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HEADITORIALDear Parents and Students,

A new book by Alison Wolf -’The XX Factor: How Working Women Are Creating a New Society’ - published this week, sets out to explore the impact on society of female achievement in the work place. Professor Wolf argues that, although being female is no longer a block to achievement, and although some women are now building a career as successful as that of their male counterparts, the profile of working women in the twenty first century comprises two very separate groups: one of around 15-20 per cent for whom work is a major source of their identity, self-esteem and pleasure, the other 85 per cent may find camaraderie and satisfaction in work but principally it is a means to pay the bills and family remains the centre of their lives.Her research is very interesting and it certainly throws down a gauntlet for those whose

role it is to prepare young women for adult life. Yet equally complex is the notion of ‘work’ itself. Wolf’s study focuses on paid employment but at the East Sussex Women of the Year lunch this week I was privileged to meet many women who work long hours – often at the expense of their own family life - in the voluntary and charity sectors and whose contribution to society is immeasurable.If we consider, too, the work done by women who raise children and sustain homes or who care for elderly parents or for sick family members, then the task of preparing girls for ‘the world of work,’ now and in the future, is clearly very challenging indeed. We need to move beyond careers lessons and information-giving to encouraging the development of a wide range of skills, chief of which must surely be flexibility and resilience.As ever, I would be keen to receive any suggestions from girls or parents about how we can improve our ‘work related learning’ curriculum at BHHS. I would also be delighted to hear from any parent who would be willing to talk to girls about their own experiences of the world of work.Have a good weekend.

Jennifer Smith

The Senior School Calendar

Sat 27th: Open Doors @ Junior School 1-3pmMon 29: Briefing for Y10 & parents about entry to Sixth Form Tues 30: Y9 Take Your Daughters to Work dayEvening Young Enterprise local finals in Hall and LibraryWed 1 May & 2 May: Dance performance evenings 5.30pmFri 3 May: P4-5 Senior House TennisSat 4: Brighton Festival Children’s ParadeSun 5: Sixth Form Theatre Studies rehearsal

“We need to move beyond careers lessons and information-giving to encouraging the development of a wide range of skills”

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The Temple Project QualificationPlease could all students collect their 2012 Temple Projects from Mr Sherwood or Mrs Ashdown. We apologise for keeping hold of your work for so long but it was just too impressive to let go! We hope you have been looking at the display on the stairs up to the main landing and finding inspiration for this year. And on that note, we will be launching TPQ 2013 after half term to years 7-10 – listen out for information!

Mrs Ashdown & Mr Sherwood

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UNIFORM NEWSJust a reminder that from September, all girls will be expected to wear the new uniform only. There will be further collections of old uniform at the end of term and during the holidays, so we can send another shipment off to Bungwanyi primary School in Uganda, where it has really been appreciated. The old uniform, such as green skirts, tunics and old style blouses, may no longer be worn.

Culture Vultures There was a very pleasing turnout for the latest meeting of Culture Vultures. Mr Sherwood talked about ‘Representations of Joan of Arc’, demonstrating how Joan of Arc can be made to stand for many opposing things, such as being monarchist or revolutionary, or religious - there is even a film from Nazi Germany which likens her to Hitler.The next Culture Vultures will be the last of the academic year, and will be on Tuesday 18th June. “Cookery Showdown”

Mr G. Sherwood

Y5 TASTER DAYY5 had an exciting taster day at the senior school on Tuesday. Each class did Drama with Mrs Schilt and Chemistry with Mr Marsh.The Chemistry involved Y5 heating three tubes of different coloured powders. One changed colour permanently, one could be forced into reverse and the third one reversed all on its own!Then, they all did flame tests and found out that copper substances gave a green flame, lithium gave a scarlet flame and sodium a yellow one. Mr Marsh then proceeded to show a “bigger” version of them, using his flame thrower bottles. The bench caught fire several times!Finally, the Queen was given a makeover by reacting copper coins that had her face on them with concentrated acid. The colours we got were glorious and Her Royal Highness did look good!In Drama, the girls did “mystery boxes” and were enthusiastically showcasing their acting abilities, with a wide variety of expressive performances evident.We hope all of the girls enjoyed themselves!

Mrs Schilt & Mr Marsh

Music NewsI would like to offer congratulations to Yassi Vaziri in year 13 who has made it through to the area finals of a brand new nationwide singing competition for teens and pre-teens called Teenstar. Yassi made it through the regional finals of the competition during Easter and will now be performing at the Portsmouth guild hall for the area finals on 18th May where she will be singing another original song. If she is successful in this next stage she will be through to the grand final within London’s O2 arena! If you would like to support her in this competition, email her on yassyassi@hotmail.co.uk for tickets.

Louissa Denney also demonstrated her outstanding vocal skills and was the ‘star of the show’ in a concert, organised by the local ‘Springboard’ festival, that took place last Sunday at St Luke’s Church in Brighton. She was asked to perform as a result of her outstanding performances in the vocal section of last month’s Springboard Festival where she was awarded the Adjudicators Prize for best singer in the whole festival.Our ‘Instrumental Concert’ will take place in the school hall at 19:30 on Thursday 9th May. This will feature performances from all of our instrumental ensembles as well as the school orchestra who will be performing Mozart’s Symphony No 40. The girls will very much appreciate your support and tickets priced £6 and £4 will be available on the door. If you are involved in orchestra, flute group, clarinet group, jazz band or any of our rock bands you will be involved so it is very important that you attend all rehearsals prior to the concert.

Mr P. Lloyd

GERMAN EXCHANGEThis year there are over 50 German girls who would like to take part in the exchange. I am currently looking for families who would be willing to accommodate a German girl aged 14-15 as a paying guest from 30th June to 8th July. There would of course be no obligation to visit Germany on the return leg of the exchange. Please contact me as soon as possible for further details if you might be able to help.

Mr Condon

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Swimming SquadCongratulations to the senior swimming squad, who competed in the Brighton and Hove Swimming Championships. Medals were awarded to; Alex Lang-Andrews, for 1st in 50m Backstroke, and 2nd in 50m Front Crawl, Eve Hull for 3rd in 50m Backstroke, Harriet Freestone for 2nd in 50m Breaststroke, year 7 for 2nd place in the Medley Relay and Freestyle Relay and finally Year 10-13 for 3rd in the Medley Relay.

Miss Udeen and Mrs. Mostran

From the Brighton Marathon“We would like to thank you all for your support, energy and time in making this year's Brighton Marathon another success! The event could not have taken place without the fantastic support of our volunteers. We hope to see many of you next year! Registration for 2014 will open the first week of October. If you missed the programme on Saturday you can watch the Brighton Marathon highlights via Channel 4OD.”

Well done Mollie!Last Sunday, Molly Miller’s football team, Lewes Girls FC, fought hard in the Sussex FA U15 Challenge Cup Final against Crawley Town. In a closely fought contest they won the match 2:1 to lift the Sussex FA U15 League Cup.

New Era Examination Results - Spring Term, 2013SENIOR SCHOOL

Speech and DramaRose Berelowitz Transition DistinctionEden Burgess Hayes Transition DistinctionBella Cheney Transition MeritRachel Cruickshank Transition MeritEllie Mackechnie Transition MeritCelia Westwood-Dunckley Transition DistinctionEleanor Morgan Grade MeritTia Pavlides Grade 1 MeritPhoebe McCallum Grade 2 DistinctionFrancesca Di Mascio Grade 4 MeritCharlotte Leinfellner Grade 5 MeritRosanna Lloyd Grade 5 MeritEmily Parsons Grade 5 Merit Acting (solo)Bela Thomas Grade 2 DistinctionSophie Wolff Bronze Medal Merit Acting (duologue)Eleni Depollas/Florence Grumitt Grade 5 MeritChristine Hartfield/Matilda Macari Grade 5 MeritElena Cioffi/Isabela Rodrigues Silver Medal Distinction

Molly Miller

Let’s be FRIENDS! TWITTER FACEBOOK WEBSITE

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Greener Way to school month is almost here!May is our annual “Greener Way to school month”. Starting on 1st May we hope as many families as possible will come to school in a “greener” way. So please walk, cycle, scooter, roller-blade, car-share or get pubic transport to school if you can! Those who take part will earn points for their class. Who will be the champions this year??!

HEADITORIAL

Dear ParentsWe are busy getting ready for our Open Event on Saturday and hopefully we will have a positive response to our “crafty” event. We are very flexible on numbers so if you do know of anybody who might be interested but have not replied they are very welcome just to turn up on Saturday and join in the fun! We also hope to see many of you on the route of the Children’s Parade next Saturday (4th May). We are number 56 in the parade but hopefully you will hear us coming as our samba band plays with great gusto!Best Wishes

Sian Cattaneo

Eco NewsA huge thank you to everyone who brought their ‘Phil’ the bags in, we had a fantastic response. I am waiting to find out the total weight of all the clothes brought in, I will keep you posted.These textiles will be sold on and distributed to people who can use and enjoy them in developing countries, which at the same time saves our environment from the burden of further resources going to landfill. This in turn creates jobs for people in those countries who sell the clothes at markets, therefore also supporting the economy.

Are you looking to sell used “new” uniform?We are trying to establish how many people will be hoping to sell the new uniform at the end of the Summer Term. We will then try and come up with a solution with the PA. If you would like to sell uniform please make yourself known to the office so that we can establish whether a sale will be viable.

Head Lice Checks Nits have been reported in school again in two different year groups. Could we please remind and encourage parents to check their daughter’s hair for nits and lice EVERY week.

New Era Examination Results - Spring Term, 2013

Speech and DramaPolly Adamson Transition MeritBeverley Fung Transition DistinctionEllie Mainstone Transition PassAlicia Morgan Transition Merit

Duologue ActingOlivia Giles/Ailish Simpson Grade 3 Merit Foundation Medal

Brighton and Hove Swimming ChampionshipsCongratulations to the Junior Swimming Squad who worked really hard at the Brighton and Hove Swimming Championships on Wednesday. They displayed excellent team spirit in what was a very successful Gala. We were placed 1st or 2nd in all of our heats and the girls should feel very proud of their achievements.

STOP PRESS! New Junior Enquiries Email AddressThe Junior school now has a new email address where you can direct all enquiries without going through the senior school. Please email juniorenquiries@bhhs.gdst.net with any general enquiries regarding the junior school.

ReminderKittles will be attending the Juniors on Thursday 9th May to take class photographs. A letter will be sent out in due course.

Pirate DayYear 3 had great fun last Thursday when they transformed into pirates for the day! They were joined by Pirate Ron, who taught them lots about famous pirates and what captains needed on their ships. The girls had a fantastic time watching a pirate puppet show and they even made their own puppets! Ooh Arghh!

Easter Writing CompetitionWell done to all the girls who entered the Easter writing competition! It was a very hard decision but...the winners were... Year 1 / 2- Izzy BarwellYear 3 /4- Bonnie WhiteYear 5/ 6- Freya MainprizeEggcellent work girls!

Morning Break SnacksMay we remind parents that they need to provide their daughter with a snack for morning break, the school is not responsible for this and we cannot guarantee we will be able to provide your daughter a snack on a regular basis.Thank you for your assistance.

MORE SPRINGBOARD SUCCESS!Following last week's news regarding the Springboard Music Festival I am delighted to announce the following results from two more very talented musicians:

Riya Hamie (yr 3)1st place J.S. Bach class (age 9 and under) Distinction2nd place Jazz class (age 9 and under) Distinction

Scarlett Joyce (yr 5) 1st place Sonata Class: Competitive Merit2nd place Grades 2 and 3 - Solo class - Competitive

Many congratulations to both Riya and Scarlett for their success!

External/ Peripatetic ClubsDuring this busy time of the term the office deal with a lot of club-related queries. Therefore can we please ask, in an attempt to reduce congestion at the Reception desk, that parents contact the external club organisers regarding any queries of payments and enrolment into clubs. Thank you.

The Junior School Calendar

Sat 27th Open Event – Junior School with “Lets get Crafty” afternoon 1-3pm Mon 29th Year 2 Visit to Wilderness WoodWed 1st 2.15 – U11a,b&c (10a side) Rounders, Burgess Hill Thurs 2nd Open Doors Event 9.30 – 11.30 Fri 3rd Parents’ Association Coffee Morning Sat 4th BRIGHTON FESTIVAL CHILDREN’S PARADE

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GDST Short Film Competition

Huge congratulations to all the students who took part in this demanding but exciting competition. Our BHHS winners were invited up to London for a special red carpet screening of the fabulous films from across the Trust. In spite of this tough competition every one of our three teams came away with an award – we are so proud. Their creativity and brilliance was singled out by Helen Fraser, Chief Executive Office of the GDST

Mrs Ashdown & Mr Whiteside

I just wanted to say that Brighton and Hove really dominated the event this afternoon with two highly commended and one winner in three different categories. The films themselves were stunning, and gave an absolute sense of your school as a creative powerhouse. We all thought 'wow!'. A love of Pie, A normal day on the bus, and It's the Doorbell - all fantastic. Please congratulate your girls from the chairman and from me.

Helen Fraser

Congratulations to Isobel Parr and Iona Scott, who with their video “A love of pie” came second in their category with a highly commended. Their piece was described by Helen Fraser at Trust as “Stunning, and gave an absolute sense of your school as a creative powerhouse.” Well done girls for your fantastic work and a great video!

From the Junior School

The seven judges were: • Oscar winning costume designer Jenny Beavan• Television, theatre and film actress Beth Cordingly • Award winning executive producer of ‘Call the Midwife’ and ‘The Hollow Crown’ Pippa Harris (Neal Street Productions)• Studio CEO Sheena Morjaria • BAFTA winning Producer Linn Waite• Award-winning theatre and BBC Director Faynia Williams• Broadcast producer Susannah Zeff

Beth Cordingly: Beth Cordingly is a British actress who has starred in two BAFTA nominated cult series, 'Dead Set' and 'Funland'. Since starting out as a regular in 'The Bill' and 'Family Affairs' she has featured in a string of popular British TV shows and appeared on stage in the West End and on tour.

Faynia Williams: Faynia Williams FRSA is a freelance theatre and opera director, and BBC producer of drama and documentaries. BBC features she has written and produced include ‘Pina Bausch’ and ‘Joan Littlewood’. She is Honorary President of UNESCO International Theatre Institute’s Dramatic Theatre Committee, and Artistic Director of Brighton Theatre. Faynia teaches British Theatre & British Film courses at Sussex University.

Congratulations

On Wednesday at an exclusive screening in Soho, London; A group of year 8 girls from Brighton and Hove High School were the winners of the year 7-9 category in the Girls’ Day School Trust’s short film competition, with their film A Normal Day on the Bus which was inspired by the films of Charlie Chaplin. Groups from the junior school and year 10 were also highly commended in their categories.

The competition is one of a series of activities to mark the GDST’s 140th Anniversary this year.

Jen Smith, Head of BHHS, said: “Many congratulations to all of the girls ! I am thrilled that they did so well in this competition. The event has really helped to encourage our pupils to learn new skills and stimulate their creative thinking!

“It’s a sad fact that women make up only 19% of writers of British films released in the UK, and only 15% of directors. This competition has also helped to open our girls’ eyes to exciting new career paths and introduced them to seven new inspiring role models”

Brighton & Hove High School Alumnae

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We were inspired by Charlie Chaplin, The kid and the dictator and the Oscar winning, The Artist.It was real group effort but Molly and Madsie especially came up with the love story and Rosanna came up with the Black and White silent movie idea.

The filming was a very tedious 2 hours on the bus as it was very hard to film on a moving bus. Plus one of our team had just came out of hospital so was a bit ill.After Sheena Morjaria announced that we won!!! Rosanna punched the air and we all screamed very loudly whilst Madsie and Jessye just cried.

We are so proud to have represented our school in this amazing event which Brighton and Hove High School took a prize for every single category!!

I had the biggest butterflies I’ve ever had and when I found out we had won, I was overcome with joy!(then was plain embarrassment about my moustache) Madsie“I really enjoyed this experience as I have a love for acting and films. This is a great start for a career!” RosannaWhen they announced our names, it was a big shock for everyone, and I can’t wait for the next competition! (Hopefully there is another one coming soon!)” Holly

And a special thank you to Ms Boyes and Mrs Manning for giving up their time for us!And thanks to Brighton and Hove Buses for the wonderful landscapes!!!!

Clara, Madsie, Rosanna & Holly (Jessye)

List of Brighton and Hove High School’s Films

Senior A (Years 7-9)Winners: A normal day on the bus - A Chaplin-esque film about finding romance on a bus journey.

Junior (ages 4-11)Commended:Love of Pie: A drama about the ups and downs of friendship and the part that food can play in bringing friends together

Senior B (Years 10 & 11)Commended:The Doorbell – A drama about a boy with social anxiety order who falls in love

To see the videos please go to: http://www.bhhs.gdst.net/videos.html

Judge Sheena Morjaria with Years 7 to 9 winners

Judge Jenny Beavan with “The Doorbell” Team

Clara, Madsie, Rosanna & Holly Year 8

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Links

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There are great prizes, a panel of inspirational women judges and the competition itself will test girls’ thinking and writing skills.

Entrants will be asked to write a proposal and argument Girls and young women are being asked to write about their major concerns and the issues that could prevent them achieving their potential - which may result in action to improve the lives of millions of people. All this, in 300-500 words for entrants aged 13-18 and a maximum of 750 words for those aged 19-30.

The national winners in each category will present their proposals at the National Council of Women’s annual conference in October. The National Council of Women will then send the proposals to the Government.

For details of how to enter, please see the NCW website: http://www.ncwgb.org/

How to Enter? You can now send your entries online:southwickmedia.wufoo.com

And on Facebook:/SpeakoutGivingYoungWomen

Or you can downloadan entry document and entry form

History The NCW was founded in 1895 and is an educational, consumer charity working with over 40 nationally affiliated organisations on a wide agenda, both in the UK and internationally; for improvements in the lives of women, girls and society in general.

Internationally, the NCW also works within the framework of the International Council of Women (ICW), and the European Centre of the International Council of Women (ECICW), of which NCWGB has held the Presidency 2007-2011. NCW also has membership of the European Women’s Lobby and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

The National Council of Women have launched an essay competition today for girls and young women - age 13 to 30 called Giving Young Women a Voice.

Shachi ShahDr Elin Haf Davies

Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Dr Ros Altmann

Baroness Mary Goudie

Elsie LeadleyPresident, NCW

Rebecca Stephens MBE

Juliet Lyon CBE

Dr Wendy NorthVice President, NCW

The Judges

Prizes 13-18 category

£100 book vouchers to each Regional Winning educational establishment.

A signed copy: “On Tempestuous Seas. Rowing Two Oceans”, by Dr Elin Haf Davies, nurse and adventurer

“Vital Voices” by the President and CEO of Vital Voices, donated by Baroness Goudie

“Making the most of your Skills”, 1 hour consultation for the winner, by Dr Ros Altmann

“The Seven Summits of Success” book by Rebecca Stephens MBE

“Power of Dreams” talk by Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock,

National Competition for Girls and Young Women

closing date on July 12th