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December 2014 www.pershore.worcs.sch.uk Newsletter

Pershore Girls Excel in Engineering Diary Dates

DECEMBER 19th END OF TERM EARLY CLOSURE 1.30pm

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY Monday 22nd December to Monday 5th January 2015

JANUARY 2015 5th Professional Development Day - SCHOOL CLOSED TO STUDENTS 6th Spring Term begins - students return to school 15th Year 12/13 Parents’ Evening 4.30-7.00pm th Pictured, from le to right: Clive Corbe, Headteacher; Georgia Hook; Kae 20 Parent Panel 7.00pm th Biddle; Zoe Wood; Isabelle Taylor; Mrs Carol Ridings, Technology Assistant. 28 Year 8 Parents’ Evening Please turn to page 25 4.30-7.00pm

FEBRUARY 6th Zambia Murder Mystery STEM Day 7.00pm 9-13th Year 10 Work Experience at QinetiQ Bredon 11th Year 11 Parents’ Evening Malvern 4.30-7.00pm

Pershore High School HALF TERM Year 9 students took part Monday 16th February to in an iniave hosted by Friday 20th February

QineQ in Malvern which th allowed Year 9 students 23-27 Year 10 Work Experience Malvern from across the county

to take part in a series of science based acvies.

Pictured with Tara Merry Francis from QineQ, Harrie Baldwin MP Christmas and students James and a Bower and Rebecca Hitchings. Happy

Please turn to page 24 New Year Change of Age Consultation

Please turn to pages 5 and 6 for further details

STAFF INTERNAL TELEPHONE Extension Numbers

PA to Headteacher Mrs. L. Dyer 256 Deputy Headteacher Mr. P. Hanson 227 Deputy Headteacher Mr. A. Nockton 224 Assistant Headteacher Mr. G. Booth 325 Head of Student Achievement Mrs. Z. Budding 271 Head of Sixth Form Mr. J. Howell 253 Sixth Form Support Oﬃcer Mrs. J. McKenzie 240 Personnel Oﬃcer Mrs. A. Davenport 205 Armstrong House Mrs. R. Kilmister 286 Mrs. E. Hall (Admin) 287 Kingsley House Mr M. Lake 337 Mrs. J. Jenkins (Admin) 290 Magellan House Mr. P. Watson 325 Mrs. J. Hyde (Admin) 288 Hampton Centre Jan Stoney, Special Educaonal Needs Co‐ordinator (SENCO) 345 Finance and Business Director General Consent Forms for School Trips

Mr. R. Dalton 265 Please make sure you have returned the general consent form so Behaviour Management that your son/daughter can take part in any school trip arranged Mr. R. Wood 268 during normal school hours. Exams Oﬃce Mrs. N. Christopher 257 Please remember to keep us informed of any changes to your con‐ Recepon tact details or changes to your child’s medical needs so that we can Mrs. E. Pleciak 221 keep our trip contact lists up to date.

Main Oﬃce You can inform us of any changes to personal informaon by email‐ Mrs. C. Clarke 232 ing [email protected] or phoning the school and dialling Mrs. J. Meadows 332 extension 289.

Absence Reporting

If your child is unexpectedly absent from school due to illness please call school to let them know as soon as it is PHS Newsletter possible to do so. You can ring or email the House oﬃces Due to increasing prinng costs would you please sign up to receive your copy by email: and can leave a message outside of school hours on the www.pershore.worcs.sch.uk following telephone numbers:‐ Click on Newsleer link and then click on Armstrong ‐ Ext 287 Emma Hall Sign up to Newsleer Email Reminders. [email protected]

Kingsley ‐ Ext 290 Jo Jenkins [email protected] CHANGE OF CONTACT DETAILS

It is imperave that parents keep us informed of changes to Magellan ‐ Ext 288 Julie Hyde contact details and any medical issues aﬀecng their child. [email protected] Please contact the school in the event of any changes to personal circumstances. It is also helpful to conﬁrm using the contact details above if your child will be late into school due to a Please contact: [email protected] medical appointment. or by telephone 01386 552471 Ext 289.

Letter received from Mr Martin Smith Corbett’s Column For the past few years as an invigilator, I have always been impressed with good manners throughout the school. Today, three boys seemed to go far and beyond the call of duty. I Worcestershire Funding was eang lunch in the canteen when the boys asked politely I need to make you all aware of the funding difficules why I was on my own, and if they could join me. During lunch that Worcestershire schools are currently facing, issues they happily chaed to me about all sorts of subjects, that are very unlikely to improve in the immediate future. including football, and shook my hand at the end saying; Worcestershire schools are significantly underfunded (to "Hope to see you again Sir." It all seemed to come quite the tune of around £20 million) compared with the naonal naturally to them and an enjoyable me was spent. I had no average, for the financial year 2015‐16. Future pressures idea if they were primed to chat up the visitors, but whatever from pay rises, Naonal Insurance increases and pensions the reason, it worked. Well done lads. payments will easily wipe out the extra £6.2 million that has been promised to Worcestershire from the Department for Information for parents Educaon. The impact to Pershore High School alone is Worcestershire Safeguarding Children Board (WSCB) are a net loss of almost £400,000 for the year. undertaking a survey to gain Children and Young People's Very early in the new year I am meeng local MPs, along views regarding Safeguarding Priories and our school is with my counterparts in Evesham, Hanley and Malvern high supporng this. This informaon will be used at a WSCB schools, in order to discuss these key issues. I would urge Development Day in January and will be presented by a group you to write to your M.P. in order to further reinforce their of young people to Board members. The survey is aimed at support on this key issue for Pershore High and all other 13‐17 year olds. If you require any further informaon please Worcestershire schools. Further details can be gained contact Angela Eason ([email protected]). from Russell Dalton [email protected] Community Policing Emergency Contact Details Your daughter or son may have told you that a few days ago Would parents/guardians please ensure that some local police offers spent me in the school during the contact details are up to date and accurate. lunch break. They were PC Sean Woods (new Pershore Town Could you also ensure, whenever possible, that Beat Manager) and Police CSO, Jamie Denning. For very a phone is switched on in case of emergencies. posive reasons this will become a more common sight, since P.C. Woods wants to improve the relaonship between the Letter sent to Mr Corbett from police and the local community in general. The other current Mr Andy Maginnis CSO is David James, whilst a third, Luke Bullock, will be joining I have been coaching Year 10 and 11 boys in rugby aer the school very soon. school on Wednesday evenings this year. I thought I should drop you a line to say how impressed I have been with their Change of Age atude, commitment and behaviour. I need to formally advise that the Governing Body of Pershore High School has made the decision to proceed with They seem to be enjoying themselves as I have to beg them a consultaon on the idea of changing the age of transfer to to go home when it's too dark to see the ball. They are a include Year 7 pupils from September 2016. They appreciate pleasure to work with and a credit to the school. If there the potenal impact upon partner schools within the is some sort of award that I could recommend them for, Pyramid, but believe that the issue needs to be discussed. I would be delighted to do so. The 17 governors were asked to vote on the following Unfortunately, young men of this age are oen portrayed proposal: in a negave light and I think it's important that we put the Do you agree that the governors of PHS should begin a other side of the story. consultaon from 15th December 2014 on a proposed change of transfer to 11 years (Year 7 entry) for September Seat Belts on School Buses 2016? Students MUST wear seat belts on school buses The vote was in favour of proceeding with the consultaon. at all mes. Wearing seat belts saves lives and The consultaon will be an extensive one that will run unl serious injuries. 13th February. There will be numerous opportunies for

stakeholders to meet and only aer this will governors decide Letter received from Mrs Ann Dobbins, on whether or not to apply to the Secretary of State. Pershore Town Clerk, to the Youth Council Just to say thank you for all of your support to me for the And finally Christmas Light switch‐on on Saturday. It went really May I thank everyone connected with the school well and you all worked very hard. Thank you too to the for their support over a long term. May I wish marshalls who did a splendid job, ably assisted by the police. you a Happy Christmas a peaceful New Year.

Clive Corbe

Staff Farewells ▪ Jenny Ludlow and Lorraine Diggins‐Wallis are leaving our Teaching Assistant team aer over 4 years and almost 2 ▪ We say farewell to Helen Forrester, who is moving on to years here to take up posts at the Aspire Academy and pursue a career in counselling. Helen has been here since Newbridge School in Worcester. September 2008 and although replaced by Leanne Watkins will be a great loss to the Psychology department. ▪ The conclusion of a Special Needs staﬀ re‐structuring has sadly concluded in two redundancies, namely Amanda ▪ Olivia Baker returns aer maternity leave, so at the end Gardner and Meg Sugrue. They leave aer 15 and 8 years of term we say goodbye to Jeremy Clayton and Jo Hunt. respecvely in the Hampton Centre and Mainstream Ausm Thank you so much to both their work in the Art Base. I would like to thank them for their work with our Department. students over the years.

Planned Changes to Rail Services town as the second largest on the Cotswold Line between Worcester and Oxford and the growing demand for rail Letter sent to Mr Hopwood, travel locally. We would therefore strongly urge that the Managing Director, First Great Western exisng level of service from Pershore Staon be maintained and improved with the addion also of the three extra from Clive Corbett, Headteacher services planned for the route from May 2015 to serve the Many of our students and staﬀ at the rapidly expanding pupil growing town of Pershore. Pershore High School are regular users of train services from Pershore Staon and we are therefore extremely concerned Please follow the link on the front page news cker of the to hear of planned cutbacks in the level of service from Pershore High School website www.pershore.worcs.sch.uk Pershore in the forthcoming May 2015 metable.

The staon situated just a quarter of a mile from the HIgh School represents a convenient and quick method of travel both for daily commung journeys for students and for staﬀ, for school oungs and for visitors to the High School travelling from further aﬁeld.

Demand for travel from the staon has clearly increased substanally in recent mes and given the appropriate level of service is likely to increase sll further with the massive increase in housing development with up to 500‐600 houses due to built as part of the South Worcs Development Plan within half a mile of the staon and opposite the school over the next few years. It is vitally important that Pershore oﬀers the level and quality of public transport infrastructure to cope with that potenal demand and to help alleviate the massive increase in traﬃc on local roads with the associated hazards involved which will otherwise be generated.

With parcular regard to the May 2015 metable plans we understand that one of the Pershore trains at risk is the 1532 Great Malvern to Didcot Parkway service which departs from Pershore at 1554. We have a number of students returning daily from school to Evesham and Honeybourne staons who catch either this train or the following 1614 service. Withdrawal of the 1554 will make our young students totally dependent on the 1614 which is of parcular concern in the event of late running or cancellaon of this service with the next train almost an hour and a half away due to the irregular nature of the current metable ‐ even at peak mes.

Currently the staon is served by all but one very early morning train which recognises both the status of the

Dear All

I am wring to confirm that governors have agreed to begin a consultaon on changing the age of transfer to include a Year 7 at Pershore High School with effect from September 2016. I must stress that the decision is only to proceed with a consultaon (running from 15th December 2014 to 13th February 2015) with a further extraordinary meeng of the Governing Body on 25th February (replacing SIC) being held to decide upon whether or not an applicaon is submied. An inial overview will be given at a staff meeng at 3.45 pm in the hall on Monday 15th December.

Consultaon events already scheduled are as follows:

5th January – further staﬀ consultaon; 7th January ‐ Pershore High School parents consultaon 6 pm; 13th January – Stakeholders’ consultaon meeng 6 pm; 22nd January – Partner pyramid school parents consultaon meeng 6 pm; 27th January ‐ Pershore High School parents consultaon 6 pm; 4th February ‐ Partner pyramid school parents consultaon meeng 6 pm; 9th February ‐ Stakeholders’ consultaon meeng 6 pm.

Opportunies to consult with all students will also be provided. If anyone wishes to see me to discuss issues I am very happy to set up individual meengs.

Best wishes

Clive

Friends of PHS 100 CLUB

September Friends of PHS 100+ Club 1st ALLINSON NO: 22 £60

2nd CREESE NO: 234 £40 £60 £40 £20 £10 TO BE WON EACH MONTH rd 3 NICKELL NO: 34 £20 Join our successful 100+Club for just £2.00 per month and help the friends 4th WOODWARD NO: 35 £10 with their fundraising. Money raised helps all departments within the school October including The Hampton Centre. st 1 HERDMAN NO: 228 £60 The winning numbers are announced via the School Newsleer and are also 2nd STANTON NO: 173 £40 published on the school website (www.pershore.worcs.sch.uk) 3rd SURMAN NO: 113 £20 th Thank you 4 DUFTY NO: 163 £10

Sara Stanton, 100+Club Promoons Oﬃcer November 1st GOW NO: 53 £60 2nd STEPHENS NO: 12 £40 Christmas Chocolate Bingo 3rd MERRETT NO: 159 £20 The fantasc total of £193.50 was raised th at the FoPHS Christmas Chocolate Bingo. 4 WOODWARD NO: 35 £10

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Pershore High School Roll of Honour Remembrance Day at Pershore Memorial Garden

The annual Remembrance Service in memory of those Dignitaries, students and staff from Pershore schools staff and students of Pershore High School who fell in World gathered at Pershore Memorial Garden to pay their War 2 and subsequent conflicts, took place on Monday 10th respects on Remembrance Day. PHS students included November. Holly‐May Lawley, Chloe Gusco, Bethany Ireland, Susan Forse, Lynda Forse Interact Presentation

Members of Pershore Rotary Club met with members of Pershore High School Interact Club at the school. It was a joint meeng and lunch at which president, Malcolm Hayden, presented Interact President, Mahew Bessant, with his regalia. Letter received from Mr Russell Dalton, Finance and Business Director

Please can I thank you for all of your help and support for yesterday’s poppy cross laying. The number of young people taking part was fantasc and hopefully the numbers will swell even further next year and beyond. If you have any contact with other youth groups that would be able to assist further please could you forward them to me?

Please could you also pass on my thanks to the young people we took part, they are deﬁnitely outstanding role models and were true ambassadors for each of your organisaons.

I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Eco Young wildlife photographers inspired by visit

On Remembrance Day the Eco Group made a special visit to Nature in Art, at Twigworth in Gloucestershire, to see the photographs which had made it to the ﬁnal of the BBC Brish Wildlife Photography exhibion.

The students were genuinely inspired by the variety and quality of the photographs they saw and the range of wildlife they included from stags, seals, birds, insects, landscapes and even jellyfish. The winning photograph was of a Greylag Goose pictured against a very industrial background, highlighng how finely balanced its existence is in this modern As it was November 11th, aer age. Most students had a looking around the grounds, we drove favourite photograph ‐ James and to the local church, where aer much Kyle chose the majesc stag in searching we were able to find the the snow, Adam liked the bird of grave of the famous war poet Ivor prey, Will enjoyed the colourful Gurney and pay our respects. photograph of a Springme landscape but some like Lucy We managed to pack a lot into our could not decide which they liked visit and I hope our students will be the most, although she and Mrs Johnson thought the hungry suitably inspired to take their own vole chewing on a blade of grass was very cute. We were all wildlife shots in the future. It was very impressed by the age of the youngest photographer who lovely to hear the Educaon Officer at was only eight. Nature in Art compliment our students on “how polite they were", which had been noted by several members of the As well as viewing the photographs we also looked around public. I would like to thank the students for being great the other galleries which all have a natural theme and we saw ambassadors for the school and for their genuine interest several painngs and sculptures by such famous wildlife and enthusiasm on the day and also to Jill Johnson for arsts such as Tunnicliffe who is famous for his bird pictures accompanying us on our visit. and David Shepherd, who specialises in elephants. Kate Herbert, Eco Co‐ordinator

Tree Planters “Graft” at PHS

A pleasant lull in the wet weather meant that all were able to enjoy the sunshine and the so ground, ideal condions for planng. Everyone pitched in to help, including the youngest volunteers, Joseph and Benjamin Durrant, which meant that the task was soon completed. The fresh air gave all the volunteers a healthy appete and so the refreshments, kindly provided by Gabby Perry aerwards, were very welcome.

Kit Carson from the Rotary Club was generous in his praise for the students and remarked on the way in which everyone got on and did the job in a calm and relaxed way.

Thanks to the generosity of the Woodland Trust, students We hope that this will be one of many worthwhile projects from Pershore High School’s Interact and Eco groups, staﬀ which brings together all ages from the local community. and members of the local Rotary Club got together recently Members of the Rotary Club, Kate Herbert and Eco Group, to plant 100 mixed saplings including oak, silver birch and Luke Ventura and Interact Group, prepare to plant trees in rowan on the school site. the grounds of Pershore High School.

Business Studies

The ICAEW Base Business Game Regional Winners

A great day was had by all at the ICAEW Base Business Game held at Worcester Rugby Club on November 26th. The Business Department took two teams of contestants from Year 12 to take part in this presgious naonal compeon. The teams had to process informaon, weigh up choices and decide on priories in order to come up with a strategic direcon for their ficonal business. At the end they were quesoned by a fierce Board of Directors and were made to jusfy and defend their decisions. The pictured team beat off 14 other teams to win the heat and go through to the naonal final in June. Once again our Sixth Formers made us proud, and it was an Both teams acquied themselves magnificently and the absolute pleasure and privilege to watch them do so well, professional mentors on the day remarked on not only their and to make the most of their opportunies. analycal skills, but their maturity, communicaon skills and teamwork. Special menon must go to the Pershore runners Front row: Becky Pouton, Jemma Loader Back row: Felix Anderson, Tom Kenwright, James Coleman, Kae Shrubb up Will Goode, Anna Lampi, Toby Wilcox, Tia Boerill, Sophie Hodges and Ellis Narburgh. Mrs Taylor

Gifted and Talented

The Year 8 Gied and Talented group have been considering how to understand visual instrucons as well as making, perhaps ironically, Lan Christmas cards.

Gifted & Talented

I could feel my body ghtening and theatre: very tradional, decorated Drama adrenaline rush, holding my breath beaufully in detail, with many Grecian the only thing visible was the tension aspects. I felt a calming atmosphere in The Woman in Black in the room. Next the sound of the theatre, so to be performing a very At the Everyman Theatre in heartbeat plays through the speakers tense and spooky producon created a Cheltenham, on Friday the 7th of and a dim lit light focusses on a contrast, making a challenge for the November 2014 I watched a live rocking chair behind the gauze. actors to change the atmosphere for performance of The Woman in Black. As my eyes adjusted we realised that the audience. The lighng was dimmed Aer hearing a good deal about the a woman was sat in the chair, my to set the scene and create tension. premise of the play I was both intrigued heartbeat quickens. Then a sound There was a buzz of excitement through and excited to experience it myself. scape of the words “He is mine!” the audience as the performance was It was offered to me, a spectrum of being chanted gets faster and faster, about to begin, however as soon as it disembodied phantoms announcing louder and louder. As expected she did start the atmosphere dropped and themselves with blood curdling screams flings her body out of the chair at the a tense vibe filtered through the and ferocious proximity. If, before I had young Mr Kipps that is stood staring in audience. not known of the fact that the play front of the gauze. It goes dark, and Alicia Jones, Year 11 would consist of only two actors, I all you’re le with as comfort is a would have expected many different loud, piercing, deafening scream. During November the Year 13 Drama actors, in favour of Stanislavski Shivers go up your spine, through your and Theatre Studies A2 students er‐teaching. This is due to my neck. Then the lights go up and you're performed their devised pieces. pre‐empted expectaon that the play back to old Mr Kipps and the young The students created their own would be constantly serious and each actor reminiscing. The exploraon of performances from scratch; creang character would have to be as lighng helped disnguish cross‐ thought provoking and inspired powerfully developed as the last. cung from the now and past. performance work that used the work I did not expect comedy; I expected a Megan Sheppard, Year 11 of recognised theatre praconers . horror‐fest at every twist and turn. th The two pieces were based on the So naturally I was feeling buerflies On Friday the 7 of November 2014 science of dreaming and the social for the performance. The play was I watched a performance of The issues surrounding Organ Donaon. constructed well and dealt with some Woman in Black at The Everyman Both pieces had an excellent reacon tricky pieces of direcon. Comedy Theatre in Cheltenham. My from the audiences. Well done infused with nail‐bing tension as it expectaons of the performance were very unclear although I did know Year 13. successfully played with the audience and made use of mulple, emoonal I would be impressed when coming On December 11th the Year 10 GCSE red hearings. I enjoyed the performance away from the performance. As I Drama group will take to the stage to and became very immersed with it. have seen the film, I had a slight perform Cinderella and the Pantomime Callum Hemming, Year 11 understanding of the storyline and Thief. This fun, excing and vibrant what the performance would entail. panto, is set in the ficous Panto Land On Friday 7th November 2013, I I knew that the Woman in Black was a where characters from all fairy tales watched a performance of The Woman horror story and that it was made to and pantomimes come together to scare and give us a thrill. bale against evil. This performance in Black at the Everyman Theatre, in Cheltenham. The play was based on When I entered the auditorium I promises to be a huge success. the book, wrien by Susan Hill. My noced that it was a Proscenium arch first expectaons of the performance were extremely high because of the outstanding reviews and commendable London feedback... When I first sat down in the Theatre Victorian style theatre my expectaons Weekend had already been exceeded. The beauful proscenium arch towered 16th-17th January above us opening the staging area 2015 and inving our eyes in to watch. Truly stunning, the arch gave an older (Year 10 -13) impression and with warm yellow‐ nged lighng it gave a homely, Please make sure warm comfort. Ulmately, the most all payments and favourable and iconic of scenes consents forms throughout the whole play was the are given in to rocking chair. The sudden blackout Mrs Cookson as infused a wave of silence, echoing soon as possible. around the auditorium.

English

The Taylor Trophy Debating Success

Erin Young and Eleanor Roberts recently won their way through to the ﬁnal of the Taylor Trophy Debang compeon with a win at the Marling School in Stroud.

The ﬁnal will be held on the 12th January at Bromsgrove School.

A selecon of the Coat of Arms on Year 8: display in E4. COAT OF ARMS - ELT

For one of their ELTs (Extended Learning Tasks) Year 8 were asked to design a Coat of Arms that revealed something about themselves. It was great to see that many pupils put a lot of eﬀort into the task and it that many of them have Two ‘Coat of Arms’ ELTs that unique and varied interests. received Outstanding Achievement awards. Jodie Young (le) and Jasmine Outler (right).

The Hampton Centre

Rising Stars at Pershore High

A group of Pershore High School students have been lucky enough to be selected for an Arts Award Project, ‘Rising Stars’. The students involved were: Isabel Cowley, Kae Biddle, Kyle Ellio, Tiﬀnay Maskell, Reed James, Melanie Cave, Jordan Perry, Ty Warmington, Michael Godliman and Lucy Gooderham.

The project involved working with, Nigel Clark, guitarist and lead singer from the band, ‘Dodgy’. He said: “Jenny and Joy Ludlow, TAs, worked with me on the project and provided excellent support for the students throughout the sessions and while the students were compleng their Arts Award wrote lyrics, composed music, visited Tower Studios, porolios. This unique opportunity was funded by a grant rehearsed and performed their composions to several from the Naonal Loery. The students in ‘Rising Stars’ audiences. The audiences included the Mayor and Mayoress of Pershore, feeder middle school students, parents and our local senior cizen’s care home.”

Trevor Lines, the Moderator from Arts Award, visited school in December 2014 to conﬁrm the assessment of the porolios of evidence and commented that; “The young people had worked very hard, as was clearly shown in their porolios”.

All the students passed the Bronze Award and will be presented with their cerﬁcates in January 2015. The students expressed their views to Trevor about the project.

Jan Stoney Head of the Hampton Centre

Young Bond Experience Library 007 Returns… Simon Mayo Visit At the beginning of term, Year 8 students were invited to take part in a compeon to create their own James Bond style story. Many writers rose to the challenge, creang villains such as Cut‐throat Clive and heroes like Mike Typhoo.

Aer much deliberaon, fourteen students were chosen to aend the launch of the latest Young Bond novel Pictured: Josh Pearson having his book and meet the author, Steve Cole. signed by Steve Cole. Here’s what a couple of them had to say: We watched a slide show about James Bond and we were shown gadgets that were turned into everyday objects, like binoculars that were turned into ﬂasks. At the end of the slide show, we got into a queue for a book, oﬀered to us On Wednesday 1st October, a group at £10.00. We then got into a new of Year 9 students went to see Simon queue for our books to be signed. Mayo, a Radio 2 presenter and writer, Next, all of the Pershore students got Thank you at Nunnery Wood High School. back onto the coach and went back On behalf of PHS Library and all the He was there to promote and tell us home. students who enjoy using it, I would about his new book, Itchcra and his like to thank the many anonymous other books, Itch and Itch Rocks. We Thank you for an amazing me. donors who have recently given books came back with some of the Itch series Alex Carvill, MDP to us. These generous donaons have of books for our Library and we had found their way to the Reference the chance to get them signed by He showed some us some gadgets secon as well as into book boxes, Simon himself. which were quite cool. Next he read from where they can enrich students’ an extract from the book about a car At the event, we also saw some private reading. experiments which involved ethanol chase. Aer that, he gave us some A huge thank you to all our kind and oxygen because the main informaon about 1930s gangsters and guns and then we got to buy a donors. character in Simon Mayo’s books is a huge Science fan. signed copy of his book. Miss N Flanagan (Librarian)

At the end, Simon gave us the chance Josh Pearson, AJB to ask him some quesons about him and his books. We all enjoyed the visit; it was a fantasc event.

William Rhodes and Charlie Benne

Elon Dann visit

PHS Library Club pupils were once again very lucky to be visited by Worcester author, Elon Dann, here to talk about the inspiraon behind his second novel, Awe of Mercury. This is the eagerly awaited sequel to his debut novel, Clockwise to Titan and connues the adventures of fearless protagonist, Mo.

Students were spellbound as they learned about many of the ideas behind the book, which included elements of Dante’s Inferno as well as the mind‐bending works of M.C. Escher. ideas ﬁnd themselves woven into a story, this me They were also introduced to the more sinister side of nutmeg. involving a spiral shaped prison.

Elon’s enthusiasm and dynamism proved infecous and Awe of Mercury is not a read for the faint of heart, but students were keen to ask quesons following the promises to be as clever and gripping as the author presentaon, largely to discover how inial interests and himself. Miss Flanagan

Mathematics MATHS KIT - £1.50 ▪ Clear Plasc Pencil Case Equipment (suitable for examinaons) ▪ 15cm ruler ▪ 180o protractor We expect students to aend Maths lessons fully equipped ▪ Compass ▪ Pencil ▪ Eraser with a calculator, pencil, ruler, protractor and compass. ▪ Pencil Sharpener Equipment is readily available to buy in school – students just need to bring in the money. See the published list for prices. Senior Maths Challenge At the beginning of November, a small number of A level CALCULATORS - £6.00 Maths students took part in the UKMT Senior Maths We recommend the new version of the Casio Scienﬁc Challenge, where they had 90 minutes to answers a series Calculator (fx‐83GTPLUS). of problems. Congratulaons to Ma Smith and Albert

CALCULATOR AND MATHS KIT - £7.00 Courts, who both achieved Gold and qualiﬁed for the ‘Kangaroo Challenge’. In addion, Aaron Robinson achieved Students who buy a calculator and a Maths Kit together another impressive Gold, and Will Hornbrook and George get a 50p discount on the individual costs. Potham were awarded Bronze. Well done to everyone who was brave enough to take part.

Modern Foreign Languages

Willkommen in Pershore

This is Antonia Staab, our new Foreign We got some of our Year 10 and Language Assistant who arrived in Year 12 students to interview her, October. She’ll be working closely in German of course, and we have with PHS students to develop their printed their ﬁndings here. conﬁdence and competence in Test your German...... speaking German over the next two terms. Alles klar?!?!

Hier ist Pershore’s neue Deutschassistenn!

Sie heißt Antonia Staab und sie kommt aus Nordwestdeutschland. Sie wohnt in einer kleinen Stadt, die Melle heißt – das liegt in der Nähe von Osnabrück, wo Antonia Englisch und Geographie studiert. Sie möchte später Lehrerin in einem deutschen Gymnasium (High School) werden.

Sie hat einen jüngeren Bruder (Julian) und zwei ältere Schwestern (Carolin und Johanna). Sie hat keine Hausere. Ihr Geburstag ist am 29. December.

In ihrer Freizeit geht Antonia ab und zu schwimmen, sie liest gern und sie hört gern Musik. Ihre Lieblingmusik ist Rock und Popmusik. Sie hat ‘mal Saxophon gespielt, als sie jünger war.

Ihr Lieblingsfach in der Schule war immer Englisch...natürlich!

Sie arbeitet gern in der PHS – sie ﬁndet sowohl die Schüler als auch die Lehrer ganz ne und freundlich.

Sie bleibt bis Mai bei uns in Pershore und während ihres Aufenthaltes hier möchte sie viele englische Sehenswürdigkeiten besichgen, viele Leute kennenlernen und ihr Englisch verbessern.

Antonia – wir wünschen dir viel Spaß und viel Glück!

Safeguarding

School Nurse Service

The school health service hours and appointments have changed. Cath Eastwell, the school nurse, is now in on Mondays.

To make an appointment, see main recepon/tutor/HoH.

Appointments will run from 10am–1.20pm.

An addional service is a drop‐in session from 1.20‐2.10pm in the I would be grateful if parents and Conference Room by the Library (no appointment necessary). This could visitors could remember to always sign be for any health related reason and will be treated in conﬁdence. in at recepon when vising school,

even when needing to meet a member

of a House team. It is parcularly Time 4 U important that this is done even if you Time 4 U oﬀer a drop‐in service on Thursday lunchmes in the sports may be bringing in a forgoen lunch pavilion to students from Year 9 and above and to Sixth Form students box or piece of equipment. only on Thursdays from 12.20‐1.20pm.

This service is confidenal and independent and offers advice on a range Extra help for students of issues such as relaonship advice, stress, bullying and sexual health. More informaon can be found on the Time4U website Students who wish to access independent, confidenal help with hp://www.playinitsafe.co.uk/findaservice/service_me4u.html personal and health issues can do so through outside agencies vising the school.

Philosophy and Ethics

On Friday 17th of October, nine students from Year 10 Philosophy and Ethics went to Staffordshire University with head of the RS Department, Mr Knight and the head of ICT Mrs Beeton, to discuss why young people are persuaded to go to Syria to provide aid to refugees there but end up fighng. The realies of the situaon are complex however as many young people with good intenons end up being forced into armed milia and/or taken hostage by different parsan groups. The basic message to all coming from the government, police and aid agencies is simple: young people can do more good raising money, resources and awareness in the UK without needing to travel abroad.

Many members of the public in this country, I am sure, are concerned about the situaon in the Middle East and parcularly Syria and North West Iraq, and understand the need for aid there. However, this study, held by the Police, has been trying to ﬁnd out what we think about the resources put in place to persuade people from going to the war torn areas and possibly geng dragged into the terrible acons of IS.

The morning began when we arrived and were greeted by several members of the police counter terrorist squad and local authority, as well as a second breakfast of which we had to evaluate for their ability to reach different Danish pastries and tea. Aer that, there were a few target audiences. The eventual verdict was that more needed introductory acvies unl we really started to work to be done to target the root of the problem through social towards the aim of the day. networks such as Twier, in order to be listened to by the younger people that they are aempng to reach. The group of us along with students from Birmingham and Stafford were shown many resources, including some Overall, the day was very enjoyable, and would be something websites as well as leaflets and magazine arcles, all of I know that I would be happy to repeat.

Photography

Sixth Form Photography Trip house in Gloucestershire provided an excellent (and surprisingly, even occasionally sunny), backdrop for photo shoots which are to form an important part of ‘A’ level course work. Abandoned in the 1870s, mid‐ construcon, the mansion’s warm Cotswold stone, eerie passage ways and interesng architectural details, fired the students’ imaginaons to make interesng and individual photographs, inspired by Francesca Woodman. The students worked with Armed with tripods, props from purpose and were excellent company feathers to ‘phones and prepared on a hard working day and we look for stormy weather, the Sixth Form forward to seeing the results of their photographers set off for efforts in the darkroom and in their Woodchester Mansion on 22nd workbooks. Mrs Jones and Mrs Hunt October. This beauful Gothic

Portraiture Workshop

Four members of the Malvern Beacon Duane Michal’s, Francesca Woodman These photographs will form part of and Philippe Halsman. their coursework porolio for their AS Camera Club came to PHS to help run a Portraiture Workshop for the Year 12 The workshop was fantasc and grade. Since aending the workshop Photography students. our thanks goes to Nick Browne students have gone on the study the and his team who shared their vast work of Cornelia Hedigar building on The day was spent learning about experience and knowledge with the their knowledge gained from this very successful day. studio lighng, as well as responding group and inspired students to take to a number of photographers the some wonderful images, (the two Well done to all who were involved for students had studied, these included below are taken by Connor Owen). their focus and hard work on the day.

Mrs Jones

Physical Education

Year 10 Secure Semi-Final full back whenever they came in half me score of 7‐0 highlighted Spot contact with the ball. Pershore’s dominance however, they now needed to make sure they didn’t Far from having it their own way, unl Declan Juliff connued his excellent switch off. Pershore’s first goal they were under scoring form as he bagged himself pressure from the Christopher In the second half, Jon Hall and seven goals in Pershore’s quarter‐final Whitehead aack. As ever, James Brandon Spiers replaced Phillips and clash against Christopher Whitehead. Davidson looked assured in the Juliff and Pershore started playing Led by the ever impressive Charlie Pershore goal and Ben Tilbury their now familiar possession football. Cross, Pershore ran riot in the first half partnering Cross in central defence Whilst Pershore did not score the scoring seven, including a 13 minute hat was again excellent. However, once goals of the first half, they sll ‐trick from Juliff. Far from being a one Pershore got on top of the game there remained in control of the game man show the two full back of Tim was only one winner. With Will Bugg scoring again late on. A late penalty Coleman and Lewis Webster were solid in front of Cross and Tilbury, he from Christopher Whitehead didn’t geng forward at every opportunity. was giving Jack McCabe the freedom take the gloss of the performance as Greg Phillips and Jordan Barnfield were to play in Juliff and Jack Davies who Pershore now prepare themselves for terrorising the Christopher Whitehead also weighed in with a goal. The the semi‐final.

Year 10 secure a final spot with a hard fought victory at Hanley Castle

Year 10 confirmed their final place with a hard fought 1 – 0 victory away at Hanley Castle. With fading light from kick off, Pershore found themselves up against a strong and powerful Hanley Castle side. In the opening exchanges, Hanley found themselves on top and saw a shot come back off the woodwork. A through ball from the Hanley midfield found their striker Year 10 County Cup Finalists 2014/15 behind the Pershore defence however, Back Row: James Davidson, Charlie Cross (C), Declan Juliff, Ben Tilbury, Brandon James Davidson made a fine one‐on‐ Spiers, Will Bugg, Paddy Barrow. Front Row: Jack McCabe, Jordan Barnfield, Jon one save with his right foot. Hall, Greg Phillips, Lewis Webster, Jack Davies, Oliver Morgan Aer this Hanley sll had more of the possession however, the centre half The second half kicked off and With five minutes le, McCabe was partnership of Charlie Cross and Ben Pershore found themselves under taken out and had to be replaced by Tilbury was superb and they did not constant pressure. The back four of Greg Phillips. For these five minutes, lose either a tackle or header all Cross, Tilbury, Tim Coleman and Lewis Pershore could not get out of their own aernoon. As the half progressed, Webster was excellent and kept the half. Hanley pressed and pressed but Pershore became the beer side Hanley aack to long shots which the Pershore defence was resolute. and started to fashion chances for Davidson dealt with comfortably. In the final seconds Hanley hit the bar themselves. Unfortunately for Pershore, Between McCabe and Will Bugg, they as Pershore had their hearts in their they found the home goalkeeper in covered every blade of grass on the mouths. As Davidson took the resulng inspired form and he made three first pitch. Together with that they were goal kick, the final whistle was blown to excellent on the ball and tried to play confirm Pershore’s place in the final. class saves from Declan Juliff and one from Jack Davies. As the half was at every opportunity. Nearing the end Full‐me: 0 – 1 coming to a close, Jack McCabe of the match, Pershore were being Man of the Match: Notable menons created himself some space on the pressed further and further back into for Charlie Cross, Tim Coleman, Jack edge of the area and he fired the ball their own half but they held firm. McCabe and Will Bugg however, Ben into the boom right hand corner to Jordan Barnfield and Oliver Morgan Tilbury was fantasc all match. Also, give Pershore the lead. offered protecon to the full backs and they kept forcing the Hanley thank you to Jon Hall and Brandon Half‐me: 0 – 1 wingers wide. Spiers who, because of the ght game didn’t make the pitch.

PHS Girls Cruise to Cross Country Success Runners Results

Girls Elise Blake ‐ 2nd Helena Leach ‐ 3rd Molly Salt ‐ 4th Alice Paerson ‐ 7th Amara De Silver Morgan ‐ 15th Ellie Duncan ‐ 18th Megan Wright ‐ 19th Emma Brown ‐ 27th

Boys PHS pupils performed extremely well With the totals of each runner Kieran Benne ‐ 9th at the SWSSA Cross Country Cup held calculated the Boys Team scored 66 th th rd Bradley Hodges ‐ 11 at Prince Henry’s High School on 14 points which saw them take 3 place, November. Despite atrocious weather however with an astonishing 16 points Henry Rowlings ‐ 22nd condions, the PHS runners baled st the girls team ﬁnished in 1 place. th through the boggy course. There were Chris Vizard ‐ 24 Back row, le to right: Molly Salt, some exceponal performances from th Amara De Silva‐Morgan, Helena Leach Josh Skerre ‐ 25 Elise Blake (2nd), Helena Leach (3rd), Front row, le to right: Alice th Moly Salt (4th), Alice Paerson (7th) Harry Boyle ‐ 30 Paerson, Elise Blake, Emma Brown, and Kieran Benne (11th). Eleanor Duncan.. Louis Cartwright‐Walls ‐ 36th

The Real Deal

On the 22nd of October I was fortunate to see Liverpool vs Real Madrid at Anﬁeld. As a Liverpool fan this was a huge game for myself, the supporters and the team. However, I wasn’t going as a spectator, I was going to work.

I was asked to work for the Press Associaon as a wire technician to support my dad who was photographing the match. The main role of my job was to edit the pictures that my dad had taken. This involved using ‘photoshop’ and cropping techniques and caponing selected photographs of key players as well as acon. These were then sent to the main oﬃce to be distributed to the Brish and internaonal

press. Most of this is done in the wire room away from the pitch, however, I saw most of the second half from pitch side in front of the Kop and in touching distance of the players.

As a footballer myself I was excited to see such a lot of World Class players such as Crisano Ronaldo and Mario Balotelli. I was itching to see Liverpool score and I was tempted to run on and score myself, but a 3‐0 defeat ended that thought. All in all I enjoyed the night even if it was work. What an experience.

Jack Davies (KEW) Year 10

Aston Villa Scholarship for Jordan Jordan as a 10 year old Jordan as a Year 11 student

Year 11 student Jordan Cox is starng to turn a dream into reality aer landing a two year scholarship with Aston Villa Football Club. Jordan started playing football at the age of six for Pershore United with fellow classmates: Grant Hiden, Sco Cory, Michael Butler, Alex Stayte, George Way, Harry White and Ryan Allibone. Over a four year period with United Jordan nurtured his talent unl he was spoed by Villa at the age of ten.

In 2008 as a ten year old, Jordan joined the Aston Villa Academy where he aended training twice a week and on Sunday’s played games at Villa’s Bodymoor Heath Training Ground. In games, Jordan found himself up against the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City. Aer six years at Villa, Jordan was given the good news Together with this, he also played in internaonal that he had earned a scholarship to remain at Villa for a tournaments against Club Brugge and Borussia further two years. Together with ability, this is due to Mönchengladbach to name but a few. A testament to Jordan’s hard work, dedicaon level headedness. He has Jordan’s progress was as an U16 he regularly featured in now given himself an excellent plaorm to progress and the U18 squad. everybody at Pershore High School wishes him the best of luck.

Evesham Vale Duathlon

Pershore High School students joined Evesham Vale Triathletes’ juniors in the club’s duathlon.

PHS students included William Parry, Bill Mitchell and Adam Palin.

Congratulaons to: Congratulaons to: David Shephard James who has been selected for Davidson the County Hockey squad for the New Year. David has who will be involved been selected based on in the Worcestershire previous performance and Cricket CAG Winter the two trials he completed Training Programme. before fracturing his knee.

Bredon Rugby Club Player Appeal Year 8 Rugby Players Fancy playing for a team outside school? Bredon U13’s are looking for players. Training 7‐8 @ Tewksbury School Matches on Sunday from 10.00 @ Bredon Rugby Fields.

Interested, please contact John Oliver on 07813013338hp://www.bredonrugby.org/

PHS Triathlon Club On a chilly night in December the Triathlon Club, put on a while to get used to, however aer a few several layers of lycra to bale the elements at Halesowen warm up laps the pupils were pung in some Velodrome. Cycling on a banked track for the ﬁrst me took good lap mes.

On a chilly night in December the Triathlon Club put on several layers of lycra to bale the elements at Halesowen Velodrome. Cycling on a banked track for the ﬁrst me took a while to get used to, however aer a few warm up laps the pupils were pung in some good lap mes.

Pupils were put through their paces compleng a 4km me trial and the gruelling eliminator which was won convincingly by James Davidson. Despite the cold condions the group thoroughly enjoyed the experience, claiming it to be one of the highlights of the term long programme.

The trip to the velodrome was a nice end to a busy half term for the Triathlon team. November gave the pupils the chance to put their training into a compeve Duathlon run by Evesham Vale Triathletes at Spring Hill House. Our pupils performed extremely well. Will Parry completed the course in a me of 24mins 56 sec, Bill Mitchel 27 mins 47 secs and Adam Palin 28 mins 41 secs.

Due to the great response to the inial programme, we hope to connue the Triathlon club through the Spring and Summer Terms.

The PE department would like to say a huge thank you to Lou Bugg, Richard Goode and Evesham Vale Triathletes Club for their commitment throughout this term.

Anyone interested in taking up Triathlon can contact Evesham Vale Triathletes, who will support them in all aspects of the event.

Oli Morgan races to victory

PHS pupils performed extremely well at the ESSA English Schools Cross Country Cup held at Bromsgrove School on 14th October.

The compeon was extremely ﬁerce, however Oliver Morgan was way to strong for the other competors running ﬁnishing a long way clear of his opponents.

Will Parry, Will Bugg and Fabrice Kemogne also performed very well coming in 6th, 17th and 44th respecvely.

The runners and the PE Department would like to thank Louise Bugg for taking the pupils to the event.

Science

STEM Success at QinetiQ

Pershore High School had the fasted They created a scribble pad with STEM lap during the day. Aer lunch the influenced images. At the end of the STEM group split into two and used challenges all the schools got together On Friday 14th November Miss Troop, Raspberry Pi computers to allow their to find out that we had won. We were Mrs Airdrie and the Year 9 STEM club spaceman to travel through a series really pleased and all came away with of air locks. a goody bag and a £10.00 Amazon gi students went to the Science Research Centre, QineQ in Great Malvern. card each. Once again Pershore were the best We were up against four other and both teams showed incredible The best part of the day was working Worcestershire schools in a series of team work skills to liaise their with professional Sciensts on real compung and engineering challenges. programming together. Our final projects and seeing working The first challenge involved looking at acvity involved programming an laboratories. It was a great day. crowd control and we used chick peas android mobile APP using Java Script. to show how people would exit during an emergency.

We were then shown the Tarsier radar and the bomb disposal robots. Megan enjoyed running the half a million pound robot into all of the cones. Ethan managed to crash both robots into each other. They were great fun.

The next challenge involved a series of Lego robots all involving diﬀerent challenges which linked together.

Technology

'Station for the Future' end of the meeng. Mr Dobbin and Pershore Girls Excel Mr Whitely were both very impressed On Wednesday 22nd October Mr Peter in Engineering Dobbin, Network Rail manager, was with the students and their invited into school to hear the presentaon and the meeng was a A team of four Year 10 students presentaon by the Go4Set team on great success. They were able to give working in conjuncon with Yamazaki their project. His colleague, David feedback and comments which the Mazak UK Limited and member of Whitely, also travelled from Oxford team will work with and be able to staﬀ, Carol Ridings, have enjoyed to aend. further improve their project from now success in the naonal GO4SET EDT unl next year, ready for the ﬁnals. The project has reached the Naonal (Engineering Development Trust) Science and Engineering Finals next Peter Dobbins sent the following email: compeon. The programme set a

March. challenge for the students, which they “Thank you for the invitaon, your There was a queson and answer students are a credit to you and the worked on in school over a period of session and lots of discussion at the school.” 10 weeks. The students worked together with their industrial partners Yamazaki Mazak to develop their design and make a working model. Georgia Hook, Kae Biddle, Zoe Wood GOLDEN TICKET and Isabelle Taylor impressed judges so much with their ‘Staons for the NEWS Future’ project that they have

qualiﬁed for the Naonal Science The winner of this and Engineering Finals at the ‘Big Bang’ half term’s Golden Fayre in March next Year.

cket for fantasc On Tuesday Mr Corbe presented them all with their very well deserved design work is CREST Silver award received through

the Brish Science Associaon. James Foster MLP Congratulaons to Georgia, Kae, James wins an itunes Zoe and Isabella for their magniﬁcent achievements so far. They will be voucher. working to develop their project ready for the Naonal Finals in March next Well done James! year and hopefully going for CREST Gold award.

Pershore Dog Treats

A busy team of pupils and staff going to produce dog biscuits to Society, an organisaon close to the gathered in a Food Technology sell as Christmas treats, with all heart of our caretaker Andy Pleciak classroom last week to produce dog profits going to ‘Happy Staffie’ a and his wife Emma, who works in biscuits for their pets. The session Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rescue Recepon and Reprographics. was so successful that we are now

Food Technology visit to the BBC Winter Good Food Show IN CASE OF Thirty Food Technology pupils visited EMERGENCIES: the BBC Good Food show on Schools Day at the Birmingham NEC. The show featured a cookery demonstraon by the Hairy Bikers in the Supertheatre on how to make a fantasc meal including how to fry scallops as well as

Please leave a contact name and telephone number with the relevant demonstrang sumo wrestling (not House oﬃce if your child all at the same me). The show was packed with stalls of all types, is to be looked aer by including speciality Scotch eggs, someone else whilst you Chocolates and of course chocolates are away. of all sizes and shapes.

Trips and Visits for 2014

may be accessed on the school website www.pershore.worcs.sch.uk \Informaon\Trips and Visits

Work Experience

Year 10 (Bredon) 09‐13 February, 2015 Year 10 (Malvern) 23‐27 February, 2015

All current Year 9 students were given detailed informaon as to the workings of Industrial Placement (Work Experience) in a recent assembly. All year 9 students have had the PowerPoint used at that assembly emailed to them.

I hope the leer overleaf will help you to help your child to gain the placement they would like. Please either complete the quesonnaire, or it can be accessed via your child’s school email, as all students have received a copy in this way.

John Rees

Work Experience – Year 10 Reminder to Parents

Students in Year 10 will be taking part in Pershore High School’s Work Experience Programme from: Year 10 (Bredon) Work Experience, 9-13 February 2015 Year 10 (Malvern) Work Experience, 23-27 February 2015

Work Experience is a vital part of the preparation of students towards adult life, and our programme has been very successful in the past.

For students who will be undertaking Work Experience March there is a questionnaire on the reverse of this letter for them to express preferences for their work placement.

All placements are required to return a statement confirming that they have a certificate of third party liability of at least £3m and conform to safety standards laid down by the Education Business Partnership.

We do our best to ensure that students are placed in areas of employment in which they are interested and can travel to reasonably easily. There may be cases when students are unable to take up a placement, or we are unable to provide a placement in a particular area of interest. I should like to point out that although we make every effort to accommodate students, there will be times when they will have to accept an alternative to their first choice.

We welcome suggestions of placement from students and parents. If you, as a parent, feel you are able to offer a placement, or can contact an employer on your child’s behalf, please let me know. (There is a section on the questionnaire for this.) This is not meant to suggest you must find a placement for your child. As a matter of course we contact the employer while students are on placement so, where possible, placements should be restricted to the local area.

The Education Business Partnership requires at least ten weeks notice of placement within the County and twelve weeks if the placement is outside Worcestershire.

Our students have a well-deserved reputation of excellence on Work Experience. Employers have a ‘Gold Form’ reference for students, which forms part of their end-of-year Progress Files, as does their official certificate, received when they complete their placement satisfactorily.

If you have any queries regarding Work Experience, please do not hesitate to contact me at school.

Yours sincerely

JOHN REES Work Experience Co-ordinator

Our Ref: JR/JFG July 2014

Dear Parent/Guardian

Students in Year 10 will be taking part in Pershore High School’s Work Experience Programme from:

Year 10 (Bredon) Work Experience, 9-13 February 2015 Year 10 (Malvern) Work Experience, 23-27 February 2015

Work Experience is a vital part of the preparation of students towards adult life, and our programme has been very successful in the past.

For students who will be undertaking Work Experience March there is a questionnaire on the reverse of this letter for them to express preferences for their work placement.

We welcome suggestions of placement from students and parents. If you, as a parent, feel you are able to offer a placement, or can contact an employer on your child’s behalf, please let me know. (There is a section on the questionnaire for this). This is not meant to suggest you must find a placement for your child. As a matter of course we contact the employer while students are on placement so, where possible, placements should be restricted to the local area.

The Education Business Partnership requires at least ten weeks notice of placement within the County and twelve weeks if the placement is outside Worcestershire.

If you have any queries regarding Work Experience, please do not hesitate to contact me at school.

Yours sincerely

JOHN REES Work Experience Co-ordinator

Student News BBC Children in Need

Pershore High School kicked off BBC Youngsters met Pudsey Bear and counes. Acvies culminated Children in Need acvies locally on also donated pound coins that at Pershore High School in a Monday 3rd November when they were aached to a car. This was Non‐Uniform Day on Friday 14th welcomed staff from both BBC Radio connued over the next two weeks November when a four figure sum was Hereford and Worcester, and BBC at various sites across the two handed over to the BBC charity. Midlands Today.

Help for Heroes

To mark the forthcoming remembrance commemoraons and our fund raising for Help for Heroes, representave, Ian Baldry , conducted a number of assemblies at Pershore High School this week, talking about the organisaon’s work. All students listened to his presentaon and were inspired by his message.

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award Recipients

Congratulations to:

Charlotte Bradley Megan Bradley Jonathan Brett Tessa Carr Jemima Daniels Daisy MacDonald Megan Shephard Owen Thompson Briony Watkins

BBC Children In Need Cake Sale Youth Leader Awards worthwhile

The Traveller's Crew organised and ran a cake sale for BBC Pershore High School’s RYLA (Rotary Youth Leader Award) Children in Need. candidate from last summer, Lydia Stephens, accompanied

The students involved were Jodie Jones, Tiﬀany Smith, Carmen by her mother, joined us for lunch at a recent meeng.

Smith, Shannon Smith and Brandon Biddle. All students chose She did of course have to earn her lunch by giving a the recipes, cooked and sold the cakes to raise money for the presentaon of her experiences on the course. All agreed Children In Need charity. Cakes were priced from 10p‐60p this was one of the best presentaons we had received and included delicious treats like; flapjack slices, brownies, from a High School student ‐ very confident and full of malteaser muffins, sugar cookie slices, cornflake cakes, enthusiasm. cherry cupcakes and custard and chocolate chip cookies. Her descripon of the acvies was punctuated with The cake sale was very popular and many students and staff “terrific”; “fun”; “brilliant”; “team work”; “worthwhile” even gave extra donaons as well as buying mulple cakes. It is listening to young people that have experienced RYLA The support was very much appreciated and the total raised that makes our support of it so worthwhile and rewarding was £60.65 which will be sent off to Children In Need.

Laura Brown

First Class Degree for Harriett

Just Giving

A Year 10 student is keen to raise awareness of Myeloma.

Having recently lost his dad to this incurable cancer he is determined to support Myeloma uk in his memory. Myeloma is a bone marrow cancer 97% of people have never heard of it. It is rare to have Myeloma under 50 years of age, so to lose someone at 46 years is devastang. We want to highlight this unrecognised cancer and support the research into ﬁnding a cure.

A number of fundraisers are being planned by family and friends next year. If you would like to help in any way please view our Just giving page and please search: Dave Sinne.

Thank you. Harrie Richardson (Rea), pictured above, was awarded her Alternavely if you have any ideas or suggesons for Phd for Environmental Science at Glasgow University on the fundraising ideas please contact me: 5th December 2014. Harrie had achieved a ﬁrst class

[email protected] degree at Lancaster University, and then went onto to working from the NERC at Lancaster University, and doing ﬁeld work at the Whitelles Wind Farm site.

Kidz Live

Kidz Live is Worcester’s biggest music event especially for school kids and students of all ages. This year’s concert will be opened by Pershore High School’s very own band Chase the Deer. The five piece Indie rock band is made up of students Briony Watkins as lead singer, Angus Evans on bass, Michael Evans on drums with Owen Taylor and George Frangoudes on guitar.

Also performing are Worcester trio Done by Sunrise, the cast of Lion King, One Direcon tribute band Only 1D and there will be a special appearance by one of the ‘X’ Factor ﬁnalists. The event will be hosted by Radio DJ Liam Cash and Britain’s got Talent’s Stavros Flatley. This year’s concert is being held at the University of nd Kidz Live is organised by the Worcester Community Trust Worcester Arena on Monday 22 December from 4.00pm to (WCT) which is a registered charity which runs seven local 7.00pm. Tickets are only £7.00 and it would be great to see as community centres, organises youth clubs and summer play many Pershore students as possible. Students will need to be schemes, as well as arranging events for the elderly. The accompanied by an adult.

WCT also supports DAWN a project supporng vicms of Chase the Deer band members are pictured with Headteacher, domesc abuse. Clive Corbe.

Chess Club Tournament

Pershore High ed playing away at Hanley Castle. Rachel Day, our number one ranked player said “Some of our opponents were really good chess players and we all had to ﬁght hard.”

The tournament is the ﬁrst of a number of friendly matches being arranged in South Worcestershire. Our team enjoyed vising the 14th Century library at Hanley Castle.

“We were made to feel really welcome,” said Dan Herbert.

“The tea they gave us was top notch,” said Ed Foster.

The two teams played six compeon matches. Also playing were Vanessa Kostadinous, Toby Vallely, Adam Goode and Ed Jordan.

Pershore began strongly and we were two nil ahead. Hanley began to catch up but with the final match yet to finish, Pershore were sll ahead 3‐2. Alas, we lost the last game We are now planning a return match to be played here at and the final score was three each ‐ an honourable draw. Pershore High and this me we will be ruthless. Mr Segar

Pershore Food Bank donation

Caring Pershore High School students are pictured with some of the foodstuﬀs collected over recent days for the Pershore Food bank.

Reverend Mark Jennings gratefully received the items today. Shannon Aston, Josh Edwards, Elizabeth Green.

Special thanks go to Mary Felici at Happy Lands Day Nursery, Worcester for donang items to help the appeal.

Book Presentation What Democracy Means to Me’

How do you begin to describe what choice means to you? How do you put into words the right to have a say in the acons your country makes? It seems a complete impossibility to do so, since it is our freedom in acon and voice. Yet democracy allows us to indulge in its product, a society of co‐operaon and unity. To have the ability to be part of a vote; whether it be to change the leaders of our naon for the beer or to adapt our laws to suit our ever‐changing world, is a luxury, and one that should be held strongly by all patriots.

Parliament, in my opinion, is an opportunity to progress as an alliance of people with thought in their minds and bravery at heart. As Thomas Jeﬀerson once wrote: ‘when a long train of abuses and usurpaons, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Desposm, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw oﬀ such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.’ I believe strongly in the moral this quote

encompasses, that when one leading party becomes a wound to a naon, it is the right of the cizens to choose new government.

Democracy is extremely important to us in many different ways. It gives us guidelines so we can each live a harmonious life, it brings out the best in us as we all take a role within our country and it brings us together. It is something cherished by all, in very different contexts. What does democracy means to me? It means that I can grow throughout my life knowing that I am part of something Trudy Burge of the Pershore and District Naval Associaon special, knowing that my thoughts maer and knowing presenng books ‘Pershore Men of the Great War’ to that together our communies can make a difference. Headteacher Clive Corbe, Mayor of Pershore Councillor Tony Rowley, and students Susan Forse and Beth Ireland. It was in his dying breaths, aer creang the first parliament, that Simon de Monort spoke these words: ‘Thank God.’ I believe through this he meant that democracy is a gi, for without it we would remain in darkness, never daring to light the spark our mighty words. Mahew Bessant DofE Gold Award Presentation

Former Pershore High School students Mark Grimes, Alexander Williams, and Emily Cooper picked up their Gold awards at St James' Palace on Tuesday, 26th November.

HRH Prince Philip came in to the room for approximately ten minutes, and spoke to a few students in each of the four diﬀerent groups in the room. He engaged Mark in a discussion on Chemistry at Edinburgh, and whether they sll taught it in Lan. HRH used to be the Rector at Edinburgh University, and apparently lectures used to be given in Lan many moons ago.

The actor, Larry Lamb, then handed out the cerﬁcates to each individual.

A lovely day was had by all concerned.

Pictured right: Alexander Williams, Emily Cooper and Mark Grimes. Although not pictured, former students Lois Godwin and Gemma Hiden were also presented with their awards.

Happy Christmas from members of the Pershore Town Youth Council

Fesve cheer arrived in Pershore as hundreds of people celebrated the Christmas Lights Switch‐on event which was led by Youth Mayor, Becky Wallbank and the Youth Council.

Father Christmas and his reindeer were special guests as the day ended with a stunning ﬁrework display. To mark the fesve season and to remember loved ones who were no longer there to celebrate, there was a Pictured above: Maisie Young, Charlie Pictured at the Lights of Love service: candle lit procession through the town Chippendale, Abi Jones and Polly Emily and Sam Broadbent, singer Paula and the lighng of the Tree of Light Natynczuk, who ran a tombola. Evans, Rev David Knight and Alison Christmas Tree in Broad Street which Parkes. was organised by the Rotary Club.

Pershore Rotary Club Photography Competition

Pershore High School Photography students recently took part in the RIBI Young Photographer compeon. There was a good entry and the judges expressed their pleasure in the range of work and the quality of the ﬁnished photographs.

The three top entries were:

1st Malda Maginnis £50.00) 2nd Charloe Hooper (£30.00) 3rd George Griﬃths (£20.00)

In addion, the Vale of Evesham Camera Club have kindly donated a box of photographic prinng paper for each of these winning entries. All the entrants will receive a cerﬁcate of parcipaon. Special thanks to Mr Kit Carson Thank you to all the students who Chairman of the Youth Opportunies Pictured above: Malda Maginnis, took part and congratulaons to the Commiee for organising the Charloe Hooper and George Griﬃths winners. compeon.

House News It has been a long term but Armstrong packed full with fantasc achievements from our Sleigh bells ring, are you listening, students. In the lane, snow is glistening A beauful sight, Over the last term I have issued 920 Is an ePraise delight. commendaons to students for various achievements in the classroom; issued Walking in an Armstrong wonderland. 141commendaons for fantasc eﬀort Gone away are the mock exams, Later on, it is me to rest, and progress in their current progress Here to stay is cheer and clapping of Family fun, Christmas is the best check and 84% of Year 8, 9 and 10 hands. To face unafraid, students have qualiﬁed for the reward The choir sings a song, The plans that we've made, trip to the cinema by not receiving As we go along, Walking in an Armstrong wonderland. detenons and having good aendance. Walking in an Armstrong wonderland.

I would like to take this opportunity to In the cinema we can watch a movie, New Year starts on the Tuesday wish all Armstrong students and parents Rewarded for aendance and good We’ll be back Armstrong’s here to a fantasc Christmas and a happy and gra, stay healthy new year. Santa’s on his way, Trying new clubs, and doing your best Things are groovy, Means we’ll be walking in an For Armstrong boys and girls on the Armstrong wonderland….. Mrs Kilmister right path. Mrs Taylor

Kingsley Tutor Group Points On the one hand it as of 1st December seems like it was E‐Praise Points ‐ Well done to only yesterday that everyone who is earning points to we started the new spend in the reward shop. Ask your 12000 school year and welcomed the new 10000 child to show you the ePraise 8000 Year 8 students, on the other hand we website if you haven’t already had a are approaching the end of two long 6000 look. 4000 half terms. We are all looking forward Congratulaons to our top point 2000 to the well‐deserved Christmas holiday. 0 P S E scorers and check out where your SP R W A M O R B SK B LV JG K B K H E A M N T K T K P K D K R O Christmas is always a me to be K K K K K K K K K K K thankful for what we have as well as tutor group is in the graph. thinking about people who have There’s not much in it !! Congratulaons to Jordan Cox who is considerably less. Thank you to every‐ starng to turn a dream into reality aer one who has contributed items to the st landing a two year scholarship with foodbank collecon. Low income and Top 10 Kingsley students 1 December Aston Villa Football Club. Fantasc news welfare problems across the country for Points 2014 William Parry 641 Jordan – well done from everyone in have seen foodbank numbers rise by Kingsley. 38% in the last year despite the Alice Forson 634 economic recovery. Mid‐year stascs Finally we hope you have a Merry Bryony Meek 613 reveal in the UK 492,641 families have Christmas and a Happy New Year from been given three days emergency food Felix Minion 601 between April‐September 2014. Reed James 598

Keep going Kingsley – We can win! Amy Curs 571

Beth Harvey 571

Will Bugg 568

Natasha Meusz 567

Jennifer Cooper 565 Mr Lake – Head of House Miss Brown – Deputy Head of House Mrs Jenkins – House Administrator

Magellan contribuon to the House Point total The current Top 10 Magellan students this term. We are now at the half way leading the way are: point in this year’s compeon and it As always, the me has is only by everyone doing their bit that Charloe flown by and here we 1 MRE 725 we can hope to challenge for that Rushforth are almost at the number one spot. MLK are currently Christmas break. 2 Elise Coleman MLK 719 leading the charge for Magellan with a It has been a busy group contribuon of 9938 House Alexander Autumn Term for 3 MLK 681 Points. Fantasc! Lowbridge everyone and in parcular for Year 11, 12 and 13 with their Mock The current Top 5 Magellan Tutor 4 Erin Young MPE 646 Examinaons. This will have allowed Groups are as follows: the students to see just how well they 1 MLK 9938 5 Kacper Boniecki MAW 615 can organise themselves and cope with 2 MBF 9848 the demands of revision and the stress 6 Tommy Ross MLK 599 of examinaons. By taking the process 3 MWS 9660 seriously they will have gained a clear 7 Louise Hird MNE 594 picture of what is required and learned 4 MAW 9098 where they can make improvements 5 MID 8728 8 Megan Crossley MLK 593 for the real thing when the me comes. With first Progress Checks, Reports and 9 Bethany Neal MLK 588 Mock examinaons behind everyone, With more performances like these this is perhaps an ideal me for some we can look forward to connued 10 Oliver Morgan MBF 587 reflecon and personal target seng progress toward that first place in the Summer term. ahead of those the New Year resoluons. Finally I hope you enjoy the A Combined fesve break and I Effort wish each and every A massive thank one of you a very you to everyone happy Christmas and who has made a successful New Year! Mr Watson Miss McPherson

Miss Jenny Ludlow played support to Alvin Stardust

On Saturday 18th October 2014, Miss Jenny Ludlow, a member of the Mainstream Ausm Base, was asked to support glam rock legend Alvin Stardust at the Regal Cinema in Evesham. This was the second me she had played at the Regal, the ﬁrst me she supported 10cc.

Jenny played to a packed audience and included her own songs, Elephant and Stay, and also some covers. Alvin Stardust sang some of his songs and also told stories about his career in pop music and acng over the years. He complimented Jenny on her performance, saying she had a beauful voice.

Sadly, ﬁve days later Alvin died following a short illness. Jenny said she was saddened to hear of his death and that he was very friendly towards her and said some very kind words.

Teddy and Mrs Griffin visit Leer received from Ms Tina Regency High School Reading, Key Stage 5 Manager, Regency High School

Thank you so much for coming to school yesterday ‐ my group really enjoyed meeng you and Teddy and learnt a lot about PAT dogs.

The PMLD students also really enjoyed meeng Teddy and it will be great if you can come back again next term.

Please could you thank your Headteacher for allowing you to come over to us ‐ it is so good to make posive links with other schools.

Mrs Jacqui Griﬃn, Diverse Curriculum Co‐ordinator, was invited to give a talk to Regency Sixth Form students on voluntary work.

The students prepared quesons to ask Mrs Griﬃn about her Yorkshire Terrier Cross, Teddy, and the work he does at Pershore High School.

Teddy is a ‘Pets as Therapy’ dog and spends one day a week at Pershore High School working with students from the Hampton Centre and the BASE.

Safeguarding Notice

There has been an increasing amount of coverage of issues surrounding child sexual exploitaon in the press.

As a result of this, PACE (Parents Against Child Exploitaon) and The Safeguarding Children E‐academy have created a FREE online course to raise awareness aimed at parents and carers. This course will help parents and carers to: *understand child sexual exploitaon; *ﬁnd out how to spot the signs; *know who to report any concerns. The website link for this course, if you wish to do it, is: hp:// www.safeguardingchildrenea.co.uk/ resources/keep‐them‐safe/

Further relevant informaon on who to contact for help is available from

www.worcestershire.gov.uk/cms/ safeguarding‐children.aspx .

Participant Evaluation Form

Age (in years)……………………………..School year…………………………………………………..

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Ethnicity (Number and/or description - see below)..……………………………………………………

White

1 White British

2 White Scottish

3 White Welsh

4 White Irish

5 Any other white background (describe)

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7 White & Black African

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14 Any other Asian background (describe)

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More rewards from ePraise, this time for Parents

We are now approaching the end of the ﬁrst full term of our new rewards system. Since its implementaon, 383,050 points have been awarded to students, who are now starng to receive their rewards. Points are being redeemed in the ePraise ‘Shop’ for a range of items which include staonary, food and other special privileges.

At the me of going to press, 244 students have achieved our ﬁrst ‘Milestone’, having received 500 points. One beneﬁt of the new system is that it will strengthen the home‐school relaonship, as parents are able to share student successes as ePraise emails parents when Milestones are achieved.

All parents can login to ePraise using the email address shared with school. Once logged in a wealth of informaon is available (see diagram below for some key features). In addion, ePraise has recently developed some new features which are being trialled by a small number of staﬀ and will be evaluated in the Summer Term. These features may provide further useful informaon for parents in due course. Newsleer updates will keep parents informed as and when any such developments are conﬁrmed.

A Student (PHS) ‐ Pershore

Points Aendance See what your child is being rewarded for, which subjects and where they rank in Monitor your son or the whole school. You can also see points available to spend and what Milestones daughter’s aendance they have achieved (when Milestones are met you should receive an email) for this academic year.

Privacy Notice - Data Protection Act 1998

We, Pershore High School, are a data controller for the purposes of the Data Protecon Act. We collect informaon from you and may receive informaon about you from your previous school and the Learning Records Service. We hold this personal data and use it to:

Support your teaching and learning;

Monitor and report on your progress;

Provide appropriate pastoral care,

Assess how well your school is doing.

Support a Young Person in their transion to a Post‐16 Provider of Educaon or Training.

Informaon about you that we hold includes your contact details, naonal curriculum assessment results, aendance informaon and personal characteriscs such as your ethnic group, any special educaonal needs you may have and relevant medical informaon. If you are enrolling for post 14 qualiﬁcaons the Learning Records Service will give us your unique learner number (ULN) and may also give us details about your learning or qualiﬁcaons.

In addion for Secondary and Middle deemed Secondary Schools

Once you are aged 13 or over, we are required by law to pass on certain informaon to providers of youth support services in your area. This is the local authority support service for young people aged 13 to 19 in England. We must provide the names and addresses of you and your parent(s), and any further informaon relevant to the support services’ role. We may also share data with post 16 providers to secure appropriate support on entry to Post 16 provision.

However parent(s) can ask that no informaon beyond names, addresses and your date of birth be passed to the support service. This right transfers to you on your 16th birthday. Please tell Mrs Alison Nice, [email protected] , or 01386 552471 extension 289 if you wish to opt out of this arrangement. For more informaon about young people’s services, please go to the Naonal Careers Service page at hps:// naonalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/aboutus/Pages/default.aspx

We will not give informaon about you to anyone outside the school without your consent unless the law and our rules allow us to.

We are required by law to pass some informaon about you to the Department for Educaon (DfE) and, in turn, this will be available for the use(s) of the Local Authority.

If you want to see a copy of the informaon about you that we hold and/or share, please contact Mrs Alison Nice, [email protected] or 01386 552471 extension 289.

Your aenon is drawn to the full text version of this Privacy Noce on Worcestershire County Council's website. hp://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/cms/school‐informaon‐for‐parents/policy‐and‐guidance.aspx

If you require more informaon about how the Local Authority (LA) and/or DfE store and use your informaon, then please go to the following websites: hp://www.worcestershire.gov.uk and use the search funcon to look up privacy noces. hp://www.educaon.gov.uk/researchandstascs/datatdatam/b00212337/datause

If you are unable to access these websites we can send you a copy of this informaon. Please contact the LA or DfE as follows:

Performance Development Team Worcestershire County Council Children's Services County Hall Worcestershire County Council WR5 2YA Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01905 728848 Public Communicaons Unit Department for Educaon Sanctuary Buildings Great Smith Street London SW1P 3BT Website: www.educaon.gov.uk email: hp://www.educaon.gov.uk/help/ contactus Telephone: 0370 000 2288

Senior Citizens’ Coffee Morning

Pershore High School Alumni

Are you a past student of Pershore High School ? Do you know someone who is ? We are hoping to set up an Alumni for old pupils

Keep an eye on our Facebook Last Friday, Pershore High School “This is a really important date in the and Twitter pages for entertained around 150 local people school’s calendar when we have the at its annual Senior Cizen’s Coﬀee opportunity to give something back information on old pupils Morning. Those aending were to our local community and give a given food and drinks, Christmas gis, really happy start to their Christmas We would love you to contact and entertained by choir, group and celebraons.” individual student musical performances. us with your details at Carols were sung and a great me was Pictured above: Victoria Knapton and had by all. Head teacher, Clive Head Girl, Alice Bull with Rev Arthur [email protected] Corbe, who compered the event, said; Williams at the coﬀee morning.

Important information about term time absence

Changes have been made to exceponal circumstances. Head teacher might consider that an the guidelines provided by The Head teacher will be responsible for immediate holiday might enable the Worcestershire County Council deciding what constutes exceponal child concerned to beer deal with relang to the authorisaon of term circumstances and each request for term‐ the situaon; me absence will be considered on an me absence for holidays. ● the holiday might be a unique, individual basis. The naonal regulaons governing one‐oﬀ never‐to‐be‐repeated student aendance make it clear An exceponal circumstance is likely to be: occasion which can only take place at

that parents do not have any right the me requested. ● a one‐oﬀ, unique situaon such as, or entlement to take a child out of a parent, grandparent or other close The cheaper cost of holidays in term school for the purposes of a term‐me relave is seriously ill and the holiday me will not be accepted as an holiday. Holidays during term me proposed is likely to be the last such exceponal circumstance. should be seen as an excepon to the holiday; norm and term me absence should Any queries relang to term me not be authorised unless there are ● there may have been a signiﬁcant absence requests should be directed trauma in the family recently and the to the House Administrator

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December 2014 Newsletter Reply Slip

Please sign this reply slip and return to the House Office, or please email details to Adminoffi[email protected] not later than Friday 9th January 2015. There is a prize for the first drawn out.

Signed: ………………………………………………...…..…....………..….………..… Parent/Guardian

Student: ……………………………………….…………….……….. Tutor Group: ……………..

The winner of the October/November reply slip draw is:

MATTHEW JAMES ASB