NEWSLINES

HARDYE CAFÉ—SUCCESSFUL FOOD FOR THOUGHT!

From September 2009 we have been running our own dining rooms and coffee bars no longer linked to any outside catering organisations. It has meant we can decide for ourselves what we sell, what we put into our food and how much we charge. It means we can try new things, buy fresher, healthier, more local food. And it means we can respond more quickly to what our students ask for and any money goes directly into the school.

The main dining room has been open at morning break for snacks, salads and sandwiches and at lunch time for at least two main meals, a pasta bar, mix-it-yourself salad as well as sandwiches, pizzas and fresh fruit.

In the Sixth Form Centre there is a new coffee bar and the Sixth Form Canteen still serves main meals, light meals, mix-it- yourself salads, chips and pizzas.

We have stuck to OUR PROMISES

☺ We will use the best quality ingredients. ☺ We will buy meat, eggs, fruit and vegetables fresh from local farms. ☺ We will sell only free range eggs. ☺ We will keep our meals as healthy as we can; adding no salt, using no GM food and keeping to all government guidelines. ☺ We will keep our prices as low as we can. We will put up no prices this year and we will re- duce prices wherever we can. ☺ We will listen to what students want and within the healthy eating guidelines, reflect their tastes in what we offer. ☺ Any money we make will go directly to the school, improving what we offer. ☺ Mrs Thompson and her team have made a wonderful beginning and the School and the students are already benefitting from better, healthier food.

Printed copies of Newslines are available on request. Copies will be available in School from Reception, Year Offices and Staff Room.

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Year 9 Although this is the longest of the school we will be awarding a tutor group prize for terms, time since September has ‘flown’ by. the best Year 9 Hamper. The first sets of student Reviews have been completed and it was most promising to see The Sport For All Basketball Competition is so many positive and encouraging staff com- now in its final stages. The winners will be ments. Thank you to all those parents who awarded their Trophy and Certificates in ‘braved’ the awful weather to collect reviews Presentation Assembly on the last day of and discuss their son/daughter’s progress term. The four semi-finalists are 9JB, 9HW, at the recent Tutor Consultation Evening. 9MO and 9DM.

We are using a new contact system from the The last day of term offers us an excellent Year Offices, called Group Call. Could I opportunity to celebrate the talents and please ask you to inform the School if you achievements of the Year 9 students. The change ANY of your contact numbers (it is a day will start with a Presentation Assembly. particular issue with mobile numbers) as Each tutor nominates a student who they this will greatly assist both the Attendance feel has made the most effort in their aca- Officer and staff in the Main School Office. demic progress and a student who has con- tributed most to supporting the tutor group. This term Year 9 tutor groups have been This also offers a platform to issue sporting, collecting pens, pencils and other stationery musical and further awards from other de- equipment to send out Afghanistan. They partments in the School.

were answering a request to help children During the afternoon, all students will take whose education has been disrupted be- part in a tutor-based, Year 9 quiz organised cause of the war that has been going on for by Mr Goulding. They will also have the op- nearly 8 years. The students have collected portunity to either ‘star’ or watch the Stu- nearly 24 kilograms of equipment which will dent Talent Competition which takes place all be put to good use. The photo above on the final afternoon. shows members of the Year 9 Council with some of these packages. Finally we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a All tutor groups have been encouraged to happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. provide a Christmas Hamper that can be decorated. These hampers will be delivered The Year 9 Team to local families and elderly people in need of a little Christmas cheer. As a Year Team,

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Year 10 I would like to take this opportunity to thank cation competition run by students from Year 10 students for the effort they have Kingston Maurward. On a windy day in No- made this term. Many students received vember the students worked in teams of excellent reviews and they reflect the deter- five on various activities culminating in a mined and focused approach they have to raft building event. The students were a their studies. The tutor consultation eve- credit to the school and achieved a very ning was well attended and provided an respectable second place. excellent opportunity to discuss progress The last afternoon of this term will end with and follow up any issues resulting from the the whole Year group watching the ever reviews. popular talent show and then taking part in The presentation assembly in the last week an interactive Christmas quiz in their tutor will be the first opportunity Year 10 stu- groups. It promises to be a pleasant and dents have to be awarded achievement ties relaxing end to a long term of hard work. and a time for the Year group to celebrate Looking ahead all students will take their its success amidst the dark nights and aw- first maths module in March so an excellent ful weather. New Years resolution would be to attend Eight students attended the countywide Maths Help sessions Monday to Thursday conference on anti bullying in November. after school every week. They worked with other schools to develop Finally, I wish all students a very merry ways to tackle the difficult issue of cyber Christmas and a happy new year. bullying. Four of the students are now mem- Have a relaxing holiday and bers of an e-safety group working with other return in January refreshed schools in the DASP pyramid to provide the and ready for more effort and best possible support and advice on how to achievement. use media technology safely. 15 students attended the first outdoor edu- The Year 10 Team

Year 11 Year 11 have been working exam in Mid-November, again, an atmos- extremely hard as this phere of calm and confidence pervaded term’s coursework dead- their approach to this event. lines begin to loom large. In The most notable sporting achievement this fact, attendance at both term was the story of the Year 11 Rugby Maths and English clubs Team’s journey to the final of the County af- ter school has far exceeded that Cup. Perhaps the best aspect of the team’s of previous years—it has been fantastic to performance was the togetherness and see the level of autonomy and general de- team spirit amongst them. This was great sire to take charge of their own learning to see. Year 11 students have also taken a amongst the students. We are confident leading role in the Hardye’s Hop Musical that the culmination of this ongoing hard extravaganzas. work will be excellent results come the sum- Perhaps the touchstones of this term, mer term. The Year Heads would also like whether in terms of sport, music or general to take this opportunity to thank the number academic performance, have been active of teachers who have organised these clubs involvement, togetherness and responsibil- and worked one-to-one with our students ity shown by the Year Group. after school. There has been a real buzz In order to wind down from the undoubted among the students and desire to succeed stresses and strains of their hard work this that has been fed by the dedication of staff. term, the Year Group will round off the year If your child has not taken advantage of the with a Cinema trip to Tower Park in Poole. wide range of coursework and homework Students will have the chance to watch a clubs after school now is the time for them film from a selection on general release and to find out from their teachers when club will also be able to relax over lunch before night is on. returning to Dorchester in the company of Alongside the excellent focus on improving their tutors. coursework and exam technique all stu- We would like to take this opportunity to dents this term took a Maths Exam in early wish the students and parents of Year 11 a November. The attitude and preparation happy Christmas. shown towards this was very impressive. Higher level Science students also took an The Year 11 Team www.thomas-hardye.dorset.sch.uk

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Music News

he approach to TChristmas is always a busy time, and nowhere more so than in the Music Department, who have been in demand in “…with style and a wide variety of situa- tions over the past half panache ...wildly term. applauded by the Tea Dance audience.” Some of our Year 11 GCSE students per- formed at a ‘Tea Dance’ for the elderly at the Rembrandt Hotel, Wey- cert is that all students sign themselves up, mouth. We sang a variety of songs and and do all their own rehearsal without guid- carols, mostly unaccompanied, all of which ance or pressure from teachers. The re- were well received. sults were astounding – 13 top quality per- formances from bands, soloists, small en- Community Lecture sembles, and even the school’s flute choir! For the first time this half term students performed before one of the School’s Visit to Wessex FM ‘Community Lecture’s’ organised by Richard We are ever grateful to Kieran Williams in Cain. The lecture in question was entitled Reprographics and his colleague Steve ‘Rock Guitar in 11 dimensions’, and so it Bulley the Manager of Wessex FM, for help- seemed appropriate for the lecture to begin ing to arrange a visit to the radio station with two of our own Bands performing. This with our Year 11 BTEC Music students this they did with style and panache, and were half term. They were treated to some out- wildly applauded by the audience. standing commercial jingles, interview tech- niques and even made a new jingle for University of the 3rd Age Steve himself. This experience and knowl- We were once again visited by the Univer- edge has contributed greatly to the course- sity of the Third Age: an organisation that work Podcasts they are presently creating. supports the arts and other intellectual pur- suits across the country. For their visit we Concert Band and the staged a concert by our Year 12 and 13 Remembrance Service students. They all performed impressively, This year, for the first time, the Concert and gained essential practice for their exam Band provided the Service with a new and recitals which will take place in 2010. fresh musical contribution in the form of two stirring marches for the CCF parade at Dorset County Orchestra the School gates. The CCF Band is pres- The School’s Junior Choir, Castlefield Sing- ently being re-structured and new members ers, took part in a concert with the Dorset are currently working towards the establish- County Orchestra at St Mary’s Church. They ment of a new Corps of Drums which it is sang extracts from Tchaikovsky’s Nut- anticipated will join the Concert Band at the cracker and Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suites. This next Remembrance Service and at other was our first joint project with the DCO, and occasions during the rest of the year. it worked well. Particularly impressive were our two soloists, Natalie Popkin and Jenny Mark Lewney and the Featherstone, who sang Solveig’s Song. 11 Dimensions of Guitar AS and A2 Music Technology students Hardye’s Hop where privileged to have a close encounter More recently the Department presented its with Mark Lewney in a presentation regard- second ‘Haryde’s Hop’ concert, containing ing the science and characteristics of items from Jazz, Rock, Pop, and Folk gen- sound neatly delivered using an electric res. The remarkable thing about this con- guitar virtuoso performance coupled with

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Newslines Page 5 off-beat humour. This then slipped very subtly into super string the- ory, a theoretical Physicists para- dise, which all found mind bog- gling and fascinat- ing.

Choir Report by Peter Oakes On 4th November the Choir made its annual visit to “The fact that the Bath Abbey. The new shopping fact that the new centre opened shopping centre that morning ... opened that morn- and we arrived ing at 8 pm, and we arrived three hours phony Orchestra joined us in St Mary’s three hours later later is, of course, a total coincidence. Church to perform Vivaldi’s Gloria, and is, of course, a Handel’s Zadok the Priest. The Orchestra total The Choir was around forty-eight in num- played Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony. coincidence.” ber, and, as ever, enjoyed singing in the The event was a great success, with the beautiful acoustic and space that is the choir excelling in the first half, and the Abbey. Our two soloists, Ellie Goldsack and Orchestra in the second. Nic Burn, sang so well that the clergyman there commented on how much better the As Christmas approaches we look forward two were than similar, more experienced, to a well deserved rest, and all the Musical visiting soloists who had been at a service opportunities that the new year has to of- earlier in the year. Both soloists and Choir fer. sang with energy and commitment. Mr J Baker Just ten days later, Imperial College Sym- Director of Music

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Seasons Greetings from the English Department!

Phew! What a busy time it’s been! We’re There has been a fantastic response to the hoping Father Christmas will fulfil our news of a theatre trip to Stratford-upon- Christmas wish for a well-deserved, relaxing Avon on 30th March 2010 to see the RSC break over the festive season, for staff and production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’. The trip students alike, as we draw this hugely suc- has been offered to all Year 11 students on cessful term to a close. With a multitude of the condition that their work across all sub- theatre trips, museum days and guest jects is up to date and complete by the time speakers visiting the school, it is now a time of the trip. It will be a great opportunity to to reflect upon the achievements of our revise the dramatic plot, as well as Shake- students and congratulate everyone for speare’s presentation of colourful character their energy and efforts over the last 14 and powerful themes. At the time of writ- weeks. ing, there are some tickets still available so bring your permission slip to the English Students in Years 10 and 11 have been Staff Base as soon as possible! attending coursework club after school to improve their GCSE folders. These sessions Advanced Notice: have allowed staff to work one-to-one with • Theatre trip to see ‘Journey’s End’ those looking for clarification, support and on 3rd February – all Years wel- a boost in confidence. The introduction of come. chocolate biscuits has also been a welcome • ‘English Language Live’ event on incentive! Well done to those students who th “…The 9 February for all A Level English have made the most of this support. Language students in Years 12 introduction of and 13 – there are still some To spread the Christmas cheer, on 16th De- chocolate biscuits places left for these students cember, Mr Bewley is taking the students of has also been a 9BD to Maiden Castle Nursing Home to We hope you have a wonderful Christmas perform scenes from ‘A Christmas Carol’ by and a Happy New Year – welcome Charles Dickens. This will provide an enter- see you in January 2010! incentive!...” taining afternoon for the residents, as well as improve the public speaking and drama Miss Lincoln skills of the students.

Food News

The A2 Food Technology students have just – they need to design and make a healthy visited The Good Food Show at the NEC. 2-course meal for under £10. We are de- They enjoyed the day visiting a huge array lighted that Steve Titman, Executive Chef at of manufacturers/suppliers/farmers the Summer Lodge Hotel, is involved in the food and drink going to help with judging industry, and they were able to and coaching again this meet up with a few famous year. names including Gordon Ramsey, Marco Pierre White and The Hairy Year 10 Food and Nutrition Bikers to name a few! The visit is students are also invited to particularly helpful in supporting enter the ‘Yes Chef!’ competi- their major coursework projects. tion run by The Enterprise and Skills Company—again they have to Year 11 Food Technology students are be- make and serve a 2-course meal, and first- ing given the opportunity to enter The Ro- round judging will be carried out by two tary Young Chef of the Year competition, local chefs. which we were so pleased to win last year www.thomas-hardye.dorset.sch.uk

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Dance News n the Dance Department this term we Again it was have been lucky enough to see two in- highly original spiring performances. Rambert Dance and the dancers Company performed three exciting excelled. piecesI at the Poole Lighthouse all of which were highly creative with breathtaking per- Our School Dance Show on 19th November formers to inspire. was very successful. The students displayed a wide range of curriculum based work and We also saw Matthew Bourne’s latest pro- some pieces produced during extra curricu- duction ‘Dorian Gray’ in Woking. This lar activities. Much work had been choreo- proved to be an amazing piece of physical graphed by the students themselves. theatre set in the 21st Century with ingen- Congratulations to all involved! “…highly creative ious use of set and a contemporary score. with breathtaking performers...”

Spanish

I would like to thank the Year 9, 10 and 11 Our Sixth Form students will be going to students who are taking part in the Span- in February as part of the ex- ish Lower School exchange this year. They change with the “Maristas-La Inmaculada” proved to be excellent hosts when the and they are equally ex- Spanish students from Pedro de Luna’s cited! secondary school in Zaragoza came to Dor- chester at the end of October. We are all ¡Feliz Navidad a todos y Feliz Año! looking forward to visiting in March! Miss S Garcia

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Girls PE Netball 1ST V1 v Leweston L3-0 The netball team has done well this term U15 v All Saints L1-0 against some strong opposition at the local U15 v Queen Elizabeth L4-0 area tournaments and against Purbeck. U14 v Sunninghill L2-0 U14 Won 6-5 U14/U15 v Colfox L4-0 U15 Won 11-3 U16 v All Saints L4-1 U15 South and West Area Tournament v Beaminster Lost 8-11 Cross Country v Wey Valley Won 15-4 The girls recently took part in the Leweston v Budmouth Lost 9-10 Cross Country relays and The Thomas U14 South and West Area Tournament Hardye School team came 15th out of thirty v All Saints Won 7-0 schools which included a large amount of v Wey Valley Won 4-1 independent schools—well done to all v Beaminster Lost 2-3 those who took part with a special mention v Woodroffe Lost 2-8 to Hillary Hansford and Caroline Goode who came 15th and 21st respectively. Hockey Hockey Club has seen consist numbers Miss Priest is also running Trampolining turning up to the clubs and the teams have Club this term and is hoping to open it up “…hopefully the had some tough matches but have never to more girls after Christmas. girls can get a few given up—and with four more hockey more wins!.” matches left until the end of term, hope- Well done to all those girls who have repre- fully the girls can get a few more wins! sented the School in a sport this term.

Match results so far Mrs L Dean 1st V1 v Milton Abbey W5-2 Head of Girls PE

PE News

Rugby 1ST XV v Avon College DMC 74 – 0 Won v St Bartholomews DMC 12 – 39 Lost

Congratulations to Sophie Bishop and Harriet Cumber who have been selected for the Under 18 Dorset and Wilts Girls Rugby teams.

U16 v Canford CC 17 – 7 Won v Bryanston CC 14 – 12 Won v Gryphon CC Final 0 – 9 Lost

The annual Rugby 10’s Tournaments held at Dorchester Rugby Club. Under 16 – 10’s Tournament Champions. The Under 16’s have reached the final of the County Cup and are due to play against The Gryphon. Congratulations to Max Buckler and Tom Lawday who have been selected for Bath Acad- emy Training.

U15 v Poole Grammar DMC 10 – 5 Won v Poole High DMC 47 – 7 Won The Under 15’s remain unbeaten and have reached the 4th round of the Daily Mail Cup (National).

Under 15’s - 10’s tournament cancelled due to weather.

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U14 v Poole Grammar 12 – 12 Draw v Woodroffe 51 – 7 Won

The annual Rugby 10’s tournaments are taking place this week held at Dorchester Rugby Club

Under 14 A team – Winners B team – 4th place

Congratulations to Samantha Newbery who has been selected for the Under 15 Dorset and Wilts Girls Rugby team

Football 1st XI v Ferndown Upper County Cup 8 – 0 Won

Dorset Under 19 County trialists - Neil Kellaway, Sam Powell, Connor Flood

U16 v Lytchett Minster County Cup 1 – 0 Lost

Congratulations to Martin Weston who has been selected for the Dorset U16 Football team.

U15 v Ferndown Upper County Cup 10 - 6 Won (AET) v Millfield National Cup 0 – 1 Lost

The Under 15’s remain unbeaten have reached the 4th round of the National Cup and the Quarter Finals of the County Cup.

U15 County Trialists – Tom Wade, Tom Hillyar, Justin Smith and Frank Budden.

U14 v Wey Valley National Cup 3 – 2 Won v Highcliffe National Cup 2 – 3 Lost

U14 County trialists: Ross Bowditch, Brandon Heal, Sam Fudge, Adam Wash, Jonathan Rapson, Milo Shackleford, Taylor Quinton, Dan Smith and Harry Ingram.

6th form basketball is proving to be a great success with Alex Furhnam coaching the team on Thursday evening. This is the first time the school has been involved in the Un- der 18 Dorset basketball league. The school team is being kindly sponsored by Doug Olley Albany Interiors Ltd.

v Budmouth 59 – 26 Lost

BTEC Year 11 BTEC Sport students have undertaken the first of three visits to Broadstone First School. The students led warm-ups and six fitness tests to groups of Year 4 students. The BTEC students completed the task as part of their ongoing assessment. Their conduct and attitude towards the planning and im- plementation on the sessions was exemplary.

Mr G Hughes Head of PE

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Geography in the News It has been an action-packed start to the Undoubtedly the competition will be fierce year for the Geography department. The but it’s a great opportunity for our Year 10 Year 9 Geographers have made an excel- students who are taking part. lent start and are showing a great under- standing of different topics. They are cur- Professor Iain Stewart also visited recently rently competing in groups of four, for the (see photo below). He not only presented a best oracy skills in the year. As the Copen- very informative and balanced piece on hagen meeting gets underway discussing climate change as part of the Community what targets to set, our Year 9s are one Lectures, but also gave a very interesting step ahead in working out what is the best presentation on Hazard Perception, particu- possible solution to climate change. The larly in reference to tectonics which the debates are certainly heating up. Year 13s massively benefited from.

We are also ready to host the Worldwise We would also like to say a massive thank Challenge to be held at The Thomas Hardye you to the County Council for their help in School on 8th December. This is a national developing our displays in the Humanities competition, and we are all set to welcome corridor. We now have some stunning im- Lytchett Minster, , Bourne- ages from all over the world to inspire our “…stunning mouth School for Girls and Poole Grammar. Geographers. images from all over the world.”

Tom Hearing and Abi Davies with Iain Stewart

Safeguarding of Students The Child Protection Policy and Safeguarding Policy are available on the Every Child Matters page on the school website.

Copies of all policies related to Safeguarding are also available from the School on request.

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Passport to Export Competition 2009 Year 11 bilingual students Keziah Element, business context. Researching and select- Grace Kirby and John Hounsell will be visit- ing overseas markets, routes to market ing the British Embassy in Paris in Spring and practical issues like shipping costs and 2010 following their success in this year’s VAT were key to their success. French Passport to Export competition sponsored by UK Trade & Investment. At a Tim Lawson from a rival team ‘La souris celebration event held on 2nd December , a affamée’ (‘the starving mouse’) has also panel from the UKTI team at the British won a place on the trip for the best poster Embassy in Paris judged the business design/marketing campaign advertising ideas presented by five teams via video link another product designed to keep cheese to the school theatre. The winning team cool. “Marché internet” developed an i-phone application ‘Le maître du marché’ (‘The Head of Modern Foreign Languages, Chris market master’) to help the French find Buckland who taught the students was very markets at home and abroad, the range of impressed by the teams' enthusiastic hard produce sold at each market including local work - "All the students who took part specialities, together with opening times gained a valuable and rare experience. and a location finder. They improved their language skills, their pronunciation and intonation and also The ‘companies’ were set up in September learned how to make a speech in a foreign and were mentored to develop their own language, in front of an audience and busi- creative industry products or services suit- ness judges. They had to work to a very able for export to by school staff tight deadline and become efficient team and also by Nick Field from UK Trade & members, make decisions and meet chal- Investment, Dominic Tambling from Crea- lenging expectations. They were brilliant. I tive Dorset and Jacques Piriou from the am tremendously proud of them." Regional Language Network. The students broadened their understanding of cultural The students’ presentations can be viewed and language issues by using French in a on www.filmsforlearning.org.

Passport to Export

Tim Lawson’s Poster

Team Winners John Hounsell, Keziah Element and Grace Kirby with Nick Field

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Sixth Form

Large numbers are again applying to campaign for Christmas presents. Higher Education this year. So far we have 270 students applying and to date 232 Both Year Groups have been working ex- forms have been sent to UCAS. tremely hard as we near the end of term. Year 13 ‘A’ level students have had prac- Many more students applying to Higher tice exams, many are completing course- Education are being asked to interview and work including IB Extended Essays and a we have been putting on a programme of large number are preparing for the exter- practice sessions to support students. nal module exams in January. Those who have been interviewed at Ox- ford and Cambridge should hear the re- A large number of students have taken sults just before and after Christmas. advantage of work experience this term. The reports from employers have been Nearly fifty Sixth Formers spent a splendid excellent and students have gained vital weekend in Paris at the end of November experience and skills for their future appli- in glorious weather. Students toured the cations. usual sites and enjoyed the Parisian life- style. The Training and Employment programme has worked very well this term. Every stu- The Student Union have been very active dent has been interviewed and many with charity work over the last half term. have seen the Connexions Service. We They organised a week’s events for Chil- are now supporting them to make deci- dren in Need, sold ribbons for World Aids sions and applications. Day and have supported Christmas pre- sents for the Dorchester Women’s Refuge. The Sixth Form will end this extremely They organised arm-wrestling, snooker and busy term with a day trip to Oxford where a Christmas bauble competition. A team of they can sight- see, ice skate or finish pur- students have organised and supported chasing their Christmas presents. the Amnesty International campaign to send postcards to individuals across the world to support their human rights. Oth- ers have supported a Fair Trade chocolate

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THE THOMAS HARDYE SCHOOL

Snow

Queen’s Avenue If the School is closed because of snow, it will be announced on local radio Dorchester Dorset stations (Wessex FM, 2CR and Radio Solent) - if there is no announcement, DT1 2ET we are OPEN. Phone: 01305 266064 If possible (and safe) we would ask you to send your children to School. If Fax: 01305 250510 your child’s school bus is not running in the morning to school (because of E-mail: admin@thomas- bad weather) then it will not run in the afternoon to bring children home. If hardye.dorset.sch.uk you bring your child to school you will be responsible for collecting them at the end of the school day. IMPORTANT DATES 17th Carol Service, If the School is to be closed during the day as the weather deteriorates, the St Peter’s Church 18th 6th Form Oxford trip Headteacher (or his representative) will make the decision and students will Y9 & 10 Talent Comp. be allowed home in a safe and secure manner. All students are asked to con- Christmas Friday Live tact parents by ‘phone and should remain in School if they are unable to go (lunchtime) home. All students are told to go straight home. Please do not telephone the TERM ENDS School if the weather may be deteriorating—we will send students home if the January 2010 situation merits it. 4th TERM BEGINS 6th Form external exams begin 12th Yr9 Careers 18th Yr11 Reports home this week 20th Whizz Bang Science 25th Community Lecture 27th Yr11 PSHCE morning 28th Concert at St Mary’s Café Scientifique 4pm 29th Yr11 Health Day 30th CCF Ten Tors Walk Day February 1st Yr13 Reports home this week Mobile ‘Phones & Personal Music Players 2nd Yr11 Half YrL Subject Consultation Evening Mobile ‘Phones 3rd 6th F. exch. to Spain Yr11 PSHCE am There appears to have been some confusion recently over mobile ‘phones. 4th Yr11 Half YrM Subject The policy is very clear—any student in Years 9-11 found in possession of a Consultation Evening mobile ‘phone will have it confiscated immediately. The ‘phone will then have 5th Battle of the Bands to be collected by parents. IT WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE STUDENT. Yr13 Photography Trip 6F Philosophy & Ethics In relation to Sixth Form students, at no time should a student use a ‘phone or Conference 8th Yr9 Reviews home this have it switched on in a lesson. If this occurs, it will be confiscated. week Yr9 Options Evening 9th Sci.Coll. Darwin Day Personal Music Players (6th Form) 10th THS Choir at Kings No student in Years 9-11 should have a personal music player in School— College, London again these will be confiscated and the same rules for collection apply. 11th New York/Washington trip departs Sixth Form students should not use personal music players around School or 6th Form Recital Eve. in lessons—they must be confined to the Sixth Form Centre. HALF TERM BEGINS FOR STUDENTS 12th Staff Day 22nd RETURN TO SCHOOL If you would like further information on any article in this issue of Newslines, please contact the member of staff concerned.

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