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The andprint Headlines Issue 15 20 December 2019 The last week before the Christmas holidays is DIARY DATES always enjoyable with four highlights. But before I mention these, I would like to congratulate the Europa International School in Seville, Spain for being 06 Jan INSET school closed to Students awarded World Class Schools Quality Mark status. Mr. Carlos Valdivia and Mr. Paul Buggle from the 07 Jan Start of Spring Term school, together with student Maria Soriano and her 09 Jan Shakespeare Charity Event parents flew over to England for the award ceremony last Friday evening held in Lady Mitchell Hall, 09 Jan Y11 PTC Cambridge University. Sandringham nominated the 13 Jan 1530 House Dance Choreography Europa School for this award and it was an honour to meet them on Friday and celebrate in their success. 14 Jan 1830 Gold DofE Info Evening Congratulations Europa! 15 Jan Y13 Trial Exams Begin 16 Jan 1815 Into the Sixth Evening Please visit our school website for the most up to date diary dates On Monday evening the Music Faculty staged another wonderful Christmas Carol Concert at St. Saviours Church. The students sang beautifully and delivered a very powerful nine lessons to a packed church. A great start to the final week and a very big thank you to Ms Stothard and the rest of the Music On Thursday evening we will welcome back Faculty for arranging this special event. students who left in the summer to collect their A-level certificates and catch up with staff on their ventures. Many have completed their first term at university whilst some have taken a year out. We will report on this in the New Year. Finally, the last day of term is Charity Day and one of the highlights is staff dressing up in various themes for the day. There are plenty of activities for students to be involved with and we hope to raise a good amount for our charities on the day. May I wish all of our families a very enjoyable Christmas and I look forward to seeing everyone in the New Year. Christmas dinner was even more popular, this year we served on three days of the week to over 1000 With best wishes students. The kitchen staff have worked incredibly hard to deliver a high-quality meal for everyone and I Alan Gray would like to thank them for preparing things so well. Headteacher Sandringham School Registered in England No. 07523557 Headteachers Commendations Grace MacMurray 9J Science Jake Osborne 9J Science Week Ending 20 December 2019 Sophie Lord 9N Art Emily Reed 9N Art Aspiration Jamie Simmons 9N Art Zoe Webb 9N Art Hollie Wynn 9N Art Emily Whittle 7A Music Alice Paul 9T History Harriet Ellis 7E PRE Jack Pentland 9T English Zakira Khan 7E PRE George Greenway 10A Product Design Rory Lynn 7E Science Joseph Haines 10A Product Design Jake Allen 7S Skills 4 LL Dorka Molnar 10A Product Design Luke Collis 7S Skills 4 LL Kira Bathurst 10E Science Eva Jeavons 7S Skills 4 LL Abigail Frankl 10E Product Design Olivia Leto 7S Skills 4 LL Zoe Hamp 10E Product Design Ben Lockhart 7S Skills 4 LL Ben Peacock 10E Product Design Max McLaren 7S Skills 4 LL Jess Parr 10F Product Design Nathan Posner 7S Science Matthew Wilson 10F Product Design Daniel Smith 7S Skills 4 LL Oliver Harris 10J Science Tristan Sue 7S Art Jack Leeson 10J Product Design Tristan Sue 7S Skills 4 LL Anaiya Tozer 7S Skills 4 LL Confidence Archie Whitworth 7S Skills 4 LL Adam Kellett 7T Science Bea Boucher 7E Science Thomas Parkinson 7T Science Farhan Ahmed 7H Phil, Religion & Ethics Oliver Buckingham 8F Geography Tabitha Devlin 7J Music Joshua Clark 8F Geography Poppy Golding 7J Music Joanna Demetriou 8F Geography Stanley Seeby 7J Music Alys Griffiths 8F Geography Max McLaren 7S Skills 4 LL Oscar Illingworth 8F Geography Archie Whitworth 7S Skills 4 LL Herbie McKillop 8F Geography Toby Weaire 7T LL Amelie Thompson 8F Geography Stephanie Wilkin 9E Drama Zak Ward 8F Geography Ashleigh Woolmer 8F Geography Initiative Hassan Akbar 8H Mathematics Olivia Hakim 8H Art Lauren Dent 8A Science Sarah Head 8H Art Alice Savvidou 8J Science Mikayla Heffer 8H Mathematics Christy Shaw 10A French Mikayla Heffer 8H PRE Livia Klag-Horne 8H Art Integrity Atharva Kulkarni 8H PRE Penny Oldman 8H Art Ameera Akhtar 8E Art Nandhana Pillai 8H Art Sharlotte Coetzee 8E Art Millie Searle 8H Art Adam Hatia-Khawaja 8E Art Charlotte Di-Fonzo 8J Mathematics Edith Hurp 8E Art Kenzie McCarthy 8J Mathematics Sophie Chalkley 8J Art Luca Pedreira 8N Mathematics Deenah Khan 8J Art Georgina Blandford 8S Geography Dean Bladon 8N Art Charles Brown 8S Geography Laura Holliday 8N Art Amy Clark 8S Geography Olivia Huke 8N Art Scott Compton-Harris 8S Geography Bea Kite 8N Art Nico Curry 8S Geography Rhianna Madarbux 8N Art Martha Duncan 8S Geography Amy Robertson 8N Art Ty Evans-Cowell 8S Geography Yavor Yordanov 10A Science Zoe Hart 8S Geography Josie Lush 8S Geography Resilience Jess Pratt 8S Geography Adam Saley 8S Geography Madalyn Long 7H Science Dillon Boucher 9A Art Margot Köppe 9F Latin Isabelle Field 9A Art Seb Dazeley 9H Media Studies Heidi Lowe 9A Art Joe Barnett 10E Mathematics Megha Sahu 9A Art Matthew Wilson 10F Mathematics Trinity Vallender 9A Art Gabz Farrugia 10S Science Ame Kellert 9J Science Felix Shaw 10T Mathematics Freddy Simpson 10T Mathematics The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Fo$S News Update Second Hand Uniform Presentation Evening Thank you for all your donations of uniform. We no The annual presentation evening takes place on longer require shirts and trousers, however, we would be Thursday 30th January 2020 and we hope to have a delighted to receive any sports kit / school shirts that you record number of students receiving their Awards. no longer need. As ever please could you drop these at All students who participated in Awards last year 15 Skyswood Road, St Albans. have had a personal email outlining what they need to do in order to complete their Award. The deadline for Many thanks final submission is Friday 10th January 2020. Please can I ask that you support your son/daughter in completing their Award by checking with them that The Fo$S Team they have acted on the advice given in the emails. Any questions or queries please email on [email protected]. Invitations will be sent out early next term. Year 10 Bronze The participants have been emailed a link to a Google form which they need to complete. This is Dance News about their expedition groups. At Sandringham, we allow participants to decide on their own expeditions groups where possible. The Award rules are that Velocity groups should have a MINIMUM of 4 and a MAXIMUM of 7 participants. The form needs to be The annual dance show is taking place on Thursday completed by ONE member of the group. If there is 6th, Friday 7th and Saturday 8th February and tickets are an issue with groupings, please email now on sale and selling fast!!! Outstanding reply slips need [email protected]. I will use the to be given into the Dance Faculty as soon as possible and information from the Google form to finalise students have been asked to join the Velocity google groupings prior to the expedition training which starts classroom, the code has been shared on all classes and club next term. A reminder of the key dates for Bronze: classrooms. Thursday 2nd April 2020: Expedition information House Choreography > 13th January @ 3.30pm, Evening 6.30 School Hall Sandpit theatre Friday 15th-Saturday 16th May 2020: Bronze The competition will take place on Monday 13th Practice expedition January at 3.30pm in the SandPit Theatre, this is open to both students and parents to come and watch. Students can Friday 12th-Saturday 13th June 2020: Bronze still enter the competition via the google form, deadline Qualifying expedition 21st December. EXAMS Year 11 Silver Following their successful Practice expedition in WELL DONE to the students in Y11 GCSE and BTEC October, Y11 should be working towards their other students who have completed their final solo or group activities which should be registered on eDofE. performance. Their qualifying expedition takes place in the th nd Peak District from Saturday 20 -Monday 22 June Merry Christmas from the Dance Faculty and we look 2020. forward to an exciting 2020. Alison Cuneen– DofE Co-ordinator Celebrating Student Success Library News St Albans Book Award Event We were very fortunate to be able to attend the Awards Day event for the St Albans Book Award, held at St Columba’s College last Thursday 12th December. Congratulations to Clover McDonald, 8A who passed her Grade 4 Saxophone exam with distinction Our students took part in discussion groups about the last week. Well done, Clover! three shortlisted books (No Fixed Address by Susin Congratulations to Ellen Wang, 10J, who recently Nielsen, The Children of Castle Rock by Natasha passed her Grade 8 Piano exam with distinction. Well Farrant, and Boy Underwater by Adam Baron), followed Done, Ellen, what an amazing achievement! by a very lively quiz, lunch and an excellent talk by visiting author Lisa Thompson. Our students had a Zac Pile, 10T, Finn Pile, 12J, and their brother Josh, fantastic day, made even better by winning books and an ex Sandringham student will be appearing on BBC1 book vouchers in the quiz and mini review-writing on Saturday 21st December. They are the ‘unexpected competition. Congratulations to Susin Nielsen, winner stars’ on Michael Macintyre’s Big Show and will be performing in their band ‘Princes to Kings’.