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High School News Issue 4: April 2011 High School News Issue 4: April 2011 Dear Parents/Carers As this term draws to a close, the students have once again started to prepare for modules in Year 10, GCSE exams in Year 11 and AS and A2 examinations in Years 12 and 13. I hope that revision timetables have been drawn up but that the students will allow themselves some free time to enjoy their Easter break. This has been a very exciting and busy term at the High School. As mentioned in the letter you should have received earlier in the week, the school became one of the new outstanding Academies on the 1st April. We look forward to the greater amount of freedom this will give us. Two events that have certainly required planning and a great deal of enthusiasm from students and staff have been the visit from the Baroness Royall, the Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords, and the final of School’s Question Time. The Baroness Royall was an inspiring speaker who talked about the workings of the House of Lords and also about a range of topics, such as should prisoners have the right to vote. She was particularly keen on getting young people involved in politics. We have been delighted as a school that she has asked Chelsey Walsh in Year 13 to sit on an advisory panel which the Baroness is chairing to look at how young people can be engaged in politics. Schools’ Question Time has been a fantastic competition for our politics students in particular, but has involved students throughout the school. The students won the first two rounds of the competition (as mentioned in a previous newsletter) and became South West winners. They then had to organise, by themselves, a live debate which was watched by two judges from the BBC. The live debate happened in the school hall just a few weeks ago in front of an audience of 120 people. It was a lively debate and details about it can be found in this newsletter. They will know the outcome of the event in the next few weeks, and whether or not they have won. A week ago we also had the Leavers’ Concert. This was an excellent celebration of the outstanding musical contributions of Year 13 to the school. All students performed with great skill and will be remembered for their contribution to the school orchestra and choir. Just this week we have hosted the German and French exchanges. Students and staff have had an excellent time in Gloucester and my thanks go to all the parents/carers who have hosted students. The exchanges are fantastic opportunities, not just for improving speaking in languages, but also in enabling young people to make friends in different places in Europe. The hall was also a hive of activity on Saturday, 26th March when the Former Students’ Association held their AGM and lunch. Our students did us proud at this event as two students, Eleanor Pickett and Emily Maxted, played a variety of pieces on their flutes, while girls from the main school danced for the former students. I am particularly grateful to the students who gave up their Saturday so willingly, not only to provide the entertainment, but also to come and talk to former students. As always at this time of the year it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce the Head Girl, Head Boy and two Deputies for the 2011-12 academic year. All will be taking up their posts on 27th April at the start of Term 5. Head Girl – Hannah Carrie Head Boy – Henry Robins Deputy Head Girls – Alanna Collier-Cromwell and Emily Martin I am looking forward to working with them as each new team brings a different perspective on the school. I wish to thank Matilda Young (Head Girl 2010-11), Joseph Collins (Head Boy 2010-11) and their Deputies, Emily Maxted and Chelsey Walsh, for their outstanding contribution to the school over the past academic year. They have worked particularly well as a team and have enabled many changes to take place which will enable student voice to develop further within the school. I have asked them to write an article for the next newsletter about their experiences in these positions of responsibility. Personally I owe them a great depth of gratitude. Changes to the names of rooms I am not sure how the students have managed with room names over the years, but since my arrival at the school four years ago, I have had to grapple with finding rooms. Room numbers, to me, do not seem to have a logical order – so I was forever looking for Room 19, Room 26 or indeed, Hut D. After discussions with staff it was decided to re-name the rooms. This will happen over the Easter break. Hopefully students will then find it easier to find their way around school. We have adopted either the first or the first two letters of the subjects which are predominantly taught in the room. So the maths rooms become M1 – M5; History becomes H1 and H2; Room 14 becomes the Textiles Studio, etc. It may seem confusing at first, but I hope that, in the long run, students will find it easier to move around the school. The new names and their old equivalents are indicated on the following page. I wish all staff, students, parents/carers and governors a well deserved rest over the break and a Happy Easter. Best wishes, Mrs Sawicka, Headteacher Page 1 of 12 - High School for Girls’ Newsletter – Issue 4 – April 2011 What’s on in Term 5 … You should have received this newsletter via email … Monday, 25th April Easter Monday th We are setting up the structure to send parents/carers Tuesday, 26 April School closed for regular emails and updates about the High School and Staff Training hopefully you should have received this newsletter via th Wednesday, 27 April Term 5 Begins email. If you have not received this newsletter via This is Week 2 email it may be worth checking your spam filter or that Summer uniform may be we have your correct email address on our system. We worn from today would value your views on the information you would Thursday, 28th April Consultation Evening for like to receive and how often you would like to receive Year 10 Parents/Carers updates. We have put a survey on the school and Students website (www.hsfg.gloucs.sch.uk) so please Friday, 29th April Bank Holiday – Royal take the time to fill it in. Thank you to those Wedding parents/carers who have already taken part in the Saturday, 30th April Duke of Edinburgh Bronze survey. Practice Weekend (return Mark McShane, Deputy Head 1st May) Monday, 2nd May Early May Bank Holiday New Room Names th Old New Wednesday, 4 May Governors’ Finance Maths Room 3 M1 Committee Meeting – Room 4 M2 6.00 pm Room 5 M3 Monday, 9th May PTA Committee Meeting – Room 6 M4 7.30 pm Languages Room 10 L1 th Room 11 L2 Tuesday, 10 May Governors’ Meeting Room 12 L3 (Management) – 6.00 pm Room 13 L4 Wednesday, 11th May Year 7 Progress FLA Room L5 Monitoring Sheets issued Art Room 19 AS1 Saturday, 14th May Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Room 29 AS2 Textiles Room 14 TS1 Qualifying Weekend Food Room Room 17 FT1 (return 15th) Technology Room 8 DS1 Monday, 16th May Start of GCSE, AS and A2 Hut T DS2 exams (until 27th June) IT Room 1 IT1 th Room B IT2 Wednesday, 18 May Consultation Evening for Music Room 27 MU1 Year 8 Parents/Carers Room 26 MU2 (not students) Practice Rooms MU3 Monday, 23rd May Second-hand uniform sale MU4 – 3.30 – 4.30 pm MU5 Sixth Form C1 SF1 Year 6 Welcome Evening C2 SF2 – 7.00 pm English E1 same Thursday, 26th May Years 7-9 Song and Dance E2 same Evening – 7.00 pm E3 same Friday, 27th May Year 10 Science Module – E4 same E5 same am Drama Studio DR1 Term 5 ends at Science S1 SC1 3.30 pm S2 SC2 Monday, 30th May – Friday, 3rd June – Early S3 SC3 S4 SC4 Summer Break S5 SC5 Term 6: Monday, 6th June – Friday, 22nd July New Lab SC6 Parking! Physics SC7 Humanities 30 G1 Please could parents/carers refrain from parking on 31 G2 the yellow lines in front of the school at any time 32 H1 during the day. U-turns are also being performed 33 H2 outside the school which is extremely dangerous. Room D GP1 These actions are endangering both pedestrians Psychology/Sociology M1 PY1 M2 SO1 and cyclists. Please see page 9 for new parking M3 T1 restrictions. RS Room A RS1 Page 2 of 12 - High School for Girls’ Newsletter – Issue 4 – April 2011 A Right Royall Visit! World Book Non-uniform Day Here are some of the students who dressed up as characters for ‘World Book Day’. The High School Politics’ students were lucky enough to have a visit from a rather illustrious guest on the 11th March. Baroness Royall (who insisted on being called Jan) came in to deliver a talk about the workings of the House of Lords, as well as the political system in general. The Baroness is the Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords – and was previously special advisor to Neil Kinnock, Tony Blair, and Gordon Brown – and as such was able to give a colourful, often amusing, account of the goings-on in Westminster! Living locally in nearby Blaisdon, Jan has been involved in many recent campaigns, in particular the “Hands Off Our Forest” campaign in the Forest of Dean, which managed to overturn the Public Bodies Bill that proposed the privatisation of UK woodland.
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