Vol 6 Issue 6 March 2007 V2.Pub
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H2U Excellence by Design and through Innovation Mock Trial—Real Success Over 95% of criminal the competition. Years 8 and 8am and drove to Poole cases, more than one mil- 9 students take on the roles Magistrates Court where lion every year, are dealt of lawyers, witnesses, mag- they competed against with by magistrates, yet istrates and court staff and other schools in the Dorset very few people know prepare the prosecution and round of the competition. enough about They faced Kings High their vital role. School and Bourne- The Magistrates’ mouth School for Girls Court Mock Trial and we are delighted Competition run to report that al- by the Citizen- though Sam Beater ship Foundation was found not guilty aims to introduce of ill treatment of a the legal system white domestic rabbit, to young people Highcliffe School won in an innovative the overall competi- and exciting tion and will now go way, giving them on to the regional fi- the opportunity nal which will be held to gain hands on at Southampton Mag- experience. Now in its defence of specially written istrates Court in May. The fourteenth successful year, criminal cases. Teams com- whole team and supporting the competition involves pete against each other in a staff must be congratu- young people throughout live format at Magistrates lated on this success, England, Wales, and Courts with their perform- which was as the result of Northern Ireland; every ances judged by magistrates thorough and careful year over 4,500 young and other legal profession- preparation over the last 3 people and 800 magis- als. months. trates and other legal pro- On Saturday 10th March a fessionals are involved in team left Highcliffe School at Report by Mrs Read Contributors : Mrs Read, Mrs Gower, Mr Yapp, Mr Campbell, Mr Goddard, Mr Jones, Ms Cullen, Mr The Credits Burgan, Alex Eatough, Mr Rycroft, Mr Trevorrow, Professor V May, Mrs Wheeler, Mrs Pearson, Mrs Finch, Josh Adams, Mrs McGrath, Mr Wilson, Miss High, Mrs Barclay, Mr Nicholls, Mr Dean, Mr Jobbins, Miss Kovacevic, Mr Hill, Nicola Huggens, Maria Lane, Tina Wright, Mrs Day, Mrs Karanja, Mrs Dunleavy, Mr Maurice, Becky Jones, Anya Daszykowski, Cassie Hearn, Elle Harding, Jamie Currie, Megan pennell, Mrs Stone, Haydn Bower, Sam Le Feaux, Mrs Gabony, Jack Hill, John Davies, Martin Pink. Editorial/Production Team: J Potts, J Coleman, P Coughlan, M Gower, S Bagshaw. “I believe in using what you have, instead of mourning for that which you do not. In thirty years time, I want to be able to look back at my youth and know that I used my talents fully: that I wasted nothing” A former Highcliffe Sixth Former In the Community In Memoriam—John Baker CBE JP 1928—2007 We were sad to learn of at lunchtime – leaving the an incredible restless en- the death, on March 3rd, of afternoon free for sporting ergy.” John Baker the first head- and other extracurricular ac- Changes to the education teacher of our school. In tivities. Always approach- system, both locally and 1961 Mr. Baker was ap- nationally, led to the pointed to be the head of introduction of compre- the new Christchurch hensive schools. The Grammar School and be- Hampshire LEA opted came, I believe, the for a system of 11-16 youngest headteacher in comprehensive schools the country. At that time feeding sixth form col- these buildings, which now leges. At this stage, in house Highcliffe School, 1970, John Baker was were still under construc- appointed to manage tion and the first grammar the transition of Brock- school students shared the enhurst Grammar accommodation at The School to a sixth form Gore County Secondary college and later to a School in New Milton. tertiary college. Eventually in 1963 they For his services to edu- were able to settle in here cation John Baker was at Highcliffe. made a CBE; he also John Baker was inspira- served as a highly re- tional and innovative as a spected magistrate in headteacher; his attitude able, he would listen to any Hampshire. Our condo- to education was very for- ideas that might benefit his lences go to his widow and ward-looking and in many students and he would al- to his children Hilary, ways “before its time”. For ways support his staff. A Helen and Richard who example, he wanted to former colleague remarked were all students here. adopt the idea of school at John’s funeral “He was starting early and finishing born to lead and did it with Report by Mrs Gower Keeping You Informed Student Bulletin Goes school for the coming week. printed this year can be Online! Up until now, these ‘Student accessed through the Would you like to be more Bulletins’ were only distrib- ‘Parents’ and ‘Students’ informed about the many uted in paper format, with sections of the School activities and opportunities copies displayed in all tutor website. that our students are of- rooms and on the School fered in school every Student Notice Board. Every Friday afternoon, the week? Well now you can! Student Bulletin for the We have now moved to pub- forthcoming week will be You may be aware that at lishing the Student Bulletin added to keep us all more the beginning of every on the School website, to informed and up to date! week, an information bul- enable parents and students letin is published for all to access the information Report by Mr Yapp students, informing them more easily. All the Student of the many goings-on in Bulletins that have been H2U, Vol 6 Issue 6 March 2007 Page 2 Encouraging students to achieve their full potential! Every member of staff at tors and senior members of courage you to ensure that Highcliffe would agree that staff are mentors to the stu- it is retained in their Pro- one of the key aims of the dents on the Progress gress File and of course school would be to encour- Tracker and the end result hope that you will be age all students to achieve should be that students feel pleased. If your son or their full potential. All more supported and able to daughter is placed on the schools will not, however, achieve their potential. Progress Tracker then we adopt the same approach, hope that you will be able and Highcliffe’s new Let- In the box below is the text to encourage them by ters of Commendation and from the Letter of Commen- signing it on a weekly ba- Progress Trackers are our dation, which would be sent sis and helping them to own initiative to encourage on headed notepaper to stu- make the necessary effort. our students in their school dents. On the following careers. page you can also see the As always we remain keen criteria for Attitude to to have your views about Three times a year we re- Learning which should clar- what we do, and therefore port to all parents about ify the meaning of an AtL if you have any ideas or the progress and achieve- award on the Progress comments about any of ment of our students – Check and Student Profile. the above please get in twice with the Progress touch with the school to let Checks and once with the If your son or daughter re- us know. Year Profile. ceives a Letter of Commen- dation then we would en- Report by Mr Campbell From these judgments made by teachers we ex- amine the progress being made by students. We ex- amine the current pre- We are delighted to award a Letter of Commendation dicted GCSE grade or Na- to: tional Curriculum level for Joan of Arc – 11.9 each student in each sub- ject and also look at the in recognition of the outstanding attitude to learning Attitude to Learning gained which has been recorded in the recently reported Pro- for each student in each gress Checks this term. We are keen to congratulate student. Students who are all students who display an excellent attitude to their doing particularly well are learning across the majority of their subjects and to awarded a Letter of Com- reward them with a commendation letter. mendation. Students who we feel would benefit from We also wish to encourage our students to maintain some more focused one- their outstanding attitude to learning and to continue to-one encouragement and to make solid progress in their education. support to gain their pre- dicted level or grade we This Letter of Commendation should be placed in the admit onto the Progress student Progress File as evidence of the excellent at- Tracker (Years 10 and 11) titude to learning displayed this term. and the Key Stage Three Tracker (Year 9). This We extend our congratulations most warmly again. means that once a week the student receives an in- Headteacher: Ms. J. A. Potts dividual progress check for Head of Achievement: Mr. A. Goddard the relevant subjects in which they require some extra attention. Form tu- H2U, Vol 6 Issue 6 March 2007 Page 3 Attitude to Learning (AtL) Criteria 1 – Excellent This student will be working to his/her full potential, and have shown ambition and drive by doing more than what is expected. Work will be completed to the best of the stu- dent’s ability; work will be produced on time; attention and/ or participation in class will be exemplary. Coursework and home study will be up to date. Behaviour is never an issue. Punctuality and attendance is always good. (Uniform will always be worn correctly.) 2 – Good This student will be working to his/her ability, and will have produced work on time and completed tasks.