TERM DATES 2019-20 CHRISTMAS NEWSLETTER - 2019
End of Autumn Term It has been an incredibly busy year as School in Datong China in February.
Wednesday 18th Dec 19 always and just some, of the amazing We would also like to say goodbye to achievements are included inside this Miss Williams, Teacher of Music leaves Staff Training Days Newsletter. us to take up a promotion as Head of
19th/20th Dec, 6th Jan I do hope you enjoy the latest edition Department at another School in Start of Spring Term created by Mrs. Waring. A big thank Liverpool – good luck to her. you to her for once again putting it all On another note, the vast majority of our Tuesday 7th Jan 2020 together. pupils come to school smartly dressed, Half Term We are all now looking forward to on time, fully equipped and ready to 17th Feb - 21st Feb 20 Christmas and this is the time we start learn. This is what we expect. Please to think about family and loved ones. ensure pupils return to school in the Early finish 1:50pm Philips High School has a Memorial New Year with a positive mindset and a Tree in our grounds where pupils can set of goals to aim for as per our Ethos Thursday 28th Feb 20 spend time and reflect and remember and Values:- End of Spring Term those we have lost. Success - strive for success in all that Friday 3rd April 2020 Our new curriculum pathways are now you do well underway including The Combined Start of Summer Term Together - work together, look out for Cadet Force which is going from each other and support each other in Monday 20th April 2020 strength to strength with the Cadets good undertaking many visits to the Armoury Bank Holiday times and bad in Bury where they have been Friday 8th May 2020 undertaking training in First Aid and Aspire - reach for the top and aspire Weapons Handling. They are hoping to to be the best you can be Half Term attend their first Summer Camp next Respect - Demonstrate respect and 25th May - 29th May 20 year. you will earn respect from everyone you End of Summer Term Congratulations to our annual Christmas meet Card Competition Winners Summer Friday 17th July 2020 Darwin-Dowell in Year 8. Finally, all the Staff, Governors and myself would like to wish you all a very Philips High School competed against Merry Christmas and a Happy New 14 other High Schools and were once year. again crowned the overall winners of the Bury Athletics Championships 2019.
A number of our pupils will embark on an exciting trip to China at Easter and
we look forward to hearing all about Ms T Owen their trip on their return. We will also be hosting visitors from our Partnership HEADTEACHER
A fantastic effort from Aleesha Zafar 8U, achieving all 4 Star Awards last term.
Christmas Card Competition Winner
1st Prize Summer Darwin-Dowell 8Q Geography Trip—Malham July 2019
he Geography Department took Year 7 pupils to experience the beautiful countryside of the Yorkshire Dales T National Park. Pupils undertook a 4 mile circular walking route, taking in the famous sites of Janet’s Foss, Goredale Scar and Malham Cove, iconic limestone landmarks. Tired legs were soon replenished with ice creams and the traditional buying of souvenirs at the visitor centre.
Many visitors we came across, commented on the politeness and excellent attitude of the pupils.
Philips High GCSE Geography Cleveleys
ear 10 Geography students, over two days, completed the fieldwork aspect of their GCSE course at Y Rossall Point near Fleetwood. The tide was out, the sun was shining and a pleasant stroll along the beach was had by all, completing data collection techniques on the coastal defence scheme.
Some of the pupils took it upon themselves to volunteer on a beach clean project, picking up plastic and other rubbish that had washed up. Highly commendable!
Rugby World Cup Festival
8 Girls attended a Rugby Festival at Sedgley Park Rugby Club, on Thursday 26th September as part of the Rugby World Cup celebrations. The girls all enjoyed a positive sporting activity together Y with other schools in the area. No one even complained about the rain or the mud!
Anti Bullying Mentors
he anti-bullying mentors went on a course last year to T learn about how to support peers with issues and questions around bullying. They will be going into a year 7 and 8 form regularly to enable younger pupils to get information.
Manchester City
hilips High school are working in conjunction with Manchester City Football Club towards an Aspire project qualification. P The pupils above are proudly representing Philips high School.
Manchester Central Gurdwara
n Wednesday November 27th, 38 GCSE students from Years 10 and 11 visited the Manchester Central Gurdwara as part of their Religious Studies GCSE course. Covering their heads as a sign of respect the students were not only treated to a tour of the Gurdwara and a educational talk on the key Sikh beliefs and practises but they also got Oto taste the delicious Langar, the traditional Sikh community meal served to all visitors. The vegetarian potato curry went down a treat with all students.
The trip was very successful and pupils will hopefully utilise what they have learnt in their examinations. Pupils were very respectful and were credited by the Gurdwara as a credit to Philips High School. We hope to go back with another year group later in the year.
This term has been full of exciting opportunities in the Music Department. The term started off with an Instrument Taster session by Bury Music Service. Pupils had the chance to experience new instruments and start lessons.
We have also had several pupils take ABRSM and Trinity Music exams this term. Congratulations to:
Zara Josh Guitar Grade 3 Pass
Saul Connelly Guitar Grade 4 Merit Christopher Blyth Guitar Grade 4 Pass Daniel Galloway Guitar Grade 6 Merit Jerome Walker-Sheriff Guitar Grade 6 Merit Edith Sedgwick Flute Grade 4 Pass
Our Christmas Celebration Concert included a wide variety of talent including Dance and Drama alongside Music. This year the vocalists and instrumentalists have been exceptional.
Our annual Christmas Carol Concert took place at All Saints Church on 18th December. Pupils sang and performed festive items of Music, Drama and Readings. Everyone enjoyed singing carols together. This is a special part in our school calendar when everyone gets into the festive spirit.
A special thanks to Miss Williams who is leaving us to be Head of Department at a school in Liverpool. Thank you for being an inspiration to our pupils.
A special thank you to Mrs Dalziel, Miss Dunn & Miss Williams for a wonderful Christmas Concert, Wednesday 11th December.
Maths Without Limits
An Enrichment Day for Girls at Xaverian College was attended by Y11 pupils. The event was organised by the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme.
n Thursday 12th of December, a buzz was felt amongst all year seven pupils... It was the day of the Spelling Bee! This wasn’t just a competition for the best speller, it was a positive exhibition of pupil’s engagement and commitment in English. Since the O start of September, pupils had worked hard every week in English to prepare for the day. Teams assembled from each class and worked together to win the title of Spelling Bee Champion. Every single pupil demonstrated extraordinary spelling skills but the Spelling Champion was awarded to Zainab Ali of 7C. Congratulations to all those who took part on the day and well done to all year seven pupils that have consistently pushed themselves to improve their spelling ability. Shakespeare Schools Festival Performance!
ast March Miss Dunn and Ms Crossley auditioned and cast 16 pupils to perform ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at this year’s Shakespeare’s School Festival. The Shakespeare School’s Festival is a charitable organisation that gets pupils involved in the performance of L Shakespeare! More information about their work can be found at their website -https:// www.shakespeareschools.org/ The pupils have been working hard since June – taking part in workshops and rehearsals to bring ‘A Midsummer’ to life. The pupils not only performed the original script but added their own creative flare to the performance including physical theatre, soundscapes and even a RAP!
The performance was so well received, and Miss Dunn has had several emails from audience members praising the students for their hard work, professionalism and talent!
The performance night was well attended and several staff came out to support our pupils and watch them shine like the stars that they are!
Thank you to Ms Bruce for supporting the cast at both the workshop and show night, and thank you to Ms Crossley for her early involvement and support too. Another thanks to Mrs Taylor who, at the last minute, ordered all our costume and prop to bring our performance to life!
I am so immensely proud of the pupils who performed, and it has been a pleasure to work with such creative, passionate and talented young people!
Miss Dunn
What are the Bolton Children’s Fiction Awards
he Bolton Children’s Fiction Awards are an annual Award given to works of children’s literature published in paperback during the previous year. The award is run by Bolton School who invite other local schools to take part. T I decided to get involved in the Bolton Children’s Fiction Awards because I think it will improve my English skills. Also, I think it will introduce me to lots of unique books and authors. I am excited to meet the authors and talk about their fascinating books. In the novel “The Lost Magician” we are introduced to four young children who journey into a mysterious world. This resembles the story of Narnia but with immense changes that make it special.
Another amazing story is “Wildspark”, this story revolves around dead people being reborn in robot forms. I wanted to read this book because it seemed like a mystery novel, also a story that persuades you to carry on reading.
In the novel “Clownfish” a boy named Dak who is recovering from his dad’s death, realises he is alive but has been reborn into a clownfish. I found this sad but funny.
Adam Ahmed 8O
LGBT+ organised a cake sale and raised £60
Bury Hospice Pyramid Boxes £197.92
Fun Run activities in the last week of the Summer term, including fancy dress run, cake sale and wet sponge raised just over £780, fantastic effort by everyone .
Christmas Jumper Day, staff and pupils raised money for charity wearing Christmas jumpers on Monday.
Community Food hampers for the elderly YOUNG people at Philips High School are thinking of others this Christmas time.
he Pupil Leadership Team organised the whole school to get involved in the Christmas shoebox appeal in aid of the Manchester Angels. Young people were asked to make up shoeboxes to be given to those in need, T including the homeless.
The wrapped shoeboxes were filled with woolly hats, gloves, socks, toiletries and snacks.
Tina Owens, headteacher, said: "The pupils did amazing and we managed to donate approximately 80-90 boxes. All boxes were delivered to a local lady called Ruth Hannah from Unsworth who collects these for the Manchester Angels each year and she is an asset to the local community. This has been a great cause for our school to become involved in and we will definitely be doing it again next year and urge others to get involved if you have not already done so."
Saiqa Chaudhari, Bury Times
ASDAN
his year Mrs Ascroft, Mrs Hargreaves and Miss Rooney have been working with pupils in years 10 and 11. They have completed many diverse T challenges successfully including, baking, designing an ASDAN plaque, helping out at 'Charlie's Angels' toddler group, money, shopping and banking skills, pet care, tie dying T shirts and interviewing techniques.
The Y10 and Y11 ASDAN Groups have been busy making gifts for the Whitefield Methodist Church where they served tea and cake as part of their service module. They planted small pots of Thyme and gave hand-crafted boxes of chocolate to 30 adults at the church group. They also made a Christmas Cake, complete with marzipan and icing.
The groups have completed a power point presentation which they will deliver to year 7 Religious Studies group in the New Year. We have also begun to 'tame' the Lobjoit Court again with the help of Radcliffe Rotary who have been kind enough to donate some money towards its upkeep. Many thanks to them.
In the spring term, we are planning some visits using public transport which we expect the pupils to help plan and we hope to learn First Aid techniques and have arranged with a firefighter to have a Fire Safety talk. Philips High School Combined Cadet Force
he Philips High School CCF is about to complete its’ first full term. During the past T10 weeks, the cadets have developed their training and have set the foundations for many new skills to be mastered. All cadets now have a full set of uniform, so they look and feel a part of the CCF family. The exception is their berets which will be awarded to them at the Flag Raising Parade in early 2020.
As we are affiliated with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, the cadets first trip was to The Fusiliers Museum in Bury where they learned about the rich heritage which they now represent. They have since returned to the Town Centre twice where they have started their training on the L98 Cadet Rifle at the Army Reserve Centre. There are 15 more of these visits booked in for the remaining academic year to ensure our cadets are proficient in Skill At Arms in time for Summer Camp.
Summer Camp has been booked and details of this will be released closer to the time. There are several other trips planned to support the cadets progress and to cement links with other CCF Contingents both locally and internationally.
The Cadets have taken up other opportunities in addition to their Basic Course. Last month we travelled to Liverpool for a STEM activity day which helped show the cadets how STEM subjects are applied in both the Military and civilian careers. This was further supported with the first of three Careers sessions in school.
A selection of cadets also volunteered to take an active roll in Remembrance Day by laying wreaths and writing poetry at the local Cenotaph.
The Philips High School CCF is already making a positive contribution to both the school and local community and we can only see our cadets making exceptional progress in the future. PHS LIBRARY
PHS LIBRARY
“The only thing you need to know is the location of the library” Einstein
LOCAL LIBRARIES OPENING HOURS
At your local library: Prestwich, Radcliffe or Monday 10.45—4.45 Bury you can download books, comics and Tuesday 10.45—4.45 magazines and borrow books. Wednesday 10.00—4.45 Opening Times: www.bury.gov.uk Thursday 10.00—4.45 Friday 10.00—2.00
Homework Club: @PHS_Liby Mon—Thurs 3-4.45
Available at the Library
Books—Fiction and Non-Fiction
Manga and Graphic Novels
Computers and Printing
Magazine and Comics
DVDs
Information and Ideas
Subject Revision Guides and Stationery for sale
SUBJECT REVISION GUIDES COST
Collins Snap Revision Guide Writing ISBN-9780008242336 ENGLISH Collins Snap Revision Guide ISBN-9780008218089 £3.00 Or both for £5 (School Library)
Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Mathematics Revision Guide (Foundation) ISBN- 978144798804 Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Mathematics Revision Guide (Higher) ISBN-9781447988090 Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Mathematics Revsion Workbook (Higher) ISBN 9781447987925 £4.00 MATHS Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Mathematics Revsion Workbook (Foundation) ISBN- 9781447987925 Maths Revision cards (Foundation or Higher) (School Library)
Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Combined Science Foundation Revision Guide ISBN- 9781292131597 £5 Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Combined Science Higher Revision Guide ISBN-9781292131634 Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Combined Science Foundation Biology Higher Revision Guide SCIENCE ISBN-9781292131719 £3 Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Combined Science Chemistry Higher Revision Guide ISBN- 9781292131924 Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Combined Science Physics Higher Revision Guide ISBN- 9781292133706 (School Library)
OCR GCSE (9-1) Psychology PSYCHOLOGY ISBN-9781510423220 £7.50 (School Library)
AQA GCSE (9-1) PE ISBN-9781510405233 PHYSICAL EDUCATION (School Library) £9
MUSIC Free to students
CGP GCSE Edexcel History for the Grade 9-1 Course ISBN-9781782946052 £4 HISTORY British Medicine Through Time, 1200 to 2000 Revision Guide £2.50 (School Library)
GEOGRAPHY GCSE AQA Geography for the Grade 9-1 Exams ISBN-9781782946137 £7 (School Library)
ART Revision notes provided by teacher
COMPUTER SCIENCE GCSE OCR Computer Science for the Grade 9-1 Course ISBN-9781782946021 £3.50 (School Library)
FRENCH CGP GCSE AQA French for the Grade 9-1 Course ISBN-978178294376 £5.95 (Amazon)
Stationary on sale in the Library
Ties (Years 7-9) £6.00 Ties (Years 10-11) £7.00 Black Pens 20p Red Pens 20p Pencils 20p Rulers 50p Erasers 15p Pencil Sharpeners 15p Highlighters 50p Glue Stick 80p Pencil Case £1.20 Filled Pencil Case £2.50 Calculators £5.50 Maths Geometry Sets £1.70 Revision Guides Various
Philips High School track and monitor homework system.
Online tool, Show My Homework, was launched to help you keep track of your child’s
homework. This gives you;
24/7 access to your child’s homework
A view of the quality and quantity of homework
Free apps for your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android devices
Automated notifications of homework due date
For more information please read the help sheet on the school webpage.
Appointments
Years 7-9
All pupils must be collected from reception by a parent / carer or responsible adult aged over 18 years. A letter or appointment card to be handed in at reception when signing out.
Years 10 & 11
Pupils are allowed to make their own way to appointments if they have a letter of authorisation from a parent / carer or a phone call has been received by office staff (letters must be handed in at reception and either copied or kept as confirmation evidence)
Unwell Pupils
Head of Year must authorise pupils to go home (unless medical emergency).
All pupils to be collected from reception by a parent / carer or responsible adult over 18 years. Depending on the nature of illness some pupils are allowed to be sent home via taxi if the parent /carer requests – Head of Year must authorise this.
Basket Ball News
hilips High School have had a fantastic start to the year with the basketball.
Year 10 and year 11 have all managed to win the Bury Schools Championships P beating numerous High Schools across Bury. Each Bury Schools Basketball tournament is now held at Philips High School as we are fortunate enough to have the best facilities around.
Year 7 Jr NBA have drawn one game against Abraham Moss and lost against Canon Slade in the Jr NBA, the year 7 team have some great players with amazing attitude however we have a lot to work on and sure the team will make progress if they continue with the same positive attitude.
Year 8 Jr NBA are yet to play a fixture however will be playing their first game in the first week back after Christmas.
The U14 National School team have played one game against Helsby High School managing to beat them 57 – 27 with a fantastic performance away from home. We still have 2 games to play against St Margaret’s and Rainford high School that will be played in the first few weeks after Christmas as the deadline is 17th January.
The U16 National School team are doing very well so far in the group stages of the competition beating Sale Grammar by 2 points in an absolutely amazing game. The team worked so hard and deserved the win with a few individuals really stepping up the level.
We have been given a bye against St Peters which is good for the U16 team as they are usually one very strong side.
We have two games yet to play against Reddish Vale and Priestnall which will be played th in the first few weeks after Christmas as the deadline is 17 January.
Overall I have been really impressed with the attitude of the Philips High School Basketball players and they are a credit to the school. We need to make sure we continue with the hard work in order to progress through to the next stages of the competitions.
Remember talent is nothing without hard work.
Mr Barlow.
Football News
his year we continue to play 11 a side friendly fixtures with the schools in the south of Bury, including St. Monicas, Parrenthorn, Unsworth T Academy, Prestwich and Hazelwood Academy. All year groups have also been entered in a 7 a side South Bury league, played over a three-week period. The priority is to allow as many players as possible to play football and remain active whilst participating in an activity that they enjoy. Although the results of these fixtures are recorded it is not the most important aspect of the 7 a side tournament.
All year groups apart from the Year 7’s are still in the Bury metro cup competition. The year 7’s lost to a very good Bury Grammar School. However, Zach Holyoak played extremely well and deserved the Philips High School man of the match award.
In the New year we will play Elton year 8’s and 10’s in the cup fixtures. Elton won two of the age groups in last year’s metro cup competition as well as runner’s up, no doubt they will prove to be a very difficult team to overcome.
Bury Cross Country Results
Year 10 / 11 Boys - 1st Overall
Seth Leach 6th
Aaron Tonge 9th
Jack Sankey 10th
Charlie Hall 13th
Bailey Dawes 17th
Tyler Greenhalgh 18th
Andrew Ncube 20th
Omar Abubaker 50th
Year 10 / 11 Girls - 1st Overall
Freya Potts 1st
Heidi Sheldon 5th
Charlie Ireland 8th
Anna Keeling 14th
Lilith Taylor 17th
Rosella Togo 19th
Leila Clayton 33rd
Zara Yakova 35th
Claire O’Brien 41st
Alice Lawson 42nd
Year 8 /9 Boys - 4th Overall
Ian Togo 2nd
Idris Dawson 6th
Sam Hazelwood 25th Arta Majdi 33rd
Ra’Uf Saad 36th
Fuad Ogundipe 37th
Luca Mollo 38th
Max Slater 40th
Year 8 / 9 Girls - 1st Overall
Lola Potts 5th Anwen Reed 7th Summer Whitfield 8th
Anya Williams 11th
Sarah Ede 31st
Isabel Lawson 41st
Jessica Claxton-Daniels 42nd
Olivia Holden 43rd
Holly Watson 45th
Year 7 Boys - 4th Overall
Lachlan Robinson-Stewart 20th
Ryley McNulty 23rd
Jack Jones 26th
Glyn Dawson 28th
Liam Lewis-Gough 38th
Alex Chapple 50th
Finley Gibson 58th
Sam Staley 74th
Milkessa Daud 77th
Jacob Glover 88th
Year 7 Girls - 6th Overall
Emily Jackson-Smith 9th
Esme Davies-Ferneyhough 15th
Rose France 41st
Lucia Walters 51st
Linda Ndlovu 53rd
Melanie Kneale Baird 67th
Camara Cook 77th
Talia Hilton-Jammeh 79th
Amy Gibbons 99th th Helen Vu 100 Personal Achievements – Congratulations to
athan Power nominated for Young Leader of the Year, England Touch Rugby. N Level 1 in Refereeing
olly Kalns 9R qualified for the North West Winter Regional Swimming Championships. Swimming 50m backstroke, 50m Freestyle and 50m H Butterfly.
essica Claxton-Daniels has been selected for the GB Climbing Development Squad 2020 J
mily Jackson-Smith competed at the Potential Olympians Gala at Broughton Pool , she came 1st in 50m Breath stroke and 50m Freestyle and E 3rd in 100m Breast stroke.
reya Potts for competing in the English Schools Fell F Running Championships
race Williams came 3rd in the Vault in the Halloween Gymnastics Competition G in Salford
STARTING TIMES
Tuesday 7th January 2020
10.55 am Year 7 arrive
11.10 am Year 8 arrive
11.25 am Year 9 arrive
11.40 am Year 10 arrive
11.55 am Year 11 arrive
When pupils arrive they should report to the Hall for a uniform check with SLT and Form Tutors.
Form Tutors will then escort pupils back to Form Rooms for equipment/STAR Card Checks etc.
Produced and edited by Mrs L Waring