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OF The Mountbatten School Te .uk l: 017 s.sch 94 502 .hant 502 | F ntbatten ax: 01794 www.mou 502 501 | E: [email protected] | W: Wh 51 5SY itenap Lane | Romsey | Hampshire | SO Could Super Saint Sam be Mounbatten’s first multi-million pound footballer? From Mountbatten School to St Mary’s, former student Sam McQueen is hitting the big time in Premiership football. Sam, who played for the school football team from Year 7 through to Year 11, and has now made his professional Premier League debut for Southampton Football Club. He has now become an integral part of the St Mary’s team and started at the San Siro Stadium in Milan for a Europa League fixture. Gordon Taylor, Sam’s former Head of Year said: ‘We wish Sam well and hope that he helps our local side to success.” Continued on page 18 Supported by Christmas Newsletter 2016 Business4Schools Inside This Edition: GCSE results Girls netball team success Tourism in the New Forest Unearthing the secrets of Romsey Abbey Romsey relay maraton fundraising Prime Minister congratulates NCS Graduates Founder Patron: Earl Mountbatten of Burma | Executive Headteacher: Heather McIlroy Associate Headteacher: Christopher Cox | Patron: The Hon. Alexandra Knatchbull 01794 368418 • [email protected] www.romseywoodburners.co.uk Unit 10, Manor Nursery, Stockbridge Road, Timsbury, Hampshire SO51 0NB OF An Enriching Autumn Term Dear Parents The Autumn Term is always really special at Mountbatten with so many extra-curricular activities and opportunities that enrich the lives of our students. The last few weeks of term are a particular highlight with so many Christmas events such as our Carol Service, Arts Fayre, and the turning on of the Christmas lights in Romsey. Thank you to all my colleagues for organising so many events and to parents for supporting these. As we approach the end of term, we would like to remind parents of our uniform standards. Uniform helps create a sense of worth, a sense of belonging, and a sense of respect for the institution a uniform represents. This can only work if our uniform rules are uniformly applied and are supported by all students and parents. Please support the school’s very high standards of school uniform. A particular concern at present is the appropriateness of length of school skirts and appropriate foot wear. Skirts should be of knee length; please let the school know if you have any difficulty getting the right length skirt so that we can contact the supplier. Shoes must be black leather without logos. Please consult our website before purchase if in any doubt. Two reminders: Term ends on Friday, 16 December at 12.30pm for students. Term starts on Tuesday, 3 January. Our INSET days in the Spring Term are on Monday, 27 February and Friday, 24 March. On behalf of all the staff and governors of The Mountbatten School, we wish all in our community a very merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous 2017. Heather McIlroy Executive Headteacher GCSE Results Sixteen-year-old Ibrihim Hayat was one of the success stories from another superb set of GCSE results for Mountbatten School students. Ibrihim, from North Baddesley, was one of the students who have made the most progress throughout his five years at the school with seven 7 A* grades and three As ensuring he was one of the top achieving students. Ibrihim said: ‘It is the result of a lot of hard work, revision and help and support from the teachers, especially Mr Folliot. I was feeling nervous before I opened the envelope but now I am over the moon. I am going to take biology, chemistry, economics and maths at college, as this will lead to a great choice of career paths.’ The highest achieving student overall was Megan Daniel, closely followed by Lucy Lovell, Megan Jefferis, Megan Daniel, Cicely Oreffo, Jenny Sills, Macy Cescatti, Muneeb Brora, Ibrahim Hayat, Aisha Ojany, Freya Burnside and Scott Gilmour. Between them, this dazzling dozen mustered 67A*s and 34 A grades. The overall results were: Students passed with five A-C grades: 83% (up 8% from last year) Students passing with five A*-C, including English and maths: 77% (up 7% from last year) English Baccalaureate pass (EBACC): 42% (up 5% from last year) Heather McIlroy, Executive Headteacher said: “These represent superb results with many subjects securing between 30% and 40% A* and A grade.” A number of students returned over the summer to take part in the National Citizen’s Celebrating Service programme over the summer. The 1,350 students who took part in the Mountbatten Programme gave 34,000 hours the Class volunteering in social action projects and raised over £45,000. of 2016 Mrs McIlory commented: “Parents, you have done a fantastic job of bringing up your children, and that’s why this evening The Mountbatten School celebrated the is a celebration of you too. We all worked achievements of the class of 2016 with “A together to help you succeed and achieve Night of Stars”. some remarkable results.” Executive Headteacher, Heather McIlroy, Head of Year, Gordon Taylor took the welcomed former students, parents and former students on an amusing journey guests to the celebration, when she recounted through the time at The Mountbatten key moments of the five years of their school School, reminding staff and parents of their life which included raising more than £5,600 wonderful achievements, commenting on their for charity and putting on unforgettable impressive exam results, attendance figures productions of “Grease”, “Beauty and the and smart appearance. Beast” and “Mermaids”. Mr Taylor added: “It is our wish that you Throughout the five years, Mrs McIlroy continue to care, respect and achieve. Good mentioned how the quality of music had been luck to you all.” outstanding from performing at the National Festival of Music in Birmingham to the pièce Certificates were presented to the students de résistance, playing, by invitation at the by guest speaker, Rob White, a TV producer, world renowned Montreux Jazz Festival - with reporter and camera operator with 30 years’ a further invitation for next year! experience at the BBC, Channel 4 and ITN, in news, factual and documentary production. F_CINN_0273 Abbotswood Court – Mountbatten School advert – Forget Me Not Cafe.qxp_Layout 1 14/11/2016 15:12 Page You are warmly invited to our FORGET–ME-NOT CAFÉ Open House event LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 2.00–4.00PM Come along to Abbotswood Court Care Home for our support group for carers. There will be relaxed talks and time to chat with members of our dementia care team for advice, particularly for people supporting those living with dementia. Everyone is welcome! For further details, contact Debbie: Tel: 01794 528 700 [email protected] Abbotswood Court Care Home, Minchin Road, Romsey, SO51 0BL It will be all right on the night for A Midsummer Night’s Dream Rehearsals are in full swing for the school’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. The school production is going extremely well with more than 70 students involved with the production from Year 7 through to Year 11. The high level of acting and creative movement, combined with original music and imaginative design elements, bring out the magic, humour and drama of one of William Shakespeare’s most popular plays. Written by the Bard between 1590 and 1597, this comedy portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (the mechanicals) are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world. The Mountbatten show is directed by Lisa Gilmour who is looking forward to putting on the production. She said: “It promises to be a show that you will not want to miss out on - truly something for everyone!” The show will be performed at the Lantern Theatre from Thursday, February 9 to Saturday, February 11. The show will get a reprise later in the summer with a one-off performance at Hillier Gardens on Saturday, July 15. Quel voyage incroyable y iQue divertido! From the Norman invasion of England in 1066 to the D-Day landings of 1944, Normandy has long played an outsized role in European history. That’s why the French coastline played an important backdrop to a trip for Year 8 and Year 9 students. This rich, and often brutal past, is brought vividly to life by the spectacular island monastery of Mont St Michel, the Bayeux Tapestry famous for its cartoon scenes of 11th-century life, and the cemeteries and memorials along the D-Day beaches, places of solemn pilgrimage. Lower-profile charms include a variety of dramatic coastal landscapes, lots of pebbly beaches, some of France’s finest museums, quiet pastoral villages and architectural gems. It is for all these reasons that The Mountbatten School decided to take its French learners to this beautiful part of France. They were put through their paces by the wonderful tour guide Caroline from Connect Studies. Besides visiting some of the most famous sights Normandy has to offer, the busy itinerary included a visit to the Pegasus Bridge, goat milking at a local cheese producer, a degustation of biscuits and salted butter caramel at a well-known factory and a visit to a typical French marché. Quel voyage incroyable! We can’t wait for Normandy 2017.