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Year 8— A Year of Progress

The tutor group assemblies started and yet again the year group rose to the chal-

lenge. There have been some fantastic efforts, both individually and as whole groups. Mr. Shaylor’s tutor group tried singing a classic

rugby song. ‘Swing Low…’ will never be the same for me again! With impres-sions of Borat and dance

troops performing for us we had a host of different styles. Even the band that played from Mrs. Bar-clay’s tutor group were getting a message across to the year group. I’m sure the year group appreciated all of these efforts as it allowed them a break from one of my assemblies. One of the great-est moments for

me as a new Head of Achievement was to listen to the reports from Mr. Jobbins with all the sport-ing successes we had dur-

“I believe in using what you have, instead of mourning for that which you do not. In thirty years time, I want to be able to look back at my youth and know that I used my talents fully: that I wasted nothing”

A former Highcliffe Sixth Former

After meeting the year group for the first time as a whole on the “All abroad” trip last year, it was good to take them on in September. After a quiet start to the term things soon became interest-ing! The Hallow-een disco was phenomenal! I was amazed at the effort the students had made to get into the spirit of it and the effort that Miss High, Miss Rutter and Miss Doughty had put in made it a great success. It was slightly worrying that no one could work out who the old man in the lab coat was even though we only had one other tutor from the Sci-ence department.

Contributors : Mr Evans, Ms Kennedy, Mr Newitt, Mrs White, Miss Berkeley, Science Club, James Brown, Mrs Barclay, Ellie Kelly, Ms Potts, Mr Nicholls, Mr Townshend, Mr Burgan, Miss Picking, Miss Doughty, Mr Jobbins, Mr Hill, Miss Richardson, Mr Campbell, Miss Court, Mrs Gabony, Mrs Finch, Jayadev Sreekanth, R.Gayatri Dhevi, Anand Rao, Jaswanath Madhavan, Mr Bryden, Mr Iznerowicz, Sadie Thorne, Sam Wheeler, Lauren Hayward, Isobel Worrall, Mrs Moore, Mrs Karanja, Miss High, Mrs Stone, Prof.May, Jess Purkiss, Miss Read, Craig Hutton, Rebekah Sirmulis, Harry Smith, Bronya Hayward, Jade Rhodes, Danielle Platt, Hay-den Bower, Jack Hill, Mrs Johnson, Jo Marling, Miss Deery, Alex Leftwich, Martin Littlefair, Mr Jones, Mr Godard, Miss Swan. Editorial/Production Team: J Potts, J Coleman, M Gower, S Bagshaw, P.Coughlan

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Participants in the PSBB Highcliffe Exchange (see full story inside)

ing the year. Eventually we convinced the captains of the teams to start giving the match reports in front of their peers, which they did very effectively and in some cases with an injec-tion of humour. The boys and girls have been very successful in all the main sports: rugby, football, cricket, rounders, netball, basketball, athletics and also in the “Mock trial com-petition”. A fantastic effort from a huge number of the year group! We have also had a large number of students being involved in the school per-

formances of Hot Mikado, the Christmas concert and more recently the Summer concert. I was so proud to watch members of the year performing in the dance groups and the vocal groups. Especially Maddie Daley-Brown and Katy Ren-ault who sang 'A thousand miles' on Thursday and then on Friday Hannah Elkins with Becky Luckwell on pi-ano performed “Rihanna Song”. I was very impressed by their confidence and skill. With the trip to Osmington Bay in November, we should start next year on a very positive note and I can’t

wait to help some of the students overcome their fears on the climbing wall or abseiling or even their fear of mass-produced rice pudding! Overall I have been very proud of the year group and wish them a very en-joyable summer break ready for the challenge of Year 9 and their SATs in May, I feel confident they can go on to produce the best set of results for the school yet!

Mr Evans Head of Achievement

Year 8

H2U, Vol 6 Issue 9—Year 8 Special, July 2007

Stop Press

Alice is a Green BEE Below is an extract from of a letter Mr Newitt recently received from Carswell Gould in relation to an en-vironmental project com-petition, the Green BEE Awards 2007. ‘I am delighted to an-nounce that Alice Gardiner and Matthew Allsopp have been short listed for the Green BEE Awards 2007. They are invited to attend New Milton Sand and Bal-last to be interviewed be-fore a panel of judges on Friday 29th June 2007. The panel of judges in-cludes Emma Caulton (Hampshire Life Maga-zine), Councillor Patricia Banks (New Forest Coun-cil), Professor Matthew Bennett (Bournemouth University), Michael Badcock (NMSB), Trevor Poole (NMSB) and Gill Gould (Carswell Gould). The interview for Alice will

commence at 10am, and Matthew will be interviewed at 10.30. The judging criteria for the students will be as follows. • The students will

need to show en-thusiasm for their project and be able to communi-cate their thoughts ef-fectively both written and verbally.

• They will need to con-vey a genuine interest and knowledge in the local environment and issues affecting it.

• The students will need to display knowledge and understanding of NMSB and interest in the work that they do.

If either student is success-ful they will be awarded the £2500 cash prize. The aim of the prize money is to go towards helping with Univer-sity costs or progressing his/her education in some way. In return, we would like them to keep a diary of how

the money has aided their studies. New Milton Sand and Ballast will use this di-ary to show how the Green BEE project has helped a local student further his or her education…’ Four students reached the shortlist for the project (2 from Highcliffe, 1 from Arnewood and 1 Brocken-hurst student). We are pleased to be able to an-nounce that, after a very rigorous interview and much deliberation by the judges, Alice Gardiner was chosen as the winner for her project on conserva-tion issues at Hengistbury Head. Well done, Alice!

Science Club It really is amazing what you can conjure up just using things that you find in your kitchen cupboard. This week, Science Club made glue just from milk, vinegar and bicarbon-ate of soda! Needless to say, the mess that ensued in poor Mr Wil-son’s lab was well justified as everyone made enough to start on their own papier mache planet. The recipe, should you choose to give it a go on a wet and miser-able day over the sum-mer – 250 ml full fat milk 125 ml white vinegar bicarbonate of soda Heat the milk and vinegar together until it separates into curds and whey (white lumpy bits and a clear liq-uid!). let it cool and sepa-rate and filter off as much of the curds as possible. Give it a squeeze through some muslin if you can. Add 15 ml of water and stir. Add the bicarbonate of soda little by little. You will find that to begin with it

will give off little bubbles. Keep adding until no new bubbles appear. There you go … you have done it. That is your very own kitchen glue.

We hope you have as much fun making it as we did in Sci-ence Club!!

Report by Miss K Berkeley

and Science Club

Science into Year 9 In science we are proud of the sup-port that we give to students in the run up to the end of Key Stage 3 SAT examina-tions. From the spring half term we run science booster classes, which are

used to target borderline students. This year we ran a level 4/5, 5/6 and a 6/7

booster class on a Wednes-day eve-ning from 3.30 pm

to 4.30 pm. Students were invited to attend these classes by their sci-ence teacher. We also ran an open revision session, which was made available to students of all abilities who felt they needed some extra guidance. We hope to run the same classes for students taking their SAT in 2008. From September students will be able to purchase a Year 9-course book from the science department. This costs £3.00 and can be used in conjunction with the revision guide that has been issued to students by the library. Students will be given the


In The Curriculum

Science

Science Club (The S-Factor) Everyone has enjoyed Science Club and keeps going every Thursday after school. It is from 3.20 pm to 4.20 pm in Mr Wilson’s room. There are different activities each week, such as making glue, balsa gliders, s-factor greenies and s-factor space cadets. Why don’t you come along and have a great time. By James Brown 8.1

HSSF

opportunity in the spring term to buy packs of SAT practice papers. Students can also download SAT pa-pers from 2004, 2005 and 2006 from the re-source bank on the school intranet. We would en-courage stu-dents to practice as many papers as they can. If it remains a wet sum-mer and you hear the phrase ‘I’m bored’ now you have the perfect solu-tion!!

Report by Mrs Barclay Meeting Johnny Ball On Wednesday the 22nd November , a group of 25 Year 8 students went to Poole Lighthouse, to watch a show presented by Johnny Ball called “Chemistry Means Every-thing.” We gathered out-side school at 5:30 in the

evening. We set off in two mini buses with Mrs Bar-clay, Miss High, Miss Berk-erley, and Mr Johansen.

The journey took 45min-utes. The show be-gan shortly af-ter we arrived. It all began with the pop of a balloon. Unfortunately this was the only bang of the night, but it didn’t mat-ter, it was still a great show. About half

way through he asked for 6 volunteers. I knew this was my chance, so I put my hand in the air, and ran on stage. We had to act as solid, liquid and gas atoms. There were many other interesting experi-ments. This was a brilliant day for us.

Report by Ellie Kelly 8.3 (This report is reprinted from an earlier issue)

encourages an understand-ing of mechanisms as well as developing a much greater level of independ-ence within the students due to the amount of prob-lem solving that is required as the project pro-gresses. The images shown are just a small se-lection of the products pro-duced so far.

Report by Mr Nicholls Crash Test Dummies! During activities last year a group of Year 8s and 9s constructed a prototype racetrack at the back of DaVinci as part of an Elec-tronics project. It was ini-tially made from plywood and designed for racing ra-dio-controlled cars. The track was so successful that it was decided to build a bigger, better and more permanent structure to al-low effective use. So ear-lier this year in came the mini-digger and the foun-dations were dug, with 6-8” of scalpings laid and compacted. Next came the Astroturf, chosen for its durability, and the fact that it is weather proof with the added bonus that it reduces the wear and tear on the tyres. The 46 metre circuit was given careful thought and planning and includes banked corners for full rac-ing effect and areas for

cross over jumps, and will have ar-maco barri-ers round the edge for crash re-bounds. There are


Design & Technology

Product Design This year has seen numer-ous changes in the pro-jects that we deliver to

KS3 in Product Design. Our Year 8 students now make a Mechanical Toy which uses a standard box to house the Cams and then provides a stage for the character to sit on for the working part. The project

grander designs for an In-ternational Dimension with themed geographical land-scaped zones – such as pyramids, jungle, moun-tains and such. There are also plans for the different bends and corners to have nicknames – perhaps after certain members of staff? Hopefully it will have out-door spotlighting too. Once completed the track will allow all students to test lap-timers and speed

traps, and test their own designs and models of ra-dio-controlled cars as part of their electronics studies as well as opportunities for use within other subjects. There’s a lot more to do to complete the track, if you want to help and be part of the development then con-tact Mr T. in L4 DaVinci.

Report by Mr Townshend

to a practical demonstra-tion of the use of data log-ging as part of their ICT Unit 8.1 by local business DataTrack Technology PLC. DataTrack design and manufacture data logging equipment that is used in many industrial applica-tions from food processing to telecommunications. Nick Stone brought in one of their most popular data instruments, which meas-ures temperature using a probe. The device was connected to a laptop and the temperature probe sprayed with a special lu-bricant to drop the tem-perature to below zero. It was then put into a cup of coffee to raise the tem-

perature. The data logging instrument captured all the temperatures and fed them in as a data stream via a cable into an appli-cation running on the laptop. The col-lected data was then converted into a meaningful graphi-cal display. Students were able to see for them-selves how a stream

of data was collected and turned into a meaningful graph in Excel, rather than

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Mathematics

Mathematics Year 8 There will be some set moves in Mathematics for the start of the new term in September. Year 8 Mathe-matics UKMT Junior Mathe-matics chal-lenge, certifi-cates received. Well done to all students that took part in the challenge. The UKMT is a na-tional Maths challenge for the most able, run by Leeds University. Examples of some questions are listed below. Students with UKMT challenge certificates. 4 Gold, 7 Silver, 13 Bronze. Golds: Samuel Jackson (best in school), David Penson, El-eanor Kelly, William Holy-head. Silver: Benjamin Price, Samuel

Wheeler, Fraser Dorey, Robin Joynson, William Read, Margaret Sheekey, Kieran Little. Bronze: Lucy Hamblion, Amy Densley, Claudia Fair-

hurst, Lauren Hayward, Aimee Falla, James Corn-ford, Ellis Day, Harry As-ton, Kieran Burgess, Mat-thew Langdown, Alex Eatough, Jack Swinner-ton, Andrew Case.

Report by Mr Burgan

Sensor Man Students in Year 8 were treated

being provided with a list of meaningless data. Nick Stone (Datatrack) believes “It is good for kids to see the practical uses of ICT through demonstrations like this and we are always happy to help out.” Data Track are hoping to return to the ICT depart-ment at Highcliffe in the New Year to give a similar demonstration to Year 11 students prior to their ex-aminations in the summer term. You can find out more about Data Track on their website, www.dtrack.com

Report by Miss Picking (This report is a reprint from an

Maths Challenge Can you do as well as the Year 8? Try these questions. 1) If the digit 4 is replaced by the digit 3 in each of the numbers below, which number is reduced by the largest amount? A) 95400 B) 74000 C) 87654 D) 45678 E) 99949 2) A newspaper reported last year that marine ex-perts at the Sea Life Centre in Brighton were teach-ing an octopus to open jam jars to get at food as a way of stopping it becoming bored. Assuming that it can open four jars simultaneously and that each jar takes 30 seconds to open, how many jars can the octopus open per hour? A) 30 B) 480 C) 120 D) 960 E) 240 Many more available on the UKMT website: www.ukmt.org.uk


Shining bright in the Sporting Galaxy

Another successful year for Year 8 sports teams This year has seen the sports teams representing the school again achieve good levels of success in all areas. Rounders Success! The Year 8 rounders team entered the under 13 rounders tournament and performed well throughout the day. On arrival we had our first game against The Grange. It was very close and finished with a draw after some good fielding

work from Highcliffe, con-sidering we only had a team of 8, not 9. Our next game was against BSG, they had some great batters and unfor-tunately our fielding was challenged too much and we lost the game. We didn’t let that get us down as next to play was Avonbourne and we really started to hit well, creating some great rounders and winning the game. Lastly we played Arnewood and their field-ing was good but luckily

we were on good form and our aggressive running, forced the errors of the fielders and we won our final game. Highcliffe fin-ished Runners-up of the Under 13s tournament, with certificates. Well done! Team: Katie Fox, Dannie Platt, Bronya Hayward, Sophie Moran, Megan Way, Charlotte Boulton, Frankie Boot, and Sam Wiles. Report by Miss Doughty

The Cricket Team. The cricket team led by captain Andy Case again had a good year. In the County Cup they managed to progress to the quarter final stage beating a number of teams along the way before losing to even-tual finalists St. Michael’s by 8 runs, who also knocked us out of last year’s competition. In the Bournemouth Schools’ league they man-aged to go one better and reach the semi- finals, beating Ringwood, Grange and Arnewood along the way. There unfortunately they lost to Bournemouth School for Boys in a closely fought game. Special mentions must go to bowler of the year Sam Richards and batsman of the year Andy Case. Squad: Andy Case, Sam Richards, Will Woodfine, Ryan Davies, Archie Hard-ing, Sam Naylor, Ellis Day, Alex Leftwich, Lewis Francis, David Mills, Jacob Moore, Will Holyhead, Jake Murray- Matthews. The Football Team This year again saw the football team build on the successful Year 7 season. Captained by William Aim-son the squad managed to go all the way to the semi- finals in the County Cup beating some stiff competi-tion along the way, such as favourites Budmouth 1- 0 in the quarters. The semi saw them up against old foe BSB, with both teams evenly matched the game was going to be tight. Luck

was not on Highcliffe's side as the team lost both flying wingers Archie Harding and Jack Swinnerton in the first 15 minutes to injury, the team battled on but lost 2- 1. In the league they again made their way to the semi- finals without losing a game. Again the old foe in the shape of BSB was there waiting for them and in an-other tight game BSB won by a single goal. Player of the Year: Kieran Burgess. Squad: Kieran Burgess, Will Aimson, Will & Mike Read, Sam Reynolds, Archie Harding, Jack Swinnerton, Jordan Hayward, Ryan Davies, Dan Middle, Joe Andrews, Zachary Tebbutt, Sam Wells, Tom Orford, Ben Woodford, Sam Naylor, Jack Wilkins. Basketball Squad The Basketball Squad again had a good year, led by cap-tains Tom Mainwaring and Andy Case. In a exciting season the squad managed to make it to the final game undefeated, conquering Arnewood, Ringwood, Grange and St. Peter’s. In the last game they came up against undefeated Twynham, and in a tight hard fought game unfortu-nately lost their title finish-ing the season as runners- up. Squad: Andy Case, Tom Mainwaring, Will & Mike Read, Archie Harding, Kieran Burgess, Ellis Day, Dan Middle, Danielle Platt, Haydn Bower, Tom Orford, Sian Marie- Biles, David

Penson, Adam Aston, Harry Aston, Lewis Francis, Will Aimson, Ryan Davies. Rugby Squad As reigning Bournemouth Schools’ Champions a lot was expected of the rugby squad again this time round. Led by captain Harry Aston all went to plan in the league with the team winning all their games. Next up was the St. Peter’s Rugby competition with all the Bournemouth schools attending. The squad were up against BSB, St. Peters 2nds and Twynham in the league stage. They managed to win all their games without conceding a single point. In the final they played Ringwood school and dominated the match scor-ing three tries and winning 15- 0, and retaining their title. Squad: Harry Aston, Adam Aston, Harry Busby, George Davies, Mike & Will Read, Sam Jackson, Ben Swain, Joe Marlin, Scott Snudden, Sam Wheeler, Will Woodfine, Oliver Lucas, Lewis Francis, Aaron Lloyd, David Mills, Ben Woodford, James Bailey, Will Aimson, Robin Johnson, Sam Griffiths, Curtis Ryan, Jack Weldon. New to this year was the Grange Rugby 7's Tourna-ment, again with all the Bournemouth schools at-tending. The team was up for it again to try and win this competition to take a clean sweep of all available trophies for the season. Yet again they did


not let us down winning all their pool games and then beating Twynham in the final 29- 15. A very successful season for the entire squad! Well done!! . Squad: Harry Aston, Adam Aston, Harry Busby, Will Aimson, Scott Snud-den, Joe Marlin, Sam Jack-son, Will Woodfine, Oliver Lucas.

Tennis team This year the tennis team were put in the Dorset League comprising of seven schools in the County. Through their fix-tures they managed to come a respectable third in the county. Squad: Jordan Hayward, Andy Case, Sam Reynolds, Kieran Little, Will Aimson, Dan Gilbert.

Reports by Mr Jobbins

family could follow the pro-gress our our group in words and pictures on a daily basis. Several par-ents commented after-wards that they found it really reassuring as they could actually see that their children were happy and having fun from the photos. One even com-mented –“at least I could see he was changing his clothes occasionally!” You too can see an extended report of this visit if you click on the “Subjects and groups” section of the school website and then move through the menu to “Languages” and “Cholet 2007” One of the highlights of the stay was a visit to Paris for a day’s sightseeing which include the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and a boat trip on the Seine. An-other day out with our penfriends was to the Puy du Fou, an all action, his-torical theme park with a difference! The collège Trémolières it-self provided plenty of ac-tivities including a picnic and a tour of the area by mountain bike and a trip to the ‘second best ice rink in the whole of France’ which just happens to be in Cholet. One of the most memorable however was their fun sports day: “Trémosports.” Once again our students had a great day and many of them ended up in the winning team from their year group. The French students come back here in December for a week. Watch the pages of H2U for an update.


MFL

French Exchange with Cholet 2007 In June of this year 17 stu-dents from Year 9 accom-panied by 7 students from Ballard School trav-elled to Cholet in Western France for a week on our annual ex-change. This was the very first time that such a collaborative project had taken place and I am glad to report that it was most successful. The group travelled by train from Highcliffe to Cholet: by Eurostar from London through the Channel Tunnel to Lille and then by TGV to Angers. There they were

transferred to the school by minibus. Even before the train arrived in Wa-terloo the two groups of students had made firm

friends with each other – just in time to meet an-other group, their own new French pen-

friends and their families. The reception was great, they got on like a house on fire and a good time

was had by all! Through-out the stay Mr Hill up-dated a daily “blog” on the school website which

meant that friends and

As Year 8 students it will be your turn next year when you get into Year 9. If such an experience sounds like fun then you should start to get organised. French skills must be good enough to communicate essential mes-sages and stu-dents should be sociable and friendly. Have a word with your parents to see if you can join us. Watch out for the initial letters from Mr Hill, or better still, go and chat to him about your interest. M. Nédélec will already have the names and details of the 24 French children wishing to make the exchange when he comes in December–

will you be one of the Eng-lish students travelling to Cholet in 2008?

Report by Mr Hill Spanish Ex-change The Spanish Exchange is going to be pi-loted next year with a

small group of students in both Year 8 and Year 12 (current Years 7 and 11). Our partners from I.E.S. Her-manos Medina Rivilla will be visiting us here at Highcliffe at the end of

September, and our return visit is planned for Febru-ary 2008. This is an exciting time for the Spanish team as the link with our partner school will provide a great oppor-tunity for students to get to know about the Spanish way of life either by email or participating in the ac-tual exchange. I.E.S. Hermanos Medina Rivilla (translated as The Medina Rivilla Brothers’ School) is located in a

small town called Bailén in Andalucía, a southern region of Spain. It is sur-rounded by olive groves as


Calling Year 8

Would you like to be part of the Cholet exchange next year?

If so… ...contact Mr Hill as soon

as possible. Hurry, hurry, hurry! Places

are going fast!

far as the eye can see and is said to be the origin of much of the olive oil ex-ported around the world. Jaén is the biggest nearby city and is typically Span-ish with its narrow windy streets and whitewashed buildings. It boasts both an impressive cathedral and hilltop medieval castle with spectacular views. The school is a multi-lingual school, which means that aside from the usual lessons delivered in Spanish, it also teaches subjects like Music, Maths, Technology and Science in English or French. Stu-dents at the school are aged between 12 and 16, and are very enthusiastic about the link between the two schools, and indeed, coming to visit us here in England. Activities planned for our visit to Spain in February, include an excursion to Granada where we will visit the Moorish pal-ace of the Alhambra and hopefully see the stunning snow-capped Sierra Ne-vada. We will also visit Jaén, possibly Córdoba, and the lo-cal town of Linares. Andalucía is a culturally di-

verse area of Spain, largely due to the Moorish in-fluence brought about by the Arab occupation of the country back in the 700s. It is the home of flamenco, Lorca and Picasso, not to mention the many bulls that live on

farms in the area! We hope that a link with such a rich and diverse area of Spain will pro-vide a real insight into the Spanish way of life and motivate our students to learn the language.

Report by Miss Richardson Double Club Ger-man 14 students from Years 7, 8 & 9 en-rolled on this fun 8-week course, which com-bined German and football and improved their knowl-edge of German language and culture. During this time, students attended one after-school session per week, which was split up into two 45-minute ses-sions; one for language coaching and one for foot-ball coaching. Mr Hallam of-

fered to do the football coach-ing and Mr Hill and

Johanna Schröck, the Ger-

man assistant, provided the language tuition using materials provided by Ar-senal and the Goethe Insti-tut. The big reward will be a visit to the Emirates Sta-dium at the beginning of next season, hopefully at a time when one or two

players are about the place, fol-lowed by a short tournament against other schools involved in the project and some German ac-

tivities organised by the Voyage and the Goethe In-stitut. Arsenal may have lost Thierry Henry but still have the German National Goal-

keeper, Jens Leh-man, who is very suppor-tive of this ini-tiative and on

whom much of the subject material is based.

Report by Mr Hill Exchange trip to Como This October twenty stu-dents from Years 8 and 9 participated in our third exchange visit to Como, Italy. Spirits were high on the outgoing trip and, as the Italian Alps loomed high on the horizon, the students began to feel slightly nerv-ous about the prospect of spending the first evening with their host families. On our departure it was


clear from the reaction of all involved that such fears were completely un-founded, that the trip had been a success and that the participants were look-ing forward to the return visit in March. The majority of participants had made a real effort to immerse themselves in the Italian culture and had been warmly received by their hosts.

Al-though the English stu-dents were looking for-ward to go-

ing home and recounting what they had experienced in Italy, the resounding sentiment between ex-change partners and fami-lies was ‘Ci mancherà tanto!’ (‘We’ll really miss you!’).

Report by Miss Court (This story reprints mate-rial from an earlier issue)

New Anthology Following the massive suc-cess of the anthology of student work that the Eng-lish Curriculum Team pro-duced last year a new up-dated edition has been in-troduced. We believe this new vol-ume to match if not sur-pass the standards of qual-ity and popularity set by its predecessor. As always Highcliffe students con-tinue to impress with the quality of their work. See the advert below for details of how to get a copy of the book.

Report by Mrs Gabony


The ‘Istituto Orsoline

San Carlo

Teaching English songs to Italian schoolchildren

English

Highcliffe Anthology

On sale now

from the Student

Support Office

Price: £4.00

“SHAKE, RATTLE, and ROLL “- Natural Disas-ters In Geography, Year 8 have spent the summer term studying Natural Disasters, with particular focus on plate tectonics, volcanoes and earthquakes. For some, their last task was to work in small groups to produce and pre-sent a teaching aide, or mini-lesson on the disaster of their choice. Many have been inspired by the comic genius of Bill

coverage of the Boxing Day Tsunami, 2005. It also provides an insight as to why we in Britain are rarely affected by the natural disasters that are reported. This unit evokes natural curiosity and interest and the Year 8s have been en-thusiastic with their pres-entations, releasing all kinds of natural talent (and disasters) of their own making.

Report by Mrs Finch


Humanities

Nye – the Science Guy, and have tried to recreate his unique blend of education and wit. Others, less flamboyant, have opted for creating a working model of a volcano accompanied by a power point presentation, aiming to demonstrate what hap-pens when a volcano erupts. ‘Natural Disasters’ is always popular as many students are fascinated to learn what causes hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, avalanches and tsunamis – particularly since the extensive media

We have been blessed this last fortnight to be able to host visitors, 6 stu-dents and 1 teacher, from our partner school in India, PSBB. I am sure that everyone who has met the students has been charmed by them. Over the next few pages we ex-periment with a new way of providing you with a report on the visit. The following stories etc have been provided by the students of PSBB.

Report by Mr Campbell & Mrs Stone

“First Things” Among the first things we heard from our student hosts were profuse apolo-gies for the unforgiving weather. Sunshine comes at a premium in this coun-try, we were told. We did-n’t mind. Indians roast in the tropical sun for the better part of the year. Cool, windy and wet – that’s just the way we like it back there. Looking out through the windows of Highcliffe’s minibus, we saw what we’d

once only read about in books. We fell in love with the English countryside. With its charming villages and verdant plains, it pro-vided a stark contrast to the land of dull, grimy concrete and gridlock where we come from.

Easy-going, chatty, friendly, casual, witty, funny – these are words that spring to our minds

when we think of Highcliffe’s academic staff. Such teach-ers are an endangered spe-cies in Indian schools. We’re sure that Mr. Matthew, Mr. Nigel, or any one of High-cliffe’s talented teachers would skyrocket to super-stardom, should they join PSBB’s staff. Despite the dull weather, we did travel to a lot of places of interest. Attending Oxford’s Open Day turned out to be a

rewarding experience. Mr Matt’s fact filled tour of the Jurassic Coast was another one of our favourites. We also enjoyed visiting Christchurch with Mr. Nigel, though we weren’t really blown away by High-cliffe Castle… Our hosts have been really wonderful, and have gone out of their way to make us feel at home. We were amazed and delighted to discover that teenagers are just the same every-where in the world. We were able to accept and appreciate our differences, and savour the fact that we have so much in com-mon. Felicity, Victoria, Rosie, Martha, Keshia and Rachael – the past couple of weeks has been won-derful. Thank you so much.

“Cricket Cricket, for a long time,

has been no less than a religion in India, but football is catching up fast. This may seem surprising, considering the fact that there is a

massive difference of about one hundred points between the world rank-


The International

Dimension

The school sees its responsibilities as a Language College as going beyond the teaching of languages. It is about giving our young people a true sense of the world at large as well as their responsibilities and their opportunities within it. A vital component of this is the development of links with our partner schools whether via electronic technology or by the use of personal experience.

Highcliffe and PSBB—The Return Visit

ings of our cricket and soc-cer teams. Our best play-ers could play for days against a British second division club or a Sun-day League team, and not score a goal. Well, you know, we’re not fabu-lous when we play the game, but we love to watch it. Sachin Tendulkar, the vo-tive object for cricket’s Faithful in India, is slowly fading away. Ronaldinho, the lissome assassin, Thierry Henry, the flying Frenchman, Wayne Rooney, the bulldozing bulldog, and football’s poster boy David Beckham seem to be more popu-lar. Indeed, the rivalry that is most talked about in our country is not India-Pakistan, but Manchester United-Chelsea (and yes, Stamford Bridge is falling down.) So it looks like football will supplant cricket as India’s premier sport. Or will it lose momentum like our downtrodden national sport, hockey? It looks unlikely, but only time will tell. For now, most Indians are looking forward to the start of the new Premiership season. And cricket- well,

what about cricket? In the past year, we’ve been flat-tened by Bangladesh and

destroyed by South Africa. Not to men-tion our dis-mal cam-paigns in the World Cup and the Champion’s Trophy. Who

wants to watch cricket any more? “PSBB-Where Knowledge is Power… It is ten past eight; the bells toll as excited students gather in the quadrangle for

the early morning assembly. Happy murmurs quieten, the fervent prayer sets into motion to mark the

beginning of the day fol-lowed by fifteen minutes of medi-tation to calm the agitated minds. The students then disperse to take the lessons with zest. This is the usual beginning of a happy day in PSBB, a school, which has rightly

created a balance between academics and extra-curricular. The school nourishes the best in every field, giving a large platform to the stu-dents for exposing

their talents. PSBB is well known for creating re-sourceful, versatile person-

alities. Beginning from nothing but a thatched roof and a small room filled with a handful of students, the school has expanded beyond horizons and grown to become one of the best schools in India. In the beginning of every year one could easily spot long queues of anxious people waiting before the gates of the schools. They are not pilgrims but agi-tated parents waiting to find an admission for their children in the well-reputed school. This is the image the school has cre-ated over the past fifty years of noble service. The school has two branches, each with its own talent pool and staff of excellence. The branches are present in two different areas of our city, Chennai. Both the schools foster excellent learning and attract a wide range of students from various locations in the

city. ‘Great leaders are made and not born’ is some-thing many people feel is right, and that is exactly what we do in PSBB. We try and en-sure that every child walks in

short and walks out ‘tall’. Education at PSBB is never primarily restricted to liter-acy or ‘book knowledge’ alone. In PSBB education is development of the per-son and not the brain alone. Holistic progress is concentrated upon, with importance being attrib-uted to physical recreation, humanities, dramatics,


dents of different schools participate in different com-petitive shows to bring out the best in them. The school with a secular motto never forgets to celebrate the fes-tivals and celebrations of different religions. Dramat-ics is a major part of the schools usual fiesta. We never forget the man of Stan ford upon Avon; PSBB has always made Shake-speare and his plays a part of the years activities. Other works of popular writers are also performed. At PSBB, we are involved in so many dif-ferent and diverse activities that make schooling an un-forgettable experience. ‘Man is in the making and not made’ is something one of our former presidents, Mr. Radhakrishnan said; something that is entirely true. Our school realises that the children are blocks of marble; they need to be

In the square below the numbers in each row.column etc form a pattern. Can you solve it and find out what should be in the cell marked with a question mark. This ques-tion has been set by one of the stu-dents from PSBB


music, dance, yoga and a variety of other activities apart from mainstream academics. Moral educa-tion is given paramount importance because the students are the future and they should be geared up to face the challenges of tomorrow. Various clubs like the Interact Club and Exnora club tap the social reformer within us and transform us with the aim of making the next Ma-hatma Gandhi. There is also the Karuna club; ‘karuna’ means sympathy in Tamil, the local lan-guage, and this club fos-ters love for animals. We celebrate the Independ-ence Day with great gusto and dignity also, days such as Environment day, World Theatre Day, World AIDS day are also marked im-portant events in the school calendar. In addi-tion to that, Plasma screens are provided along with a PC to every class to enhance the leaning ex-perience. Learning is per-haps the most interesting feature of our school, something that many stu-dents may consider as a strange liking. The school anniversary is an event that is very much anticipated every year. It is a grand, pompous affair, filled with colourful dance, music and of course backed by a strong theme. The triennial project is an-other event that brings out the bubbling creativity within the students in the form of art, models, crafts, charts, poetry and skits. PSBB is well known for hosting the popular cul-tural event called the Re-verberation, where stu-

chiselled and made into good human leaders and not mere beings, that’s been our maxim for sev-eral decades. The world of tomorrow will need leaders and we – the students are the voice of the future and the ambassadors of the next sunrise. Strong atti-tude formed on the foun-dation of moral values form the central theme of our educational system. There is a place where we learn to think and dream beyond the horizons, a place where dreams be-come virtues, and that place is known as PSBB.

Reports by

Jayadev Sreekanth R.Gayathri Dhevi,

Anand Krishnamurti Rao, Jaswanath Madhavan,

Sanjana Devi Bommisetty, Ganesh Kumar Radha

Udayakumar

5 1 1 6

7 0 9 2

6 1 0 4

2 0 7 ?

Maths Question

The plane smoothly landed, The luggage left us stranded. We walked out fast, Sure we were not lost. We came as people seven, Expecting to see English heaven. We got onto the mini-bus, Without much ado and fuss. We reached Highcliffe in the end, And met our hosts, awaiting a new trend. So began our quest, With much zeal and zest. We went to Oxford on day one, And it was awesome fun. We stayed at college Keble, But the weather was feeble. Oxford open day followed, We increased our knowledge ‘load’. We spent in school a day, With teachers lighting our way. We attended many a lesson, We learnt from every session. We travelled divided on our weekend, And we sure enjoyed, on road, every bend. To Bournemouth, Beaulieu and Lymington, On Sunday was an ogre at Southampton. We met in between at our host places, The fun can’t be described using phrases. We played, enjoyed and ate, And stayed up till late. Monday was Jurassic Coast, A journey, of which we could boast. We saw Lulworth, Corfe and Studland, And walked on the gleaming sand. The Mayor of Christchurch is awaiting all, We will look up to him, standing tall. Then comes the exchange meal, Sure to give us a cultural feel.

We shall visit Stonehenge in Salisbury, Adding spice to our English curry. We shall finally depart with a high tea, Bidding good-bye to the charming sea.

Full of memories and thoughts, And joy and fun in lots, We shall always remember and hold, Close to us, the English heart of gold…

By: Jayadev Sreekanth, Anand Rao, Jaswanth Madhavan


Poem: A

Mid-summer Indian Dream

Partners in Peace On Monday 16th March, Highcliffe School welcomed a delegation from our part-ner school in Japan. Jo-hoku High School Boys. This is the fifth time stu-dents from Johoku have visited and the relationship between our two schools is going from strength to strength. After some refreshment, the boys were greeted by the warm and friendly faces of the twelve stu-dents looking after them. It would be their job to make sure that our guests were well looked after dur-ing their two-week stay. They would have to take the Japanese students to lessons, help them make friends and generally make sure that they felt at ease in these for-eign sur-roundings. To be able to do this well requires strong “people-skills”. These are skills that are becoming increasingly im-portant these days and students are much more likely to meet and have to get on with people from distant countries in the fu-ture. Our students showed they had these skills and quickly made sure our guests felt comfortable and, after some initial nervousness, it wasn’t long before the Japanese boys were saying

to their teachers that they didn’t want to go home! Johoku School students have a huge impact on our school when they come and never fail to impress both students and staff. . As they walked round the corridors, you could hear our students saying “Konnichi-wa”, mak-ing them feel welcome. As one student said this helped him stop feeling “nervous”. It shows how such a little thing can make such a big difference. The boys demonstrated ori-gami and calligraphy to a

number of classes, as well as helping teach a music class a Japanese song. In return, Mr Trevorrow taught them: “What shall we do with the

drunken sailor?” On International Day, the students gave a presenta-tion to some Year 8 classes. Not only were our students interested in what the boys had to say about their school, they were also im-pressed by the fact they did this entirely in English. Their impact now extends

beyond Highcliffe School itself. They visited High-cliffe St. Mark where they did a play based on a Japanese traditional tale. They also visited Ballard School where they demon-strated origami much to the delight of the students there.

The pro-gramme would not be such a suc-cess were it not for the efforts of the host families. Two weeks is a long time to

look after anyone, but the host families make every effort to ensure their stay is enjoyable, comfortable and interesting. The Japa-nese students themselves impress with their manners and general “have-a-go” attitude. As one parent re-marked: “Every family should have one!” On Wednesday 26th March, we had our traditional Eng-lish tea party organised by Mrs Brice and Mrs Rowe. The students exchanged presents before we all watched the Johoku boys

perform their play. After that, we all tucked into sandwiches and cakes that had been made by the Johoku stu-dents. Every

year this has proved a roaring success and this year was no exception. It


Johoku– Highcliffe

was wonderful to see the Japanese and English young people mixing and mingling with each other – cultural barriers had been crossed and warm connec-tions had been made. Whilst the impact they have on our school and students is, in many ways, very visible, we must not forget that we have a huge impact on the Johoku boys, too. As their comments testify, they loved it here – the school and all the people they met – and are extremely grateful for that experi-ence. Of course, plenty of Japa-nese come to Britain and do homestays, but not so many come so young. Nor do very many have the op-

portunity to be made to feel a part of the family, the school and the community. It is a tribute to the buddies,

the school students and the host families that they are able to touch them so pro-foundly. As many of you are no doubt aware

the city the boys come from was the first city ever to be atomic bombed. The prob-lems of making and keeping “Peace” are of particu-lar con-cern to the peo-ple of Hi-roshima. My counterpart in Japan

once said to me about this programme: “I believe that if we enable young people to make friends, there will be less chance of war in the future.” The buddies and our stu-dents may not be diplo-mats or politicians, but the connections made are a step in the direction of peace. Finally: Well done to all the buddies! They were: Lucy Bush, Louisa Maid-ment, Tom Denley, Amy

Denseley, Jack Hill, Adam Hor-wich, Joe Smith, An-nabelle Sami, Kesia Saunders, Joe Sherred, Chloe and Jack Cozens, and Freya Keats.

Report by Mr Bryden


Year 8 Artwork

Pictures shown clockwise: Sadie Thorne, Sam Wheeler, Lauren Hayward, Isobel Worrall.


AIM HIGHER DAY, BOURNEMOUTH UNIVER-SITY Highcliffe School 6th Form students engaged in a very successful new enterprise undertaken by Bourne-mouth University to en-courage those students not sure of their future career path to consider a univer-sity course. On the 26th June 20 stu-dents accompanied by Mrs Moore and Mrs Chalmers attended a very well planned and executed awareness day, organised and run by the students of Bournemouth University in conjunction with the Wid-ening Participation Partner-ship for Dorset. Aim higher is a programme run by the Higher Educa-tion Funding Council for England (HCFCE) with sup-port from the DfES. The programme, originally launched in September 2001, as Excellence Chal-lenge, aims to widen par-ticipation in higher educa-tion by raising the aware-ness, aspirations and at-tainment of young people from under-represented groups. Whilst the programme it-self focuses on young people from disadvantaged social and economic back-grounds, some minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities, we were happy to take advantage of the information and fa-cilities available to reach out to Highcliffe students who were perhaps not sure

of what university could of-fer them, and how they could achieve university en-trance through a wider entry mode. Vocational course entry and Foundation De-grees as a method of ac-cessing University were both discussed, with some stu-dents very interested in these routes. The Bournemouth University students took over the role of tutors for the day, using seminars and information sessions as well as showing a DVD of university life. A guided tour of Bournemouth University was also offered with the refectory and stu-dent bar receiving general approval! The two University students involved were very

successful in engaging the interest of the Highcliffe School group, particularly in raising awareness and understanding of the dif-ferent progression routes into HE, and offering infor-mation advice and guid-ance to potential students, with the opportunity of fol-low up sessions for parents and guardians if desired. Students from Highcliffe School found the day use-ful and interesting, point-ing out that: “Whatever you are interested in, there is something for everyone to study, at all levels, and there is lots of advice and guidance out there to help you.”

Report by Mrs L Moore

14—19 At Highcliffe

Sixth Form Council 2007-2008 Head Girl: Rose Hancock

Deputy Head Girl: Danielle Trudgeon Head Boy: David Satherley

Deputy Head Boys: Tom Riley, Adam Rose

Publicity/Marketing Officers: Rose Hancock, David Satherley

Social Events Officers:

Georgia Handscomb, Adam Rose

Sports Officers: Danielle Trudgeon, Tom Riley

Charity Officers:

Natalie Shilton, Geoff Pullen

Mentoring Officers : Rose Hancock, David Satherley

Environment Officers:

Felicity Andruszko, Kate Howard, Claire Smith

H2U Officer : Rebecca Melville

Earlier in the year I was sent details of courses for students to attend in Years 7 & 8. I spoke to the Head and was given the green light to take a mixed group of students away for a weekend of adventurous activities. The main aims are to build students confi-dence, self-esteem and team working skills. The chance to see students in a different setting and trying to cope with ac-tivities that may scare them will be great and the success they achieve will give them great memo-ries. Hopefully the staff will be able to join in with some of the activities too and the students may be able to encourage the staff to conquer their fears too. The lure of seeing their Head of Achieve-ment wobbling on top of a tele-graph pole before jumping for the trapeze was just too much. Every student

who submitted their applica-tion before the deadline was able to go as I twisted the

arm of PGL to find us more places. The students will be split into teams of 8 with their

own groupie for the weekend from PGL who stays with them all day from break-fast to bed-time and leads them through the ac-tivities. They will also debrief the students after the activities in order to help

them understand what was learned or achieved by doing it! The photos show some of the activities that

might possibly happen over the weekend, led by their groupie and another quali-

fied instructor as well as the members of school staff.

So on bonfire week-end 255 stu-dents and 19 staff will

spend the weekend in the old Butlins camp above Os-mington bay. Hopefully the coaches will be able to leave school early and

start activi-ties in the late afternoon but as yet that is unde-cided. By the time the stu-dents return on Sunday evening we would hope they are shattered but

have some great memories of the weekend with their friends and teachers.

I would like to thank all the staff in school willing to give up

their weekend and all of you who have made this the biggest single school


In The Community

PGL trip to Osmington Bay, Weymouth: November 2007

visit in our history (I think!). Hopefully this can lead onto further adventur-ous activities as they pro-gress through the school. I have already heard of out-line plans for mountain biking expeditions in the future so keep watching this space! There will be meetings next term for parents to inform of the kit needed, although there shouldn’t be anything special just old clothes that can get muddy and wet.

Report by Mr Evans

the preceding week! The evening started off with a feast of blood mal-lows and jelly heads but these were soon de-voured and the disco did com-mence! Star DJ Ruffcut got the ghouls worked into frenzy with some menacing tunes, the dance floor was alive and break-dancers provided some ace entertainment! There were dance offs to put the Out-there brothers to shame, and costumes that would make Buffy look tame. The outfits definitely made the evening; cer-

tain teachers were hard to recog-nise with Miss Doughty seen as a Year 11 from the past

and Mrs Barclay the scariest adult for miles around as Doctor Death. It’s not surprising that the Year 8s remained pretty well behaved!!! Prizes were awarded for the best three costumes…not an easy task at all. After much deliberation Holly Vibert the purple witch and pumpkin head

man (Sam Jackson) took to the stage, followed by Sorayah Lankshear, the terrifying bride from the dead, whose outfit claimed her first place. Well done

to eve-ryone for the brilliant cos-tumes, each of which was really worthy of a prize!

It was a fun, scary dance-off and weird-costume-filled evening that will defi-nitely go down in High-cliffe’s history. Who knew that we had such a haunted school... Let’s hope we didn’t scare the neighbours too much!

Report by Miss High (This report contains mate-rial reprinted from an ear-lier issue)


Halloween Disco

It was a cold, wet and windy night, which set the scene for ghouls and witches gathering around the Hall of Highcliffe School for a horrifically brilliant disco. “Even worth missing Corrie for” said one were-wolf! As well as were-wolves, there was a white witch, Dracula, pumpkin head, terrifying twins, zombies, the grim reaper, fairies, a murdered chav, skeleton, a few devils and the Scream accompanied by all sorts of other dead…. things! Absolutely amazing outfits, which definitely kept some parents out of mischief for a few hours in

Hovering ‘Hoodies’

Throughout this term classes in Year 7 and 8 have been helping Bourne-mouth University extend the scope of its Dorset Coast Digital Archive www.dcda.org.uk Learning Ma-terials for Schools use the archives of Dorset County, the Dorset County Mu-seum, Bournemouth Bor-ough and the University to stimulate Citizenship classes. There are many

websites about smuggling, but the DCDA has linked the old with the new in a project called the New Smugglers. Students started by inves-tigating the history of smuggling. They produced a timeline and dis-covered that for over 700 years gov-ernments have raised taxes to pay for wars and protect trade. A 1718 Act to con-trol smuggling was called the Hovering Act – Year 7 decided this was similar to hanging around outside shops. The same Act out-lawed hiding your face be-hind a mask to prevent identification. Year 8 saw this as the same as being told to remove their hoods

and the controversy over veils. As a result of the project the students learnt that problems that we consider modern have often been faced before and found it fascinating to explore the

extent to which smuggling still takes place the world over. There have been benefits on the other side as well - Professor Vin-cent May

worked with these classes and Mrs Stone to make sure that the DCDA mate-rials would be usable in schools.

Report by Mrs Stone and Prof.May

(This report contains mate-rial previously printed in an earlier issue)

award in CEG over the next few years. The award is entitled ‘Investor In Ca-reers’ and is more widely used than any other local quality standard or award for CEG. The assessment process for the award will allow the school to develop its exist-ing CEG programme – cur-rently delivered through PSHE and the curriculum – to meet the new criteria as specified by the govern-ment initiative of ‘Every Child Matters’. It will also support the 14-19 imple-mentation plan and will serve to reinforce the key aspects of the national framework for CEG 11-19. It will also help to embed the Work Related Learning programme that has been a statutory requirement in schools since 2004, which includes enterprise educa-tion. The Investors In Ca-reers award will allow the school to fully develop en-terprise learning as part of a coherent programme of vocational and work-related learning. It will en-sure that all students will have access to a CEG pro-gramme and that CEG will be enhanced by the work related /enterprise curricu-lum through practical in-volvement of employers and training providers. It will also allow a continuous review and monitoring of the CEG programme to make sure the transitional needs of all students will be met. During the last few weeks of the summer term, the school is hoping to achieve Stage One of this award by demonstrating a commit-

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Investors in Careers Award

‘A planned programme of Careers Education and Guidance (CEG) is an es-sential part of the curricu-lum since it encourages young people to prepare for their futures. Students should learn to recognise and build upon their strengths and their capa-bilities. They also need to broaden their knowledge and experience of the world of work so that they can make well-informed decisions at school and plan future actions.’ (Sir Ron Dearing, July 1995)

Career patterns are changing significantly. Students need a firm foundation of essential knowledge to life long learning as jobs continue to change and new knowledge and skills are required. At Highcliffe there is going to be a re-newed impetus to allow students to develop the necessary skills, make sound choices and pre-pare for the challenges of the next stage of their lives, be it education, training or work. The school will be working to-wards a quality standard

ment to CEG and the In-vestor In Careers stan-dard – a commitment that is shared by the governors and the staff. It is be-lieved that the focus on CEG in Highcliffe will bring benefits to all.

Report by Mrs Finch

and the effects it is having on the earth, also how we can help slow it down. First we have to think about all the animals that are becoming extinct like the polar bear, penguin and other animals that live in cold climates also we are losing lots of land and gaining a lot of sea wa-ter which is bad because we can’t breathe under water! But there is something we can do to help, we can all use solar panels to get our energy, walk to school in-stead of using a car and if you live too far away you can share a lift with one of your friends. If you walk to school or places you need to get to you will be get-

ting fit by walking or riding and not burning lots of petrol. Also we can recycle our

rubbish in-stead of burying it and use energy saving light bulbs that cut down the use of the energy and turn off lights or anything electrical

when you’re not using it. The reason you need to do this is because the world is turning into water and ice-bergs are melting making the land smaller and the sea bigger, if we don’t do something about it now it will be too late. So get in-volved and help the ani-mals and slow down global warming by doing your bit.”


Eco-School

Well done Jess Jess Purkiss in Year 8 has written this brilliant article on Global warming. It was judged the best in the class and she won a piece of recycled stationery for her efforts. Please read and find out what you can do to reduce the effects of global warming…as well as getting fitter! “…I would like to inform you about global warming

Mock-Trial

Below is the list of Year 8 and 9 students who repre-sented the school. They were a real credit to the school and to see them standing in the witness box and answering questions posed by other schools or firing questions at "witnesses" from other schools was brilliant. If you see them around, please ask them about the competition and congratu-late them. Kirsty Darke 9.1, Stephen Hutt 9.7, Sarah Huggens 9.2, Thomas Smith 9.7, Hannah

Leary 9.1, Graham Vey 9.8, Lillie Shaw 9.2, Lucy Goddard 9.2, Robin Joyn-son 8.6, Benjamin Price 8.5, Eleanor Kelly 8.3,

Will Holyhead 8.6 Margaret Sheekey 8.4, Joshua Bailey 8.5, Jacob Moore 8.6

All in the name of charity… The father of Amy Grace (8.3) cycled a whopping 54 miles and played at three different golf courses in between in an effort to raise money for the charity NSE (National Society for Epilepsy). Stuart Grace started at 5am on 29th June and attempted 54 holes of golf, as well as the 54-mile cycle. Amy has had epilepsy since she was very young and her father chose to raise funds for the charity as it is so close to home. He had the support from family, friends and some

local companies. If you would like to sup-port Stuart Grace and the charity NSE then he can be contacted by e-mail: [email protected] or phone on 01425 611606. Stuart also has signed items of clothing from Ryder cup starts Darren Clarke, Sandy Lyle, Laura Davies and Padraig Har-rington plus from the world of cycling Jens Voigt (Team C.S.C). Any-one wishing to bid for these items can also con-tact him.

Stage 3 studies.

Report by Mrs Barclay Tutor Group Assembly Our Assembly was the comic relief Brits. It was an awards show featuring performances from Shrink-ing in the wash, the babes dancers, fifty pence and much more! It was to raise money for great Ormond Street Hospital and raised a whooping 1 million pounds but of course it was a show so none of that money was real!! But we did have a real super sized cheque supplied by Bar-clays Bank! In Great Or-mond Street they help chil-dren who need help and have problems. They can help and look after them until they are 18 years old. The hospital deals with all types of illnesses. The hos-pital is usually able to treat many of the problems and improve the quality of life for the sufferer. Some of the things they deal with are: Plastic surgery Head operations Heart problems So much hard work went into the show and here’s who was in it. Ρresenters Craig Hutton Megan Hodgeson Jade Rhodes Georgia Eastwood Ѕhrinking in the wash Jack Wilkins Fraser Dorey


high...higher...Highcliffe!

As you know, we believe it is very important that we recognise the achievements made by all of the members of the school community. This applies whether those achievements are academic, sporting or social and also whether they are made in school or outside school. The more achievements are recognised, the greater the

incentive to achieve even more.

Charity Cycle-Ride

8.1— The Super Tutor Group

What a tutor group! I have been very proud of every single member of the tutor group and the many ways in which they support the school in extra-curricular activities. Over half the Year 8 Rounders team has been made up from 8.1. We had a number of stu-dents who repre-sented the school at Town Sports. We have keen footballers, BMXers, ani-mators, dancers, swim-

mers, boxers, musicians, scientists and many more all within our tutor group. Below are a number of ar-ticles written by our team.

I wish them all a great summer (when it arrives!!) and look forward to wel-coming them back in

September to begin their final year of their Key

Laurence Taylor Βabe dancers Sophie Moran Chloe Holland Bronya Hayward Stephanie Worrall Danielle Platt Fifty Pence Harry Smith Jonnie Wyatt-May Not forgetting Hannah… Powerpoint and speech Paul & Adam…Music Charlotte, Samantha & Frankie…..Signs Rebekah Sirmulis….Cheque Giver

Report by Craig Hutton

School Council In 8.1 the student repre-sentatives are Harry Smith and Rebekah Sirmulis. We attend meetings and dis-cuss issues around school. We have to discuss our points of view of the school and report to the year representa-tives who then have meetings with the head. We have to attend meet-ings at least once each half term. We discuss such is-sues as: school uniforms, school lunches and ways to improve the school in an environmental way.

Report by Rebekah Sirmulis and

Harry Smith Rounders Our first match that we participated in was on Thursday 14th June. We travelled all the way to Sturminster Newton

School, to challenge their Year 8 girls. Miss Doughty and Miss K took us and supported us. We won the toss and chose to field first. The opposing teams batters weren’t bril-liant but we weren’t play-ing our best either. Some of their batters managed to get rounders, because our catching wasn’t bril-liant. We batted quite well scor-ing a few rounders, but not enough to beat the other team, but enough to draw. We didn’t forget we had another innings. Their second innings was better than their first, get-ting better the further we got into the game. Our

second innings was not as good as theirs which is where we lost out. But we

still batted fairly well. We enjoyed the match, and later participated in a tournament and were given second place. Report by Bronya Hayward

and Jade Rhodes Another 8.1 Champ!!! In June, this year I went to Town Sports at Kings Park to compete against other Bournemouth schools in athletics. I took part in the under 13’s 100 metres. I came 1st in 100m race so

I ended up qualifying, which then meant I went through to the Dorset fi-nals. The Dorset finals were on the following Saturday. Unfortunately, there was some confusion with the time for my under 13’s fi-nal. But the manager of the Bournemouth team said I was able to race in the under 17s so I did. In that race I came 2nd in the under 17s finals. In addition this I have been involved in trials for England. I hope to pursue a career in athletics.

By Danie Platt 8.1


One Day Angling Course A number of Highcliffe stu-dents took part in a coach-ing day organised by the Wessex Angling Scheme. In response to this we re-ceived, from the parents of a Year 9 participant, a copy of the letter of thanks that they had sent to the organisers – expressing the wish, which the school certainly echoes, that the link with the school contin-ues. One of the other partici-pants has provided us with his diary for the day and we print this below. Well done to all those who were willing to devote some of their time at half-term to participate in the event. “In response to an invita-tion from the Royalty Fish-

Angling Course

eries in Christchurch, six of us from Years 8 & 9 joined Chris, Neil and Tony, the team leaders, for a day’s fishing and coaching. We arrived at their base in Christchurch but were then driven to Whitemoor Lakes, near Hurn, where we set up our equipment for the day. Everything we needed was provided, such as rods, reels, tackle and bait, as well as the luxury of chairs to sit on. On the way, we were given a talk about safety on and around lakes and rivers so that, when we arrived, we were able to set up our rods etc. straight away. Coaching was provided on a one to two basis, which meant we had a coach on hand to ask for help or ad-

vice whenever we needed it. Being a newcomer to the sport, I was delighted to be the first person to catch a fish, a bream, which was fairly small but nonetheless, very excit-ing. During the day all of us had a bite of some sort, namely rudd, bream, roach, chubb. Ben Woodford, my team mate, and I both hooked a carp but, unfortunately, it got away. As well as enjoying the fishing, we were also privileged to see lots of wildlife around the lakes. This, along with the fine weather, made the whole day a great experience. Having been such a suc-

ties and projects. Here is a report by one member of the group showing this. ‘During the run up to Christmas we made Light-up Christmas Trees and also musical and voice recorded Christmas cards. We gave one of these to Ms Potts and we


Robotics

Congratulations to Mrs Johnson and the Robotics group which goes from strength to strength, per-forming well in regional and national competitions. As well as this serious side, the group undertakes a wide variety of fun activi-

cess, the leaders invited us back for a second day, which most of us took up. This next time we were taken to the River Stour at Iford where we caught fish such as daice, chubb and pike. I think everyone that went would agree that it was a great experience and, at the end of the course, we were all presented with a Wessex Angling Society Certificate of Achievement. I would just like to end by thanking the leaders who were really friendly and helpful and gave us two fun days out. If the oppor-tunity arises again, I will certainly be there.”

Report by Haydn Bower 8.6

all sang ‘Merry Christmas’. We also celebrated with scrumptious chocolate cake (real not robotic) made by Rebecca Jones (7.6). We have some new and exciting projects un-derway so come and join us – see Mrs Johnson in Room Sc8 if you are inter-ested.’

Report by Jack Hill (8.2)

Triathlon

Congratulations to Jo Marling (8.7) who was re-cently awarded both Gold and Silver medals at The New Forest Pony Club Tri-athlon competition. This event involves swimming, shooting and running. Jo gained overall first place in the team event and 2nd place in the individual event. Well done!

The Solent Centre for Ar-chitecture and Design ran a photographic competition in June this year for 11 - 16 year olds. The brief was Angle of View - stu-dents were asked to photograph something with architec-tural merit in their local area. Alex Leftwich’s superb photograph (see photo) of the Da Vinci building at Highcliffe School was awarded 2nd prize. Con-gratulations to Alex!

Report by Miss Deery

Congratulations to the following students in Year 10 who have received Commendations for achieving

5 or more Grade 1s in their recent profile.

Tutor group 10.1 Lucy Baxter, Devid Levesley, Danny Townend,

Kimberley Warner. Tutor Group 10.2

Hannah Currie, Georgina Day, Lilianna Gilbertson, Roberta Lockett, Sarah Morley, Georgina Partridge,

Rachael Pennell, Joshua Power.

Tutor Group 10.3 Harriett Bailey, Laura Fisher, Imogen Gunner,

Claire Langley. Tutor Group 10.4

Jemma Blundell, Penny Brooks. Tutor Group 10.5

Lucy Errington, Ellen Gibbins, Olivia Lawton, Joel Nazar, Jennifer Pullen, Jack Rose,

Adam Sloper, Sophie Tubbs, Hollie Walker, Kayley Wells.

Tutor Group 10.6 Claudia Dymond, Annie Gibaud, Lucy Harrald,

Stephen Jones, Sammy Joynson, Jakob Leigh, Sarah Maitland, Thomas Mepham, Robyn Payne, Rachael

Smith, Jocelyn Wood. Tutor Group 10.7

Natalie Boulton, Daniel Davies, Sam Gibbins, Katy Harrald, Jenny Herrod,

Robyn Phillips-Major, Gareth Walls, Elizabeth Waters, Michael Worrall, Chloe Wright.

Tutor Group 10.8 Ryan Flanagan, Megan Jones, Jack Kelly,

Jessica Lovelock, Katherine Parker, Rebecca Salter, Aysha Woolgar.


Alex Leftwich (8.4)

Good Luck, Martin! As we said earlier this year Martin has qualified in a range of events for the National Age Group Swim-ming competition to be held in Sheffield in the first week of the school holiday (23rd—26th July). Martin will be competing in the freestyle at the follow-ing distances:

100m 200m 300m 400m 800m

1500m. We look forward to bring-ing you news of his suc-cesses in the first issue in September.

Update on

Martin Littlefair

MATHS – Daniel Davies, Bobbie Lockett

TECHNOLOGY – Sarah Maitland, Sophie Tubbs ENGLISH – Michael Stansbie, Georgina Day

ICT – Zhen Zhen Li, Christopher Tye HUMS –Tom Mepham, Charlotte Mortimer

MFL – Sammy Joynson, Jenny Herrod EXPRESSIVE ARTS – Tom Mepham, Lucy Harrald

SCIENCE –Tom Mepham, Adam Balson ART/DESIGN - Sarah Maitland, Sophie Tubbs

manded that the three stu-dents and three staff

worked as a team, support-ing each other, in realising the con-cept. A second bench of a similar con-

struction is now being pre-pared. Highcliffe gives im-pressive value added: Asked for two benches – our imaginative solution to the problem will in reality deliver four! The bench was inaugu-rated at a ceremony on 9th July attended by The Mayor Cllr Spencer and Council Chief Executive Michael Turvey. We look forward to other opportu-nities to work collabora-tively.

Report by Ms Potts


The most pleasing events to bring you reports about are those that involve the school in collaborative work with external organi-sations, bringing the school and its students out into our community and the wider world in a posi-tive way. When the request came for the school to be involved in the design of new benches, as part of the council project to create a new public space on the riverfront next to the civic offices, we were keen to seize the opportunity to make a contribution to, and celebrate student achievements within the wider com-munity.

For the stu-dents and staff involved (Lee Baxter, Matthew Rolph, Mark Smith, Mr Rycroft, Mr Nicholls and Mr Hatton) it presented the opportunity

to negotiate, with an actual client, a design brief that would satisfy a real, genuine need. There was, as part of the proc-ess, a site visit by students to gain understand-ing of the context in which the bench would be situated. This was followed by group analysis of the brief to ap-preciate the func-tional, environ-mental needs and implications of design and construction methods for realisation in ‘green oak’. A wide range of existing solutions to similar problems were evaluated. Ideas were proposed,

sketched and full sized ele-vations drawn for considera-tion by the client – cli-ent opin-ions were then em-

braced. The size and weight of the construction de-

Congratulations to the

latest recipients of the

Headteacher’s Awards

for subject achievement.

Open Spaces Project


Sports at Highcliffe Gifted and Talented

Year 7: Stephen Lit-tlefair - Swimming (County), Jack Busby – Boxing & Rugby (Regional), James Underwood – Cricket (County), Ian Welsh – Football (County), Chloe Hay-ward – Horse-riding (County), Ella Gil-christ – Swimming (County), Natasha Brooks – Football (County), Maria Carlo – Dancing (County), Tom Gould – Rugby (County), Phoebe Bar-nett – Trampolining

(National), Jade Harri-son-Jieve – Sailing (County), David Steadman – Cricket (County). Year 8: Elaine Bell – Sailing (National), Daniel Middle – Biath-

lon (County), George Davies – Rugby (County), Adam As-ton – Rugby (County), Kieran Burgess – Swimming (County), William Budd – Moun-tain Biking (County), Danielle platt – Athlet-

ics (County), Jessica Raiska – Gymnastics (Regional), Jack Wil-kins – Swimming (County), Lawrence Taylor – Swimming (Regional), Lewis Bradley – Swimming (County), Harry As-ton – Rugby (County), Lauren Hayward – Tennis (County), Jor-dan Hayward – Tennis (County), Alex Left-wich – Cricket (County). Year 9: Reece Framp-ton – Cricket (County), Will

As you can see from this issue Year 8 has a particular talent in the sporting arena, in-deed it is not only Year 8. Over the next two pages you will see a list of achievement at county level and above by over 60 of our young people. This represents nearly 5% of the school population. Whilst we are very proud of this figure we are aware that there may be names that are missing from the list. Please study the list and see if there is any name that you feel that should be added. As you will see we are keen to celebrate all achievement by our students, whether it is within school or out-side the school environment.


Baughan – Rugby (County), Phil Sparks – Sailing (Great Brit-ain), Adam Horwich – Tennis (County), Alice Cur-tin – Cross Country (County), Hannah Vincent – Cross Country (County), Sam Smith – Mini Moto-cross (Resional), Mar-tin Littlefair – Swim-ming (National), Jenny Dathan – Horse Riding (County), Hannah Shilton – Netball (Regional), Lauren Ev-ans – Net-ball (Regional), Sofia Con-stantinou – Gymnas-tics (National), Ashley Hayden – Squash (County), Marc Cun-ningham – Motorcross

(County). Year 10: Tom Mepham – Cricket (County/South West), Charlie Webley – Swimming (Regional), Jack Kelly – Squash (County), Alex Gould – Rugby (County), Bethany

Jessop – Athletics (County &

Regional), James Tay-

lor – Surfing (County), Imogen Gunner – Trampolining (Great Britain), Amy Ches-ter – Netball (County), Charlotte Smith – Rugby (Regional), Lucy Burgis – Swim-ming (County), Char-lotte Mortimer – Ath-letics (County) , War-

ren Boyle - Football (County). Year 11: Chris Sy-

mons – Cross Coun-try & Athlet-ics (County), Alex Mar-tin – Cricket (County),

Charlie Sugden – Rugby (County), Jo-nah Hales – Rugby (County), Rebecca Randall – Netball (County). Year 12: Tommy Gi-baud – Tennis

(County), Katie Sparks – Sailing (Great Brit-ain), Alice Wilcox – Trampolin-

ing (County & Re-gional), Robert Spencer – Sailing (County & Great Brit-ain).

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