School Newsletter Volume 7 Edition 6 Year 10

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H2U
Vol 7 Issue 6—June 2008
Excellence by Design and through Innovation
Year 10—Laying the foundations for success!
It’s been another fantastic
year for our Highcliffe students in Year 10. They
have tackled all the challenges of the first year of
GCSE study in a commendable manner and as
such have made excellent
progress as a year group.
They
have
achieved
some of
the most
impressive
modular
results
the
school
has ever
had, in
both Maths and Science
and the feedback from the
other curriculum teams
suggests that they are on
course to be just as successful in all areas of their
studies.
I am confident that they
will use this as a spring-
The
Credits
board to achieve even
greater success in Year 11
and the Sixth form.
In addition to their academic
achievement the students of
Year 10 continue to show
their ability to excel outside
the timetable. I am continually impressed by
both the diversity of
the activities
they undertake and the
levels at
which they
succeed. I
still find it
amazing
that they
are able to manage their
free time so efficiently.
Many of these achievements
are reported within this issue of H2U.
we will see the cohort approach it with the real ‘can
-do’ spirit that they have
displayed throughout their
school career.
My message to the students is simple, I urge you
all to use the time well to
really focus on the benefits
to be gained from success
in school – I know you will
make us all proud!
John Garner
Head of Achievement
Year 10
I would like to take this opportunity to offer a gentle
reminder about the work
experience. I am sure that
Contributors: J.Garner, V.Dedman, G.Hughes, S.Rowe, D.Leitch, S.Nicholls, P.Townshend, J.Potts, H.McMillan,
B.Trevorrow, R.Bannister, M.McGrath, Emma Langley, Madeleine Daley-Brown, Amander Alexander, A.Clark, David
Comer, Chris Paines, Paul Bennett, Dan Cassey, I.Burgan, Chloe Adams, J.Burden, L.Gabony, H.Finch, S.Callear, C.Stone,
N.O’Connor, J.White, Emma Fisher, G.Wilson, Chloe Sami, Nicola Jones, D.Bryden, J.Picking, Issy Donald, Steven Dow,
Daily Echo Reporter, Rebecca Jones, Holly Broomfield, Andrew Sloane, JJ Broomfield, M.Yapp, T.Barnes, S.Riley,
W.Shaylor, Andrew Rooke, Brendan Kirkton, Laura Fox, Chloe Kitcher, J.Coleman. Production: J.Potts, J.Coleman,
M.Gower, S.Bagshaw, P.Coughlan, with special thanks to M.Kelly for the ‘Highcliffe Buzz’ logo.
“I believe in using what you have, instead of mourning for that which you do not. In thirty years
time, I want to be able to look back at my youth and know that I used my talents fully: that I
wasted nothing” A former Highcliffe Sixth Former
A Fond Farewell!
Deputy Headteacher Mr
Gareth Hughes will be
leaving Highcliffe at the
end of this term to take up
the post of Headteacher at
Rhosnesni High School,
Wrexham North Wales in
September.
Mr Hughes was appointed
to the staff of Highcliffe in
2002 and in addition to his
responsibilities as Deputy
Headteacher he has taught
within the Humanities Curriculum Area.
‘I am obviously very sad to
be leaving Highcliffe but I
am looking forward to
the challenge of being
a Headteacher’ he said
‘I will miss the staff
and students tremendously and would like
to extend my thanks
to everyone connected
with our school community for the help
and support they have
provided me with during the time I have
been at Highcliffe’.
Good luck and thank
you to you as well, Mr
Hughes!
This has meant that a consistent approach can be
adhered to for selection
criteria when placing students on the register. By
doing so teachers are
aware of those students in
their classes who have the
aptitude to access Higher
Order Thinking Skills.
strive to get the best out
of everybody, ensuring
that students at every
level have opportunities
in order to reach their full
potential. It must be emphasised that this is not a
‘bolt on’ but rather a
‘built in’ agenda. In
other words, students are
not only offered opportunities outside of the curriculum but every effort
is made to stretch the
individual in the classroom.
There are endless programmes on offer ranging from archaeology
master classes, Mathematics Challenge, a Debating Society, science
SETNET project, working
with universities, exhibition of artwork at Highcliffe Castle, Young Language Leaders programme to inviting students to attend the Oxbridge conference.
Here at Highcliffe all teachers value all students and
Training courses are
made available to staff,
Gifted
and Talented
These are exciting times
at Highcliffe especially
with regard to the
Gifted and Talented
agenda.
The Gifted and Talented
Register has been reviewed using guidelines
from the National Academy
for Young Gifted and Talented (NAGTY) now known
as Young, Gifted and Talented (YG & T).
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either as a whole school
approach or as a recent
initiative whereby staff
have been trained with regard to mentoring talented
students in Physical Education, known as the JAE
programme (Junior Athlete
Education). We are also
continually developing the
Highcliffe Challenge as a
broad-based crosscurricular framework for
the valuation of participation.
A recent Inspector told
Highcliffe “You are way
ahead of the field in this
area”. We are by no
means complacent and are
constantly looking at ways
in which to move forward.
If you would like to discuss
any of the points raised
please do not hesitate to
contact me at school.
Report by Mrs Dedman
Lead Teacher for
Gifted & Talented
H2U, Vol 7 Issue , Year 10 Special - June 2008
Curriculum News
Design &
Technology
Highcliffe already ahead
of the game!!
Following the Government’s announcement to
make cookery compulsory
in all schools, it is encouraging to know that Highcliffe are already ahead of
the game. For some years
Food Technology has been
an integral part of our KS3
Curriculum. Embedded in
our Food Curriculum are
the basic skills that students will need to make
healthy, balanced meals
from fresh ingredients.
Currently in KS3, our students are encouraged to
make dishes on an international theme. These include Shepherd’s Pie, Risotto,
Sweet &
Sour
Chicken
and
Tikka
Masala.
They
progress
in KS4
to more
adventurous
and skilful dishes incorporating nutritional/special
dietary needs and menu
planning. An Enrichment
course, Post 16 (Food) is
timetabled. This course is
designed to enable students to create healthy
meals on a budget.
In addition to the success
of our students at exam
level, it is rewarding to see
them successfully compete
in community events and
we want to congratulate
two Year 10 Catering students who have recently
achieved great success in
competitions outside
school.
Rachael
Stone
was selected
to represent
Highcliffe at
the
John B
Challenge which took place at
MJs restaurant in Brockenhurst College on Mon
12th May. We are pleased
to report that despite
very stiff competition
Rachael managed to finish in 2nd place. A fine
achievement
Rachael,
well done!
In what is
fast becoming an
annual
tradition
here at
the school
a Year 10 student went in
for a high pressure competitive event at the
Christchurch International Food Festival. Congratulations to Ayden
Lee, winner of the Christchurch Junior Cook of the
Year competition. Ayden
was up against tough
competition from both
the Grange and Twynham
School. Judges Graham
Silverton, president of
Christchurch Rotary Club;
Tim Lloyd, managing director of the Captain’s Club
Hotel and Lesley Walters,
celebrity chef, all decided
that Ayden’s dish of pork
medallions
wrapped
in pancetta,
sautéed
potato
and carrot and
French
bean
parcels,
was the
winner. Ayden received a
meal voucher worth £75
from the Avonmouth Hotel
and £250 for Highcliffe
School.
Report by
Mrs Rowe and Miss Leitch
Teachers of
Food & Catering
Recycling
In Design Technology we
are constantly evaluating
our projects to make them
as engaging as possible for
students. We also consider what skills can be
taught through the projects and we factor in the
costs of the materials that
are used to minimise the
expense to the school and
students.
We are increasingly trying
to consider the cost of the
materials to the environment by sourcing a larger
number of sustainable materials as well as carrying
out in house recycling with
off-cuts for all major material groups: Wood, Metal
and Plastic.
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By practising the three
“R’s” (Reduce, Re-use, Recycle) we are managing to
reduce our material consumption by a meaningful
margin.
We now wish to expand
this initiative further and
are looking to our locale
for assistance. Many
manufacturing companies
throw away materials that
we can make entire products from and consequently we are looking for
contacts that might be able
to supply us with certain
timbers, metals or plastics.
Hardwoods or softwoods
are used frequently by us,
as are ferrous and nonferrous metals. Plastics
are a little trickier and
we generally
only
have
need for
thermoplastics
such as
acrylic
and polypropylene though
we do sometimes require
nylon for making bushes.
If anyone thinks they can
assist us with our environmental improvements then
please get in contact.
Report by Mr Nicholls
quality products by
demonstrating new
graphical
presentation
skills, which,
wherever
possible,
emulate
techniques
used in industry.
Graphics Pack
Propelling Pencil 0.7mm
Leads 0.7mm
0.25mm fine-line Rollerball Pen
0.5mm fine-line Rollerball Pen
Thicker black felt-tip pen
Compass (Staedtler)
Pencil sharpener
Pack (24) of colouring pencils
Eraser
30cm Ruler
Clear Pencil Case (330 x 125mm)
Total Cost - £10
Consequently, it is
of benefit to
any student
price of the pack, detailed
studying GCSE Design
above, is a cost price to us
Technology that they own
and includes no ‘mark-up’
a basic kit of equipment
of any sort.
to help them realise their
ideas.
Students have had an opportunity to order this pack
In support of this
from us and we very much
we have selected
look forward to its influa range of quality
encing the quality of the
equipment, which
student outcomes over the
we can source
next few weeks.
from our suppliReport by Mr Nicholls
ers. For a list see
the box on this
Electronics—New Lights
page. The equipOur lighting in the hall now
ment has been
has become completely
chosen on cost and qualcomputer controlled both
ity and should represent
analogue and digital lights.
a substantial reduction in
When we started on the
price if purchased on the
lights they were rather arhigh street.
chaic and manually controlled which was a bind.
I must stress that the
The fact that they actually
Graphics Pack
Our Year 10 Design Technology courses are progressing well and are currently moving into the exciting phase of product development through sketching and Computer Aided
Design work.
Our aim is always to support our students in the
achievement of innovative,
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had "Christchurch Grammar school" labels on them
did give the game away as
to their age.
We have spent a lot of
time and effort in upgrading them and we now have
40 lights on and in front of
the stage with 25KW of
power - some 100A –
which is roughly equivalent
to about 4-5 houses. All
this is computer controlled
by a system that took two
years to design and build.
The moving head lights
and scanners (DMX) are
now also computer controlled as I have just finished a program and interface to drive them - only
took four weeks this time.
The unit is about A5 size
and fully portable so the
DMX can be used anywhere under total PC control.
The value of this equipment is in the £1000s and
by creating it in-house we
have not only saved a
great deal of money but
also have a system which
is on par with, if not better
than, many schools with
specialist status in Drama.
More bits from
Electronics
A few brief notes of things
to look out for...the Dalek
should be finished very
soon and the RC car track
should be finished ..... this
year some time.
Also we have built the
largest sound meter I've
ever seen with some 720
LED's (hyper bright, used
in traffic lights) and being
added to.
Report by Mr Townshend
Expressive Arts
Flight…Suspension…
Falling
Year 10 GCSE Dance students recently attended a
performance by Gravity
and Levity Dance Company entitled ‘Shift’.
This aerial dance company performed the piece
with several performers
in harnesses using a multitude of ropes and sandbags in order to create
the illusion of flying
through space.
The set, consisting of
materials made of wood
and metal, which transformed into soundmaking devices at the
end of the show, was an
integral feature of the
piece.
The performers’ challenge was how to find
human and emotional
softness in a hard, abstract environment and
how to find lightness of
movement whilst constrained by harnesses.
The company certainly
succeeded with women
and wood whirling around
each other like lovers with
such beauty and precision
that it was mesmerising to
watch.
During the heart stopping
choreography, dancers deliberately fell off things to
remind the audience how
hard aerial dance is to execute but how effortless audiences expect it to look.
At times it was as though
the performers were
caught in a web of ropes
and the huge risk, both
physically and creatively,
paid off spectacularly well!
Report by Mrs McGrath
Young Musician
Competition 2008
During the first week of
February, the Highcliffe
School Young Musician of
the Year Competition heats
were held. We were delighted that so many students took the opportunity
to get involved in this annual event and we had
over 60 students entering.
Each student performed in
Summer Concert
2008
Weds 2nd & Thurs 3rd July
7pm, Main Hall
Tickets on sale: 9th June
Available from the
Music Department.
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a heat against other people of the same instrumental family and ability. Each
heat had a lower tier and a
higher tier winner and all
these winners went
through to a Grand Final
Concert in the Performance
Hall on the evening of 14th
February. The finalists
performed in front of an
audience of family and
friends and the three
judges. Winners who went
through to the final were:
Josh Sparks 7.6 (Drums
Lower Tier)
Ady Smith 12.5 (Drums
Higher Tier)
Kat Johnston 9.7 (Guitar
Lower Tier)
Craig Downer 13.6
(Guitar Higher Tier)
Phil Sparks 10.5 (Guitar
Highly Commended)
Sammy Smith 10.8
(Guitar Highly Commended)
Will Smith 8.8 (Woodwind
Lower Tier)
Ever wished you could play a
musical instrument?
It is never too late to start!
On offer to students of
Highcliffe school are lessons on:
Woodwind: Recorder, Flute, Clarinet,
Saxophone Brass: Trumpet, French
Horn, Trombone, Tuba String: Violin,
Viola, Cello, Double Bass Guitar:
Acoustic, Electric, Bass Other: Drums,
Piano, Keyboard, Theory, Voice
SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL OFFER
New for 2008 – We are offering FREE
instrumental hire for students playing
brass and string instruments.
If you are interested in
starting a new
instrument,
please see a
member of
the music
department
ASAP for
a letter
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Beth Waters 11.7
(Woodwind Higher Tier)
Ellie Sherwood 10.7
(Woodwind Highly Commended)
Sherrie Barrett 7.4
(Strings Lower Tier)
Emily Hiscock 8.5 (Voice
Lower Tier)
Chloe Sami 12.3 (Voice
Higher Tier)
Will Smith 8.8 (Voice
Highly Commended)
Hannah Elkins 9.7 (Voice
Highly Commended)
Sam Gibbins 11.7 (Voice
Highly Commended)
Hettie Hayward 7.7 (Piano
Lower Tier)
Steven Lee 12.4 (Piano
Higher Tier)
Becky Luckwell 9.6 (Piano
Highly Commended)
Adam Horwich 10.4 (Piano
Highly Commended)
The overall winner of the
lower tier was Year 8 student Emily Hiscock, who
sang “Saving all my love
for you” with the maturity
of tone and confidence of
someone much older than
herself. The overall winner
of the higher tier and given
the title of Highcliffe Young
Musician of the Year was
Steven Lee who performed
the technically difficult but
sensitive piece ‘Claire de
Lune’ by Debussy with
beautiful tone and expression. Well done to everyone who took part and a
special congratulations to
all of the winners.
Report by Miss McMillan
Battle of the Bands
With the soaring melodies
of the Jack Case
Experience to the
apocalyptic guitars of ASP,
the school rock community
gathered to raise money to
help
Cancer Research, Coda
Music and the
Christchurch Life Saving
Club. Ticket sales generated more than £300, a
great
achievement
and a credit
to all those
involved.
Some highlights of the
evening include the
Jack Wilkins
Band with
their rendition of TNT
and the slick
indie/ska
sounds of
Adam Pulfer along with
The Sams’ Band (Jackson,
Richards and Nailor) making their long overdue debut.
The staff band put in their
usual appearance with Mr.
Hughes and his version of
the Stones ‘Satisfaction’
and a startling performance by the already legendary Mr. Smith.The last
ever performance of the
Mr. Hughes band will take
place at this year’s summer concert – tickets will
sell out fast so be warned.
“You could be the ugliest
sad sack
on the planet,
but if you're in a rocking
band,
you're the cat's pajamas.
- You're the bee's knees.
- Bee's knees ?
Yeah, the bee's knees.
You'll be the most popular
guy
in school.
OK. I'll do it.”
[Jack Black in ‘School of
Rock’]
Report by Mr Bannister
Beach Day
This is the second year of
the School Sports Partnership organising Beach
Day. It’s a day
of beach activities for Year
9 students
who have consistently
shown a high
level of effort
and motivation
in PE lessons.
22 students
were given this
great opportunity and although it was
a cold day everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day
and there were lots of
smiles.
The activities included
such things as volleyball,
tag rugby, football, surfing and beach safety.
The day started at 9
o’clock with students
placed in teams of 4
made up of 1 person
from each school. This
was a bit
frightening
but we were
all amazed
at how
quickly we
learned to
work well
within our
teams.
Even
though the weather wasn’t brilliant we still had a
great time on the beach
and in the water. We all
felt very privileged to
have been chosen to go
on this event. Many
thanks to Mrs Webber for
organising it for us.
Report by
Emma Langley and Maddy
Daley-Brown
Games of Friendship
2008, Sierakowice
The trip began at 4am on
Tuesday 29th April at
Christchurch Civic Offices.
Everyone on the coach was
a little nervous but also
very excited and tired! The
long hours that followed
consisted of sleeping,
messing around and the
occasional stop at service
stations. We arrived at the
German hostel, a little
later than planned, at
12pm. The next day,
Wednesday 30th April, was
more travelling until we
finally arrived in Sierakowice at 6.30pm- we were
very pleasantly surprised
to see our accommodation
for the next few days- a
school recently refurbished.
After a good night’s sleep,
the first event of the day
was a ‘march of the delegations’ which was every
country that was taking
part walking
through
the local
town with
flags and
signposts.
The welcome
ceremony
took
place, and
then the games began,
100m sprint, 300m, relay
race, cross country and
other athletic type sports.
The next day was team
sports such as hockey,
football, the evening was a
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fun games and
the closing
ceremony.
In the evening
was a disco, it
was a good opportunity to
dance and exchange contact
details with all
the new friends
we had made.
guided tour around the
historic city of Gdansk.
The final day, 3rd May, was
The final morning was a
chance to say last goodbyes to everyone and all
countries were sad that it
was all over. I’m sure everybody who took part in
the games of friendship
would agree that it was an
amazing opportunity to
have fun and work as a
team.
Christchurch was repeatedly congratulated for
team spirit and all round
good sportsmanship. The
next games of friendship,
2010, will be held in
Christchurch.
Report by
Amanda Alexander
10.3
Rock Challenge : Year 10 & Year 9
Congratulations to all the students from these year groups who took part in the
Rock Challenge Regional event in Portsmouth. We are pleased to report that not
only did the team win the awards for ‘Best Drama Skills’ and ‘Drug Awareness’
message but was also placed 2nd overall which is a fantastic performance and
richly deserved for all their hard work.
Report by Miss Clark
Teacher of Dance
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Science
The Engineering Education Scheme
-“The Son of Spikey”:
The Engineering Education
Scheme (EES) is an Engineering Development Trust
EDT Programme which
links teams of four Year 12
students and their teacher
with local companies to
work on real scientific, engineering and technological
problems.
Highcliffe has taken part in
the program for several
years via the Physics Department and this year
with the guidance of Miss
Berkeley.
We were given a project by
the Royal Navy to design a
device that could measure
the draught of a Nuclear
Submarine after refits (for
those of you without a
nautical background the
draught is how deep the
ship sits in the water).
The device had to work in
wavy conditions, stick to
the side of the submarine
and measure the draught
to within 5mm. The accurate measurement of the
draught is important as if
the submarine is overloaded it will sink.
course at
Southampton
University
again, to do
a large chunk
of the practical side of
things, and
then we attended the
Celebration
and Assessment Day at
HMS Collingwood in April.
We found
that this project was a
great experience and
helps with
your public
speaking
skills. We got
to work with a Royal
Navy Engineer, Mr Grant
Beaden, and various
technicians from the University of Southampton.
We met some
high ranking
Naval personnel and
worked towards a
CREST Gold
Award that
could contribute to our
UCAS points if
we get it. It
especially
helps if you
are considering a career
in engineering
and we recommend that
future student
take this opportunity if it
is offered.
Report by
David Comer,
Chris Paines, Paul Bennet,
Dan Cassey
(Sixth Form)
Mathematics, ICT & Business
Year 10 Student Information: GCSE Mathematics Modular AQA
Here is a reminder to students about the GCSE
paper that they will be
sitting in 2 weeks time.
We were told by our engineer that the current
method the Navy use is a
stick called Mr. Spikey –
hence our device was
named the Son of Spikey.
Module 3: Number (27%
of GCSE)
Examination Date:
Tues 24th June 2008 (am)
Non-calculator & Calculator Papers (45 minutes
each).
Higher or Foundation.
Over the course of about 6
months, we went to Southampton University to attend the launch day, spent
3 days of the Christmas
holiday on a residential
All pupils should already
have revision lists. Revision books are available
from Maths teachers on a
first come first served
basis. A set of 5 booster
classes started on the
Tuesday after half term,
only 3 of these will be specific to Module 3.
Useful Internet Resources
AQA website for all past
papers http://
www.aqa.org.uk/qual/
gcse/
newmath_b_assess.php.
2 other websites used for
revision
www.mathsnet.net (A mix
of games and practice
questions),
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
ks3bitesize/maths/ (Loads
of worked examples and
short revision tests)
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Module 3 is mostly number
with some graph work and
algebra.
Best of luck on the 24th!!
Dorset Further Maths
Centre
Congratulations to the
Year 11 students who
completed the Dorset Further Maths Centre
‘Introducing A level’
Course. Students took 4
weeks after school to attempt calculus, advanced
geometry
etc. Each
received a
certificate
on completion.
This will
help
greatly
with the
transition from GCSE to A
level. Well done.
Reports by Mr Burgan
Racing for Life in ICT
Elsewhere in this issue you
will read about the work
done by the school in connection with the Cancer
Research organised ‘Relay
for Life’.
English
To be successful in your
GCSE English and GCSE
English Literature in Year
11, it is important to ensure that you have completed all Year 10 coursework to the best of your
ability. Whatever your potential grade, whether it is
a D or an A*, make sure
that your folder is the best
you can make it.
Here are two examples
of coursework: one
achieved a grade A and
one a grade C: (please
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With the prime mover for
this in the school, Miss
Picking, being the ICT
Teaching Assisstant I
thought this was a great
opportunity
to get some
of my ICT
classes involved in a
project developing their
design and
planning skills
whilst at
the same
time getting them
to think seriously
about a real social issue. It proved so successful that I then
chose to introduce it
to my tutor group
during a PSE lesson. Below is a report from one
of the students from the
tutor group who took
part.
“Relay for Life – Candle Bags
In PSE, Miss Burden’s
tutor group 7.8 made
candle bags for the cereread carefully to note
the mistakes and good
points)
A Grade
8 Feb 2006
Dear Sir,
I am writing in response
to last week’s article “Is
he keeping tourists
away?”.
I am quite disturbed at
how your paper perceives
begging! Although it is
true there are so many
people living homeless
on the streets these
days, it is not true that
mony of hope in the Relay
For Life.
Miss Picking came in and
taught us about Relay for
Life and how it helps to
raise
money for
cancer research.
The candle
bags get
designed
by pupils
and then
sponsored.
The decorated bags
get laid out in a pattern
reading ‘hope’ and ‘cure’.
This helps and is a source
of comfort to those who
lost family and friends to
cancer so please take part
or sponsor someone. Together we will beat cancer!
Chloe Adams 7.8”
Miss Picking and I would
like to thank all the students for their efforts and
hope that they all enjoyed
it and felt that they learnt
something useful.
Report by Miss Burden
these are all ‘scroungers’
as your article accused.
Most beggars do not
choose to live out on the
street, they do so as a last
resort. If there were jobs
available for them I am
certain they would take
them. If there were another way of making
money than sitting out on
the street corner in the
cold wouldn’t you take it?
There may be beggars out
there who do spend the
money they make on
drugs and alcohol but it is
by no means the majority
and in any case people
should be helped, not put
in prison like your article is
suggesting. Perhaps there
are people out there who
do make the city look untidy, but the answer is not
to pass laws to lock them
up, after all they will be
back on the streets again
soon after.
These people are our fellow countrymen, many of
whom are not out on the
streets through their fault;
many beggars have been
there since the ages of fifteen and sixteen because
of broken homes or families, being unwanted or
maybe even violent fathers. Prison is not the
answer, instead the government should be passing
laws on helping these people! If it is threatening a
twenty five billion pound
industry then nine thousand pounds for a permanent home for four people
is surely the better answer, especially if it is going to save peoples’ lives.
The only point against this
that I can see is that the
taxpayer would be the one
paying too much money
for temporary accommodation such as Bed & Breakfasts. This money could,
and should be better spent
on long-term accommodation for these unfortunate
citizens.
The portrait of how visitors
think about beggars making cities untidy is not
truthful or fair! Many visitors, in fact the majority
do not feel that the beggars make them not want
to be in the cities. In fact
many like the music that
the beggars play. I personally have never had
any unpleasant experiences with beggars although I am not denying
that many people have,
although these have by
far been the minority of
beggars and is not usually extremely verbal and
it is nearly never physical.
It can also be argued that
it is not just beggars who
are presenting difficulty
on our streets, many underage youths are seen
drinking on Friday and
Saturday nights in even
the smallest cities causing vandalism and frightening the elderly. Surely
the problem in Britain
cannot just be blamed on
the homeless? Consequently the homeless
cannot be the only group
to be argued about in
your paper.
Finally I do not think it be
only charities such as
Shelter helping the
homeless but in fact he
government, granted
they do help a little but it
is not enough! The work
that charities do is brilliant and the homeless
could not do without
them. The most influential means of help is ‘The
Big Issue’. It helps the
homeless make money in
a good legal way and I
myself and many other of
its readers buy it not only
because of the help it
does but also because it
is a very good read, and
is not prejudiced like your
paper.
If you know what is good
for you, you should not
print articles about the
homeless like they are
dirty wrappers on the
street. They are people,
people who need help.
Yours faithfully,
Xxxx Xxxxxx
C Grade
7 Feb 2006
Dear Sir,
I am writing in response to
the article “Is he keeping
tourists away?”
Yes the homeless do keep
the tourists away but not
all are violent, some are
genuinely alone and beg
for money. How would
you like to be in their position? Something needs to
be done about the ones
who are violent; enforce a
new law that would make
it a criminal offence. But it
is NOT an offence to beg
for money for food. Many
people do not give the
homeless money because
they just assume that it is
going to be used for drugs
and/or alcohol.
There are hundreds of people who would offer the
help if they had the chance
to, if there was a campaign
to raise money for them
and try to find a place for
them to go, if it doesn’t
work then try something
new. Don’t give up.
A lot of people think it is
disgusting to see homeless
living on the streets.
There should be a set time
to where they can be in
each place and only for a
certain amount of time.
There should be designated places to not just
clear the streets but to
help them at the same
time.
By gathering people’s
thoughts and ideas some
could be used. There
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should be more ideas such
as “the Big Issue”, that
gave the homeless a job to
do and that meant they
could earn a little bit of
money, which gave them
the chance to make a fresh
start and get them started
to actually try and make
something of themselves.
By putting these ideas into
action, it would gradually
take the people off the
streets and the tourists
would not be driven away.
There are many people out
there who would be happy
to help this campaign.
Tourists might not visit an
area because of there being so many homeless
people but it does not take
away the attraction of the
city. They are homeless
and have nowhere else to
go. It is off putting when
you see a homeless person
sitting on the streets begging for money and it
makes you feel uncomfortable being around the
area. So this is why we
need to get help. I know it
would cost a lot but in the
long run, there will be
more income after there
is somewhere for them to
go.
An article such as the one
that has been written is
both good and bad.
Good because it raises
awareness that maybe
something should be
done to clear the streets
but also bad because it
has made more people
realise that actually they
do not want to go visit
somewhere because
there are many homeless
people in the area.
I am sure that many people will respond to this
article, some in favour
and some against. But
this article has brought it
to people’s attention that
there are a lot of homeless people on the streets
of cities and something
should be done about it if
you do not want our own
city to not be remembered as the one with
people living on the
streets.
Yours faithfully,
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Work Related Learning
This has been a major part
of the learning experience
over the course of the year
for Year 10 and we have
brought you many stories
about the range of activities in which they have bee
ninvolved. These are continuing throughout the
year, culminating in the
work experience towards
the end of term. Here is
the latest news on what
has been, and will soon be,
happening for the year
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group in this area.
YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE
7th – 11th July 2008
“Work experience may be
defined as a placement
on an employer’s premises in which a student
carries out a particular
task or duty, or a range
of tasks and duties, more
or less as an employee,
but with the emphasis on
the learning aspects of
the experience”
DfES (Feb 2002)
This opportunity to go out
into the world of work is
invaluable in terms of career decision-making and
work-related learning. It
is also part of their statutory Work Related Learning
curriculum and their Careers, Education and Guidance entitlement. First
hand experience is gained
regarding expectations of
professional people and
employers in terms of
punctuality, appearance,
attitude and initiative.
Many students will enjoy
the way they are treated
as young, capable adults
who can make a positive
contribution in different
areas of work. They will
also manage to find out
more about their personal
skills and qualities that can
sometimes be missed in a
school environment. In
the next few weeks they
will be doing work in PHSE
to cover the purpose and
value of work experience,
their expectations, Health
and Safety issues and
other important aspects of
the world of work to ensure they embark on their
placements fully prepared.
Every year students return
from their placements with
positive stories about the
new skills they have developed and what they have
achieved either for their
employers or on a personal
level. They have made
contacts for part time employment and possible
referees for application
forms for the future. Letters of commendation and
praise often come into the
school highlighting qualities of Highcliffe students
that had been previously
hidden!
It has been encouraging to
see most Year 10 students
organising their work experience in good time to
ensure that they would be
maximising their opportunities provided by their
placements. The planning
started in November and
many have found to their
benefit that the most
popular placements are
soon taken, especially
when there are 12 other
schools competing for
availability in the Dorset
region.
We have a wide variety of
placement destinations,
both local and across the
country, ranging from preschools and junior schools,
to radio stations, hospitals,
restaurants, hairdressers
and the football clubs.
Some students have found
fantastic placements that
have had to be taken during the holidays and will be
lucky enough to have two
work experiences.
There will be an opportunity on the 14th
July for the Year 10s
to complete essential evaluation and
debrief work in
school with their
work experience being fresh in their
minds rather than
after the 6 week
summer holiday. In
the afternoon they
will be going to
Bowlplex as a reward for their hard
work and to share their
stories with their peers.
It will be important for the
Year 10s to realise that
they are representing
themselves, their families
and the school. They will
need to be prepared to
do new things and be
willing to learn, to communicate with others and
to show initiative. They
will be treated wherever
possible as regular employees so they will get a
true work experience that
could help
shape their
future career
aspirations.
The school
and the work
experience
team wish
them all the
very best of
luck with
their placements.
Report by Mrs
Finch
Curriculum Leader:
Careers and WorkRelated Learning
Enterprise Challenge—
’Young Biz’
On St George’s Day 23rd
April, Highcliffe again
called on the best business brains to participate
in the ‘Young Biz’ Enter-
prise Day. In addition to
Highcliffe students the
school also welcomed a
team of students from Ballard School.
The day started with the
students thinking about
their own ideal business
and having to create a
business card. Then thinking about
what would
be the next
step if they
wanted to
take this
idea further.
The students then
gained an
appreciation
of the differences between working for yourself and
working for
someone. After break the
students, in their teams,
participated in a trading
game where sweets were
traded in an attempt to
amass the most points.
This trading was
frantic, giving students a real insight into what
conditions on a
Wall Street trading
floor would be like.
The students had
to decide whether
to stick to their
original plan or to
alter it when they
found that they
could not acquire
what they were in
need of.
The final activity involved
the groups having to decide on a strategy for marketing a new brand of
cookie. This led to some
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innovative, and enterprising pitches- finally being
won by the ‘Homeless
Munchies Cookies’ (“Made
by the homeless for the
homeless”), who managed
to combined enterprise
with humour to produce a
winning performance.
Credit to all students involved as they participated
fully in all aspects of the
day and in doing so managed to extract a great
deal from it. A big thank
you to the Ballard students
and their teacher Mrs
Glover for taking time to
travel to Highcliffe. We
hope that they felt that
they had benefited from
the day. They were a
credit to their school and
we are already looking at
other ways we can extend
our enterprise partnership.
Also a big thank you to Mrs
Finch for all her hard work
in helping to organise the
day, to Mr O’Connor for
allowing the venture to
take place and to Mrs
Karanja for allowing us to
have use of the Sixth Form
Study area as this proved
to be an ideal venue and
was much appreciated by
all involved.
Report by Mr Callear
Business Studies
Interview Skills
Programme
We were delighted to welcome a number of local
professionals from the
world of business and
council officials to Highcliffe School to help us deliver this important programme. Following PSHE
sessions and an assembly
on application forms and
interview skills students
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were invited to apply for
an interview. The response was excellent and
the students rose to the
occasion. Feedback from
the interviewers and the
students has been extremely positive and we
will build on this success
for future years.
A quote from
one of the interviewers:
“ ……..they
demonstrated
that they were
able to think on
their feet and
to explain their
reasoning.
They had interesting ideas about what
they expected to be doing in five years time and
see ways to achieve
those aims…..”
Here is a report from one
of the students who participated:
‘Year 10 mock interview
Halfway through P.E and
I was in two minds
whether to get changed
or to stay as I was. After
a little thought I decided
it was best for me to
change back into my
school uniform, I didn’t
think my interviewer
would appreciate me being dressed in a polo shirt
and tracksuit bottoms! I
was a few minutes early
(extra points!) and I
waited patiently outside
the ‘large meeting room’.
I was a little concerned;
did it mean there was
going to be a large meeting inside it? I was only
expecting one or two
people; I wasn’t expecting a large room full of
people. Thankfully, the
door opened and Ms Kate
Stanton, a primary school
teacher at Highcliffe St
Mark’s Primary School,
greeted me. I shook her
hand (as instructed by
many people previous to
the interview) and sat
down. We went through a
number of various questions such as “Do you have
a part-time
job?” and
“Where would
you like to be
in 5 years
time?”. I answered as best
I could and
was congratulated on my
positive and
friendly attitude.
At the end of the interview
I had gained the knowledge of how to think on
my feet, when asked difficult questions in an interview situation. After the
interview, we discussed my
strengths and areas I could
work on for next time and
I left the room feeling
much more confident. Unfortunately, all that thinking and talking made me
hungry but fortunately, it
was pancake day, so off I
went to the canteen to get
some lunch!
I would like to thank Mrs
Stone and Mrs Dedman for
organising this very useful
experience and I would
encourage others to take
up the opportunity next
year.
Report by
Amanda Alexander
(Year 10)
Mrs Stone
& Mrs Dedman
Student Development
Team
Work Related Learning
– Key Stage 4 review
The Increased Flexibility
(Work Related Learning)
programme offers young
people at Key Stage 4 the
chance to widen their educational needs with vocational subjects that are often suited to personal
learning needs and career
objectives. They also offer
the chance to gain a nationally recognised qualification and valuable hands
on experience. Students
can access a variety of
courses at different institutions throughout the local
area.
For the past two years,
Ashleigh Dobbs, Alex Doe,
Lucy Coker, Daniel James
and Tom Butler have been
attending Work Related
Learning courses in Sport
and Leisure, Beauty Therapy, Horse Care and Construction respectively. All
the students have successfully completed these NVQ
Level 1 courses, and will
have a solid foundation to
build on for the next level
of qualifications in their
specific vocational route.
Ashleigh has been following a course at Brockenhurst College that has
helped her develop skills
that will suit her aspirations to have a career in
the sport and leisure industry. She has worked
on practical and theoretical
aspects of sport, and has
received excellent reports
from her tutor.
Alex has been attending
Totton College and developing the practical skills
required of a junior therapist in a working environment and has learned
about the important as-
pects of working in a
beauty salon, such as nail
art, mini facials, and customer services.
Lucy has worked at her
local stables learning
about all aspects of horse
care and stable management, and is looking forward to progressing to
the NVQ Level 2 next
year.
Work related learning opportunities are available to
all students at Key Stage 4
at Highcliffe School and
clearly amount to more
than just the well-known
block work experience
placements in Year 10.
Well done to all the Year
11s who have made the
most of the opportunities
they have been given.
Tom and Dan have spent
the past 2 years going to
the New Milton Skills
Centre every Thursday,
learning a range of practical construction skills
such as tiling, plastering
and bricklaying, and they
have successfully completed their FCiBCO qualification.
Report by Mrs Finch
The Year 10s on the Work
Related courses have
made a promising start,
completing their first year
with positive reports from
their various tutors. The
Year 9s who have been
applying for places next
year are about to be invited for interviews with
the course providers, but
we are pleased to hear
that Hannah Penn has
secured a place on the
Young Apprenticeship
Programme in Motor Engineering. The YAP gives
14-16 year olds the opportunity to train towards
a career, attending training one day per week for
two years. The programme is equivalent to
6 GCSE’s or a Level 2
qualification. There is
strong competition for
these courses and we
would like to take this
opportunity to congratulate her on this achievement.
Special Event—
Year 10 Enterprise Fair
As a major activity during
activities week Year 10 will
be running an Enterprise
Fair (Summer Fete) at the
school. This will represent
the culmination of the students’ Enterprise work
throughout the year, including events such as the
‘Young Biz’ Enterprise
Challenge reported in an
article earlier in the issue.
This promises to be an action packed event and one
that will allow the students
not only to display but also
develop even further the
entrepreneurial skills and
spirit that they have been
working so hard on over
the year. There will be a
hugely diverse range of
activities from cake and
plant stalls to penalty prize
shootouts, face painting
and even the chance to be
photographed sitting on a
variety of motorcycles.
On the next two pages are
featured marketing materials related to the event.
We hope these will ‘whet
your appetite’. All are welcome so please tell your
friends and support all the
efforts the students have
made.
Report by Mr Garner
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Freshly cooked, chilled whole crab
-you have the lot!
Great to crack open with a pebble and a bottle of good white
wine!
(Serves 2 – 4 depending on appetite!)
Small £4.00
Medium £4.50
Large £5.00
Fresh lobster, cooked and served whole as a
main course
(Serves 2 as a ‘spoil yourself’ main dish!)
The succulent and majestic taste of this fresh lobster is one of
the best natural flavours of the sea.
A luxuriant and most healthy treat.
Best cooked on the BBQ or under the grill to
enjoy the superb flavours!
(Serves 2 as a main course)
Prices really vary so please ask
£15 will get you a good lobster!
See Mr O’Connor—
(Cash on delivery please)
A couple of really good and simple recipes are
available if you require!
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14—19 At Highcliffe
6th Form Road Safety
presentation will make
Talk
The photographs of the
many of us reconsider the
On Wednesday 16th April
immense damage to cars
mode of transport we use
Highcliffe 6th Form received
involved in
so frea talk about road traffic
accidents,
quently
‘...very informative, paraccidents during PSHE.
the
and take
ticularly the videos. They
One person from each of a
crushed
for
were very graphic and hard granted.
range of involved services,
car seats
including Bournemouth
and details -hitting but thoughtFire and Rescue Service,
of the
Personprovoking,’ (Mr Wilson).
Police Service and Poole
painful inally, the
A&E Department, collecjuries susfact that
tively presented the issues
tained by road traffic achas stuck in my mind more
of drinkcident victhan any other is that the
driving,
tims
cermost likely way for a 17
‘I didn’t want to look at
driving
tainly
year-old girl to be killed is
the pictures. I thought
under the
helped
the
in her boyfriend’s car.
they were too hardinfluence
message
hit
hitting,’ (Chloe Sami).
of drugs,
home.
On behalf of the students
speeding
from Highcliffe 6th form, I
would like to take this opand falling asleep at the
A recorded road traffic
portunity to thank the
wheel.
accident scene was
members of
shown to us,
‘Every time I get in the
the organiNot only did we learn
giving an
sations inabout the penalties ininsight into
car I think about the
volved for
volved in being charged
the frightendangers now,’ (Nicola
giving up
with certain driving-related
ing reality of
Jones).
their time
offences, such as causing
a car crash
to talk to
death due to careless drivand the
us all and share their exing, it was hard not to be
situations that the emerperiences.
moved by some of the exgency services are iniReport by Emma Fisher
periences recalled by the
tially presented with.
team.
The vivid nature of the
Calling All Parents
Parents - What Skills can you Offer?
Highcliffe and Ballard Schools are proposing to offer a series of lectures next
Spring term (2009) to students and parents focusing on various topics. These
may include areas such as Geography, Public Speaking, Study Skills and what it
is like to be a Barrister.
We would like to know if any of our parents are hiding their light under a bushel
and have an area of expertise that they would be willing to share. There is no
obligation or commitment at this stage but we are trying to build a database of
possible topics to take forward.
Proposed dates for this exciting venture are January 14th, February 4th & 25th
and March 11th 2009. If you feel that you could share your knowledge with others please contact Mrs Dedman at school.
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The
International
Dimension
The school sees its responsibilities as a Language College
as going beyond the teaching of languages. It is about
giving our young people a true sense of the world at large
as well as their responsibilities and their opportunities
within it. A vital component of this is the development of
links with our partner schools whether via electronic
technology or by the use of personal experience.
Japanese Exchange
"It's one of the best experiences I've ever
had." That's how one
parent characterised
the time she and her
family had spent looking after one of the nine
Japanese students we
welcomed from our
partner school in Japan.
Once again, Highcliffe
School gave a warm welcome to a delegation of
staff and students from
Johoku High School in Hiroshima. They arrived in
the evening of Thursday
13th March and stayed till
the first day of the Easter
Break. It was shorter than
usual but no less enjoyable
for that.
During their time in school,
the students spent their
time attending classes with
their English buddies. After school, they return to
their families where they
join in with whatever their
family is doing. The Japanese students are expected to slot into the Eng-
lish families'
life and join in
with whatever
the family
does whether
it be playing a
bit of football
with the buddy
and his/her
friends or going along to
local community group or sports activity.
This gives the Japanese
students a chance to experience "normal" English
life as much as possible.
Immersed in the life and
language, they have to
adapt and draw upon all
their resources to be able
to communicate. Whilst it
can be difficult it is also
fun for all concerned with
one boy teaching
"moonwalking" to one
family.
The Exchange, though, is
not just about us looking
after them. It's also
about what they bring to
our school and
community.
cliffe St. Mark Primary
School where they demonstrated origami to two
groups in Year 5.
On Wednesday 19th
March, thanks to the efforts of Miss Leitch and Mrs
Rowe, the Japanese students and their buddies,
along with some 6th Formers and Year 8
classes spent most of the
day preparing cakes, sandwiches and other delights
for the Farewell Party later
that afternoon. This provided a great opportunity
for two cultures to work
together on something
really enjoyable.
After exchanging gifts at
the Farewell Party, the
Japanese students entertained parents, teachers
and students with a magnificent dance. The only
thing that could top this
was our own students joining in with them - and they
did. The Highcliffe students
showed great spirit and
willingness by joining in
The students
joined in with
a number of
classes, demonstrating origami and calligraphy. They
also paid a
visit to High-
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the dance the second time
round.
Annabelle Sami and
Megan Way.
Overall, it was a great experience for all concerned
with both Japanese and
English students and families learning about each
other's cultures and lifestyles. More than that,
though, both sets of students found that remoteness of language, culture
and country need not present an obstacle to forging
an enjoyable friendship.
The people of Hiroshima,
having been the first to
suffer the devastation of
an atomic bombing are
acutely aware of the consequences of building up
barriers between nationalities and the failure to see
each other as individuals
first. Programmes like
these and the connections
made between families
and the students are step
towards ensuring such terrible things do not happen
again.
When I speak to students
and families in the run-up
to the exchange a few
people express reservations because of the cultural distance. I would
say that there is no need
to hesitate at all. Those
who have decided to host
have always found it an
immensely rewarding and
enjoyable experience as
the quote at
the beginning tesitfies. So, if you're interested, please let me
know and look out for
information around January 2009. In the meantime, we are looking forward to visiting Japan in
October this year.
Report by Mr Bryden
Postscript
Mr Bryden is too modest to
mention it but on the back
of his work on the exchange programme the
school has been asked by
the British Council to be
the lead school here in
England for the launch of
the International School
Award programme in Japan.
A member of the school
will be going out to Tokyo
in August to address a
conference of interested
schools in Japan. We look
forward to bringing you
news of this project as it
develops.
The Editor
The programme works because of one thing - the
hospitality shown to the
students by the school and
the families. I would like to
take this opportunity once
again to thank all those
who helped in the school in
ways both big and small.
Finally, I would like to
thank the buddies and the
buddies' families without
whose efforts and enthuasiasm this successful and
enjoyable programme
would not work.
The students who took
part were:Adam Davies,
Ryan Davies, Eleanor Drewett, Erin Hill, Kathryn
Johnston, Matteo Monteregge, Sarah Robinson,
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Extra curricular? Not at all… it is all curricular!
Relay for Life!
On June 28/29th teams of
students from Years 8,10
and 11 will join around 25
other teams from the local
area in a 24 hour event to
raise vital funds for Cancer
Research UK. Team members will take it in turns to
walk around a track for 24
hours in the Relay for Life
event at Ferndown Leisure
Centre. It is currently the
only event of its kind in
Dorset and is organised and run
entirely by volunteers.
The teams will be
raising funds in the
run up to the Relay
by collecting donations, organising
fundraising events
and through the
sale of candle bag
dedications. For
the team captains
there is a lot of organisation - getting
their team members registered, collating all the
money raised by individual
team members, attending
meetings, organising fund
raising events, walking rotas and tents for the overnight camping.
The event starts with the
opening ceremony at
12pm on Saturday with the
inaugural lap walked by
the guests of honour – our
local cancer survivors, supported by the Dorset Triumph TR7 club and all the
Relay teams.
Throughout the day there
will be plenty to entertain
the teams and visitors to
the event. Local youth
bands will take part in
‘Relay Rock’ as well as
demonstrations of line
dancing, morris dancing
and juggling, to name but
a few. There will also be
opportunities to take part
in activities and competitions including cheerleading, tug-o-war, karaoke,
aerobics, boules and an
egg and spoon race!
Teams will also be organising activities to raise
cancer awareness
throughout the event and
there will be an opportunity to talk to a specialist
cancer nurse.
For our younger visitors,
there is ‘Mini Relay’,
where under 10s can join
in single laps with the
main relay, have their
faces painted, enjoy the
bouncy castle and have
their very own teddy
bear’s picnic.
At 10pm the most memo-
rable part of Relay for Life
will take place. Candles are
lit to remember those who
have been lost to cancer
and to celebrate the lives
of those who have survived. Mr Turner has the
responsibility for this
poignant ceremony and it
is hoped the teams will
play a part in the ceremony along with some
electronic wizardry from Mr
Townshend.
Last year’s event had 10
youth teams and 5 community teams who
between them
raised an amazing
£15,000. This year
both the number of
youth and community teams has more
than doubled with
the total number of
teams currently
standing at 33. Let’s
hope we can at least
double the amount
of money raised as
well.
If you would like to support the Highcliffe teams
you can make a donation
direct to one of the teams
via our online fundraising
page, support their fundraising efforts before the
event, dedicate a candle of
hope and of course come
along to see them in action
on the day.
To find out more about
Ferndown Relay for Life
visit
www.cancerresearchuk.org
/relay/venues/ferndown
Report by Miss Picking
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Duke of
Edinburgh
Year 10 Bronze Duke of
Edinburgh Award
A group of 31 Year 10 students decided at
the beginning of
this school year
to get involved
with the Bronze
Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Over the last
year they have
been working
hard to cover the
4 sections they
need to in order to pass
the award. These are skill,
service, physical recreation
and an expedition.
Many took part in a 3
month
First Aid
course as
their service and
all spent
the
weekend
of 26th /
27th April
with
some very kind members
of staff orienteering,
camping, cooking and for
many, getting very lost!
This was their practise expedition in which they
have all learnt valuable
skills that they will be using in the final expedition
at the end of this term. For
a student view see below.
Report by Miss White
and Miss Clark
‘When I heard about the
Duke of Edinburgh Award
at school, I wanted to get
involved because I thought
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that it sounded fun, a
challenge and would look
good on my C.V. Also
through doing this, I
have made loads of new
friends and become
closer to old friends as
well.
There are three sections
to do for the award, a
Skill, Service and Physical
Recreation plus the expedition. For my Physical
Recreation part I did six
months of trampolining,
which I did already on a
Saturday morning,
and I have made
a lot of progress
from this and a lot
of my friends have
now joined me
too, which is really
fun.
For my Service I
found out about a
Special Needs Scout
group in Christchurch
through a friend. When I
went along I was quite
nervous as I had never
done anything like this,
and wondered what
the people
would be
like there.
However,
when I got
there I was
welcomed
very well
by everyone, and it felt
great to know that you
are helping children your
age to get the best out of
their life. I worked with
people from those in wheel
chars, to those with cerebal palsy. Everyone was so
friendly and positive there,
and it showed me that
even if you have a disability, you can still make the
best out of your
life.
Working with these
inspiring people,
meant meeting
some deaf friends
there. This inspired
me to learn sign
language, so I
could communicate
with them. So just
by Miss White asking round the teachers if
they knew any sign language, Miss McMillan
proved to be very helpful
as she had done a course
in BSL (British Sign Language) whilst studying at
University.
I went to see her once a
week for three months and
I made a lot of progress in
learning the basics of BSL.
I learnt how to sign things
such as asking questions
and describing my hobbies
and much more. I’m really
pleased I chose to do this
as my skill, as its different
and will come in useful one
day and will look good on
my C.V.
Finally we went on our
Practice Expedition a few
weeks ago,
which involved
going to after
school meetings before
hand and planning our route
and preparing.
We went into
the New Forest
for two days, walking for
at least six hours on each
day. On the first day our
group did quite well. We
had the great help of Mr
Simmons to guide us on
how to read the map properly and check our route
cards.
We camped at Sandy Balls
campsite, which was great
fun, and the atmosphere
was happy as each group
made its way back from
their journey. It was fun
cooking our own evening
meal outside our tents.
On the second day, it was
a little more challenging
as we had no teacher
with us and had to make
our way along our route
just in our friendship
groups.
Our group got very lost in
the first part, but it made
us work as a team more,
and made us very determined to get to the end,
which we did finally!
I’m really glad that I got
involved in the award, as I
have learnt loads of new
useful skills that I’m sure I
will take with me throughout my life.
I would recommend this to
anyone who is thinking
about doing it next year.
Issy Donald 10.3
Lions Competition
Summer term.
Pictured receiving their
Peace Poster prizes are:
Chloe Kitcher, Margaret
Sheekey, Jessica Robbins,
Samantha Wiles, Samantha Oxborrow, Charlotte
Stone, Josie Dear.
Charities
Lions Roar On!
The links between the
Christchurch Lions Club
and Highcliffe School continue thanks to Mr Tony
Ruffhead, Youth Development Officer for the Lions.
Lions and the school at
district level’ he added.
The topic for this year is
‘Peace Begins with Me’
‘We are very fortunate that
Tony and the Lions Club
are so committed to developing opportunities for
youth’ said Deputy Headteacher Mr Hughes.
The contest is open to
students who will be
11, 12 or 13 years of
age on November 15,
2008. Eligible birth
dates are November
16, 1994 through November 15, 1997
Highcliffe has developed a
very strong tradition in this
competition over the years
with many of our entries
going on to represent the
Entries need to be on A3
size paper and should be
handed in to Mrs Judd in
the Art Department before the end of the
Further to the story in the
Expressive Arts section
about the charity concert:
The money raised was split
and donated to a range
worthy local and national
charity organisations.
We have received very
kind letters of thanks
from:
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•
•
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Cancer Research UK
Save the Children
Coda Music Trust
Christchurch Lifesaving Club
This news has been really
appreciated by the students involved.
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Now that’s what I call extra-curricular!
Well done Steven and
Thank You Echo!
Some of you may have noticed a report in the Echo
over half-term announcing
that one of our students,
Steven Dow (9.2) has won
a trip to go to the Olympics in August. The competition and prize have been
sponsored by the Echo and
by way of thanks we reprint their report in full below. We look forward to
bringing you Steven’s account of his experiences in
the early part of next
term.
“Off to Beijing
Olympics,
thanks to Echo!
By Daily Echo reporter
A SPORTS-mad Dorset
teenager will be off to
cover the Olympic
Games in Beijing this
summer after taking gold
in a Daily Echo online competition.
years old and write a 150
-word report about their
favourite Olympic Games
moment, event or athlete
to show off their journalistic skills.
Steven wrote his article
on his favourite athlete,
American swimmer Michael Phelps, who won
eight medals at the 2004
summer Olympics in Athens.
letics, so to see the biggest
event in athletics live at
the Olympics is going to be
a dream come true.”
Steven: "I saw the competition when my mum
showed me in the paper.
It only took me 20 minutes to write the report. I
didn't think it would get
anywhere and forgot
about it. I couldn't believe it when I won."
Steven added: "To be able
to see someone like Michael Phelps in action in
Beijing in August is going
to be immense. I can't
wait."
The youngster, who goes
to Highcliffe School, is a
keen gymnast and enjoys
trampolining, which he
has been doing for nearly
seven years.
He said: "I also love ath-
"I'm also really looking forward to seeing the swimming and the diving, especially Tom Daley, the 14year-old diver, as he is
pretty inspiring to young
people who love their
sport."
As well as having to file
reports, pictures, videos
and blogs direct to the
Newsquest internet sites,
Steven and his dad Andy
will also have access to the
Olympic village and will get
a whistle-stop tour of
China, including a trip to
the Great Wall.”
Steven Dow,
aged 14, from
Glenville Road,
Walkford, was
chosen from
hundreds of entries to become
the Daily Echo's
young sports reporter in a national competition run by Echo
publisher
Newsquest, via
our website
bournemouthecho.co.uk
and McDonalds
The entrants had
to be 10-14
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Gone fishin’
Due to the kind auspices of
the Wessex Angling
Scheme, in conjunction
with the Royalty Fisheries
(Christchurch) and the
Connexions Service a
group of students and myself all had a superb day
out fishing at Parley Lakes
on Saturday 31 May. Each
of us had our own personal
coach who provided us
with tackle, bait and excellent tuition. The weather
was kind to us, a nice
sunny
day
with a
little
cloud. I
had my
first
ever
lesson
in fly
fishing and I had a go at
pole fishing, which was
considerably easier. Every
one of us (even me)
caught a fish. The biggest
catch of the day was by
Rebecca Jones in 8.6 who
caught a fair sized bream
even though one of the
boys said he caught a bigger one but it got away.
Many thanks to David,
Malcolm and
all the
coaches for
their generosity with
their time
and expertise.
The students who participated in the day were
Holly Broomfield 8.1, Dan
Jones 10.4, Nick Jones,
7.7, JJ Broomfield 8.3, Rebecca Jones 8.6, Andrew
Sloane 8.3 and Ashleigh
Brooks 9.8. They have
asked me to thank Ms
Potts and Mrs Wheeler for
organising this opportunity for them. I hope you
all enjoy the photographs
and student reports of
the day.
Report by Miss Burden
On Saturday
we went to
Parley Lakes,
fishing. Holly
and I were in a
pair and we
were using
wagglers on
medium rods.
Also the instructors were
being assessed,
some for their
Level 1 instructing grade some
for their Level
2. We arrived at
the Royalty
Fishing car park, then we
went to Parley lakes on
the other side
of Bournemouth International Airport.
We had to
carry the
equipment to
the 3rd lake. I
caught the biggest fish of the day and
lots of small bream, crucian carps and
tinches. Miss Burden
was fly fishing and
we were coarse fishing. I enjoyed the
day very much and I
would like to go
again.
Rebecca Jones
Bex and I were together
and we had a coach
called Chris. He was the
most experienced coach
there. We learnt that we
were using the waggle
floats and we learnt to put
maggots onto the hook
and cast out. We caught
loads of fish, mainly tench
and bream. I caught a very
big tench and Bex caught a
huge bream and then a
huge tench. We both
caught the biggest fish out
of the group. The day went
by really quickly
because it was
such fun. On the
way back we
were planning
on our next trip
out. It’s a new
born hobby we
both commented on the
way home. We love it and
will definitely do it again, I
feel sorry for the people
who didn’t take this
chance, they missed out!
Holly Broomfield
On the School fishing trip
on the 31 May I caught
one F1 carp, four tench
and five bream. The fishing
trip was really
fun and I knew
most of the
instructors so
that was even
better. I am
looking forward to the
fishing trip in
activities week and to
June 16 when open season
begins.
Andrew Sloane
I had a great day fishing
on the school fishing trip
and hope the school will
organise another fishing
trip. My coach was called
Graham and he was a
great teacher and taught
me some new tricks and
tactics. I had learnt how to
do pole fishing and feeder
fishing on the trip which I
don’t normally do.
JJ Broomfield
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Extra-Curricular Activities: Summer 2008
Monday
Lunch: Drama Club, Key Stage 4 art support, IT Club – all welcome, Shout! – Years 7-9, Year 7 cricket practice, Year 8 tennis
practice, Key Stage 5 Maths drop-in – Years 12-13
After school: Maths booster sessions – Year 11, History booster
classes – Year 11
Tuesday
Lunch: Stitch Up Club – Years 1-9, Guitar Club, Fantasy Stocks &
Shares Club, IT Club – all welcome, Key Stage 4 Art Support, Year
9 cricket practice, Year 9/10 tennis practice, School Council (Week
A), Drama Club
After school: Robotics Club – all students, A-level practical practice sessions – Years 12-13, Beginner’s Japanese – all welcome,
Duke of Edinburgh Award training - Year 10, ECO Club – all students, Year 7 & 8 rounders, Maths booster sessions – Year 11,
Mixed & girls’ rounders
Wednesday
Lunch: IT Club – all welcome, Bookies Book Club – all students
(Week A), Vocalis vocal group – Years 10-13, Year 8 cricket practice, Year 9/10 tennis practice, Key Stage 4 Art Support, Christian
Union, Drama Club
After school: Intermediate Japanese – all welcome, Science
Booster sessions – Year 11, Harmonious Funk Jazz Band, Athletics
Club – all students, G&T archaeology course, Geography booster
classes – Year 11
Thursday
Lunch: IT Club – all welcome, Key Stage 4 Art Support, Year 11
Expressive Arts, Young Language Leaders, Year 10 cricket practice,
Year 7 tennis practice
After school: S-Factor Science Club – all students, Duke of Edinburgh Award Photography – Year 10 (Week A), Catering booster
sessions – Year 11, STEMNET (Science, Engineering & Technology
Network) – Year 9, Religious Philosophy & Ethics booster classes –
Year 11, Key Stage 3 Dance Club, Year 9 Rounders
Friday
Lunch: IT Club – all welcome, Chess & Games Club – all welcome,
Key Stage 4 Art Support, Year 10 Rock-It Ball Club, Year 11 Expressive Arts
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Weekly Student Bulletin
Web Access
Every copy of the weekly
Student Bulletin is available for reading in the
’Parents’ and ‘Student’ section of the school website.
Now, the latest version of
the Student Bulletin can
be accessed directly from
the front page of the
website. Just click on the
link and you will be able
to read about all of the
upcoming activities,
clubs, sports fixtures, etc
for the week ahead. Have
a look for yourself!
Report by Mr Yapp
Tri-A-Challenge
The Grange School
Saturday 5th July—9am-1pm
Massive Range of Activities including:
Elite Triathlon, Cycle Routes, BBQ, Volleyball,
Giant Jenga, Petanque, Putting, Tug of War,
Inflatables, 2CR, Tombola, Prizes etc
All activities open to all members of
the Christchurch Community
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high...higher...Highcliffe!
As you know, we believe it is very important that we recognise the achievements made by all of the members
of the school community. This applies whether those achievements are academic, sporting or social and also
whether they are made in school or outside school. The more achievements are recognised, the greater the
incentive to achieve even more.
Year 10 Attendance
We are delighted to be
able to confirm that the
Year 10 attendance has
risen from a level of
92.30% to 93.44%, a rise
of 1.14%, which is an excellent achievement.
Improving attendance has
been at the forefront of the
school’s agenda for a number of years and we are
now beginning to reap the
rewards.
A number of strategies
have enabled students to
understand and make progress in their attendance,
these have included: 1)A
series of meetings with Ms
Potts and Mrs Riley if attendance is under 90% the equivalent of half a
day off per week. 2)
Certificates for those who
have seen Ms Potts and
have then improved their
attendance by 3% and/or
crossed an attendance
marker of 80%, 85% or
90% 3)A change of attendance certificates, celebrating half termly 100%
attendance rather than
termly.
It is our goal that all students have an attendance
of at least 95%; this then
allows each and every student to achieve to their full
potential.
An attendance goal for all
our Year 10 students entering Year 11 is that they
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must have an attendance
of 90% or over to be eligible to attend the Summer Ball in June 2009.
I would like to take this
opportunity of thanking
all parents who telephone
the dedicated attendance
line to report absences
each day of student absence – this has proved
to be a very efficient way
of absence reporting. I
would remind parents
that a letter, to ensure
that unauthorised absences do not remain on
student records, should
Fantasy
Football
This year saw the Fantasy Football chaired by
none other than Mr Organised himself… Mr
Shaylor. No wonder
things ran so smoothly in
the 2007/08 season of
Schools Fantasy League
(SFL). Hopefully all winners have now received
their ‘silverware’.
Mr George Boulton
(Yr7) took the title of
Highcliffe School
Champion in his opening
year as a competitor.
Well-done George! And
second and third place
went to two very worthy
competitors – Mr Jobbins
(Staff) and James Em-
cover all absences that are
not reported on the dedicated absence line.
Dedicated Attendance Line
– 01425 272337
Attendance Email – attendance@highcliffe.dor
set.sch.uk
We certainly appreciate
the support of parents who
have looked to make medical appointments and take
holidays out of school
hours to prevent the disruption of schooling and
learning.
Report by Mrs Riley
mett (Yr10), well done to
them too. Congratulations
also to Emily Guard (Yr8)
for managing to secure the
FA Cup title. One for the
girls – great!
Year group titles were won
as follows:
George Boulton (Yr7)
Steve Metcalfe and Will
Smith (Yr8) Jack Swinnerton (Yr9) James Emmett
(Yr10) Jamie Stanbury
(Yr11) Tom Prodomo
(Yr12).
Thanks again to everyone
that took part. And if you
think you can do better…
then PROVE IT in the
2008/09 season!
Report by Mr Shaylor
(SFL Chairman 07/08)
Congratulations—100% Attendance
Year 7—7.1: Alexander Adams, Michael Cross, Casey Davies, Thomas Doe, Alexander Field, Joel
Hernon, Kathrine Luckwell, Sarah Martin, Harry Moore, George Rowe. 7.2: Simon Atkinson, Howard
Bailey, Jorja Bell, Sophie Bentall, George Boulton, Laura Clifford, Finn Heasman, Samuel Herbert,
Brendan Kirkton, Freya Norley, Emily Paines. 7.3: Julia Donald, Chloe Franks, Joe Hamblion, Matthew Hillyar, Jay Hollingsworth, Connor Mason, Joseph Richards, Aaron Sheppard, Christopher
Slade, Liam Walls. 7.4:Eleanor Bullman, Sarra Demetriou, Thomas Dymond, Zoe Gilham, Craig Henderson, Joshua Mann, Benjamin Moore, Rachael Platts, James Stocker. 7.5: Thomas Finch, Amelia
Finlay, Georgia Gunnell, Aidan Linton, Lewis Prosser. 7.6: Joshua Bird, Amelia Clark, Conor Forrest,
Zenita Li, Samuel Orford, Hannah Talbot. 7.7: Annamaria Cassella-Hall, Daniel Cliff, Jasmine Cooper, Elliot Dorey, Alexander Harris, Ria Herridge, Daniel Howting, Nicholas Jones, Louise Liddell,
Holly-Mary O’Callaghan, Charles Page, Jake Southcombe, Ben Towers. 7.8: Hannah Angel, James
Cooper, Jake Ferrett, Daniel Hawkins, Rhys Jessop, Michael Quinn, Hannah Salter, Oliver Smart,
Richard Smith, Jareth Stubbington, Bradley Tombleson. Year 8—8.1: Victoria Chard, Francesca
Crisante, Emily Dore, Logan Holiday, Dean Lambert, Stephen Littlefair, Sophie Lockley, Lewis
Smith, Alexander Stewart, Amber Sutton, Daniel Woods. 8.2: Kirstey Cunningham, Jack Edney, Andrew Hales, Robyn Harvey-Hutchins, Jacob Horton, Stefan Townsend. 8.3: Oliver Anderson, Charlotte Coleman, Andrew Sloane, Robin Tindill, James Underwood. 8.4: Emily-Rose Caine, Josephine
Dear, Callum Gillard, Annabel Howard, Christopher Lockyer, Conor Neale, Samantha Oxborrow,
Sophie Turner. 8.5: Maxwell Baybut, Emily Bix, Arran Burkies, Maria Carlo, Nikita Caulkett,
Mitchell Clay, James Dunn, Alexander Errington, Ella Gilchrist, Megan Stansbie. 8.6: Emma Barry,
Katy Charge, Zoe Elford, Barnaby Gibbins, Megan Gunnell, Philip Haddow, Joseph Herbert, Rebecca
Jones, George Keats, Benjamin Maglio, Emilia McCarthy, William Parkes, Jack Radford, Sophie
Rolt, Katherine Taylor, Theodor Turner. 8.7: James Bonney, Chloe Geraghty, Lucy Grisdale, Rachael
Harris, Alice Harrold, Helena Inman, Shaun Kendall, Jordon Mitchell-Marsh, Samantha Sheppard.
8.8: Luke Adams, Alana Andrews, Pheobe Barnett, Jessie Blunden, Alexabder Collins, Casey Flaxman, Niall Gallagher, Victoria Hall, Jessica Jones, Martin Pink, Alexander Watson. Year 9—9.1:
James Brown, Fraser Dorey, Cameron Hayward, Jennifer Lee, Harry Smith, Samuel Wells, Jack Wilkins, Stephanie Worrall. 9.2: Harry Denley , Steven Dow, Brandon Handley, Joseph Hodges, Charlotte Howting, Daniel Middle Joseph O’Connor, Grace Potter, Christopher Tubb. 9.3: Harry Aston,
Kieran Burgess, Alice Crosley, Ellis Day, Eleanor Kelly, Felix Lazenby, Kieran Little, Megan Way.
9.4: Laurence Clark, Jason Foord, Rebecca Jenman, Chloe Kitcher, Oliver Lucas, Elisabeth MacGivney, Christopher Russell, Lauren Truckell. 9.5: Joshua Bailey, Lee Black, Olivia Bull, George Davies,
Thomas Denley, Alexandra Ellis, Jack Field, Rebecca Finch, Samuel Langley, Jack Liddell, Kathryn
Marks, Benjamin Price, Rebecca Tilley. 9.6: Hayden Bower, Rosanna Bradford, Naomi Henderson,
William Holyhead, Robyn Joynson, Jacob Moore, Jessica Moore, David Penson, Georgia Pulfer, Jessica Purkiss, James Sowden, Zachary Tebbutt. 9.7: Holly Briggs, Daniel Calder, James Cornford,
Aimee Falla, Joshua Guerrini, Jason Hall, Thomas Mainwaring, Samuel Richards, William Woodfine.
9.8: Rachel Baker, Oliver Forrest, Lewis Francis, Ben Johnson, Matthew Langdown, Emma Langley,
Ranald McAlester, David Mills, Thomas Orford, Samuel Wheeler, Isobel Worrall. Year 10—
10.1: Alexandra Calder, James Edney, Adam Howard, Thomas Nicholson, Alexander Spencer, Sam
York. 10.2: Ricky-Lee Harris, Arran Hemish, Sarah Huggens, Connor McGarthy, Jay Pocknell, Lillie
Shaw, Stephen Sheppard, Tom Towers, Hannah Vincent, Alexandra Wooding. 10.3: Marc Cunningham, Ashley Hayden, Ricky Hearn, Alexander Rowe, Jacob Stansbury, Rachael Stone, aaron Street,
Johnathan Swindells, Johnathan Washbourn, Anastasia Zuyeya. 10.4: Thomas harris, Samantha
Knowles, Sam Le Feaux. 10.5: Megan Davies, Peter Hillyer, Natalie Martin, Jeremy Saunders, Philip
Sparks. 10.6: Steven Alton, Holly Grisdale, Ayden Lee, Martin Littlefair. 10.7: Ryan Attree, Sarah
Bailey, Joanna Bunnett, Rebecca Griffiths, James Runnalls, Samuel SmithDaniel Williams. 10.8:
Joshua Askew, Heidi Barnett, Carys Gallagher, David Johnson, Claire Kendall, Emily Marsh, Samantha Millard, Connor Richards, Jade Southwell, Madeleine Tindle, Graham Vey. Year 11—11.1:
Joshua Golding, James Mainwaring, Danny Townend. 11.3: Clare Langley. 11.4: Samuel Lawrence.
11.5: Lucy Errington, Joel Nazar, Sophie Tubbs. 11.6: Claudia Dymond, Oliver Hillyer Riley, Samuel
Joynson, Jakob Leigh, Charlie Salter. 11.7: Daniel Davies, Katy Harrald, Gareth Walls, Elizabeth
Walters. 11.8: Jack Kelly, Jessica Lovelock, Rebecca Salter.
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Congratulations Mayor’s Scout Rooke!
The Mayor’s Scout of
Christchurch
On Thursday 8
May 2008 I
was invited to
the Mayor’s
Parlour in
Saxon Square to be invested as the Mayor’s
Scout for 2008. I received
the ceremonial sash from
The Mayor, Josephine
Spencer and I was introduced to the Mayor Elect,
Councillor David Flagg.
I am now the 65th Mayor’s
Scout and have the official
being recommended by my
Explorer Unit,
then attending
an interview
where I needed
to demonstrate
an in depth
knowledge of
Christchurch and
the surrounding
area and a proven commitment to the scouting
movement. I am planning to be a helper at the
Kandesteg International
Scout Centre in Switzerland when I am 18.
I have been
involved with
Scouting for
over 9 years
and although I
am now with
the Mudeford
Explorers I
retain contact
with the Highcliffe Scout
Troop though being a
Young Leader with the
Highcliffe Beavers.
Left to right: Mark
Flexman, District
Commissioner,
Andrew Rooke,
Mayor’s Scout, Nick
Stone, Mudeford
Explorer Leader
and Graham Budd,
Highcliffe Scout
Leader
responsibility “To accompany the Mayor of Christchurch on suitable ceremonial occasions, to render
service and answer questions about the Ancient
Borough and Scouting affairs”. My first function is
to attend the Mayor Making ceremony where the
Mayor Elect, Councillor
David Flagg is elected into
office as the new Mayor of
Christchurch. Other functions are likely to include
twinning celebrations, the
Mayor’s Charity Ball, Parades and Church services,
visits to the Borough by
other dignitaries or VIPs
and any of the Mayor’s
Charity functions.
The Mayor’s Scout was
first instigated in 1973.
The selection process I
went though involved first
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Left to right: The
Mayor of Christchurch Councillor
Josephine Spencer,
Andrew Rooke
Mayor’s Scout,
Mayor Elect Councillor David Flagg,
Bill Bull the Mace
Bearer and Mark
Flexman the
Scout District
Commissioner
Being the Mayor’s Scout is
a unique position in Christchurch and in recent times
it has evolved to incorporate representation of the
entire Youth of Christchurch as well as the Scout
movement. I am looking
forward to this responsibility and to accompanying
the Mayor in his civic duties.
More information about the
Christchurch Scouting
movement may be found
on the web site at
www.christchurchscouts.or
g.uk
Andrew Rooke
Tutor Group 10.2
Brendan Update
Laura & Chloe
Congratulations to Brendan Kirkton (7.2) on winning the 3km Race Walk
(U13 Boys) in both the
Dorset County championships and in the Somerset/Dorset AA Combined
Events and Race Walk
Championships.
Well done to Laura Fox
(8.5) and Chloe Kitcher
(9.4) who have both
achieved the Grand Prior
from St. John Ambulance.
As part of this they had to
complete 100hrs on duty
service at major sporting
and community events.
They will receive their certificates over the summer.
This latter for the second
year running and he also
recorded a county best
mark in the Dorset
Championships. Fantastic!
Laura also has started her
musical career with the
Achievement of a
Distinction in her Grade 1
Keyboard Examination.
Rising to The Highcliffe Challenge
Congratulations to the following students who have
completed The Highcliffe Challenge:
Key Stage 3:
Lewis Badley, Joshua Bailey, Elaine Bell, Sian-Marie Biles, Lee Black,
Francine Boot, Charlotte Boulton, Haydn Bower, Harry Boyle, Emily Bralee,
Holly Bratcher, Olivia Bull, Kieran Burgess, Arran Burkies,
Scott Burkies, Andrew Case, Katy Charge, Brigit Colclough, Payge Cooper,
James Cornford, Madeleine Daley-Brown, Adam Davies ,
Ellis Day,Josephine Dear, Steven Dow, Eleanor Drewett, Claudia Fairhurst,
Jack Field, Lucy Hamblion,Archie Harding, Naomi Henderson, Amy Hibbard,
William Holyhead, Annabel Howard,Charlotte Howting, Sophie Hulbert,
Samuel Jackson, Rebecca Jones, Shelby Jones,Robin Joynson,
Eleanor Kelly, Emma Langley, Keziah Leary, Jenny Lee, Kieran Little,
Becky Luckwell, Rebecca Meyrick, Jessica Moore, Sophie Moran,
Danielle Morley, Eleanor O'Hare, Kirsty Peart, Danielle Platt, Jessica Rajska,
Jade Rhodes, Jessica Robbins, Sarah Robinson, Margaret Sheekey,
Andrew Sloane, Emma Snaddon, Abigail Stocker, Charlotte Stone, Ben Swain,
Amy Symons, Laurence Taylor, Zachary Tebbutt,
Samantha Wiles, Isobel Worrall, Stephanie Worrall, Georgia Wright.
Key Stage 4:
Georgina Day, Oliver Hillyer Riley, Sammy Joynson, Liam Burton, Jenny Capel,
Kirsten Godwin, Josh Golding, Rebecca Jackson, David Levesley, Katy Lilly,
James Mainwaring, Keely McAlester, Cheyanne Smith, Jessica Attwater,
Adam Beevers, Aimee Chester, James Coleman, Amy Collins, Hannah Currie,
Daniel Davies, Kimberley Davies, Charlotte Donnachie, Lucy Errington, Lucy Harrold,
Sean Hazzard, Jenny Herrod, Rheann Hill, Abigail Jacob, Stephen Jones, Laura Jones,
Alexandra Lane, Roberta Lockett, Susanna Lord, Daisy Manning, Sarah Morley,
Charlotte Mortimer, Alice Nicholls, Louis Olrog, Georgina Partridge, Joshua Power,
Joshua Rose, David Rowdon, Dani Seton, Catherine Shaw, George Slattery,
Adam Sloper, Richard Tongeman, Danny Townend, Calum Underwood, Gareth Walls,
Kimberley Warner, Elizabeth Waters, Kayley Wells, Chloe Wright
Key Stage 5:
Thomas Riley
Here is a news item we
have recently received
proving that the Highcliffe
spirit lives on long after
the student leaves. Charlie
Anderson (nee Smith) is
an ex-student. Her Mum is
an ex-student and her
grandma, who was killed
in a Road Traffic Accident
was a very well known
and loved Mudeford
lady. Charlie took part in
the London marathon in
April running on behalf of
the charity ‘Brake’ that
offered her family welcome
support in the times after
her grandma’s death. She
has raised hundreds of
pounds and if you are interested in sponsoring her
you can do so online at
Justgiving com.
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Can we take this opportunity to thank all parents who have taken advantage of the
these achievement slips to inform us of the activities and successes of our young people. As ever we wish to celebrate all the achievements of the students, in and out of
school. We are unable to do this without your support.
Achievement to Celebrate
Please use this slip to inform us of any achievement, whether in or
out of school, of which you are proud and would like celebrated in
the school newsletter.
Name of Student :
TG:
Nature of Achievement :
Highcliffe School, Parkside, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 4QD
newsletter@highcliffe.dorset.sch.uk
The Grange School
Redvers Road
Christchurch
BH23 3AU
01202 486536
1st prize: 8 hours recording studio time
2nd prize: gig at The Salisbury Arms, Purewell
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School Newsletter Volume 7 Edition 6 Year 10

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