The Misbourne News 17 July 2015

Misbourne News

A Message from the Headteacher Volume 12 Issue 4

Art and

Photography

2

Student Leadership 3

Science 4-5

Technology 6-7

Careers 8-9

Performing Arts 10-11

Duke of Edinburgh

Award

12

Creativity 13

Transition Day 14

Sport Report 15-21

Forthcoming Events

22

Inside this issue:

17 July 2015

Dear Parents

As this term comes to an end and the summer holidays begin, I would like to thank all my students and staff for their endeavour, application and effort. Thank you, also, to you, the parents, for your continued support. This final half term has been a good period where students have embraced their new year and the work challenges and made good progress. However, I am concerned that after six weeks’ holiday, students’ learning can regress and they find focussing back onto their learning in September takes time. In order to minimise this, I would ask that all students complete their summer ‘home learning’ work which is on the Show my Homework site on our website. All work needs to be completed, ideally, in the final two weeks of the holiday in preparation for the start of term. All lessons in the first week back will be based entirely upon this so your support here is vital. In this way, your son/daughter will be ready to learn and focussed in September. It also maintains a routine of working at home to support, enhance and extend learning. Our new building is on track to be completed in time for the start of the term in September, which is really exciting. Work is currently focussed on completing the learning environment in the eight classrooms and the Sixth Form area. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Katharine Edgar, Chair of Governors who is retiring from our Governing Body. Mrs Edgar has been a fantastic governor for the past five years and a most supportive Chair of Governors more recently. She has made a difference and we thank her and wish her well in the future. I wish all my staff and students who are leaving every happiness and success in the future. In addition, Mrs Grimsdale, Business Manager and member of the Senior Team, is leaving for another post, but has been instrumental in bringing about the successful completion of the new building and we thank her and send our best wishes to her. There have been so many fantastic achievements from so many of my students throughout the year and I am very proud of them. Have a good holiday and thank you again for all our support and I look forward to meeting you over the course of the 2015/16 year. Best wishes Robert Preston Headteacher

Uniform Matters

A reminder that students are our ambassadors and should wear their uniform correctly at all times including travelling to and from school.

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ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY NEWS

Art and Photography Exhibition 2015

The 2015 art and photography exhibition on Thursday 25 June once again demonstrated the extremely high standards which Misbourne students have attained in both art and photography at GCSE and A-level for a number of years.

There were large scale paintings, three dimensional pieces and stunning sketchbook pages which were marvelled at by parents, carers and staff alike. The quality of the photographic images also amazed visitors to the exhibition. Editing skills had been used in a sophisticated and innovative way, but the images were still spontaneous and creative. GCSE art work ranged from a larger than life size figure constructed with modroc and feathers produced by Hayley Pither, to numerous mixed media canvases and other thought provoking three-dimensional pieces. A-level work included complex final outcomes such as Alice Young’s board which was made of white painted motherboards combined with a painted portrait and numerous impressive canvases painted or drawn or collaged to great effect. The variety of styles was particularly noticeable, for example, Tooey Jones’s dog

made of different recycled wood sections.

Visitors included a representative from the Chiltern Hospital and a practising artist who works locally. Prizes were awarded to students who particularly impressed the art team, Mr Preston and our visitors. The evening was a buzz of conversation from parents who were inspired by the achievements of their children. The atmosphere was enhanced by the music provided by Elliot Evans on the keyboard and David Lewis on guitar.

Mrs Williams Art, Design and Photography Teacher

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MISBOURNE NEWS

Student Leadership Awards Presentation

On the evening of Wednesday 1 July, the 2015 Student Leaders were presented with their awards following accreditation from SSAT. The students had completed a year of gathering evidence to prove their leadership skills in ten different areas. Some of them had helped in classes, others helped around the school site, took part or led school productions, were part of sports teams both within and outside of school and also assisted within their local community through doing a variety of activities.

In order to apply for accreditation the students have to provide to SSAT, (an external business organisation that specialises in training future leaders), a portfolio of evidence along with a detailed write up of what they have achieved, which was then assessed and awarded either a Bronze, Silver or Gold Award. This is our first year of submitting Misbourne Students for accreditation and I am really pleased to say that they passed with the following honours:

Bronze Award: Sam Metcalf 8STO, Dexter Dinley 8STO, Ellie Reed 8MEN, Mahnoor Usman 8DOR, John Akhurst 9CHE, Alfred Temple 8DOR, Marianna Box 8MEN, Amelia Seager 6HUG.

Silver Award: Freddie Day 8ASC, Ted Dracott 8ASC, Alfie Stafford 8HUG, Nemiah Munir 9DOR, Jess Hallesy 10HUG, Sarah Collier 10DOR, Tori Matthews 6CHE.

Well done to all our leaders; I look forward to seeing their continued progression to the next level in 2016 as well as working with lots of new leaders who want to be part of this new initiative.

Mrs Elliott Applied & Business Teacher


SCIENCE NEWS

Summer Science

Twenty three Misbourne students went to the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2015 to find out what cutting edge science is emerging to enrich our world.

There were exciting exhibits including a group study of facial expressions and emotions, to observe cultural and racial similarities and differences. Students had the chance to could make a film of their 2D face, on the spot, and, if students gave their permission, data from the film was averaged with others in the research.

One exhibit was making tiny biosensors to implant into patients to allow doctors to monitor health progress, and another had created a zoom in sound sensor, which could focus on someone in a very crowded room, and hear what they were saying - hope they didn’t hear what I was saying!

It was all very hands on, and comical at times. You could find out whether a chicken had Bird Flu, by sticking a swab in its bottom, or mouth. The stuffed chicken made a different noise, depending on which end was used! It was also possible to see a balloon pop in slow motion with a camera that played back 35000 frames a second, and to break a type of plastic, that would heal itself with the warmth of your hands. This application could be to uses on aeroplane wings. It was a wonderful interesting day, and these are some of the comments from students:

Sana Sallam: “I am so glad I came! Its so good!”

Serena Gregory “It was good, and intriguing”

For more information visit:

http://sse.royalsociety.org/2015

Mrs A Kapila Assistant Curriculum Leader, Science

http://sse.royalsociety.org/2015


SCIENCE NEWS

Big Bang Science in Buckinghamshire

The Buckinghamshire Learning Trust and Science Oxford ran a BigBang@Bucks STEM Conferences for young people in Buckinghamshire. The conference for Key Stage 3 students was held at the Gateway, Aylesbury on 9 July 2015. It included a fantastic enthusiastic key note presentation by the Plasma Physicist and science communicator, Dr Melanie Windridge. The group Dr Windridge works for, has broken the World Record for keeping a nuclear fusion reaction going (around 23 hours).

In addition to the key note presentation the conference included STEM workshops and interactive STEM exhibits, where students could carry out experiments. Our STEM group from The Misbourne, presented their brainwave research findings. All the students who contributed display work will be awarded a certificate with prizes being for outstanding contributions. (We are still awaiting the full results).

Our students enjoyed the day, and spent most of the session in workshops. Liam Search, Jessica Bex, and Abbey Goddard, spent the most time talking to teachers and students form other schools, enabling them to fly a helicopter with their brain, and to see the mean of their brainwave patterns.

It was a fitting end to the Brain Project.

Ms Kapila Assistant Curriculum Leader, Science


TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Technology in the future

From September 2017 GCSE Design and Technology will look different. The new GCSE subject content sets out the knowledge, understanding, skills and learning outcomes that will be prevalent.

It will enable students to understand and apply interactive design processes through which they explore, create and evaluate a range of outcomes. It will enable students to use creativity and imagination to design and make prototypes or products that solve real and relevant problems, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values. Design and Technology will also provide opportunities for students to apply knowledge from other disciplines, including mathematics, science, art and design, computing and humanities.

Students will learn how to take design risks, helping them to become resourceful, innovative and enterprising citizens. They should develop an awareness of practices from the creative, engineering and manufacturing industries. Through the critique of the outcomes of design and technology activity, both historic and present day, students will develop an understanding of its impact on daily life and the wider world and understand that high-quality design and technology is important to the creativity, culture, sustainability, wealth and well-being of the nation and the global community.

Links with Mathematics:

Mathematical skills requirements Examples of D&T applications

Arithmetic and numerical computation

Recognise and use expressions in deci-mal and standard form

Calculation of quantities of materials, costs and sizes

Use ratios, fractions and percentages Scaling drawings, analysing responses to user questionnaires

Calculate surface area and volume Determining quantities of materials

Handling data

Presentation of data, diagrams, bar charts and histograms.

Construct and interpret frequency tables; present information on design decisions

Graphs

Plot, draw and interpret appropriate graphs

Analysis and presentation of performance data and client survey responses

Translate information between graphical and numeric form

Extracting information from technical specifications

Geometry and trigonometry

Use angular measures in degrees Measurement and marking out

Visualise and represent 2D and 3D forms including two dimensional representa-tions of 3D objects

Graphic presentation of design ideas and communicating intentions to others

Calculate areas of triangles and rectan-gles, surface areas and volumes of cubes

Determining the quantity of materials required


TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Technology in the future

Scientific knowledge and skills requirements Examples of D&T application

Life cycle assessment and recycling

Describe the basic principles in carrying out a life-cycle assessment of a material or product

Selection of materials and components based on ethical factors, taking into consideration the ecological and social footprint of materials

Using materials

Describe the conditions which cause corrosion and the process of corrosion and oxidisation

Understanding of properties of materi-als and how they need to be protected from corrosion through surface treat-ments and finishes. Appreciate how oxidisation can be used when dyeing materials.

Describe examples in which forces cause rota-tion; define and calculate the moment of the force in such examples and explain how levers and gears transmit the rotational effects of forces

Knowledge of the function of mechani-cal devices to produce different sorts of movement, changing the magnitude and direction of forces

Recall that current (I) depends on both re-sistance (R) and potential difference (V) and the units in which these are measured; recall and apply the relationship between I, R and V, and that for some resistors the value of R re-mains constant but that in others it can change as the current changes; explain the design and use of circuits to explore such effects – includ-ing for lamps, diodes, thermistors and LDRs.

Understanding the functions of elec-tronic components and applying for-mulae where appropriate

Different kinds of chemical bonds

Describe and compare the nature and arrange-ment of chemical bonds in ionic compounds, simple molecules, giant covalent structures, polymers and metals

Understand that man-made fibres are engineered from polymers and the link of covalent bonding to the dyeing of materials

Links with Science:


CAREERS NEWS

Year 13 Careers Day - A Huge Success

We would like to say a huge thank you to the 45 members of the local community who volunteered to help run The Misbourne Year 13 Careers Day. When we were constructing the agenda we never dreamt that so many people would step forward to help our young people prepare themselves for the world of work. In preparation for the day, ninety-five Year 13 students created their CV and cover letters which were emailed out to the telephone interviewers. On the day students revolved around a carousel of events:

CV workshop – students worked with a volunteer to improve their draft CV on the computer there and then.

Telephone interviews – students were taken out of their comfort zone when they had to Skype / call an unknown interviewer about a ‘vacancy’ of their choice.

Group assessment centre activity – students’ teamwork and communication skills were stretched and judged on GE Healthcare’s graduate group assessment centre activity.

Psychometric testing – thank you to Barclays for sponsoring the Carrus psychometric testing. The on-line testing was a useful activity for students to see what they may have to face when entering the jobs market and they were given a useful report at the end of the test so they can see where their strengths and areas for improvement are. The test also suggested relevant career areas to research further.

As usual our students did themselves proud, the volunteers were impressed with their attitude, communication skills and general calibre. With such positive feedback from the students and volunteers we look forward to running the event again next year.

Mrs Hill Applied & Business Teacher and Careers Co-ordinator

The RAF visited the school this week to let us know about a number of career opportunities that are available. They are currently short of

ICT apprentices

Chef / catering apprentices

Please contact Mrs Hill if you would like more information.

RAF Opportunities


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CAREERS NEWS

Young Enterprise Launch Pad Event for Year 11

A team of 14 Misbourne business students participated in an Enterprise Day at the University of Buckingham Friday 10 July. Our students were taken out of their comfort zone on arrival when they were mixed in to teams with the other participating schools to complete a number of activities:

Rope Challenge – the students tied themselves in knots to get to work as a team and get know each other

What More Do Employers Want? – students investigated what skills over and above academic achievement employers are looking for

Who Are We? – Thinking Hats – students considered their personalities, strengths and weaknesses

What’s In A Logo? – the students created a logo for their ‘company’

Team Building Activity – it was great to watch the students construct a bridge made from newspaper and sticking tape

Lateral Thinking - students focused on what they want to achieve in life and discussed how not miss out on good opportunities

Innovate and Market – students were encouraged to think outside the box and consider a variety of techniques used when advertising a product

Pathway Challenge – to round the day off the students had to present their business idea to the ‘board’.

Well done to ‘Step & Soul’ who won the Best presentation award. It’s clear to see that we have some budding entrepreneurs – let’s watch this space to see how they progress in the business world in years to come. Here’s what the students thought…

‘I think that YE helped make me work with people I usually wouldn’t work with, improve my presentation skills and increase my confidence – a good experience’

‘Personally I found that you don’t need to be with your friends to be creative and have a good time – I enjoyed it’

‘I really enjoyed the experience; especially how we got mixed with people we didn’t know. The aspect of teamwork and creating a brand new product was enjoyable and it taught us new skills’

‘I liked working with new people and I liked the quick challenges as they made you think on your feet’

‘it was good to do real life challenges under pressure with limited time’

Mrs Hill Applied & Business Teacher and Careers Co-ordinator



PERFORMING ARTS NEWS

Mini MiZfest 2015 Students, staff, families and friends gathered together on a beautiful summer's evening to share in the Mini MiZfest. With a wonderful barbeque and bar arranged by Friends of The Misbourne, the climate was perfect to relax and enjoy the entertainment.

The evening opened with a performance by the Mini Funktion Band - a group of young students led by two Sixth Formers, Dave Lewis and Alice Evans. Following this there were superb drama pieces from the Year 13 BTEC students and a wonderful mask piece from the drama club led by Mrs Jeffery and Mrs Golding. The Harmony Choir sang a selection of summer music including the classic 'Walking on Sunshine' led by Mrs

Appleyard. There were many duets, solos and small group pieces featuring talents from different year groups ranging from a cello duet from Peter and the Wolf to a group piece by Year 9 of the song ‘Valerie’. To bring the evening to a close, the Funktion Band led by Mr Dwight and Mr Bridgman performed a number of top quality pieces with style. Once again the students demonstrated their talents and gave a performance which was enjoyed by all.

The Performing Arts team would like to thank and congratulate all our performers and their families and friends for their support this year.

After Hours

And to follow, the Sixth Form music students put on a gig for 'young people' with bands from in school and beyond. Project managing the whole event, the class of six students covered everything from marketing, to technical to sales and artist management. On top of this they were also performing. The first band comprised of three students from Year 11 - Matty Scholey, Sean Flint and Bradley Little, who performed the Arctic Monkeys number 'They Say it Changes When the Sun Goes Down' which set the event off in a fine manner. Next up were the house band - our own Sixth Form class who sang a selection of songs. The group were joined by the amazing drumming talents of Max Colebeck from Year 10. Following them was a local band headed up by Dave Lewis which was well received. The headlining band was The Running Guns. It was exciting to welcome back ex-student Aidan Kidd, who is the drummer in this group. The music department was proud to see one of its own students working in the profession.

Congratulations to Alice Evans, Sian Evans, Alice Jones, David Lewis, Chloe Peters and Rosie Williams for putting together a great event and achieving distinction for their project.

Rachel Appleyard Performing Arts Curriculum Leader


PERFORMING ARTS

Year 9 students have a very exciting opportunity available to them next term. We have secured some fantastic tickets to see a schools matinee performance of ‘The Woman in Black’ at the Fortune Theatre in London on Tuesday 15 September 2015 followed by a question and answer session with members of the cast and the director.

The show has been running for over 30 years and is a dark thriller based on Susan Hill’s novel. We would love to take the whole year group so please collect a letter from your form tutor or from the school website if you haven’t already done so. Prepare to be scared!

MISBOURNE AT THE THEATRE

At the end of term on Thursday 16 July, Misbourne students and staff travelled to The Duchess Theatre in London’s West End to see “The Play that goes Wrong”. The play

follows the failed attempts of a drama society to put on a show at the annual Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society attempt to put on a 1920s style murder mystery play in the Scottish capital, but unfortunately the only things that they are good at is getting things wrong. It wasn’t just the cast that could risk bringing down the play; everything that could go wrong reared its ugly head throughout, leading to disaster after disaster.

This very funny play has received excellent reviews and was an excellent end of term tonic for students and the staff accompanying them.

Mrs Jeffery Drama Teacher

Do you have any unwanted instruments that you could donate to our music department?

We would be delighted to receive any unwanted guitars, amps, keyboards, drums and any orchestral instruments to swell our resources and make music lessons even more fun and engaging than it already is. If you have an instrument you would like to donate please contact [email protected]

Instrument Request

mailto:[email protected]


MISBOURNE NEWS

The DofE Bronze Award group has been working hard during the term, towards meeting the requirements of the various elements of their awards. The sections require students to get involved with volunteering, developing certain skills, and meeting a physical challenge. The fourth section is the expedition and the group will be undertaking this section soon after we return in the autumn, with a training weekend, a practice weekend and finally their assessed weekend. We have teamed up with a company called “Outspark” for this section and we plan to have upwards of three groups of mainly Year 11 and some Year 12 students working in the Chilterns over the three weekends.

During each of these weekends, the students will be divided into groups; will develop skills such as navigation and leadership, as well as how to set up a tent and to cook on a “Trangia Stove”. The weekends will involve several hours of walking each day and of course the obligatory one night “under canvas” and although fairly local, the students have to carry all of their own equipment, tents, food and cooking equipment. The group meets most Thursday lunchtimes and with the help of Martin Brooke from the County DofE office, the students have already had a go at setting up tents and cooking. On Thursday 9 July they were given the opportunity of undertaking some orienteering in Wendover Woods, which provided them with a very useful introduction to map reading and using a compass to navigate.

The expedition will enable the students to complete that section of their Award and we hope that by the end of November many of the students will have completed all of the various sections.

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award Update

The DofE students in Wendover Woods, looking for that all important bearing!

Some of the girls getting to grips with their tent.

Not sure if the adage “many hands make light work” really applies here or not!

The girls managed to get their tent set up before the boys!!


MISBOURNE NEWS

I wonder how many of you reading this article once learned to play an instrument? Almost without exception, every adult I met tells me that they used to play an instrument and that they wish they’d carried on. Being a beginner is always tough and as a young person, committing to practicing can be difficult. Already my son, who is 6, looks for reasons not to practice. Not because he doesn’t want to be a great drummer but because there are so many other distractions which may seem like more fun.

Creativity is in danger of disappearing from the lives of young people with all the pressures and expectations from society. The move to new measures in education minimizes the opportunities to select creative subjects in the option process and each year we discuss with students and parents the value of taking music and drama for an options choice and the impact and opportunities this can lead to.

Looking back at my own education, I remember fondly my time at school but the most profound learning experiences were in the extra-curricular activities in music and drama. Arguably I had some natural ability in this area, but I was never destined to be a professional performer. Being given the chance to take on leadership of my peers with the school choir, directing the school production as a sixth former and being a role model on various music tours and performances gave me a rich experience and increased skills in creative leadership. I was fortunate enough to have a music teacher who saw potential in me and encouraged me as an individual. I remember vividly a discussion with my Head of Sixth Form who was worried that I was not focusing on my academic studies enough as I was running choirs, directing band practice and taking up all opportunities to make music. I still maintain that I needed those opportunities to help shape my future role as a teacher.

In the performing arts curriculum area we want to ensure that our students have the widest opportunities to be creative and develop this vital side of their character leading to a well-rounded life. Working in partnership with parents to develop the potential of our young people, we could and should be the catalyst for the next world renowned actor or musician. In just the last week I received an email from an ex-student who has begun a journey into a career in music. We hosted a gig run by our sixth form students in which the local band ‘The Running Guns’ were the headline act. The drummer, Aidan Kidd, wrote and said he and his band were determined to make a success of their musical journey and the personal encouragement and guidance from music teachers at our school set him up for this exciting pathway. Who knows where this will lead, but we have a responsibility as parents and teachers to give our young people the inspiration, motivation and support to explore their creative potential. So my challenge for all of us, is to consider how we can further give our young people personalised opportunities for creativity alongside supporting them to secure the vital exam results as they begin their journey into adulthood.

Finally, it’s never too late to learn, so perhaps as a parent or teacher we could dig out that guitar or trumpet from the loft and give ourselves that opportunity to be creative. I am sure that not only will you find much satisfaction from making music; you will also gain insight into the challenges faced by our children as they commit to this creative learning.

Mrs Appleyard Curriculum Leader, Performing Arts

Creativity – Something for Everyone


MISBOURNE NEWS

Transition Day 2015 We were delighted to welcome the 180 students who will be joining us in September for The Misbourne Transition Day on Wednesday 8 July.

The students spent the day with their new classmates and form tutors as they experienced taster sessions in mathematics, English, science, drama, art and in the library. In the evening they were joined by their parents for a welcome barbeque followed by an information meeting. It was great to meet everybody and give them an insight into how we work here at the Misbourne.

A massive thank-you to the staff who planned and delivered the taster sessions throughout the day and also to the Sixth Form and Year 8 and 9 students who worked hard and were fantastic ambassadors for The Misbourne.

Mr Dunsby Head of Year 7

Here in The Misbourne library, we are always striving to ensure students get the best resources possible. If you decide to minimize your books this summer, please do think of us. We are aiming to go bigger and better, especially in the non-fiction and study areas to encourage and motivate learning.

Of course we also want to create a fun and relaxed environment to choose reading for pleasure too which is why we are expanding the fiction department to include graphic novels and comics such as Tintin, Spiderman and The Simpsons to encourage and engage a wider audience.

If you feel that you have any books to donate, please do, they will be gratefully received and a further step to promote reading and study. Many thanks.

Mrs Heard Librarian

We Want Books!


SPORT REPORT

On Monday 13 July as part of our Sky Sports Programme, we had a second visit from Paralympic Medallist and motivational speaker, Ian Rose. He came in to talk to the group of students that have been part of the programme. The group included Abi Booth, Lowri Jones, Brandon Rowden, Laena Jordan, Ilse Rabe, Bethany Watson, Sonia Sawle, Amy Rowett, Laura Crow, Jordan Foster, Aminah Syed and Bradley Little.

The day included a discussion of how to be successful in sport and everyday life.

After break, students got to take part in a practical Judo session, led by Ian. They were all rewarded with a Sky Sports t-shirt and a photo with Jermaine Jenas at our annual Sports Awards Evening.

Well done, to all students involved.

Miss Flitney Curriculum Leader, PE

Ian Rose Visit


SPORTS REPORT

Sports Day 2015

After a ”should we or shouldn’t we” start to the morning due to the dark clouds and intermittent rain, Sports Day went ahead on Wednesday 8 July. The 1500m runners produced some gutsy races and a number of field events battled through the drizzle, throwing and jumping to gain points for their house.

With the introduction of the new house system at half term, each tutor group in each year is now in its own house allowing for cross year group support. All students were to compete in at least one

event each, a maximum of one track, one field and one relay.

When the whole school came out after break, there was an array of colours and face paints pledging their allegiance matched only by the noise of support. Mr Dunsby was master of ceremonies on the microphone, calling athletes to their events and also commenting on some of the great races

Alongside the usual track and field events was a variety of mixed relays ranging from 2x200, 4x200 to eight person over 400m in which the students could choose how far each ran making it a very tactical race.

The Sixth Form joined in the day this year with their ‘alternative’ sports day. They took to the track for the relays and introduced “welly wanging”, egg and spoon and three legged race as their field events with the tug of war as their finale.

The day ran extremely smoothly with many of our more able students showing off their talent in front of their peers and some fantastic examples of students giving their all to score what they could.

Thanks to all the staff who supported, cajoled, timed, marshalled, measured, raked, scored, patched up the injured and who ensured that no litter was left at the end of the day and to the students who took part and supported and who behaved so well.

As the final scores were tallied, there were some very close competitions within the four year groups, with only a few points separating some places.

The final results were as follows:

Year 8 Points

8ASC 156

8STO 127

8HUG 121

8CHE 105

8MEN 98

8DOR 67

Year 9 Points

9CHE 156

9DOR 155

9ASC 129

9HUG 127

9MEN 78

Year 10 Points

10CHE 142

10ASC 123

10MEN 116

10DOR 108

10HUG 97

10STO 79

Year 11 Points

11HUG 126

11ASC 115

11DOR 114

11CHE 109

10MEN 90


SPORTS REPORT

Success for Misbourne Elite Gymnast at

the Espoir Challenge Cup

On Sunday 5 July Misbourne Gymnast Nemiah Munir (9DOR) competed in the Espoir Challenge Cup in Guildford. This competition was of great importance for Nemiah in her quest to qualify for the British Championships next March.

There were three rounds of competition for her age category and Nemiah was drawn to compete in the first round. In all there were 88 gymnasts trying to achieve the qualifying mark of 46.000. Her first piece was Floor and she was aiming to perform a 2 ½ twisting somersault as her first tumble for the first time. Despite falling in warm-up she managed to nail the tumble in her performance and went on to achieve a score of 11.950. Her second piece of apparatus was the Vault – considered to be her strongest piece. She performed a piked Tsukahara but did not land within the correct landing zone meaning she was deducted marks but still managed to achieve a score of 12.900. So far so good. Nemiah then moved onto Bars and needed to squeeze every mark possible out of the judges. Performing a double twist as she dismounted, she managed to score 9.850. At this point her overall score was 34.700 and she needed only 11.300 to achieve the qualifying score. Her final piece was Beam, an apparatus that is only the width of a foot, and a so easy to fall from and lose lots of valuable marks. Thankfully, Nemiah managed to hold her nerve and achieved a score of 12.300 meaning she scored an overall mark of 47.000 – comfortably over the qualifying score.

After the first round, Nemiah was lying in 4th place overall and 2nd overall on beam. She had to wait six hours to discover her final placing. At the end of the competition, it was confirmed that Nemiah had finished 6th place overall, and was one of only eight gymnasts who achieved the qualifying score. She finished 7th overall on beam and 10th overall on bars.

We wish Nemiah good luck with the rest of her competitions for this year and look forward to seeing how well she does in the British Championships next year.

Well done Nemiah!

Two Misbourne Year 8 students - Jemma Coombs and Maya Acheampong - went to Palm Springs California to compete in the United States Association of Independent Gymnastics Clubs World Gymnastics Championships 2015.

Jemma competed at Copper level and medalled 4th on 'bars' coming 6th overall in her category of 12 girls. Maya competed at Bronze level (higher level as she competed last year in Florida at Copper) and came 5th on 'floor' qualifying for the finals the next day where she then medalled 4th on the 'floor', coming 12th overall in her category of 23 girls.

Both girls worked incredibly hard to prepare for the competition, where they represented the UK and only narrowly missed out on Bronze medals, a huge achievement.

Congratulations to Jemma and Maya.

Gymnastic Results in the USA


SPORTS REPORT

DISTRICT ATHLETICS AT UXBRIDGE 2015 Fifty–five Misbourne students from Years 8-11 went to Hillingdon Stadium in Uxbridge to represent The Misbourne at the District Athletics Championships on Tuesday 30 June . The temperature at 9 o’clock in the morning was 23 degrees and we knew we were in for a very hot day of competition – literally.

Year 8 gave some excellent performances throughout the day. In the 100m final, it all came down to who dipped at the finish line more with Ben Rook just missing out on 3rd place as a result. He made up for his disappointment finishing 3rd in the high jump with a clearance of 1.15m. Martin Bettison finished a comfortable 3rd place in the 1500m with a time of 5min 21seconds. Fabio Picciano also finished 3rd in the discus competition with a throw of 17.50m. The outstanding performances of the day in the boy’s competition went to Kyle Harman for his gold medal in the shot put throwing 8.42m and to the boy’s 4x100m relay team who also achieved gold medals. These amazing performances meant that the boys finished in 2nd place overall in their year group competition just five points behind Challoner’s.

The girls worked very well as a team and this saw them finish 7th overall with notable performances coming from Caitlyn McEvoy in the 800m and Kyra Channer in the 1500m with both girls finishing in 5th place. The 4x100m relay team also rounded off the day with a 5th place finish.

The athletes in Year 9 had a mixed bag of results. Dylan McCollum finished in 3rd place overall in the 100m in a time of 13.4s. The field events proved to be the strength for this team with multiple top three finishes including 3rd place for John Akhurst in the high jump with a clearance of 1.30m, Will Kay jumping to 3rd place in the long jump with a distance of 4.57m, Liam Tyler achieving 3rd in the shot put with a throw of 9.11m, Alex Dashwood and Kristian Everiss finishing 2nd overall in the discus and javelin with distances of 18.55m and 26.01m respectively. This meant the boys finished in an excellent 3rd place overall. Unfortunately, the girls did not fare so well in their competition with the only real stand out performances of the day coming from Natasha Bates in the hurdles and 800m where she finished 3rd overall in both. The girls did manage to accumulate enough points to finish in 4th position overall.


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The Year 10 boys performed very well with many just missing out on gold. Henry Junnola-Schofield missed out on gold in the 200m with a time of 26.0s which was admirable considering the fact he had run his 100m final 20 minutes earlier where he finished 4th. Adam Pickard came home in 4th place in the 1500m despite suffering from a sickness bug and Ollie Powell managed one better in the 800m finishing 3rd in a time of 2min 23 seconds. Callum Bennett performed exceptionally well in the javelin finishing 2nd with a throw of 37.15m – just missing out on the gold by 25cm. To round off a successful day for the boys, the 4x100m relay team finished 3rd behind Dr Challoner’s and Chalfont’s which helped them to achieve 4th overall in their competition. The girls produced some solid performances throughout the day with Cat Piercy jumping her way to gold in the long jump with a distance of 4.39m and Kitty Jones finishing in 2nd place in the 100m with a time of 14.3 seconds. Georgia Russell just missed 3rd place in both the hurdles and the high jump by the narrowest of margins but despite this, the girls managed to finish in 3rd place overall.

The Year 11 boys’ competition was very tough and The Misbourne did very well to achieve the results they did. Returning to represent The Misbourne was Brandon Bryan and Jamie Atkins and their performances proved to be invaluable for the team’s overall placing. Jamie won gold in the long jump with a distance of 5.72m and Brandon managed 2nd overall in the hurdles just missing gold by 0.1 seconds and 2nd in the high jump with a personal best performance of 1.65m. Other outstanding performances of the day included James Hogg running a time of 61.5 seconds to finish in a comfortable 3rd place overall and Matty Scholey who threw 24.69m in the discus to finish 2nd overall. These performances meant the boys achieved 3rd place overall. The most notable performances produced by the girls in Year 11 were by Ella Gohl who finished 3rd in the javelin with a throw of 19.37m and 3rd in the 100m hurdles as well as Lizzie Barraclough who finished 2nd in the long jump clearing a distance of 4.25m and then achieving 3rd overall in the 800m in a time of 2 minutes 32 seconds. Overall, the girls finished in 5th place.

Although the athletes were there to achieve success in their own right, they were also aiming to accumulate as many points as possible with the hope of matching the performance of The Misbourne from 2012 where we won the overall team trophy. Having been hurriedly scribbling down the scores for each of the individual year group competitions, it quickly became obvious that we could be in with a real chance of winning the overall team trophy. With the whole team eagerly awaiting the results to be announced, excitement was building. Unfortunately, we missed out on the win by just one point to Chesham Grammar - AGAIN!

Nevertheless, a good day was had by all and the students’ behaviour was exemplary.

Congratulations to all athletes who competed – bring on next year.

Miss Hill and Mr Dunsby

DISTRICT ATHLETICS AT UXBRIDGE 2015


SPORTS REPORT

Year 9 Girls Golf

On Monday 29 June, 15 students attended a mini golf tournament at Bucks Golf Club. We arrived at 9:30 in the morning and divided into three teams. There were a number of other local schools’ teams competing at the event. Each team was given a coach to take them round a ‘street golf’ course. There were 18 different stations set up that each student had to participate in. The stations ranged from putting the ball straight through a gate, to pitching the ball to land on a giant deckchair.

The majority of girls taken on the trip had never played golf before. They had a great day in the sunshine and developed skills in a new sport. After lunch, they met four players from the European Tour Ladies Team. The students had the opportunity to ask the professionals questions take photos and get autographs.

At the end of the day, the results from the tournament were announced. The Misbourne girls were very happy to find out that one of our three teams had won. Well done to all girls who came on the trip.

The winning team consisted of Lucy Tomlins, Sophie Hilling, Eva Howe, Madeline

Morgan and Emily Gladding.


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On Wednesday 1 July, we took a Year 10 mixed softball team to Farnham Park playing fields in Farnham Royal. A great baseball and softball facility is hidden away in the corner of the park, and is deemed to be one of the finest in the country. The venue has received a large amount of funding from the sports governing body and the national lottery, and looked resplendent under the blue skies that greeted us on that scorching day. We were playing mixed, slow pitch softball which is popular in pockets around the

country. Indeed, as rounders appears to be out of favour with exam boards at the moment, more and more schools are considering introducing the sport at all ages.

Our team was very enthusiastic, but had very little experience of the game and its rules. It proved to be a steep learning curve and in no time at all, we found ourselves playing three games. We were able to rotate the squad so that everyone played a role in each game, although Lucas Gomes was given the responsibility of being the pitcher, a role in which he showed great control and accuracy, certainly helping us to be competitive in our matches. We narrowly lost our first game 5-4 against Burnham Academy who fielded an all-boys team with similar experience to our squad. We then went on to play William Borlase who were a well drilled and experienced team and despite the efforts of the team and Caitlin Neal at back stop, we lost heavily against them. However, after a lunch break and the chance to watch other schools play, our team began to appreciate some of the more subtle nuances of the sport. They were able to take these into our final game against Chalfont Community College meaning that the game was very tight. Indeed, with one pitch remaining, we were leading by one run, 8-7; however a huge hit by their last batter led to two runs being scored. A draw might have been a fair result, but we had certainly made great progress to have been so competitive. Nevertheless, a good day was had by all. There are plans to try and raise the profile of the sport in our district next year and if you are interested in playing, please look at our notices or ask the PE staff. Farnham is not far and it is a great facility; I am sure they would welcome any new players with open arms. Our softball squad was as follows: -

Zach Garvie Lewis Jamieson Lucas Gomes Ollie Powell Kieran Evans Stephanie Randle Louis Benson Caitlin Neal Kelsie Wright Danielle Clark Natasha Randle

District Softball Competition - July 2015

Misbourne’s softball squad 2015

The dugout offered shade from the searing heat

The Misbourne

Misbourne Drive Great Missenden Buckinghamshire HP16 0BN

Phone: 01494 862869 E-mail: [email protected]

Mr Robert Preston BA, MEd (Oxon) Headteacher

www.misbourne.bucks.sch.uk

13 August - GCE A-Level Results Day

20 August - GCSE Results Day

1 September - Years 12 and 13 Enrolment Day

2 September - INSET Day

3 September - School Starts

7 September - Sixth Form Starts

8 September - Van Cols Photographs Years 7, 10 and 12

9 September - Year 12 Information Evening

9 September - Friends of The Misbourne Meeting

9 September - World Challenge 2016 Launch

12/13 September - Duke of Edinburgh Training Weekend

14 September - Year 7 Teambuilding at Woodrow High House

15 September - Year 7 Information Evening

18 September - Year 8 Girls HPV1 Vaccinations

18 September - Years 10, 11 and 12 Applied Visit to Thorpe Park

24 September - Open Evening

25 September - INSET Day

28 September - Whole School Photograph

1 October - Open Morning

1 October - Years 12 and 13 Parents’ Evening

Forthcoming Events

INSET DAYS Wednesday 2 September 2015 Friday 25 September 2015 Monday 4 January 2016 Thursday 24 March 2016 Monday 6 June 2016

Open on the morning of: Unless otherwise notified the school will close at the end of the afternoon of:

Autumn Term 2015 Thursday 3 September 2015 Monday 2 November 2015

Friday 23 October 2015 Friday 18 December 2015

Spring Term 2016 Tuesday 5 January 2016 Monday 22 February 2016

Friday 12 February 2016 Wednesday 23 March 2016

Summer Term 2016 Monday 11 April 2016 Tuesday 7 June 2016

Friday 27 May 2016 Thursday 21 July 2016

Term Dates 2015 - 2016

Documents

The Misbourne News 17 July 2015