End of Term Newsletter No 691 – 20 July 2018

End of term Newsletter No 691 – 20 July 2018

As the warm weather continues, we all have our fingers crossed that it doesn’t end as soon as we break up. The students and staff have done amazingly well to keep focussed and productive in this heat so it would be a pity if they didn’t get a proper chance to enjoy it!

Even more impressive in the hot conditions were the students who competed so enthusiastically in Sports Day last week. I am pleased to say that all the students, whether competing or observing, were sensible about sunblock, hats, and water and we had a terrific afternoon. Much to Mr Bloxham’ s delight, Hepworth were crowned champions and we look forward to seeing how that affects the final house standings in the end of term assembly.

As the term draws to a close, we have wished bon voyage to the usual incredible variety of trips. The music department have taken over 100 students to perform in Switzerland and Mr Morton and Mrs Aikman are leading a group of students on a visit to our partner school Ndeke High in Zambia. Finally on Tuesday, our two World Challenge groups headed off for three weeks of volunteer work, trekking and sightseeing in Vietnam.

Luckily, there has been plenty going on in school this week for those not venturing to foreign climes. For the first three days, students in years 7-9 have been taking part in enterprise education workshops, hoping to develop their entrepreneurial skills for later life. On Thursday, years 9 and 10 will have life skills workshops and we are also hosting the fire brigade to lead assemblies on fire and water safety. So all in all, the pace isn’t letting up even as we reach the end of the year!

Sadly, the summer always means goodbyes and so we need to bid farewell to a number of staff. We are very sorry to be losing the following:

Sally Bayly-Hill Media Helen Cox Geography and Global Citizenship Tina Ewington Learning Support Bob Green Computing Claire Guillouet MFL Helen Harrington Library Oli Lacey RS Abdul Muhid Cover Supervisor Yvette Mowbray Learning Support Jimi Lalaye Science

We will miss them all very much but I’d like to thank them on your behalf for all the brilliant support they have given to the students of SJL during their time with us.

It has been another fantastic year at SJL and the whole community should be proud of what we have achieved. It only remains for me to wish you all a restful and relaxing summer and we’ll see everyone again in September!

As always, if you have any comments or suggestions I would be pleased to hear from you, please contact me at [email protected].

Claire Robins

GOVERNORS’ REPORT TO PARENTS 2017/2018

Dear Parents

As we once again reach the end of the school year, I am writing to update you on some of the work the governing body has been doing to support the SJL community.

Finances One of the governors’ key priorities is to ensure that the school manages its finances as effectively as possible. Over the years, this has become more and more of a challenge as education budgets are expected to stretch further than ever. Some parents may have seen the recent analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies stating that the amount of per pupil spending in England's schools has fallen in real terms by 8% since 2010. Government funding for Sixth Form students has been reduced by 25% and Local Authority support has dropped by 55%. All of these reductions have impacted significantly on SJL. Coupled with an increase in student numbers and the uncertainty over who will fund future teacher pay- rises, the pressure on schools, SJL included, has rarely been greater. I am pleased to say that with support from our own Scholars’ Education Trust, innovation and downright hard work from the SLT and Finance team, the governors have been able to set a balanced budget going forward. However, there are clearly difficult times ahead and we will be working hard with the school to deal with whatever arises. Parents should certainly be aware that these intense funding pressures are not likely to go away any time soon.

Standards Another focus for governors is ensuring that the students at SJL receive the highest possible standard of teaching in the classroom to enable them to achieve the very best results that they can. We do this not just by receiving reports from, and asking questions of, the senior team at our formal meetings but also from visits to the school itself. Governors take part in faculty and pastoral reviews, spend days in school meeting with key staff and shadowing students, participate in interview panels for new members of staff and have key areas of responsibility such as Pupil Premium, Child Protection and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. We attend the school’s annual staff conference to get an even better idea of issues affecting SJL and how the staff are preparing to deal with them. As governors we also have a responsibility for keeping ourselves up to date on relevant issues. One of the advantages of being part of the Trust is the wide range of training opportunities that have been available to us this year on topics such as Pupil Premium and data analysis.

General Governors have been delighted to take part in many of the celebrations and extra-curricular events this year including attending SJL’s productions of Fame and Peter Pan, music concerts and Sports Awards evening. We were pleased to meet many families at Have You Met sessions and the annual Prize Giving Ceremony and several governors were involved in the annual Careers Fair, both leading sessions and manning stalls! Finally, governors have been very involved in the work to produce SJL’s new website, which we hope parents are finding an improvement.

As Chair of Governors, I am always happy to be contacted by members of the SJL community via the school with any queries or questions you may have about the work of the governing body. In the meantime, I would like to thank all the staff and students of SJL for their tremendous efforts this year and wish them – and all the SJL family – a restful and relaxing summer holiday.

Simon Mundy Chair of Governors

ARRANGEMENTS FOR COLLECTING GCSE / GCE RESULTS – SUMMER 2018

Exam results can be collected from the school hall on the dates below:

GCE, FSMQ, EPQ and BTEC – Thursday 16th August 2018 Year 13 08.30 Year 12 09.30 Year 11 (FSMQ only) 09.30

GCSE – Thursday 23rd August 2018 Year 11 09.00 Year 10 10.00

School staff will be available on Thursday 16th, Friday 17th August and Thursday 23rd August, should you need to contact anyone during the results period. The Exams Officer will be in school until 3.30pm on each of these days. Alternatively, you can email [email protected].

UNIFORM – IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR SEPTEMBER

Students will have grown considerably throughout the past year and a number of them are now wearing skirts that are far too short. Others are rolling them over at the waistband – this is not acceptable. It is also important to remember that students should wear white socks or navy or neutral tights with their skirts; black tights are not permitted. Students wearing school trousers must wear black socks only. Once again, we are asking parents for support from home. Please discuss this with your child(ren) and ensure that they come to school properly equipped and with a correctly fitting uniform for the start of the new academic year.

A reminder that the school skirt must be worn ON the knee and staff at Stevenson’s uniform shop are very clear on the school’s policy regarding this matter. There are also signs in the shop reminding parents of this and staff have been instructed not to sell SJL skirts any shorter than on the knee. Please also bear this in mind if purchasing your child’s skirt from Stevenson’s online shop. Any students wearing skirts above the knee at the start of the new academic year can expect to receive a sanction and parents will be expected to exchange or replace the skirt immediately.

Please also remember that the current SJL skirt and girls’ trousers (the trousers must bear the school badge) can only be purchased from Stevenson’s. Lookalike garments should not be purchased elsewhere. We are keen to avoid having to challenge students about their uniform and having parents incur any additional expense or inconvenience.

As always, we thank you for your support in this matter.

Please also note the following – particularly the rules on hair:

Jewellery - The only jewellery permitted in school is a single plain gold/silver stud in the lower lobes, plus a watch. Facial piercings are not allowed (even if covered with a plaster). Bags - Bags that feature inappropriate nudity or sexually explicit imagery are strictly forbidden. Makeup - Makeup should not be worn. Nail varnish, false nails or nail extensions should not be worn. Badges - The only badges permitted are official school badges, such as House Representative badges and one charity badge. Hair - Should be kept clean and tidy and should not be brightly coloured, worn in any extreme style or have an appearance inconsistent, in the Headteacher’s opinion, with traditional good standards of uniform. Hair extensions are not permitted and colouring is only allowed if it is a natural colour. No patterns or tramlines should be shaved into the hair or the eyebrows. Hair should not be shaved below a grade 2. Long hair should be tied back with neutral or school colours for practical activities. Hair ornaments should not be worn. Hair bands must be plain and either black, white or navy. Hoodies/tracksuit tops - Must not be brought or worn to school and will be confiscated for parental collection. Charity wrist bands - Only one wrist band is permitted to be worn at any one time. It must be for an appropriate good cause (at the Headteacher's discretion) and must not be as a fashion item or, for instance, to support a pop group or football team. Mobile Phones - Mobile phones are permitted in school but should be kept in the bottom of school bags or in lockers at all times - not in uniform pockets. They should remain switched off throughout the school day, including break and lunchtimes, unless teachers have given students permission to use them. In the case of emergency, parents should call through to reception in the normal way. Students caught using mobile phones will have them confiscated and the phones will be kept at reception for parents to collect at the end of the school day.

NB: If students do not conform to these guidelines they should expect to be withdrawn from general classes until they do

GREEN WATCH COMMUNITY SAFETY Arson Awareness and Cold Water Safety

A group of firefighters from St Albans and Harpenden came into SJL this week to provide an arson awareness talk to the year 8/9 students. They reminded the students of the importance of staying safe during the holidays especially in the current very dry conditions. For further information, please download the fire safety information leaflet from here.

Cold water is another concern and can be very appealing at this time of year, particularly during the current heatwave. The water is still cold enough to cause cold water shock and may contains other hidden dangers. The District Community Safety Team are asking parents to discuss the potential dangers of diving and swimming in cold water with their children. A water safety leaflet can be downloaded from here.

CONGRATULATIONS

Alumni News Congratulations to Jack Richardson who has just received his university results, achieving a First in Finance in Risk Management at Cass Business School. Congratulations also to Riley Forson who has just graduated from UCL with a high 2:1 in Law.

Awards 2017/2018 We are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Subject and Year prizes. The following students will be invited to attend the Scholars’ Trust Awards Ceremony in December, where they will be presented with their prizes. Congratulations to:

Name Prize Daniel Aljassas Product Design Tami Awe KS3 Art Ruby Barwell KS3 Drama Dominic Beech KS5 Boys PE Fatima Bhutta Triple Science Alexa Billington KS4 History Elizabeth Bratton Year 10 Harry Brook 3D Product Design Harry Brook Cliff Gardner Award for Technology Ellen Brookes KS5 Girls PE Tanya Burgess-James KS5 Geography Ollie Burroughs KS3 Computing Ellie Butterworth KS3 Mathematics Gregory Clark KS3 English Toby Clark KS4 Computing Charlotte Clay KS4 Textiles Jay Colston Patel KS4 German Barney Crawford KS5 French (Kingswood Prize) Thomas Dadswell KS3 German Lucy Davis KS3 Girls PE Anjali Dey Year 11 Leo Dobson KS3 Science Mae Dunham KS4 Graphics Daniel Dytham Business Studies (Stuart Bishop Prize) Maddie Edge Sixth Form Jasmine Ellis KS5 History Thomas Fox Russell Turner Prize Jorja French Year 8 Ella Gozdawa Photography Sophie Graham Combined Science Will Hall KS3 Science Charlie Hammerson KS4 Drama Amy Hartnup Biology Dylan Harvey KS5 Media Max Heal Public Speaking Alex Hegarty KS4 English Anna Heuer KS3 Textiles Sophie Johns KS3 French Charlie Kay KS3 Mathematics Caitlin Lobo KS5 Music (Alan Kettley Prize) Daisy Maeer KS4 Art Elisha Mans KS5 English Hannah Marsden KS4 Religious Studies James McCarthy Design & Technology Emily McGarry KS4 Media Sophie McKay Eco Award Shannen Millar KS3 Media David Mintoft KS4 Mathematics Yasmin Muhtadi Economics Jack Murphy SJL Award Rohan Nistala KS4 French Emily O'Hanlon Sociology Hannah Ongers KS5 Drama (Richard Burke Prize) Ellie Pannaman Steve Hewlett Award Rosie Pascal Chemistry Emily Peck Spanish Sam Pemberthy KS4 Food Technology Isabel Probyn Physics Charlotte Reynolds KS5 Art Emelia Rice Public Speaking Charlotte Richardson KS3 Music Emily Rigby Graphics Emma Risley Armitage Award Thalia Ryan John Miles Sculpture Prize Samantha Sharkey Read Award (for student leadership) Ted Singleton KS5 Computing Chloe Stafford KS5 German Susie Stafford KS4 Girls PE Katie Sutton Year 9 Rosie Sutton Year 7 Gabriella Sweeney KS3 English Emily Thorne KS5 Textiles Jack Toy KS5 Mathematics Pablo Trett Calvo KS4 Mathematics Ailis Truscott Psychology Sanjna Vora KS4 Geography Alexander Weaver KS4 Music Harvey Welch KS3 Boys PE Isobel West Old Scholars (Library Prize) Benjamin Wilde Critical Thinking Charlotte Wilde KS4 English John Williams KS4 Boys PE Jem Woolf KS5 Religious Studies

Headteacher’s Commendations Congratulations to the following students who received Headteacher’s Commendations this half term:

Kiera Broadhurst 8K Ethan Park 9N Eshan Samarasinghe Kaaviya Suresh Kiya Olton 9R Smith 9H Vidhya 8K Annamarie Osborne 9R Ibrahim Skoien 9R Sophie McKay 8K Aaron Ayles 8A Kiefer McElhinney 10H Heather Bentley 8R Charlie Bennett 8K Emily McGarry 10L Leah Thomas 10K Alexia Hills 8H Sophie Smith 9B Jamie Raffermati 10R Aaron Ayles 8A Meryem Agostini 9L Ishaq Hussain 10L Olivia Wilson 9A Isabella Montgomery 7R Cian Alexander 10K Ruby Robertson 9R Lauren White 7H Alex Lever 10H Ellie Terry 9K Elsa MacDonald 9B Will Hall 8K Lucas Connolly 9H Annabel Drake 9H Gabriella Sweeney 7L Louis Harrison 7A Xenovia Gyara 9R Gabriella Sweeney 7L Gregory Clark 7A Imogen Dahani 9A Katie Grimes 7A Thomas Johns 7L Santi Trett Calvo 9R Katie Grimes 7A Ollie Burroughs 8A Nicky Doherty 9A Nell Way 8N Heather Bentley 8R Harry Rabin 9H Sam Barratt 8R Rafa Morales Oyarce 8N Alexandra Dorney 9N Charlie Kay 8R Toby Askew 8B Charlie Carter 9N Charlotte Hawkins 8B Alexander Gardiner 8H Shannen Millar 9B Luka Wilson 8B Adam Grimes 8K Hugo Pattison 9K Jack Condon 8L Klara Berry 8R Freddie Saunders 9R Lucy Savage 8H Esmé Cox 10R Matthew Borrell 9A Daniella Lal 8R Archie Michie 10A Mary Kershaw 9H Elana Connolly 7A Izzy Doherty 10B Lily Allan 9L Isabelle Edge 10R Ayesha Bhutta 10B Mac Hutson 9H Harvey Welch 9R Zach Grose 7H Rhiannon Connell 9N Elizabeth Bratton 10A Leila Palmer 7K Oliver Gauthier 9A Daisy Hannah 10B Bridey Perryer 8R Anna Heuer 9A Dan Norman 10L Thomas Dadswell 9K Izzy Dobson 9K Jack Allen 12N Thomas Dadswell 9K Sophie Smith 9B Tanya Burgess- Jasmin Zimmerli 8N Sophie Johnston 9A James 12A Caitlin Hedges 8L Ruby Barwell 9R Lily Robertson 12K Sophie Jacques 8L Gabriel Bouabci 7K Chloe Tomlinson 12N Amelia Bird 9B Nathan Myers 7R Georgia Cross 8L Jamie Swann 9B Elliott Langstaffe 7K Jacob Sunderland 7N Beth Elderkin 12B Eliza Davies 7K Lauren White 7H Gabriel Bouabci 7K Martha Davies 7L Will Hall 8K Gabriel Bouabci 7K Katie Grimes 7A Ollie Burroughs 8A Leo Macherla 7K Elana Connolly 7A Ruby Barwell 9R Imogen Dahani 9A Khaleel Miah 7N Katie Grimes 7A Matthew Flowers 9H Rhianna Solomon 7R Hannah Brooke 7B Samuel King 9K Annabel Hill 7K Sasha Bowler 9B Anarghya Kodam 9L Lucy McCarthy 7R Sarah Brooks 9L Ryan Mustard 9R Eliza Davies 7K Lucy Dixon 9L William Postill 9R Zach Grose 7H Georgia Cross 8L

Junior Maths Olympiad

Congratulations to Ollie Burroughs, Year 8, who achieved a Merit in the Junior Olympiad round of the Maths Challenge. The Olympiad consists of in-depth mathematical problems aimed at highly able mathematicians. Well done Ollie on this fantastic achievement!

SPotY! ongratulations to Sanjna Vora (Y10) for her outstanding achievements in Physics this year, which have led her to be selected as our School Physicist of the Year (SPotY!). She attended the awards presentation evening at the University of Hertfordshire with her parents on Friday 6th July and was treated to two short specialist lectures: one on ‘Atmospheric sensing’ by Dr Helen Smith, and the second on ‘Planets and Brown Dwarfs’ by Professor David Pinfield. Sanjna is our top achiever in Physics in Y10, and it is through her high levels of interest, effort, organisation, resilience and determination that she has enjoyed such success in this challenging subject.

Congratulations to the following students who have passed Music Exams recently: Immy McPhun – Singing - Grade 5 (Distinction) Georgia Threlfall – Flute – Grade 4 (Merit) Sophie Gorman – Flute – Grade 7 (Merit) Archie Michie - Saxophone – Grade 3 (Merit) Amelie Pym – Music Theatre - Grade 5 (Distinction) Alex Hegarty – Trumpet - Grade 3 (Merit) Anna Rowan – Singing – Grade 8 (Distinction) Daisy Brown – Piano – Grade 1 (Merit) Ben Tickler - Bassoon - Grade 1 (Merit) Immy McPhun - Flute - Grade 8 (Distinction) Emma Risley - Flute - Grade 8 (Merit) Nathan Myers – Trumpet – Grade 1 (Distinction) Kasia Kramer – Trumpet – Grade 3

And from last term … Ella Montgomery – Music Theatre - Grade 2 (Distinction) Miabella Turner – Music Theatre – Grade 3 (Distinction) Caitlin Eckley – Singing - Grade 8 (Merit)

Summer Prom Congratulations to all the students and staff who performed in the Summer Prom on 5th July! It was a fantastic evening with a high standard of music from all. Thank you to our audience for your support and braving the heat!

STUDENT PLANNERS

After a successful year using Show My Homework to set and monitor home learning activities the school has decided to stop using paper planners.

After an extensive survey with students we feel that since the introduction of Show My Homework it was a resource that wasn’t being used effectively and as an eco-school we are constantly looking for ways to reduce our use of paper.

The students will not receive a paper planner in September as they have in previous years. Students can use their own written diary or planner to record home learning tasks if they choose. There will be an iBook available to freely download in September containing lots of information to help the students organise their learning and orientate their way around the school site. This will contain the school maps, school rules, useful websites and the periodic table amongst other useful things. There will also be a PDF version linked to the website. If you have any questions regarding this please do not hesitate to contact me via email: [email protected].

Mr Newbery

KEY DATES 2018 / 2019

Autumn Term 2018 Start: Monday 3 September - External 6th form induction Tuesday 4 September - Year 7 start – 6th form timetabling day Wednesday 5 September – Years 8-11 return Wednesday 3 October – Secondary Transfer Evening – School closes at 12.30pm Wednesday 17 October – Twilight INSET – School closes at 12.30pm Half Term: Monday 29 October to Friday 2 November Monday 26 November – Occasional Day – school closed Finish: Friday 21 December – school closes at 12.30pm

Spring Term 2019 Start: Monday 7 January – INSET day – no students in school Half Term: Monday 18 February to Friday 22 February Friday 8 March – INSET day – no students in school Finish: Friday 5 April - school closes at 3.30pm

Summer Term 2019 Start: Tuesday 23 April – INSET day – no students in school Half Term: Monday 27 May to Friday 31 May Tuesday 18 June – Twilight INSET – School closes at 12.30pm Finish: Friday 19 July – school closes at 12.30pm

IMMUNISATIONS

Dear parents

The school nursing immunisation team has recently been into your child’s school to deliver immunisations for Diphtheria, tetanus, polio & Meningitis ACWY in years 9 & 10 (DTP/MenACWY) & also HPV for girls in years 8 & 9.

If your child missed any of these vaccinations but you would still like them to receive them, please contact our duty number so that we can arrange some further sessions during the summer holidays.

As a service we aim to ensure all children have the best opportunities to be fully vaccinated for their own health & also to help protect the wider community. School nurse service duty number – 01727 732009.

Diane Carrington Team Leader for School Nursing in Hertsmere, ST Albans & Harpenden

CAREERS NEWS, ROUND-UP AND DATES FOR NEXT YEAR

Year 10 Work Experience Our Year 10 students were out on their work experience placements a couple of weeks ago and had a fantastic time. It was wonderful for the Year 10 tutor team to be able to visit them in their workplaces and receive such glowing comments about their work ethic and conduct.

To parents of Year 9 students, it is never too early to be arranging your child’s work experience for the next academic year. The dates for work experience 2109, for Year 10 students, are Monday 1st – Friday 5th July 2019.

For students who are arranging their own work experience, the private placement form which needs to be completed can be found through the link below.

Year 10 private placement form

Once this has been completed, please return it to Mrs Reed in the HOY office next term. Alternatively, it can be emailed to her at: [email protected]

Year 12 Work Experience Last year we introduced work experience for Year 12 students. It was an extremely successful week, with 96% of students claiming that it had been a positive experience for them and that it had added clarity to their career ideas. As such, this will remain in the school calendar for the foreseeable future.

We want to give students who have finished Year 11 and are planning on coming back into Year 12, advance notice of these dates, so that they can begin to source a placement over the summer break. The dates for Year 12 work experience for the next academic year are: Monday 13th – Friday 17th May 2019. Unfortunately, we are not able to authorise work experience at any other time of the year, except in very special circumstances.

Whilst the emphasis on work experience in Year 10 is to gain an insight into the workplace, in Year 12 the focus shifts to students trying to get a taste of employment in a field they may wish to pursue in the long term.

For Year 11 students who are arranging their own work experience for Year 12, the private placement form which needs to be completed can be found through the link below.

Year 12 private placement form

Once this has been completed, please return it to me or the 6 Form office next term. Alternatively, it can be emailed to me at: [email protected]

Year 7 Parent Work Shadow Day On our occasional day in the autumn term, it was suggested that Year 7 students took the opportunity to shadow a parent, relative or friend at work for the day. A number of students took up the challenge, with the reward of an ACE card for participation and a £20 iTunes voucher for the winning report. Since receiving their ACE cards before Christmas, the students probably thought I’d forgotten about the iTunes voucher, but with such excellent reports submitted, I decided to wait for the end of year assembly to celebrate their success.

For children who are joining us in Year 7 in September, if you would like to take up the opportunity to work-shadow your parent, relative or friend on the Occasional Day, it will fall on Monday 26th November 2018. A letter will be sent home early in the autumn term.

Below are summaries of a few student reports from their day, and I am pleased to announce that the winning report is from Nathan Myers, 7R, who will be presented with his iTunes voucher during the end of year assembly.

Kendra Barron 7B: My trip to Camelot UK (the national lottery) I started off in Human Resources, where my mum works. I went with her to her Internal Communications meetings and saw what events and communications would take place that week. After that, I proofread an email that was to be sent to the entire company by my mum. Then, I went upstairs with my dad to the Call Centre, where all the phone calls to the lottery are answered. I learnt about the PRAM team who do the graphs and look at the figures and statistics, and then I was allowed to listen to the incoming calls. Then, I was lucky enough to be allowed into the winners’ lounge! In the winners lounge, waiters bring the winners champagne and food. Later, I went back up to the Call Centre and one of the Webchat team talked to me about how they also communicate with players through Webchat (talking on the website). After, I spoke to the QA team who assess all of the call team’s calls. As all the calls are recorded, the QA team can listen to them and look at how well the call team listened and talked to the customers. They assess how polite they are, how they adapt to a person (for example talking slowly to an older person, and quicker for a more impatient person) and many other aspects of the call. This was probably one of my favourite parts of the day.

Ellis Turner 7L: On Monday 27th November I went to my Mum’s work at the University of Hertfordshire. She works as a nurse at the Medical Centre. The Medical Centre is based at College Lane Campus and has a pharmacy next door, there is also a bank and counselling section which students can access. At work I helped do jobs in the office such as tidying the draws and sorting out paperwork.

I don’t think being a nurse is a job for me, as I am not into medicine, treatment and I don’t like blood. However, I enjoyed my stay at the university, and I can’t wait to return.

Nathan Myers 7R: My day was spent with my Dad who works for BP at their head office in central London. He creates financial charts and other graphics for senior management and the board and he’s worked for BP for nearly 30 years!

We took the train from Harpenden to St Pancras and then the tube to Piccadilly Circus, followed by a short walk to the office in St James’s Square. We went in past the security guard and I was given a visitor’s pass by the receptionist, which allowed me to enter through the turnstiles.

The office is a large building, made up of 8 floors, two of which are underground. First, we went up to the fourth floor, where my dad’s desk is. After having a drink, we went back to reception to look at the models, including one of the North Sea rigs that BP operate. Then we went up to the fifth floor meeting area to look at some of the BP historical items, including an old petrol pump and a telegram sent when the first oil was found in the Middle East in 1908.

Later, I met one of the Competitive Intelligence team, who showed me what his job involved. They watch what other energy companies are doing by watching specialist news websites and keep the BP bosses up to date.

Finally, we bumped into Lord George Robertson, who is a special advisor to BP. He used to be the Defence Secretary from 1997-99 and then was Secretary General of NATO from 1999- 2004. He often meets with foreign officials and he showed me a photo of him with Barack and Michelle Obama and another with NATO leaders including George W Bush. It was such a fun and informative day.

Have a great summer break.

Julia Power, Head of Careers

SEND MY FRIEND TO SCHOOL VISIT

On the 9th of July, Katie Sutton, Amelia Bird, Ruby Barwell and I travelled into London with Mr Fernandez to visit 10 Downing Street. We were all very excited as we had seen this building so many times in the media, whether that’s surrounding important meetings for the prime minister or campaigns much like 'Send My Friend', so as we expected, news

film crews were surrounding the area. When we were welcomed inside (something we had not expected), we were thrilled to present the Send my Friend to School Campaign to a Number 10 advisor. We explained where we came from and what the campaign aimed to do along with discussing some of the successes we have already made towards making all schools safe (see the article in the Herts advertiser about our work for more details!). We were impressed that the advisor had heard about Send my Friend through some of the MPs who had already been involved in other constituencies’ branches of the campaign.

A lot of work around the school and other schools in the area had lead up to this event and we felt like we made an impact with the letter we wrote to Theresa May which contained a collection of work we did with year 6 and 7 classes throughout the last few months. We brought awareness to younger students in the surrounding area by asking them to take part in an activity where we discussed the 246 million children all over the world who have experienced violence in school in the last year and in what ways they may have experienced danger and how it may have effected them and their education and then all the ways this could have been solved. To finish off the colourful posters, the students wrote a message to Theresa May presenting their own opinions on school safety. We hope that delivering this letter to Number 10 will bring more government attention to the issue of danger in schools and hold them accountable to the promises they have already made about making schools safe in Britain. We would like to give huge thanks to our own MP, Bim Afolami for organising this entire event and allowing our campaign to make enormous steps forward. Afterwards we visited the Oxfam London office to meet the national campaign organisers and write a report, press release and blog of our experience.

Ellie Terry (Year 9)

YEAR 10 FRENCH – SEPTEMBER 2018

The language department is very excited to inform the students who will be studying French GCSE next year that we will be organising a study trip to the south of France, in the city of Montpellier. Our students will stay in pairs in a French family during their stay and will practise their French together during the day. The primary aim of our study trip is to improve student’s confidence as well as their ability to speak in target language to maximise their achievement in their speaking GCSE exam. We will also discover more about the region and French culture during our time there. Our provisional itinerary is:

Morning Afternoon Evening Monday Depart from Harpenden and travel to Montpellier Meet Host families and return for dinner Tuesday Visit of a French school – Guided tour of Return to host families time in lessons with French Montpellier for dinner students Wednesday Cookery workshop in French Zoo and Botanical Return to host families Gardens for dinner Thursday Language Lesson Afternoon Trip to Return to host families Camargue and visit of for dinner the Domaine de la Palisade Friday Depart from Montpellier and journey home

We will send a letter with more information about this fantastic opportunity early September. Miss Marino

LEARNED LUNCH

On Wednesday 4th July, the school held its annual Learned Lunch for Year 12s considering attending Oxford or Cambridge as well as those wishing to take Medicine at university. This is an event that takes place over lunch time, during which ex-students who are currently studying at Oxford or Cambridge or are taking Medicine come in to talk to the Year 12s.

At the start of the lunch, we were put into groups according to our subject/department. This allowed us to talk to the appropriate ex-students who might be currently studying our subject. It was incredibly useful, as we could ask questions and gain insider knowledge about degree courses specific to us. Although everyone attending already knew what course they want to do at university, it will no doubt prove invaluable when it comes to writing personal statements and submitting applications. It also helps in creating an idea of what we can expect at university and what will be expected of us. Being able to talk to current students and have a proper conversation about university was both inspiring and memorable, as we could gain practical advice for the application process as well as other areas of university life and study.

Overall, this was an incredibly unique and useful event that will not doubt only prove more helpful as we enter Year 13.

Dotty Birss

THE CHILDWICKBURY ARTS FAIR SUMMER 2018

On Friday 6th July, a group of year 9s, sixth formers and teachers visited the arts fair in Childwickbury to have a fun day out looking at other artist’s work. The work on display ranged from paintings and drawings to fabric/ stitch based work to other mixed media products like hats from Andrew Fisher who is a milliner. The Art Shed (a painting company), created a drawn mural for visitors to come along and help paint. You could pick from a large range of colours and then choose a selection of the mural to make your own. There were lots of places to sit and enjoy the sun and the selection of food options available including a large range of ice cream flavours and pizzas cooked on an outdoor pizza oven. The Childwickbury Arts Fair has been taking place for 15 years and puts lots of techniques on display including printing, tie dye, stitching, drawing and painting.

One painter who exhibited her work at the Arts Fair last weekend was Jennie Wheatley. One of her paintings was called Aphrodite’s Bay and is an oil painting with lots of texture and clear brush marks. It is a painting of the sea with a variety of tones of blues and greens. Jennie Wheatley exhibits her work in multiple places including in Cornwall, Cardiff and Harrogate.

There were also lots of textile artists exhibiting their work such Justine Lois Thorpe. She uses mixed media on her designs and moves in a very quick and simple way. Her sketchbook was on display and you could see that she uses bland colours for her sketches and incorporates masking tape to create interesting shapes and designs. She gets her inspiration mainly from the wood and the sea to create a nature based theme. We liked how free her work is.

There was also a photographer showcasing her work and it was based on food, animals and nature. Her backgrounds were mainly dark colours such as black and brown but the objects in the foreground were bright or interesting colour choices. Kasia Burke, the photographer, wisely chose objects with a wide range of textures. Before becoming a photographer, Kasia Burke completed a degree in hospitality management and worked in the food industry for a number of years. She lives in Hitchin but works in Hertfordshire and London.

Rachel Williams is a 3D nature inspired sculptor. Her main material used is reused cardboard which makes her sculptures sustainable. They include a lot of detail in a small space creating lots of shapes and patterns in just one sculpture. Her work is only the traditional cardboard colour but is interesting because of the use of different shapes.

Emilie B and Holly B – Year 9 Fashion Students

YEAR 8 FRENCH PRIMARY SCHOOL PROJECT.

Last month Year 8 began the French primary school project; we had four lessons to plan a 10 minute lesson for a group of primary school students. Each Year 8 group chose a topic from clothes and weather to animals and colours. We would then teach the primary school children some extra French. The lesson could include work sheets, speaking activities and games. We were free to teach in any way we wished (within reason). Once we arrived we realised that they already knew quite a lot of the basics which made it easier to teach the vocab, some even knew bits of the topic that we were teaching them. We left school for two periods of the day and in that time we could teach up to 10 groups of 6-10 students. The experience was fun and interesting as it opened up a new way of learning French, as we were not just teaching we were also learning or recapping. I hope that next year’s year 8 find it just as fun and interesting as we did.

Kiera Broadhurst

A SUMMARY OF A DRAMATIC YEAR

This year has been a really vibrant and diverse year for the Drama department where on the curriculum side we have concentrated on developing scripts for performance along with showcasing devised work musicals. The Upper School musical this year was Fame which was an enjoyable challenge and featured some impressive performances across the three disciplines of acting, dancing and singing. Tom Zadok, David Ijiti, Ophelia O’Brien, Demi Echezona and Hannah Ongers shone in the lead roles and there were some fabulous emerging star performers such as Ella Purvis, Lewis Harvey, James Pollard, Toby Howe and Matthew Webb. The spirit of Julliard in the eighties was well and truly captured with the ensemble of star-makers, heartbreakers and bootyshakers!

The lower school production of Peter Pan in July was a lovely production full of magic and adventure. The adorable Darlings (Ruel Shepperd, Katie Sutton, Max Heal, Nancy Cheshire and Thomas Dadswell) were brilliantly cast and performed with relish. Ruby Barwell as Hook led a crew of cutthroats with glee and the Lost Boys Ensemble were riotously funny and lovable. Josh Todd and Amelie Durrant sparkled as Peter and Tinkerbell; in fact the whole ensemble were slick and professional in this charming performance. We must pay tribute to the Art and Tech faculty for such inspirational support with the boat and crocodile construction as well as the scenery and the whole project was a creative collaboration from start to finish. The Crew led by James McCarthy and Will Hogson were also professional and efficient and helped create a memorable Neverland. The lower school certainly shines bright with potential and talent for the future of SJL Drama both on stage and behind the scenes.

There have been five theatre trips this year for all year groups and these have ranged from dark humour and menace of The Birthday Party at The Harold Pinter Theatre for year 12 and 13 to the madcap fun of The Play That Went Wrong for year 7 and 8 students. In between we visited a lovely production of The Wizard of Oz with year 9 and the chilling The Woman in Black with year 11. We also managed to catch the impressive Machinal at The Almeida which is a set text for A Level which was a real bonus .This programme inspires and supports our work by providing opportunities for live theatre reviews which are required at Year 9, GCSE and A Level coursework as well being very entertaining and enjoyable of course!

We have awarded special end of year Drama Awards at KS3, 4 and 5 who have been most impressive in classes and productions during the year. The students who will receive the much coveted star trophies this year are as follows…..

Year 7 Rosie Sutton Sophia Fantozzi Year 8 Ellie Butterworth Lily Brett Year 9 Joshua Todd Thomas Dadswell Year 10 Ella Purvis Toby Howe Year 12 Meg Crawford

At GCSE level the year 11s created some dynamic and enjoyable work on the topic of “Looking back and forward” from the adaptation of scripts such as Macbeth, A Midsummer |Night’s Dream, The Exam and Be My Baby, their work was very mature and polished and we have everything crossed for them for their results in the summer.

Our year 12 A Level Drama group have produced some powerful monologues and duologues and an entertaining version of Girls like That and My Mother Said I Never Should.. . As for Year 13, they produced two superb devised pieces based on the ideas of Berkoff and Metamorphosis entitled The Great British Beetle and Odd Socks both pieces were awarded high marks which will help boost their overall grades to enable David Ijiti and Hannah Ongers to go on to study an Acting BA at Drama Centre and Italia Conti respectively..

This summer sees the first assessment of the new specs with their compulsory written exams and we are keen to keep the creative side thriving whilst working on exam technique and coursework. Our next Upper School Play will be an adaptation of a Shakespeare play which will be an exciting challenge as we return to the bard after an eight year break.

Our twitter account is thriving with 185 followers but we would like more so follow us on #SJL Drama to be kept informed about what we’re up to. A big and sincere thank you to all the many staff, students and parents who have helped support Drama and theatrical activities during this memorable year!

Tim Armitage / Head of Drama

LIBRARY

World Cup Competition To tie in with the football, we ran a topical competition for the most interesting facts provided with accurate sources. Students drew a world cup player from the hat, who was then their player to research. Winners were:

 Year 7 Enny Sanusi  Year 8 Alex Buckley and Toby Jarvis  Year 9 Amy Webster

There was also a sweep, in which completed entries for players from the winning team, France, also won a small prize:

 Jayne Clarke 8L  Molly Barker 7R  Alex Buckley 8R  Leyah Fullarton-Turner 8N.

SJL Top library readers This year, we introduced a new library award, for the students who borrowed and read the most from the library over the whole year. Certificates were awarded to:

Year 7 Lenny Morfitt, Torin Hillcoat, Abigail Riley Year 8 Dylan Marshall, Madeleine Marshall, Kaaviya Suresh Vidhya Year 9 William Postill, Jade Douglas Year 10 Oscar Cook, Louis Davies Year 12 Emily Threlfall, Zoe Ayres, Jasmine Wall

Big Challenge We are just over 6 months into the Big Challenge! Summer is the opportunity to catch up or get ahead! We have 4 students who have completed the challenge (52 books) already, and many others who are on course for bronze, silver or gold awards. We also have staff and parents signed up, so hope you are all doing well!

Parent helpers We couldn’t do many of the things we do in the library, without our parent (and ex-parent!) helpers. So very many thanks to our loyal team of helpers! In September, Mrs Harrington, who works in the library and homework club, will be moving to another of the Trust schools – Robert Barclay – as Librarian. We will miss her hugely, as will many of the homework club attendees. Whilst arrangements will be in place for homework club, the library will be managing with reduced hours, especially at the beginning of term – so this is a plea: if you have some time you could spare to support your child’s school on a regular basis, then we would love to hear from you. We are particularly looking for 1-2 hours on a Tuesday morning, Wednesday afternoon, Thursday afternoon or Friday afternoon – but regular help at any time is always welcome, as we will plan around you, for many tasks. If you are interested, I would love to see you on Monday 3 September at 11am (our INSET day – please come to reception) or please contact me in the first week of September, at [email protected] (I work term time only). Thank you, in anticipation!

Mrs Johnson - Librarian

Latin

Latin club has had a busy year, concluding with the award of attainment certificates to the following year 8 students:

 Kristin Sigfusdottir stage 4 and stage 8  Georgia Cramb stage 4  Sophie Kael stage 4  Sophie Jacques stage 4  Jasmine Bending stage 4  Kasia Kramer stage 4.

Latin club will re-start on Tuesday 11 September and we look forward to seeing both new and continuing students.

Mrs Johnson

BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE SUCCESSES THIS YEAR There are a number of different opportunities that our students take part in over the year. We have had some amazing trips and successes that are detailed below.

Visit to Gonville & Caius College Cambridge by Year 13 Economics students to ‘Women in Economics Day’ This was a fantastic experience for the students. Earlier in the Year, I accompanied some of our female Year 13 Economics students to a day at Gonville & Caius College at Cambridge University where the focus was on ‘Women in Economics’. The girls had a very enjoyable and informative day and returned full of enthusiasm for the subject. It was held to enable students to find out more about studying economics at degree level and to celebrate the work of female economists and women around the world. The day consisted of lectures and panels and a really fascinating talk from Carolyn Fairbairn, Head of CBI, and fashion designer Jenna Young who discussed the discuss the challenges and opportunities facing British fashion in a post-Brexit landscape.

Economics Visit to the Treasury We were very lucky earlier this year to receive an invitation to visit the Treasury to discuss the new Economics Degree apprenticeship opportunities that they will be offering. This was a fantastic opportunity for the students who attended and enthused them about future opportunities and pathways that are open to students.

Young Enterprise This year we have had 2 successful Young Enterprise companies called Silver leaves and Focus. They attended successful trading opportunities such as Harpenden Christmas carnival and Milton Keynes. Both our companies reached the Area Final held in St Albans and competed against other Young Enterprise companies following a successful report submitted to PWC St Albans as judges. Silver leaves won Best Product for their sustainable chopping boards and Focus won an award for customer service. They have worked hard throughout the year and students have observed, ‘It was a challenge but we learnt many skills’ and ‘I have learnt the importance of teamwork and organisation.’

Our thanks also go to our Business Advisors Geoff Newman and also Maria Azcona who joined us this year. Geoff and Maria have given up a lot of their time to help the students and the students really appreciate their Business expertise and skills. We are looking forward to our incoming Year 12 in September and a new Young Enterprise Company at Sir John Lawes.

Mrs Griffiths

Dragons Apprentice We had two teams that entered the Dragons Apprentice competition this year. This is an annual competition run by the Centre for Voluntary services in St. Albans (CVS). It offers Year 12 students the opportunity to experience setting up and running a business, gaining organisational and job related skills and learning about the work and beneficiaries of their designated charity. The teams are matched with a local business mentor (their dragon) and a local charity or community group. Their challenge is to "turn £100 into £1,000 or more" for their designated charity/community organisation. Team Solution made it to the awards ceremony and gave a great presentation. They raised over £1400 for their charity – Harpenden Mencap. Team Phoenix were also very successful and raised over £1500 for Headway. They also won best Poster design.

Enterprise Week This week years 7, 8 and 9 will have all been involved in Enterprise activities. They have enjoyed expert sessions from Grey London and have been learning about advertising. The students had to design their own campaign for Beats headphones with some excellent creative designs from all year groups.

Mr Thompson

ART NEWS

This term has seen our GCSE and A Level Exhibition with over seventy students work displayed around the Art Faculty. This was yet another well attended and excellent quality show. Sir John Lawes A Level and GCSE Students also contributed work to the 50 years Anniversary Arts Society of Harpenden Exhibition. We were delighted that Georgia, Lucy, Monty and Zoe won prizes in the Senior Classes for their Paintings, Drypoint Prints, Lino Prints and Digital Work.

A Level Photography Students also entered a Rotary Club Photography Competition, with Ella, Alex and Ed being placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Harpenden District Round of the competition. Well done to all those students who entered both Competitions. You can see examples of work from SJL students in all years and even work by Y6 students from our taster days by following our Instagram or twitter feeds. www.instagram.com/sjlartdept @artlawes.

Students starting Y10 Art or Textiles GCSE have been sent their summer work via Show My Homework. This will help them prepare for their first unit of coursework. Similarly students starting A Level Art, Graphics, Photography and Textiles have been sent outlines of their summer projects via Show My Homework. Please email Mr Higgins if you need any further information. Have an excellent summer and we look forward to seeing what you all produce in the Autumn Term.

HOUSE NEWS

Including the House Rounders Tournament, which is running this week, there have been over thirty House Competitions and events running through this year. Each of the Houses run their own competitions, with Britten’s Tableau and Hepworth’s Colour Chaos running during this half term. Through the rest of this year, your excellent uniform, Christmas Form Room Decorating, Charity fundraising, sporting prowess, language skills, saga writing, graphical illustration work, problem solving work could have helped you earn points for your House. This year we also had some excellent staff entries for the Tableau competition. Then there are the thousands of ways students have achieved Merit Marks, Ace Cards and Head’s Commendations, with these all feeding into the Merit Mark Cup and Termly House Points. Sports Day results were shared on the day and in more detail by Mr Bloxham this week, with these adding to House Point Totals.

We’d tell you the final results, except the Rounders Tournament is still taking place now (Y10 are out as I write) and the final Merit Mark Total will be worked out Thursday night. So you will have to wait for Mr Higgins’ announcement in Final Assembly. For those people in Zambia or on the Music Tour who can’t be in final assembly we will share the final results via social media!

Mr Higgins, Mr Evans, Mrs Ponte, Mr Bloxham, Miss Caldicott Mrs Gibson, Mr Hatchell, Mr Morton

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

Thanks to all of you who came to the Festival on Saturday AND to all our wonderful sponsors! The event was a great success with more people attending than ever before – and we even saw an England WIN!

This event will raise a huge amount of money for the school. The final accounts are underway and we’ll let you know how much we’ve raised in the Autumn.

WE COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!

AND A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR – YOU’VE BEEN GREAT!

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Save The Date!

Tuesday 11th September 7.30-8.30pm

Come to our annual Welcome Evening

* how much we’ve raised & how it will be spent * * next year’s fund-raising & social events * * meet the committee & members of staff * * drinks & nibbles *

This evening will incorporate our AGM but don’t worry that should only take 5 mins!

 And in other news…. We’re in

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The SJL minibus campaign is one of Waitrose’s 3 chosen local charities this month.

So PLEASE pop in, even for a packet of crisps, and put a token in our box – tell your friends! 

Stay in touch…

Have a wonderful summer and see you next year!

SPORTS NEWS

Twitter The PE department would like to remind you we have a Twitter account for keeping students and parents up to date with fixture details, results and general sport and physical education news. Please follow us @SJLPhysEd.

Fixtures for next week: Week Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Senior Saturday

Monday

Tuesday Interhouse Interhouse Rounders Rounders P1&2 P5&6

Wednesday Interhouse Rounders P5&6

Thursday Interhouse Interhouse Rounders Rounders P1&2 P5&6

Friday Break up for Break up for Break up for Break up for Break up for SUMMER SUMMER SUMMER SUMMER SUMMER

Saturday

Sports Leaders Throughout the school year there are always a number of events that take places that need the support of SJL Sports leaders in order to run successful. This time of year is no exception with a number of Primary Sports Days taking place.

We sent 44 students in total from year 8 to Crabtree, Manland and Harpenden Academy across last week and once again they did a superb job and really showed SJL students in the best light. They were required to help run stations, point score, time athletes, organize them into races and explain rules of the different events. A lot of responsibility but nothing our students couldn’t handle. Each year the demand for our students to attend these events grows because they do such a good job and this is testament to their hard work and dedication to PE as a subject.

Well done to all those involved, the primary schools really do appreciate your support.

Also during the week the Hockey Leaders were again out in full force. There is a core group of around 16 year 9 students who again have been in demand to help run and support lower school hockey tournaments. The Year 9s officiated at the Herts School Games County Primary Hockey finals on Friday. The leaders did a fantastic job in the heat. They controlled games well, relating positively to the younger students and managing the event smoothly and professionally.

The organisers were thrilled that they did such a great job. As always our leaders are true ambassadors for SJL, thank you.

Sports Day

Another year, another Sports Day and another enthralling afternoon of athletics! Compared to last year the athletes had to deal with the sweltering heat and humidity that no doubt would affect some of their performances. However this did not stop numerous records being broken in the track and field events as records which had previously stood for 15-20 years went tumbling! Everyone was again out in full force supporting on the bank, which was lit up with colour. A special mention must go to the sixth formers from Britten whose yellow capes really livened up proceedings.

A reminder of last year’s results: Ryder were finally dethroned of their Sports Day title which they had become far too accustomed of winning. Hepworth took their place in very dominant fashion winning by a margin of 67 points and the question was, could they keep this up in 2018?

By the half way stage with all field events in, Hepworth held a very narrow lead with only 12 points separating them and Lawes in second who had a very strong set of field results. Ryder were somewhat off the pace with Britten and Austen waiting in the wings in case either slipped up. The question was, was Hepworth’s lead too slim? Could anyone catch the top two? As you can see Hepworth’s lead only grew throughout the afternoon, culminating in them winning Sports Day by 28 points. Not the same comfortable margin as last year but a good win none the less.

A special mention must go to 10 Hepworth who put in a top display, gaining 150 points for their house and ultimately being the difference in victory. However, with them departing next year will Hepworth find what they need from the new year 7s and 12s to soften the blow? A late charge by Austen saw them demote Lawes into third after previous being 16 points behind and Britten, previous 3rd, slipped into 5th. However, congratulations must also go to Britten who gained the highest number of appearance points with 71 different pupils from their House competing at some stage.

Year 7 Cricket - District Cricket Cup Final 2018

Our Year 7s capped off a fine debut year at SJL by reaching the District Cricket Final, but unfortunately were not able to bring the trophy home.

Facing local rivals, St George’s, at Harpenden Cricket Club, Captain Will Bratton lost the toss and was asked to bat. A very positive first four overs saw Toby Goodhind and Zach Marsh start well and score 40 runs before losing the first wicket. From there on it was a bit of an England style collapse and we ended all out for 63, putting paid to any real chance of a win on a lightning fast outfield. The bowlers toiled hard but were unable to make the necessary early in-roads to worry the St George’s team who ran out comfortable winners reaching the required 64 off 12 overs.

Nevertheless, the team has real potential and I am sure this won’t be their last shot at a trophy over the next few years!

STEM RETURNERS PROGRAMME RUNNING IN HERTFORDSHIRE WITH MEGGITT

Have you taken a career break from an engineering or technical sector and wish to return? Are you working below your experience in a different sector? Do you have an engineering or technical degree that you aren’t using? Do you just wish to transfer sectors but don’t have any experience? If so this could be the opportunity for you! We are currently sourcing candidates for the Meggitt STEM Returners programme, a 13 week fully paid and supported return to work programme starting in October in Stevenage. All candidates will also have the opportunity to obtain a permanent role at the end of the programme. No career break is too long, register to return to STEM today! For more information please visit www.stemreturners.com or email [email protected]. STEM Returners programme running in Hertfordshire with Meggitt

PLAYPARK ACTION

I am a member of Playpark Action Rothamsted Committee (PARC) a registered charity which is working on the redevelopment of Rothamsted children's playpark, to create a flagship playground for Harpenden and the surrounding areas.

We have developed a questionnaire to obtain people's views on what Harpenden's flagship children's playpark should be like. We would be really grateful if you could circulate the link to the questionnaire to the parents and staff before you break up for the summer holidays as the closing date for submissions will be 9 September 2018.

The link to the questionnaire is: https://goo.gl/forms/MwUji9t8pEMBR9Ic2

Many thanks in advance for your assistance. We are really excited about this project and really hope that the rest of Harpenden will be too!

Kind regards,

Gillian Griffiths On behalf of Playpark Action Rothamsted Committee (PARC)