The Henry Cort Community College Spotlight Summer Term Issue 2 July 2010 The Principal’s Update Inside this issue: Dear Parents, of applicants we have moving some appointed over 40 to meetings into the Media Darlings 3 become prefects in Summer Term for next Autumn Term I write to you with September. Mrs year. We have also Arrangements news of some of the Hartnell, who reviewed the developments at the organised the organisation of 1:1 Literature Quiz 4 Paris Trip College. selection process is review meetings which now shortlisting will now take place on Parent Forum 5 students to be the 10 th Day of our This term, we have interviewed for the new timetable which been reviewing the Transition 6 posts of Head Boy and we are calling ‘Day mixed age tutoring Co-ordinator Head Girl. 10’. This is the second which was introduced Friday of our two week House News 7-13 in September 2009. At Henry Cort we timetable. The dates of Both teachers and value good all meetings are students have reported communication with Sport News 15-16 published in the that this has proved to parents so we were attached calendar. be very successful grateful to those of you School Sport 17 who filled in the particularly for the Partnership older students acting questionnaire about In my recent letter to 1:1 mentoring and the as role models for the you I explained that Coffee Morning 18 younger ones. This reporting system. students had year the mixed aged Comments were very requested a review of Holiday Activities 19-21 tutor groups have only positive about your our College uniform. included students from involvement in these Students are Years 7-10. However, meetings, with well interested in changing Backstage 22 next September each over 90% of parents from the winter uniform tutor group will have saying they found the of a shirt and tie to a Calendar 23 the full age range of reports and meetings polo shirt throughout students. This will very useful. There the year. The group of give more were also some students who were opportunities for the valuable suggestions looking into this were Year 11 students to about how we could unable to carry out the take on leadership improve things further. research into other roles. One of these For example some schools that had made CPD DAYS parents of Year 8 and opportunities is to the change in the time FOR 2010/11 become a Prefect and Year 9 students asked available. As a students in the current why so many of the consequence college meetings took place in Year 10 have been winter uniform of a 1 October invited to apply. These the Spring Term. This white shirt and tie students had to make arises because both of under a blazer will 28 January these year groups a written application remain the uniform in 4 March with a sponsor and as make option choices at September 2010. The part of the selection that time. However we student council will 1 April have reviewed the process they were have the opportunity to 15 July involved in interviews timing of these look into this more and discussion forums. meetings in order to closely in the Autumn From this initial group improve the spread, Page 2 Spotlight The Principal’s Update cont’d... term, working with Mr One of the highlights of members of staff, Graduate Trainee Hartnell, who will be from this term was a two long serving Teacher Course. PC taking oversight of Primary Sports Day teachers at Henry Dee, who has been the Student Council for all Fareham Cort, Mr David Gailor our Safer Schools from September. We Schools. Our Year and Mr Lyn Coles will Police Officer, has feel that it is 10 Sports Leaders both be retiring this been working in the important for the helped to organise summer after many College Mondays and students to research the day along with years of service to Wednesdays. Sports Leaders from the College. Mr Ray into the impact of changes of uniform to other secondary Lewis, Site Manager, other schools and schools. The event also retires after Three members of present their case was very successful many years at the staff, who have been carefully before it is and covered by the College. We would undertaking training considered by local press. like to thank them for as Graduate Trainee Teachers will be parents and their hard work and governors. support to students moving on to new For those of you who over the years. roles as qualified live in Whiteley I teachers these are In 2007 we achieved hope you had the Mr Stannard (ICT), the International opportunity to visit We also say goodbye Mrs Baxter(Modern Schools Award, the Art Exhibition in to: Foreign Languages) which is a prestigious one of the shop units Mrs Pritchard, and Miss Radcliffe. award, only achieved at Whiteley Outlet Assistant Principal (Art). We wish all by a relatively small Centre featuring the who will be taking up these members of number of schools. work of students at a new role in Dorset staff success and We were very proud Henry Cort. The as a Deputy happiness in the when we won this students work is very Headteacher of a future and thank award for the wide impressive and it is a middle school them for their range of different wonderful opportunity contribution to the international for the young artists Mrs Broadhurst, college. to showcase their Head of Year 11, will experiences offered to students in the work. Mr Williams, be leaving us now College. The award is Head of Creative Arts that her students I would like to wish valid for three years has organised the have finished their you and our students, so Miss Lehmann, exhibition for the school career. She a happy and our International weekend of 16 th and has decided to take a enjoyable summer Schools Coordinator 17 th July but due to career break before holiday and look has been preparing the success of the she chooses a new forward to seeing you our new application. exhibition he is now challenge! in September. planning to extend Mrs Robinson from the exhibition to next the Learning Support With best wishes Our School Sports weekend. Department will also Partnership be retiring. Yours sincerely coordinated by Mr Lane, the Partnership At the end of this Ms Tatler, who has Manager has been term we say supported in Drama Mr P Munday will be starting a very busy this term. Goodbye to a number Principal Summer Term Issue 2 Page 3 Media darlings from Henry Cort Community College have just been awarded certificate as part of the BBC School Report project. On March 11 th , youngsters from The Henry Cort Community College got some tips on interview technique and presentation from BBC South Today's Sally Taylor. During a visit to the South Today studios, the pupils turned the microphones on Sally, asking her about her career in journalism and getting plenty of advice about how to deliver their news bulletins. The project was a huge success and Mr Munday received a letter of thanks from Ros Smith, Deputy Editor of BBC School Report and a certificate. The School Report is an annual project involving thousands of students in hundreds of UK schools. This unique scheme provides 11 to 14-year-olds with an opportunity to learn to be journalists with the help of the BBC and partners. As part of the initiative pupils choose their own stories and broadcast them to a live audience on News Day. The winning team were led by Zoe Viner at The Henry Cort Community College. Zoe Viner remarked "The students' ability to research, plan and deliver news stories in the BBC studios was impressive; they were naturals on the camera and we had great fun on the day." Henry Cort also received a certificate, signed by media legend, Huw Edwards, as recognition of their huge success on the day. Beginning of Autumn Term Arrangements The beginning of the College’s Autumn Term will be staggered to enable a smooth start to the new college year. The details are as follows:- Monday 6 September—Years 7, 10 and 11 should attend This will be a 9.30am start and buses have been re-scheduled to run an hour later than normal. Tuesday 7 September—All Years should attend All students to attend at the normal time (8.25am). On both days college will finish at the normal time of 2.35pm. Full college uniform to be worn on both days. Page 4 Spotlight The Henry Cort Community College win Solent Children's Literature Quiz for another year... On 9 th June four students from The Henry Cort Community College won the Solent Children’s Literature Quiz which took place at Bridgemary Community College. It was particularly exciting as the team were already the 2009 winners – the defending champions! The event was organised by the Hampshire School Library Service, with assistance from participating secondary schools and supported by Sainsbury’s in Fareham. The participating secondary schools were Bay House School, Bridgemary Community Sports College, Cams Hill School, Crofton School, Hamble Community Sports College, Henry Cort Community College and Swanmore College of Technology. The quiz was designed to test young people; two year 7s and two year 8s, on eight rounds of ten themed questions, under the following categories: Spies and Detectives; a Visual round; Book titles; Allsorts; World at War; Splitting Sides; Around the World and Couples.