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High School News H igh School News Issue 5: May 2018 Dear Parents/carers Welcome to Issue 5 of our High School News. Term 5 is always an exceptionally busy term as we ensure Year 11 and 13 are fully prepared for the examination period. It was wonderful to celebrate memories of their school experiences to date with both year groups. Year 11 treated us to an early morning dance workout in the Rave Cave on their final day before study leave. Whilst most of the tunes were unknown to us staff the DJ rustled up the dancefloor classic 'Mr Brightside' which soon had us all busting some moves! Year 13 amazed us with their fancy dress outfits on the catwalk and left some beautiful messages on the Memory Tree, current students will be able to see these on display in school, here are a few sentiments: "Goodbye Denny. Thank you for making me the woman that I am today and for all the memories." "I'm so thankful for everything this school has given me. I will truly miss this school with all my heart." "Thank you Denny for an AMAZING 7 years! It only feels like yesterday as an eager 11-year-old I walked into the hall, with no idea how much this school and its teachers would inspire and shape me. Don't take this time for granted, it'll be over before you know it!" Our partnership with our students ensures they leave us as empowered individuals ready to move forward with confidence, curiosity, integrity and commitment. The contents of this newsletter showcases the wealth of opportunity available to our students at Denmark Road High School. Within these pages you will see students who discover new things about themselves and the world and who realise their personal best by striving for excellence in all they do. It is these experiences that shape our students, that make them proud to be part of our Denny family. We wish Year 11 and 13 continued success in their examinations and look forward to celebrating with them at their Proms. Best wishes, Miss Giblin Headteacher Page 1 of 21 - High School for Girls’ Newsletter – We Discover, Realise, Honour and Shape - Issue 5 – May 2018 High School for Girls’ Birthday Service – April 2018 New Beginnings ... our Birthday Service is a special day at the High School for Girls. We celebrated our 75th birthday service at Gloucester Cathedral with the re-launch of our school on Friday 28th April. Jacob and Poppy, the Head Boy and Head Girl provided the introduction to the service. Everyone sang 'Lord, for the Years' followed by a wonderful solo by Sophie Ellis of 'Du Bist de ruh' by Schubert. Claire Giblin read out our new vision statement (which is available here) followed by Jacob, Poppy, Anna and Sophie our current Student Senior Team handing over the baton to the new team of George, Madeleine, Katharine and Abbie. They also presented the new team with gifts. The new and old Student Senior Teams presented the readings followed by the singing of 'The Servant King'. The Senior Choir sang 'You are the New Day' and Richard Mitchell, Canon Precentor spoke of re-birth and new beginnings during his address. Prayers were then read by Allie O'Neill and Bethany Watters followed by a beautiful rendition of Ave Maria by the Senior Chamber Choir. The service finished with everyone singing the school song 'Non Nobis Domine', the vesper hymn sung by the Choir, the blessing by Richard Mitchell and Evie Perfect playing the Organ Voluntary ‘Little Prelude and Fugue in C’ BWV 553 by Bach. We Discover, Realise, Honour and Shape Page 2 of 21 - High School for Girls’ Newsletter – We Discover, Realise, Honour and Shape - Issue 5 – May 2018 INVEST DAY – Year 7 For this term’s Invest Day we faced the challenge of creating a dress in groups using only the recycled materials that we had brought in as homework. We were shown some examples made by famous fashion designers and then we had the day to complete the task. To start, we designed our dress thinking about how we could use a variety of materials and attach them with methods other than clue and tape. In our groups, we made more than just the dress; we created various accessories such as hats and bags to accompany the outfit. Although it was challenging, the day was also very enjoyable as we were able to make our outfit in whatever style we desired and we could let our creativity run wild. We developed our teamwork skills by working in groups as we all had to help each other in order to accomplish what was necessary. It was amazing at the end to be able to look at the dress that we had created and think that we had made it together. The day was made even better by a fashion show at the end where one person from each group showed off their dress and another briefly explained it. It was brilliant to be able to see what everyone else had created from the recycled materials. Natasha Doherty Today, we turned trash and fashion into trashion! It was extremely fun, it involved lots of teamwork and I made new friendships with people in my Deal group. Our task was to design a dress made from recyclable materials. We could pick a theme or just do something completely random! My group started by picking the theme of “nature”. We had many ideas about what to make the dress out of but in the end we went for a brown paper bag bodice and a tissue paper skirt. We decorated the brown bag with some tissue paper leaves and a sash made out of cardboard. We used brown and green tassels as a skirt. Our model almost looked like a hula dancer! We created some milk bottle lid earrings and a headband made from curtain rings tied together with string as accessories. Our final design was called “Mother of Nature”. At the end of the day, we had a catwalk fashion show to the song “Vogue”. The model walked up and down the catwalk whilst another member of the team was speaking over the music describing what they were wearing. There was an array of themes from other groups ranging from chocolate to weddings. It was really funny to watch all the models enjoying themselves on the catwalk and even throwing newspaper into the audience. Overall it was such fun and I had a great time! Page 3 of 21 - High School for Girls’Jasmine Newsletter Richards – We Discover, Realise, Honour and Shape - Issue 5 – May 2018 INVEST DAY – Year 8-13 Year 8 went to Weston-Super-Mare for Geography fieldwork and Year 9 attended workshops to raise their awareness of drugs and their impact. Year 10 completed their English Spoken Language Assess- ments and studied. Revision was also the focus for Year 11 and 13. Year 12 began preparation for their university applications. Year 9 INVEST day - Drugs Awareness Day As well as learning about the general laws, causes and effects of drug abuse and addiction, students were also given the opportunity to learn from the experiences of a range of different speakers. Contributing to this day were first-hand accounts of 2 recovered addicts, 3 people who had been involved in drug dealing (one of whom is now working for the police), a police officer who works with drug related crime and an account of the impacts of drugs on families. The students’ learning throughout the day fed into a debate about how the problems of drug abuse and addiction should be addressed. A range of evidence, examples and perspectives were presented to prompt students to develop informed ideas. Information was provided on support available and important messages were identified regarding preventative measures that could be taken to preserve their own and others wellbeing. All students ratted this day as either excellent of very good. Here are some of their comments: “All of the speakers were very honest and the talks were engaging and interesting…. they made me think differently. I found out things I had not been aware of that happen around us every day.” (Holly Guy) “I found this day useful because I learned the rules and laws about drugs. I know now the importance of staying healthy and who to contact when pressurised into doing drugs.” (Precious Ragland) “The whole day was really eye-opening and it really helped to see the reason why people become drug addicts, their experiences, their regrets, and it really showed me the consequences of drug addiction but at its worse which can really help set you for the future.” (Alex Pana) “It was great to hear from so many points of view, hearing from ex-addicts, police and dealers gave me a real insight into drug related situations. It was useful to hear about impacts not only on yourself but also those around me as well.” (Kayleigh Lloyd) “I liked how everyone was so real and honest about their past attitudes and actions.” (Molly Carey-Topping) “Each speaker and activity displayed powerful messages and answered questions giving us the harsh reality and consequences.” (Sarah Smith) “This was a really good day. Everything we learnt was so interesting and hearing first hand from people affected, directly and indirectly was amazing and heart breaking.” (Erin Kemmett) “It was really informative and interesting. The issues were talked about in such a way that they weren’t just saying ‘don’t do drugs’, because that isn’t very helpful or interesting – they told us how they can and will affect your life and how to avoid it.” (Cara Plumridge) “It was good how they weren’t just there to tell us not to do drugs.
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