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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

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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.

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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 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. Then in October, Year 9 and 10 students visited Spain’s third largest city, Valencia, for a five-day trip.

Valencia is a wonderful city with thriving cultural, eating and nightlife scenes.

Never afraid to innovate, Valencia diverted its flood- prone river to the outskirts of town and converted the former riverbed into a superb green ribbon of park, winding right through the city. On it lies the strikingly futuristic building of the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias. Valencia is brimming with Modernista Arquitectura, plus a large, characterful old quarter. Not only were students fortunate enough to see all of these beautiful sights during their short stay in Valencia, but they were invited to visit a local school, Colegio Claret, to spend a few hours meeting the students, while participating in some language-based activities. Later, students from both schools enjoyed a spell of bowling.

The last two days of the trip were spent at the Benageber activity centre located 90 minutes from Valencia. Mountbatten students and Colegio Claret students enjoyed an adventurous programme of activities that included tree climbing, abseiling, paintballing and climbing.

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Crookshanks the library cat has become something of a regular fixture at The Mountbatten School.

Each week, Crookshanks recommends his book of the week on the Twitter feed: @MBEnglishDept

It has been an exciting term for the library which continues to be a well-used and much-loved vibrant hub for all things bookish.

Every Friday lunchtime, the Mountbatten Library Book Club is open for business, and students from Years 7 to 11 have enjoyed heated discussions on ‘Film vs book: better or just different?’, reviewed new books, recommended their favourite books, enjoyed literary quizzes and explored different genres such as short stories.

The Library Reading Scheme – the Reading Safari – has attracted many book explorers from Year 7 with over 120 students signing up to review every book they read to win bronze (7 books) and silver L-R: Ryan Foulkes, Kerem Ozogul & Poppy Evans, 7JCE (14 books) awards.

The most insightful and thought- So far almost 400 book reviews provoking reviews will be eligible for gold awards at the end of have been logged – Year 7. Well done Year 7! YOU COULD MAKE A FRESH START WITH A CAREER AS A TEACHER Fancy a career in teaching?

Halterworth , one of Mountbatten’s feeder schools, is hosting Schools Direct, an initial teacher training programme, for those looking to make the step into education. An open evening is being staged at Halterworth Primary School on Thursday, January 5th from 6.30pm. The session has been organised by the Halterworth Consortium of schools for those looking to apply for the 2017/18 course. School Direct is a school-led teacher training programme, with a course which has been designed by the consortium in partnership with a university. A School Direct course lasts a year and participants train in at least two schools. It is an ideal pathway to train and learn on the job, where participants will be part of a school-based teaching team from the very start, receiving intensive support from experienced teachers and mentors. Typically, School Direct students teach between 50% and 70% over the three school terms There are two main types of School Direct training placements: School Direct (tuition fee) places These places are open to all graduates and funded by tuition fees paid by the trainee. The fees forthe programme are £9,000 which can be financed by a government loan from Student Finance. Some students are able to commence supply contracts at the end of the summer term, post- qualification, which can assist with living costs. School Direct (salaried) places These places are aimed mainly at graduates with three or more years’ work experience. Trainees are employed as an unqualified teacher. On the salaried route, the trainee is not liable for any fees and will not be eligible for a training bursary. Competition for this route is high. It may be possible to consider a third assessment-only route, when the student is awarded Qualified Teacher Status and is self-funded at a lower cost of £6,000, which is not covered by a student loan.

The main School Direct routes carry the award of qualified teacher status if successful and also lead to the award of a postgraduate certificate in education with credits towards a Master’s Degree awarded by Winchester University.

For more information, email: [email protected] or call 01794 512028 to make an appointment with programme leader, Jayne Fahey. Discovering the pros and cons of tourism in the New Forest

The New Forest at Lyndhurst was the venue during the autumn term for a Year 9 field trip to help students as part of their GCSE studies.

Students took part in a variety of quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques to help them identify the advantages and disadvantages of tourism in a National Park.

It was fantastic to see students grow in confidence, and work independently to conduct questionnaires, environmental quality surveys, traffic/pedestrian counts, and learn to complete an accurate land use survey.

Interacting with the public is not easy for all students but they supported each other and effectively conducted their interviews, receiving a range of responses from the public.

The weather made for a picturesque ramble through the forest from Bolderwood, and students were able to investigate first-hand how tourism in a National Park can be managed in a more sustainable way.

We look forward to now processing and evaluating the data collected, which will allow Year 9 to experience their first attempt at a GCSE fieldwork paper in preparation for the new GCSE courses. Artists learn the secrets of land art from Mottisfont’s Daniel Lobb

Selected Year 9 art students enjoyed the opportunity to work with the Daniel Lobb, who is the artist in residence at the Mottisfont National Trust house and gardens. Daniel discussed how Land Art has Students gained an insight into how artists inspired individuals to look more closely work with their surrounding environment at the beauty of the natural environment and natural materials. They also gained around them. Students spent the morning a greater understanding of the concept of sourcing material on site to create large land art and the value of the temporary collaborative sculptural pieces in the nature of some sculptural pieces. gardens and grounds.

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The Romsey Show, 10 September Barely two weeks into the new academic year, the Mountbatten Big Band played two sets in the main band tent at this year’s Romsey Show. Both performances drew large audiences and excellent feedback from members of the public. Autumn Concerts, 18 & 19 October Audience members were treated to a rich and varied programme of music from our school ensembles, including the Junior Choir, Senior Boys’ Choir, Senior Girls’ Choir, Big Band, Wind Band, Saxy Brass and The Mountbatten Community Choir. As well as showcasing solo performances from some of our talented Year 10 musicians, it was a pleasure to introduce our new Year 7 students as members of various ensembles. Remembrance Day, 11 November In keeping with tradition, Mr Hunter and Miss Crossen prepared a group of trumpet players to give a moving rendition of The Last Post and Reveille at our 11.00am Act of Remembrance. A large number of students and staff gathered at the front of the school to play their part in this annual tradition. Switch-on of the Christmas Lights, 26 November The Mountbatten Wind Band set the tone for this year’s festive celebrations with an hour- long set of Christmas carols in Romsey Town Centre. Meet the Royal Marines Band, 30 November Mr Marchant and Miss Crossen took twenty five of our musicians to the Royal Marines School of Music in Portsmouth for a workshop with the Royal Marines Band with the twofold aim of improving their playing skills and opening our students’ eyes to a career in military music. The day culminated with Mountbatten students sitting in with the Royal Marines musicians for a massed performance. Romsey Lantern Parade & Late Night Shopping, 9 December The Mountbatten School had an excellent presence at this year’s Lantern Parade, with The Mountbatten Community Choir leading the singing at this increasingly popular and well- attended event. The Community Choir then handed over to the Mountbatten Wind Band, who played a set of Christmas carols to serenade the late night shoppers. Thank you for your continued support of the Music Department. It is a great pleasure to work with such talented and committed musicians. We hope to see you at many of our events in the new year.

Michael Whiteside, Head of Expressive Arts HE is a self-confessed lad’s lad, and not the sort of person who would be promoting the virtues of sewing, but Josh Barnett has become something of an icon in the world of needle and thread.

Josh was one of the unlikely stars of the BBC’s “Great British Sewing Bee”, and he popped into The Mountbatten School to support our “Girls 4 Girls” project.

Last term, textiles students who were then in Year 9, designed and made 40 dresses for little girls in The Gambia using recycled pillowcases.

The project, known as “Girls 4 Girls”, was organised by members of the Winchester Soroptimist Organisation.

In July the dresses were modelled at the Textiles Showcase with Josh a guest speaker at the event. He was highly complementary of the student’ work and particularly interested in The Gambia project.

Following the completion of the dresses, members of the Winchester Soroptimist Organisation judged the quality of designing and making along with entries from other schools.

Evie Mollit, now in Year 10, won first prize ahead of a student from the in Winchester. Ella Grist was third, followed by Laura Williams in fourth. Charlotte White, Emily Daniel, Lucy Stuckey all finished runners-up.

The judges also assessed technical accuracy and creativity. Charlotte White, Jasmine Mellor, Evie Mollit and Ella Grist all won awards for technical accuracy. While Lucy Stuckey, Amy McMillan, Laura Williams and Sophie Hall were rewarded in the creativity category.

Emily Daniel, Eiligh Buckell and Caitlin Judd were picked out by the judges for outstanding achievement, and Kate Spalding, Chloe Essex and Alexandra Sanderson were spotlighted for outstanding effort.

Super Saint Sam... Continued from front cover

Sam, 21, was born in Southampton, and spent eight years at the club’s . His popularity among Saints fans is such that he has more than 11,000 followers on Twitter.

He made his senior debut in 2014. After making his debut aged 19, Sam was sent on loan to League One side Southend, making 18 appearances for the Essex side.

Sam has now established himself as a regular in the Saints’ first team squad, and such have been his performances this season that some newspapers have been suggesting a possible January transfer to Liverpool or Leicester City as his contract enters the final 18 months.

The defender’s displays in a Saints shirt have drawn comparisons with former left-backs Gareth Bale, who moved from the south coast to Tottenham Hotspur for £25 million - with Real Madrid signing the Welsh player for a record transfer fee of £90 million, and Luke Shaw, who moved from St Mary’s to Manchester United for Real Madrid for £30 million.

And Sam is aware of those similarities. He said: “Southampton do have a history of producing left backs. But I don’t want to think too much about that. It is interesting but I will do everything I can.

“Everything has snowballed a bit and long may it continue.”

Here’s a starter for 10 - and no conferring!

Do you know your triple salchow from a grubber, or who won the first FA Cup Final?

The Mountbatten School will be hosting its annual Sports Quiz in January. Because of Southampton Football Club’s involvement in the Europa League, the original date was cancelled, and a fresh date in the New Year has yet to be confirmed.

The quiz, now in its 36th year, will feature players from Hampshire Cricket Club and Saints duelling it out in an ‘A Question of Sport’ style contest.

Last year, James Adams, Tom Alsop, Mason Crane, and Brad Taylor lined up for the cricketers against Shane Long, Harrison Reed, Matt Targett, and Mark By the way, you’ll find a triple salchow in ice Forbes from St Mary’s, with the cricketers winning skating, a grubber in rugby union, 33-27. and Wanderers won the first FA Cup final The date of the quiz will be confirmed on the in 1872. school website and also in the Romsey Advertiser, along with details of how to obtain tickets. The Year 10 boys have started the season It’s early in fantastic form. The appointments of Mr Nash and Mr Stonehill as team managers has doors for brought about positive results. They have won all of their league games so far and have Mountbatten created a great team spirit. They were very unlucky to go out of the third round of the football teams Hampshire Cup to Hounsdown.

Mounbatten’s boys’ and girls’ football teams The Year 11 boys remain unbeaten in the have been enjoying mixed success after the league with a 0-0 draw and a comfortable first term of matches. 2-0 victory against rivals Romsey in their first two league games. In the Hampshire The Year 8 boys have started the season on Cup they have progressed through two fire winning two games and drawing one, rounds successfully by beating Testwood scoring 22 goals and conceding 4. They and Wildern, to play Hounsdown in the third are through to the quarter-finals of the round. Hampshire Cup in January. The Under-13 girls’ team have got off to While the Year 8 B team, captained by a flier, undefeated in both the league and Noah Whalvin, have already brought home Hampshire Cup, with the cup quarter-final the first piece of silverware after winning scheduled for January. Particularly impressive the annual B team tournament hosted at has been the number of clean sheets. Mountbatten. The Under-15 girls have had a mixed start to The Year 7 boys have started life at the season with a couple of decent wins, but Mountbatten with a real positive outlook. they were unlucky to lose in the first round of They started slowly in the league but as the Hampshire Cup losing in the first round. the games have progressed results have improved and there is real potential in the The Under-16 girls suffered the agony of squad. The Year 9 Boys have started the exiting the second round of the Hampshire season with mixed results, while the B team Cup on penalties, but in the league they are finished runners-up in their tournament. firing on all cylinders and remain unbeaten. Mountbatten are the runaway fund-raising winners

Two staff teams took part in the Romsey Relay Marathon to raise money for charity.

Organised by the Rotary Club of Romsey and Barratt Homes, this community event takes place in the Spring each year and is a legacy from Olympic 2012.

And it was the Mountbatten teachers who proved to be the best fund-raisers among the competing teams. Kate Lerway, Vanessa Glister and Janet Barratt attended a presentation at The White Horse in Romsey earlier this month, where they collected the Rotary Club of Romsey’s Prize-winners’ Cup on behalf of the teams for the most sponsorship raised.

The “Running for Les” relay is staged on the Mountbatten estate featuring teams of 10 to raise money and awareness for Pancreatic Cancer. Les Allen was a highly respected and much loved member of the Learning Support department and this was reflected in the amount of money raised in sponsorship by the two teams at the event.

Pictured (from left to right): Romsey Rotary Club President for 2015-16 Ben Taphouse, Janet Barratt, Vanessa Glister and Kate Lerway and current Rotary president, Sue Bakewell.

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There is no stopping the Under-13 netball team who have continued their fantastic success from last year.

They’re currently unbeaten after winning all four of their fixtures. The team have been committed and worked extremely hard during training so they can continue to progress as a team.

The success has been a real team effort, but Darcie Gray has been exceptional, nominated by the opposition as player of the match on three occasions.

The Under-12s have also enjoyed a fantastic season so far, having only lost one fixture. There have been some fantastic individual performances by Sienna Black and Libby Salmon. The Year 9 team started the term with an unfortunate loss to Wyvern School, but since then have been determined to improve their performance.

They have attended extra training sessions to hone their skills and develop greater team cohesiveness. Their hard work has paid off, as they won their first game of the season against Toynbee just before October half-term.

Some of the stand-out performances from this season have been from Summer Roberts, Hannah Gardiner and captain, Esra Celik.

The Under-16 team have spent their first term getting to know one another to develop their team work, as they are a new team made up of a mixture of Year 10 and Year 11 students.

The girls have been unlucky in a number of games, but remain positive for their upcoming games against Wildern and Henry Beaufort who they beat last season.

There have been some standout performances this term from Lucy Stuckey, Robin Ojany and Leah Meads, who has embraced her newly-appointed captaincy. Unearthing the secrets of Romsey Abbey

Romsey Abbey provided the spectacular backdrop for last year’s Year 7 students to complete a project researching the Abbey’s history and giving an overview of how it has changed over time.

The project was part of a competition run by the Romsey & District Society and the standard of work produced by The Mountbatten School was so high that in addition to first and second places, prizes were awarded for joint third prizes plus an additional special prize. Back left to right: Julie Morgan (Head of history), Thomas Stanley 9JHR, David Kessell (Romsey & District Society judge A presentation evening was staged at for 2016), Louis Murphy 8JGL, Eliza Manning 8AOR and Crossfield Hall in September where Sue Kiley (Teacher of history). the students spoke confidently about how they planned, organised and Front left to right: Emily Applegarth-Jones, Oliver Tennant 8JGL and Katie Pearce 8JGL. created their master pieces.

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Year 9 student, Mia Thomas, took part in the Southern Region Levels Championships in October.

Thirty two gymnasts competed across a variety of age groups, with Mia competing in the Level 4 senior girls’ competition.

Mia finished sixth out of 18, with an overall score of 45.95, and collected a bronze medal for her floor routine.

Year 11 sailor Jordan Bunney picked up a second Jubilant Jordan place in his class after competing in the prestigious sails his way to ASTO Small Ships Race off Cowes this October. Jordan’s boat, Donald Searle, was one of the fastest second yachts on the Solent, reaching more than 11 knots on the day.

The race start off the Royal Yacht Squadron was delayed by some large commercial traffic, but the youngster sailed exceptionally on a course to the forts off Portsmouth and then back up to Cowes along Osborne Bay.

Jordan’s boat is pictured in the background with Sir Francis Chichester’s legendary Gypsy Moth IV in the foreground. Students make light work for Romsey Lantern Parade

Bronze Arts Award students along with art The Mountbatten School was represented teachers from The Mountbatten School have at the parade by our new cohort of Year been working with local infant and primary 9 bronze arts award students who created schools in the run up to this year’s Romsey beautiful dragonflies after school in the Art Lantern Parade. Department with Miss Searl.

They have been delivering willow lantern- Students also mastered new and unusual making workshops with the theme “From making techniques with willow manipulation River to Sea” making sharks, turtles, fishes and have demonstrated their developing and pyramid shapes for the parade, which leadership skills whilst showing impeccable took place in Romsey town centre on behaviour and representation of our school. December 9.

The lantern parade is now in its fourth year, and was started in 2011 when a local retailer thought that Romsey was ideally suited to a community-based event.

Miss Searl has been working with students at Wellow. Stroud and Halterworth primary schools, Miss Street has headed the project at Awbridge Primary School, Mrs Mead has been liaising with Cupernham Infants School and Romsey Abbey Primary School have been visited by Mrs Ingoe and students.

“Are we ever free?” and “What is gender” are Philosophy Club among the topics which have been discussed by the Philosophy Club during the autumn explores term. The club is currently facilitated by Year 11 challenging topics students and is attended by students from all year groups.

Emily Loch (Year 11) says that she loves running the Philosophy Club. She said: ‘Humans are given this life for maybe no reason at all, but isn’t it the greatest gift to explore what we are and why we are here?’

A Year 7 student said she enjoyed coming because the club was “a place where you are not judged and can discuss deep topics.” It was celebration time at the Bournemouth International Centre in November to celebrate the Prime Minister achievements of Mountbatten students who took part sends her in the National Citizen Service summer programme. congratulations The NCS initiative is aimed at students aged between 15 and 17-year-old through a series of exhilarating of NCS graduates challenge to make their mark and build skills for life.

The BIC graduation ceremony celebrated their achievements from a summer of a lifetime and which included performances from young people on the programme, charity speakers and a live band.

They also received a signed certificate from the Prime Minster, Theresa May.

Current Year 11 students can visit www.pb-education.co.uk for more information and to sign up to the programme which is delivered by Personal Best Education - the trading name for Mountbatten School Services Ltd.

The Mountbatten School will receive a visit from the NCS engagement team in the New Year with more information about signing up next year with the chance to win a GoPro camera.

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It’s been full steam ahead for the And then in October, the club attended Mountbatten Model Railway Club which the “American and Continental o Gauge has exhibited at two different venues over Show” at King’s School in Winchester. the autumn term. The students ran pre and post war The Bursledon Brickworks Train Show in American O gauge electric trains, which September incorporated steam engines, were very different from the trains they model trains and vintage vehicles. The usually run. The Belkin bridge from the club took the school’s Triang Series 3 OO 1930s attracted lots of interest. This was a gauge layout and the students enjoyed very relaxed show which gave the students running the trains as well as talking to time to not only learn how to drive the visitors about the school and the club. O gauge trains but to talk to visitors.

If you would like to know more about the club, please contact Mr Smart: [email protected] OF

The Mountbatten School Business Patron’s Club

Continuing our regular feature on The Mountbatten Business Patrons Club, we speak to Wayne Palmer who recently accepted the role of President of the Club.

By his own admission, successful businessman Wayne Palmer wasn’t an A-grade student. Wayne Palmer (right) at the launch of “I was a late developer and didn’t get good Thinking Space Systems in Australia qualifications when I left school,” admitted Wayne, managing director of the Romsey- “We are committed to giving young people based Thinking Space Systems. “In fact, an opportunity in manufacturing,” he said. it’s fair to say I was useless at school; I was “School is more than just choosing an more interested in motorbikes and girls!” academic route. Apprenticeships are an alternative to those who don’t want to go to Today, Wayne is at the helm of a flourishing university.” business which designs and manufactures innovative and stylish control room furniture As President of the Business Patrons Club, for a range of industries, including security, Wayne said he was keen to encourage local air traffic control, broadcast and the firms to help provide a stronger bridge emergency services. Based in Romsey, the between education and the world of work. company now employs 37 staff in the UK. “I take youngsters on work experience,” Wayne went to Eastleigh Technical College, he explained. “It is a challenge because of put himself through night school and resources, but there is great value for both studied part-time for a degree. businesses and the students.

Then in 2003, following a visit to the bank “I am really keen to get businesses manager, Thinking Space Systems was born, involved, whether they are manufacturers or initially based at Wayne’s home and then in accountant and solicitors, so that they can a barn in Fishers Pond, Eastleigh. help to de-mystify the world of business.

Business is flourishing, with the business “For businesses, there are so many ways exporting 40 per cent of their products, they can get involved with the school. Just and it has bases in Sydney, Montreal and give me a call.” Washington DC. Thinking Space Systems, Unit 10b, The Now using the experience acquired over Quadrangle, Abbey Park Industrial Estate, the past 20 years, Wayne is committed to Romsey, Hampshire SO51 9DL. helping youngsters at The Mountbatten www.thinking-space.com School. Email: [email protected] Our Next Event

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All roads pointed to the Ordnance Survey in November when a group of 16 gifted and talented Year 8 students attended the annual Geographical Information Systems day at OS’s Southampton headquarters.

The students excelled themselves with their contributions and geographical analytical skills in solving a planning scenario for the City of Southampton.

Here are some of their reflections:

“We learned how geography could be used in a disaster and how important geography is for tasks such as building houses.”

“We learned that if there was an issue, for example a fire, geography could be used to determine the affected area, which would be cordoned off. The people inside the danger zone would also have to be evacuated and geography could help to see which buildings had the most people in who needed to be warned.”

“We discussed the geographical factors that would have to be considered in the building of a house, such as if the area was in danger of flooding, if the area had enough education facilities and if the area had enough public transport such as train stations and bus stops.”

“We learnt that Ordnance Survey makes maps that have certain geographical information on them such as areas with a high flood risk.”

“We analysed a variety of computer-generated maps and came up with a lot of ideas on what you would need to build a new housing estate. For example, electricity, water supply, heating and other infrastructures.”

Christianity explored at Winchester Cathedral

Winchester Cathedral was the destination for Year 10 GCSE students as part of their religious studies course.

The new syllabus looks at key Christian beliefs and practices and the educational visit was designed to support their studies. Each class group was assisted around the cathedral by a volunteer. Their informative approach was extremely helpful and gave the students a fantastic insight into why Christians believe what they do. Dates for your diary

2017

Tuesday 3 January Start of Spring Term Tuesday, 10 January Drama Residential for Year 9 & 10 in London, for 2 days Friday, 13 January 8.00pm Mountbatten Jazz Club, The Lantern Theatre Wednesday, 18 January Year 10 RE Trip Friday, 20 January An Inspector Calls trip, London Wednesday, 25 January 6.00 pm LS Careers Parents Evening Thursday, 26 January 4.15pm – 7.15pm Year 9 Parents’ Evening

Thursday, 9 February to School Production Saturday, 11 February Monday, 13 February Year 11 GCSE Performer’s Concert Thursday, 16 February 4.15pm – 7.15pm Year 8 Parents’ Evening Saturday, 18 February Ski Trip leaves Saturday, 18 February Start of Half Term

Sunday, 26 February End of Half Term Monday, 27 February Inset Day

Thursday, 9 March 6.00pm – 7.30pm Year 11 Exam Information Evening Friday, 10 March 8.00pm Mountbatten Jazz Club, The Lantern Theatre Thursday, 16 March 4.15pm – 7.15pm Year 7 Parents’ Evening Friday, 24 March Inset Day Thursday, 30 March 4pm SEN Forum, Founders Room

Sunday, 2 April 6pm Mountbatten Music Academy Concert, Thornden Hall Monday, 3 April Year 10 Work Experience Week starts Thursday, 6 April 4.15pm – 7.15pm Year 11 Parents’ Evening Friday, 7 April End of Spring Term

Monday, 24 April Start of Summer Term

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