Weekly News - The Angmering School

The Angmering School
Weekly News
This is our weekly newsletter for parents, students and friends of the school. We want to give you news about what is
happening in school, exciting things, future events and things we would like to see happen.
Issue Date: Week 29 29 April 2016
WATER FOR ALL
Over the last year a group of year 11 and 13 students have worked together to raise
awareness of a range of health issues. The latest initiative has focused on reducing
sugar consumption by engaging students in the importance of drinking water.
As a result of the students’ work, from May 3rd, students in years 7 to 11 should only
bring water into school. The water should be in a clear drinks bottle that can be refilled
in school. Drinks brought into school other than water will be confiscated and disposed
of, however, if this is the only bottle brought into school the contents can be exchanged
for water at break or lunchtime. Water and milk only will be sold in the canteen by
Sodexo.
This student led initiative has been welcomed by local and regional health experts and
will be officially launched during the week of the 2nd May. I am pleased to include
below a quote from Public Health England.
Terry Blair-Stevens, Consultant in Health Improvement for Public Health England
South East said:
‘Public Health England welcomes the introduction of the ‘Water for All’ policy at The
Angmering School. The recent Change4Life SugarSmart campaign revealed children
are consuming over three times the recommended daily amount of sugar, with sugary
drinks being one of the highest contributors of sugars to the diet. Consumption of sugar
and sugar sweetened drinks is particularly high in school age children, increasing their
risk of obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers.’
‘Replacing sugary drinks with milk or water is a very positive step for the health and
wellbeing of the students at The Angmering School. It also supports West Sussex
County Council as ‘Sugar Reduction Champions’, who have made excellent progress
working with a number of schools and the West Sussex School Meals Service to
reduce children’s sugar intake, as part of their wider work on sugar reduction and
promoting healthier catering.’
We are all looking forward to a healthy and hydrated school community and hope you
join me in supporting our students’ initiative.
Mr D Brixey
Headteacher
The David Hunt Trust Generous
Donation to Students at The
Lavinia Norfolk Centre, The
Angmering School
Students with disabilities
attending The Angmering School
have secured funding for their
annual trip to the Stoke
Mandeville Games next year,
thanks to the generous donations
from The David Hunt Trust. David
Hunt and Catherine MacKenzie
presented a cheque for £5700 to students at the school.
The funding will ensure students with physical difficulties are able
to participate at the world famous annual Stoke Mandeville
National Sports Event, competing at national level with other
parasportsmen.
Additionally, the Trust has funded the purchase of equipment to
support visually impaired students.
Freya McKenna, Year 7, said
“A huge thank you to The
David Hunt Trust
for sponsoring us so we
can go to the Stoke Mandeville Games next year. The
money will also enable the
school to buy much-needed
equipment to support the
learning of students who are
visually impaired like me.”
YR 7 - Marcus
Alexander
Creative Writing
Competition
INSPIRATIONAL
FITNESS TALK
Students in year 8 science
classes had the opportunity to
Well done to our prize winners!
ask England Women 7s rugby
player, Amy Wilson-Hardy,
1st prize - Olivia Curtis 7RW
2nd prize - Chloe Alderon 7MN questions about her fitness and
3rd prize - Talia Ponterosso 7GN nutrition. Students were inspired
by Amy who played international
rugby whist studying for her
Engineering degree. Thank you
to Amy for her time in school.
'OUT OF UNIFORM'
If a student is out of uniform and has a note from their parents or
carers then they can have a yellow permission card IF there is a
genuine reason. Tutors will monitor whether this is a regular
occurrence and will contact parents if there is an issue.
If students do not have a note they will be sent to the internal
exclusion room until parents are contacted. If there is a genuine
reason then, again, a yellow permission card will be issued. If not,
the student will stay in the internal room unless the parents can
bring in the uniform.
Tutors will be reminding students of this rule and we ask parents to
support the school by ensuring students are in full school uniform.
LODGE HILL VISIT
Our annual residential trip to
Lodge Hill was, as always,
amazing.
Students were able to try activities
completely new to them and for
some it was their first experience
away from home!
Many of the group overcame real
fears and achieved great things. It was a pleasure to see them
develop their confidence and push themselves to do things they
never thought they could.
We are extremely proud of their achievements - Well Done!
Angmering Year 8 unlucky in National Final 8
It was a frustratingly slow journey to Brentwood last week for the year 8 boys as
they set off to face St Martins School in the National Quarter Finals. The game was
delayed slightly due to the traffic and maybe Angmering were still feeling the drive
as after Fynn Gilham scored the opening basket of the game, they failed to score
for the next 5 minutes. The rules are designed to give everyone playing
opportunities and the next 5 players came on court with a point to prove without
leading Scorer, Cameron Hildreth. Lewis Francis came out on fire and hit back to
back jump shots and a lay-up to close the gap. Although St Martins were still
scoring steadily Angmering were well and truly in the game and only trailed 12-15
after the 1st quarter. However St Martins had a different idea, they were able to
score with ease close to the basket with their height advantage. By half time
Angmering were down 19-38 as it felt like the hoop had a lid on it. The boys were
battling away with some excellent defence from Merlo Nelsenat and Alfie
Kavallares. Despite the margin Angmering wouldn’t give up and made St Martins
work for everything, on the offensive end Angmering were most successful from
their out of bounds plays but still trailed 31-59 with 10 minutes to play. The boys
were a credit to the school as they never gave up and although a semi final place
was taken away when the final buzzer sounded the boys were able to hold their
heads high.
Team: Fynn Gilham, A’kos Hausknecht, Ashlee Cottam, Oliver Dabinett Jays, Lewis
Francis, Merlo Nelsenat, Charlie Robinson, Alfie Kavallares, Anthony Stacey, Zack
Rigby and Haydn Merrett.
Increasing biodiversity with seed bombs!
Students from the Angmering School have been working with the
Royal Horticultural Society and Tangmere Airfield Nursery on a live
biodiversity project. See what they got up to by watching this brilliant,
short film about their work!
https://schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/News/News-results/SouthEast/2016/April/Boosting-biodiversity
A big thank you to the Y9 students who took part:
William Towler
Olivia Woodward
Joe Gurr
Ned Dadson
Oliver O’Toole
Did you know that Ofsted have a website, “Parent View” which gives parents
the chance to tell them what you think about your child’s school. It will ask
you for your opinion on 12 aspects of your child’s school, from the quality of
teaching, to dealing with bullying and poor behaviour.
Ofsted will use the information you provide when making decisions about
which schools to inspect, and when.
We would really appreciate you taking the time to look at this website and
complete the survey.
Gold Stars of the week is a
reward system where teachers
nominate
students
for
working consistently at Gold
standard which is above and
beyond expectations. Students
then have the opportunity to
meet with the Headship team
to discuss their achievements
and work.
Gold Stars Of The
Week
The students are rewarded
with 25 credits and a well
done certificate to take home
to share their success with
parents/guardians. We feel
this is an excellent reward
system for the students to
share their success with the
Headship team.
Please note we will be changing
the day timings on Tuesday 3rd
May for exams. It will be a 2:1:2
day which means lunch and period
4 will swap. Please see the times
below. This is just for one day but
please note we will revert to these
timings for the exam period 17
May until 28 June.
08 45 START
9.00 Period 1
10.00 Period 2
10.55 Break
11.20 DEAR
11.40 Period 3
12.40 Lunch
13.20 Period 4
14.15 Period 5
3.15 – end of the day
Congratulations to
the Gold Stars of
the Week student
for Week 29:
Owen McIntosh
7BC for an
excellent drum
performance in his
music lesson. Well
done Owen.
Important Reminder to
Students and Staff
There will be no homework club
for any year group after school
on Tuesday 3rd May due to
exams in the computer rooms
and library area.
Also the corridor will be closed
1.00pm to 4.30pm on Tuesday
3rd May and on Friday 6th May.
No one is to walk through L
Block and no one can come and
use the computers or copier in
the library . Nearest copiers are
E block and B block.
Please adhere to this and
ensure the students taking the
exams are not disturbed.
Y10 Students Help with Worthing Hockey Club’s Win
What a brilliant way to end the hockey season, with the boys’ team from Worthing
Hockey Club winning the Sussex U16 Cup for the first time. Having beaten other
Sussex teams during the 2015/2016 season such as Chichester and Horsham, the
final took place on 23rd April at Lewes. After a very close game, Worthing managed to
secure a 2-1 win over their rivals from Mid-Sussex. Angmering School Year 10 boys,
Max Holloway, Ben Rudman and Tom Carver were selected to play in all the qualifying
games, as well as in the final. The team's manager was very proud of the way the
boys played and for putting their hearts into all the games.
DIRECT LINES WHEN RINGING THE SCHOOL
The direct dial numbers are below for each year group.
Year Group
Year Team Assistant
Direct Dial Numbers
Extension Numbers
Year 7
Mrs Sarah Bowler
Tel 778323
323
Tel 778392
392
Year 8
Mrs Kirsty Bishenden &
Mrs Rebecca Ward
Year 9
Mrs Julie McCluskey
Tel 778318
318
Year 10
Mrs Michelle Driscoll
Tel 778354
354
Year 11
Mrs Denise Brown
Tel 778329
329
Year 12 and 13
Mrs Babs Harrington
01903 778391
391
Primary school scientists have fun at the
Angmering School
30 Year 4, 5 and 6 children from local primary schools spent the day in the Science
Department. They started off designing fireworks. This involved carrying out flame
tests using Bunsen burners and looking at reactions of magnesium and iron filings.
They used the microscopes to examine cheek cells and onion cells and had fun in the
afternoon investigating static electricity. They particularly enjoyed charging up Barbie
using the Van de Graaf generator.
Everyone had a fantastic day and enjoyed
experiencing the practical aspects of science
Billie-Mae Berry
7CB Silver Certificate
Alexander
Natalia
Hattie
Luke
Reece
Orla
Matthew
Jack
Trixie
Furniss
Gavrilova
Gibb
Gibbons
Griffiths
Ingle_
Kill _
McCabe
Tester
7TW
7RW
7CB
7AM
7WD
7AM
7WD
7JN
7JN
Aiden
Ellie
Rebecca
Daniel
Chloe
Bradley
Rosin
Gordon
Kirk
Burke
Devlin
Vincent
Tilly
Laura
Jacob
Jack
7MB
7MN
7JN
7BC
7WD
7JN
Gold Certificate
Gold Certificate
Gold Certificate
Gold Certificate
Gold Certificate
Gold Certificate
Gold Certificate
Gold Certificate
Gold Certificate
Platinum Certificate
Platinum Certificate
Platinum Certificate
Platinum Certificate
Platinum Certificate
Platinum Certificate
Elder
7MB Diamond Certificate
Terry
7CB Diamond Certificate
Hattersley 7RW Diamond Certificate
Travis
Alfred
Jack
Max
Chloe
Georgina
Ciaran
Nathan
Shauna
Turner
Russell _
Matthews
Siney
Murphy
Caughlin
Attwater
10GO
10PN
10RY
10SC
10SL
10ST
10WT
Bronze Certificate
Bronze Certificate
Bronze Certificate
Bronze Certificate
Bronze Certificate
Bronze Certificate
Bronze Certificate
Maya
Olivia
Anna
Cailan
Jack
Darcey
Zoe
Archie
Finlay
Charlotte
Byron
Dean
Thomas
Liam
Sienna
Challis
Comins
Finch
Holmes
Jennings
Luscombe
Martin
North
Panton
Peck
Reilly
Rosin
Snook
Wadey _
West
10RY
10PN
10CN
10GO
10GO
10RA
10PN
10WT
10RY
10RA
10SL
10PN
10PN
10PN
10ST
Silver Certificate
Silver Certificate
Silver Certificate
Silver Certificate
Silver Certificate
Silver Certificate
Silver Certificate
Silver Certificate
Silver Certificate
Silver Certificate
Silver Certificate
Silver Certificate
Silver Certificate
Silver Certificate
Silver Certificate
Yvonne
Lola
Flynn
Watkins
7CB Double Diamond Certificate
Storer
9BT Silver Certificate
10RY Gold Certificate
10ST Gold Certificate
HAVE YOU HANDED YOURS IN YET?
Tuesday 3rd May is the last day to collect the
Sainsbury’s Active Kids vouchers. Please do hand
in to us any you have by the end of May so we can
send our order off to them.
They do take a while to count! Thank you to all the
staff and parents who have already supported us by
handing these
in.
INTER TUTOR SPORT
After the first series of events for inter tutor sport the current year group rankings are:
Year 7:
Year 8:
Year 9:
1st - GN 42 pts
2nd - TW 36 pts
3rd - MB 34 pts
4th - JN 31 pts
5th - RW 28 pts
6th - AM 27 pts
7th - CB 26 pts
8th - WD 25 pts
9th - BC 24 pts
10th - MN 20 pts
1st - WG 38 pts
2nd - RT 36 pts
3rd - UP 34 pts
4th - PA 30 pts
5th - MG 29 pts
6th - ML 27 pts
7th - HA 26 pts
8th - JP 19 pts
9th - CL 18 pts
10th - SK 14 pts
1st - RL 45 pts
2nd - RI 31 pts
3rd - FK 30 pts
4th - MV 29 pts
5th - BT 28 pts
6th - GB 27 pts
7th - MM 26 pts
8th - ER 25 pts
9th - AT 19 pts
10th - HU 12 pts
These points were gained in January when the tutor groups took part in events such as netball,
basketball, hockey, football and para sport. These events took place over a two hour period where the
students opted for the sport they wanted to do. They received 1 point for entering a sport and then
further points for effort, results and teamwork.
Future events to earn points:
This half term the student challenges will link with inter tutor points. As a tutor group you are tasked
with increasing your activity levels throughout the week. You need to use an app that you download or
you can calculate this on your own.
The distance travelled is walking, running or cycling only. Record your distances daily with your tutor
who will have access to the shared tracking document. Distance equates to points. 1 mile travelled
equals 1 inter tutor point.
The last opportunity to earn points will be during National Schools Sports Week where we will be doing
a series of different inter tutor events, where you can earn points. The tutor group winners will be
announced after the final event has taken place.
Good luck to all and remember even if there is a bit of a gap between your tutor group and the nearest
one, you can easily make this up over the next couple of months.
Year 10 will start from now on inter tutor sport, so the student challenge is really important for your
year group.
If you would like any information about this challenge or the points please speak to Mr Whiffin or Mr
Locke in the PE Department. If any parent/guardian has any questions about inter tutor then please
email [email protected]
Can you solve this week’s problem ?
Triangle in a Corner
Last week’s problem
Middle Digit Mean
How many three digit numbers have the
property that the middle digit is the mean of the other two digits?
Last week’s solution
Middle Digit Mean
If the three digit number is "abc", then we need b=a+c2.
As a and c are chosen to be between 0 and
9, b will be certainly, as it is the mean. This means we only need to check
which cases make b an integer.
b is an integer exactly when a+c is even.
If a is even, c needs to be even also. If a is odd, c needs to be odd also.
If a and c are both even, a can be any of
options. This means there are
2, 4, 6 and 8, so four options. c can be any of 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8, so five
4×5=20 combinations.
If a and c are both odd, they can be any of
1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. This gives 5 options for each, so there
are 5×5=25 combinations.
Thus there are 20+25=45 three digit numbers with this property.
Artwork of the Week 29
‘Relativity’
Take a look at this GIF which animates the graphic artwork called ‘Metamorphosis I’ made by M.C.Escher.
Escher made incredible images such as ‘Ascending and Descending’ as well as a series of works where
objects are transformed many times over.
https://49.media.tumblr.com/fd0299185c796fc889f7bae13d25308d/tumblr_o0hvnknH771uah2cno1_500.gif
Resilience
noun
1 The ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity.
"Nylon is excellent in wearability, abrasion resistance and resilience"
2 The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.
"The often remarkable resilience of so many British institutions"
Etymology:
From Latin resiliō (“to spring back”)
Foreign translations:
French: Résistance
German: Elastizität
Spanish: Resistencia
Swedish: spänstighet
Year 11 Rounders
Year 11 girls had their final school sports
event last Thursday when they took part
in a rounders tournament.
Expectations were high and the sun was
shining for our last trip together!
Although we failed to relax into our usual
batting routine, our fielding was slick in all
games and we were able to hold the
opposition to very low scores. The final
saw us need one and a half rounders off
two balls and the tension was palpable!
Grace played tactically and got us a half.
Tia stepped up with the last ball of the
game but could she cope with the
pressure?! Tia smashed the ball out of
the park to secure the rounder we
needed and the win! We were all ecstatic,
especially on receiving our medals!
An amazing way to end an era with a
fantastic bunch of young ladies who have
always been enthusiastic, competitive
and committed when it comes to sport. It
has been a pleasure to work with you all,
Miss Potter and Miss Barns wish you all
the best of luck in your next adventures.
We will miss you!
Y11: Phoebe Oborne, Alice Mantle,
Tia Freeman, Isobel Rodda, Louise
Brown, Phoebe Steel, Grace
Tapley, Grace Adamou and Grace
Thom.
Year 10 Rounders
Success
The Year 10 Rounders Team made
a great start to the league beating
Davisons 10.5-3.
Fantastic batting from the whole
team and some impressive team
spirit saw Angmering go into field
feeling confident. Consistently good
bowling from Shauna and an
amazing catch from Lauren saw the
team keep the opposition at bay,
they failed to score any full
rounders. Well done all!
Y10: Shauna Attwater, Alex
Foord, Isobel Holmes, Ellyse
Jones, Ellen Nicholas,
Charlotte Stacey, Aimee Stow,
Catherine Topham and Lauren
Wayman.
We have two sets of two complimentary tickets for this event which we are raffling in
aid of the LNC Charitable Trust. If you would like to take part in the draw we have
tickets available in reception for 20p each or £1 for a strip of tickets. The draw will take
place on Wednesday 18th May and the winners will be notified.
Community Advert
Former Student News
DIARY DATES 2015/2016
May
7
10am -11.00am Nearly New Uniform
Shop Open
30-3 June Half term Week
June
7
Y12 Going to University Information
Evening (including UCAS) 7–
8.30pm
8
3.30pm - 4.30pm Nearly New
Uniform Shop Open
9
Y6 Activity Evening 6-8pm
15
Y6 Activity Evening 6-8pm
16
Speaking and Listening Activity Day
3
21
Y7 Exhibition of work 5pm - 7pm
23
Music Mania 7pm – 8.30pm
24
Sports Day
28
Art, DT Exhibition Open Evening 68pm
29
Art, DT Exhibition Open Day 9-5pm
29
LNC Y6 Induction Day
29 & 30 Sixth Form Induction
July
1
2
5
6
7
18
11-15
12
22
Y11 Prom 7-11pm
10am -11.00am Nearly New
Uniform Shop Open
Staff Day 5
Year 6 Induction Day at
Angmering and parents
evening 6pm – 7.30pm
Sports Presentation Evening
6pm – 8pm
6-7.30pm Evening of
Celebration
Y12 Work Experience Week
Science fair Y7 & Y8 5.307.30pm
Term Ends
COMPETITION ANSWER
Did you recognise Mr Brixey in this picture which was taken in1963?