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Volume 4 No. 5

Hartismere News May 2011

Good Weather for the Bronze Practice Expedition

On the day of the Royal Wedding, 25 young people, 4 members of staff and a very gallant parent – Andre Sloos ­ set off for the first stage of this year's Bronze D of E Practice Expedition. De­ spite earlier threats of rain, the weather was perfect for walking – sunny but not too hot. That didn't stop the participants loosing their way a few times but all arrived at Stonham Barns Campsite late afternoon in good spirits. The evening weather was glorious and everyone pitched their tents well and cooked their evening meals. There were a few problems the next morning such as missing maps and lack of food for lunch, but everything was sorted out and all the teams began to realise the importance of team planning. Everyone was on their way again by 9 am and walked another 12 – 14 km on the Saturday back to Ashfield cum Thorpe. IN THIS ISSUE Well done to all and a very big thank you to Andre Sloos, Mr Phillips, Miss Beveridge and Miss Campbell. We look forward to the Qualify­ ing Expedition in June. Commendations …………………… p. 2 Mrs O'Carroll Duke of Edinburgh’s Award ………. p. 1, 3 Fundraising ………………………….p. 5 Information………………………….. p. 2, 5, 6 PTA………………………………….. p. 8 School Council ……………………. p. 2 School Production ………………… p.1 Science …………………………….. p. 3, 5, 7 Sports ………………………………. p. 4, 5 Sports Clubs ………………………. p. 6 This year’s school production was an outstanding success with sell­ out performances on the Friday and Saturday. There were just over 150 pupils involved from painting sets to standing on the stage. This is almost one fifth of the entire school. All the students worked incredibly hard so a huge well done to all those involved.

We would like to thank all the staff, parents and students who supported them by coming to watch and the PTA for all their support with refresh­ ments and organizing the raffle. The production team will be starting the planning process for next years production after half term so keep an eye on the website for more information. Mr Phillips

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Commendations this half term Supporting Children with Additional Needs FORM ORDER A self help group for Parents/Carers who have Chil­ 13 9W 311 dren with additional needs has been running for some 1 9C 431 14 11F 296 time now with the support of Steve Fiske the Parents’ 2 8C 412 15 9E 292 Support Advisor. The group has been set up to support 3 7B 384 16 10W 283 families with children who have additional needs. This 4 8B 365 17 7C 271 includes young people with autism, ADHD, learning 5 11W 363 18 10F 270 difficulties, mental health problems to mention a few. 6 8E 354 19 11E 261 The group runs once a month at the Eye Children’s 7 7E 349 20 10C 260 centre, Church Street, Eye, opposite the Primary 8 10E 339 21 9B 252 School. Times are from 6pm to 8pm On the following 9 7F 338 22 11B 247 dates: 10 7W 337 23 10B 243 11 9F 336 24 11C 235 14th June 11 12th July 11 12 8F 330 25 8W 233 18th August 11 13th September 11 11th October 11 15th November 11 The pupil with the most commendations for last half term was Michal Manowski 8C 13th December 11 Please feel free to come along and chat, tea/coffee and biscuits provided. Safeguarding Information Your Children are very welcome to come along to The Senior Designated Professional for Safeguarding play, interact and meet the other children & young in school is Mrs Sarah Seeman people. The alternate Safeguarding Officer is For any additional information please contact: Steve Mrs Debbie Corbyn Fiske 07595090317 stephen.fiske@suffolk.gov.uk Any concerns regarding the safety and wellbeing of the pupils should be taken to either of these directly and Hot/cold Packs without delay. If you have any of the school’s hot/cold A copy of the Safeguarding Policy, and all other packs at home please could you return policies, is available via the link on the school website. them to the school office. If you just type Policies into the search bar at the top of the page a list of all policies is shown. Thank you

School Council Dear All, The school council’s for each year group have set themselves an amazing challenge of raising £1200 from each year group to construct a sheltered outside eating area. We are not expecting to do this over a short period of time so keep a look out for all the posters and fund raising activities to follow. Year 7 have been the first to start with a computer club on Tuesday lunchtimes in A4 which costs just 20p for a 15 minute session. I have been overwhelmed by their commitment and enthusiasm for the project and with a year group like this I am sure great things will follow. Other things the Council has been involved in: Raising the Commendation scheme profile by selecting and buying the trophies Changes to the Uniform Interviewing the new staff for school Putting complaints, ideas and positive comments forward to the school via their meetings And much, much more Thank you to all the School Council reps. Mrs Corbyn 3 Vol.4 No.5

The RSC Chemical Analyst competition @ UEA On 10 th May, two teams of AS Chemists took part in a Royal Society of Chemistry competition at UEA in Norwich. The chal­ lenge – to chemically analyse a sample of Coca Cola, using refractometry, HPLC and titrations. A chance to use some of the sophisticated analytical machines in a Uni­ versity lab. The students had to work as a team to gather data on sugar levels and acidity in the drink. They then used High Perform­ ance Liquid Chromatography to identify some of the more complex molecules that give Coke it’s instantly recognisable fla­ vour. Sadly, we still don’t know the top se­ cret recipe ………. Both teams found the day challenging (and tiring), but gathered enough results to report back to the University staff.

The Hartismere students enjoyed the chance to work with post­graduate scientists and to try out high quality analyti­ cal techniques in an academic setting. They also got the chance to look around the UEA campus. Mr Luxton

First Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award Ceremony for Hartismere Students

Recently Maya Harris and Hannah Spooner became the first pu­ pils from Hartismere to receive their Bronze Awards at a county awards ceremony. The ceremony took place at Bungay High School and was attended by pupils from North Suffolk who had achieved Bronze and Silver Awards, together with their parents and Award Leaders. A local teacher from Stowupland High School, Amanda Richmond, gave a very inspiring illustrated talk on her climb to the summit of Everest – we were amazed that the sherpa was able to climb easily without oxygen ­ before giving the pupils their awards. Lewis Craig also gained his Bronze cer­ tificate but was unable to attend the evening. Since then Saskia Martindale, Ruby Mason, and Kate Thompson have all completed their awards so will be able to attend the next ceremony. If any other year 11s have completed their sections but are having problems uploading onto their eDofE portal, bring your evidence into school after the exams and Mrs O'Carroll will help you complete your award. Mrs O’Carroll 4 Vol.4 No.5 Sports News

Suffolk Schools Track & Field Cup

On Thursday 19 th May the Suffolk Schools Track & Field Cup was held in Bury St. Edmunds. Eleven schools from the county were competing at both Junior (Yr7 & 8) and Interme­ diate (Yr9 & 10) level. Hartismere pupils put in some out­ standing performances in some keenly contested events. At Junior level the Girls 4 x 100m team (Sophia Bhullar, Jess McKee, Emily Goodwin and Sian Hibbert) eclipsed the rest of the field to finish a deserved first place, having all put in good performances earlier in the day in their individual events, Shannon Sayers also finished second in Javelin. Helena Coe put in a solid display to win the Intermediate Girls Shot with a throw of 9.8m. There were also notable per­ formances from Cicely Lock­Williams and Hannah Maher in the 100m and 200m respectively.

Cameron McGhie (Year 7) won his 100m race (a year early!) in a time of 14.2 seconds. Freddie Humphrey­Calton won 200m in a time of 28.2 seconds. Matt Welfare and Sean Dundas won their respective races in the 80m hurdles with the same time of 15.7 seconds (Matt went on to finish sec­ ond in the high jump!) and Euan McKie put in a personal best throw of 32.32m in the Javelin to win his event. Strong per­ formances were also put in by Joe Broom (100m), Michael Drake (200m) and Giles Blanchard (Shot).

In the Senior Boys competition there were wins for Tom Hargrave (100m) and Cameron McKie (1500m), both of whom are eligible to compete again next year, and Luke Britton (Javelin) and Louis Harvey (Shot).

Well done to all those who competed, it was a fantastic effort by every member of the team!

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Year 7 Fundraising The Physics of Juggling On the 3rd of May the A­ Level physics students attended another lecture at the Cavendish Laboratories in Cambridge, this time on the Physics of Juggling. The talk was very interesting with the speaker, Colin Wright, juggling throughout the presentation. The theory was just as amazing and cer­ tainly made the au­ dience think. To cap the evening off Miss Pearce learnt to juggle in the minibus on the way home, well done! Well done to the Year 7 pupils for raising £1604.61 for Mr Arthur the British Heart Foundation. They all took part in a sponsored Skipathon during their PE lessons. Miss Beveridge

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The Festival of Chemistry @ UEA Advancing Physics A-Level Revision On 4 th May, an intrepid group of four year 8 Chemists headed up to UEA in Norwich to take part in a regional Roadshow chemistry competition. Wearing huge lab coats, they Last year the physics department visited the Univer­ took part in a series of lab­based challenges designed sity of Birmingham to attend their A­Level revision by the Chemistry department at the University. In the days. This year these were cancelled so we decided morning, the team were asked to “CSI­up” and identify to persuade the lecturers to come to Hartismere in­ a murderer, using a range of analytical tests and then stead. linking the chain of evidence together. They all agreed that working in a full­size Uni lab was a brilliant experi­ We hosted the event for the East of England over two ence and that the Researchers and Professors who days, and schools from the region sent their students assisted them were approachable and (shock horror !) “ to us. The two lecturers were Gerry Blake and David ….quite human really !” Richardson.

After a cake­fuelled break, it was back to the lab for an altogether different challenge. To try and manipulate a chemical reaction (known as the “iodine clock reaction”) so that it changed colour exactly one minute after mix­ There were many practical demonstrations and the ing the reactants. Sounds easy ? Not so much ……… entire physics A­Level was covered during these days. Really tricky ! Even A level chemists have trouble. But Highlights of the event were the destruction of a teddy the team repeated, adjusted and hit 59 seconds exactly bear to illustrate material failure mechanisms, and the for 2 nd place out of 20 competing schools. icecream made using liquid nitrogen. Brilliant work ! Well done, Jordan, Tom, Jess & Ed. A fab day ended with a flashy display from one of the team from the Inspire Science centre – standing on a box of eggs, electrocuting a cucumber and flaming cus­ tard powder.

Mr Arthur

Mr Luxton 8 Hartismere PTA Registered Charity No. 1121559 PTA e­meetings & webpage PTA fundraising update Our meetings this year have had the agenda and minutes projected onto the whiteboard in the May 2011 school library. With PTA committee access to the Promises have started to come in for our Auction of school network, we have reduced paper use for Promises on Friday July 8th 7pm though we’d still meetings. As you don’t need your own copy love lots more. Any offers of promises would be very printed off beforehand, do come along to our welcome & it needn’t be grand—anything from cooking next meeting & find out how you can to get more a batch of chocolate brownies to leading a guided involved. walk—your imagination and your talent are what we hope to tap into—all to raise funds for high quality We’ve added some more information & photos of equipment so the more raised the better equipped the PTA projects to our webpage and our notice­ music department will be. Join us for a fun evening to board near reception in school. We’re delighted raise money for the music department. Buffet supper & that a family of Great Tits are using our camera glass of wine with lots of treats under the hammer of a birdbox in the wildlife garden and pictures have real auctioneer! Any offers of promises to PTA c/o been on the monitor in the corridor—let’s hope school office. Tickets will be £5 to include a cold buffet they all fledge ! and a glass of wine and tickets should be available We hope you find this interesting and do let us after half term. know if you would like anything specific. We’ve Headteacher Mr McAtear has promised that school will had an offer of help from a parent to keep the match the total raised by the PTA this year. We’ve PTA webpage updated so if anyone would like to raised over £3500 so far & hope that we can hit £5000 find out more about helping with the PTA news­ before the end of the school year. The profit from the letter, please let us know. PTA bar & raffle for the production nights raised just over £1250 so thank you to everyone who supported One of the latest fundraising ideas which links to us. both Eco Schools and our focus on music is to All fundraising helps to promote the school & the PTA. collect old and unwanted CDs, DVDs and Your generosity helps to raise over £10,000 each year Games with Music Magpie. Check out their web­ for our children. Thanks for those who have returned site http://www.musicmagpie.co.uk/schools for gift aid forms. Anyone else willing to gift aid any dona­ details if you have any to donate. tions please contact the PTA Treasurer, Niki Bull via the school office. If you have other ideas, please let us know. If you have any ideas for fundraising, please PTA meetings

All meetings are held on Wednesday evenings in school library at 7.00 pm and try to minimise pa­ Who are the PTA? per by showing the agenda and minutes on the whiteboard. Meetings are open to all parents / guardians, governors and staff so please put You are ! All parents, guardians, staff and governors these dates in your diaries and come along — of Hartismere School are automatically members of our PTA when children join the school. Most schools Next meeting: Weds 8 June 2011 have a PTA (Parent Teachers Association) & the committee is a small group of parents and teachers Future dates: September date tbc who are the charity trustees including the Head­ We always need people with ideas as well as teacher Mr McAtear. View the slideshow on our PTA help to organise events and you’re welcome to webpage for more information:http:// join in as much as you can or just give a little www.hartismere.com/Parents/PTA ­ Who are the time when you are able. All offers will be grate­ PTA? fully received. Many hands make light work and you might be surprised to see some familiar With help from others, the PTA Committee organise faces ! We hope to see you at a meeting soon. events & other support for school. We also help to Don’t worry if you can’t make Weds evenings— develop effective links between staff and parents with there are plenty of other opportunities for you to social events as well as fundraisers. get involved and play a part in the PTA team. If So that’s a bit about us—hope it encourages you to you would like to receive PTA minutes & emails, get involved to help your child(ren). Anyone wishing please leave your email address c/o the school to contact the PTA team can do so by leaving a mes­ office. sage for Sue Hooton, Chairperson at the school of­ If you have any links with businesses which may fice. be able to support PTA events or match fundrais­ ing—we’d be delighted to get in touch.