Edgbarrow School Issue no. 64 - July 2012

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From the Headteacher

Head B oy an d Head Gi rl Team done a fantastic job for the children and we wish her every I wou l d l i k e to tak e thi s opportu n i ty to than k a most success in the future. ou tstan di n g Head B oy an d Head Gi rl team for thei r hard Miss Lewis, Drama Department joined us at the work an d commi tmen t thi s year. Ou r Head B oy an d Head beginning of the academic year also on maternity cover and Gi rl , Robert Tol cher an d Emi l y Rathge an d ou r Depu ty Head has not only completed her NQT year with us but also team of Li am Farrar, El l a Freeman , Jess Lehman i an d B eth helped to produce the ‘We Will Rock You’ concert, the Yeatman have been fan tasti c an d we wi sh them every lower school production of ‘James & the Giant Peach’ as su ccess for the fu tu re. well as offering lots of trips and visits to the theatre. Many thanks and best wishes to Miss Lewis.. Con gratu l ati on s to Davi d Goswel l an d Lau ra Jen k i n son on Miss Depaty also joined us at the beginning of the thei r appoi n tmen t as Head B oy an d Head Gi rl an d fu rther academic year to teach Languages. Many congratulations to con gratu l ati on s to ou r Depu ty Head team of Domi n i c her for passing her NQT year as she becomes a qualified Nayl or, Lou i sa B ri tton , Emma Lon don an d Lau ra Raymen . teacher and our very best wishes for the future. Miss Sagher, a Performing Arts Technician, who has W el come B ack spent the year with us supporting the Music and Drama W el come back from matern i ty l eave to Mrs B l azer, Head of Departments and is leaving us to complete her PhD. We Drama, Mrs Dobbs, En gl i sh an d Mrs Petri , Head of wish her every success. Lan gu ages, who are al l retu rn i n g for September. It wi l l be Mr Woods, an LSA for the last year, has accepted an fan tasti c to have al l three col l eagu es back wi thi n the team. offer of a teacher training placement with Windsor and Maidenhead for September. We are absolutely delighted Name chan ges for Mr Woods who will be a fantastic teacher. W e wou l d l i k e to con gratu l ate Ms B u rden , who got marri ed Mr Sandy, an LSA also for the last year, leaving us to du ri n g thi s past year an d wi l l retu rn i n September as Mrs start a primary teacher PGCE course at Reading University. Hartl ey. Mi ss Patten retu rn s as Mrs Cran e. As an ex student and now soon to be an ex colleague, we Thi s year you wi l l n oti ce that a n u mber of ou r LSA Su pport wish him every success. Staff are l eavi n g u s after on l y a year. Al thou gh thi s i s sad for Mr Forbes was also part of the LSA team who u s i t i s fan tasti c for them as so man y of ou r col l eagu es have joined us last September and we are delighted to report that u sed thi s year to gai n experi en ce of teachi n g an d work i n g i n he is also starting a Graduate Teaching Programme in a school i n order to secu re pl aces on PGCE or GTP cou rses. September. During the year Mr Forbes also took on some Not on l y have we been del i ghted to gi ve these col l eagu es teaching of Government and Politics in which he did a great thi s opportu n i ty bu t I k n ow that the school an d stu den ts job and we are very grateful. have ben efi ted hu gel y from thei r con tri bu ti on to extra Mr Sutton joined us part way through the Autumn cu rri cu l ar acti vi ti es across the school . So man y than k s for al l Term and he has also gained a place on a Graduate Training the ti me an d effort they have gi ven stu den ts du ri n g the year. Programme and therefore will be leaving us to join his new school in September. Than k you an d Goodbye to… ... Mr Santino joined our Maths Department some Mrs Nash i s an LSA who joi n ed u s i n March 2012 on three years ago and he is leaving us to become the Head of a temporary con tract. Maths at Homefield Prep School in Sutton. Our sincere Mr An derson joi n ed u s as an LSA i n Jan u ary 2012 on thanks to Mr Santino for all that he has done for Edgbarrow a temporary con tract an d i s l eavi n g to start a GTP i n En gl i sh School. He will be remembered for the quality of his maths at SW ELTEC an d we wi sh hi m wel l . teaching, for his excellent support of the school and finally Mi ss McNau ghton joi n ed ou r Lan gu ages his superb singing at a number of our events. Our very best Departmen t i n October 2011 for a matern i ty cover an d has wishes as he moves on in his career.

1 Mrs Richards our Clerk to the Governors has Mrs Straker has had real impact on colleagues and the recently left us after four years in post. She has been a most students she has taught. Mrs Straker has been part of the outstanding Clerk to the Governors and will be sorely English team that across the years has developed into the missed, but she leaves us with our heartfelt thanks and our most outstanding department and she should be justly very best wishes as she pursues other interests. proud of the role that she has played within the team. Ms Spencer became our Head of Performing Arts in September 2008 and has done a fantastic job in developing As for the support she has offered the SEN Department, the music curriculum across the school. If you have been at there will be a large number of individual students who will any of our recent music concerts I am sure you could not not only have gained confidence from Mrs Straker’s direct have failed to be impressed with the quality and variety of teaching and support but will have found school a happier performances from a large number of our students. It’s place to be through the personal support she has offered. been an absolute pleasure to see this aspect of school life Our sincere thanks to Mrs Straker for everything she has develop. Our sincere thanks to Ms Spencer as she leaves us done for the students and the school across her eighteen to start her own business. years and our very best wishes to her for a long and happy Mr Moist also joined the school some four years ago retirement. as a teacher of Maths and he leaves us this term to take up a post of responsibility at The Piggott School. Mr Moist has Mrs Beattie joined Edgbarrow School in September been a fantastic member of the Maths Department and a 1988 in the World Studies Department and in July 1993 great teacher for our students, and it has been a pleasure to became a Head of Year. She quickly became the see his teaching career develop. We are so pleased to see cornerstone of the pastoral system within Edgbarrow that he has gained promotion to a new school and we wish School. Her experience and excellent judgement, helped to him every success as he takes up this new post in guide the school to the judgement of Outstanding for September. He has an open invitation to return to pastoral care and guidance. Students have thoroughly Edgbarrow School at any time to play with the staff band. enjoyed her teaching and staff have relied on her Mrs Hawkins joined us as Second in PE some five knowledge, wise counsel and good will. We have lost count years ago. During this time she has shared in the leadership of the number of trips and visits that this lady has organised of the department and really helped us to develop girls’ and run over the 24 years. I suspect that thousands of participation, clubs and teams as well as initiating the students will have gained the opportunity to travel, both in updating of our PE uniform. Mrs Hawkins is an outstanding this country and abroad, because of Mrs Beattie’s teacher who is just as effective out on the playing fields as in willingness to give of her free time across weekends and the classroom. With a young family, she has decided to take holidays. Students remember trips and visits far more than a break from teaching in schools and will be starting up her lessons and therefore I am pleased to say that thousands of own business. We wish her every success for the future. children will always be thankful and grateful to Mrs Beattie. Mr Smith joined the Design Technology Department six years ago and we are delighted for him as he In fact every school should have a Mrs Beattie and this has recently been appointed to join The Halliford School in school will miss her tremendously. She has given her heart Shepperton as Head of Design Technology. Mr Smith has and soul to Edgbarrow School and should be very proud of been an excellent teacher and he has given his heart and soul her contribution and all that she has achieved within her to not only the department and students but also to the life teaching career and we wish her health and happiness in her of the school, joining in dance shows and EdgeFactor retirement. evenings. There will be many GCSE and A Level students Painting and Gardening who I am sure will be very grateful to Mr Smith for all the Once again my thanks go to the PTA and members of the hours that he has put in across evening and holidays in order Governing Body who continue to support our rolling for them to complete coursework and secure to grades. programme of decorating and gardening within the school. Our very best wishes and sincere thanks as he moves on to th the next stage in his teaching career. On Saturday 26 May our gardeners worked on the flower Mrs Welfare joined us as a Curriculum Assistant in beds outside Humanities and at the front of school, ensuring May 2005 and this academic year became our SIMS Data that they were all looking wonderful for the remainder of Assistant. Mrs Welfare has moved to a local primary school summer term. Our painting crew decorated four as a Finance Officer and we wish her every success. classrooms and some of the corridors downstairs in the Humanities Block. The whole area looks fantastic. Retirements Mrs Straker has worked at Edgbarrow in the English Could I please take the opportunity to notify all parents that and Progress Departments since February 1994. Mrs our next Painting and Gardening day will be on Saturday 29th Straker has taken the decision to retire and I understand the September and we are open for business between 9.00 am family are moving to mid Wales in the near future. As a and 2.30 pm so if you can make a couple of hours it would teacher of English she has been a strong member of the be great to see you. team who has taught GCSE, AS and A Level English and been Hill Block a real personality within the department and the school. As you might be aware from the local press, the Youth Club With her strong Welsh accent and Doc Martin bovver boots on our site has now closed which has allowed us to make 2 further use of our old Sixth Form building which is now called Hill Block. This year we have been using the space as a second Drama Studio and from next year the Student PLEASE CAN YOU…

Use our Online Payment Scheme for trips and visits which is not only very convenient for parents/carers, it is also a more efficient use of time for us in school. The feedback I have received from our Finance Department is that this is a much more efficient system. If you have any feedback for us please can you contact us on [email protected] with the subject heading of Feedback Online Payment System.

Ÿ Help us as a school to be good neighbours to the local residents in our area. Presently Bryon Drive and Kingley Close, both off Sandhurst Road, are becoming very congested throughout the day. Local residents are becoming increasingly frustrated and concerned about access to their own driveways. In the mornings parents are dropping off, in the evenings they are waiting to collect and during the day parking on these roads has increased considerably. We have spoken to our Sixth Form regarding the quality of parking and the need to ensure that access to driveways are left clear. The police are aware of this situation and are monitoring the parking in these areas each day.

Ÿ Can you ensure that your child wears a cycle helmet if they ride their bike to school? Furthermore, could I ask you to talk to them about the importance of cycling safely on the roads, as last week we understand three boys shot across Grant Road without looking causing a very dangerous situation. We don’t want anybody being hurt when travelling to and from school.

PLEASE CAN YOU NOT…

Ÿ Give students any tablets or medicines to take themselves during the school day. All medication must be handed in to and administered by our School Nurse. Could parents/carers also please ensure that students are aware that they should never take any medication that has been prescribed to someone else.

Messages for Parents from Simon Bowden – Local Police Commander, Bracknell Forest

As we approach warmer and hopefully dryer evenings, Thames Valley Police has an important message for parents who don’t appreciate the risks of giving their children alcohol or leaving their children alone with alcohol - even beer: Being a parent brings tough responsibilities these days, the best choice is the one that keeps your child safe. Giving your underage child alcohol to drink with friends is not only hugely irresponsible but also unlawful. Children under 18 years age should not be taking alcohol out to parks or buying alcohol from pubs or off licences. The health risks and the risks they put themselves in when under the influence do not bear thinking about.

A recently published report on underage drinking titled 'Under the Influence' is a really interesting read for responsible parents that are keen to ensure a healthy lifestyle for their children in later life. Read it hear http://www.demos.co.uk/projects/under- the-influence. It investigates how far parenting style affects children's drinking behaviour in later life. Their research shows that parenting style is one of the most statistically reliable influences on a child’s drinking patterns in adolescence and adulthood: Tough love – parenting which combines affection with firm boundaries – results in children being less likely to have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol in later life.

Police and Community Support Officers patrol parks and open spaces during summer months as part of Operation Lyon Cub, Young people found drinking or in possession of alcohol will be dealt with firmly and parents will be contacted to collect them, either from the location or the police station following arrest. Full details of underage drinkers will be maintained and depending on the circumstances further partnership interventions with Children's Social Care may be considered.

The Bracknell Forest Community Safety Partnership will continue to carry out test purchasing checks and follow up where necessary to ensure all premises are acting as they should be to control antisocial behaviour and underage drinking and action will be taken where premises sell to underage customers.

I hope that as responsible parents, you will join me in keeping Anti-Social Behaviour off our streets and parks over the summer.

3 Year 7 News Head of Year : J Cooper

I can hardly believe that I am writing the piece for the number of Year 7 pupils have taken part in cricket, rounders summer newsletter, not only because the weather is and athletics representing the school. Special autumnal but because these last three terms have flown by! congratulations must go to the boys and girls team who Year 7 have completed their first year at Edgbarrow and for represented Edgbarrow at the District Athletics the vast majority have had an extremely successful year. competitions gaining second and third places respectively and highlighting the tremendous talent within the year group. A number of our students also took part in the Maths Challenge and I am pleased to see so many achieving the Gold, Silver and Bronze awards. Congratulations to Abigail Pearce who was awarded Best in Year. We are fast approaching our Sports Day and are looking forward to seeing the Year 7 tutor groups competing for points on the day. We have an Olympic theme and Year 7 will be ‘cheer leading’ some of the athletes. I have been The summer term has continued to be a very busy time for pleased to see how enthusiastic a number have been to be all involved with year 7 and has provided many involved with this event and have worked hard to make it a opportunities for us to celebrate the achievements of success. members of the Year group. Our term started with the whole of the year group completing a ‘Green Dragon’ day The year group has had the opportunity to participate in in which they worked in groups designing an ecological several trips during the year. 47 pupils are travelling to gadget which they had to pitch to the year group and a team Osmington Bay at the end of term for what promises to be of ‘Dragons’ similar to those on Dragons Den. I was so a fun packed weekend with lots of challenges and team impressed with not only the standard of designs, level of building activities arranged for them. All of the year group teamwork and creativity but also the high level of pitches will be visiting Dover Castle during the Enrichment Days made by the teams. which I know they will find an enjoyable and rewarding experience. Joel Gunner, the winning Many of the students have risen to the challenge of presenter ,and Zoe Robson performing in assembly. I have been impressed with the and Lucy Rivers from the hard work that they and their tutors have given and pleased winning team ‘Suncell’ to see so many of them speaking in public which has given (Eden Philpot, Charlotte them such confidence. 7P presented an assembly on Bryson, Ella Scroby, opportunity, 7Q inspired us with their Olympic assembly, Cormack Ridout, Lucy 7U entertained us with all the challenges and new skills that Rivers, Zoe Robson, Joshua they had learned at Edgbarrow and 7R entertained us with Salvado, Albert Watson and Cameron Withers) have their performance encouraging us to make the most of all written the following about the event: opportunities and highlighting that we can be whatever we The Green Dragon project was an event that everyone in the want. year group enjoyed. The day was fun because we developed our We have continued to run our ‘Success’ challenges own ideas with only a little input from the adults to design our throughout the term. This summer the students have been eco-friendly ideas. We made models of our prototypes and trying to achieve their 7 Summer Successes. One of the pitched them to the rest of the year group. The presentation challenges was to design a leaflet entitled ‘Year 6 Guide to was good as we used a microphone and stage so it felt real. Our starting at Edgbarrow’ giving advice to the new Year 6 group ‘Suncell’ made a solar powered battery. We designed the students to help prepare them for life at Edgbarrow. The case as the battery charger so you didn’t have to buy a separate standard of work was extremely high and congratulations charger. There were lots of prizes for different roles such as go to the winning designers Beth Kidd, Ella Scroby and Amy best presenter and best model of idea, but what was more Crocker. Their leaflets have been produced and issued to important was the teamwork the Year 6 students when they came for their induction involved. Everyone worked at evening earlier this month. their best as As I reported last term we have had a successful time entrepreneurs. supporting the school on SongoSongo Island in Tanzania. I have been delighted to see The families were very grateful for the shoes that we sent. so many of the year group The Kindergarten school expressed a wish for more actively involved in sporting uniform for the pupils who were sharing T-shirts. Pupils is opportunities at school and a 7S designed a logo to go on T-shirts that we bought with the

4 Year 7 News in 7S designed a logo to go on T-shirts that we bought with extremely fortunate to have Miss Knowles as my deputy for the money raised earlier in the year from our cake sale and the past 4 years and I am sad to be losing her as she leaves we were able to send 175 T-shirts to the school. The photo our year group to be the Deputy Head of Year for the new below shows the Charity Reps with the completed shirts Year 7 group. Miss Knowles has been a fantastic Deputy. before they were flown to Tanzania. She has given hours of hard work and commitment to the year group and many of the opportunities that the students have had would not have been possible without her time and enthusiasm. I cannot thank her enough for her dedication to the team and her unending support of her tutor group. I wish her well with her new year group who are very lucky to have her.

I am delighted with the fantastic year that Year 7 have had and the progress that the pupils have made in lessons during the year. The grade reports have been very encouraging and it has been a pleasure to ask Mr Elsey to present so many certificates during the year for fantastic work. Well done Year 7.

I wish all of you and your families a well earned rest over the summer holiday. Have fun, stay safe and return to school refreshed and ready for a very successful Year 8. The children at the Kindergarten were delighted with the T- shirts and shoes Year 7 Drama Club that we sent as the photos we received from them clearly show. We will continue our fund raising for the school next term and are hoping to strengthen our links with them by developing email contact.

As we move towards Year 8 the Year 7 tutors and I have also found ourselves looking back on the memories of this past year. We have encouraged the students to bring in something to put in their tutor groups’ ‘Time Capsule’ which we will seal at the end of term and open as the students prepare to leave in Year 11. Each tutor group has made a short film and they have all written a letter to themselves. I am sure that it will bring back many lovely memories as they I have been working with a group of remarkably dedicated read them in four years’ time. students in Year 7 since January of this year to create a devised performance of Roald Dahl’s ‘James and the Giant Thank you to everyone who attended our recent Parents’ Peach.’ I have been really impressed with the Evening. I enjoyed the opportunity to discuss your child’s commitment, focus and progress of the group and I am progress and Grade report and to celebrate their delighted with the performance that they have created. achievements. It was a pleasure to be able to reward pupils Using their imaginations, snippets of script and unique achieving only 1’s and 2’s on their reports with a Pizza and sense of humour they have created a comical version of the Film evening and hope to run a similar event in Year 8 with popular children’s story. I would just like to take a moment even more pupils eligible to join us. We have also rewarded to say thank you to all of you who worked so hard, you students with a merit raffle awarding their success during the have made my lunchtimes a pleasure! year. Thank you year 7 Drama Club! Of course all of the opportunities and success that the pupils Mrs Lewis have achieved over the year would not have been possible without the tremendous amount of work put in by their tutors and I would like to extend my thanks to them for all their hard work and effort over the year. I have been

5 Year 8 News Head of Year : M Jackson

The Summer Term seems to have flown by and has been The summer concert was a huge success; well done to yet another busy and successful term for Year 8 pupils. everyone, especially the Year 8s, who sang or played in it. It Our focus and priority this year been to achieve the best was a brilliant hour or so of performing groups like the swing we can leading up to an important time next year when band and the GCSE/BTEC music groups; not forgetting we start to choose our options. This term there has been soloists and duets! lots of hard work, both within the tutor team and from other staff members, to support Year 8 in avoiding the As a year group we have successfully sent teams to the Teen ‘performance dip’ associated with this school year. The Tech event at Ascot Racecourse in May, where we won recent grade reports demonstrated the excellent progress prizes competing against approximately 30 other schools made by the majority of pupils and there were many and our Maths Olympic Team have recently won the positive conversations at the Year 8 parents’ evening that Bracknell Forest Olympic Challenge. Well done to all pupils followed. This week, Year 8 have completed some who took part and represented the school so well. reading assessments and CATs tests in order to aid their transition to Year 9. Year 8s continue to take part in a variety of sporting activities both in and out of school. cricket, rounders, tennis This term has seen Year 8 participate in a variety of and athletics are all sports which have been well different trips and activities. The represented by Year 8. Details of some of the performances History department ran a trip to are included in the Sports Report but for me as Head of Year Hampton Court palace, in relation it has been pleasing to see new pupils taking part in different to their studies in school. Pupils activities and representing the school. With the London spent the day learning about Olympics almost upon us, it is good to remember that whilst Tudor life. We were lucky enough winning is good; the taking part is equally as important! to see a reinactment of how Henry VIII acted with some of his The poor weather has seen a delay to Sports Day this year. wives. One pupil managed to get As I write this, Sports Day is yet to take place. However, I in his way and was called ‘a filthy am sure all those pupils who are taking part in Sports Day peasant!’ representing their form and us as a year group will do us proud. To help to make it a fantastic day for all involved, it would brilliant to see all the pupils dressed up in their ‘tutor Our Year 8 trip to Barton Hall was another huge success. colours’ and give the day a sense of community as they cheer The pupils really enjoyed their time away giving them the each other on. chance to make new friends, strengthen existing friendships, as well as tackling new challenges such as Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the abseiling, archery, quad biking, rock climbing and a Year 8 tutors who have continued to support and encour- sensory trail. Thankfully the rain held off and, although age their tutor groups throughout the year. On this note, wet and slippery underfoot, all pupils had a go at the this term we say a fond farewell to two of our tutors. Ms activities on offer. A Spencer (8R) is leaving us to set up a music and dance great time was had franchise for preschool children known as ‘MAD academy’. by all. Miss Bradley (8T), covering for Mrs Dobbs whilst she is on maternity leave, has secured her dream job working in America. We wish them both the very best of luck for the future! Sensory Trail . Finally, I would like to thank you all for another really good year and say how much I enjoy being your Head of Year and working with both pupils and parents as we progress through your school life.

Enjoy the Summer break and I look forward to seeing you all refreshed and ready for the challenges of Year 9. Rock Climbing

6 Congratulations

EDGBARROW ATHLETICS TEAM DISTRICT ATHLETICS – TOP PERFORMERS

U17 – Yr 10 and 11 U15 – Yr 8 and 9 John Dillon – 1st in hurdles and 3rd in Triple Ebony Odaranile – 2nd in Discus Jump Alicia Martin – 2nd in Triple Jump Paddy Finch – 2nd in Hurdles, 2nd in 400m Ryan O’Donoghue -1st in 100m Scott Halsted – 1st in 1500m Connor Green – 1st in 200m Savas Kesken – 1st in High Jump, 2nd in 100m Luke Godfrey – 2nd in 200m Harry Wilde – 2nd in Javelin, 2nd in High Jump Luke Harris – 1st in 400m and 1st in 800m Lucy Mitchell – 1st in 200m Alex Clayton – 1st in 1500m Scarlett Jackson – 2nd in 300m Will Cooper – 2nd in 1500m Isabeth Brayshaw – 1st in 1500m Guy Finch – 2nd in Discus Ellie Cooper 1st in Javelin Sean Stichbury – 1st in Javelin Zoe Streat – 2nd in High Jump Jack Newman – 2nd in High Jump Alex Jenkins 2nd in Long Jump

Edgbarrow U15 Football team celebrating with their trophy after winning the East Berks Schools Cup.

English Schools’ Athletics Championships

Over the weekend Scot Halsted ran in the English Schools’ athletics championships in Gateshead – you may have seen it on Sky Sports. His winning time was 8:35.06 ns beating his closest competitor by approx 3 seconds.

Ellie Cooper was also there competing in the javelin and she finished 11th.

7 Year 9 News Head of Year : E. McClatchie

It’s hard to believe we are fast approaching the end of maintain in the future. I’m also sure that their spoken Year 9. As I look back at this tem it seems to have been German will have also improved greatly from this even busier than the last two! We have certainly managed experience. to fit in an awful lot. The last grade reports have recently We also took 55 Year 9s to Disneyland Paris. The gone home and I am delighted to see how hard they have weather was glorious, the pupils were fantastic and we all all been working and how this has been reflected in their had a wonderful time. It was a real pleasure to spend attainment and other grades. I am sure the hard work time with such an enthusiastic, fun group of young they have put in will set them up to deal with the people. We all enjoyed the magic of Disney for two days challenges of Years 10 & 11. and finished off seeing the sites of Paris. As their Head of As usual Year 9 have been busy on the sporting front. The Year I was extremely proud of them! Year 9 rounders team were very successful winning all Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to a couple of our their games this year. The boys cricket team were also tutors this term. Firstly Mrs Lewis, who has been very successful making their way through the county cup. covering 9R whilst Mrs Blazer has been on maternity Unfortunately they were knocked out by Eton in a very leave. She has done a wonderful job with 9R and I am closely contested game. A large number of the year group sure they will miss her. Sadly Mr Santino who has been have been involved in the athletics fixtures this year and a 9V’s tutor is moving on to a new school at the end of number of them made it through to the county finals. term. I know he has been a great tutor and 9V will really I was delighted to see a large number of Year 9s involved miss him. I would like to wish them both every success in the summer concert and was impressed by the high in their future careers. quality of their performances. Finally I would like to wish you all a fantastic Summer As you are aware, the Year 9 quiz and prize is ‘Bubba’ the holiday and well deserved rest! I look forward to tackling giant yellow bath duck,;9T won him for the Easter the challenges of Year 10 together and having another holidays and Sam Gillett took him to Australia for his fantastic year! holidays. At half term, 9P won and Sally Armstrong- Davies took him to the Isle of Wight on her family holiday. TIRABAD TRIP We look forward to seeing who wins him for the Summer holidays and where he ends up. This term a group of about 20 Year 9s have trained to be peer mentors. They will be working with the new Year 7s next September, helping them to settle in. I was delighted to see them helping the Year 6s on their induction day. Their help and support will be invaluable for those pupils who find the transition to secondary Our time in Tirabad was amazing, the best school difficult next year. experience ever! The amount of new friends you The Year 9s have had another term where many of them make is unbelievable. Every have been away on school trips. The first trip to depart day brought new activities was the Gifted & Talented trip to Tirabad. A group of and with that a new side to about 25 Year 9’s set off for a fun filled week of activities us we never thought that in Wales. Fortunately the weather was kind to them and our favourite activity would the sun shone. Mr Kay reported back that the group had be Gorge Scrambling, been fantastic to take away and had really enjoyed all the the Mountain Rescue! challenges they faced. We really loved it The Duke of Edinburgh group did their practice there and we wish expedition earlier this term. Despite the cold night and we could go back! some interesting route choices they all eventually made it By Leah and safely to the meeting point! I am sure they will have a lot Alys of fun and a very successful time on the full expedition. During this term the Year 9s also did the return leg of their German Exchange. I have been told by the staff who accompanied them they were a great group to take away and that they had a wonderful time. I am sure some of them will have forged great friendships that they will

8 Year 9 News

Disneyland trip 2012 German Exchange Trip 2012

We all had a great time in Disney last weekend. Although suffering from lack of sleep, we’re still trying to get over the excitement of Disney. On Friday, we all got on our coach at 8:00 and started our 13 hour long journey to Disney. Even on the coach, we could ‘taste the magic’ as Marcus said. We even made up our own Disney song, much to the amusement of all the teachers. We got up early on Saturday and got to the Disney studios first. Many of us dared to go on the ‘Tower of Terror’ where we dropped 13 floors! There was also the ‘Rocking Roller Coaster’ which many people went on. Then after lunch, we went to the Disneyland park. The ‘Space Mountain’ ride was definitely the most popular, with some people going on it 5 or 6 L times! The haunted house was also very disturbing Some of this year’s Year 9 students took part in the German exchange in June. We all had a fantastic time seeing We spent Sunday in the park again, with people going on the Reichstag building in Berlin, and seeing a chocolate rides like, ‘It’s a Small World’ and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’. room in the Halloran chocolate factory, where the On Monday we packed up and went to Paris for a cruise on wallpaper, bookshelf, books, cat, paintings, chess board, the river. We saw Notre Dame, the Eiffel tower and lots fireplace and a grand piano were all made out of chocolate more. After a group photo in front of the Eiffel tower, we and marzipan! headed back to England and the teachers gave out prizes from the trip. We all got a glass, but others got extra prizes. For most of us, our favourite part of the Jelena was grumpiest in the morning, Kirstie got a lolly for trip was visiting the Halloren chocolate Disney spirit, and Tristan got a Mr Happy tTshirt- for museum and trying free samples. In the obvious reasons. morning we attempted a treasure hunt around the city centre of Halle. Some of The trip was a great experience and we all had a really great the boys obviously have no sense of time. Thank you. direction as they managed to end up all the way by the train station – which was right on the edge of the city! All the students thoroughly enjoyed spending time with our exchange students and their families. We all learnt a lot about typical German culture and we bravely tried some of the traditional German food. All of us enjoyed this trip a lot and will all keep in touch with our partners.

9 Year 10 News Head of Year : M Hoey

The final term for the year group has been especially busy and effort with Year 10 throughout this year. Their this year, as the pupils have found themselves well and endless patience, energy, enthusiasm and devotion have truly in the middle of exam season, sitting exams in been pivotal in supporting and inspiring the pupils English, Maths, Science, History, Computing and RE. I throughout such an important year. have been extremely impressed with the mature manner in which the vast majority of pupils have approached Many thanks to all of you as always for your continued these important milestones and I will look forward to support throughout the year. I would like to ask for that seeing them enjoy the fruits of their hard labours when continued support as we move into the final year, in the results arrive. particular in ensuring that the students return in Septem- ber with the correct uniform and that the girls’ skirts in Aside from exams, as I write this article the pupils are particular are of an appropriate length, which is just on awaiting their work experience week with a real sense of the knee, as per the school uniform guidelines. anticipation. The pupils have been fortunate enough to have been allocated some really interesting placements Have a fantastic relaxing and restful Summer break and I think the whole experience will be a really worthwhile one, as they head off to experience the Design and Technology realities of the workplace for a week. I for one am really looking forward to visiting them in these placements to Year 10 Celebration of Success day. receive some feedback on how they are getting on, as I am sure are all the tutors. We are also in the process of A number of year 10 students putting together our sports day teams. A massive thank took part in a celebration of you as always to those pupils who volunteered to take success day on Thursday 28th part in the various events, which makes the day so much June, to reward them for the more enjoyable for all involved and fingers crossed that hard work and commitment the year 10 tutor team don’t come last in the staff relay they have shown throughout for the third year in a row! the year in their Design and Technology options. The We have also recently just completed our Army Day students were taken off timetable and spent the day experience, where the year group visited Aldershot and designing and making silver jewellery. the open air event the army had organised. The only Rachel McAree, Lauren Bell Harper and Chloe Harris damp point of the day was the weather but the students .wrote: admirably did not let this dampen their spirits and fully threw themselves into the various activities. The ‘Last week we took part in a Jewellery day with a impromptu karaoke session with the army band was the professional jeweller where we made our own silver real highlight, as was the coach getting stuck in the mud jewellery. The event was a reward for our hard work in and having to be towed out by the army tractor! our Design and Technology classes. The photo shows all the students that had the opportunity to take part. The The students as always have had many extra curricular workshop ran all day and we each made a ring and a activities on offer to them throughout the term. The pendant. Ciara Lennon, a professional jeweller from Easter Ski Trip was thoroughly enjoyed by all who South Hill Park, taught us how to cut, engrave and shape attended as was the History trenches trip and the Swing silver to our own design. We all enjoyed learning new Band Trip to Spain. We have also continued our new skills and taking home our finished products. Thank you reward system this term, where tokens have been for this experience and we hope the next Year 10s will awarded for homework, effort, contribution to school have the chance to try jewellery making as well!’ etc which have translated into prizes for those pupils The following students were involved in the who have collected the most this term. The pupils have celebration of success day: voted for a reward prize of vouchers again this term and Philip Wain, Peter Buchanan, Charlie Gray, Sebastian congratulations to all who received some for their Daniels, Lauren Bell Harper, Chloe Harris, Rachel efforts. The reward system will roll onto next year with McAree, Eleanor Reynolds, Harry Wilde, Ross Vincent, a new prize, as voted for by the students, so there will be Jay Rollings, Alexandra Wilson, Oliver plenty more opportunities to get involved throughout Bell, Hannah Knowles, Isobel Stafford, year 11. Kirsty Allen, Rebecca Dove, Amy Lomax and Kiera Morel. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the tutors and attached tutors for their continued hard work Some of the students’ work 10 Year 11 News Head of Year : J. Beattie

As my last ever year group I will always have fond memories of the class of 2007-2012. They have been a fantastic group of young people, who have risen to any challenge I have given them. They have been the ‘quiet achievers’ no fuss, no bother, just hard working, talented and supportive.

The Leavers Assembly was a lovely occasion and an emotional time for both the pupils and myself. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for you very kind thoughts, words and gifts. The Prom was brilliant and everyone without exception looked stunning and I do hope it was an evening for them to remember.

The academic, individual, musical and sporting success that the year group have achieved would not have been possible without the constant support and guidance given by their tutors, Mrs Petri, Miss McNaughton, Mr Drosdzowski, Mr Moist, Mr Smith, Mrs Gascoigne and Mr Lucas. They have given time, been there to listen, helped when things were not going well but above all taken an interest in each and every one of their tutees.

I would especially like to thank Mr Moist, who has been my deputy this year, for all his hard work and help. It has been a delight and privilege to have worked with the year group. They have been amazing and I am very proud and lucky to have been their Head of Year.

I look forward to celebrating your successes on results day in August and wish every success and happiness to all the pupils and their families. AUSCHWITZ VISIT - APRIL 2012

As many of you are aware, on Friday the 8th June members of the England football team visited the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz.

Although in itself not a conventional visit for a football team, its significance is notable as a wider message to those who revere footballers as role models in their sport and representatives of our country.

In April of this year, we as students of Edgbarrow School were also given the invaluable opportunity to visit the camp with the Holocaust Education Trust. We too, like the squad, saw the horrors that sparked from racism and the blind ignorance of those who simply let it pass.

In Auschwitz itself a quote is displayed - one that truly emulates why both these visits are so important. It states that “the one who does not remember history is bound to live through it again.” (George Santayana)

The team’s visit unfortunately coincides with current issues surrounding racism within the sport and consequently paints a solemn reminder of what cannot be forgotten. The squad along with their managers are setting an example in visiting the site – racism in any form should not be tolerated. The location of the death camp in Poland is even more poignant when looked at in the light of the Ukrainian football supporters’ racist behavior as broadcast on the BBC’s Panorama.

Further work, like that of the Holocaust Trust, gives us and other student’s similar opportunities to learn from the past. We learnt of the individual impact to those held at the camps; the importance of each person, each belonging and each picture to those involved; and, consequently, the individual response of each student that this evoked.

It is said that at Auschwitz there are no birds. That time stands still. We found that this is not true – birds fly over as they have always done; time inevitably moves on. What these visits do is remind us that despite the march of time, we must learn from the past in order to relay its teachings to the present. ‘Grace Lawes - Yr 13’

11 Out and About

Army Look at Life Course: Folkestone Teentech 2012 10th-13th April On Friday 4th May, ten Year 8 students had the opportunity to attend "Teentech" at Ascot Raceourse. During the Easter Holidays, we went to Folkestone to take The show has now been running for 4 years and is the part in an “Army Insight Course”. Savas, Reece, Jack and I brainchild of Maggie Philbin. The event is designed to took the train and Jay travelled by car. When we arrived we inspire young teenagers and had a briefing on what was going to happen during our stay. their teachers about the world We went to our accommodation and dropped our stuff off, of Science, Engineering and and then went for lunch. After lunch we had a PTA (Physical Technology. Training Assessment). We had to do as many push ups and sit ups as we could in 2 minutes. Then a 2.4km run, Savas Students took part in a was first. After that we had to do some drill exercises e.g. number of activities including marching. "The Innovation Zone"; after a short presentation by some App designers, students We had to get up at 5:30am every morning and on the next worked within their groups of 10 to design an App. Our day, Wednesday; we had to pack our bags in preparation for students came up with a Music App This idea was our 24 hour exercise. We left on this exercise and we learnt selected as the "Most Innovative Idea" and the students how to patrol, make rations, put on camouflage and how to have received a personalised snipe, setting up where we were sleeping and for the whole certificate. duration of the exercise holding replica weapons. During that night we were on a reconnaissance patrol. We had to The next part of the day spy and gather information on an enemy location. It felt like involved the "Challenge Zone" the real thing and was a breathtaking experience. Also that where they saw the latest night we were put into 2 teams and had to do a stretcher developments in printing "3D" run, which was really hard. and were able to design and print their own simple designs; this was followed by a visit The next day we had to get up at 4:30am and we all went to Sea Vision; a campaign to raise awareness of sea and to a field where we had to get into pairs and were given maritime activites. The challenge here was to prepare a paintball guns. We had to go around shooting targets using yacht ready to sail after a demonstration. Our students all the skills we had learnt the previous day. On arriving were divided into two teams of back at the base we had a shower. After lunch, we changed five and completed the into sports gear and played football, and our team won the exercise in a dead heat, and final! We were due to do some team building exercises but were only one second off the the weather was horrendous so we went to the shops and winning time! then watched a film. After lunch students moved on to the "Insight Exhibition". On the final day, we got up at 5:30am and had breakfast, Earlier in the day all the students attending were asked to followed by a room inspection. We packed all our things up, come up with their own ideas on how to improve life in completed an inside obstacle course, a virtual shooting game 2050. There were a number of different prize winnning and had a talk with a Careers Officer, and finally had a categories and I am delighted to report that Liberty Curtis debriefing and were issued with our certificates. Savas got won two prizes! Liberty was one of 3 overall prize an award for “the Best Fitness”. We then departed for winners who each won an IPod! Her second prize was home, overall it was a great experience. We met some great in the "Special Mention" category; again there were 3 people, Gary, and Moses our leader was really good and all winners and the prizes in this category were based on he said was HAPPY. having an idea which is already in development. The prize By Eoghain, Reece, Jay, Jack and Savas. is for the CEO of the company to come into school to talk about how they are successfully developing a very similar concept to Liberty's.

Liberty collects her award from Maggie Philbin and entrepreneur, Marshall Leopold

12 Out and About

Edgbarrow was the only ARMY DAY school enjoying the fabulous ADVENTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!! music (kind of). We all anxiously waited for some of the Edgbarrow girls to Everyone was brewing with excitement as we show off their singing talents approached the ‘banter bus’. After we all sat down on the and boy did we get involved banter bus we decided that we would sing some old in that. MOSH PIT!!!!!! classics that were even better than the original, such as Everyone was jumping up ‘Build me up Buttercup’, Don’t you want me baby’ and and down singing along the all time classic ‘Baby’ by Justin Bieber. whilst Ashaan was on the As we entered the venue shoulders of Sam D bopping everyone got off the ‘banter bus’ up and down. At the end of the entertainment we all and couldn’t wait to get involved went over to see Jack and Matt Stevens break the record in the activities. When we were for weight lifting and Jamie nearly winning the bench eventually let in after collecting weight lifting our stickers expertly handed out competition by Matt Stephens ,everybody on offer. rushed to the inflatable assault Ashaan course, which was one of the nearly lifted highlights of the day. We all queued up and placed our the bar alone. bags down and waited 5 minutes for When 2 our turn. Freddy White, Luke, Matt o’clock Hales-Owen and Harrison Reid all arrived we went on together on the inflatable went back to insanity assault course. Matt and the banter Freddy went first and ambushed bus. Luke and Harrison. IT WAS A FIGHT TO THE END!!!! Everyone was waiting but some people were late. GASP Good times. :o. As we were about to get on with the journey home we got stuck in the mud (NOT THE GAME). 20 minutes of torture ensued as we waited for the Army to pull us out with their tractor. We were disappointed not to be able to push the bus ourselves but went home smug because the bus driver of the bus next to us burnt out his engine. LOL! At the end we all went home happily, singing some more classics.

By Harrison Reid and Matt Hales-Owen

After endless minutes on the inflatable insanity assault course we decided to go on the other assault course on the other side of the park. Josh, Josh, Nathan and Matt all went on it. Everyone apart from Matt got over the first obstacle cleanly whereas Matt face planted onto the blue mat and tried to catch up with his teammates. Everyone watched on in laughter. Next up on the assault course were Harry, Armand, Elliot and Matt S and the surprise of the day was when Armand front-flipped over the first obstacle with style.

After feasting on healthy burgers and pancakes we all went over to the music stand where it seemed that 13 Sixth Form News Head of Year : T Evans

All staff involved with our wonderful Year 13 students were students who show such brilliant commitment to our Sixth very sad to say goodbye to them at the end of June, and we Form, making it the happy and vibrant place it is. wish them every success and a lot of happiness for the future. We think that they are a great bunch of young people and A couple of amazing personal achievements are worthy of they have brought us a lot of happiness, fun and satisfaction mention here. Sophie Papps in Year 12 was in Barcelona last in our work with them. weekend, running in the World Junior Championships, and she will also be part of the Olympic Torch relay team when Our Year 12 students have come back to continue with their it arrives in London. Grace Lawes in Year 13 was picked as A2 work, in preparation for their final year with us. They the goalkeeper for the England Under 18 hockey team to have been busy with research into their future, whether this play against Belgium, which was great news for her (but not be in Higher Education, a job, an apprenticeship or a such good news for the Swing Band, who missed her very professional training scheme. We have been grateful to them much … but we’re all really proud of her). for their positive approach to all of this, and we believe it will stand them in good stead over the coming years. On results day, if any Year 13 students have any doubts about their grades or their uni place, they should come to The past term has been very busy with events and activities, school early (8.30). They can try to check on UCAS Track in some of which follow: the morning to see if they have a uni place, and if so, they can relax! Eeeeek! J Ÿ A London theatre trip to see ‘Wicked’ Ÿ Career presentations by Olivia Roche (Young Britain As the summer (?) holidays arrive, we remain extremely Works); Emma Tenant (Presenting yourself proud of our Sixth Formers, and we look forward to an professionally for interviews); Paul Delahunty (How to exciting and successful year from September. Have a great start and run your own business); Alexa Volker holiday everyone! (Apprenticeships); and Den Davies (Law). Ÿ Doughnut day! J Ÿ Exams! Ÿ Cancer awareness talks for the boys and the girls Ÿ Events at Wellington College Ÿ Events at Brasenose College, Oxford Ÿ Events at Cambridge university Ÿ UNIQ summer school opportunities Ÿ Uni visit days Ÿ Year 12 Induction for present Year 11s, including a lovely day at Horseshoe Lake Ÿ A bowling evening for next year’s Year 12 Ÿ Year 13 Leavers’ Day with a BBQ organised superbly by our new Head Boy / Head Girl team Ÿ A Swing Band trip, most of whom were Sixth Formers, and they were superb!

Our new Student Leadership Team comprises:

Laura Jenkinson (Head Girl) David Goswell (Head Boy) Louisa Britton, Emma London and Laura Raymen (Deputy Head Girls) Dominic Naylor (Deputy Head Boy) Term Time Only Sam Hanks (Tuck Shop Manager) Beth Nixon (Treasurer)

These are key positions with an enormous amount of responsibility, and we know that the team will be wonderful. We are creating further positions of responsibility for other very capable and talented students, and they will be announced in the next newsletter. We are grateful to all the 14 PE Department

Summer Term Sports Report country. The event was a complete success with each school producing a welcome ceremony for the runners arriving and an Olympic festival and lap around Bracknell Golf athletics track to finish, So a big thank-you to all those who Previously in the year, a selection of helped run and support the event. year 10 boys attended the Super 6 Bracknell golf competition, which they won with ease. As a result, on Go Karting the 26th June the top 6 scorers were To celebrate the success of our Year 11 GCSE and sports invited to the Berkshire school games BTEC classes this year the PE department organised a fun to compete in the finals. The event was very well run with outing to Team Sport go karting in Camberly. The event the boys competing in the morning and attending a sports was a great success with both staff and pupils having a festival where they got to try lots of new sports and brilliant time zooming around the track and achieving compete against other schools in the afternoon. What some good times. The top times went to Jordan Meade for made the afternoon even better was the fact the boys had the boys and Camilla Cox for the girls. The fastest teacher convincingly won the competition in the morning, beating trophy went to Mr Sutton closely followed by Mr Fisher 6 other schools who had won their district events. There and Mr Laurie – Pile only a have been many golfing opportunities for pupils to few hundredths of a second participate in golf over the past 2 years so keep an eye out behind. in the future opportunities if you are interested. Rounders Rowing In February 16 pupils from year 7 to 10 competed at Year 7 the East Berkshire rowing event at LVS school, After Winning against Brackenhale15 ½ -13 ½, beating Ranelagh 100% effort over a 2000 meter row and relay event 22 – 7 and Sandhurst 7 – 2 ½ , with a narrow defeat to (which is not easy!) the Edgbarrow team got through Garth Hill. The year 7 captain Shalom Matsekeza reported to the county finals for year 7 and 8 girls and years 9 “Over the summer term, the Year 7 rounders team has played fantastically. Winning 4 out of 5 matches we have done really and 10 boys and girls which is a phenomenal feat,  well. The whole team was very enthusiastic and we hope to considering many of them had never been on a play just as well next year”. rowing machine before! A special mention should go out to Matt Year 8 Stephens in Year 10 and Nicole A great run of beating Brackenhale 6-2 ½ and Sandhurst Jenkins in Year 7 who dominated 5 ½ - 3, came to a halt against a strong Ranelagh team. their categories. This allowed pupils Milly Crocker reports on the Sandhurst game “On to attend the Berkshire finals at Wednesday 20th June, Edgbarrow played Sandhurst, and won. Windsor Boys school where they narrowly fell short During the match Ashley Muttit and Hollie Dyes Shepherd competing against other schools who regularly caught a lot of the opposition out, Abi Holden stumped many practise rowing under their curriculum. of the Sandhurst team too. Everyone played so well and it was a brilliant game, Sandhurst awarded Ashley Muttit with player of the game”. Bracknell Olympic Torch Relay Year 9 In May we had a very special event in the Bracknell borough - our own torch relay to 4 out of 4 for the Year 9 Team with wins across the board celebrate the Olympics. This was organized against Brackenhale (18-2), Ranelagh (11-7), Garth Hill by the school games organiser from (9-14) and Sandhurst (8-4). Captain Rachel Boucher Bracknell and the primary and secondary reports “This year has been a lot of fun with the team and school sports co coordinators. The aim of coach Miss Madz, everyone has enjoyed playing and the event was to pass a torch which had won representing the school. We look forward to next year and ‘a Design an Olympic torch’ competition between the 43 hope to have a full sweep of victories”. schools in Bracknell. Each was to provide 2 runners to take the torch from one school to the next, Edgbarrow had Year 10 chosen Grace Lawes who plays Hockey for GB and Scott A difficult league this year brought some top rounders Halsted who is one of the top runners in the country for play from the Year 10 team, a defeat by Garth and his age group after winning the English school boys cross Brackenhale didn’t dampen spirits in this team as they 15 fought back beating strong opposition in Ranelagh (11-8 championships. During the district events we had much ½ ) and Sandhurst (10 ½ - 7). Erin Watson reports “We success with both the year 8/9 boys and 10/11 boys knew the rounders season would be tough right from the making Edgbarrow Bracknell Champions (see table for beginning. Training went well leading up to the matches and high achievers). As a result of this we had quite a few everyone was developing their skills. There were high athletes make it to the county championships where we levels of team spirit and good sportsmanship. It turned also had much success. As well as our success in Year 7, out to be a brilliant season and we hope to do the same Edgbarrow also have county champions in 200m (Connor next year.” Green), 3000m (Scott Halstead), Discus (Ebony Odarimile) and Javelin (Ellie Cooper). Scott and Ellie will Well done to all the girls that represented the Edgbarrow J be competing in the English School Championships on Rounders Team, bring on next year. the 6/7th July at Gateshead. All in all, a fantastic year for Cricket athletics at Edgbarrow. The Year 7 cricket team have beaten Garth and Brackenhale, but lost closely to Ranelagh. The best Cross Country bowlers have been Antony Kourkoulos and James Hall In the last report I mentioned some of the successes that and the best batsmen have been the school and students had had in cross Cameron Trower and Ben Kemp. country this year. Scot Halsted, a hugely The team are improving and talented young man, has enjoyed a learning in every game and have staggering cross country season. shown some good commitment and Through winning in previous schools enthusiasm for a game that is new to rounds he qualified for selection into the many of them. English schools cross county final held in Somerset. Scott ran well and won the The combined Year 8 and 9 team that has been playing in U17 competition by a comfortable margin and was the county cup has done extremely well winning at subsequently selected to run for England in the home Charters, Windsor Boys and LVS on their way to the semi international earlier in the year against Wales, Scotland and finals, where they were drawn against Eton. Northern Ireland. The race was held in Scotland so Scott In a very high standard match they were narrowly beaten travelled up with the team to run. Another strong in a game that went down to the last over, with Elliot performance brought another first place meaning that for Mitchell scoring 21 and Max Stevenson top scoring with his age group Scott is the best cross country runner in the 37. Craig Hodges also bowled well and took 3 for 17 from British Isles. No mean feat! He continues to represent the his 4 overs. The quality of cricket the boys have produced school and Bracknell Athletics Club in the summer and is this year is exceptional and they deserve a great deal of running tomorrow at the Berkshire school finals in the praise for getting so far in a competition that is dominated 3000m. A good performance here will secure selection to by the large private schools. the prestigious English schools athletics championships being held in Gateshead later on in the year.

Athletics Tennis Year 7 Athletics As usual the school is entered into the Aegon Year 8-10 On Tuesday 12th June the year 7s went to Bracknell county cup. We are the only school from Bracknell Forest athletics track to compete against the local schools in the to run tennis teams and we are getting increasingly more district competition. Edgbarrow did very well coming 3rd successful. The PE department is working closely with a out of 10 in the boys and 2nd in the girls, which is brilliant local tennis coach who is keen to increase the involvement considering some of the private schools we were with the school. Team tennis club has run all the way competing against. There were some exceptional through the autumn, winter and spring for the past year for performances from; Ben Kemp (75m), Steven Leahy the first time. The nets are up 12 months of the year. So (600m), Tom Sanders (75m hurdles), Josie Doyle (600m) far this extra effort is paying off and we are reaping the and Izzy Deacon (long jump). With this success the stand rewards with some excellent victories so far this term and out performers competed at the county championships have got into the semi finals for all competitions at present. at Palmer Park on the 28th June. As a result we now have Stand out players include; Charlie Westell, Jamie Hill, a county champion in Year 7 as Izzy Deacon won the Callum Hill, Oliver Boss Tom Long Jump, well done Izzy! Tinsley, Matt Caesar, Connor Whiteside and Louis Corrigan with Written by Izzy Deacon and Josie Doyle some great games being played. We Other years athletics have continued funding for tennis Each year group follows a similar athletics pattern to that coaching next year so if your son or described for the year 7s, where pupils compete in a daughter wishes to play please let district event with the winners going through to county the PE department know. 16 Maths Department

Senior Team Maths Challenge On Wednesday 16th November, four of our Further Maths students represented the school in the local heat of the Senior Team Maths Challenge, held at Highdown School in Reading. This event is run by the Berkshire Further Maths Network and involves an evening of maths puzzles!

The team was made up of two year 13 and two year 12 students: Rob Tolcher, David Lehmani, Peter Hitt and Sebastian Zarrilli. I had the pleasure of accompanying the students once again and I am very proud of their accomplishment. We came 6th out of Year 9 th 22 teams and only narrowly missed out on 5 place. This is the best position we have achievedGold inDaniel this competition Keogh * so far and every year we have been getting better and better. First place will be ours one day!!!! (Probably onlyCameron when Bri Etondport doesn’t * turn up!) Well done to the four students involved and I thank them for giving up their time Silver Sebastian Vetterlein Intermediate Maths Challenge - results Max Stevenson On Thursday 2nd February our top set Maths students in Years 9, 10 and 11 sat the UKMT IntermediateThomas Truckle Maths Challenge. This is a national competition with ‘problem solving’ type questionsYear 9 set around many different areasYearEthan of 11mathematics. Froome Gold Daniel Keogh * Gold HayleyJack Holden Kennard ** Our students achieved gold, silver and bronze certificates andCameron the resultsBridport are * given below: MillyWill CooperJones

Year 9 Silver Sebastian Vetterlein SilverBronze FaithJessica Jenkinson White Gold Daniel Keogh * Max Stevenson JoeSean Hardy Stichbury Cameron Bridport * Thomas Truckle JayCraig Porter Hodges EmmaAngus Hey Hamiltonwood *Daniel Keogh and Cameron McBride scored Ethan Froome Silver Sebastian Vetterlein Jack Holden AaronOliver Scardifield Jones high enough results to get through to the next Max Stevenson Will Cooper PhilipLuke AtkinsKing round of the challengeThomas for their Truckle age group (Grey EllieEleanor Cooper Smith Kangaroo Paper). Ethan Cameron Froome received a Bronze YearJessica 11 White Harriet James certificate of merit in thisJack next Holden round and Daniel Gold HayleySean Stichbury Kennard ** Amy Kent received a certificate ofWill participation. Cooper MillyCraig Jones Hodges Charles Edmundson Angus Hamilton Bronze JessicaYear 11 White Silver FaithOliver Jenkinson Jones Bronze Laura Buchanan Gold SeanHayley Stichbury Kennard ** JoeLuke Hardy Atkins Matthew Freeman CraigMilly JonesHodges JayEleanor Porter Smith Sydney Worm-Evans Angus Hamilton Emma Heywood Nick Pyke **Hayley KennardSilver scoredOliverFaith the Jenkinson Jones highest mark in Aaron Scardifield Adam Vaux the school and got throughLukeJoe HardyAtkins to the next round Philip King Julia Manning in her age category Eleanor (PinkJay Porter Kangaroo Smith Paper). Ellie Cooper Peter Batt Unfortunately, due toEmma other Hey wood commitments Harriet James Abigail Smith Hayley was not able toAaron sit Scardifield the paper at the Amy Kent Bradley McBride allotted time. Philip King Charles Edmundson Josh Bean Ellie Cooper Lisa Stichbury Year 8 and 9 Team MathsHarriet Challenge James Bronze Laura Buchanan Amy Kent On Tuesday 13th March a team of two Year 8 and two YearMatthew 9 students Freeman represented Edgbarrow at the UKMT team challenge Charles Edmundson held at Furze Platt School in Maidenhead. Our students,Sydney Matt WormCeaser,-Evans Abi Holden, Daniel Keogh and Cameron Bridport performed excellently on the day against some very toughNick competition. Pyke The challenge consisted of a number of different Bronze Laura Buchanan Adam Vaux rounds including the groupMatthew round, Freeman crossnumber, head-to-headJulia Manning competition and finally the relay race (fast walking was required!) We came 16Sydneyth out Worm of the-Evans 28 schools participatingPeter in thisBatt heat of the National Competition. Congratulations to the four students involved Nickfor gettingPyke ‘stuck in’ to a day of Maths!Abigail It was Smith a pleasure to accompany you for the day. Adam Vaux Bradley McBride Year 10 Team Maths ChallengeJulia Manning Josh Bean On Thursday 22nd March,Peter I hadBatt the pleasure of taking fourLisa of Stichbury my Year 10 top set Maths students to compete in the team challenge in Marlow. TheAbigail competition Smith is run by the Further Maths Support Programme and it was the first competition held for Year 10 students forBradley a number McBride of years. Our representatives were Charlie Goswell, Ross Vincent, Tom Cope and Alex Britton. After arriving slightlyJosh Bean late as a result of traffic, the boys got stuck into the challenges given to them. One of the rounds was on a topic that we Lisahad Stichbury to pre-prepare for and was about Distances on the Earth. The students had learnt about ‘great circles’, ‘small circles’, how to calculate in nautical miles, position using latitude and longitude and how to calculate the shortest distance between two points on the Earth. The other rounds consisted of puzzle solving activities and required the boys to work together as a team and also in pairs. Our team came joint 5th out of 16 teams. It was a very enjoyable day for all concerned and, although our students were not winners on the day, I was very proud of their achievements against some very strong competitors. 17 Year 7 Gold Abigail Pearce * Megan Hardy Maxim Savochkin Olivia Chopping Rian McQuillan-Howard

Silver Eden Philpot Aaron Wray Maths DepartmentMatthew Bally Eden Orren YearYear8 8 Rosie Brennan GoldGold HansHans Hilder Hilder ** ** Year 7 Beth Kidd Junior Maths Challenge - results AbigailAbigail Holden Holden Gold Abigail Pearce * Tanvi Laxmicant BenBen Vince Vince On Thursday 26th April our top set Maths students in YearsMegan 7 and Hardy 8 sat the UKMT Junior Maths ElwiraChallenge. Slowinska This is the first MatthewMatthew Ceaser Ceaser opportunity that these students have to participate in a nationalMaxim competition Savochkin which involves solvingNick problems Flint from all areas of MasonMason Williams Williams mathematics. Olivia Chopping David Peters AndrewAndrew Luckett Luckett Rian McQuillan-Howard Jasmine Peters Our students achieved gold, silver and bronze certificates and the results are given below: EwanEwan Beetham Beetham DavidDavid King King Year 7 Silver Eden Philpot Bronze Emily Stanners Gold Abigail Pearce * Aaron Wray Jack Dunlop SilverSilver LibertyLiberty Curtis Curtis Megan Hardy Matthew Bally Jacob Huelin AdamAdam Nixon Nixon Maxim Savochkin Eden Orren Nicole Bailey YearYear8 8 CallumCallum Hill Hill Olivia Chopping Rosie Brennan James Lomax GoldGold HansHans Hilder Hilder ** ** HarryHarry Wright Wright Rian McQuillan-Howard Beth Kidd Megan Worthington AbigailAbigail Holden Holden AlexAlex Mayes Mayes Tanvi Laxmicant Oliver King BenBen Vince Vince EthanEthan Yardley Yardley *Abigail PearceSilver also receivedEden Philpot a certificate Elwira Slowinska Lucy Such MatthewMatthew Ceaser Ceaser SophieSophie Harding Harding for achieving the highestAaron score Wray in her year. Nick Flint William Payton MasonMason Williams Williams JoeJoe Loveday Loveday Matthew Bally David Peters Hollie Piff AndrewAndrew Luckett Luckett JackJack Cowley Cowley Eden Orren Jasmine Peters Ben Hicks EwanEwan Beetham Beetham KiaraKiara Taylor Taylor Rosie Brennan Jennifer Liddell DavidDavid King King FloraFlora Hamilton Hamilton Beth Kidd Bronze Emily Stanners Cerys Bull Tanvi Laxmicant Jack Dunlop YearYear8 8 SilverSilver LibertyLiberty Curtis Curtis BronzeBronze BalaramBalaram Thirukmar Thirukmar Elwira Slowinska Jacob Huelin GoldGold HansHans Hilder Hilder ** ** AdamAdam Nixon Nixon AliciaAli ciaMartin Martin Nick Flint Nicole Bailey AbigailAbigail Holden Holden Callum Hill BethBeth Goddard Goddard David Peters JamesCallum Lomax Hill HarryHarry Wright Wright EdwardEdward Forbes Forbes JasmineBenBen Vince PetersVince Megan Worthington AlexAlex Mayes Mayes AlexAlex McLeod McLeod MatthewMatthew Ceaser Ceaser Oliver King Ethan Yardley NathanNathan King King Bronze EmilyMasonMason Stanners Williams Williams LucyEthan Such Yardley SophieSophie Harding Harding AmberAmber Keogh Keogh JackAndrewAndrew Dunlop Luckett Luckett William Payton JoeJoe Loveday Loveday RhysRhys Butchart Butchart JacobEwanEwan HuelinBeetham Beetham Hollie Piff BradBrad Ilsley Ilsley NicoleDavidDavid BaileyKing King BenJack HicksJack Cowley Cowley KiaraKiara Taylor Taylor CameronCameron Mackinnon Mackinnon James Lomax Jennifer Liddell **Hans Hilder also received certificates for FloraFlora Hamilton Hamilton EleanorEleanor Woolford Woolford SilverSilver MeganLibertyLiberty Worthington Curtis Curtis Cerys Bull achieving the highest scoreOliverAdamAdam in KingNixon his Nixon year and in AmieAmie Coombes Coombes the school LucyCallumCallum Such Hill Hill BronzeBronze BalaramBalaram Thirukmar Thirukmar ThomasThomas McLoughlin McLoughlin WilliamHarryHarry WrightPayton Wright AliciaAli ciaMartin Martin BethBeth Goddard Goddard Year 7 Maths MarathonHollieAlexAlex PiffMayes Mayes BenEthan EthanHicks Yardley Yardley EdwardEdward Forbes Forbes This year’s Maths Marathon was held on Wednesday 23rd MayAlex onceAlex McLeod againMcLeod at the 3M building in Bracknell. The competition is JenniferSophieSophie HardingLiddell Harding run for all Bracknell ForestCerysJoeJoe SecondaryLoveday Bull Loveday Schools by the EducationNathanNathan Business King King Partnership. It consists of the final at 3M and three AmberAmber Keogh Keogh preceding rounds which JackareJack heldCowley Cowley in school. Our two Year 7 competitors this year were Olivia Chopping and Tanvi Laxmicant. RhysRhys Butchart Butchart They gave up their eveningKiara Kiarato Taylor work Taylor together on maths problems against other secondary schools in the area. It was a very close BradBrad Ilsley Ilsley competition this year andFlora unfortunatelyFlora Hamilton Hamilton we did not quite make the prize winning places. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Olivia and Tanvi for all the hard work they put in, bothCameron Cameronat the Mackinnon final Mackinnon event and on the rounds before that. EleanorEleanor Woolford Woolford BronzeBronze BalaramBalaram Thirukmar Thirukmar Bracknell Forest Maths Olympics AmieAmie Coombes Coombes AliciaAli Martincia Martin th ThomasThomas McLoughlin McLoughlin On Wednesday 27 June,Beth 8Beth students Goddard Goddard from Year 8 represented Edgbarrow School in the Bracknell Forest Maths Olympics. They faced a tough afternoonEdward of Edwardsynchronised Forbes Forbes swimming, throwing events and relay races (all with a maths spin to them!) and I am delighted to say that theyAlex Alexcame McLeod McLeod first. Our team consisted of Hans Hilder, Abigail Holden, Ben Vince, Matt Ceaser, Mason Williams, Andrew Luckett,Nathan NathanEwan King BeethamKing and David King. Well done to all of them! AmberAmber Keogh Keogh CalculatorRhysRhys Butchart Butchart = £5.50 BradBrad Ilsley Ilsley Filled pencil case = £3.50 CameronCameron Mackinnon Mackinnon EleanorEleanor Woolford Woolford AmieAmie Coombes Coombes ThomasThomas McLoughlin McLoughlin

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18 Other News

World Challenge

A group of 15 students from Years 11, 12 and 13, plus Mr Newbould and Mr Croxon will be going on a World Challenge Expedition to Nepal in July. The expedition will last 4 weeks and the group will be arriving in Kathmandu for a few days ‘ acclimatisation, followed by a couple of weeks trekking through the Langtang District in the foothills of the Himalayas. The highest point on the trek reaches an altitude of 4773m so it will definitely be a real ‘challenge’ as the company name suggests. They will be camping for most of the time, but some nights will be spent staying in local ‘Tea Houses’. After the trekking phase the team will be spending a week working in a school near Kathmandu, which will give them the opportunity to learn about the local people’s lives and share in their culture. The last few days will be spent visiting Chitwan National Park to experience the rare wildlife that lives in the park, before flying home on August 10th.

Music Concert 2012

A big well done to all those performers who took part in the music concert at the end of June! What a fantastic night. We were treated to exceptional performances from Year 7 singer Josie Doyle and Year 7 dancers Fiona Knight and Rosie Brennan. Isobel McIntyre represented Year 8 with a beautiful rendition of Beyonce’s version of Ave Maria and Rosie Clarke showed off her Jazz Skills with a stunning performance on the piano! Big thanks to all performers who came together to rehearse ‘We are Young’ and we were especially proud of all the Year 7 performers who took part in their first music concert here at Edgbarrow. We were wowed by the professionalism of the Year 10 GCSE and Performing Arts groups performing their coursework pieces, running the front of house, tech and back stage areas. A special mention for Edgbarrow’s very own Ant and Dec, Max Brannon and Eoghain Kilbane who hosted the entire concert. Year 11 returned and performed some of their composing coursework and students from the Sixth Form, Rachel Foster, Ejen Acebis and Jesse Castillo from Year 12, performed as well as Sophie Austin who returned to end the concert with one of her grade 8 singing pieces.

Sadly, we say goodbye to several students leaving the swing band this year as well as Sophie Austin and Mike Holden who are leaving for very prestigious universities to follow courses in Acting and Musical Theatre. We send all those students with our very best wishes and luck for the future. A final thanks to Mr Evans and Mrs Evens who following a very busy night, and along with Mr Moist and Mrs Light, took the swing band on tour to Spain the next day! Wishing all a fantastic summer break! Ms Spencer LIBRARY NEWS

With the generous assistance of the PTA the Library has recently purchased and installed a new computer system, Oliver. This new system will allow us to provide a better service to all Library users, and in the longer term allow students to check their outstanding loans and make searches of the library catalogue..

As you may already know the 2012 Carnegie Medal (awarded annually by librarians to the writer of an outstanding book for children) has been awarded to A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. For the first time in the award’s history the same book was also awarded the sister prize the Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration. This is a challenging read for young adults which the chair of the Carnegie judges described as “an exquisite piece of writing”. A copy will be arriving in the Library shortly.

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ATTENDANCE NON- SMOKING SITE STUDENT ABSENCE: May we remind parents and Although we strive for high attendance from our other visitors that we are a We would like to remind parents and carers students, if you know your child is unwell or injured non-smoking site, and that, that we have a dedicated telephone number and not fit to be in school please do not send them. If therefore, smoking is not for reporting student absence whether it be a student becomes unwell or injured during the permitted anywhere within going to an appointmentin school. or not going to. be course of the school day it is the parent/carer’s our buildings or grounds. 01344 467675 responsibility to collect their child or arrange for a The number is: responsible adult to do so. Please ensure that your Parents can also advise of absence by using contact details are kept up to date so we can the email absenceschool reporting website. facility on the efficiently ensure the health and safety of your child.

MOBILE PHONES It is a serious breach of examination regulations to bring a mobile phone into STUDENTS’ PERSONAL an examination room – see the school STUDENT SUPPORT PROPERTY website for more details. Please ensure Parents should note that the school that students do not bring mobile phones CENTRE cannot be responsible for the personal to school during examination sessions. property of students whilst the At other times mobile phones should be students participate in off site activities The Centre is for any students experiencing switched off and remain hidden and social, emotional or behavioural difficulties and the school will not be liable for loss not used at any time on the school that may have an effect on their learning. of or damage to such property should Students and parents are welcome to this occur. By agreeing that your child contact Ms Guy and her team directly. may participate in the activity proposed site. However referrals will always be agreed you also acknowledge and agree that with the Head of Year. Ms Guy and her the school shall have no liability in this team can be contacted via the main respect. school number on 01344 772658 SCHOOL NURSE

SOFT FOOTBALLS We now have the facility to offer Paracetamol to Please remind students students if the need arises. This can only be accessed Students takingSchool Medication in that they should bring soft via the school nurse. If the nurse assesses that the use footballs (not leather ones) of Paracetamol is necessary, she will first telephone into school to play at the parent/guardian for consent. An accurate record If it is necessary for students to take any lunchtime. is kept of Paracetamol use. We hope that this will medication in school (including non-prescription enable your children to remain in school and that they medicines), the medication and a signed consent will be more comfortable and able to concentrate on form (this form can also be downloaded from the their lessons. We will of course still ask you to collect school website) must be handed in at Reception. The your child if they remain unwell or in severe pain. where it will be stored safely. The medication If you have any concerns regarding this should be sent in its original container, complete please contact the School Nurse on 01344 772658. with the expiry date and dosage details student must to come to the medical room at the required time to report to the Nurse or a First Aider before taking the medication. School Evaluation We would like to reinstate our Parent Evaluation LOST PROPERTY Forms that we used a few years ago. In time we Items of lost property can be Minibus will make this electronic but in the meantime we reclaimed from Reception at Can students please make sure that will be using paper versions at Parents’ lunchtime from 1.45pm onwards when using the school minibus they Evenings. Therefore could we please ask only. Items of PE kit are kept in do not eat when travelling in it and parents, when you attend your next Parents’ the PE department for a short time certainly do not leave any litter Evening, to spend 10 minutes completing an before arriving in Reception. Can behind. Furthermore, please do not evaluation sheet. At a recent Year 12 Parents’ we please remind all parents that wear dirty boots while travelling in Evening we received some very encouraging all personal effects should be the bus and ensure that the whole feedback from parents. named and that unclaimed lost bus is left clean and tidy after every property will be disposed of at journey. This is a fantastic new bus; the end of each term. let’s make sure we can all enjoy it.

20 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Summer Term 2012

Last Day of Term: Wednesday 18th July (school closes at 12.05pm)

Autumn Term 2012

Teacher Training Days Monday 3rd & Tuesday 4th September

Start of Term Wednesday 5th September

Half Term Monday 29th October - Friday 2nd November

Last Day of Term Friday 21st December (school closes at 12.05pm)

Spring Term 2013

Start of Term Monday 7th January

Half Term Monday 18th - Friday 22nd February

Last Day of Term Thursday 28th March (school closes at 12.05pm)

For further Term Dates/Key Dates please visit our website at:

www.edgbarrow.bracknell-forest.sch.uk

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