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PHYSICAL

EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT

NEWSLETTER

December 2014

WHS students inspired in sport by Hannah Beharry (England and GB Boxer)

Hannah Beharry, Boxing for England and Great Britain, who has won a string of gold medals, spent a day this term with students at Worthing High school.

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Hannah delivered several inspirational assemblies to KS4 students on her life to date. Describing how once faced with an uncertain future, she discovered a positive channel for her energies at All Stars, one of

London’s most prominent boxing clubs. Hannah went on to explain how she has transformed her life through sport, not only excelling at boxing, but acting as a strong role model for her local communities by

promoting boxing in schools.

When Hannah returns to WHS in the New Year she will be working with three different groups on Sky

Living For Sport Projects. Throughout the sessions Hannah will work with students on the six keys to success, mental toughness, hunger to achieve, people skills, sports and life knowledge, breaking barriers

and planning for success using her own life experiences and team building skills.

We look forward to welcoming Hannah back in the New year.

Dolly delights in representing England Stoolball team Dolly Culver, a year 11 student at Worthing High School, was chosen to represent England Stoolball U21s

on Sunday 28th September at Horsham Cricket Club after a gruelling selection process over a number of

weeks. Amazingly, Dolly has only been playing Stoolball since April this year and was invited to England trials following some excellent performances for her local team, Worthing Ladies Stoolball Club.

At the trials on Sunday 21st September, the prospective players were taken through their paces by a top

cricket coach, who broadened their techniques and skill-set when in the field. The players then went into

matches and were assessed on their overall ability, particularly with the bat.

During the evening, the manage-ment team selected an England

U21 team and a President’s U21 team to play each other in a match

on the 28th September also in

Horsham, to kick start the interna-tional season. During the game,

Dolly shone in the field, catching out the President’s top player, and

also scored some vital runs with the bat against some very fast

bowlers. The England team

were just pipped at the post but Dolly is now looking forward to

more games in the near future.

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Year 8 Boys Football end the season on a high After a tricky start to the season, losing close games to Sir Robert Woodard Academy and Shoreham

Academy, the Year 8 football team finished with two superb wins. A 6-3 home win against Rydon (after being 0-3 down at half time) was a thrilling game to watch which was closely followed up by a 4-3 home

win against District favourites Steyning. A number of players were superb throughout the season,

particularly Ben Rubano, Owen Woodland, Ammad Khan, Jack Hall and George Blackmore.

Well done to the following boys who all played a key part this season: Dylan Tinsley, George Blackmore, Jamie Smith, Owen Woodland, Ammad Khan, Harvey Matthews, Jack Hall, Ben Rubano, Adam Malone,

Eddie Craker, Curtis Rolph , Oliver Heasman, Jack Peckham, Harry Clark, Jack Willis, Ewan McKellar,

Sameer Miah, Tom Knowlson, Oliver McGregor and Sam Leitch.

Harry Clark — Harlequins trials

Well done to Harry in Year 8 who went for Harlequins trials in December. We look forward to hearing how Harry got on.

Feeder school rugby coaching sessions

Well done to Zach Lawrence in Year 9 who has been going into both TAB and the Vale this term to coach rugby with both year 5 & 6 students. Keep up the great work!

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Under 14 Girls Football

The U13 and U14 girls have done themselves proud this season. Playing in the district league, the team has fought and battled with the best of them, competing and attacking every ball. As the girls gained more experience and match play it was clear to see both the girls’ skills and fitness levels improving.

All girls are to be congratulated on their continued commitment and team spirit throughout the season. The girls have been an absolute pleasure to take to all fixtures and I look forward to their continued commitment and team spirit for next season.

Well done to Poppy, Kirthika, Sophie, Charlotte, Dee, Katie, Imogen, Amy, Harriet, and Hayley who has occasionally helped the team out this season.

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Cricket Academy update

The cricket academy has gone from strength to strength following its successful launch in June. The mass club has good participation rates and 8 students have been identified as the first WHS academy players.

Cricket Academy players

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected as academy players. Maudh Khan Ammad Khan Joe Pearcey Jaynil Patel Luke Winter Eddie Cracker Jack Willis Curtis Rolph

Well done to all students who have attended the cricket club this year and to those students have been selected to become academy players. Please remember, if you would like to get involved in cricket, Alan and Matt run the cricket club from 3.15-4.30 pm every Wednesday in the SPH. Training for academy players runs from 4.30—5.45 pm.

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Simply Dance 2015

BTEC Performing Arts Students

The annual event Simply Dance will be returning again on Thursday 16th April 2015 at Worthing Pavilion. Many students are already beginning to prepare and rehearse for the big event. The evening will include performances from Ricochet Dance Company, Wednesday after school dance club, the new year 8 students, BTEC Performing Arts students and also GCSE Year 11 students.

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Ricochet Auditions

Thank you to all the students who worked extremely hard on choreographing dance pieces to perform at the Ricochet auditions. It was the highest standard of auditions we have had so far with a total of 34 students auditioning for 4 places. Due to the standard being so high, I was unable to select 4 students and decided to expand the company. I would like to congratulate the following 7 students for being accepted into Ricochet: Heather Barrett, Ella Bourne, Danielle Mansbridge, Sarah Seacombe, Olivia Smith, Erin Wake and Emma Wilson.

New Members

Ricochet Dance Company

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Year 11 Basketball League

The Year 11 Basketball team have been training hard since the start of this half term and have had a positive start to their 2014/15 league campaign, recording two wins and a loss so far this season. The league has now broken for Christmas and resumes in January 2015. The PE department wish them every luck in the New Year.

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Year 10 & 11 Girls Football

A selection of Year 10 and 11 students from Worthing High School have been making the School proud through their commitment and excellence in the county cup competition. The team have beaten several teams on the way and are through to the quarter finals. This game will be away to Seaford community college on Wednesday 7th January 2015. We wish the girls good luck. Team: Jazmin Compton, Erin Upfield, Eloise Lunsley, Emma Wilson, Dolly Culver, Abi Downham, Shania Clements, Lucy Steel, Lottie Sparks, Millie Hughes, Caitlin O’Brien, Paula Ladero and Kia Lownds

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Year 10 Boys Basketball start off the season in style Congratulations to the Y10 boys’ basketball team who convincingly beat Chatsmore 45-31, whilst at a triangular fixture at Angmering last week. The opposition were last year’s District Champions and all who represented WHS during that game played the best game of their lives. It was a pleasure to watch after weeks of hard work and training. Well done to Marc Charlesworth, Liam Goldsmith, Ewan Greenhalf, Ben Christian, Sam Edgoose, Jacob Brindle, Ollie Dengate, Jake Mepham-Richards, Luke Moore, Bradley Fredericks and Ollie Williams.

Trampolining Coaching started

Trampolining club will start January and run every Tuesday after school in the Sports Hall. We have an external coach who will be running the sessions. Please complete the letter and return asap if you would like to participate. We only have 24 places available after half term. If you have not picked up a letter see Miss Field before Friday.

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Under 14 Girls Basketball

Well done to the U14 girls Basketball team who have worked really hard in training and played some fantastic basketball. They all continue to develop both skills and fitness levels and no doubt will be stronger and fitter next season. Fingers crossed we make the finals next year! Well done to Amy, Sophie, Aznii, Kirthika, Dee, Elina, Emma, Kirthika, Charlotte, Harriet, Hannah, Erin, Emma and Amy occasionally helped the team out this season.

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Year 10/11 Netball

Year 10’s and 11’s took part in their respective Netball leagues earlier this year, competing with determination and gusto.

Their Tournaments will take place in the new year:

Year 11’s—Tuesday 20th January @ DHS

Year 10’s— Monday 9th February 2015 @ DHS

Year 8’s and 9’s have been practising hard every week in preparation for their League matches which start after February Half Term (Tuesdays). The Year 8 team have already played a couple of matches, notably with an early victory against Rydon by 22—3, which gives hope for a very successful League season!

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District Cross Country Championships 2014 Yet another boggy, wet and muddy course faced the intrepid District Cross Country runners at Lancing Manor

on 9th December. WHS sent their best runners to tackle the course and they certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons! Top performer was Lucy Steel who came 6th in the Intermediate Girls race with Millie Hughes

finishing 9th. Owen Knight came 10th in the Intermediate boys with Kav Thornton finishing 11th, Ben

Redman 12th and Ryan Young 13th. Overall, the Intermediate teams placed second out of 8 whilst the junior teams both placed 7th overall. Eleven schools entered the Championships so this was a very credible

performance by all involved. Well done!

Year 8/9 Year 10/11

Emma Bonniface Amelia Hughes

Sophie Downham Lucy Steel

Tiawana Usher Heather Barrett

Amber Tiltman Tammy Davidson

Charlotte Nash Walker Reanna Olliver

Danielle Wilding Joe Birch

Kayne Standing Ryan Young

Jack Hall Ben Redman

Joe Pearcy Owen Knight

Lewis Bowley Kav Thornton

Muadh Khan Joe Oakley

Toby Birch

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Sport Leaders announced

We are pleased to announce the students listed below have been successful in their application as Worthing High School ‘Sport Leaders’. The students represent a fantastic range of ability across many sporting disciplines and are keen to promote and improve PE and sport across the school. The students will be volunteering their time across sporting clubs, activities and events throughout the academic year, starting after Christmas. The PE department are very much looking forward to working with these young leader’s in the New Year.

Broadwater Heene

Hannah Jones – BJGR Josh Horlock – BSFR Harri Ball – BDHA (absent from photo) Charlotte Nash-Walker – BJGR

Cailtin O’Brien – HDST (absent from photo) Amelia Hughes – HJMC Joe Birch – HBLE Ashley Andrews – HJHL Sophie Downham – HABA Emma Boniface – HSBE

Salvington

Tarring

Charlotte Evans – SSFU Erin Wake – SLSI Kayne Standing – SJBL

Erin Upfield – TMFI Ella Bourne – TMFI Jaz Compton – TMFI Hannah Mitchell – TMFI Beth Hall – TRMO Severin Krauss - TNST

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Year 11 Sports Prefect of the Month Congratulations to Owen Leake and Lucy Steel who were named ‘Sports Prefect of the Month’ for November and December. Both students, in Tarring Community, have displayed a fantastic attitude in their duty and are in inspiration to others. Well done to both of you.

Well done to all sport prefects this year for their continued hard work and enthusiasm.

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WHS Open Evening competition winners

Competition Winners Congratulations to Ben Winter (TAB) who won the bat tap and overall competition. Congratulations to Jude Anderson (West Park) who won the crazy catch competition. Well done to Toby Birch (pictured below right) who won the basketball free throws then joined WHS the next week!

The PE department was packed with parents/careers and students trying out the different sporting activities on offer. WHS Cricket Academy coaches from Sussex CCC were also present running various competitions with some great prizes up for grabs. A fantastic evening was had by all.

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Year 6 & 7 Feeder School Basketball Tournament

Well done to all students who participated in the year 6 & 7 basketball tournament held at WHS on Tuesday 9th December. Fantastic basketball skills were on display throughout the tournament. Thank you to all the Worthing High school students who help run the tournament.

Results 1st — West Park 2nd—English Martyrs 3rd = Chesswood 3rd = Downsbrook 5th—Broadwater 6th = St Marys 7th = St Marys

WHS students who volunteered their time to help make the tournament such a success were, pictured top from left to right: Ella Bourne, Matthew Votta, Josh Horlock, Hannah Jones, Beth Hall. Pictured bottom row from left to right: Lottie Sparks, Jaz Compton and Erin Upfield.

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Dancemania

Chesswood Middle School kindly invited Ricochet Dance Company to perform a dance at their first Dancemania event held at Davidson High School. The evening was a great success and included performances from Chesswood Middle School, Davison High School and Worthing High School. All dancers performed very well and the event was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Ricochet look forward to being part of this event again in the early part of next year. Ricochet preparing for the event: Performing at Dancemania:

Dancers: Danielle Mansbridge, Olivia Smith,

Yasmin Jeffery, Sarah Seacombe, Erin Wake, Ella Bourne, Tammy Davidson,

Megan Mustill, Laura Guy, Isobel Hansell, Eva Hobbs, Isabel Milne, Sophie Penfold

and Francesca Tratt

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Blake Harvey wins the John Burroughs Award Blake Harvey from Worthing High school (previously TAB) and U14 player at Chippendales was awarded the John Burroughs award at the West Sussex cricket prize giving evening ceremony in October.

This year in the junior festival he took his first ever wicket and also got into double figures with the bat which he was desperate to do (and was not out!!). During Cricket-Force he was there throughout the weekend doing absolutely anything asked of him and during this years Tenty10ty tournament he was again helping out throughout the week-end when not playing his own age group games. Matthew Bourne from Chippendales who nominated Blake for the award said “He is a lovely lad who really enjoys playing but also just loves to be involved, he is genuinely an excellent Clubman and will do whatever is asked of him without any grumbling and groaning! Chippendales are extremely proud of Blake and feel he thoroughly deserved this award which he won on top of many other nominations in the category!” We are so delighted to hear that not only had Blake been nominated but had won the award. Blake loves his cricket and is currently leading younger students at the Worthing High cricket academy every Wednesday. He is a great ambassador for his school and club.

Blake is a keen and enthusiastic cricketer who loves sport and cricket. At Worthing High School Blake is involved in lots of extracurricular clubs and has immersed himself fully in the recently launch Worthing High School cricket academy. At Chippendales Blake is a real team player; when not playing Blake helps out and supports any of the sides at all age groups through to the adults and the ladies. If there are youngsters around he will help encourage them by either bowling at them or giving under arm throws and makes sure it is about them and not about him. He helps with setting up for teas, and will clear up and help wash up.

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Danielle Mansbridge Year 8

Congratulation to Danielle who has qualified in 3rd place in her trampolining grade work competing against 17 others. Danielle is continuing to work extremely hard in training to prepare for her next competition, regional grade F which takes place in February. We look forward to hearing how you get on and wish you the best of luck.

Zoe Brown - Wicker’s Club Championships

A huge congratulations to Zoe Brown who recently got gold in the Wicker’s Club Championships. Zoe competed in the 12—13 age category against seven other gymnasts, performing on floor, vault and bars. Overall Zoe achieved 1st place in all three performances. Well done Zoe, we wish luck in future competitions.

Isabel Milne Year 10

Well done to Isabel Milne, who was awarded the most improved senior squad gymnast 2014 at

Flipitas Gymnastics Club.

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Luke Moore Swimming Sensation!

Luke Moore won ‘top boy’ for his age group - 14 years — at the Winter Sussex Counties 2014. The event was

held in October, over two consecutive weekends. Luke

won the overall title with 4,447 points with a lead of over 400 points. He took 1st place in the 200m fly,

200m backstroke, 200m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, 100m breaststroke and 50m breaststroke events -

claiming victory in Sussex. Luke also competed in the

Bexley International long course open meet on 16.11.14 - 1500m freestyle event, taking a close 2nd

place silver medal with a time of 18.03.59 a great (pb) for this event up against 14/15 year olds. Luke said, “I

was pleased with my swims, especially my personal best for the 200m backstroke. Over the second

weekend I didn’t feel too well, but still managed to

come through winning!”

Imogen Mitchell —Archery

Despite being relatively new to the sport, Year 8 student, Imogen Mitchell has certainly

announced her competitive desire to succeed and win trophies!

As you can see, in a matter of months, Imogen has clocked up a rather impressive catalogue of medals and

trophies in the competitions she has entered. To date her successes include:

August: Gold medal—U12’s Doreens Junior

Shoot @ Eastbourne September: Silver medal—U14’s

Eastbourne Junior Open Shoot, Ladies

Barebow

November: Silver medal—U14 Arundown

Indoor Shoot @ Eastbourne

We wish Imogen every success in her new sport and

look forwards to hearing about her many exciting achievements as she develops in to an even better

player. Imogen is looking forwards to her next competition in February 2015.

Imogen shoots for her club, Worthing AC.

Well done Imogen!

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Lewis wins bronze at junior shooting international held at Bisley.

Lewis Strotten, a Year 11 student at Worthing High School, continued his extraordinary shooting success story at a recent junior shooting international, held at Bisley, near Guildford. Against 56 athletes from Germany, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, Jersey, Isle of Man, Wales and Denmark, Lewis took home a bronze medal in the 50 me-tre men's prone event. The competition was split into two eliminations where the top competitors from each elimination go through to the final. Lewis got through to the sec-ond elimination after a very tough 60 shot shoot in strong winds and driving rain. In round two, he shot another 60 shot match, scoring a new decimal PB of 611.0, which is an impressive major match score, easily advancing him through to the final, qualifying in second place. The top eight shooters went through to the final, which consisted of two rounds of three shots and then double shot eliminations. There were three shooters representing GB in the final but two of those were eliminated in 6th and 7th positions, leaving Lewis as the top ranked GB Junior shooter at the event. After a tense battle for bronze with a shooter from Scotland, with only 0.4 of a point’s difference, Lewis claimed third place where he was then eliminated. Lewis also claimed bronze in the men’s team of three event too. Lewis has recently been promoted to the Great Britain Junior Performance squad which is

a team of the top 25 shooters in the country whose physiological and psychological skills

are regularly trained and tested in the hope they can represent GB at future Olympic and

Commonwealth Games. Lewis’ success is fresh off the back of a gold medal he won in

Germany earlier this year whilst shooting for Great Britain in another major junior

international shooting event. We wish Lewis all the best and will be keeping a close eye

on his future shooting exploits.

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Class (teacher)

Student

Class

(teacher)

Student

8X AT Georgia Cox 10Y AT Sophie Humphrey

8X RM/GI Jack Cassidy 10Y NS Kristina Tran

8X FI Owen Coogan 10Y GI Jacob Brindle

10Y RM James Victory

8Y FI Imogen Barber

8Y RM Eddie Craker 11X NS Sophie Penfold

8Y NS Luke Elkins 11X FI Alex Stevens

11X AT Alicia Tapp

9X FI Millica Fornasiero 11X GI Severin Krauss

9X AT Elle Lavender 11X RM Charlie Suraci

Neve

9X RM Jordan Lavell

9X GI/NS Thomas Cole 11Y FI William Laudrum

11Y AT Chloe Birchley

9Y AT Zoe Brown 11Y RM Zed Brady

9Y FI Alice Baker 11Y GI Jack Window

9Y GI Will Hollands

9Y RM Sam Fenn 10 GCSE FI Pierre Naylor

10 GCSE GI Nicky Chingoma

10X AT Francesca Meredith 10 DANCE AT Megan Mustill

10X FI Samuel Isaacs 10 BTEC GI George Milton

10X GI Max Bevis 10 BTEC RM Milosz Utczinski

10X RM James Mitchell

10X NS Amelia Howard 11 GCSE FI Alfie Dunkley

11 BTEC GI Mihir Tandel

11 Dance AT Eva Hobbs

STUDENT of the MONTH

SEPTEMBER 2014

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STUDENT of the MONTH

NOVEMBER 2014

Class (teacher)

Student

Class

(teacher)

Student

8X AT Jessica Turrell 10Y AT Lauryn Foord

8X RM/GI Jack Hall 10Y NS Ronan Marshman

8X FI Finlay Marsh 10Y GI Blake Harvey

10Y RM Daniel Jenkins

8Y FI Ella Nevill

8Y RM Tom Caswall 11X NS Jessica Nicholas/

Millie Randall

8Y NS Alexander Baker 11X FI Jacob Rider

11X AT Alex Baldwin

9X FI Ella Smith 11X GI Dolly Culver

9X AT Millie Allen 11X RM Archie McDonald

9X RM Alexander Hopkins

9X GI/NS Zachary Lawrence 11Y FI Katie Scott

11Y AT Alice Grantham

9Y AT Hannah Mitchell 11Y RM Ryan James

9Y FI James Rowe 11Y GI Finley Andrews

9Y GI Toby Birch

9Y RM Clayton Mitchell 10 GCSE FI Jazmin Compton

10 GCSE GI Danny White

10X AT Phoebe Cornish 10 DANCE AT Emma Wilson

10X FI Adam Jones 10 BTEC GI Joe Oakley

10X GI Hannah Jones 10 BTEC RM Ryan Steel

10X RM Nicky Chingoma

10X NS Thomas Compton 11 GCSE FI James Huggett

11 BTEC GI Allyn Preston

11 Dance AT Chloe Birchley

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STUDENT of the MONTH

DECEMBER 2014

Class (teacher)

Student

Class

(teacher)

Student

8X AT Catherine Silburn 10Y AT Fleur McBride

8X RM/GI Ashley Andrews 10Y NS Oscar Zienkiewicz

8X FI Samuel Medwell 10Y GI Joe Birch

10Y RM Tom Parke

8Y FI Olivia Smith

8Y RM Ben Rubano 11X NS Lauren Cook

8Y NS Lorenzo Gogoua 11X FI Emily Coles

11X AT Alex Baldwin

9X FI Charlotte Nash-

Walker

11X GI Nick Oxley

9X AT Thomas Clark 11X RM Keleb Zika

9X RM Lucas Bubb

9X GI/NS Matthew Clegg 11Y FI Harry Rollings

11Y AT Zoe Baker

9Y AT Kolina Koneswaren 11Y RM Ryan Young

9Y FI Marios Jones 11Y GI Josh Teear

9Y GI Oliver Gwennap

9Y RM Daniel Eyre 10 GCSE FI Beth Hall

10 GCSE GI Ben Redman

10X AT Keeva Galway 10 DANCE AT Ella Bourne

10X FI Ellie Drake-Sexton 10 BTEC GI Billy Branch

10X GI Lottie Sparks 10 BTEC RM Sean Proctor

10X RM Naqib Chowdhury

10X NS Luca Lepadatu 11 GCSE FI Owen Knight

11 BTEC GI Josh Hauss

11 Dance AT Melissa Rowe

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Sharp Shooter Marc aiming high Marc Charlesworth in 10 SLSI competed in the Junior Indoor National Archery Championships at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry two weeks ago. Marc, aged 14, shot in the U16 junior recurve category against 25 other highly ranked archers in the 18 metre target event. Marc shot 60 arrows in 2 hours scoring 555 points out of a possible 600. He finally placed 11th which was a magnificent achievement. Well done Marc and we wish you all the best for the future.