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July 2019 Goodbye and Thank you’s NEWSLETTER CONTENTS Mr Beard is retiring from teaching this summer after 36 years at Claverham; during that time he has seen many changes at the College and has always 2. Dress Up Day worked assiduously to ensure that the students whom he has taught at the College have made excellent progress in Science, his specialist subject area. 3. Head Boys/Head Girls , Hurdles Gold and Karate news Through his many varied roles at Claverham including his position as Assistant Principal, I know that Mr Beard has made a real difference to the lives of 4. Prom 2019 countless people in our community, especially within his role in pastoral support 5. Art trip to Paris and also as our Designated Safeguarding Lead. I am sure that you would 6. Year 9 Camp want to join me in thanking Mr Beard for the enthusiasm and devotion that he has shown to the College community and to all of the roles which he has 7. Wimbledon, Town Sports, Inter house & Lost Property carried out. We wish him all the very best in his retirement. 8. Yr. 11 GCSE Art Exhibition Mr Barnes is leaving Claverham this summer after 10 years at Claverham as an MFL teacher and most recently as Head of the MFL department. Mr Barnes’ 9. Sports Day 2019 dedication and enthusiasm have had a great impact on the enjoyment and 10. Music Centres, Data Collection Sheets, Meal success of the pupils whom he has taught at the College. We wish him all the Price Change, Punctuality and ‘Put your very best for the future. devices down...’ 11. ‘Put your devices down’ continued. Mr Vincent is also leaving his role as a Maths teacher after 6 years with us. He has made an excellent contribution to the College and has had many 12. School Diversity Week & Sierra Leone successes and passed on his enthusiasm for his subject to all those he has Friendship Link Visit taught. I wish him every success with his move to France. 13. Swimming, Spanish Ambassador Club & Mental Health - Top Tips Miss Field has completed her NQT year with us in the Art Department and we 14. School Term and Holiday Dates 2019-2020, thank her for her commitment and enthusiasm. We wish her well in the future. Social Media & Humanities Battle Trip I would also like to thank Mr Taubman and Mr Gregory for their work in the World Views department helping to cover Miss Lambert’s maternity leave. DATES FOR DIARIES End of Year • 19th July - Last day for pupils I would like to thank you for all of your support over the course of this • 22nd July - INSET day academic year. I am extremely proud of the work ethic displayed by our students throughout this year and the way in which they have worked to • 23rd July - INSET day enhance our community. • 4th September - INSET Day I would also like to take this opportunity to clarify our expectations in a couple • 5th September - INSET Day of areas; please see the sections on uniform, punctuality and social media. I • 6th September College resumes for pupils would be very grateful if you could take a few minutes to read the guidance • 17th September - School Photographs that follows on each of these as this will help us ensure that we all make a • 24th September - School Photographs good start to the new academic year. ‘Numquan certo scire potest’ Uniform As detailed in the April Newsletter, and my previous letter to parents, we will be ensuring that all of our students are meeting our high expectations regarding Parental Consent Forms uniform. Could I please ask that all parents ensure that any uniform items Please ensure you have reviewed purchased over the summer break, particularly shoes, conform to the College and updated your parental consent uniform rules as detailed on the College website. options via the Edulink app. If we do In order to ensure that we maintain the high standards of uniform at the not receive this your child will not be College, which we are all proud of, parents or carers will be contacted in the able to have their school photograph event of there being a concern with regard to their son or daughter’s uniform taken by the official photographer so that the issue can be corrected. and will not be included in their tutor group photo either.

Address Claverham Community College Phone North Trade Road School Reception: 01424 772155 Battle Web Address Email East Sussex http://www.claverham.org [email protected] TN33 0HT 1 Dress Up Day

On Wednesday 19th June we had the Leavers’ Event for our Year 11’s. It was a great morning and here are some photos to give you a’flavour’ of it....

Address Claverham Community College Phone North Trade Road School Reception: 01424 772155 Battle Web Address Email East Sussex http://www.claverham.org [email protected] TN33 0HT 2 Hurdles - Gold!

Pyers Lockwood took the Gold at the English Schools Athletics championship at Birmingham on Saturday 13th July in the 400m Hurdles. Not only did this secure his position as the number one 400m Hurdler in the UK but he also ran another personal best performance of 55.08. He would have run faster but was aiming for the win, which he did comfortably leading from the start, not the time.

In the heats on Friday he ran a very tactical race, conserving energy that saw him walk over the finish line in preparation for Saturday’s final.

The English Schools (ESAA) National Championships in Birmingham was held on Friday and Saturday and is the largest voluntary athletics championships in the World and is the 4th largest athletics event globally after the Olympics, Word Championships and the American college championships! Head Boy and Head Girl Pyers will now represent England in Swansea at the home counties international this coming Saturday, gaining his We are very pleased to announce that following interviews first England vest. He is one of only 2 athletes selected to represent England from the whole of Sussex. taking place in each of our five houses, the Head Boy and Head Girl for each house for the academic year 2019/2020 Pyers will go into the race next Saturday as the favourite are as follows: against athletes from Wales, Scotland and the whole of Ireland (north and south). Head Boy for Caldbec - Callum Brand Head Girl for Caldbec - Maya Andrew He finished his GSCE exams last month and will be offto Bexhill College in September and we wish him well for the Head Boy for Montjoie - Oliver Sargent future. He has done Claverham proud and has a good Head Girl for Montjoie - Megan Hammond legacy in Athletics.

Head Boy for Oakwood - Hugh Cameron Mr Lockwood Head Girl for Oakwood - Saffron McGain

Head Boy for Santlache - Aidan Kirby Head Girl for Santlache - Mia Taylor

Head Boy for Telleham - Peter Conte Head Girl for Telleham - Emma Lawton Karate News

All those who took part in the interview process acquitted Oakwood pupil Mac has recently passed his black belt in themselves very well and they were not easy decisions. Karate. He has been working towards this since he was 4. My thanks to the outgoing Head Boy, Nathaniel Mitchell An amazing achievement - Congratulations. and Head Girl, Olivia Porter who have been wonderful ambassadors for our College and fulfilled their duties to such a high standard.

I shall be interviewing for Head Boy and Head Girl of the College in due course.

I am sure you will join me in thanking all our prefects for their efforts and wish them a happy summer holiday.

Mr Swatton

Address Claverham Community College Phone North Trade Road School Reception: 01424 772155 Battle Web Address Email East Sussex http://www.claverham.org [email protected] TN33 0HT 3 Prom 2019

The Year 11’s had a fantastic prom with staff at the Powdermills Hotel celebrating their time within our community. It went extremely well.

We wish them all the best for the future and will see the majority of them on results day - 22nd August.

Mr Swatton

Address Claverham Community College Phone North Trade Road School Reception: 01424 772155 Battle Web Address Email East Sussex http://www.claverham.org [email protected] TN33 0HT 4 Art Trip to Paris

Over the bank holiday weekend of 24th to the 27th May, Claverham Art students from years 8 to 10 toured the artistic wonders of Paris. From the Louvre, Musee D’Orsay, Centre Pompidou, L’Orangerie, Montparnasse Tower, to the Eiffel Tower, a Seine river cruise and exploring the gardens of Claude Monet, the pupils experienced the vast parisian culture and arts.

The intinerary was packed as you can imagine but the staff and pupils made the trip inspirational, fun and rewarding. It certainly seemed as though everyone got a lot from the trip. It was great to watch them bond and record their activities in photos, drawings or messages to their parents/carers. It was a joy to see them so independent and confident and I cannot wait to see what our future GCSE art students have in store for their coursework. I look forward to seeing them on our next art trip.

Miss Reed

Address Claverham Community College Phone North Trade Road School Reception: 01424 772155 Battle Web Address Email East Sussex http://www.claverham.org [email protected] TN33 0HT 5 Year 9 Camp

Here are a selection of photos for you to enjoy from this year’s Year 9 camp, based at Blackland Farm, East Grinstead. The staff were very impressed with the commitment and determination students showed in trying out new activities and alot of fun was had by all!

After all Yr. 9 camp marches on it’s stomach!

Address Claverham Community College Phone North Trade Road School Reception: 01424 772155 Battle Web Address Email East Sussex http://www.claverham.org [email protected] TN33 0HT 6 Town Sports

Over 40 students, across all years participated in this annual event at William Parker. All athletes did amazingly well, and a particular well done to the following individuals’ and year groups:

Alfie H - 1st 800m and 1500m Nancy B - 1st 800m

Madisyn B - 1st Discus Joe J - 1st High jump

Toby N - 1st Shot Andie H- 1st High jump

Our Year 9 boys came 1st and our Year 10 girls 2nd.

Wimbledon

On the 3rd July Mr Jones and Mrs Conte took a group of year 11 pupils to the All England Lawn Tennis Club to watch the Wimbledon Tennis Championship.

We were extremely lucky to win 12 tickets in the schools’ ballot. Pupils were selected from year 11 on the basis Inter-house of who had helped the PE department at a number of sporting events held at Claverham over the last year. This took place from Wednesday 26th June through to Monday 1st July. The competition for the top three spots After a tour of the Wimbledon site we had a look around was nail-biting all week, but the final results were: centre court and then took our seats on court 2. The first match we watched was a three hour thriller between 1st Caldbec 67 Stan Wawrinka and Reilly Opelka which was eventually won by Opelka 8-6 in the fifth set. The second match 2nd Santlache 65 was between Simona Halep and her fellow Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu. Simona Halep won 2 sets to 1. The 3rd Oakwood 62 final game we saw was between the giant South African Kevin Anderson, standing at a massive 6ft 8in against Janko 4th Telleham 59 Tipsarevic. It was incredible witnessing the South African regularly serving at 140mph. He eventually won 3 sets to 1. 5th Montjoie 47

The pupils had an amazing day and enjoyed watching Well done to everyone who took part in inter-house and tennis at the very highest level. You can be assured we will congratulations to Caldbec and Mr Butcher. be entering the ballot for tickets again next year. Mrs Garland Mr Jones

Lost Property

Please can you ensure that your child’s uniform, particularly PE kit, is clearly named, so it can be easily returned to them, if found. We have a large amount of lost property at any given time, all of which is un-named. You are welcome to arrange a time to come in and look through the lost property by contacting reception.

Finance Office

We celebrated all the hard work of our year 11 art students with our annual Art exhibition on Wednesday 19th June. The exhibition was fully curated by the art students.

It was wonderful to see them share their successes with their friends and families. The work on display was a true testament to their talents and commitment.

Thank you to all the parents/carers for their support, not just on the night but over the duration of the course as well. Mrs Betts

Address Claverham Community College Phone North Trade Road School Reception: 01424 772155 Battle Web Address Email East Sussex http://www.claverham.org [email protected] TN33 0HT 8 Sports Day

This took place on Thursday 4th July and there were amazing efforts from everyone! Well done to Toby N (year 10) who broke the record for Shot. Junior Girl Athlete was won by Amelia H and Junior Boy went to Rufus S-H. Andie H won Senior Girl Athlete and Boris S-H Senior Boy Athlete. A particular well done to Caldbec who continued their summer of sporting success. 1st Caldbec 1130 2nd Santlache 1083 3rd Telleham 1074 4th Montjoie 1070 5th Oakwood 838 Thank-you to Mr Harrold and his PTA team for the BBQ.

Mr Swatton

Address Claverham Community College Phone North Trade Road School Reception: 01424 772155 Battle Web Address Email East Sussex http://www.claverham.org [email protected] TN33 0HT 9 Meal Price Change Advance notice of meal price change from September. The price of a main meal and a dessert will increase from £2.16 per day.

Free school meal allowances will be amended to cover the new amount. More details of current canteen prices are available on our website under the ‘Students’ tab, canteen info.

Punctuality

We appreciate that it can be difficult for families who live some distance from Claverham to get to school on time, particularly if they rely on public transport. Nevertheless, we still feel that too many of our pupils are arriving to College after 8.50 am, even when they live close to the College. We intend to apply stricter sanctioning arrangements next year to address this problem and would appreciate your on-going support in this respect.

Put down your devices and ‘get outside’ in the summer holidays! As the summer holidays are just around the corner, we thought it would be a great idea to encourage young people to put their devices down this summer break and enjoy the wonders of the outdoors. The National Online Safety organisation have put together #WakeUpWednesday and are sharing their Screen Addiction guide to arm parents with the knowledge to be able to identify and support young people who may be spending too much time on their devices. Please see the page overleaf....

Also for your information: https://www.wizcase.com/ blog/safely-raising-children-in-an-online-world/ Data Collection Sheets

Thank you for returning your data collection sheets to us, they enable us to ensure that we have the most up to date information regarding your child.

Information can also be updated via the Edulink app too. We have had some sheets back indicating that they wish to remove a parent from their child’s record. We are not able to do this without either that parent’s written consent, or a court order to that effect. Please note that all parents of children born after 2003 have automatic parental responsibility. Thank you for your co-operation.

Address Claverham Community College Phone North Trade Road School Reception: 01424 772155 Battle Web Address Email East Sussex http://www.claverham.org [email protected] TN33 0HT 10 Address Claverham Community College Phone North Trade Road School Reception: 01424 772155 Battle Web Address Email East Sussex http://www.claverham.org [email protected] TN33 0HT 11 While they were here, there was a meeting with Mr Swatton and the leaders of the British and Sierra Leone side of the link. At this meeting there was a discussion of sharing resources and IT skills between schools in Sierra Leone. This idea was taken forward and links between Sierra Leone schools has been arranged, with some of these meetings already completed.

School Diversity Week This was celebrated from 1st - 5th July.

On sports day we gathered 800 signatures as a pledge to not be a bystander and to tackle homophobia, biphobia, transphobia and any other form of discrimination and Below is a photo of the most recent link meeting in Sierra inequality. The pupils purchased rainbow ribbons; the funds Leone, not all teachers could attend as it was raining raised will be sent to Stonewall, who are celebrating their heavily that day and roads became impassable. 50th anniversary (since the Stonewall riots) and the equality charity ‘Just Like Us’.

A big thank you to everyone who participated.

Mr Lochan-Grimer

Sierra Leone Friendship Link Visit Five teachers arrived from Sierra Leone on Saturday 15th June with the purpose of visiting their partner schools to share good teaching practice between them. The link visit The other part of this project is to raise awareness of global was partly funded by the British Council with the purpose issues in both UK and Sierra Leone schools. Claverham now of forwarding awareness of the UN Global Goals for have an International Pupil Council who have completed Sustainable Development. a litter pick in Battle as well as delivering an assembly to all year groups on World Oceans, plastic pollution and Our participation in the link involves looking at quality Climate Change. education and with an emphasis on the environment and climate change. Claverham also have an Eco Club in year 9 who will be raising awareness of the issues of plastic in the environment Our Claverham visitor was Sia Lovetta M’bayo, the and encouraging pupils to think about how they can headteacher of Huntingdon Junior Secondary School. She reduce their use of plastic products. I would encourage was in school for four days and visited all the departments everyone to take a look at the BBC programme ‘War on to understand what and how we teach. Plastic with Hugh and Anita’. During episode one they visit sites in Malaysia where some of the plastic that has been We shared teaching resources with her; while they do not put into recycling bins has ended up. Sierra Leone has one have the facilities to photocopy they are able to use the of the world’s largest dump sites of exported waste. This is laptop and projector provided to use electronic resources. just a few miles from the schools we are working with.

The GCSE equivalent exams they take are based around Ms Kemp & Ms Comfort a West African curriculum but there are many topics that cross over between the different specifications.

Address Claverham Community College Phone North Trade Road School Reception: 01424 772155 Battle Web Address Email East Sussex http://www.claverham.org [email protected] TN33 0HT 12 Swimming The inaugural English Schools Swimming Association Summer Open Individual Championships were held at the K2 Complex in Crawley over the weekend of Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June. I had the opportunity to accompany seven swimmers from Claverham who competed at this exciting event.

The statistics speak for themselves:

34 individual races, 20 personal best times achieved, 2 gold medals, 2 silver medals & 5 bronze medals. Well Done!

Saturday Team Sunday Team

Mrs Taylor

Mental Health - Top Tips

1. Remember to keep communicating with your support Mrs Conte network be it parents, guardians, carers, family or friends. They can only help you if they are aware of the difficulties you are facing. Spanish Ambassador Club 2. Take time to focus on your breathing and enjoy the This term a group of Spanish year 9 students have teamed moment (there are plenty of apps that can help you up with Spanish students from Heathfield Community practice) even 3 minutes of mindfulness a day can help. College and St Richards College to form a Spanish Ambassadors’ Club. The club intends to meet several 3. Going for a walk and regular exercise can really help times throughout the year and engage in cultural activities you regain perspective. aimed at boosting motivation and deepening awareness of Spain and all things Spanish. 4. Practice gratitude - keep a journal of the things you are grateful for each day to help you keep sight of the good in your life even through the tough times and challenges. Película y tapas 5. Consider what you are eating and how it affects your If you enjoy Spanish an d have a mood. passion for the language, come and join us for a fun movie night and some deliciously tantalising 6. If you are struggling to keep perspective remember tapas at St Richards CC, Bexhill! to ask for help from family and friends or to contact www.youngminds.org.uk or your GP.

The film night will be held on the Tuesday 11th June 2019 from 4pm-6pm at St Richard’s Catholic College, Bexhill

Our first reunión was in June when our estudiantes enjoyed an original Spanish language film and were then treated to Tapas by the hosts, St Richards. Our next meeting will be around Christmas time when we shall explore how Christmas is celebrated in Spain.

The students enjoyed the chance to enrich their language learning and practise their listening skills in an authentic environment. We look forward to a long and fruitful alliance with our partner schools in this venture!

Address Claverham Community College Phone North Trade Road School Reception: 01424 772155 Battle Web Address Email East Sussex http://www.claverham.org [email protected] TN33 0HT 13 Humanities Battle Trip During Community Week, the Humanities faculty took all the Year 7’s into Battle to learn the History, Geography and Religious aspects of their local town. The students were well behaved and represented the school well. They visited St Mary’s Church as part of the World Views curriculum and were given an interactive session at the church. They were able to dress in the Dean’s clothes, experience communion (a sacrament), and learn about other sacraments such as baptism and marriage. The students were able to experience first-hand what they are taught in World Views lessons, and see worship in practice.

In Battle town centre students were conducting Geography fieldwork, asking visitor questionnaires. They were trying to find out opinions on whether the Battle Cycle Path is needed in the town. Students were able to practise essential skills any good geographer needs.

At the Abbey, the students were given a tour of the Battle Field of 1066 to re-live the key parts of the Battle of 1066, and even try out how hard it would have been to run up and School Term & Holiday Dates down Senlac Hill! They then visited the ruins of the Abbey 2019-2020 to see the impact of the religious changes carried out by Henry VIII on our local community. Finally our students had the chance to get their hands on the weapons and armour Holiday School Will close School will re-open worn by soldiers who took part in the Battle of Hastings at Summer 2019 Friday 19.07.19 Friday 06.09.19 the museums fantastic exhibition. Autumn 2019 Friday 25.10.19 Monday 04.11.19 Mr Ingram Christmas 2019 Friday 20.12.19 Monday 06.01.20 Spring 2020 Friday 14.02.20 Monday 24.02.20 Easter 2020 Friday 03.04.20 Monday 20.04.20 May Bank Holiday 2020 Thursday 07.05.20 Monday 11.05.20 Summer half term 2020 Friday 22.05.20 Monday 01.06.20 End of Year Wednesday 22.07.20

Social Media As highlighted in the newsletter earlier this year, members of staff have had to deal with a growing number of incidents caused by misuse of social media outside of school. I would ask that parents and carers please help us by ensuring that they have regular conversations with their son or daughter regarding their use of social media, and carefully monitor their usage, making sure that it is age appropriate and that the content is not inappropriate.

I will speak to all of our pupils about these issues in our assemblies in the final weeks of term. In this way, I hope that all members of the College community will be absolutely clear about our expectations and that this will avoid any unnecessary issues at the start of the new academic year. A Happy Summer Holiday to our readers. Mr Swatton

Address Claverham Community College Phone North Trade Road School Reception: 01424 772155 Battle Web Address Email East Sussex http://www.claverham.org [email protected] TN33 0HT 14