with the whole community over the next few months to help us to raise this money and are confident that with your help we can devel-op a brilliant swimming facility which will benefit our students as well as a range of users within the local community. Please watch out for further opportunities to help, or, if you know of a local business or person who may be interested in helping please let us know.
All of these developments mean that our school has continued to grow in numbers and is now more popular and successful than ever thanks to our brilliant students, great staff and amaz-ingly supportive parents.
As ever, many thanks for your support throughout the year and I hope you and your families have a very restful Summer holiday.
Andrew Davis
Principal
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STAFF LEAVING
LINDA GREEN Linda is retiring as Head of Art after 35 years teaching at Huish Episcopi. She has had an enormous impact on A level and GCSE students producing fantastic results. She has been very influential with organisations across the County and is a great believer in the benefits of working off-site with students, most recently at Hestercombe House – also at Barrington Court and Montacute House. She has taught famous names such as Alice Temperley and Sarah Ball, but is a strong advocate of ‘art for all’. We will miss her greatly!
MARTIN COHEN Martin has been with the Maths Department for 18 years. He has been very involved with challenges such as the very successful annual STOMP. Martin is retiring to pursue his hobbies and spend time with family.
SARAH LEAVEY Students and staff will miss the support given by Sarah working with the Student Support Hub as a Learning Support Assistant. She has been with the school for almost 11 years.
DARIUSZ BIALEK Darius has worked as an IT technician for just over 6 years. He has solved many of our computer problems with his know-how and we have been very grateful when all has seemed lost!
SAM JONES Sam has been with us as Head of Drama for 4 years. Along with the Music Department he has directed some absolutely amazing productions including Les Miserables, Guys and Dolls and this year’s West Side Story. These have become ever popular year by year with this year’s production running for four nights. He moves to a school in Plymouth as Head of Drama.
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US THIS SUMMER
VICKY BEECH Vicky has been a Student Support Worker for 18 months and has been an enormous help
to students experiencing difficulties with school life. She leaves to go back to teaching.
Good luck Vicky.
SUZANNE BARKER Suzanne was employed as a part time teacher of English and Drama and has been with
us for one year. She has always had a positive and upbeat nature with both students
and staff and will be greatly missed.
KIRSTY MCDONALD The longing to return to working specifically with Special Needs students has lured Kirsty
away from Huish. She has worked with the History department since September and we
wish her luck with her new venture.
SAM HARVEY Sam joined in January this year on a fixed contract until the summer. She has worked in
the English Department and leaves to take up a post as Head of Drama.
PETER WATTS The Maths Department is also losing Peter who has been with the department for 3 years. He has done some amazing work with the students and kept the neatest classroom in the school! He goes to work abroad and should he return to this country we would love to see him back.
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National Citizenship Service (NCS)
We have had a great response from Year 11 & 12 students at Huish in engaging with the NCS summer residential and social action project. So far we have achieved 85 sign ups/expressions of interest making us the high-est recruiting school in the area. The project involves a 5 day residential at an outdoor activity centre, a 5 day life skills programme and finally a student-led social action project. A fantastic voluntary activity to enhance any job/university application. Staff from NCS delivered an assembly to each eligible year group and followed this up by visiting tutor groups.
There is still time to sign up – go to the NCS website for more information: http://www.ncsyes.co.uk
Visiting Speakers We looked forward to welcoming Gemma Champion from Cardiff Metropolitan University to deliver a presentation to our prospective Year 12 students during their induction day on 30
June. Gemma talked to students about life in the Sixth Form
and how the experience can prepare students for university. She focused on the importance of independent study and the impact of AS/A Level grades on university applications. The session emphasised the importance of work experience and volunteering to help with the writing of the personal statement. On Friday 15 July we were joined by representatives from Leeds University who worked with some of our Year 9 students to run a series of Exploring Engineering workshops.
Year 12 & Higher Education Conference – Tuesday 12 July
Our annual Year 12 hosted students from neighbouring Sixth Forms. We hoped that this year’s conference would be bigger
and better than ever. In response to student feedback we included a greater number of gap year providers, and for the first
time we invited the Princes Trust who promotes business and enterprise opportunities for young people. Our keynote
speakers set the tone for the day. This year we welcomed Cdr Phillip Richardson from RNAS Yeovilton and Mr Graham
Knight, Chair of Somerset Chamber of Commerce.
Exeter University ran a number of workshops to support students with higher education choices alongside Arts University
Bournemouth who highlighted routes in the creative arts. Local employers joined us to promote apprenticeship opportuni-
ties including BAE Systems, Leonardo-Finmeccanica, Thales and Yeovil District Hospital. We are very grateful of all or the
organisations who support this event each year.
Careers Interviews
Year 10 students have been attending individual careers appointments as they begin to consider their Post-16 options.
These appointments will continue to be available throughout Year 11 and all students will be given the opportunity to attend.
Students can request these meetings via their tutor or by adding their names to the sign up sheet outside the Careers office
in Huish Sixth. Parents are welcome to attend appointments or to contact me if they have any queries.
Emma Higman
Independent Careers Adviser
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During the week of 11 – 15 the Year 10’s went out on Work
Experience. Work Experience has now been reintroduced for all
Year 10’s after a four year absence.
Work experience was launched in January and a deadline was set
to find a placement by Easter. Almost 170 students managed this and they should be
commended. The placements that students have found are wide and varied.
For many students this will be their first steps into the world of work and will hopefully
help them focus and raise their aspirations for Year 11. Activities such as Work
Experience and Careers talks have been shown to have a direct link to future career
earnings. A recent such example of this can be viewed at the link below at: http://
www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-36312068 similar articles about work experience can
also be found online.
Mr R Barratt
Head of Careers
Work Experience – Year 10
GCSE OPTIONS On Friday 8 July 2016 from 5.00 – 6.00 pm we had an opportunity for you to come into the Academy and find out about the Options process. In September when your son/daughter moves into Year 9 they will have to select the subjects they would like to study at GCSE level. This normally happens around Christmas time. To help you understand this key area better and support your son/daughter during the op-tions process, we invited you to a “performance”. The main key messages the performance covered were:
Helping students to realise for themselves the importance of choosing their options and making the most of their choices.
Knowing where to go and who to talk to for help, guidance and support.
Understand the decisions they make now really can affect their future.
Realise the importance of a broad-based education.
Think about their learning style and understand the value of staying in learning.
Be aware of all pathways available to them in KS4.
Identify potential barriers in choosing the right learning route for them and ways in which these can be overcome. Students were also signposted to relevant websites and support mechanisms, which allowed them to find out even more and make informed choices. The company delivering this session was: http://www.enactsolutions.com/. Please visit this website for further information.
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Hestercombe Creative Arts DayHestercombe Creative Arts DayHestercombe Creative Arts Day
"Viewpoints"
On Tuesday 14 June, 86 Year 8 students and
their arts teachers spent the day at Hestercombe
House and gardens creating and making art,
creative writing, dance, digital media, drama and
music. We all really enjoyed the opportunity of working for one day with a single group of
people. Hestercombe with its Arts Council exhibition in the house, the formal Gertrude Jekyll
and Edwin Lutyens partnership gardens, and the formal Georgian Landscape garden provided
us with an inspirational environment
to work in.
The same evening, families were
invited to see the work created
throughout the day, whilst
Hestercombe kept it’s café open for
refreshments. It was a memorable
event and several students have
since said "what a brilliant day they
had had". Many thanks to
Hestercombe House and Garden for
be i n g so suppo r t i v e and
accommodating.
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Sean Harris—Artist
"Wilderness" 13 - 18 June
For their Work Experience Year 12 Art A Level
students, Sophie Abrahams, Charlotte Cocking,
Louise Golby, Jacob Trood and Devon Ward worked
with, and alongside, artist Sean Harris. Somerset Art
Works, and the Cranes and Communities, had
commissioned Sean Harris to create an art
installation in All Saints Church, Langport as part of
the Langport Festival. The students by working with
Sean, gained insight not only into the creative
process of creating public art, but also into issues
such as logistics, health and safety and public liability.
The event, held at dusk on Saturday 18 June, was really powerful, memorable and atmospheric,
Sean was appreciative of the students’ input, and I think our students gained an invaluable
learning experience over the week.
Linda Green Art and Design
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Celebrating Huish Sixth A Level ArtCelebrating Huish Sixth A Level ArtCelebrating Huish Sixth A Level Art
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Shakspeare Glass and Arts hosted our Year 13 art celebratory show in their gallery at Westover in Langport. This
venue was a brilliant place for the students, our largest A Level group so far, to showcase the best of their work
produced over this past year. We thank Will and Kate Shakspeare for their generous support with this venture.
Families and friends, as well as the general public, were able to see a broad and diverse range of work created
by our students. Several are going on to continue their art studies at Strode and Yeovil Colleges (Art Foundation -
pre degree level).
Art teachers, Marina Fraser, Linda Green and Ray Heap had the previous week attended Strode College's Art
Foundation Show where the work of past Huish Sixth formers, Lauren Cattle, Arran Horton, Page Jones and Harry
Young was on show. Well done to them all and Arran in particular, who has accepted a place at prestigious
Goldsmiths College to study Fine Art and Art History.
Whilst at Falmouth University for the Arts, past student Lizzie Moseley is just graduating after studying a BA Honours
in Contemporary Crafts for the past three years. Lizzie was one of the six students who studied art here in our sixth
form in its first year of opening.
Congratulations to all these students on their achieve-
ments.
Linda Green. Art and Design.
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Visiting University Professor challenges our students in
their thinking
Might and Right : Learning from the Past
At Huish Episcopi we regularly invite visiting speakers to stimulate
and challenge our students in their thinking and experiences.
On 25 May we were pleased to welcome Professor Neville Mor-
ley, Professor of Ancient History at Bristol University.
The theme of the conference was Learning from the Past : Might
and Right and our students were introduced to the significance of
the work of the ancient Greek historian Thucydides.
Following on from this conference a group of Lead Learners will be
delving deeper into the importance of the Melian Dialogue and it’s
significance to today’s society. We look forward to developing this
work over the coming year.
Learning without Limits
EDF Residential
Five of our Year 9 students were successful in their applica-
tion to participate in a residential held at Cannington College.
The residential was organised through EDF and its aim was
to challenge the students to consider Smart and alternative
energy sources.
Women into
Engineering
Six of our Year 8 and 9 girls
were invited to attend an event
in Yeovil College which was organised to promote the
opportunities in Engineering.
The students visited various career stands and then were
challenged to build a model of a helicopter using rolled up
paper.
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Future Aspirations meet past Successes at Oxford University
As Part of the Aspire
Programme we have
supported 16 Year 10 students in total this year to be able to
have the opportunity of visiting Oxford University.
During our latest visit this term we were delighted to be met at
the university by Joe Swinson who is an ex student who had
exceptional results through Huish Sixth. Joe went on to read
Maths at Oxford University and was acknowledged as achieving
one of the top four maths degrees at Oxford .We were delighted
that he took the time to meet up with our Year 10 students dur-
ing their Oxford visit.
Joe is now working on his Phd at the London School of
Geometry and Number Theory.
Learning without Limits
Challenge Plus
Locally we have established a
unique model of working with other Academies in order to raise
aspirations and develop skills within some of our Lead Learners.
The programme Challenge Plus has been developed through
collaboration between a group of nine local Academies and is in-
tended to prepare students for high aspirational futures.
In total 90 students have met together over the year and have been
challenged in a number of ways. This term the students took part in
a day based at Kilve Court
The day entitled: Overcoming Barriers : my Body, Brain and Mind was planned to challenge the students to
work outside of their comfort zone during a number of workshops.
A highlight of the day was also a keynote speech from Ann Daniels who is a Polar explorer and motivational
speaker. As one of the first women in history to reach the North and South Poles as part of all women teams
she gave an account of her adventures and urged the students to consider the view
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is the key to success
Great
leaders
inspire
others to
achieve
more
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Bournemouth University Visit
At Huish we have established a close relationship with Bournemouth University who have visited the school on several occasions in order to inform our students on career guidance and university applications.
This term we also invited 34 Year 8 and 9 students to visit Bournemouth University campus for a tour and a day looking at life as a student .The students found the day quite inspirational.
Some comments from the students reflected how valuable the visit was:
* The tour made me realise actually how different university is to school
* A highlight of the visit was walking around the campus and seeing where the students live and study
What difference has the day made?
* I am more likely to go to university now
* I now know what university actually is and made me realise the choices I have
* It has made me realise how hard you need to work
* After this trip I now know how to budget and I understand university well enough to consider going there
* Today has made me more likely to go to university
* The day at Bournemouth University has made me more interested in going to a university
* The day has increased my knowledge of university and has shown me how different it is to how I imagined it
What are you now going to do differently?
* Look into more universities
* I am going to work harder in school so that I can get into university and get the
job I want. I have also realised how hard it is, and it’s all to do with money and
coming into the real world .
* I will now work harder to get better grades
* I will now focus on the required subjects for the course I want to take
* I am going to research different universities and find one suitable for me
* I am going to work harder than I do now
* I am going to research into universities and courses
Learning without Limits
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X Factor Project
Year 9 and 10
This project has seen the students researching and working on a topic of their choice over the past 16 weeks
and submitting a piece of writing which has reflected the in-depth inquiry.
The topics chosen by the students have been really ambitious and covered a wide range of interests:
• Why does sport captivate the modern world?
• An exploration into how modern commercial architecture has sustainability at its heart
• To what extent will OPEC countries have a future after oil production?
• To what extent are laws in the UK effective in controlling gun crime?
An exploration and evaluation of the impact of Science Fiction literature on today’s western society: an in-
depth study
of three works.
• How does brain injury affect physical and psychological wellbeing?
• Should we preserve languages or introduce a common world language?
• How can ethical arguments effect the development of Artificial Intelligence?
• To what extent has the portrayal of black people in film changed as society has evolved?
• How psychopathic behaviour has been portrayed in literature. A study of three books over different peri-
ods.
The students have shown a real commitment to their work and have worked exceptionally hard to be able to fit
this into their busy school schedules.
Meeting with the students regularly has been a real delight and we have seen how they have grown in confi-
dence as the project has developed.
This has been a pilot project for us and the students have given very positive feedback and have identified many
benefits to working independently in this way.
R Peasland
O di Gennaro
Learning without Limits
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Loving Latin! Since the beginning of Term 6 a group of between 20
and 30 Year 7 and Year 8 students have been attend-
ing an after-school Latin club run by Mrs Dunlop in the
MFL Department. The students have been using the
Cambridge Latin Course.
After a matter of weeks these linguistic students
have been taught about the origins of language and
mastered some accurate Latin translations . They work
in small groups illustrating these translations with
mindmaps and illustrations and perform plays in small
groups, with one of the group narrating in Latin.
Mr Petit also taught this group a lesson of some basic
Greek which they really enjoyed. The students have
been baking the most delicious cakes and biscuits in
turn for the club every week. This has ensured that
the club has been a really positive introduction to
Latin for them all.
The students attending this club, and others who may
be interested, will be offered the chance to study the
OCR Entry Level Latin course. This is a fantastic op-
portunity and could lead to a Latin GCSE.
Please see Mrs Dunlop in M3 for more information.
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Cricket Year 9/10
Huish have started the 2016 session with commanding victories over Bucklers
Mead and Ansford. Huish’s first fixture was a 70 runs to 20 victory over Bucklers
with excellent batting performance from Will Cartwrigth (22) and Benn Richardson
(16). In bowl Huish were on target with Phil Doble bowling a double wicket maiden
and Jake Waterton bowling a wicket maiden. A great all round opening
performance by the team.
Huish next played in what was supposed to be a three way team Area Final but with one team not
showing on the day, Huish once again had to beat Bucklers to progress to the next round. With
Bucklers fielding a complete new team Huish once again played produced an excellent performance
to progress winning 74-31. The next round will be played on 16 June against Holyrood and Haygrove
with the winner going forward to County Finals.
The next fixture was at Ansford on a hot May evening where the boys once again showed their domi-
nance over local opposition. Huish posted a 111 target from 10 overs with notable scores from Aidan
Burt (30 not out), Jacob Newman (27 not out) and Josh Whealon (21). Ansford did show signs of a
fight back mid-way through the inning but some good bowling saw Huish keep the score down to 76
to finish the game.
The Area Final saw Huish play Haygrove and Holyrood. Haygrove were the first opposition and put
Huish into bat. We posted a score of 64; Aidan Burt had to retire after 25 runs and demonstrated
some excellent batting. In field the boys kept Haygrove down to just 47 runs resulting in a comfortable
win. The following game against Holyrood was a much closer affair with Holyrood posting a score of
69. Huish went into bat needing to score 10 an over to win the game. With some good batting Huish
still needed 15 off the final over to win the game. Up stepped Jacob who hit a six off the first ball of
the over, followed by 2 singles. With 3 balls remaining Huish still needed 7 to win; up stepped Jacob
once more. With another six Jacob had to retire leaving Jack W and Jack F to score the remaining
run to win the game for Huish. A
fantastic result which saw Huish
through to County Finals on 28
June.
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Athletics
Huish took a variety of teams
from various year groups to
the Area Friendly Champion-
ships. Traditionally this is an
event Huish has done well at
and 2016 was no different.
Year 8 boys had some strong performance but
did not field a full team and came 9th overall.
Year 8 girls faired much better and came a
respectable 4th. The other three teams Year 7
Girls, Year 10 Boys and Year 10 Girls
dominated their events though, especially the
track events and relays and finished first in their
categories. They went on to represent Yeovil
Area at the Somerset Games in July.
There were also selections for the Area Cham-
pionships for Connie Little, Toby Sauter, George
Shurley and Holly Bigger so a fantastic effort
from them individually.
Rounders
Year 8
The Year 8 rounders team have had a mixed year, with an excellent win against
Sexey's School, an unlucky draw against King Arthurs School and a loss against
Holyrood. Despite this, the girls have made steady progress and their spirits have
remained high.
Four Year 7 and 8 students have also been selected to attend the U14 Satellite Netball Academy for
Somerset. The Satellite Academy forms part of the England Netball Performance Pathway to
develop athletes with the attributes to attain excellence, through specialised coaching over a number
of sessions. Issy Raison, Issy Lock, Elysia Carter-Rice and Emily Evans all successfully passed two
trials to gain entry into the Academy. A fantastic achievement considering this is an U14 age group
and only 17 out of 60 girls were selected – well done!
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Basketball Report – 2015/16
Year 8
Due to our recent success here at Huish, we introduced regular training and fixtures
against local schools for our newly formed Year 8 team. We have a number of
promising individuals, such as Jack Veale, Alex Lyons and Callum Hewitson. Huish
played Ansford (twice) this past season, with the more experienced Ansford side
beating us by a few points on both occasions. The boys have learned the basic fundamentals, rules
and regulations of the game and Coach Standinger is looking forward to guiding the team next
academic year. A positive start and looking forward to playing more fixtures and entering the Area
Cup next year.
Year 9
Considering the team only started playing the game and experiencing Basketball for the first time in
PE lessons last year, the team continue to make excellent progress.
Fixtures against King Arthurs, Ansford and Bucklers Mead gave the boys additional playing time and
are starting to play as a solid defensive unit. On 17 November, they played at Yeovil College in the
U14 County Qualification Tournament. Huish played Ansford and beat them comfortably with a
dominant display by Point Guard - Innes Davidson. Huish went on to play King Arthurs in the Final
however, lost out to a physically bigger team. Players such as Benn Richardson, Innes Davidson,
Tom Parslow and Josh Whelan have really stepped up this year and impressed Coach Standinger.
Offensively there is still lots of work to do however, the team has lots of potential which Coaches
Short and Standinger hope to develop over the next few years.
Year 10
Year 10 have had an excellent year and continue to excel as one of the county’s top U15 teams.
After October half term, the boys spent several weeks preparing for the new season ahead, focusing
on the pick and roll and floor spacing. On 17 November the team entered the U15 County Qualifica-
tion Tournament at Yeovil College and beat Holyrood to progress to the Somerset County Final at
Taunton School to play Heathfield. Unfortunately, the game didn’t take place due to several logistical
issues. However, it was later confirmed that both Heathfield and Huish would make it through as the
two secondary schools representing Somerset in the U15 National Tournament. This was the first
time our Year 10 team made it through to the Nationals. On 3 February the boys played Cove School
in Hampshire. This was the first round of the Nationals with 64 schools competing. Unfortunately, we
were missing some of our starters, which meant a number of our reserve players having to play more
minutes than usual and occasionally out of position. The boys battled hard throughout however, Cove
showed real class and comfortably won 72-54 in the end. It is worth mentioning that only one of our
squad plays Basketball outside of school (Harrison Webb) and to get as far as the boys did, is some-
thing to be proud of. According to their coach, all of Cove’s players train and play for the local Read-
ing Rockets who are a decent Basketball club playing teams around the country. Coach Standinger is
hoping to reach the Nationals again next academic year and is hoping to add a few new players to
the squad to freshen things up. A great year and well done!
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Year 11
Arguably the most talented team in the Academy performed well this year, comfortably winning the
U16 County Qualfication Tournament at Yeovil College back in November. Santiago Ovejero-Tuscon
was the stand out player, scoring a double-double in points and rebounds. Harry Jakes was another
player to ‘step up’ consistently, driving to the basket, as well as being a defensive presence to
ensure Huish won the game. Good luck to everyone attending local colleges and Sixth Forms next
academic year.
Huish Episcopi Football 2015-16
Football this year has taken a massive step forward with the introduction of our
fantastic new Artificial Grass Pitch. The boys have been taken full advantage of
the surface with record numbers turning out at practices.
The Year 7 team have gone the whole season
undefeated and were crowned Area Champions
beating Westfield 11-1 in the final. The boys
have done fantastically well and next session will see them
compete in the County and National competition.
The Year 9’s team returned to
winning ways after being crowned Area Champions for the
second time in three years. The side made it through to the 4th
round of the National Competition, narrowly missing out to
Crispin in a 2-1 defeat.
In their final year at Huish the Year 11 team made it through to the
final of the Area Competition but unfortunately narrowly missed out
with a 1-0 defeat to Preston.
Special Congratulations go to the follow boys who have made it through to represent District teams:
Year 7: Jazzdon White (Also represented the year above), Owen Burt and Charlie O’dea
Year 8: Jack Veale, Allister Patrick and Archie Heywood
Year 9: Tommy Conway, George Smeeton, Innes Davidson, Felix Smee
Year 10: Jack Taylor (Also represented County)
Year 11: Will Raistick
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Huish Sports
Achievements 2015-16
Rugby
Under14’s Area Champions
Under 15’s Area Finalist
Under 16’s Area Finalist
Football
Under12’s Area Champions
Under 14’s Area Champions
Under 16’s Area Runners Up
Netball
Under 15’s Area and County Champions
Basketball
Under 14’s Area Champions
Under 15’s Area Runners up
Under 16’s Area Champions
Rounders
Under 12’s Area Finalists
Under 15’s Area Finalists
Cricket
Under 12/13’s Area Finalists
Under 14/15’s Area Champions
Athletics
Under 12’s Girls Area Champions
Under 15’s Girls Area Champions
Under 15’s Boys Area Champions
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WEEK 1
21-23 November 2016 – Year 12/13 Drama
Tour
WEEK 2
2 December 2016 – Clothes Show Trip
WEEK 1
6 - 8 December 2016 – Cologne Visit
7 December 2016 – Christmas Concert
8 December 2016 – Year 13 Parents’ Evening
WEEK 2
14 December 2016 – Christmas Carol Concert
16 December 2016 – Break Up
KEY DATES FOR YOUR DIARY DURING THE AUTUMN TERM 2016
WEEK 1
18-19 September 2016 – Year 13 - Biology Field Trip
22 September 2016 – Academy Open Evening, 4.30 – 7.00 pm
25 September – 3 October 2016 – Nice Exchange Visit
WEEK 2
27 and 29 September 2016 – Art Trip
WEEK 1
5 October 2016 – Year 10 – 13 - Drama Trip
WEEK 2
11 October 2016 – Year 7, 9, 11, 12 and 13 – Photographs
WEEK 1
4-6 October 2016—Y9 Lulworth Cove Trips
12 October 2016—Y12 Lyme Regis Field Trip
18 October 2016 – Killerton Trip – Textiles
21 October 2016 – Inset Day
22 – 30 October 2016 – Half Term
28 October 2016 – Comicon Trip
WEEK 2
31 October – Term resumes
1 November 2016 – Blood Brothers Trip
WEEK 1
8 November 2016 – Year 7 Tutor Evening
10 November 2016 – Huish Sixth Open Evening
10 November 2016—Year 12 Bristol field trip
WEEK 2
14 November 2016 – Year 10 Drama Trip
17 November 2016 – Year 12/13 Drama Trip
19 November 2016 – England v Fiji Trip
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School Transport
All students who travel on County transport
have been issued with bus passes which they
are expected to have with them on every journey they make on
the school bus. This is key to ensuring the correct allocation of
seats to students on every journey as well as clarifying the identity
of every student on the bus should an emergency situation arise.
Transporting Somerset allocates seats on buses to named
students and in general all seats are taken. If students attempt to
travel on buses to which they are not allocated, they will not be
covered by insurance in the event of an accident; it would also
mean that the bus could be overloaded.
Drivers and duty staff at school regularly check that students are
carrying their passes. Drivers are entitled to refuse travel if a
student does not have their bus pass. Temporary passes can be
issued by the school but this can delay the departure of the whole
bus.
To ensure students take responsibility for their bus passes, a tem-
porary will only be issued on a maximum of three occasions in any
term. After this students will be refused travel on the bus. The
senior member of staff on duty will contact home/work to
arrange for parents/carers to collect their son/daughter. A
replacement pass will then have to be requested from Transport-
ing Somerset at County Hall (01823 355683) before a student is
allowed back on the bus. Once a replacement has been request-
ed a further temporary pass will be issued to cover the student
until the new pass arrives.
I would like to thank you in advance for your support. The vast
majority of students do carry their passes and behave responsibly
at all times when on school transport and representing Huish
Episcopi Academy. I hope that the continuation of a united
approach with Transporting Somerset, the bus companies, par-
ents and school will ensure the prompt and safe departure of all
the buses at the end of the school day.
If you have any concerns please do not hesitate to contact James
Long (01823 355683) at Transporting Somerset or myself at
school (01458 250501).
Mr J Merrick-Wren
Taking Friends Home
Some students believe that they can invite friends home for a
visit by accompanying them on the school bus home. THIS IS NOT
THE CASE. There may be rare, exceptional circumstances when
this is waived after being authorised by County but if your child
wishes to bring a friend home for a visit, please ensure that you
make separate arrangements for transport home.
Academy Policy for Mobile
Phones
The Academy policy is still that we prefer
students not to bring mobile phones to school. However
we recognise that, particularly in a rural area, parents
wish their children to be able to contact them directly
over a range of understandable and legitimate issues
(missed buses, re-arranged lifts etc). We expect such
contact to normally be at the end of the school day.
We do not expect to see students using their phones
during the day (for any purpose). If we do see it then the
member of staff can confiscate the phone. Whilst the
member of staff can use their professional judgment and
‘warn’ the student we would certainly expect them to
confiscate it if they feel there is blatant or continued
abuse of the rule. With regard to Sixth Formers we have
a more relaxed approach, accepting they will have mo-
biles in school and that we will see them with them but of
course still not accepting their use in lessons.
If a teacher confiscates a phone for a minor reason, it
can be given back to the student at the end of the
day. The phone should be handed in to the Student Ser-
vices Hub in the normal way but the teacher must go to
the Student Services Hub in person at the end of the
day in order to authorise the return for the pupil (notes/
phone calls cannot be accepted). If the teacher keeps
the phone themselves until the end of the day in order to
hand it back, they will be personally responsible for its
safety.
If the teacher cannot go to the office because of a school
commitment i.e. involved in a meeting, a member of the
Senior Leadership Team or progress Leader can author-
ise the return of the phone in person at the Student Ser-
vices Hub. However, in both cases, if the student has
been rude/verbally abusive to staff in their attempt to get
the phone returned, the request will be refused. In all
other cases the rule of end of term/parent collecting
(notes/phone calls from parents cannot be accepted) will
remain in force.
Email Addresses
Following our recent requests for parents to supply their email
addresses, we now have only a few families that have not yet
given us this information, which is really encouraging. If you are
one of these families, it would be really appreciated if you would
let the Academy Office know your email so that we can com-
municate electronically whenever possible. Thank you for your
anticipated cooperation.
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Uniform Concerns
The vast majority of our students wear their uniform very
smartly and with a good deal of pride. Can I ask for your further
support in ensuring that your son/daughter is always in correct
uniform.
A uniform can instil pride, support positive behaviour and
discipline and encourage identity with, and support for, our
Academy ethos. It can also ensure that pupils of all races and
backgrounds feel welcome, protect children from social
pressures to dress in a particular way and nurture cohesion and
promote good relations between different groups of pupils.
Above all, we believe that school uniform supports effective
teaching and learning.
On the right is the Academy’s uniform list which notes the
uniform expectations of every student in our school. This is also
noted on pages 10 and 11 of the Student Planner. ‘Trainers’,
heeled shoes and boots above the ankle or any other fashion
shoes are not permitted. Outer Coat – Boys and Girls – a plain
dark blue or black jacket or sensible coat is recommended.
Hooded tops are not permitted and will be confiscated. No
heavy thick fashion belts are allowed.
Hairstyles should be neat, tidy and practical. No extreme hair-
styles such as Mohican, spikes, dreadlocks or excessively
short. No colouring other than natural colours. The only
jewellery permitted is one stud in each ear. No other form of
body piercing is allowed. Students will be told to remove these
immediately. Plasters covering piercings are not an alternative.
Students may wear a signet ring.
Can I also take this opportunity to re-iterate our expectations for
skirts in the upcoming school year?
Tight bodycon miniskirts which are being worn by some female
students will not be allowed to be worn with or without tights at
any time whilst on the Academy premises. We expect all girls to
have a flared skater skirt or an A line skirt that is no more than
10cm above the knee. If this is not adhered to by a student
then they will be asked to change their skirt for one of the spare
school skirts kept on site.
Thank you in anticipation of your continued support.
A Davis
Principal
Cashless Catering
An increasing number of students are coming to the Finance Office
because they do not have any money on their cashless catering
account and have no funds in school. Although we are trying to
accommodate this, and wouldn’t want your son/daughter to be unable to buy
lunch, please appreciate that it is proving difficult to man-
age. Would you please remind your son/daughter that
they need to keep track of how much money they have on
their account so that this situation does not arise.
ABSENCE GUIDELINES
Should your child be absent from school for all or part of the day please con-
tact the Attendance Officer (Mrs Powell), on 01458 254434, as early as
possible on the first day of absence.
If, for any reason, your child is late they should go straight to the Student
Services Hub to sign in with Mrs Powell before going to lessons. For an
appointment that entails your child leaving during school hours, please send in
a note with your child, this should then be signed by their form tutor and hand-
ed in to the Student Services Hub when signing out.
Students are not allowed to leave school without consent of parent or carer.
Paying through Wisepay
For trip payments etc. Huish
Episcopi Academy would prefer
payments made online using
Wisepay. Please find the link on our website home
page and if you have any problems logging on contact
the Finance Office.
Please make sure your email address is up to date.
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