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Issue 21 March 2012

HEADITORIAL

Dear Parents and

Students,

This has been an

amazingly busy week,

with an incredible

Fashion Show last

Thursday, the Year 7 Tea

party on Tuesday, and

the Ides of March lecture

with Dr Peter Jones last

night. Last but by no

means least, our girls

finally got the recognition

they have deserved for

so long – they won the

area Rock Challenge

dance finals at

Eastbourne on Monday

evening, winning a place

in the prestigious regional

finals at Portsmouth in

June. Many

congratulations to

everyone and to Miss

James and her team for

all their hard work. It was

worth the wait!

I urge all parents who

would like to go to the

Spring Ball to book

tickets. Sadly, we cannot

wait until last minute

bookings and unless

there are more tickets

sold, Graham Rowlands-

Hempel may have to

cancel the event. This

would be such a shame

as it is a great evening

put on solely for the

benefit of a good social

“knees-up” amongst

parents and friends of

the School.

Lorna Duggleby

Year 7 Field Work

Year Seven Geography classes

have been making the most of

the improving weather and

have started to go out during

lessons. They are using the local

streets to learn about land use

mapping and carrying out an

investigation of microclimates

in the school grounds. Very

soon there will also be some

fieldwork in St. Ann‟s Well

Gardens. Mrs Howell

(Head of Geography)

Fashion Show Auction

An Auction was held during the

interval and, along with

donations for refreshments and

ticket money, over £2300 was

collected for three charities

nominated by the 6th form girls

who masterminded the

evening. These were The Katie

Piper Foundation, Have a Heart

and Oxfam‟s International

Women‟s Day.

MUSIC

In a week of

congratulations

we should also applaud the

efforts of Kamali and Tallulah

Maidment who performed

beautifully in the Springboard

Concert on Monday night. This

was a stunning event and

Tallulah should be given special

mention as she performed a

piece by Howard Blake (The

Snowman – Walking in the Air)

with the composer in the

audience.

The „Brighton and Hove High

School String Ensemble‟ will be

performing in a concert with

the Brighton Chamber Choir this

Saturday 17th March at the

Church of the Good Shepherd

on Dyke Road. I am sure that

they would appreciate your

support. Our final Community

Choir rehearsal is on Monday

night from 19:00-21:00. All choir

and orchestra members are

required. The Choir Concert is

at 19:30 on Thursday 22nd

March in the senior school hall.

After all the effort that the

choirs and orchestra have put

in it would be terribly

disappointing if we do not have

an audience to perform to.

Tickets are very reasonably

priced, with free tickets for

accompanied children, and

they will be available on the

door. Please support your music

department – I can certainly

guarantee a varied and

exciting programme.

Finally the Associated Board

music examinations are taking

place in the music house on

Tuesday 20th March. There

have been several enforced

changes to the timetable so

please check the final version

which is available on the portal

and on the notice board in the

music house.

Mr Lloyd (Head of Music)

Ides of March

This week Dr Peter Jones MBE

delivered the School‟s

inaugural Ides of March Lecture

entitled, „What the ancients

have done - and might still do -

for us‟. In his fascinating and

entertaining speech, which

ranged across millennia, he

drew many comparisons with

the modern world including the

Roman economy and the Euro

zone, and Alexander the

Great‟s torrid time in

Afghanistan.

Mr Towler (Head of Classics)

Years 7 & 8 Tea Party

On Tuesday 13th March the

Year 7 and 8 students who

attended BHHS Junior school

invited their previous teachers

to a tea party. The occasion

was a delightful one with much

chatting and fantastic food.

The girls were proud to take

their teachers on a tour of the

school and to show off their

work to them. It was lovely to

see Ms Parker with her

gorgeous baby Logan. The

students who attended other

junior schools will have their

opportunity to invite their

primary school teachers to a

tea party next year.

Mrs Schilt (Head of Year 7)

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JUNIOR EDITORIAL

Dear Parents,

There have been so

many highlights this week

but undoubtedly the

grandparents‟ event has

been the most fantastic

end to the week. We

hope to share some

wonderful photos with

you next week. A final

reminder that the staff

will be taking on the

parents netball team in a

match at approximately

3.15 p.m. on Thursday

afternoon next week.

We do hope that you will

come along, cheer for

the staff, buy lots of

cakes (see below) and

raise lots of money for

Sport Relief.

On Friday 23rd(Sport

Relief Day) we shall be in

RED MUFTI and we would

be grateful if your

daughter could

contribute £1.00 to wear

Red – all proceeds will be

going to Sport Relief. If

you are very welcome to

join your daughters that

afternoon when we all

walk to the seafront and

if you are interested in

coming along, please let

the office know.

Sian Cattaneo

„Phil the Bag‟

Well done to all those of you

who brought so many clothes,

shoes and other textiles in for

our „Phil the bag‟ collection last

week. We collected an

incredible number of bags and

Year 2 really enjoyed helping

get them all loaded onto the

big lorry.

Year 3 visited Al-Quds

Mosque

Year 3 enjoyed a beautiful

Spring day‟s walk to and from

Al-Quds Mosque on Thursday.

The visit enhanced their

understanding of Islam which

they have been studying this

term, as part of Their Africa

topic. They listened very

attentively to a talk by

Mohamed Toulba, who

explained all about the

Mosque and the Muslim

religion. He read to us all from

the Qur‟an and demonstrated

the call to worship which had

the girls enthralled! The girls

learnt a great deal and asked

some well thought out

questions.

Waste Week

This past week we have been

participating in the national

Waste Week run by the Eco

organisation „The Pod‟.

The week started with an

assembly when Mrs. Cattaneo

talked about several different

aspects of waste disposal, such

as composting and recycling.

She focused mainly on the issue

of food waste, as this is a major

issue both on a local and

global scale. We throw away

7.2 million tonnes of food every

year in the UK and we want to

reduce the amount we waste

in school. The girls were told

that good food going to waste

either is not the only problem;

wasting food wastes money,

and has serious environmental

implications too. If we all stop

wasting food that could have

been eaten, the CO2 impact

would be the equivalent of

taking 1 in 5 cars off the road.

The girls were asked to think

carefully about asking for

portions that they could

manage, and about not

putting more salad than they

could eat on their plates. They

were encouraged to try to finish

their food. On Thursday every

girl who finished all her food

was given a special sticker. The

girls also made promises for

Waste Week, which will be

displayed near the pupils‟

entrance.

“Just Different” workshop

Year 4 have been learning

about disability in our PHSE

lessons this term and on

Monday we had a visit from

Alison who works for the charity

“Just Different”. It was amazing

to see how she is deals with

everyday tasks, using her feet

and mouth to put on socks for

example. We had a go at

writing our names with our feet

and mouth and putting our

socks on using just our feet and

found it a real challenge! It

made us all revise our thinking

about disability.

Nursery News

It was a morning of keep fit

activities for the Nursery girls on

Thursday and everyone really

enjoyed themselves. We had a

50 minute activity session with

Socatots, a physical play

programme for pre-school

children led by Marianne and

Fiona. They arrived with an

array of colourful apparatus

and taught a number of skills

such as „sole control‟ and

being a goalie using an

enormous lightweight ball –

which caused much delight!

The organisers were very

impressed with the girls. They

said they were envious of us

working with such a great

group of girls who were so

enthusiastic and eager to have

a go at every activity. Watch

out – we definitely have a

Brighton and Hove under-5s

soccer team in the making!!

NOTICE BOARD

FOR SALE: Would any parent be

interested in buying a second hand

Violin as one of our parents has one

to sell. Do contact the Junior School

Office when we can give you further

information.

REDUCED AGAIN!! BRAND NEW

GREEN SCHOOL JUMPERS FOR SALE

IN RECEPTON £4.00 WHITE POLO

SHIRTS £1.50

A BIG BAKE SALE organised by year 5, which will take place

during the Netball match. Please remember to bring in some money

to buy cakes, proceeds of course will go to SPORT

RELIEF.

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P.E. @@ B.H.H.S

Rock Challenge BHHS won the Sussex

Police Award for Set

Design, the Ansvar

Insurance Award for

Staging, the Ansvar

Insurance Award for

Concept Originality, the

Sussex Police Performers'

Choice Award, and overall

FIRST Place!! (See our “Special” below)

This event was supported

by:

CROSS COUNTRY

Netball Congratulations to the Year 7 Netball team who WON the Sussex Independent Schools

Tournament held at Mayfield on Saturday, 10th May. The results were as follows

we won against

St Bedes 13 - 7

Brighton College 11 - 5

Claremont 14 - 3

Burgess Hill 8 - 7

Mayfield 9 - 1

The team have trained very hard over the last few months and deserve this fantastic success.

Well done guys!

Congratulations to all our Netball teams who played and WON all the matches against The

Towers last night. The Under14’s were back on excellent form and although our opponents

were fiercely competitive we were the Champions at the end of the day with a 6 -4 victory!!!!

Well played! Heather Briddock, Emma Appleby, Hannah Raymond, Olivia Wynne Thomas, Abi

Broome, Alex Turk and Molly Miller

The under 13’s also had a splendid win 12 -8 with Petra ‘flick’ Soldar finding good shooting form

alongside the ever steady Emily Faull and the remainder of the squad : Amelia Taylor, Katja

Ward, Emily Parsons, Olivia Simpson, Bella Allhiary, Suzy Martin, Lea Otovic–Nesic and Reianna

Agnihotri. All did their bit to help produce yet another triumph.

Finally the Under 12’s/ Year 7’s - What can I say; Unbeatable!!! They have just won their 20th

consecutive match!!!! Well done as always for this sterling performance 24 -2 there is no

stopping this brilliant team who join me every lunchtime for practice as well as after School.

Their hard work and dedication has really paid off. Well done Guys!

The usual suspects: Chloe Whitelam, Lily Belton, Sophie Wolff, Natasha Rustemeyer, Leah

Shannon Tetsola, Mia Roach Penn, Maisie Robin, Alicia Phillips and Ester Silver.

Mrs Osborne (Head of PE)

Cross Country

We entered 2 teams in the Cross Country Competition held on the 15th

at Christ’s Hospital

Horsham. In both competitions there were over 150 runners, and all the girls ran extremely

well in very warm conditions. Results as follows:

Year 7: Josie Grummitt – 12th

, Carmen Adjare – 41st

, Eve Hull – 42nd

and Faye Hannaford - 44th

Year 8: Ella Witt - 7th

and Tallulah Maidment – 78th

, Ray Adams Farr-Row 98th

, Esme Hoye -

100, Tessa James – 126 & Niamh Simpson – 129.

Josie and Ella have both been selected to represent Sussex at an Inter Counties race on 24th

March. Well done to all the runners!

Mrs Thomas

Natasha Rustemeyer, Lily

Belton, Chloe Whitelam,

Leah Shannon-Tetsoli,

Maisy Robin, Alicia Phillips,

Sophie Wolff, Ester Silver

and Mia Roach-Penn.

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Special congratulations must go to Almi Nerurkar who

finished first in the girls U11’s race, Abi Roach-Penn who

finished second and Lola Baker, who finished third. Not

only was Almi the first girl to finish she came 4th overall

in a field of over 75 runners with an amazing time of

10.48.

All of our girls ran fantastically well and we are extremely

proud that our girls showed great support and

sportsmanship towards one another.

Congratulations to all 12 runners who competed in the U11’s Prep schools cross country race held at Lancing College on

Wednesday. For some of the girls it was their first competitive cross country run. It was a challenging run, with both

boys and girls running together for places in the girls U 11 race, boys U 11 race and placing in the mixed team race.

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B.H.H.S. Fashion Show 2012 =

The highlight of last week was the annual

Fashion Show- an event planned and managed by the Sixth Form. Sophie Hayes and Alex Southern did an amazing job of coordinating the whole event and were excellent compares for the evening which raised an amazing total of over £2300 for Have a Heart, the Katie Piper Foundation and Oxfam. The event took place on International Women’s Day and was a real reflection of what women can achieve.

The whole school worked together with over 180 models from Year 7 up to Year 13 showcasing clothes from stores in Brighton. The staff too strutted their stuff with Mrs Duggleby, Mrs Mashford, Miss Fox, Mrs Oliver, Miss James and Miss Davies modelling clothes from Kew 159. The grand finale was a real showstopper as the beautiful dresses from Bride in Hassocks were modelled by masked Sixth Form girls.

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The Sixth Form put in a tremendous amount of effort into planning the event and it really did prove to be a night to remember. Well done to everyone involved! Miss Fox

Mr Edmunds showed his skill as an auctioneer and succeeded in raising lots of money during the interval in the auction with his glamorous assistants, Mrs Manning and Mrs Cantrell. Special thanks also go to Miss James for the choreography and to Mrs Butt and Dr Shah from the Parents’ Association for helping with the refreshments.

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"Who Dunnit?" – Rock Challenge Brighton and Hove High School proudly invited you to an evening of murder, mystery and mayhem. “A dinner party goes wrong and everyone's a suspect. Will the crack team of detectives be able to solve the case before our stage time is up? And what did the butler really see?”

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This years’ BHHS team came home with awards for the following categories; Best Set Design, Best Concept Originality, Best Staging and the Performers Choice. As well as 1st place overall!!!!! I am so very proud of all 93 dancers; they have worked their socks off and in only 3 weeks managed to produce a winning piece! The finals take place on Friday 8th June at the Guild Hall in Portsmouth – details to follow very soon!

Sue James, Head of Dance

Last Monday BHHS competed in the Regional Heat of Rock Challenge – over 200 schools in the south of England competed in this International competition. The 93 girls performed a ‘Cluedo’ inspired piece choreographed by Sue James (Head of dance) and the girls. The judges presented 4 Awards. The final accolade was to be awarded first place and the opportunity to perform at the Guild Hall in Portsmouth at the Southern Open Final in June.

Easter Baking Club - New

When?

Tuesday 3rd April

Who is it for?

Years 4-6

What time is it on?

What does it cost?

What will I make?

Making Easter nest cakes and Easter bunny biscuits

9am-12noon or 1pm-4pm

£15 (includes all ingredients)

Please contact s.tyson@bhhs.gdst.net to reserve a place

Watch a demonstration of how to make hot cross buns and Easter eggs.

ECO NEWS

Next Thursday, 22nd March, is International World Water Day.

The Junior School will be marking this very important event with an assembly on Wednesday, when we will be watching a short film called ‘Turn on the Tap’.

The girls will learn about how lots of people around the world do not have clean drinking water or adequate sanitation.

On Thursday each class will have a small empty plastic water bottle and we will be asking the girls to try to fill them with small coins – coppers and five pence pieces.

The message that we hope to give them is that any contributions, however small, add up and can make a significant difference to the lives of others.

If we raise £9.00 we will be able pay to train a villager in Mozambique to maintain the community well or borehole. £36.00 will provide a family in Niger with a latrine and £48.00 would provide a family in Uganda with a biosand water filter.

We would be very proud to raise the money for any of these projects and we hope you will support us by saving your small coins and sending them in with your daughter on Thursday.

And to add a maths angle to this event for our maths week, each class will be able to estimate the amount in their bottle and there will be a small prize in each class for the closest estimate.