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www.testvalley.hants.sch.uk Summer Term Ten Years of Stockfest 2018

Can you believe StockFest has been running for Eisteddfod programme. The Eisteddfod had ten years? Originally it was the brainchild of two choreography support this year from Mrs Frost- Year 11 prefects in 2008 to raise funds for a Langley, one of our LSAs who is also a dance charity close to their hearts. At the time the instructor. school had been building a band culture and Throughout the week building up to StockFest you holding Christmas gigs for about three years. We would see pupils practising and polishing their also had a street dance club, so moving to an performances in preparation for the big event if outdoor music and dance festival seemed like an you peeked in classrooms at break and idea which could work. lunchtimes. It seemed like everywhere I looked on At the time we called upon the chair of the PTA, the day, groups of pupils were going through their Trevor Johnson, who had connections with the routines to ensure nothing was left to chance. army and was able to kit us out with a marquee Pupils from Years 7, 8 and 9 paired up to perform and a number of large tents to support the event. drum and guitar acts and pupils from our upper A PA system was sourced and ‘StockFest 1’ went school became heroes bringing a range of bands ahead in the Summer of 2009. together and blowing us away with their talents. The following year two parents from Winterslow One Year 10 band included friends from other stepped into the ring, Ian McDonald and Steve schools to perform in their band. Haines, who supplied and ran a professional Continued on page 3... sound system. This took StockFest to a whole new level. The continued support from Trevor, Ian and Steve every year since has ensured that we have an amazing platform every year which our young people can use to celebrate their talents. StockFest now celebrates talent from all year groups and this year it was great to see some dance acts come back onto the scene. Two Year 7 groups performed some brilliantly choreographed dance acts, which came from our ‘Learn to Learn’

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Headteacher’s Message

Dear Parent

As I write we have two more days of the Summer Term to go and the holidays to look forward to. This term has been very busy with our Year 11 GCSE examinations and in-school examinations for Years 10, 8 and 7. Last week was also our annual Activities Week for Years 7, 8 and 9, whilst the majority of Year 10 were on their work experience placements.

We look forward to celebrating the GCSE results of our Year 11 pupils in August and wish them well as they prepare for their next stage of their education in the Autumn Term. We also look forward to welcoming our new Year 7 pupils in September. It was lovely to see so many of them with their families at our recent PTA ‘Summer Sizzler’ event.

Finally, I take this opportunity to thank parents for your support this year and look forward to working with you again next year.

Miss L Hiscock Headteacher

Prefect Team 2018-2019

After much deliberation and formal interviews we appointed our Prefects for next year.

Edward Dance Holly Harvie Anna Hotchkiss Natasha Hewson Dominic Hart Cerise Day Isabel Henrys Sydney Reidy Evan Harkess Rebecca Ledwidge Jamie Meaton Noah Brown Sam Hunt Tabi Monteiro Chloe Lockyer Sophie Bushell Megan Porter Fred Hunt Ella Sturman Sam Thompson Oli Crowden Grace Cowley Russell Hart Rhiannan Buckley Abbey Barton Faith Marriott Ben Leslie Louis Weston Jakob Parkes George Dahne Katie Jeffery Isabelle Sinclair Josie Brightman Charlotte Bulpitt Jude Allenby Emma Wilson-Hebben

Head Prefects: Sam Hunt and Sydney Reidy

Deputy Head Prefects: Grace Cowley and Abbey Barton

Congratulations to all of you!

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One story stands out for me this year: Corey Penfound is one of our prefects and helped to organise StockFest. He was given a base guitar for Christmas and started teaching himself to play it as a means of ‘downtime’ from the stress of GCSE exam preparation. He played his guitar in the Year 11 bands at StockFest. This was a great achievement in such a short space of time, showing just what can be achieved when you put your mind to it. In addition to the performances, Year 7 & 8 tutor groups ran a variety of stalls and raised money for a charity to be chosen by the Pupil Council. Many pupils and visitors enjoyed having a go at the various challenges these set to raise money. As is traditional at StockFest, our staff always pull something out of the bag and this year they formed a band to join in with the performances. Thank you to Mr Wilcox, a keen lead guitarist and member of a local band, who organised the line-up with pupils for StockFest this year. Thank you to school staff for their support throughout the event. Thank you to the PTA who ran our bbq and tuck-shop. Thank you for the continued support from Trevor, Ian and Steve. I know how fortunate we are to be able to run this event and it seems obvious by the number of pupils who perform and stay after school to support this event, that our pupils value this opportunity for the coming together of our community in a truly celebratory festival way.

Mr Langdown

Pupil Council Event Test Valley School had the pleasure of welcoming 21 pupils from some of our local primary schools when we hosted the annual Pupil Council Cluster Event. The pupils who attended are all members of the Pupil Council within their own schools and worked alongside eleven of our own Pupil Council representatives. The pupils began by getting to know each other in small groups, they discussed their schools as well as hobbies and interests. During the morning the pupils designed a logo to symbolize what the Pupil Councils were all about and their contribution will be collated to form a logo that will be displayed not only in Test Valley School but also are local primary schools too. This logo will represent our local Pupil Council forum. After a short mid-morning break Mrs Bottle from Broughton school delivered a session on the Rights Respecting Schools Award. This was fantastic and really challenged the pupils into thinking what is a need and what is a want. Towards the end of the morning the Test Valley pupils also shared their experience of secondary school with the primary school pupils, the younger pupils really enjoyed this and asked many questions about different aspects of school life. A very big thank you and well done to everyone who participated in this event. We have already started planning for next year!

Talented Artist

Talented Test Valley School artist David Mossman-Smith has been chosen to exhibit his pen and ink drawing called “Contrast” at The Wykeham Gallery in Stockbridge. The piece will be displayed in the gallery from 13th July for the first week of the summer exhibition. Congratulations to David on his piece being chosen to join the works of many other talented artists.

Library News

James Ashley 9N has received a Library Achievement Award by Mrs Needs for successfully borrowing and reading with enthusiasm 300 books since starting at Test Valley School. This is an amazing achievement and definitely something to be recognised. James visits the Library most days and loves it when there are new books to choose from. He is great at recommending books to other pupils and always enjoys talking about what he has read. The target has now been set to finish Year 11 having borrowed 500 books to read!

Hampshire Book Award 2018 On Thursday 28th June pupils that have been involved with the HBA since March visited Kings School, Winchester for the grand final. The group have been meeting and reading the six shortlisted books and finally got the opportunity to vote for their favourite. The event, run by School Library Service, involved 43 Hampshire secondary schools and was organised so that the pupils from Test Valley were split into teams with other schools to join in a group discussion about the books. Everyone got involved, chatting and deciding on their favourite. While the votes were being counted everyone enjoyed a quiz, and Mrs Needs was very pleased when Suzie Draper and Morgan Evans were on the winning team - bringing a pile of lovely new books back to the library to be enjoyed by everyone. There was much excitement and a drum roll in the room before the winning book was announced, and the winner is Instructions for a Second Hand Heart by Tamsyn Murray. A book about two teenagers who are bought together when the death of Niamh's brother means that Jonny can finally have the heart transplant that will save his life. But love, like life, is unpredictable and Niamh and Jonny are about to let their hearts rule their heads. A brilliant read, available in your library along with the other five books so come and take a look.

Creative Forces Day

On Tuesday 5th June eight of our Service Families pupils went to the University of Winchester to celebrate Creative Forces Day with Ms Attree. The pupils had lovely time exploring the university and taking part in seminars. During the day the pupils attended a workshop on archaeology where they had to compete against each other to build a skeleton. The pupils also had the opportunity to meet other children from a Services background who attend other schools in the Hampshire area. They all worked together to come up with ideas of how their schools could help and support Service pupils. Ms Attree commented, “Their ideas were excellent, many of which I will be looking into. This was a lovely experience for the pupils and we are looking forward to attending again next year.”

Our Year 9 Linguists On Monday 4th June three of our Year 9 pupils, Rory Pharoah, Cerys Hotchkiss, and Kevani Bhoodhoo visited Stockbridge Primary School with Mrs Dover to lead activities in French with a group of Years 4 and 5 pupils. They organised their own sequence of activities and resources based on activities that they have enjoyed in their own MFL lessons. They taught pupils key vocabulary about families and pets. The activities were very exciting and active and kept pupils interested for the whole hour. Here are some of the thoughts our talented linguists had on their MFL teaching experience: “We were amazed by the level of enthusiasm they had and it was a lovely atmosphere to be in. We enjoyed teaching them and it was a wonderful experience. We spent a long time working on our activities and we are glad it went well”. “The pupils were amazing. They were well mannered, kind and they followed our instructions. They asked for help whenever they needed it and were a lovely class to teach. All of us learned a lot about teaching and how much fun it can be and how much work needs to go into it. It was fantastic teaching them what they wanted to know and it was a splendid experience”.

The D of E Bucket List by Mr Langdown

Bucket lists seem to be the in thing these days, so I gave some thought to the sort of things a D of E candidate might be able to tick off. This will not be an extensive list but hopefully you’ll get the picture.

Walking across the New Forest with a Spending a significant amount of time rucksack fully-laden with everything you supporting and relying on a group of need to survive independently for the friends away from adults and in the wilds. next 36 hours.

Battling the elements without the opportunity to nip indoors when it gets too much.

Overcoming the pain barrier.

Cooking, eating and camping together.

The above is the expected; however, this year was to be an exception...

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First May Bank Holiday weekend, our D of E practice expedition turned out to be the hottest on record.

Achieving beyond your own expectations and discovering a new inner self you had no idea existed.

The Assessed Expedition also produced a spectacular thunderstorm to camp in.

The second May Back Holiday weekend, our Assessed Expedition, threw 27 degrees Celsius to travel in.

The expeditions are always a memorable experience for young people but this year has hit new highs and shown our candidates that they have a level of resilience and determination which exceeds expectations. Very well done indeed to all of them.

PSHE Day—27 June 2018

Year 7 Healthy Mind - Healthy Body

Year 7 pupils came to school in the PE kits and took part in a range of activities focusing on a healthy mind and healthy body. Their sessions involved a lesson on accepting their bodies as they are; dance in the Sports Mrs Bone with Year 7 pupils Hall, showing how they can be active whilst having fun; a lesson with the school counsellor around taking care of their mental health and Mrs Bone came in to talk about how having a healthy lifestyle can also help your mental health, she then took pupils out onto the field to put this into practice.

Kiki and Josh keeping active

Year 8 CR8

CR8 is a very active day where pupils work in small teams to create an educational toy, along with a business plan, a marketing campaign and a finance plan showing their expected profit and losses. Each team presented to the rest of their group and the winning team from each group then presented their prototype and plans to ‘the Dragons’ (Ms Hiscock, Mrs Watts and Mr Allsopp). All the teams came up with some amazing and original ideas and produced some really good work. The overall winning team created an The winning team - Archie, Rosie, Imogen, Daniella, Oscar and Riley Astronomy box to teach children about space and the universe.

Finalists - Micheal, Alfie, James and Finalists - Megan, Kez, Maddox and Finalists - Furiyan, Alyssa, Libby and Tolly Georgi Tom

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Year 9 Drugs Awareness and Sexual Safety

Year 9 sessions on the day focused on drug and sexual health education. We were very lucky to have our local PCSOs come to Test Valley School to deliver an overview on drugs and the dangers of taking drugs, along with an brief overview of drugs laws. Mr Pennicott also delivered an interactive workshop on sexual health and Cerys and Casper dress in prison uniforms for Shaun demonstrated to pupils how their perceptions Attwood. can be altered due to alcohol through the use of “beer goggles”.

George, Ben and Sam create a mind map on the dangers of cannabis.

Claudia Palmer attempts to unlock a door whilst wearing beer goggles.

The day was finished off by an inspiring talk by Shaun Attwood. Shaun used drugs ‘recreationally’ but ended up being convicted of drugs charges and sent to prison in America. He has written a couple of books about the experience, including ‘Hard Times’. Shaun is now committed to informing young people about the dangers of taking drugs and the consequences that it can lead to. 9

Year 10 Real Money—Lloyds Banking Group Collaboration

This activity was followed by a careers research App, enabling pupils to dig deeper into specific careers and find out much more about them. The challenge put to pupils was to record details about It is not unusual to engage with agencies to run a career idea they may be considering and then sessions on PSHE days, but to work in collaboration research and record details about an aspirational with an employer to design and deliver an event career idea to contrast. day is breaking new ground and on Wednesday 27th June Year 10 were the first to experience this new collaboration and content.

Lloyds Bank followed the careers investigation with a workshop in the hall for the whole of Year 10. This workshop provided groups with a scenario The day starts with pupils investigating Labour about the cost of living. Groups were provided with Market Information. Sounds like a dry topic, but cards showing images of what the average family the App we use is a fast response, fact information spend their money on and cards showing the comparison platform which enables pupils to average amount of money a typical family will compare up to three different career areas spend. The task was to match the amount to the simultaneously. It display some basic information area. e.g. how much money spent on fuel to run a about pay and the employment trend in that area. car. What seemed like a simple activity actually caused a lot of debate.

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Then came a wild card, redundancy, promotion, This was a powerful opportunity to see that money buying a house etc. This provided an opportunity matters and has a significant impact upon to contrast the two lifestyles, especially disposable potential lifestyle. incomes. It was especially interesting to sit with a group who faced redundancy and see how they adjusted their budget and did away with certain lifestyle choices.

After lunch, 28 ambassadors from a wide variety of industries joined us.

The next activity, run by Lloyds Banking Group, was a money quiz game. Teams had to roll a dice and move their counter on the board if they answered This workshop offered pupils a speed dating style the questions correctly, collecting £10 every time workshop with an opportunity not just to find out they got the questions right and other money from about different job roles, but also the individual landing on certain squares. The winning team won routes people travel on their employment journey. a prize. Many thanks to Lloyds Banking Group and the ambassadors for their support with this eye opening event. The feedback from pupils was very encouraging and showed a significant impact on the thinking around their future planning.

The next session moved pupils back into a classroom to combine all their learning into action, by populating a spreadsheet with their two contrasting career ideas and building a lifestyle according to their incomes.

Harry Potter Studio Tour

On Sunday 10th June a group of muggles from Test Valley School travelled to London to visit the Harry Potter Studio Tour. The tour allows visitors to view original props and sets used in filming the Harry Potter films and uncovers some of the magic of bringing the characters to life. Pupils took part in wand training, flying broomsticks, walking through the forbidden forest, exploring the Hogwarts Express train and of course tasting Butter Beer and Butter Beer ice-cream. A fantastic day was had by both staff and pupils and a number of staff commented on how well behaved and polite our pupils were.

Key Stage Three Democracy Event

On Friday 29th June we were joined by Councillors North, Dowden and Lovell and some officers from Test Valley Council to host a democracy event for Key Stage Three pupils from Test Valley School, Mountbatten School and Harrow Way School.

After a brief introduction pupils were involved in two workshops looking at what was needed in a Councillor and what information was needed in a manifesto. Both workshops were very interactive meaning pupils were kept busy whilst learning all about democracy and what the Council offers.

“Today we joined up with Harrow Way School and Mount Batten School pupils to take part in a KS3 democracy event, hosted by Test Valley School.

When we arrived we paired up with a pupil from another school, and had a quick quiz on Kahoot, giving us the basic information on democracy and what it means. After that we split into two separate groups and did two different activities.

One activity thought about the different stages of how to vote for who you would like to be your councillor. Later on in the session we drew around each other and wrote inside the outline drawings about what we would expect in a councillor.

The second session involved us writing a manifesto on different areas that we thought were important such as parks and open spaces or transport. We then had to try and convince others in the group to vote for our topic.

Before the event finished we had to write out what we liked about the day, what they could do to improve it and a little note to the Councillors.

We had a great day overall and had a lot of fun!”

By Kiki Macmillan and Thomas Yeo

Flower Festival 2018—St Peter’s Church, Stockbridge

Test Valley School continues to have close links with the local community and always enjoy supporting them in various events throughout the year. This week the annual Flower Festival was held at St Peter’s Church in Stockbridge. The theme this year was a celebration of the Common wealth. Test Valley School put on a beautiful display linked to our support for a school in Uganda and our fundraising in school to sponsor a pupil’s education each year until recently.

Year 10 Geography Visit to Hengistbury Head

Year 10 Geographers visited Hengistbury Head in Dorset as part of their GCSE course. Pupils investigated how various risks are being managed.

As a stretch of coastline with one of the highest rates of erosion in the South of England the local authorities and the Environment Agency spend millions of pounds each year reducing the impact of this erosion. Pupils evaluated how effective this is. They also investigated how the risk to people posed by the coastline is managed and learnt why it is unwise to walk or sit at the base of the cliffs.

Finally, pupils evaluated how the risk to the environment caused by people is being managed. The area of coastline is truly beautiful and pupils were amazed by the lengths that some people will go to in order to spend time there. There are many beach huts on the spit, one of which is currently for sale for £300,000!

‘Think IT’ STEM Event at IBC

This event took place over two days giving a group of girls in Year 9 the opportunity to participate in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) activities. They worked in teams with other schools. On the first day they were given a scenario and went through the processes to develop and target an app using storyboard and ‘ideation’ techniques to design and promote the app. On the second day the teams worked on coding to enable people to donate money to support their app via Twitter accounts. In between they also solved a murder mystery using decoding and completed workshop aimed at showing various opportunities and career pathways. Finally, the teams set up and ran a stall at an expo. to market their app to IBM employees who then commented on their favourite app.

Sizzle Sizzle—Mr Langdown

Talk about exploiting the sunshine. Thursday 5th July saw the Test Valley School Parent Teacher Association run their second Summer Sizzler, a BBQ, swim, bounce on a range of fun inflatables and rounders games.

A great turnout and lovely to be joined by Year 6 families to mix and enjoy a great social occasion. This opportunity to enjoy Test Valley School facilities and meet new friends of the future no doubt cemented the excitement of starting our new school for the Year 6 pupils who attended.

Inflatables provided by a local company included a run-through obstacle course which proved to be very popular providing children with the opportunity to race, dive and slide. Shawn Weatherall, vice chair of Some children seemed to never stop bouncing, diving and generally our PTA and qualified chef, having the time of their lives. I imagine many children would have slept maintains food standards on the very well and found it difficult to get up the following morning. BBQ.

Many thanks to all staff, PTA and volunteers who supported this great event including the life guards at the pool.

Dance Festival 2018

The first day of the dance festival saw a very special Somborne, Wallop and Wherwell were invited to VIP guest arrive with the Test Valley Mayor, attend the festival over 3 days. The Years 3 and 4 Councillor Mr Carr. The Mayor stated that he had pupils worked hard on their dance routines and been to several dance performances over the years performed to a very high standard this year. and was very impressed with what he saw from The Town Mayor of Romsey, Councillor Mrs West Tytherley and Wherwell Primary Schools. The Baverstock, attended the festival later in the week Mayor presented the medals to the children who and had great fun watching all the performances. showed lots of energy and enthusiasm during the “This is my fourth time visiting this ‘celebration’. I very hot day. think it has to have been the best… the dance Pupils from the local primary schools of Lockerley, performance, the participation, and all the helpers Broughton, West Tytherley, Stockbridge, King’s are superb.”

The Year 10 Dance Managers Team

This festival event has been running for 13 years. Sports Leaders, all pupils at Test Valley School, started planning this event in December 2017 with Mrs Smith (School Sports Co-ordinator). The festival ‘Managers’ led by Sam Hunt designed the posters and certificates awarded to all participants. Sam designed the t-shirts worn by the managers and introduced the festival with an excellent PowerPoint presentation.

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Mrs Snook (Parent Governor) stated: “Once again, I am very proud of how our Sports Leaders have shown the school in such good light with their helpfulness and maturity. The primary school pupils taking part seemed to really enjoy themselves and produced some amazing dance moves.”

Hildon Natural Mineral Water were once again the main sponsor for this event and without the support from Miss Jones (Executive Director) this event could not take place.

Miss Jones presenting the medals

The professional dancers from the Gremlin Dance Company, Hannah and Sara, taught the children a specific routine related to the theme of ‘CELEBRATION’ in the morning workshop and this was also performed to the Mayor during the showcase in the afternoon. The theme ‘Celebrations’ was developed by the dance company by using carnival as a stimulus, exploring some Latin American steps as well as celebratory movements. The children were asked about various events and ceremonies and what type of movements they associated with these events. Each of the dances began with a procession and included an opportunity for the children to develop and create their own motifs related to party movements.

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Hazel Lankester (School Governor) said: “An inspiring morning. Lovely to see children from different schools working together to produce exciting and proficient performance in such a short time. A valuable experience for the primary children to have a professional dance teacher and for the Sports Leaders and Year 10 Managers to work together as a team.”

The primary schools showcased their own school dance in the Sports Hall in the afternoon.

Group finish

Rehearsal time for Wallop School

The VIP guests presented gold medals to all the primary school pupils. These medals were presented for enthusiasm with 100% effort throughout the day. After the presentations a party canon of confetti was exploded as well as party poppers to‘celebrate’ the end. A great finish to a very successful three days.

The confetti party canon was a great success.

KS1 Movement Festival On Thursday 3rd May 2018 Test Valley School hosted a KS1 festival involving seven various types of movement activity. The activities ranged from basic multi skills to parachute games and team building activities.

The favourite of all the activities was the gymnastics ‘air track’ which was a giant inflatable which allowed various acrobatics to take place.

Pupils from four local primary schools enjoyed the variety of activities. The Young Sports Leaders were fully involved in their first Leader event focusing on each activity station and setting challenges for their group. The Leaders demonstrated the activity and then encouraged their groups to become fully involved in the movement station teaching the basic skills required.

The coaching company ‘Personal Best Education’ organised and provided the necessary equipment for the event. The coaches spoke to the Leaders about each station before the primary schools arrived and the Leaders were coached in the basic movement skills for each station.

The movement and multi-skill activities were based upon motor development for the Key Stage 1 pupils. These included balance, co-ordination, running and jumping. Pupils also developed hand and eye co-ordination with throwing and catching activities.

The atmosphere throughout the morning was fantastic with pupils really enjoying the challenge of the various activity stations.

All the KS1 pupils were presented with their WELL DONE medals and there were big smiles all around.

Year 11 News—Mrs Stubbs It has been a busy term for the Year 11 pupils as they completed their GCSE exams. With all the changes that have been made to the GCSE specifications this year they have coped really well with the stress and behaved fantastically in the exams. Once they were all finished they had the prom to look forward to which was held at the Botleigh Grange Hotel again. It was a beautiful occasion on a lovely, sunny evening. Everyone had made a great effort to look their best and many arrived in style. It was a very relaxed event with the pupils enjoying spending one last night all together. 11N – Tutor photo They definitely made good use of the chocolate fountain and the photobooth… as did the staff! It was a great way to say goodbye and I look forward to seeing them on Results Day on Thursday 23rd August.

After saying goodbye to the Year 11 pupils it was time to welcome the new Year 6 pupils who will be joining us in September. We had an Induction Evening on Monday 2nd July which was attended by pupils and their parents and Zoe Trickett, Ellie Bentley and Lucy McCann then on Tuesday 4th the Year 6 pupils spent the day with us getting to know each other in their new tutor groups and having taster lessons of the subjects they will start in Year 7. As the weather was so nice they spent time in our wonderful pool and as I walked them up to bus bays at the end of the day it was clear that they had enjoyed their time with us and I hope they are all looking forward to starting properly in September. Mrs C Stubbs Year 11/7 Co-ordinator

Ian Moody and Felix Hammer

Tri-Golf Challenge 2018

Six local Primary Schools competed in the Tri-golf challenge at Broughton Primary School on the 20th June 2018. Year 7 Sports Leaders from Test Valley School helped with the team scoring and watched as the Year 3 and 4 pupils developed their basic golf skills with various challenges, including ‘reach the target’ and ‘driving range’ Broughton Year 6 Leaders helped with the demonstrations showing the Year 3 and 4 pupils how to do the necessary techniques to improve the swing. Well done to all the schools for completing the challenges especially West Tytherley who won their first ‘Masters’.

Year 9 News—Mr A Hill

As always it has been a really busy term. A lot has gone on for the Year 9s: the Year 10 option choices have been decided, PSHE Day, District Athletics competition, mentoring selection, Sports Day, Activities Week, completion of the Test Valley Challenge and celebrating the year group’s success in our annual end of term assembly.

As this my last “slot” in the newsletter I would just like to say I have really enjoyed working with my year group over the last three years. I hope the pupils have learned as much as I have on our educational journey. I would like to thank all the pupils, parents and staff I have worked with in my time as Year Co-ordinator. I wish the Year 9s the very best for the future.

Have a safe, restful and well deserved break.

Mr A Hill Year 9 Coordinator

Hats off to lessons on money!

Pupils in Year 9 Maths lessons have been learning about finance in the last few weeks of term. Whilst this is not on the GCSE curriculum, we at Test Valley think it is important that pupils learn about how to manage money before they leave school.

Pupils were split into "buyers" and "sellers". Each buyer started with £70 and had to buy all three items as cheaply as possible. Each seller had 10 of the same item to sell. Only one person was selling bats, two were selling cats and 4 selling hats. As the bartering progressed pupils quickly realised that there were few bats but loads of hats - so the prices rose and dropped accordingly.

Top seller was Milena Dale who sold all her cats (not the rarer bats) for £240. Top buyer was Poppy Henderson who bought all three items for just £30. All pupils had a better understanding of supply and demand (and in one instance false advertising!) in an interactive and exciting way.

Pupils from 9S enjoying the "Cats Bats Hats" lesson. 21

Year 10 News—Mrs N Osborne

As usual the Summer term has flown by and has been packed with activities and events as well as Year 10 exams. During the first half of the summer term the prefect selection process started with over half of the year group putting in an application form. We are very grateful to Lloyds Banking Group who came to school and carried out pupil interviews and group tasks with the candidates, and the final decisions were very tough to make as the field was strong and everyone put in so much effort. Our successful prefects will now carry out duties within the school as well as helping out at school events such as parents’ evenings and open days.

The voting process for Head Prefects took place on the 29th June, with eight prefects giving talks to the whole school on why the school community should vote for them to represent the school. All eight of the talks were superb and the extremely close final votes reflected this. Our Head Prefects are Samuel Hunt and Sydney Reidy and our Deputy Head Prefects are Abbey Barton and Grace Cowley. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who put themselves forward as prefects, whether they were successful or not.

During the course of Year 10 a number of our pupils have been mentoring Year 7 pupils but it has got to that time of year when they will now hand their duties over to current Year 9 pupils who will mentor the incoming Year 7 pupils. Some mentors will continue to visit their year 7 tutor group as they move into Year 8. All the mentors have done a fantastic job looking after their younger charges, playing games with them and taking time to talk to them about the school.

The Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award Over the course of Year 10 over fifty pupils have been taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award scheme run through the school and they have now completed all their training and expeditions.

I would like to congratulate the following pupils who have now completed all sections of the Award and have received their bronze pin: Alix Hart Grace Cowley Sam Hunt Henry King Joe Cliffe Dominic Hart Harry Eyles Anna Hotchkiss Ed Duffield Matt Hesp

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Over the course of the year pupils have been gathering achievement points in lessons for good work, attitude and home learning tasks. The points have all been added up, both for this term and for the whole year. The winning tutor group for the term is 10N – less than 1 full point per pupil ahead of the runners up. The yearly points award goes to 10A who average out near 120 points per pupil, a clear 8 points ahead of the nearest runner up.

As it’s the end of term Golden Hour is not given to a whole tutor group but to the 6 pupils who have the highest achievement points in each tutor group. The winners for this year’s Golden Hour are: 10A: - Katie Jeffrey, Charlotte Bulpitt, Alejandra Perez-Allen, Sam Hunt, Grace Cowley and Sydney Reidy. 10D: - Josie Brightman, Megan Barclay, Alix Hart, Mia Ciutto, Dan Sturman and Sam Thompson 10N: - Finlay Cavill, Chloe Lockyer, Rhiannon Buckley, Alice Raynes, Henry King and Tilly Cartwright 10S: - Georgia Bennett, Sophie Bushell, Russell Hart, Louis Weston, Maddy Beal, Jamie Meaton and Nile Battey

College Taster Day On Tuesday 3rd July, Year 10 pupils spent the day at Andover College experiencing what life could be like after their GCSEs. They signed up for taster sessions from a wide range of subjects including Criminology, Sociology, Art and Design, Sciences, Mathematics, Creative Writing, Carpentry and attending the Football Academy. Pupils had fun as well being challenged. Both staff and pupils would like to thank the College for inviting them in for the day and giving them a taste of college life.

Year 10 PSHE Day It is not unusual to engage with agencies to run workshops on PSHE days, but to work in collaboration with an employer to design and deliver an event day is breaking new ground. Year 10 were the first to experience this new collaboration as we were able to plan and work closely on the day with Lloyds Banking Group from Andover. The day included interactive workshops from a wide range of representatives from the world of work, including a number of parents who volunteered their services to share about their own careers. Pupils were also able to investigate Labour Market Information – this sounds like a dry topic, but the App we use is a fast response, fact information comparison platform which enables pupils to compare up to three different career areas simultaneously. This was followed by a careers research App, enabling pupils to dig deeper into specific careers and find out much more about them. The challenge put to pupils was to record details about a career idea they may be considering and then research and record details about an aspirational career idea to contrast.

Year 10 Work Experience

The staff and governors of Test Valley School would like to thank the following employers and organisations for their support of the recent Year 10 Work Experience programme. Work Experience is a vital part of our on-going commitment to preparing our young people for adult life and is highly valued by our pupils and parents. Thank you, we look forward to working with you again next year.

Abbotts Ann Nursery School Peter Symonds College - Hair & Beauty Salon Alderbury Pre School Physical Balance Andover C E Primary School Premier Business Andover Library HCC Primark - Basingstoke Anton Junior School Raymond Brown Building Ltd Artspace Interior Design Rookwood School Audleys Wood Hotel Scottish & Southern Electricity Network Balksbury Infant School Southern Co-operative Ltd- Stockbridge Biddesden House Farm Partnership Stockbridge Primary School Boots - Andover Stockbridge Riding School British Army/HQ Army Air Corps Strathmore Veterinary Clinic Catherston Stud Stringbrokers Music Ltd Companion Care - Basingstoke Taits Printers CoolLED Ltd Test Valley Borough Council Costa Coffee - Andover The Crook & Shears D J Harris (Plumbing & Heating) Ltd. The Greyhound Freestyle Hairdressing The Macular Society Frenchmoor Racing The Waitrose Farm Game - Andover The Wallop Village Shop Greenhouse Graphics The Wallops Pre School Grosvenor Hotel UCPS Learning Ltd Hampshire Constabulary - Andover Waitrose - Andover Hampshire Hospital Foundation Trust Wallop Primary School (HHFT) Winterslow Primary School Hawley Lake Sail Training Centre Hayball Motorcycles Ltd IBM UK Ltd - Winchester Landscape Innovation Lockerley Primary School Mainstone Vets Marina School of Dance Michelmersh Manor Farm MK Butt New Forest Livery Newbury Lodge Kennels Norton Park Hotel P&Z Beach Plumbing & Heating

Get out of the classroom...

Water & Land Activities Week to remember, education in action!

The team I drove around started their week at Golden Gecko climbing centre, which offered them so much more than just climbing up and down a wall. Climbing up for the first time is straightforward, but once at the top you have to put your trust in an auto-belay to lower you back down again. Sounds simple, but when you are 20 feet above the ground, it is a long way down and definitely requires a leap of faith. Once they had the hang of climbing and belaying It is refreshing to see that in this day and age of back down I could see their confidence grow and teens being described as living in their caves, I exploration emerge in the form of speed and mean bedrooms, and connected to their mobiles or lowering techniques. Soon came the challenge of game consoles like it was a limb, that when given trying to climb the wall using a single colour the opportunity children still love the opportunity climbing stone and then trying to climb a harder to have a whole load of physical fun. level. Day 1 Just to clarify, the wall is covered in coloured My observations over the week were that every climbing stones and the different colours are activity offered our pupils something different and graded so that you can rate your climb. rather beyond what the classroom can offer. Then came team races and of course the bravado of all against all to find out who was the best Challenge climber.

Control

Our next visit was carting, it was like an oven inside the building but this wasn’t going to deter our would-be ‘Lewis Hamiltons’, keen to race these machines around the track and share their tall tales and experiences whilst checking the data to compare their performances and see who was the fastest.

For others, it was amazing to have kept the cart on the track and they were pleased to have just made it around the track.

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Overcoming Fear

Day 3 Tree runners is a great name for an activity centre and if you don’t know what it is the name only gives a small clue. This centre is about exhilarating experiences at height. Watching pupils gliding through the trees high above the ground on lengthy zip wires is really quite tranquil.

Strategy and teamwork

Day 2 We are out in the woods at Landford, laser shooting. These games were all about teamwork. It was hilarious to see the hopeful Rambos strategy failing time and time. Those who feared them early in the day gaining in confidence as their game plans You have to encourage a few to have faith. Others worked and became more effect game after game. will fight off their tears, determined to overcome The increased level of teamwork, which grew with their fears to achieve the unimaginable before this all teams throughout the day, yet again showed day. these young people an experience that the classroom can only dream of!

As well as zip wires, high in the trees are obstacles, which pupils have to make their way across like mid-air steppingstones.

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however, add water and suddenly it is OK to be a child again. What fun I witnessed, not just bouncing, jumping off of obstacles, trying to get over slippery humps, across gaps and onto giant roundabouts.

One tale from ‘tree runners’ had me almost crying with laughter as I heard the frantic tales of one girl telling me how she had asked her friend to hold the toilet door shut and how scary it was. My first thoughts were about spiders. “Didn’t you see the signs, ‘Don’t feed the bears!’, the man told me they have sprayed around the area to keep the bears away.” She was relieved when I explained that bears are not native to our country. Risk and uncertainty

Fun and laughter Day 5 Splashdown was all about the flumes, enabling pupils to pick their challenge and dare to flume. Day 4 Entering into the unknown the uncertainty is about Oh my, the first thing that struck me as I watched taking risks. Taking a trip into a flume named 100 pupils from Test Valley School board the aqua ‘infinity’, graded ‘black’ for severe, does not tell park was the exhilarating pleasure they were you a lot about what you are about to experience. having from being children. If you take them to It is a bit of a surprise to find yourself spat out into have a go on a bouncy castle at this age, they will a giant dish with a hole in the middle, which you tell you they are too old for that sort of thing, spin around until you give in and fall through the hole into the pool below. Scary. Climbing a tall tower to enter a ‘black flume’ named ‘velocity’ on the other hand, should not surprise the risk taker when their body feels like it travel vertical for a distance. For those of you who would rather avoid putting yourselves through these high-risk experiences there are flumes graded medium and easy. Mr S Langdown

Year 8 End of Year Round Up— Mr S Langdown

Congratulation to Year 8 on a very good year for the greater majority. Progress has been very impressive and this can only be down to hard work.

Over the past term, we have been able to celebrate top monthly achievement points. Congratulations to the following individuals:-

April Top May Top June Top Achievement Achievement Achievement

Points Points Points

Zachary Morgan Joshua Rowbottom Paris Chimanya Alysha Reeves Tom Brightman Alyssa Richardson Tom Brightman Alfie Griffiths Rosie Weatherall Jack Penny Jono Ashley Ben Lunn Tomos Evans Liam Jeans Daniella Osei Morgan Dinner Ben Lunn

Jono Ashley Libby Cartwright Thomas Oak Alyssa Richardson Maddox Sadler Alysha Reeves Izzy James Tolly Bowman Izzy James Harry Franklin Ben Lunn Erin Pinchbeck Lalita Collier Harry Franklin Jack Penny Liam Jeans William Vessey Alfie Griffiths Izzy James Bear Davies-Pountney Archie Anderson Jono Ashley Lisa Black Emma Carter Michael Streicher Tomos Evans Polly Henderson George Chinn Lalita Collier Sophia Clift Kacey Cavill Morgan Evans Jack Penny Lisa Black Tom Brightman Daniella Osei Beau Hamilton-Smith Oskar Harvey-Nash Abi Langdown Libby Cartwright Erin Pinchbeck Grace Gomm

Well done!

Year 8 End of Year Round Up continued…

I have been delighted to award certificates to those with top attainment, attitude to learning and most improved over the term, as follows

Outstanding Attainment Best Attitude to Learning Most improved across Year 8 SIMMONDS Summer SIMMONDS Finley BARRACLOUGH William CARTER Emma WILLIAMS Lauren DAVIES-POUNTNEY Bear CLIFT Sophia SAUNDERS Jasmine BARKLEY George CAVILL Kacey SIMMONDS Summer CLEIFE Josh HAMILTON-SMITH Beau RICHARDSON Alyssa LUNN Ben LANGDOWN Abi BAVISTER Georgi CLIFT Sophia GODDARD Archie CHINN George RICHARDSON Alyssa LUNN Harry CARTER Emma MORGAN Zachary SAUNDERS Jasmine PANFIL Luke BOWMAN Tolly ROLFE Olivia ARGYLE Oliver STREICHER Michael EVANS Morgan COLE Emily GLEESON Rosie BARKLEY George CAVILL Kacey CARTWRIGHT Libby LANGDOWN Abi HAMMER Imogen

Year 8 Tutor Quiz Summer Term Winner - congratulations to 8 Dickens! Tutor Group Achievement Point Winners April – Congratulations to 8 Nightingale May – Congratulations to 8 Austen June – Congratulations to joint winners 8 Nightingale and 8 Sopwith

Wishing all Year 8 and their families a safe and enjoyable summer in preparation for an industrious Year 9.

We now have some items of second hand school uniform available in exchange for a donation to school funds. If interested please contact the school office by email on [email protected] with what uniform items you require for your child (including size) and we will check if there is anything suitable we can offer.

Test Valley Challenge Award Holders 2018

How proud we are of your achievement Standing out from other to accept the Test Valley Challenge To take the risk To rise above Together and alone In music, maths and poetry In clubs In gardens And in libraries Working, striving, growing But above all achieving Achieving your potential Achieving your dreams Achieving your medals All to lead you into a future of success

Congratulations to the following for their success and achievement:

Lucy Wileman George Chinn Jessica Vaughan Erin Pinchbeck Bria Bone Ben Howarth Aneshka Gerrard Abi Langdown Katelin Lovell Oli Argyle Sophie Curtis Rebekah Searle Amy Henry Alex Wardle Ruby Bone Joe Lovell Lily Thomas-Tulloch Oliver Holdich Tom Henry Cody Marsh Kate Pickering

Central Europe Tour 2018

From the 8th to the 13th July 31 pupils and 4 staff from the school took part in an exciting, education packed, exhausting and fun- filled adventure to explore the culture and history of Krakow in Poland, Prague in the Czech Republic and Berlin in Germany.

Travelling by coach, plane and train we covered thousands of miles and explored the people, places and events that shaped Europe in the 20th century and before.

We started in Krakow where we were plunged straight into the horror of the holocaust with a harrowing yet poignant visit to the Auschwitz concentration and death camp. Standing inside the gas chambers that killed so many and seeing the evidence of Nazi atrocities will stay with the pupils for many years. This was then rounded out with visits to the Oscar Schindler Factory and a traditional Jewish meal with music at the Klesmer Hois restaurant. The next day saw us exploring the wider history of Krakow with visits to the Castle and Cathedral, the oldest Synagogue in the city, exploring some of the markets and sampling the excellent chocolate fondues!

An overnight train ride brought us to Prague, where in a few brief hours we had explored the largest castle and cathedral complex in Europe, enjoyed crisps on a stick and got soaked in an unexpected downpour on the Charles Bridge!

An evening train journey brought us into Berlin just in time to witness England’s loss in the World Cup Semi-final. The following days weather was torrential rain so our schedule went indoors. We explored the Checkpoint Charlie Museum housing displays of those who escaped the Berlin Wall during the Cold War as well as those who were sadly killed in their attempts to flee to the west.

We then had an addition to our schedule of the Spy Museum where there were a host of fascinating displays as well as the opportunity to dress up! That evening we ascended the heights of the TV Tower to take in the magnificent panorama of the city spread out below us in a beautiful sunset.

The following day heralded a walking tour of the Holocaust memorial, Brandenberg Gate, Reichstag Building, Humboldt University and the famous Rausch chocolate shop before heading home for a well earned rest. Mr Murdoch-Smith and the staff would like to express their thanks to the pupils for their excellent behaviour and obvious interest during all parts of the week.

Activities Week 9-13 July - Photo Album

Activities Week provides pupils with the opportunity to tackle different challenges, learn new skills and build new friendships. It is an important part of the school year enabling pupils to develop skills that are useful in both in and out the classroom. The week included two trips to Europe and activities taking place in and out of school including: France Central Europe Creative Workshop Water and Land Fishing Horse Riding Aqua Park Laverstoke Farm Splashdown Bushcraft Street dance Games tournaments Geo-caching STEM Challenge

Activities Week 9-13 July - Photo Album

Course Fishing at Broadlands Heaviest fish = Rhys Gallagher Smallest fish caught = Tom Brightman Most Improved = Henry Penny Greatest Variety caught = Jack Penny Mike Harvey Award for Patience = Will Taylor Quality of performance = Cameron Wigmore

Activities Week 9-13 July - Photo Album

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