SUMMER EDITION 2017

H E A D T E A C H E R N E W S

Welcome to the summer edition of our newsletter and the end of another busy year. It has been a wonderful term which has seen our older students tackling revision and completing their exams. They celebrated the end of school with picnics, proms and lots of photographs to aid their memories. Year 9 have moved up to Linnell and we have welcomed our new Year 7 to three induction days. Many of our students have experienced success on the sports field and this will be rounded off with our House Sports Day in the final week at Shobnall and The Community Cup. Our Ofsted visit in May confirmed what we already knew – that Abbot Beyne is a good (if not great) school. The inspection was a rigorous two days, and the resulting Report highlights and celebrates many of our strengths. Our future planning is now focused on making Abbot Beyne even better. This time of year is always tinged with sadness as we say goodbye to staff and students. We wish all our departing staff health and happiness in whatever their future pathway has in store for them. This newsletter also includes some parental information pages which I hope you find useful. Enjoy reading our newsletter, and I look forward to working with you all again in September. EFFORT E Annabel Stoddart TEAMWORKER T

R REFLECTIVE I INDEPENDENT C CREATIVE

Governor Page – Summer 2017 The school year seems to have passed by quickly and it has been an exciting time. All our efforts have been on focused on making sure that the school environment and teaching is improving so that every student can make the most of their time at school. At the beginning of the year we were a school that had been judged by Ofsted as Requiring Improvement and the Headteacher and I were determined that with the support of all the Governors and teaching staff that judgement would change. Ofsted came, they inspected and it was great to hear that our school was judged as Good across the board. It’s a great achievement for all of us especially the hard work and effort put in by the staff at the school. It’s pleasing to know that the Inspectors were impressed by the culture of the school and the outstanding behaviour of our students. It goes without saying that a good school is also a very big plus for the local community.

We are grateful for all the support of the local community and parents and carers. We have been taking stock of where we are and we want to build on the progress so far and move forward. Our ambition is to continuously improve so that we are not just Good across the board but Outstanding. There are challenges ahead – we want to improve our engagement with our local community and parents, we want more engagement and interaction with business and we want some students to improve their attendance levels. We will be focusing on these areas as well as continuing to improve teaching standards.

As we come to the end of this school year we can celebrate the many achievements of the school, and the progress made by every student. To our students who are leaving and starting the next stage of their journey in life I hope you have a great start. A thank you to our staff and a restful summer to them and to those students who will be back next year. We also look forward to welcoming our new student cohort in September.

Mohammad Haroon Chair of Governors

It has been a very busy final term with us saying goodbye to our current Year 9 in Evershed and having our first visits from the new Year 7 students. We have also been visited by Year 4 investigating in science and Year 5 experiencing a variety of Abbot Beyne subjects. All students have enjoyed their time experiencing life at Abbot Beyne. Students have continued representing the school in various sports competitions, including rounders and cricket. As part of our continuing PSHE program all year groups in Key Stage 3 took part in our final Deep Learning Day. Students in Year 7 were focussed on looking at their future aspirations and considering the careers and opportunities that are available to them. Year 8 were focussed on British values and what they mean to us in school and our society. We looked at crime, our values and our ideas towards gender and sexuality. Our British values we focus on are democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs and for those without faith. At this time of year students in Year 9 become anxious about their move to Linnell so they spent part of their Deep Learning Day finding their way around and getting used to their new surroundings. Year 9 were also focussing on democracy and why and how we make laws. This allows all students to understand the processes needed to make a change. Students have been involved in visits to a range of places this half term including an exciting trip to Cadburys World for Year 7 and re-enacting the Battle of Hastings. At this time of year all students have taken exams in all of their subjects, many impressing staff with their work and resilience in completing the papers. This has been followed by all students in KS3 receiving their final two monitoring performance reports showing what progress they have made throughout this year. We were then very lucky to celebrate student successes and achievements in our celebration assemblies which have taken place for each year group. A significant number of students in each year group have been rewarded for their effort, hard work, determination and commitment to their studies. This has been a great time to celebrate with friends and family all of the hard work and achievements of students throughout this year. Congratulations to all students who received an award. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all students for a fantastic school and wish you an enjoyable and relaxing summer break. Come back ready and refreshed in September. MISS J WOOD

KS3 PROGRESS LEADER

DEEP LEARNING DAY Year 10 have recently taken part in a Deep Learning Day where the focus was on LGBT, extremist behaviour and Money Matters. Students watched a film and discussed issues around LGBT within society. Money matters gave our students the opportunity to learn about budgeting and mortgages. They have also completed their work experience applications, which take place during the last week of term from the 17th to the 21st July. They have had the opportunity to contact their placements and finalise their letters and CVs. We wish all of our Year 10 a successful Work Experience! Year 10 have recently sat their Year 10 Mock GCSEs. This has given them a valuable insight into what to expect and how to prepare for their “real” exams in the forthcoming year. Year 9 have just transferred over to Linnell and are starting to find their way around confidently ready for the start of their GCSEs in September. I am looking forward to seeing them all again in September all refreshed from the holidays!

Year 11 have completed their five years at Abbot Beyne School by sitting their GCSE exams and have celebrated their end of term with a Picnic and a Prom at Tutbury Castle. Students eagerly await their GCSE result which will be available on 24th August from 9am at Linnell. Many students have attended interviews and have been offered place for their next step of their journey and all at Abbot Beyne wish them the best of luck for their future, whatever that may be! THAT PLACE ‘That Place’ is a Youth Centre for 14-19 year olds based in town centre. Our team are here to promote emotional well-being and positive mental health by offering you choices, information and 1:1 support on issues or problems you may be experiencing. Our centre is comfortable, welcoming and relaxed which will hopefully make you feel at ease when you come and visit us. Remember, although our door is quite heavy, it is always open! That Place, 56 High Street, Burton upon Trent, DE14 1JS Opening Hours - Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm

Mrs L Lynch KS4 PROGRESS LEADER & SENIOR ATTENDANCE OFFICER

Congratulations to all of the Sixth Form students for surviving the ordeal of both internal and external examinations and for managing to stay smiling most of the time! With the new Leadership Team in place, the organisation of the annual Sports Day and Community Cup seems to be in safe hands and the Leaders have already created a positive impression in House Assemblies and at the recent Year 6 Evening, and our Year 12 musicians have made a valuable contribution to the School Concert. Alongside their studies and many of their extra-curricular activities, Year 12 have now embarked on the process for applying to university and many are attending Open Days and Master Classes as well as organising career-related work experience. It is lovely to work with such a motivated and positive group of young people as they are taking full responsibility for their future success. Finally I would like to wish all of the students the best for the summer examinations and I look forward to the end of term Activity Week and Sixth Form Ball in order to celebrate their successes! Mrs Timson

Director of Sixth Form &

Assistant Headteacher

As part of his PIXL Edge, Zain has written this article……... ABBOT BEYNE What is Brexit? Brexit is simply two words put together, Britain and exit. Adults voted to leave the European Union which is like a club made up of 28 countries who work together, the U.K has been part of it for forty years. We leave by activating something called Article 50, loads of things have to be discussed before we leave. Two of the biggest issues being talked about are single market and immigration control.

What happens next? The Prime Minister said she wants more control over our borders. If the Prime Minister triggers Article 50, this will start a two-year process, during which UK and EU leaders will discuss what their relationship would be like in future. David Cameron is no longer our Prime Minister because he did not want to lead something that he can't do. We can not trade as much but we have more over people who enter our borders. The people voted Brexit But what happens next is still a big question! By Zain Younas Year 7 student

Having ‘Sum’ Fun!

It has been another successful year for the many students who have participated in the UK Maths Challenges. The UK Mathematics Trust (UKMT) is a registered charity whose aim is to advance the education of children and young people in Mathematics. This is a great opportunity for our most able Mathematicians to showcase their skills against students from across the country. We would like to congratulate all the students who have taken part in the Junior, Intermediate and Senior Challenges, particularly:

Junior Challenge (Years 7-8): Best in School/Best in Year - Marcelina Tonder/Alfie McCormick (Year 7), Best in Year - Thomas Chambers (Year 8)

Intermediate Challenge (Year 9-11): Best in School/Best in Year – Sam Craythorne (Year 11), Best in Year – Imogene Sullivan (Year 10), Amy Pointer/Joe Coombes (Year 9)

Senior Challenge (Years 12-13): Best in School/Best in Year – Adinah Marks (Year 13), Best in Year – Briony Aisthorpe (Year 12)

We also competed in the Team Challenge with great performances from Michael Baxter, Lewis Bates, Kieran Whetton and George Gretton.

Could you compete? Can you solve this problem?

How many of these five expressions give answers which are NOT prime numbers?

1² + 2² 2² + 3² 3² + 4² 4² + 5² 5² + 6² A0 B1 C2 D3 E4

MRS SUTCLIFFE STEM FACULTY

ANSWER: B

On Wednesday 5th July, Abbot Beyne students had the opportunity to showcase their hard work within music in our annual Summer Concert. Compered by George Attwood and Paul Blackman, the evening saw students from Year 7 up to Sixth Form performing for an audience of friends, family, students and staff. As well as Abbot Beyne’s Concert Band, Soul Band, Junior Vocal Group and Senior Vocal Group, the evening also included soloists and smaller groups. Both Vocal Groups and Concert Band joined together for the opening medley ‘Beauty and the Beast’ with all performers singing and playing ‘We Are Golden’ to close the concert, which included solos from George Attwood, Georgia Evans, Rhys Jones, Jacob Merriman and Ethan Owen. We also thank Luke Woodward, of 2Go Productions, who supported us with the sound and lighting for the concert.

JUNIOR VOCAL GROUP Aisha Akhtar, Finlay Attwood, Hope Cartwright, Curtis Colmey, Nancy Criddle, Hannah Dewey, Maiya Flowerdew, Riley Jackson, Amy Millar, Becky Phillips, Evie Richards, Heidi Stokes, Georgia Sutton & Charlotte Warren-French SENIOR VOCAL GROUP Ayesha Ali, Georgia Evans, Eva Flowerdew, Abbie Haynes, Rameela Hussain, Rhys Jones, Brooke Keith, Ethan Owen, Imogene Sullivan & Caitlin Whitehurst SOUL BAND Miss Aleksa, Mrs Beardsley, Curtis Colmey, Nancy Criddle, Eva Flowerdew, Mr Matkin, Mr Robinson, Tilly Sutton & Charlotte-Warren-French CONCERT BAND Ayesha Ali, Finlay Attwood, Mrs Beardsley, Nancy Criddle, Eva Flowerdew, Drew Jones, Mr Matkin, Megan Owen, Mr Robinson & Charlotte Warren-French COMPERES George Attwood & Paul Blackman SOUND & LIGHTING Luke Woodward

Back in April our Year 13 students organised our annual Easter Fair event. Many events, activities and stalls were organised including sponge the teacher, nail art, cake stall, raffle and tombola plus much, much more. In total the amazing sum of £920 was raised for our House Charities.

Operating Theatre Live is a travelling school based medical programme built and delivered by one the UK’s leading anatomists and teachers. The Operating Theatre Live Team visited Abbot Beyne on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th April and converted the Linnell Hall into a portable operating theatre, allowing students to get hands on with real anatomy in a clinical setting. Students gained valuable physiology knowledge and learnt how to dissect animal organs. A strong stomach was required but students were hardy and got on with the tasks given with maturity and confidence.

Our Duke of Edinburgh students have been busy working hard towards achieving their awards with outings to Moneyash, Bakewell and Calke Abbey. Many miles have been walked over differing terrains and nights spent camping under the stars in various weather conditions. They have fought against sore feet and tiredness yet remained stoic in their endeavours and never losing sight of their goals. With many more activities to come we wish them all the best of luck and know they will have great success and much fun in the process. Here are a few memories of their adventures so far...

HOUSE NEWS

Joint 1st Place ORION & PYXIS OVERALL 2016—2017 WINNERS 3rd Place COLUMBA

1st Place COLUMBA 2,660 Points 4th Place HERCULES

2nd Place HERCULES 2,560 Points

3rd Place PYXIS 3,240 Points

4th Place ORION 3,020 Points

GIRLS UNDER 13 CRICKET TOURNAMENT On the 13th June our U13 Girls Cricket Team played in a cricket tournament at The Little Stoke Cricket Club.

Players top left to right:- Georgie Sutton Tilly Sutton Nancy Criddle Charlotte Warren-French Amy Pointer Laura Scotland Leala Waring Emily Fordi Hope Cartwright

ABBOT BEYNE DEBATE

The 2017 inter-school debate was an extremely riveting competition. The standards this year were much higher than they have ever been before and our school thoroughly enjoyed debating about various topics which included nuclear deterrents, animal rights and the continuity of the monarchy. Round 1 saw Abbot Beyne students Ryan Harrison (who won the best speaker), Genevieve Martin and me (Caitlin Neale), compete against . This involved debating the moral arguments surrounding animal rights and although their arguments were only somewhat of value, our constructed points covered a wide range of issues such as cures for diseases, growing bacterial resistance and life expectancy, which was extremely valuable to our overall argument. We started off the debate competition with a win for Abbot Beyne and a feeling of some well-deserved pride. The Year 12 members of our Debate Team, Ben Millington (who also won as a Best Speaker), Lucy Kerr and Ethan Lilley discussed nuclear deterrents and went on to conquer Paulet School in Round 2. The opposition were quick to attack yet failed to stay entirely on topic, going on to discuss irrelevant matters such as nuclear power. Our students were nervous due to the debate being their first, however this was not evident during the delivery of their arguments. They defended their side of the motion with great zeal. The team were troopers and brought home the victory with yet another amazing success. THE FINAL!!! Abbot Beyne and were the two teams that made it to final of the 2017 debating competition. The topic that our team (the same team as in Round 1), were required to debate was the monarchy. It is fair to say that the opposing team wittered on, lingering on the theme of financial matters. Our team cleverly anticipated they might do this and prepared rebuttals that essentially disregarded their arguments. As well as our financial rebuttals we also discussed current affairs such as Brexit. We stressed British values and focussed on the British people’s love for the monarchy, winning over the judges and as a result Abbot Beyne has consecutively been successful two years running in the Inter-School Debate Team Competition. This would not have been possible without the constant preparation sessions ran by Ms Jones and the enthusiasm and communication from the team members themselves. Well done guys and good luck for 2018! By Caitlin Neal (Year 13 student)

Year 8 Visit St Mark’s Church All Year 8 students have visited St Mark’s Church in during June as part of their R.E. lessons. The focus of the visit was to discover a more hands on approach to symbolism in the Christian Church. This will help students in their current R.E. lessons where they are taking part in a national Spirited Arts competition. It will also prepare students for their work in Year 9 where they will study a Christianity module.

During our Deep Learning Day in April Year 9 History students took part in a visit to The National Holocaust Centre in Nottinghamshire. While on the visit students were able to view artefacts from The Second World War around Europe. They were also able to learn more about the experiences of different groups of people who were forced to live under Nazi rule. Students also visited the memorial garden and contributed to the new memorial dedicated to the children who died during the Holocaust. We each placed a stone on the memorial. Each stone represents one of the 1.5 million children who died as a result of the Holocaust. During the afternoon students had the privilege of meeting Joan Salter (photo below), a Holocaust survivor from Belgium. When she was a baby her family moved to Paris as they believed this would be safer for them. In June 1941, male Jews in Paris were being rounded up and Joan’s father woke up in the night to find his street was full of Nazi soldiers removing Jews from their homes. Her father managed to stay hidden during the round-up but it was too dangerous for him to stay and so he travelled to Lyon in Vichy, France. At this time, women and children were both being rounded-up and so Joan, her sister and her mother remained in Paris. Every week, Joan’s mother had to go with the children to the local police station to register as aliens. One day in 1942 while they were registering, a policeman told her that the deportations of women and children were due to start the following day and Joan, her sister Lilane and their mother were all on the list for the first transport. Joan’s mother was able to arrange for the Resistance to help the family to escape and in the middle of the night they were smuggled out of Paris, hidden in a laundry van and joined Joan’s father in a village outside Lyon.

Joan, Lilane and their mother remained in Lyon until the winter of 1942-43 when they travelled over the Pyrenees mountains into Spain. They were captured by the Spanish police and Lilane was put into a convent while Joan and her mother were put in prison. In June 1943, Joan and Lilane were able to leave Lisbon by boat and travelled to the USA. The American government had agreed to help to rescue children but their parents were not permitted to travel with them, so their mother had to stay behind. On arrival in America, Joan was taken in by a foster family and had her name changed from Fanny to Joan. Lilane being older and more aware of the situation than Joan, was very traumatised by the time they arrived in America and so struggled to settle with a family and was moved between a number of foster homes. In 1947 Joan and Lilane were reunited with their parents, both of whom had managed to survive the war and were living in the UK. Joan found it very hard to adjust with her parents and spent the next decade travelling between the UK and her foster family in the USA.

JOAN SALTER

MRS GREEN SOCIAL STUDIES FACULTY

Out ‘n’ About with Geography - Local Geography Fieldwork in Winshill

A group of over 60 enthusiastic Year 9 Geography students recently conducted a local geographical investigation across the area of Winshill. Students were given a choice of hypotheses to investigate, with many students choosing to evaluate the opportunities and challenges facing contrasting areas of Winshill. A range of fieldwork data was meticulously gathered from pedestrian counts, environmental quality survey, noise readings and even local resident interviews! It was an enjoyable day had by all students and teachers. We would like to thank the local community for supporting our fieldwork and contributing to the data we collected. This fieldwork experience has significantly helped to equip our students with the essential fieldwork skills required to be successful geographers at GCSE and A Level. Who would have thought that there was so much geography on our doorstep! Our geography students and teachers will be out again next term visiting Lichfield, the Carding Mill Valley and the Pembrokeshire Coast. Please look for our next article in the Autumn 2017 newsletter.

ATTENDANCE As a school our target is 95% and for our students to achieve their full potential they need to be in school learning. September 2015 saw a change in Government targets and they now consider any students with attendance below 90% to be a “persistent absentee” from school and it is possible to incur a fine from the Local Authority. Any student with attendance less than 90% will be spoken to by The Education Welfare Officer that works closely with Abbot Beyne to improve attendance. The Local Authority will also speak to students and parents/carers whether absences have been authorised or not. Holidays during term time will NOT be authorised in line with The Government Legislation. Holidays or suspicion that holidays have been taken will not be authorised without medical support and may incur a fine from The Local Authority.

On Friday 7th July our Year 11 Prom took place at Tutbury Castle. The venue looked amazing as did our glamourous and stylish students. Prom Queen was awarded to Grace Mills and Prom King to Bob Heath. A great night was had by all and a big thanks to all the staff who helped out to make the event a night to remember for our Year 11 leavers!

PROM KING— BOB HEATH

PROM QUEEN—GRACE MILLS

EXAMINATION RESULTS SUMMER 2017 KS5 Results - (GCE (AS & A), BTEC, Cambridge Technicals) for students in Year 12 and Year 13 can be collected from The Linnell Building on Thursday, 17th August 2017 between the hours of 9.00am and 11.00am.

Please read your results pack carefully, especially the section regarding Enquiries About Results—the deadlines are very tight for Priority Requests.

KS4 Results - (GCSE, BTEC) for students in Year 11 can be collected from The Linnell Building on Thursday, 24th August 2017 between 9.00am and 11.00am.

Results can only be collected on your behalf if the person collecting them has written permission from you authorising me to give your results to them.

If you wish me to post your results, please let me have a stamped addressed A5 envelope before the results day.

Mrs Eccleshall Examinations Manager

Child Employment Information for Young People

Got a part time job? Thinking of getting one? …Still at school?

You can work part time from the age of 13. However, your boss must have an employment licence for you. There are also some important rules that you and your employer need to follow until you reach the end of Year 11.

Maximum hours of work you can do in a week

Age 13 or 14 Age 15 or 16 Up to 2 hours per day, up to a maximum of 12 In term time hours per week including weekends. On Saturdays and in school Eight hours a day (max. Five hours a day holidays 35 a week) On Sundays Two hours a day

Early mornings and night work

Age 13 or 14 Age 15 or 16 NOT before 7am and NOT for more than one Early morning

Night work NOT after 7pm

Rest breaks For every 4 hours you work you must have a one hour break.

The rules above do not apply to babysitting or any work that you do for neighbours or friends where there is no commercial business involved.

The rules do apply even if you are working for a parent or family member, whether you are getting paid or not.

Your school work and / or attendance must not be affected! It is important that any work you do does not affect your school attendance or attainment. If your school attendance is already poor the Local Authority can refuse to issue an employment licence for you. If you are already working and your school attendance drops the local authority can remove your employment licence from you.

Responsibilities Your employer (boss) must… You must… Apply for a child employment licence Ensure that your boss has applied for from the local authority that you will be an employment licence for you once working in. you have started working (your parent Maintain health and safety in the must sign the application form and will workplace. then be sent a copy of the licence). Give you the necessary training needed Follow the rules relating to maximum for you to do your job. hours, times and rest breaks. Follow the rules relating to maximum hours, times and rest breaks.

Types of employment Jobs you can do… Jobs you can’t do… Waitress / Waiter Any job in a factory Newspaper delivery Preparing or cooking food Shop assistant or stacking shelves Collect money door to door Office work Anything more than 3 metres off the Work in a hairdressers ground Work on a farm from age 14 (or age 13 Work in a pub (except as a waitress or if it is your parent’s farm) waiter only) Work with animals Operate machinery or drive vehicles Cleaning (light duties) Chip shops or take-aways

And finally…. Employing you without applying for a licence is an offence! Employers can be fined or prosecuted if they do not abide by the rules and regulations. The local authority may carry out spot checks on the employers work premises to ensure safe working practices.

Extremism & Radicalisation Introduction As a parent you may be worried about how extremism and radicalisation might affect your child. We have put together some information to help you understand more about extremism and radicalisation, and how you can deal with these issues. Any idea can be taken to an extreme; it is when those views can lead to violence that it becomes a concern. There have been a number of stories in the news recently talking about how young people have been radicalised and drawn into terrorist groups. But what does this mean? Radicalisation in simple terms is the process of someone developing extremist views. Should I be worried? Despite the high levels of media attention given to these issues, the chances of them affecting you as a parent are very low. It is important to remember that most people will never support terrorism and that the number of young people that become involved in violent extremism is very small. What is the government doing about extremism and radicalisation? The government has recently introduced a law to make it compulsory for places such as schools and hospitals to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism. Here that means that all staff are working hard to ensure that all young people are protected from extremism and radicalism. However, you know your child better than anyone else, and are best placed to notice any changes in their behaviour. Talk to someone if you have any concerns. It is everyone’s job to prevent the radicalisation of young people; that includes parents, teachers, friends and family. Everybody has a role to play in making sure that extremist ideas are challenged. This is difficult as there are no checklists as to what makes someone become an extremist, as every individual is unique. REMEMBER · Young people want to push the boundaries. They are searching for an identity in a confusing world. · Encouraging young people to learn about and understand alternative points of view is an essential role of a parent. · Encourage positive outlets for your child’s energies with sports clubs and hobbies. These can provide an identity and sense of community. · Allow open and honest discussions. Young people are naturally curious. Stopping discussions about extremism, radicalisation and terrorism could make it seem more interesting to your child. Help and Advice If you have any concerns about your child relating to extremism and radicalisation, you can receive support and advice from your local police by calling 101. They will treat the matter with confidence and will do all they can to help prevent your child turning to behaviour that breaks the law. Alternatively you can call us on 01283 759100 for advice and guidance.

The Alcohol Education Trust Parent Newsletter Those of us with older children can breathe a sigh of relief as GCSEs and A Levels are almost over! But all that free time brings challenges too, with post exam parties, long light evenings, festivals, holidays in the sun and days spent in the park or on the beach. It’s especially hard to get our children to listen to us as they get older, so this edition is largely dedicated to older teenagers! We have a special focus on festivals as we are asked so many questions around these at our parent talks. Don’t forget to contact us if you’d like to organise a talk via school, a club or as a Governor or PTA, email Kate via [email protected] For Younger Ones For those of you with younger ones, trying to fill the long summer holidays with interesting things to prevent boredom can be challenging. One of the key reasons that youngsters give for drinking or taking risks is hanging around with nothing to do, so check out your leisure centre, sports club, school and youth clubs for holiday clubs and activities. Try and link up with other parents and carers to plan things with each others kids—it lightens your load too. Giving your children a bit of structure with a holiday job or volunteering can be really helpful and it can be dog walking or gardening for friends or relations (or you, if you’re brave enough!) Take a look at our website alcoholeducationtrust.org/parent-area/ for more hints and tips. First Festival? The number of festivals that have sprung up over the UK is extraordinary and naturally many teenagers are keen to go. Often the first festival will be a ’family friendly’ one like ’Bestival’ and you may be taking your own children, or allowing them to go with parents of friends.

Festivals are a strange hybrid as it feels like one big party where you know and can trust everyone but of course, you cannot. Your youngsters may end up in groups with complete strangers or over 18s and many of the horror stories we hear from parents often occur when they are at the same event and didn’t know what was going on! This is true at big family celebrations too, where you are so busy looking after your guests that you don’t notice the teenagers sneaking booze and disappearing off to the end of the garden! We have drawn up a few tips:- Teenagers going to festivals with parents, carers or other adults If you are going to the festival as a family and the teenagers want to go and do their own thing, make sure they are always with a sibling or friend and have regular meet up times during the day and evening. Walkie-talkies are good for keeping in touch and allow you to stay in contact easily without worrying about a phone. Otherwise, make sure they have a cheap pay-as-you-go phone and it’s worth investing in a solar or wind up charger too. If your kids are going with a friend’s parents don’t shy away from asking questions around how they’ll be monitored and about booze and other substances. Their values might be different from yours, so it’s important they know what is important to you. You/they will be keen on having a good time too and may lose track of the time or where the youngsters are once it’s late. Set a plan that you stick to and don’t think, just because you have asked them to go back to the tent and go to sleep while you are still raving, that this will happen! Check up on them regularly or ideally, an adult should stay behind with them. Load up with as much light nutritious food as you can, like cereal bars, dried fruit and nuts take frozen milk, cereal, bread, things like tinned tuna and ham and frozen soft drinks to save on high food and drink costs on site. If they’re going with friends and no parents/carers, a few things to insist on:-

 Don’t let them take any valuable devices. Invest in a cheap pay-as-you-go phone, the battery will last longer and it is worth having a wind-up or solar charger too, with no excuses then about running out of juice and being in contact with you regularly.

 Take plenty of sun cream, hats, wellies and a waterproof.

 We know lugging heavy things to a camping spot can be a real pain but food and soft drinks are really expensive, so take light things like cereal bars, dried fruit, frozen water and milk (keeps your stuff cool for a while).

 If it is hot, drinking alcohol is dehydrating and if they are drinking they are more likely to forget sun protection. A combination of heat/sunstroke/sunburn and dehydration will ruin their fun.

 They’re just as likely to get sunburn if it’s overcast too, so try and find a trendy hat that they will wear!

 Just because they are in the party atmosphere, remind them not to trust people they don’t know well or be tempted to try different things offered by ‘new friends’.

 Finally, if you know other people, whether older young people or your own friends, who are going to the festival, ask if it would be ok to give their number to your child and ask if they’d mind keeping an occasional eye out for you! Just your youngsters knowing someone is looking for them can moderate behaviour, or knowing they can meet up for some nourishing food might be welcome. Sun, Sea & Summer Holidays Teens going away with friends on their own for the first time? If your kids have finished their exams and are going away for sun, sea and a fun time, it can be very nerve racking as parents. Simple pacing strategies if they plan to drink will help us to ensure that they have a fantastic holiday such as:-

 Drink lots of water and stay hydrated.

 Eat regularly.

 Avoid shots & rounds.

 Keep an eye out for friends.

 Be aware of local laws & customs.

 Remember that foreign measures are often much larger and stronger than those at home.

 Finally, remind them that alcohol isn’t part of everyone’s holiday plans, so they should respect the wishes of friends who don’t or may not want to drink.

Top tips for you & them

 If travelling by air, especially on long flights, don’t be tempted to drink too much, before flying, or on board! Water and soft drinks are a better choice as both alcohol and altitude dehydrate you. Many airlines won’t let you fly if you appear drunk or unruly at check-in.

 Once on holiday, alcohol dehydrates you and the heat of the sun makes it worse. Take regular breaks, slap on plenty of sun cream and drink at least two litres of water a day.

 Bars abroad often serve larger measures of spirits than at home so just two vodkas could be the same as four or five in the UK.

 Alcohol can make you feel relaxed and less careful about sun cream, falling asleep in the sun or on a lilo in the pool. Scarily, malignant skin cancer has increased by 56% among men and 38% among women since 2002 in the UK.

 Don’t let too much drink lead them to into risky situations with strangers, swimming pools or unknown places. Watch out for passports, credit cards, phones, tablets or ipods that can easily be lost or stolen if they’re worse for wear, it may be better to leave them somewhere secure and just keep enough cash with them when out.

 Mixing drinks with sports from volleyball to rock climbing can lead to injuries. So play it safe. Likewise, midnight swimming and drinking is never advisable. Insurance may be invalid if drunk at the time of the incident. Driving abroad? Nearly all countries have lower drink drive limits than the UK and some, such as the US don’t allow any alcohol at all for those under 21. You can look at the permitted levels around the world via drinkingandyou.com/site/uk/ drive.htm. Decide before going out who is the designated driver who won’t drink. It’s their job to make sure everyone gets home safely. We are including the whole of our top tips for staying safe for you to share with your teenager - you can also download it via: alcoholeducationtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/StaySafe.pdf

Nothing stands still in the digital world “Another Week- Another App!”.

I have attached a recent article from “Childnet” regarding a new App on Snapchat that could facilitate users revealing their location to those that they are communicating with. Whilst the feature may have good intentions it does open up worrying possibilities if the person who the user is communicating with is not known to them. Please read the advice given and talk it through with your child to ensure that they have the highest possible privacy settings applied. Mrs Airey Designated Safeguarding Officer

SNAPCHAT GUIDANCE Snapchat have introduced a new feature, the ‘Snap Map’. This location based map allows users to see where in the country their Snapchat contacts are, as well as seeing location based photos and videos. The Snap Map shows a user’s Bitmoji, their cartoon avatar within Snapchat, pinpointed on a world map. Users can then zoom into the map to see the exact location of their friends. How to access Snap Maps To access the Snap Map in the latest update of the Snapchat app, users need to go to their camera screen within Snapchat and zoom out using two fingers. This will then launch the Snap Maps screen and will allow a user to see their friend’s locations. Choose who can see your location It is important to be careful about who you share your location with, as it can allow people to build up a picture of where you live, go to school and spend your time. Given how specific this new feature is on Snapchat - giving your location to a precise pinpoint on a map - we would encourage users not to share their location, especially with people they don’t know in person. There are three settings for sharing your location on the map but what do these settings mean? Ghost Mode means that you are the only person who can see your location on the map. Within Ghost Mode you can still see the locations of your friends but they will be unable to see you. This setting will ensure that you have complete control over who knows your location. My Friends means that all of your contacts on Snapchat can see your location. If turning on this setting then it would be important for users to review their Snapchat contacts and also make sure that they never add someone they don’t know in person on to Snapchat. Select Friends This setting allows users to look through their friend list and then decide which of their friends they want to be able to view their location. This setting gives users the opportunity to control who can view their location. Changing settings When first opening the Snap Map users get to make a decision of who they want to be able to view their location. Once these settings are in place they can always be changed in Snapchat’s settings. This can be done in two ways: 1. In the Snapchat settings In the Snapchat screen click on the Settings (cog) icon> click on ‘see my location’ > Choose the setting which suits you 2. On the Snap Map Click on the setting button in the top right of the map > choose the setting which suits you.

Mr Frater, ICT Technician and an ex Abbot Beyne student, leaves us after 8 months for a change in career.

Mr Saville leaves the Maths Department after 1 year to develop his own thriving personal business venture.

Dr Withey leaves us for pastures new after 5 years in our Maths Department.

Mrs Smith leaves us after 9 years of teaching both English, Drama and Media Studies.

We wish all of our leaving staff every success for their futures and wish them all the very best of luck!

DIAMOND CONDUCT AWARD WINNERS

WELL DONE TO OUR DIAMOND WINNERS WHO ACHIEVED 200 OR MORE CONDUCT POINTS THIS ACADEMIC YEAR!

We would like to wish all of our readers a fantastic summer holiday and we look forward to welcoming students back in September. Please remember that Year 7 & 12 students will start back on Tuesday 5th September and all other year groups will start back on Wednesday 6th September. Please note that our school telephone number has changed to the number below.

Mrs Annabel Stoddart BA (Hons), NPQH, MBA Abbot Beyne School Abbot Beyne School Linnell Building Evershed Building Osborne Street Mill Hill Lane Winshill Winshill Burton-upon-Trent Burton upon Trent Staffordshire DE15 0JL DE15 0BA TEL: 01283 759007 TEL: 01283 759007 email: [email protected]