Spotlight the Henry Cort Community College Summer Term, Issue 6 July 2013
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Spotlight The Henry Cort Community College Summer Term, Issue 6 July 2013 Principal’s Update Dear Parents Mrs Kopitsa, Head of summer term in July. We have leaving teaching for new opportunities, Mrs Orton who I am writing to give you Geography. They will join and moved the timing in order to compliment a very strong keep them separate from the will be moving to a new post information about some and Mr Broughton who is important changes happening leadership team in September. subject consultation meetings The next 12 months is an with individual subject teachers moving to Scotland. for September 2013. exciting time for the college as which will all take place in the I would like to wish you all a Restructuring of Leadership we look to reconsider our status. spring term. Thank you for your pleasant summer holidays and Team for September 2013 We will be sharing further ideas attendance at these meetings look forward to continuing to about the college status through which we believe are really The Governors and I have work together next year. agreed a restructuring of the Spotlight and our parent coffee important in order to help us Leadership Team which will evenings in the autumn term. work closely with you to support enable me to take on the role of College Productions your child‟s learning. Yours sincerely Executive Principal. One Arrangements for September Mr Munday particular reason for this is to At the end of this term we have Principal allow me the time to investigate enjoyed three successful Arrangements for the new term several exciting options for the performances of the college are included in this edition of college in the near future. One production which was The Lion, Spotlight. Please note that the such aspect that the governors The Witch and The Wardrobe. new term starts on Tuesday 3rd are interested in exploring is the Mr Challen, Mr McAlister and September at 11.00 am for Years option of converting to a the cast are to be congratulated 7 and 10 who will meet with for their hard work and efforts to their tutors. Year 11 are also cooperative trust status. The attraction of this is that the create such an enthusiastic and required at this time and will be undertaking a revision Cooperative Trust values of positive performance. workshop. The college day will working together for the The Summer Concert and Cluster finish at the normal time of 2.35 betterment of all children in the Concerts have also been an Fareham area and encouraging excellent showcase of the work pm. On Wednesday 4th students to take on of our students. Those of you September the college will start Back row L-R: Eloise Karim , at the normal time of 8.25 am Connor Bomford, Chloe Bowman- responsibility and leadership are who were present at the concerts Wise, Pearce Hardy, Amelia values which we strongly hold. will be aware of the very high and the normal timetable will be operating for all year groups. Bascombe, PC Geoff This model also enables us to quality of music that is produced Front row L-R: James White, Izak continue with the collaborative by many of our students who At the end of this term we say Vickers, Joshua Haine, Adam work with other schools and achieve great things through hard goodbye to a number of very Whitlam colleges which has so many work and commitment. established members of staff benefits for both staff and who have given a great service Parent Questionnaires students. to the college; Thank you to all parents, Term Dates 2013/14 Another exciting aspect is that it Mr Cook, who has been a PE particularly parents of Year 7 Autumn Term provides an opportunity to students, who completed the teacher and more recently an enhance and develop some of Advanced Skills Teacher, will be Start of term - 3 September parent questionnaires. We find Half Term - 28 Oct-1Nov the excellent leaders in the these a useful way of identifying leaving us after 37 years at the college. Mr Fielon, currently college. We thank him for the Christmas - 23 Dec-5 Jan our successes as well as areas Vice Principal, will take on the where we need to work further to excellent contribution he has role of Associate Principal so made to the lives of many of our constantly improve. Spring Term that when I am absent from current and ex students and wish Start of term - 6 January school he will have the full One area we plan on reviewing is him every happiness in his Half Term - 17-21 Feb the mentoring sessions, held on authority of being Principal. He retirement. Mr Ellison, German Easter - 7-21 April will also be taking an increasing Day 10 between tutors, parents teacher, is also planning role in managing the day to day and individual students, which is retirement although he does have organisation of the college. Mr an opportunity to review the alternative ideas on how to use Summer Term Austin, Assistant Principal, is progress reports. We have up his time. We thank him for Start of term - 22 April reducing his workload to part changed the timing of these his contribution. Half term - 26-30 May time. These changes have meetings so that these, which we Summer - 24 Jul-2Sept are now going to call TASC We also say goodbye to a enabled us to create two extra number of other members of roles as Acting Assistant meetings (Target, Setting Consultation) will now be held in staff including, Mr Clark-Lyons Principals. Mr Fearon, who is taking on a senior currently Head of PE will take the second half of the Autumn term (as before) and also in the leadership post in Horndean on this additional role as will College, Mr Sam-Brew, who is Page 2 Spotlight Year 8 Area Athletics Championships On Thursday 6th June we attended the event were a credit to the school as usual. long jump Year 8 area athletics championships at the Overall we were extremely successful on Owen Williams won the 300m Mounbatten Centre in Portsmouth. The the day: objective of the event was as an inter The boys also won the relay by a school competition and also identified The girls team came third out of nine considerable margin. Charlie talent. The top three out of each event schools with Kaiah Day and Kayleigh Hancock, Aaron Lobb, Jack Thomas, received an invitation to represent March through to represent Fareham Ben Tiffin, and Izak Vickers all Fareham and Gosport at the Hampshire and Gosport. received letters inviting them to athletics championship. The girls team also won the relay. represent Fareham and Gosport at the Our Year 8 are a particularly talented year Hampshire athletics event. The boys team came first out of the group and they were all looking forward to Well done to all that took part and for nine schools, just beating Bay House the event. We took 25 athletes in total, those that did not get in the team keep by the number of first places we filling all of the events, with competition trying, there is always next year! rife for most of the places. Both the boys achieved. Mr M Hotchkiss and girls teams‟ behaviour during the Sam Bridges won the 100m and the Friends of Henry Cort The next FOHC recycling day will be on website to check which inkjet cartridges year‟s book will be coming out in early 19th September 2013 so make sure you can be recycled. September so make sure you get them start sorting out all unwanted linen, Spend and Raise signed and returned. Please also be clothing, bags, paired shoes etc. Don‟t advised that we cannot order any extra forget we can‟t recycle books any more Please DON‟T FORGET to use the copies after initial print run so make sure but all cuddly toys can be recycled. college web shop when shopping online you request your copy as soon as the www.spendandraise.com/henrycort or log letters come out! Mobile Phones and Inkjet Cartridges onto the college website and follow the Don‟t forget we can now recycle mobile link. You can help to raise valuable funds URGENT If there are any Year 10’s who would be interested in helping with phones and inkjet cartridges! by shopping online through the webshop – next year’s publication then please You can donate your old mobile phones or and you won‟t spend any more than going to the retailer‟s website directly. email via web site or give your name to inkjet cartridges on the recycling days; Sue Laney or Ken Austin who will pass they will help raise additional funds for the Year 11 Yearbook it on. college. Place you unwanted mobile The yearbooks went out to students in The next Friends of Henry Cort meeting phone/inkjet cartridge in the box provided June and judging from the feedback we in office. will be held on Tuesday 10 September received it was worth the effort. We 2013 at 6.30pm in the college library. We have raised £115 recycling the mobile raised just under £50 this year and hope to Please attend if you can and share your phones so far so keep up the good work add to that with this coming year‟s book. fundraising ideas with us! everyone. Note to all current Year 10 parents, the Happy Holidays from all the Friends of Please use the recycling link on the college permission slips for inclusion in next Henry Cort.