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Notley High School & Braintree Sixth Form’s Magazine oncampusIssue 13 October 2015 Berlin Trip Education for All Drama Workshop Welcome Year 7 Post-16 Workshops Jack Petchey Awards Open ...and much much more Evening Notley is simply the best advertisement contents Headlines ................................................... 3 Berlin Trip ................................4 4 Open Evening ...... 12 CHIPS ........................................................ 16 12 Jack Petchey Awards .........17 Rewards & Awards .................................. 18 House Competition and House Points .. 19 17 John Ray Trust .......................................... 20 Education for All ..................21 Year 9 Paintball Trip ................................. 22 Head Boy and Girl Report....................... 23 Parkrun ...................................................... 24 Handball Finalists ..................................... 25 Reading Scheme .................................... 27 Welcome Year 7 ..................28 28 Extra-curricular Clubs .............................. 30 36 Sixth Form News ....................................... 32 Post-16 Workshops ..............36 Design Museum Trip ................................ 40 Dexan Aims High ..................................... 41 Youth Health Champions ....................... 42 Drama Workshop .................43 Notice Board ........................................... 44 43 Term Dates 2015/16 ................................ 45 Parent View and Social Media ............. 46 Except where individually Website ..................................................... 47 credited, all photography is by Notley staff photographers: Braintree Arts Theatre ............................ 48 Chris Rowe and Catherine Reeves “Working together, achieving together” oncampus 1 New for 2016: Bursaries between £4k-£30K available is looking for trainee teachers for most sub to start in September 2016! jects! would you like to be one of them? WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH: Alec Hunter Academy The Billericay School Brentwood County High School Chelmer Valley High School The Deanes School Gable Hall School Greensward Academy Hedingham School Helena Romanes School Hylands School King Edmund School Mayflower High School Moulsham High School Notley High School & Braintree Sixth Form The Plume School The Ramsey Academy The Sandon School Shenfield High School OFFERING SCITT AND SCHOOL DIRECT COURSES: Art & Design Biology Business Studies Chemistry Computer Science Design & Technology Drama English Geography History Maths Media Studies Modern Languages Physics Psychology RE Find us on UCAS now: 01376 556 398 [email protected] www.midessexitt.com MEITT Recruitment Poster A4 2016-2017.indd 1 13/10/2015 12:25:30 New for 2016: headlines Bursaries between Welcome to this edition of OnCampus. £4k-£30K available For those who have not been able to attend a is looking for trainee teachers for most sub parents’/carers’ information evening this term, or who may not have received the letter about my to start in September 2016! jects! appointment, my name is David Conway, and I have been the Headteacher at Notley High School would you like to be one of them? & Braintree Sixth Form since 1 September 2015. Prior to taking up my post here, I was a Headteacher for nearly eight years at an 11-18 mixed comprehensive school in Sheffield. Before that I held various roles in a number of schools in the Isle of Man, having spent WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH: more than thirteen years there. I came into teaching Alec Hunter Academy The Billericay School Brentwood County High School after a career in the Royal Air Force, most of which I Chelmer Valley High School The Deanes School Gable Hall School Greensward Academy spent in Berlin as a linguist. Hedingham School Helena Romanes School Hylands School King Edmund School This is obviously an exciting time for me and the school. As those able to attend the information Mayflower High School Moulsham High School Notley High School & Braintree Sixth Form evenings will know, there is an enormous amount of The Plume School The Ramsey Academy The Sandon School Shenfield High School change taking place in education at the moment: David Conway, Executive Headteacher no more National Curriculum (NC) Levels; a new, slimmed-down NC for KS3; new GCSE courses, with a new grading system; new A-Levels with a change Miss Pembedza, Science teacher OFFERING SCITT AND to terminal examinations; new ways of measuring Miss Popova, Mathematics teacher SCHOOL DIRECT COURSES: how effective a school is (known as Progress8 and Attainment8) – to name but a few. Mr Riches, Assistant Faculty Leader – Science Art & Design Mr Rose, Design & Technology teacher Despite all of this, and having now spent several Biology weeks here getting to know the staff and students Miss Stanton, Art teacher Business Studies better, I have been able to confirm my prior opinion Mr Stephenson, Geography teacher Chemistry of the school that the combination of well-behaved learners and great teaching staff can enable us to Miss West, Modern Foreign Languages teacher Computer Science meet all of these challenges, improve the outcomes (maternity cover) Design & Technology for students, and move us quickly from a good to an Miss Yarnold, English teacher outstanding school. I look forward to working with We welcomed the following trainee teachers at the Drama everybody – students, staff, parents, carers, governors beginning of term:- English and the wider community - to achieve that. Mrs Clark, Mathematics teacher Geography David Conway Executive Headteacher Mrs Jenkins, Drama teacher History Miss Mirams, Design & Technology teacher Maths Staff Changes Miss Sheldon, Science teacher Media Studies Miss Siseman, English teacher Modern Languages We welcomed the following new members of teaching staff at the beginning of term:- Miss Walton, History teacher Physics Mrs Birt, Science teacher We welcomed the following new members of support staff at the beginning of term:- Psychology Miss Fadare, Mathematics teacher Mrs Carter, LSA (Speech & Language Centre) RE Miss Freeman, Music teacher Miss Cleary, Curriculum Support Assistant Mr Harrington, PE/Geography teacher Find us on UCAS now: Mrs Cusack, LSA Miss Jaillot, Modern Foreign Languages teacher (maternity cover) Mr Harrison, North Essex Multi Academy Trust (NEMAT) 01376 556 398 Business Manager Miss Pacheco, PER, Sociology and Psychology [email protected] Mrs Trevelyan, LSA www.midessexitt.com teacher “Working together, achieving together” oncampus 3 MEITT Recruitment Poster A4 2016-2017.indd 1 13/10/2015 12:25:30 Berlintrip As the rest of the school completed their final week of the year, 69 Year 10 students embarked on an epic adventure in a city rich with history and full of beautiful landmarks; Berlin, Germany. View the Online Photo Gallery http://www.notleyhigh.com/ photogalleries/2015/berlin-trip-2015 After counting down the days until the only Monday they didn’t lift until the next morning. we had ever looked forward to, we were finally at the beginning of our journey. Once we arrived at the Come Tuesday, we feasted on a delicious buffet airport, we had plenty of time to both worry about breakfast at the hotel and those that dressed for the sizes of our bags and decide what we were a warm summer day were quickly whisked upstairs most excited to see and, despite the delay, spirits for a change of clothes as the rain started to fall. remained high. Exhausted from all of the travelling, it Clad in raincoats, we headed out to our first stop, was a quick dinner and bed for everyone, and when Checkpoint Charlie. Despite the hordes of people in heads hit the beautifully plumped pillows that night, the museum, there was so much to see and every story was more interesting than the last. 4 oncampus “Working together, achieving together” The Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall was built to stop East Germans from defecting to the West. West Germans were able to visit East Germany by way of permit. The Berlin Wall had 302 observation towers, 259 dog runs, and 20 bunkers. 136 people died trying to cross the Berlin Wall. It is believed that approximately 5,000 people made the escape from East Germany to the West successfully by crossing the Berlin Wall. The subway system that had run across Germany was divided after the Berlin Wall was built. Subways on the East could only operate on the East side and vice versa. There were checkpoints along the Berlin Wall where people could cross over. The most famous was Checkpoint Charlie. The guard house from Checkpoint Charlie is on display at the Allied Museum in Berlin-Zehlendorf. The official date of the fall of the Berlin Wall is 9 November 1989. Demolition did not begin until June 13th, 1990. Between these dates the border controls still existed but were less strict. All Berlin Wall border controls ended on 1 July 1990. Germany became one country again on 3 October 1990. Source: http://www.softschools.com/ At the Berlin Wall. Below: Grafitti on a preserved section of the west side. “Working together, achieving together” oncampus 5 Checkpoint Charlie After rounding everyone up, we walked to our next a large number of helpers just like Otto Weidt who destination where we were met with creative and put their own lives at risk to save others - all stories thought-provoking street art lining the outer walls that motivate the rest of us to think of others before of the Otto Weidt Museum, including a touching ourselves. homage to Anne Frank. Inside we learnt about the inspirational