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Dinnington High School Newsletter Contents Welcome School News We hope you enjoy our latest newsletter! As wrappers and cutlery, instead of plastics. We ever, I am immensely proud of all that our have recycling bins for paper and cans. We are students achieve in so many different ways and also in the middle of a big project to have new Rewards Ceremonies 04 the support they receive from their teachers. boilers (for which we got a grant) so we should Almost weekly, we are wishing good luck to be more efficient at keeping our school warm. Normandy 04 students who take part in such an array of sporting, dance and racing activities. This We finished the year with a fabulous Sports The BIG Show 05 newsletter provides just a small glimpse of all Presentation, Rewards trips, Celebration Fundraising 05 that our awesome students do. Assemblies, foreign trips, Sports Day, Duke of Edinburgh and, in the last week, a whole week World Book Day 06 There is always an array of highlights for us to with our new Y6 students. We never have a Kindness & Co 06 reflect on each year. One of my annual quiet week at Dinnington as we strive to give favourites is the ‘Random Act of Kindness Week’ students a wide range of experiences to Transition 07 (or three weeks as it is at Dinnington). A huge enhance their learning. Results Day 10 thanks to those of you who supported the effort by sending cans for the food bank or As ever, we remain hugely appreciative of your warm things for the Cathedral homeless project. support as parents and carers. Please follow us A special feature this year was the reflection on on Facebook and Twitter if you want to keep up how we are kind to ourselves and look after our to date even more often. own well-being. Sporting Updates Twitter: @dcsch Another favourite day for me is World Book Facebook: @DinningtonHigh Day. Seeing staff putting in so much effort to Sports Presentation 11 11 dress up as famous literary characters is With kind regards Ms Staples Sports Champions 12- 14 fantastic. Hearing staff reading from their favourite books to students is even better. As you will see when you pop up to school, we finally have our smart new fencing. It has been a long wait and we are very grateful for the temporary fencing we were lent, free of charge. We are all pleased to have the new fencing so that we can be even more confident about keeping students safe while making the site look more professional. We are also proud of the improvements we have make in terms of our contribution to reducing climate change. Our dining service now has a number of biodegradable food 02 03 ‘The BIG Show’ is best ever! The BIG Show returned to Dinnington High There were a number of highlights including the School. It featured Dinnington students performing fantastic dance showcase, led by dance students a showcase of dance and gymnastics routines, Becky Tyler and Hannah Ford. They had raced School News trampolining, singing, playlets and spoken word. from competing in the Rotherham Schools Dance competition, where they took the bronze award for both the KS3 and KS4 categories to perform Rewards Ceremonies at The BIG Show. The BIG Show raised a brilliant £380 for the Our end of term rewards ceremonies were well Sports Tour 2020 and a great night was had by all. received by students and parents. There were Brian Rossiter, chair of the Trustees of the school, rewards for commitment, achievement and attended the performance and said, “It was great attendance, with students nominated by subjects to see our young people in action in so many and senior leaders. Parents were invited to ways. Everyone involved from the gymnasts, attend and enjoyed a glass of non-alcoholic fizz dancers, singers and spoken word performers to whilst watching their children collect their the front of house and backstage teams were awards. Well done to all our students. We’re amazing.” very proud of you. Fundraising Normandy Our staff are a talented, compassionate group and this extends to their families too. Mrs Harrison, who is a much-valued member of our Engage team has told us about her daughter’s fundraising drive for MHA, a charity that supports older people who are lonely or isolated. MHA was featured in the BBC A group of 26 students and three staff visited Normandy in Northern France in July to improve their One series, ‘Our Dementia Choir’. Natalia shaved her head in March and then did a 140ft abseil down French language skills and to experience French culture. They travelled on the Eurotunnel to France the Owen building at Sheffield Hallam University. You can support her at: where they stayed at Château du Tertre. They visited Ambrières Boulangerie and participated in a town trail, they visited the old town of Fougères and its beautiful castle and also visited the beautiful Mont https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/natalia-harrison - Mrs Harrison is rightly a very proud mum. Saint-Michel. They bought food in a local market to show off their language skills and prepared a meal with the produce purchased. A fun time was had by all, with numerous photos shared on Facebook so we could enjoy along with them. 04 School News School News 05 World Book Day Celebrations Students at Dinnington High School had an amazing day celebrating World Book Day. Students took part in a wide range of competitions across the school. Year 7 student, Hannah Day, and Year 8 student, Safia Transition Mizra, came first and second respectively in a book competition organised by Miss Dickinson.Throughout the day staff across the school wore stickers with a Transition Workshop Winners title of a book that they have enjoyed, and students competed to note down as many as possible. The Emily from Engaging Education visited all our Maja – Anston Greenland Primary School winner, Hannah, collected a fantastic 35. primary schools in the summer. The Y5 and 6 Hattie – Laughton All Saints CofE Primary School pupils took part in a competition to create their Mikayla – Anston Park Junior own superhero. The results were amazing and Across the day staff dressed up as their favourite Jo – Woodsetts Primary School book characters and transformed their departments. the best one from each school has been turned Ellie – Laughton J&I The Living Faculty were the winners, with a brilliant into a professional poster! The winner will be take on ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.’ given one and their school will also have one to Ronan – Anson Brook display - we are proudly displaying them all. Isabel – St.Josephs Catholic Primary What a talented bunch. The winners were: Starter Pack For the second year Kindness & Co has provided a starter pack for all new Y7 students. Students received a bag, water bottle, stationery, a book and a range of items to help their well-being. Kindness & Co is a local community group and rely on donations and volunteers. Thank you so much for making our Y7 students start a little easier – we know parents really appreciate it too. You can follow them on Twitter: @Kindness_Co 06 School News Transition 07 Transition Day, Staff Highlights What Staff said about our new Y7s • Form 7A• Form have 7Adecided have decidedto sponsor to sponsora dog a dog First Day through throughDogs Trust Dogs for Trust the year! for the (Well, year! 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