TERM DATES 2018-19

Start of Autumn Term

Monday 3rd Sept 18

Staff Training Day

Friday 19th Oct 18

Half Term

Fri 19th Oct - Fri 26th Oct 18

End of Autumn Term

Friday 21st Dec 18

Staff Training Days

Fri 4th & 7th Jan 19

Start of Spring Term

Tuesday 8th Jan 19

Half Term

Mon 18th Feb - Fri 22nd Feb 19

End of Spring Term

Fri 29th Mar 19

Start of Summer Term

Mon 15th Apr 19

Easter Bank Holiday

Fri 19th Apr & Mon 22nd Apr 19

Bank Holiday

Monday 6th May 19

Half Term

Mon 27th May - Fri 31st May 19

End of Summer Term

Fri 19th July 19

I would like to take this

opportunity to say thank you

to all pupils, parents,

Governors and friends of

Philips High School. As you

can see from the Newsletter

and School Twitter account,

Philips High School has had

an amazing year with

countless achievements to

celebrate.

This summer we bid farewell

to a number of colleagues. I

would like to pass on my best

wishes to all. The staff have

had a major influence on

many pupils’ lives (in some

cases thousands) in helping

them prepare for a bright

future and life after High

School. We wish them all the

best for the future.

There is a substantial amount

of building work to be carried

out over the summer

including the creation of two

new Language Classrooms

and a continuation of the

general re-decoration works.

I have now been at Philips

High School two years and a

term and have made

significant changes in many

areas, including the

environment, curriculum,

Behaviour Policy and staffing

structure. They are all

planned with the pupils at the

centre of our thoughts.

We have a number of exciting

developments to come in

September including

becoming a Mentally Healthy

School, exploring the Global

Community, developing the

Pupil Leadership Team and

re-launching our careers

offer. There are also some

changes to the “C” Behaviour

System which will be

explained on the website.

Please remember to update

your child’s contact details

and provide your e-mail

address as we are

endeavouring to become a

paperless school. All pupil

information can be accessed

via our E-portal system

including assessment,

attendance and behaviour

events. From September all

pupil reports will be accessed

this way.

Have a great summer.

Summer Newsletter 2018

CONGRATULATIONS

School Officers 2018-19

C ongratulations to our new school officers:

HEAD BOY - Abhytej Atwal

HEAD GIRL - Safah Kassam

Deputy Head Girl - Carolina Andrade

Deputy Head Girl - Anisa Kassam

C ongratulations to Toby Hallam and Oliver Lawton who

have both been offered and accepted a Technician

Apprenticeship at Hargreaves.

Bolton Book Awards 2018

It was absolutely amazing, to sum it up in one word, yes,

amazing! The school, the staff, the rooms and the authors

were all amazing! All were so kind to make this experience

the best.

Our group were put with Tamsym Murray and Laurence

Anholt and I loved the fact you could just ask any question

you want towards them and they answered perfectly.

Because I loved Goldfish Boy, I bought the book and got a

lovely photo with the author.

Now a lot of people that went said the school looks like a

castle, I don’t know why, but that thought made the

experience of the Bolton Book Awards a tiny bit better.

Vincent Hart

Aladdin Trouble at Elms Bank School

O n Wednesday 11 July the Pupil Leadership Team

and a group of School Librarians were lucky enough

to go and see the production of Aladdin Trouble at

Elms Bank Special School. We were treated to a

wonderful performance of singing and entertainment with

amazing costumes created by the Art Department at Elms

Bank. There were jokes and songs, with Jailhouse Rock and

Dead or Alive’s You Spin me Round stand out pieces. A walk

back to school in the heatwave meant a stop for ice lollies was

needed by the pupils. Excellent entertainment and many

thanks to Elms Bank for the invite.

Mrs V Day

Naples Trip Easter 2018

T he Year 11 GCSE Geography students warmed up for their exams by visiting

Southern Italy for four days at Easter.

Flying from Manchester at 8am on Sunday morning, we were walking around the

crater of Mount Vesuvius by early afternoon gaining insight into volcanic activity,

with panoramic views of the Bay of Naples. Being just 50m less in height than Ben Nevis

(1345m) it is not a tall volcano like Mount Fuji (3700m), but commands the Naples skyline

with its iconic cone shape and didn’t take us long to climb as you can drive almost to the

top.

We stayed in Sorrento, a coastal town in south-western

Italy, facing the Bay of Naples on the Sorrentine

Peninsula. Perched atop cliffs that separate the town

from its busy marinas, it’s known for sweeping water

views and Piazza Tasso, a cafe-lined square. We

watched the sun set over the Mediterranean as we had

our first Italian pasta.

The next day we visited the potentially dangerous

volcano of Campi Fleri which has recently shown

signs of activity, so much so that Naples has

developed plans for mass evacuation if it did start to

rumble. The port of Pozzuoli was visited next where

the ground has risen over 4m since 1950, and there

have been 20,000 tremors in the intervening years.

Before 1950, ground levels had been gently sinking,

but the movement caused by magma below ground,

has invoked these fears of a possible eruption.

In the afternoon, we visited the scene of the famous eruption of Vesuvuis in AD79 where

Pompeii and Herculaneum were covered in 4 to 6m of ash and dust. Pompeii has been a

tourist destination for over 250 years and today it has UNESCO World Heritage Site Status

and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Italy, with approximately 2.5 million

visitors every year.

It was inevitable that somewhere on the trip would involve pizza and the evening

entertainment was to make our own in a beautiful and tranquil farm on the hills overlooking

the Bay of Naples once more. Delicious Margherita pizzas were made by all. Having eaten

a three-course meal at the farm at 7pm what was needed was another 3-course meal at the

hotel at 8pm! Thankfully it wasn’t pizza.

The final full day was a boat trip to the beautiful isle

of Capri and not only that, a fifty minute boat trip

around the island. The sea was crystal clear and

stereotypically deep blue as we sailed in and out of

caves, arches and stacks, viewing millionaire homes

owned by many of the rich and famous. We ventured

up to the top of the island to walk around the narrow

tourist laden streets filled with shops selling lemons,

lemon soap and limoncello and any other product

that a lemon could be squeezed into.

Evening entertainment this time was a walk around Sorrento, stocking up on lemon

souvenirs and a game of bowling. We flew home the next morning in rain, having

experienced three days of beautiful sunshine.

I would like to thank the pupils and staff for making this another successful Geography field

trip. Where to next?

J Anderson

CONGRATULATIONS

O n the 11th June, Year 9 pupil Mariam Ahmed had the

pleasure of being invited to tea at the House of Lords

with Baroness Cox, after an essay written by her on

education came third in the Humanitarian Aid Relief

Trust (HART) competition. As a special guest of the Baroness, Mariam

was lucky enough to sit in the House of Lords and the House of

Commons, whilst debates were taking place! The Baroness is an

inspirational lady, who has dedicated most of her life to Human

Rights. She kindly presented Mariam with a signed copy of her book.

Mrs M Ahmed

Science Transition

On the 18th June Year 5 pupils from All Saints Primary School participated in a Science Transition morning.

It was a pleasure to work with the well-mannered and motivated pupils who enthusiastically used Chromatography to solve a mystery.

The activity was thoroughly enjoyed by pupils and staff alike.

Mrs M Ahmed

S ince May, we have been lucky enough to have Bryn from Commando Joe's coming in each Monday to work with some of our pupils from years 8, 9 and 10. Commando Joe's is a

company that works with schools and their pupils to build resilience and self esteem through combining the school ethos with a military approach. Bryn himself has vast experience within the Army and the police and is experienced in working with young people across Primary and Secondary schools in the North West. Our pupils have shown great enthusiasm for the activities Bryn has coordinated in the past few months and there are many who ask me each week when it will be their turn to work with 'Commando Joe'! This project has been fully funded through the Greater Manchester Higher Programme and because of this, we have been able to provide this extra educational activity for 53 pupils this term. I am pleased to say that the project is funded until the end of the Autumn term so Bryn will be back with us in September, inspiring new groups of pupils and continuing to play a positive role in our school community.

S Williams 'The activities have been really fun and interesting and it's been nice to work with people I don't usually hang around with'. Year 8 pupil 'Command Joe has helped me with some issues I've had in school and I feel like I have made positive changes to my behaviour. Working outside in a group is fun and problem-solving is really rewarding'. Year 10 pupil

Commando Joe’s

New Chess Club at Philips High

C hess is a game of logic that challenges your mind and

mental agility. There is now a fully student run chess

club at Philips High. It’s held in the library after school

every Thursday. Extra curricular activities such as this

look good on applications. It’s welcome to any pupils, from

grandmasters to beginners. If you don’t know how to play we can

teach you. Playing chess is also a valuable skill in life as it sharpens

your mind and has been played for centuries. It is also a fun activity

in general. The chess club has a welcoming atmosphere and has

an expanding number of attendees. Feel free to come along any

Thursday, we love to see new members.

Chloe Greaves

Genevieve Georgiades

Leah Randall

Art News

A rt Ambassadors

In April the Art Department invited pupils from KS3 to apply to become Art

Ambassadors. An Art Ambassador champions Art around school and organises competitions

and encourages pupils to take part in all things art.

The applicants wrote a letter of application, were interviewed by the art department and we

successfully appointed six ambassadors. Five from Year 7 and one from Year 8.

They are from left to right Olivia Holden, Montana Ugbomah, Luca Mollo, Thomas Bowden,

Stella Osborne and not pictured Tyfenn Quentin.

Congratulations to all and we look forward to seeing your role develop.

M anchester Bee Rocks

Several pupils decorated rocks to mark the anniversary of the arena bombing as

part of the MCRBEEs trail. The rocks were sent to Slattery’s to be taken to

Manchester on the anniversary.

F antastic Homework

As we raised the bar for homework this year, we have been receiving some excellent

homework from KS3 and celebrating it on Twitter (PHS_ArtDept) and Instagram

(phs_art_department).

Some fantastic effort from Jayce Bourne, Megan Rayner, Edith Sedgwick and Dion Williams.

Well done!

A rmistice Logo Competition

Fabulous effort from Mariam Ahmed with her entry to Burys’ Armistice Logo Competition.

P izza night

Year 11 stayed to work in the Art Department until 7pm and to keep them going Miss

Craig bought in a Dominos! Lots of work completed and Pizza consumed.

Here’s hoping that it makes all the difference to the results in August.

Summer Concert

RWCM News

T his year has seen the launch of the Reading, Writing, Communication and Maths

Programme throughout the curriculum. We are working towards combining literacy and

numeracy within all subjects taught in school.

Once every two weeks, for the first two terms, Year 7 have been ‘solving a problem’ in their

form periods either on literacy or numeracy topics. Some pupils enjoyed the challenges,

whilst others were not keen on them. A pupil questionnaire was carried out to find out what

they thought about reading and how they use transferrable skills in lessons other than

English.

One of the main focuses has been on reading. Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday there

are reading groups held before school in the Learning Support Department for Year 7 and

Year 8. Also we have had spelling groups on Mondays and Fridays for Year 7. Both groups

have improved their performances in reading comprehension and spelling. Great!

In the last term, we have been trialling the STAR Reading Programme with 40 of our Year 7

pupils. The pupils were split into 5 groups of 8 and given names of authors for identity. We

have Snicket, Wilson, Slater, Dahl and Rowling. The pupils were asked to take a quiz to

determine their level of reading and then given reading books to take away and read as often

as possible at the start of lessons and at home. This was then completed by another quiz on

the book they had read. The groups have been successful in their trial and we will continue

with the programme for the Year 7 intake in September.

The working group for RWCM meets regularly and includes pupils and staff. We have

introduced some new positive house points for numeracy and literacy within the lesson. These

are issued by teachers on e-portal for extra effort in mastering skills in all subjects.

During the new school year we will develop our numeracy in the curriculum programme and

continue with our reading programme.

Hope you have a lovely summer.

Mrs Ascroft, Mrs Day and Mrs Hudson

Holy Cross Future Opportunities

P upils Sami, Haris , Carolina, Abhytej, Besar, Lewis, Sara, Daud,

Mihalis & Imogen from Yr 10 were chosen to represent the school

on a 2 day experience with an apprentice type feel. Pupils were

put into groups with other schools and given tasks to research,

product-manage, cost and “sell” to an eager panel who would grill them on

their product. All pupils performed well amidst competition from 13 other

schools. There were 3 projects; first a Wind Farm recommendation, secondly

a Fitness App Development and finally a Cheese Manufacture and

Promotion. With only 3 winning teams in the competition, Carolina and Besar

won the prizes for ‘The Big Cheese Challenge’. Congratulations to all who

took part.

C Clayton

W ell done to the Pupil Leadership Team; Leon, Jessica, Edith, Hassan, Rebecca, Mariam, Charlie, Alexa, Abhytej, Safah, Carolina and Anisa, for raising £221 for the charity MIND by selling Ice-Pops.

Y11 Leavers Prom

L eavers Prom 2018 was held at the Village Hotel in Bury. Lots of family and friends waited patiently for the arrival of the

students. When they arrived in their wonderful transport they looked stunning.

The young gentlemen looked dashing in their suits and with their shoes polished and hair perfectly styled.

The young ladies were stunning. The dresses were amazing, the different styles of hair and makeup showed how much time and effort they had put

into their evening. After the arrivals and all family and friends had taken all their photos we entered the venue. We were seated at tables ready for the meal ..... 2

minutes later the dance floor was rocking and the meal had not even been served.

They did not stop dancing - what a night they made it. Absolutely amazing atmosphere and a wonderful way to end their year and time at Philips High

School.

We wish them all the luck for the future.

Vulnerable Pupil Ambassadors

O n a recent educational visit to the Castle Armoury Centre; the

Military Barracks in Bury, we learnt about vulnerable children

who are being exploited every day. This is called CSE (Child

Sexual Exploitation).

CSE can be done to anyone by anyone and takes many forms such as

being bribed or manipulated. Throughout the day, the pupils learnt key

skills about identifying possible predators and helping those affected.

Multiple schools in the area took part in the training, with it being the first

session of hopefully many more. Further proceedings of the training, will

be taking place on a later date in September to strengthen their

knowledge. The training, led by Detective Sergeant Morrison from the

Bury Police and Lesley Davidson; Emotional Health and Well Being Co-

ordinator from Bury Council, provides the pupils with the ability to be

Vulnerable Pupil Ambassadors in their school and take the role of helping

others. These Police Officers will be being interviewed about Child Sexual

Exploitation by our pupils in the Future.

Mrs V Day

Holy Cross Able and Gifted Science and

STEM day 2018

Y ear 9 pupils were chosen for their enthusiasm for science and technology to take part in the annual STEM day at Holy Cross. They are Alexa, Ibrahim, Yazan, Anton, Halle, Jovi, Charlie, Eliana, Aaliyah,

Amy, Cole & Brandon. They took part in 4 challenges; a photo fit using the same IT as the police, a medical diagnosis where they learned about CPR and using medical equipment

and techniques programming a robot to fulfill a number of jobs making a racer and investigating torque settings. The pupils were a credit to both the school and themselves, and I am delighted to say that Yazan and Anton won the overall title against every other secondary school in Bury (140 pupils in total). The team along with their two team mates from Broad Oak School will now be in the National Final in January. This is the fourth time PHS Year 9s have reached the final.

C Clayton

Performing Arts Summer School

I’ve always loved Drama. How fun and practical it is, yet how

much you can learn from it. So when the opportunity arose to

go to Bury College for a 3 day workshop, I knew I had to do it.

Initially, I didn’t ask for a letter because I was unsure about

what we would actually do. I instantly regretted that decision

so I went back to Mrs Davis and asked for a letter. And that

was it! I was off to Bury College to do something I love.

On the first day we all met up outside the college before going in

to the main theatre. From there we were led through vocal and

physical warm-ups. The rest of the day was spent dancing and

singing to prepare a short adaption of the ‘Little Shop of

Horrors’. On the second day we were given the choice between

acting, singing or dancing for the morning and afternoon. On the

third and final day we rehearsed and polished the performance

from 3:00pm until 6:30pm, when it was finally show time.

The performance ran pretty smoothly with only a few hitches here and there but for two

and a half days work it was very impressive.

I would definitely recommend this workshop to

anyone who is considering drama as their GCSE

option and who gets the opportunity to do it. Thank

you to all the staff who helped organise this.

Eliana Leader 9L

Ties (Years 7-9) £6.00

Ties (Years 10-11) £7.00

Swipe cards £3.00

Black Pens 20p

Red Pens 20p

Pencils 20p

Rulers 50p

Erasers 15p

Pencil Sharpeners 15p

Highlighters 50p

Glue Stick 80p

Pencil Case £1.20

Filled Pencil Case £2.50

A new way to record, track and monitor homework at Philips High School

Online tool, Show My Homework, was recently launched to help you keep track of your child’s home-

work. This gives you;

24/7 access to your child’s homework

A view of the quality and quantity of homework

Free apps for your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android devices

Automated notifications of homework due date

For more information please read the help sheet on the school webpage.

Appointments

Years 7-9

All pupils must be collected from reception by a parent / carer or responsible

adult aged over 18 years. A letter or appointment card to be handed in at

reception when signing out.

Years 10 & 11

Pupils are allowed to make their own way to appointments if they have a

letter of authorisation from a parent / carer or a phone call has been

received by office staff (letters must be handed in at reception and either

copied or kept as confirmation evidence)

Unwell Pupils

Head Of Year must authorise pupils to go home (unless medical

emergency).

All pupils to be collected from reception by a parent / carer or responsible

adult over 18 years. Depending on the nature of illness some pupils are

allowed to be sent home via taxi if the parent /carer requests – Head Of

Year must authorise this.

Online /telephone payment for school meals

To help make it as easy as possible for you to pay for school meals we have introduced an e-

payments system which allows you to pay for school meals over the internet www.bury.gov.uk/

payforit or by phone 0845 305 2197.

Please contact school should you require your child's individual log in details to enable you to

benefit from this system.

In September all parents/carers will receive an Admission Booklet via their child. This must be completed to comply with the new GDPR rules. We would ask that you read it carefully and then complete it.. These booklets should be returned to your

child's form teacher at school as a matter of urgency to ensure your child(ren)’s details are correct.

IF YOUR CONTACT DETAILS CHANGE AT ANY TIME DURING THE YEAR (particularly mobile numbers), PLEASE ADVISE THE SCHOOL AS SOON AS

Parents/Carers should be considerate when parking around the school

area. You should NOT block any residents' driveways.

The Police and the Traffic Enforcement Officers from the Local Authority are now

patrolling all schools in the Whitefield Area on a rota basis. They have and will

issue fines for vehicles incorrectly parked/blocking driveways etc.

Thanking you in anticipation

Ms T Owen

Parking around Philips

High School

BURY ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018

PHS OVERALL WINNERS AGAIN

P hilips High School arrived at the Bury athletics track with optimism. We knew

the senior boys had a great chance as well as the Year 8/9 girls team.

During the day we starting picking up a number of points in the field events such as long jump, triple jump, high jump, discus, javelin and shot put. We made a number of track finals having qualified from the heats in the morning. Therefore, we

knew we would at least get a point for being in a final.

Most of our relay teams reached the finals and had a good chance of winning.

As the results came in we knew we had a great chance to win more than two trophies. The boys won a trophy at year 7, year 8/9 and year 10/11. The girls won the year 8/9 trophy having got bronze, silver and gold in all but one event. We accumulated 197 point as a school and that was 34 points more than the second place school, which

meant that we won the overall trophy. This is the tenth time in sixteen years!

There were too many highlights to mention but Romario Swaby year 10 won three gold medals and a silver, Besar Broqi year 10 won two gold medals and Daudi Bakari year 7 won three gold medals. A number of athletes were entered for more than one

event and scored points in their events. It was a very positive experience and the pupils were over joyed with their success.

P Carinci

Junior National Basketball

Association NBA

W hat a fantastic year the Year 7 basketball team have had this year. Each player has progressed so much and shown amazing character throughout the year.

We came second in the Bury Schools Competition losing to Woodhey High School by one basket, and came second in the Junior NBA competition beating Canon Slade in the semi-final and sadly losing to a very strong Wright Robinson team in the final.

I am very proud of the year 7 students that have performed in the basketball team this year.

We have a very strong team here and some fantastic individuals. I have seen a number of students learn so much and become much more confident whilst playing the game.

Let’s go again next year and go even further boys.

Well done!

Mr J Barlow

Bury School Rounders Rallies

Y ear 7 and year 9 girls made it to the finals of the Bury School Rounders Rallies.

Year 7 played Woodhey in the final and the final score was 5 and a half to 5 and a half. The girls played excellently in the field but their batting was much improved and helped them to draw the match.

The year 9's were outstanding - thrashing all three schools in their group games, and Elton High in the semis. However in the final we played BGS, who we had already beaten in the group stage, but our batting excellence left us and we finished a proud runner up.

Mrs L Davies

RUGBY LEAGUE

T his year all three Rugby Teams (Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9) qualified as winners from the Bury Rugby League Tournament. They then attended the Greater Manchester Tournament at the AJ Bell Stadium.

The year 8's struggled with the high standards at the tournament but Kian Bywater still continued to perform to an exceptional level.

The year 9's were placed in a tough group but managed and did not disgrace themselves. They lost a couple of games by a small margin. Cedar Mount from Salford who beat them were the eventual Greater Manchester winners.

The year 7's did exceptionally well and came runners up against St. Ambrose Barlow (Trafford). They were invited to the English Schools Emerging Rugby League Competition at Victoria Park, Warrington. Thirty Schools from as far as Newcastle qualified for this tournament. Having won our first game we lost three other games very closely and once again we came up against the eventual winners who we only lost to by a converted try. The lads played very well but were beaten by schools who had a number of boys playing Rugby outside of school.

P Carinci

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN SPORT

Football

C ongratulations to Bailey Dawes and Matthew Buck for being part of the winning

team Prestwich Marauders Saints. At the end of April the team won both the

Lancashire county cup final, this was played at the Lancashire FA football ground

in Leyland, they won the game 3-2 against Atherton town FC and the league cup

final in the east Manchester junior football league.

Swimming

C ongratulations to Holly Kalns for qualifying to compete in the North West Summer

Regional Swimming Championships. She competed in the 50m, 100m and 200m

backstroke.

Scottish Bouldering Competition / Welsh Open Climbing

C ongratulations to Jessie Claxton-Daniels for coming 8th in the Scottish Bouldering

Competition and for qualifying for the Welsh Open Climbing in Methyr Tydfil.

Bell to allow children onto corridors 8:35am

Registration / Assembly 8:40 – 9:00am

PERIOD 1 9:00 – 10:00am

PERIOD 2 10:00 – 11:00am

BREAK (warning of end of break bell to ring at 11.10 am) 11:00 – 11:15am

PERIOD 3 11:15 – 12:15pm

PERIOD 4 12:15 – 1:15pm

LUNCH (warning to move to form rooms bell to ring at 1.45

pm) 1:15 – 1:50pm

Registration 1.50 – 2:00pm

PERIOD 5 2:00 – 3:00pm

Up to 60 minutes detention without notice and without pa-

rental permission 4:00pm

School Day and Bell Times

Information for school bus times and fares can be found on the school website

Arrangements for the End of Term and the First Day of Term

School closes for the Summer Break on Friday 20th July at 12:00pm

The new school year begins on Monday 3rd September at times below:

All pupils will finish at 2:00pm, phased dismissal by Head of Year.

Year Group Start Time

All Pupils

Report to

the

HALL

on arrival

Year 7 10:30am

Year 10 10:50am

Year 8 11:10am

Year 9 11:30am

Year 11 11:50am

GOODBYES Sadly we say goodbye to the following colleagues whom we wish all the

very best for the future;

Mrs A Aspden - Maths - 17 years service

Mrs K Davis - Head of Drama - 24 years service

Mr D Harland - Deputy Head of Maths - 5 years service

Mr E Price - MFL - 27 years service

Mrs S Shafqat leave us after temporary work this year—with thanks for her services.

They will all be missed by both staff and pupils and we wish them Good Luck for the

future!

Produced and edited by Mrs L Waring

You are cordially invited to attend our

Open Evening Thursday 27th September 2018

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Open Day Friday 28th September 2018

The school will be open for visits 9:15am—10:45am