Hazelwick School

Newsletter

Headlines Ms A Fearon, Headteacher

Dates for your Diary:

Mon 10 June:

Year 12, start of A2

courses

Tues 11 June:

Year 10, Parents’ Evening

Weds 19 June:

Year 8, Sports Day (a.m.)

Year 10, Sports Day (p.m.)

Thurs 20 June:

Year 9, Sports Day (a.m.)

Year 7, Sports Day (p.m.)

Mon 24 June:

Year 12, Higher Education

Evening

Weds 26 June:

Year 9, Awards Evening

May Reflection:

If a man is called to be a

street-sweeper, he

should sweep streets as

Michelangelo painted,

or Beethoven

composed music, or

Shakespeare wrote

poetry. He should

sweep streets so well

that all the hosts of

heaven and earth will

pause to say, "Here

lived a great street-

sweeper who did his

job well."

Martin Luther King

(1929-1968)

May 2013

Headlines Ms A Fearon, Headteacher

Ms Fearon, Mr Palmer, Spencer Chase

(10.T01) and Sophie Penketh (10.50)

present Hazelwick’s cheque to

Mr Peter Mansfield Clark, Director of

Crawley Open House

Presentation to Crawley Open House At the end of April, two Year 10 students (Spencer Chase and Sophie Penketh),

accompanied by Mr Palmer and myself, were delighted to be able to present a cheque for

£3,265.17 to Mr Peter Mansfield-Clark, the Director of Crawley Open House, a local

organisation dedicated to providing support and services for those suffering the effects of

homelessness, unemployment, loneliness, discrimination, or other forms of social exclusion.

The money was raised from a variety of fundraising initiatives by students from across the

school and will be put towards the cost of a new minibus, so badly needed by the Open

House.

Welcome to our May newsletter.

The summer examination season is now underway and I would like to wish students in Years

11 to 13 every success with their examinations. I am sure all their revision and hard work

will prove beneficial in the coming weeks.

The Year 6 Induction visits began during the final week of this half-term. Northgate visited

on Tuesday and Milton Mount on Wednesday. Almost one hundred pupils enjoyed a full day

at Hazelwick trying on uniform, finding their way around, enjoying the canteen and having

two lessons taught by Hazelwick staff. Feedback from the children and their teachers who

joined us for the day was very positive.

The redevelopment and refurbishment of the site continues; many parents who attended the

recent Parents’ Evenings commented extremely positively on how good the school is looking

and how amazing the changes have been over the past year. Further work is planned for

next half-term and over the summer holidays.

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Year 7 went above and

beyond a task that was set

for homework recently in

French. They were asked to

research a French town,

note down key vocabulary

and write a short paragraph,

using key phrases about

what there is or isn’t in

their chosen town. Here are

some fine examples of the

work that was submitted as

well as some pictures of

Year 7 students happily at

work during a French lesson

in a computer room. Many

of them are very excited

about the forthcoming trip

to Boulogne-Sur-Mer.

Miss Kirkpatrick

Year 7 French ResearchYear 7 French ResearchYear 7 French Research

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On Tuesday 14 May, Year 7 students from

block one visited Lewes Castle and did a variety

of activities. We got a chance to have a tour of

the castle and learn about its history before

looking at some genuine medieval artefacts to

try to work out what they were. Students also

got a chance to dress up as medieval people and

act out scenes about life in this period. Some of

the outfits chosen were very interesting! The

students and staff that attended the trip had a

great day and we are looking forward to taking

block two students next month, when hopefully

the weather will be more pleasant!

Mrs Barton

Year 7 Visit to Lewes Castle

Year 7, Block 1 braving the elements

on the battlements of Lewes Castle

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Milton Mount Primary School: Forest Schools Day On Thursday 9 May, four Year 9

students, Elise Jays, Ahmed

Marzook, Haroon Mahmood and

myself, went to Milton Mount

School to help with a Forest

Schools event. There were about

28 children ranging between Years

1- 6. We began with a team-

building exercise that included

walking around the forest as

certain animals, which helped us

to get to know each other and

learn everybody’s names. This was

the perfect opportunity to get to

know some of the children who

we would be working with

throughout the day.

The first task was to get some

mud mixed with water and makes

‘muddies’. These were little

people who we dressed up in

leaves and other natural objects

that we found around the forest.

Eventually we were to make little

huts for the muddies to live in, but first many people had a go at collecting the wood to assemble the camp fire and light

it. Some people took longer than others but eventually we had a fire on the go which we would use for cooking lunch.

We had a small break and then started the muddies huts. There were four groups and each student had a group to help.

The imagination put into the

creation of the huts was amazing

and very interesting. Each group

worked well together to create

original huts.

After building for a while, we had

cooked meatballs and some

bread. It was delicious! Most

children then went back to

finishing off the huts, or chasing

each other around until they ran

out of energy, which never

seemed to happen! Later on we

were all summoned around the

camp fire for some smores,

which were very messy but very

nice too.

Finally, we had a few games on

the field, which were very

energetic and resulted in much

laughter from everyone. It was

brilliant to see everyone having

such a nice time and getting on

so well. Thank you for the

opportunity to help out!

Selena Burfield Form 9.34

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Read On!

Thank you for all your suggestions for your World Book Day favourite books. This is the full list of titles in

alphabetical order as voted by students and staff. Books that form part of a series have been grouped

together. Several books received more than one nomination and I have marked these with an asterisk.

Hazelwick Top 55 Books

1. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood *

2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

3. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

4. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

5. Possession by A.S. Byatt

6. The Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter

7. The House of Night series by P.C. Cast

8. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

9. The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins *

10. Attention All Shipping by Charlie Connolly

11. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres *

12. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

13. Middlemarch by George Eliott

14. Bill’s New Frock by Anne Fine

15. Looking for Alaska by John Green

16. Guinness World Records *

17. Tess of the d’Urbevilles by Thomas Hardy

18. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon

19. The Where’s Wally series by Martin Handford

20. Is It Just Me? by Miranda Hart

21. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

22. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

23. Anything written by Anthony Horowitz

24. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini *

25. The Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney *

26. The Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy *

27. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson *

28. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carré

29. Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin *

30. One Hundred Years of Solitude by G.G. Marquez

31. Itch by Simon Mayo

32. The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer *

33. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

34. Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo

35. War Horse by Michael Morpurgo *

36. Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

37. The Cherub series by Robert Muchamore *

(Continued on page 6)

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38. Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness

39. Nineteen Eighty–Four by George Orwell

40. The Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey *

41. The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan *

42. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling *

43. The Boy with the Top Knot by Sathnam Sanghera

44. The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier

45. King Lear by William Shakespeare

46. The Cirque Du Freak series by Darren Shan *

47. The Zom-B series by Darren Shan *

48. Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien

49. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr

50. Life Without Limits by Nick Vujicic

51. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

52. The ‘Girls’ series by Jacqueline Wilson *

53. Queenie by Jacqueline Wilson

54. The Tracy Beaker series by Jacqueline Wilson*

55. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak*

On Monday 13 May, 30 students from Year 8 took a trip to both the Houses of Parliament and the London Dungeon.

At the Houses of Parliament, they were taken on a tour of the Palace of Westminster, which included going inside both the

House of Commons and the House of Lords. Some of the students assured their teachers that they would be returning

there later in life as MPs! The students had the opportunity to run a mini-election which demonstrated how the voting

system in Britain works. All students were really enthusiastic about this and came up with some interesting party names and

slogans. The students were excellent ambassadors for the school and were a credit to Hazelwick.

At the London Dungeon, the students experienced the dark side of London’s history. After encounters with Sweeney Todd,

Guy Fawkes and Jack the Ripper, there were some hoarse throats but also lots of laughter!

Thank you to Mrs Kvalheim and Mr Myers for making this trip possible.

Miss MacKinnon

How many have you read? Did your

favourite make the list? Why not keep

this list and see how many titles you can

read in a year?

We hope to feature the World Book Day

competition/quiz winners in next month’s

newsletter.

Happy reading!

Mrs Thornton

Year 8 at the Houses

of Parliament

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Music News! (from Miss Patey)

Hazelwick School Summer Concert - Thursday 27 June 2013 We are very excited to announce that our Summer Concert is fast approaching and we look forward to Hazelwick

students providing us with a varied and enjoyable selection of musical entertainment for the evening of 27 June.

This year’s concert will be the last performance opportunity for those musicians who are leaving us next year and we

look forward to giving them a happy send-off and thanking them for their considerable contribution to Music over

their time here at Hazelwick. In their wake, we have many students coming up from Key Stage 3 who are keen to fill

their shoes and next year we welcome our largest number of GCSE students that the school has seen for some

years. We encourage any students taking GCSE next year to get involved this summer in preparation for the start of

the course in September.

Tickets - Tickets will be available to purchase though our on-line payment system on the Hazelwick School website

at a cost of £3 per adult and £1.50 per child. Please purchase your tickets as early as possible, as last year we ran out

of seats due to the number of guests who attended.

Rehearsals – Regular rehearsals ensure good quality performances, so don't forget to get down to Music at the right

time to ensure you are part of the performance this summer!

Soul Band - Monday Lunchtimes 12.30 - 1.00pm *

Whole School Choir - Wednesday 3.15 - 4.05pm

Samba Band - Tuesday Lunchtimes 12.30 - 1.00pm *

* Students may bring food to any rehearsals which are held at lunchtimes.

Concert at The Hawth –

Monday 17 June

On Monday 17 June, we will take a selection of students to The Hawth

Theatre to perform in the annual Senior Citizens Concert as part of the

Crawley Festival. This will involve students taking a coach to the venue

during Lesson 4 and returning before the end of school. This concert is

always very much appreciated in the community and we are keen to take

some soloists this year to give students an insight into performing on

stage in a professional venue.

Details of this trip will be sent soon through ParentMail, so please watch

this space if you are interested in attending!

Samba Band will once again get into full swing after the

May half-term holiday. We are often asked to visit local

primary schools and events to play; so, if you love

making loud music, then why not get down to Room

6 on Tuesday lunchtimes from Tuesday 4 June. No

previous experience required - just come and have a

go.

Samba Band

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May Numeracy Challenge The results are back from last month’s Junior UK Maths Challenge Competition and we are pleased to announce that 43

of our students, from across Years 7 and 8, achieved either a Gold, Silver or Bronze award. A special mention must go

to Patryk Slazak from Year 8, whose impressive score meant that he was awarded the prestigious title of “Best in

School”; Treasure Cletus, who achieved a Gold award and the title “Best in Year 7”; and both Tom Denman and Vijithan

Jeyakody (Year 8) who achieved Gold awards.

Here are just two of the questions they faced:

Question 1

What is the value of ((1 – 1) – 1) – ( 1- ( 1 – 1) )?

A -2 B -1 C 0 D 1 E 2

Question 2

Weighing the baby at the clinic was a problem. The baby would not keep still and caused the scales to wobble. So I held

the baby and stood on the scales while the nurse read off 78kg. Then the nurse held the baby while I read off 69kg.

Finally, I held the nurse whilst the baby read off 137kg. What is the combined weight of all three?

A 142kg B 147kg C 206kg D 215kg E 284kg

Answers to April’s questions were:

Question 1: B ( 80 + 20 = 100 )

Question 2: D (1/2)

For more problems and information about the UK Mathematical Challenges go to www.ukmt.org.uk

Mrs Zeidler

Mathematics

Maths Challenge Winners!

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Sport

Year 1 and 2 Gifted and Talented Day On Wednesday 8 May, 30 Gifted and Talented students from Milton Mount and Northgate Primary Schools, together

with Three Bridges Infant School came to Hazelwick to partake in a workshop. This workshop helped to develop team

work and communication skills based around the Olympic Motto; Faster, Stronger and Higher. The students worked

together with our Year 9 Gifted and Talented students. These students were Ollie Fensom-Gobel (Rugby, Football,

Cricket and Hockey), Luke Elliman (Swimming), Ed Jones (Swimming), Isabella Stone (Athletics and Football), Isabella

Summers (Dance) and Jermaine Larbi (Football). This was a very enjoyable experience and both sets of students worked

very hard together.

Mrs Menniss

Cluster Basketball (Year 5 and 6) and Captain

Ball (Year 3 and 4) On Friday 26 April, Hazelwick and Oriel High School ran a

Basketball (Year 5 and 6) and Captain Ball (Year 3 and 4)

competition for our cluster schools. In total, there were five

Primary Schools competing in both competitions; Northgate,

Three Bridges Junior, Pound Hill Junior, Maidenbower Junior and

Milton Mount. There were some very good performances from

all schools and all of the students thoroughly enjoyed

themselves. The winners of the Basketball were Pound Hill

Junior and the winners of the Captain Ball were Three Bridges

Junior.

Pound Hill Basketball Winners

Three Bridges Captain Ball Winners

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Sport (continued)

Quicksticks Workshop at

Three Bridges Junior

School In mid-May, Mrs Menniss ran a

Quicksticks workshop at Three

Bridges Infants School. This

involved 120 students getting a

taster of Quicksticks in two hours.

All of the students thoroughly

enjoyed themselves and made

rapid progress in the sessions.

Hopefully, this will mean more

hockey players coming to

Hazelwick in the future!

Under-16 Boys’ Hockey

Congratulations to the Under 16 Hockey team, who won their final game against Oathall 2-0. These boys have been a real

credit to the school, acting as leaders and officials on numerous occasions both for younger students at Hazelwick and at

Quicksticks tournaments for the local primary schools. We wish you well for the future.

Individual Success! Congratulations to Tom Page (7.13) who has

been selected to play for the FA South-East

Regional Cerebral Palsy Centre of Excellence

which is run by Chelsea FC. He played for the

South-East in the Youth National Cup. They

won the group stages, beating the North-East

and North and went on to the semi–finals

which, unfortunately, they lost and came fourth

overall. Well done, Tom. We look forward to

hearing more about your progress.

Congratulations to

Charlie Hilton (7.11)

who plays for Ifield

Golf Club, as they

have been chosen to

represent Sussex in

the English Junior

Championships on

10-11 August. Good

luck, Charlie!

Congratulations to Holly Talbut-Smith (11.56), who has been chosen

to play football for Brighton Ladies Reserve team. This means Holly

is one step closer to playing for the First team. Well done, Holly.

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Homework Club

A reminder that Homework Club runs in the Learning Resource Centre, Monday to Thursday, from 3.10pm

to 4.30pm, for students in Years 7, 8 and 9 to study and, where necessary, to receive support from a team of

Teaching Assistants. For further details, please ring Mrs Bending on the school number (extension 2333).

For more details, please see the school website - www.hazelwick.org or contact us on 01293 403344

The majority of the photos featured in this newsletter were taken by Barry Holder and more of his excellent

photography can be viewed on the school website.

On Thursday 9 May, a group of 23 students from Years 7–9 spent a day at Blackland Farm in East Grinstead, tackling the

‘Crate Challenge’ and archery.

They made great attempts at scaling the crates, despite it being a really windy day and at points the crate towers took on

a life of their own, swaying dramatically in the breeze. Gulshan Akhtar and Janat Jadran teamed up and were very close to

going as high as it is possible to go in this particular challenge.

Many of the students were fantastic at archery and Emma Tullett repeatedly hit the bull’s eye. Lewis Thomas built up a

good score.

It was a great day out and the students made a fantastic effort to work as a team and to make each other feel included.

Mrs Ford

Visit to Blackland Farm