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The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College

Parents’ Bulletin No 2

October 2014

Awards Evening The English Martyrs

School and Sixth Form College 34th

Annual Awards Evening was held on Monday 6th October 2014. Our Guest of

Honour was Jeff Stelling, TV presenter and

journalist. The evening celebrated the

achievements of many students over the

last academic year. Recognion was given

to Sporng achievement and the Arts as

well as cizenship and academic prowess.

The Chairman’s Award was made to

Kieran Bew, a former student who has

enjoyed great

success in his stage and film career

since leaving The

English Martyrs.

Rhys Hewi RIP We were very saddened to hear the tragic news of the death of one of our students on

Thursday 16th October 2014. Rhys Hewi, a Y10 student, died following a road accident. This

was a tragedy which aff ected the whole of the English Martyrs School community. Our

students have responded to the awful news with dignity and respect. We have held a

number of services for Rhys and members of his family have been present at these. We will

connue to liaise with the family and we will be discussing with them an appropriate and

permanent memorial to Rhys. Meanwhile please keep Rhys and his family in your prayers.

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Mrs Grinter (Teaching Assistant) received a Naonal Teaching award

in October.

St John Boste House Cross

Country runners received

their medals and trophies

during assembly.

Mr McMahon presented Lauren Howells (St Margaret

Clitherow) and Nick Bennions (St Johhn Boste) with the

Victor and Victrix Ludorum trophies which are

awarded to the top performers on Sports Day.

A big thank you from Malawi to the staff and students in the school library for your help in

raising funds. We had a

lovely visit from the

Guide Troop who read

with us, played games

and helped repair our

water bore hole.

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History Department Year 12 and Year 13 enjoyed a trip to Beamish on

Friday 3rd October as part of their AS Level course

in

History.

They

took

part

in

a

rally

around

the

town where they marched along the streets

shoung chants either for or against the case of

women's suff rage. This was followed by a rather

passionate debate in the court house. For more

photographs and a few video clips visit the History

page on the EMS website!

Year 11 GCSE Catering On Monday 6th November our GCSE

Catering students worked really hard to produce a mouth‐

watering array of sweet and savoury dishes to serve at our

annual Awards Evening.

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Piano Evening

Thirteen of our

wonderfully talented

students took part in

our September Piano

Evening. The evening

comprised an eclecc

mix of piano pieces

from Beethoven to

Yiruma including self ‐arrangements

and improvisaons

alongside more

tradional music. The

students once again

displayed their

commitment,

composure,

self ‐discipline and

fineness. For some of the performers this was only their first or second experience of performing in front of an audience and

for our

more

mature

players

this

was

an opportunity

to illustrate

the

fantas

c progress

they

are

making.

Thank

you

to all

who took part, it really was an evening to remember!

Christmas Concert

Tuesday 16th December

The annual Christmas Concert is on Tuesday

16th December at the beauful seng of

St. Hilda’s Church. The concert coincides

with the Centenary of the Bombardment of

the Headland so it will be an opportunity to

remember the occasion with music and

appropriate readings.

The concert will begin at 7.00 pm and feature the School Orchestra as well as EMS

Youth Voices, The Chamber Choir, The Big

Band and a number of soloists. As tradion

demands, there will be some congregaonal

Carol Singing too!

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Biology Masterclass On Thursday 18th

September the A level

Biology students took

part in a Biology

Masterclass at Newcastle

University. They analysed

DNA samples to deter‐

mine the culprit of the

crime using specialist

analycal equipment.

They even had me to

visit the Bodyworlds

exhibion at the Centre

for Life which proved to

be both intriguing and

disgusng all at the same

me, a must for any

Biology enthusiast

Year 6 Open Evening The Year 6 open evening is one of the highlights of the History Department, where not only do we get the opportunity to

show off what our department does, but also to imagine ourselves to be in a diff erent part of History for one night. This

year, we travelled back to 1920s America, which is also part of our controlled assessment unit in Year 9 as well as one of our

Year 9 study Units. As you can see we had a 'swell me'!

The Chess Club connues on WEDNESDAYS, 3.15‐4.15pm in the library, and it has been great to see many new Year 7

students become involved in chess since they joined English Martyrs School in September. The new chess clocks are allowing games to be completed more rapidly and this adds a lile more excitement to games. Players may well be leading in some

games, but may lose on me instead! Don’t forget that chess sets and boards are always available from the librarians

throughout the week, so why not have a game before school starts, at lunchmes, or aer school if you can’t make

Wednesdays?

We are currently trying to arrange a SPEED CHESS TOURNAMENT (with

prizes) in the run up to Christmas, to take place one aernoon in school

me. Places will be limited, but if you are interested you can always

contact Mr Edwards in advance of the formal announcement. More

details will follow soon.

Finally, a number of complete beginners have come to Chess Club to

learn about the game. To help these ‐and others who might be a lile unsure about geng involved in chess as a hobby – we will be

producing a short guide to chess, outlining the basic moves and a few

basic ideas on strategy, hints, ps etc. Once you know the value of the

pieces and how they move – then it’s just pracce and experience (even

if you inially lose more than you win!) and you’ll soon find yourself

improving fast. Give it a go!

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Naonals Netball The U14, 16 and 19 teams competed in the county round of the Naonal School Compeon with some outstanding results.

The U14 team held off tough compeon to become Cleveland County Champions beang schools such as Yarm, Red House

and Barnard Castle. The U16’s were runners up in their secon playing some fantasc netball and included some brand new

players into their squad who contributed well throughout the tournament. Finally the U19’s came 3rd narrowly missing out

on a trip to the next round of the compeon. The U16 and U14 teams have now qualified and will progress to the North

East Round of the compeon in January where they will face the best school teams in the North East. Congratulaons to all and good luck in the next round.

English Schools

Cross Country On the 8th October,

English Martyrs entered

four teams into the

Cleveland round of the

English Schools Cross

Country at Stewarts Park.

The Year 7 and 8 boys and girls and Year 9 and

10 girls have qualified to the Regional Round

which is on the 8th November.

All students were outstanding within their

performances and we wish the teams the best

of luck in the next round.

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English Martyrs Sixth Form College

The next step . . .

Sixth Form Open Evening

Monday November 10th 2014

At this me of year, Year 11 start to

think about life aer their GCSEs and

begin making plans for next year.

We would like to invite all Year 11s,

and their families, to the EMS6 Open

Evening! The evening will begin with

introducons by senior staff in either

St Anne’s Hall or the Common Room.

There will then be the opportunity to

see the vast array of subjects and

facilies on off er to students on leaving

the school to connue their journey

with us at EMS6. The open evening will

also provide you with the chance to

meet the sixth form team, meet our

talented, professional and specialist staff , speak to our current students and

gain a real insight into the pathways

available to our students when they

leave us. Come along so that we can

tell you why we feel EMS6 should be

‘the next step’.

We look forward to seeing you on

Monday the 10th of November at

6:30pm.

Alton Towers Sixth Form Trip

63 Sixth Form students and 5 staff enjoyed a fantasc day out at Alton Towers Theme Park in Staff ordshire. The day was aimed at bringing the Sixth Form

together. A very early start was required but everyone seemed to enjoy the

various rides and aracons the theme park has to off er. Mr Roberts did not

appreciate the many horror based acvies as our visit coincided with the start of

‘Scarefest’. This trip is just another example of the fantasc extra curricular

acvies we off er at EMS6! Who is coming on the trip next year?!

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European Day of Languages The European Day of Languages is celebrated every year on 26

th September. To

mark the event this year all Year 7 classes learnt a song in a foreign language and

then performed it to the rest of the year group. There was a fabulous range of

songs in French, German and Spanish and some budding musical and linguisc

stars! The winning class was 7U1A with their song ‘as‐tu un animal?’ and the

runners up with their tuneful rendion of ‘allouee’ were 7X2A.

On Thursday 25th September, ten year 8 Students, selected for their hard work and enthusiasm in language lessons, took part in a celebraon day for the European Day of Languages at St John’s School and Sixth Form College, Bishop Auckland. On

arrival, they were served with fresh croissants and hot chocolate and the event was kick‐started with a performance by the

amazing Pearl of Africa Youth choir. Throughout the day, students completed workshops in French, Modern Greek, Japanese

and Hindi. An excellent day was had by all and each one of the students conducted themselves brilliantly! Special

congratulaons go to Joshua Cain who won a prize for his contribuon to the day’s acvies.

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Geography field visit 26‐30th June ‐Sorrento, 2015

Can we please remind students and parents that some interim payments for this trip are sll

outstanding. It is vital that these inial payments are made or your place may be forfeited. Can

parents and students going on this trip please remember to bring their passports into school

to be copied or bring copies in. We need this informaon to complete the advanced passenger

informaon for the flight. If you do not have six months le on your passport from the date of

travel, they will need to be renewed and new ones ordered in plenty of me. All students

travelling with the group must have an EHIC card and provide us with a photocopy to prove they have this documentaon. The European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) allows you to get state‐provided healthcare in all European Economic Area

(EEA) countries at a reduced cost or somemes free of charge. You can apply for the card free of charge on the official

EHIC website (www.ehic.org.uk). Other unofficial websites may charge you £15 if you apply through them. The card is also

valid for up to five years. More informaon will follow regarding parents’ informaon evenings. Final payments must be

made 10 weeks before the date of travel.

Year 9 visit to Cologne Christmas Market On 5

th December 26 Year 9 students will be joining a group from

Manor College to visit the famous Christmas markets in Cologne and

Aachen. Students will be able to experience authenc German

Christmas preparaons as well as vising the Chocolate Museum and

going to ‘Dreiländereck’ ‐ the point where Germany, Belgium and the

Netherlands meet. There will be an informaon evening for all

students and parents/carers on Tuesday 25th November at 5.30pm in

the Library when all informaon will be given out.

Literacy

The English

Martyrs School is striving to improve literacy across the curriculum and

we have started a number of literacy iniaves ranging from using Key

Words in lessons; hosng our first Spelling Bee; celebrang World Book

Day and school Word of the Fortnight focus amongst many others. We

are appealing to parents to donate any suitable children's/teen ficon

and autobiography books that are no longer needed to encourage our

students to become more acve readers. We are planning to host a year

group 'Swap Shop', whereby students can exchange their old books for a

pre‐loved favourite. Any contribuons would be gratefully received.

Operaon Christmas Child – Shoe Box Appeal Following the success of last year’s appeal we are once again asking for your help with the Operaon Christmas Child Shoe

Box Appeal. Every year we ask friends, family and anyone else we come into contact with if they would like to make a

Christmas shoe box for children who are not as fortunate as us at Christmas. All you need to do is:

Decorate / cover a medium sized shoe box, cover the box and lid separately

Then fill with suitable gis from the following list (or similar items): TOYS: Include items that

children will immediately embrace such as dolls or stuff ed toys (with CE label), toy trucks,

harmonica, yo‐yo, skipping rope, ball, small puzzles etc. SCHOOL SUPPLIES: Pens, pencils &

sharpeners, crayons or felt pens, stamps & ink pad sets, wring pads or notebooks & paper,

solar calculators,

colouring

& picture

books

etc.

HYGIENE

ITEMS:

Toothbrush

and

toothpaste,

bars of wrapped soap, comb or hairbrush, flannel. OTHER ITEMS: Hat, cap, gloves or scarf,

sunglasses, hair accessories, jewellery set, wind up torch, wrapped sweets (sell by date must

be at least March of the following year). DO NOT INCLUDE: used or damaged items, war related

items such as toy guns, play soldiers or knives; chocolate or other food items; liquids or loons

of any type; medicines; hand‐made or knied stuff ed toys; anything of a polical, racial or

religious nature; marbles or sharp objects; glass containers, mirrors or fragile items.

Please aach £3.00 for transport costs etc. (Cheques are preferred, please make payable to

‘Samaritan’s Purse’) and label the box to show whether it is for a boy / girl and indicate the age group.

Secure the shoebox with an elasc band – DO NOT SEAL

Bring the filled shoeboxes into school.

We will

be fi

lling a number

of shoeboxes

in school,

if you

are

not

able

to complete

a whole

shoebox

any

contribuons towards these (of individual gis or money so that we can buy suitable items) would be gratefully received.

Please send any donaons to Mrs Brown (Sixth Form) by Friday 7th November. Thank you.

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The EMA is holding a

Christmas Tombola in school on Friday 12th December.

All donaons of seasonal

chocolates or small gis will

be gratefully received

(before Tuesday 9th

December please). Please

send all donaons to the

school office. The EMA

works very hard to raise

money which benefits the

whole school community and has contributed substanal

amounts of money to various

departments and acvies.

Thank you for your support.

The English Martyrs Associaon The EMA (The English Martyrs Parent / Teacher / Friends Associaon) work to raise money to

benefit the school. All monies raised by the EMA are donated to the school and used to

contribute to many projects across a range of Departments and acvies. As a parent of a pupil

at The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College you are automacally a member of the

EMA and are invited to aend meengs and events. Meengs are held once per half term on Monday evenings at 7.00 pm

in the Conference Room (St Anne’s Building, opposite the main school office). They normally last for approximately one

hour. The next EMA meeng will be held on Monday 17th November.

All parents / friends of the school are most welcome to aend. All support is greatly appreciated.

A fantasc way to help the EMA to raise money whilst shopping:

Using The Giving Machine ‐ It’s Easy!

Browse to www.thegivingmachine.co.uk Click shop Pick your shop

Sign up if you wish or Give anonymously (both have the same result)

Type English Martyrs in the search bar, then click search

Click Choose next to English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College

Click Connue

It will open the website of the shop you chose, you do your shopping as normal and the

school makes cash for free!

Please Note:: You shop as normal, same prices and the shop makes a donaon to the

school!

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The Wizard of Oz 2014 This year’s producon of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ will take place from

Monday 24th to Thursday 28th November 2014 in St Anne’s

Hall.

Students are rehearsing hard three nights a week and we are

looking forward to another spectacular show from our many

talented musicians, singers and dancers.

Tickets will be available from the school office aer half term

priced £7.00 (£4.00 concessions).

Get your ckets early as we are expec ng

another sell out show!!

School Uniform / PE Kit All school uniform and PE kit is available from:

Altered Images, Hartlepool Enterprise Centre,

Brougham Terrace.

The store is open from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm

Monday to Friday

and 10.00 am to 2.00 pm on Saturday. Tel:

01429 265413.

If you have any items of school uniform or PE kit that your child no longer needs (which are s ll in good condi on) we would

be grateful if you would send them to school. We will then keep a supply of uniform and PE kit in school which can be loaned

to students in an emergency. Thank you

Year 7 Pantomime Trip On Thursday 18th December all Year 7 pupils will be out of school on a visit to

Billingham Forum to see the Christmas pantomime, Aladdin. They will return to school straight aer‐

wards but are not expected to be back unl 4.30. Would parents please make a note of this and arrange

for someone to pick them up. Approximate costs are £10.00 per child.

Children in Need 2014 Over the past eight years The

English Martyrs School and Sixth

Form College students have

taken part in events at the

school to raise money for the Children in Need

charity. Each year the total amount raised has

increased with last year’s total being an amazing

£3436.00

This year is no excepon and we will have the

usual events taking place such as a fun run,

tombola, hot dog stall, cake stall, leg waxing,

Nintendo Wii games and a staff coff ee morning.

Any tombola or raffle gis would be greatly

appreciated and help us to keep raising such

amazing amounts of money. Any gis can be

brought to Mrs L Tumilty in her classroom C1.

Thank you in ancipaon of yet another

successful fundraising event as I know parents, staff and

students

have all

been a

huge

support

in the

past.

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CALENDAR

The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College, Catcote Road, Hartlepool, TS25 4HA Tel: 01429 273790 Fax: 01429 273998

e‐mail: [email protected] www.ems.hartlepool.sch.uk

The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College is now on Facebook and Twier.

Please visit www.facebook.com/EnglishMartyrsSchool and 'like' the page to receive informaon from the

news feed or follow @EMS_Hartlepool on Twier.

Thursday 23rd October Non Uniform Day Wednesday 26th November CP Badminton

Friday 24th October PD Day Friday 28th November MET Conference

(to 27th) History London trip CP Spelling Bee

Monday 3rd November New term begins (to 28th) Y10 / Y11 Retreat

Tuesday 4th November The Young Uns (Music Dept) Monday 1st December Sixth Form Parliament

FolkFest Tuesday 2nd December CP Debang

Wednesday 5th November Y11 Drama Workshop Wednesday 3rd December Y11 Drama Workshop

Thursday 6th November Tees Valley Skills Event Ski Trip parents Meeng

Year 11 York University ‐ Shine Thursday 4th December Y12 Mentoring Interviews

Friday 7th November Sixth Form Photography Trip Y9 Parents Evening Monday 10th November Children in Need Bake Sale Week Friday 5th December Blessed John Ingram Mass

Sixth Form Open Evening CP Big Bang

Tuesday 11th November MFL Film Day (to 8th) Cologne Trip

Wednesday 12th November CP Swimming Gala w/c Monday 8th December Y11 Mock Maths Exams

Senior Maths Challenge Monday 8th December Y9 York University (Shine)

Thursday 13th November EMA Hair and Beauty Evening Tuesday 9th December CP WWI Event

Friday 14th November Children in Need Clothes Show Trip

Y11 York university (Shine) Wednesday 12th December Performing Arts Showcase

Monday 17th November EMA Meeng Thursday 11th December Y12 Parents Evening

Tuesday 18th November Shine Launch (York University) Friday 12th December Sixth Form Reconciliaon

Chapel Opening Monday 15th December

Wednesday 19th November CP Masterchef (to 16th) House Sports Thursday 20th November Gambia Parents Evening (to 17th) EES Residenal

Friday 21st November Parish Event Tuesday 16th December Christmas Concert

Y10 Enterprise Wednesday 17th December Y12 EDF Welcome

Saturday 22nd November Show Rehearsal Thursday 18th December Christmas Acvies

Sunday 23rd November Show rehearsal Friday 19th December Y11 Sixth Form Quiz

Monday 24th November Monday 22nd December

(to 27th) The Wizard of Oz (to 5th January) Christmas Break

Tuesday 25th November Criminology Conference Tuesday 6th January New Term starts

Cologne Parents Evening Friday 9th January Y11 Photograph

CP Media Oscars

FREE SCHOOL MEALS Children whose parents are in receipt of one of the following are entled to receive free school meals (FSM):

Income Support (IS)

Income Based Job Seekers Allowance (IBJSA)

An income related employment and support allowance

Support under part VI of the Immigraon and Asylum Act 1999

Child Tax credit (provided they are not entled to Working Tax Credit) and have an annual income which from 6th April 2013

does not exceed £16190 as assessed by HMRC

If you are in any doubt whether your son / daughter is eligible for Free School Meals (and the associated Pupil Premium

payment) contact Hartlepool Civic Centre on 266522.

You will need to supply your Naonal Insurance number before they carry out a simple eligibility test via their Eligibility Checking Service.

Remember

School can provide packed lunches or a hot meal as part of the Free School Meals service

In the 2014 / 2015 financial year schools will receive £935 per secondary pupil who has ever been eligible for free school

meals. This could help your child in a wide range of ways.

School finishes on Thursday 23rd October at 3.10 pm for the Half Term

School re‐opens on Monday 3rd November at 8.50 am.

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