March 2019 Excellence in a Caring Community
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Excellence in a caring community March 2019 Upcoming Events It has been a really exciting few months for Hobart High School and for Clarion Academy Trust. Pakefield Tuesday 23 April School Open High School joined the Trust at the start of April, giving us far greater opportunities for our students, staff and Tuesday 23 April Art Exhibition up (TBC) communities. We look forward to taking advantage of these over the coming months and years. Friday 26 April Art exhibition down From September, I will be taking on the role of Trust Monday 29 April Year 11 French Oral CEO. I will remain based at Hobart and will have (Option G) regular oversight of the school. We are in the process of recruiting a Head of School and I hope to share the Tuesday 30 April Year 11 French Oral outcome of the thorough recruitment process with you (Option G) before the end of term. We have attracted a really strong field of senior leaders and I am confident we Tuesday 30 April Junior Maths Challenge will be able to appoint an outstanding colleague to this vital post. Wednesday 1 May 4.00pm - 7.00pm Year 8 Parents Evening If you are planning on replacing uniform, please make sure that you check the website to ensure the items Thursday 2 May Year 11 French oral are appropriate. (Option E) https://www.hobart.org.uk/for-parents-and-carers/ uniform/ Please pay particular attention to shoes and Thursday 7 May Year 11 German oral trousers, which should not be too fitted, tight or short. (Option G) They should be ankle length, please. Wednesday 8 May Year 11 German Oral The exam season is about to start in earnest. Our PE (Option G) students have already completed their practical exams and our Art students have produced some exceptional Thursday 9 May Community Science Lecture work. Please do come along to the exhibition which is on Wednesday 24 April 6:00pm - 8:00pm. Our Year Thursday 9 May Year 11 German Oral 11s are responding really well to the challenge and I (Option E) am very grateful to our incredibly dedicated staff who are supporting them brilliantly. I am particularly Friday 10 May Sports Day - Swimming Gala grateful to those staff who are putting on additional sessions in their own time, including during holidays. Monday 13 May Year 11 GCSE Hall exams Thank you. Monday 13 May Year 10 Food mock practical The school has also continued its tradition of sporting (Group A) excellence. Some fantastic individual and team performances including our Under 14s girls who won Monday 13 May Year 10 Food mock practical the South Norfolk Netball League. Well done! (Group B) I would like to take the opportunity to wish you a Wednesday 15 May Year 9 immunisations happy Easter and a restful and relaxing break. Wednesday 15 May 7.00pm Parents Voice Jim Adams Thursday 16 May 8.55am School Open Morning Headteacher with the Head teacher Friday 17 May Year 10 GCSE History Trip (TBC) Tuesday 21 May German trip leaves Friday 24 May German Trip returns www.hobart.org.uk Library World Book Day Warhammer Club- Build & Paint Masterclasses Every Wednesday lunchtime the Library is running ‘Warhammer Build and Paint’ masterclass workshops. We have been closing the Library just for the club to improve their miniatures painting skills. We have had new members come and learn how to build and paint their miniatures too! Warhammer Club runs Wednesday lunchtimes and also Wednesday after school until World Book Day, 2019 was celebrated by a number of 4.45pm. students and staff and the events included a 'bake a book' competition, a photographic competition, a Reading Group- Year 8 literature table quiz and the opportunity to dress up as a character from a novel. Some Year 8 English classes have taken part in a new Reading Group during their Library lessons. Each small Thanks to all who supported World Book Day 2019. group read the same book (chosen by the Librarian) and The cake competition was very difficult to judge as the then meet fortnightly to discuss and share their thoughts entries were of such a high standard. on the book (biscuits have also been provided). The books being discussed this term are: The atmosphere in the library during the book quiz was tense, as students competed to demonstrate their Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes literary prowess! The photo competition was won by Boy 87 by Ele Fountain the group snapped reading, to and with, lambs and Star by Star by Sheena Wilkinson cows! congratulations to all who took part and to the The House With Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson winning teams. White Rabbit, Red Wolf by Tom Pollock Moonrise by Sarah Crossan The non-uniform/dress up day raised an impressive £590.25 for charity. World Book Day marked the launch of Hobart High School Honesty Library. This is a system whereby students and staff can bring in books they do not wish to keep and swap them for other books which have been donated and voluntary donations to go to charity. Carnegie Medal Award for Children’s Books 2019 We are shadowing the Carnegie Medal Award this year and are involving Year 8 and 9. Many students and staff have already signed up to take part and with eight shortlisted books to get through it’s going to be a busy few months. Our Campaigns & Equality Society are also taking part by reading for the Amnesty CILIP Honour Award, which is a commendation for one book from the shortlist that most distinctively illuminate, uphold or celebrates human rights. The winners will be announced on 18 June where we will have a little book party to celebrate. www.hobart.org.uk Year 9 Vs Attleborough It was a very close contest and a half time the huge crowd was rewarded with a thrilling 4 - 4 score line thanks to some interesting defending. In the second half both teams organised themselves and the game took on a more traditional feel. Hobart scored 2 more goals to take a 6 - 4 lead before Framingham Earl hit back to make the score 6 - 5 which created a tense final 5 minutes, but Hobart defended well to see the game out and win. There was a hat-trick for Will Stanley and 30 yard free kick that Bobby Bonsell scored. Apart from being a hugely entertaining game both sets of players were a real credit to their respective schools. On Wednesday evening (27 March) Hobart went to Archbishop Sancroft in Harleston (although 2 of our students thought it was Archbishop of Sainsbury’s). This was a very different game; after 8 minutes they were in complete control and ahead 4 - 0. The Year 9 football team have enjoyed a very successful season to date, making it through to the Semi-Finals of By the end of the game the score was 10 - 0. Again huge the Norfolk County FA U14 Caister Cup, going down 4 - 1 credit goes to our players, they were respectful of the to Thorpe St Andrew, our only defeat of the season. opposition and played much of the second half with 10 Victories were achieved in previous rounds over Cliff Park players in order to make the game more competitive. (5 - 2) and Cromer Academy (5-1). Will Stanley, Bobby Bonsell and Edwin Dos Santos were the In the South Norfolk League, we currently sit at the top of main providers of goals, there was a rare goal for Lloyd the table, having won all five matches, and now look Battisson and one for Jamie McComish. forward to a League final against the winners of the other two South Norfolk leagues in the coming weeks. Our biggest league win was a 7 - 2 victory over Old Buckenham, with other victories coming against Framingham Earl, Archbishop Sancroft, Attleborough and Diss. Back in January a squad of 8 players. Were runners up in the South Norfolk 5-a-side competition at the FDC, Bowthorpe. With victory in our grasp in the Final, holding a 2 - 0 lead with under 2 minutes remaining, we somehow managed to lose the game to a very good Wymondham College side. Credit to all our players this season, with a total of 19 students representing the team and playing a part in our success. We have consistently taken a squad of 16 or 17 players to every fixture, therefore showing the commitment and desire from all players to represent the school. Hobart High School Debating Society Special mention to our captain Sam Gowing, vice captains Tom Payne and George Russell and our leading scorer We are proud to announce the launch of Hobart High School Sam Walker, who has notched 12 goals in 7 games this Debating Society. season. The boys would like to put on record their thanks and appreciation to Mr 'Pep' Block for his superb The first two meetings were attended by a number of leadership and management of the team. enthusiastic and insightful students. Year 8 Football We look forward to our first formal debating competition which will take place after Easter. The Year 8 boy`s football team has had two fixtures in March and these matches have produced very different results. At the start of the month Hobart hosted Framingham Earl in the traditional local derby. www.hobart.org.uk Year 9 Enterprise task The Year 9 students have just completed an enterprise task where they had to design a business that would provide a service or product suitable for a school prom.