1 July2018 InsideInside thisthis issueissue Sixth Form News: Page 4 Design Technology News: Page 8 “Bumper” Sports Round-up: Page 10 Music—’Battle of the Bands’: Page 18 “The Head-line” Once again this Academic Year has evaporated away but as a school we have “covered a lot of ground” to ena- ble our students to make the very best of their opportunities. This could not have been achieved without the hard work and dedication of our staff, as they always give above and beyond what I could reasonably expect of them, I am very grateful to them all. As a school I feel we have embraced many changes, including the new exam specifications and the grading systems as well as fully embedding Positive Discipline (PD) into our school culture. PD has enabled students to be recognised and rewarded for their efforts whilst rightly challenging any low level disruption that may arise. A special mention must go to Miss Smith and Mr Dexter for the implementation and delivery of this system. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs Suret and Mrs Kirman ably assisted by Mr Hardgrave in ensur- ing that all our external examinations have passed off without incident. This is a massive undertaking. All the students who have sat either GCSE or A level exams have ensured that they have given themselves the best possible chance and we hope that the results they achieve reflects the time and energy they have devoted to their studies. I am immensely proud of the range of extra-curricular trips we have offered this year. These include: Theatre trips far and wide ranging from here in the UK to a volunteering visit to Cambodia and Thailand, University vis- its to Cambridge, Hull & York; the annual visit to Poland, the Battlefields of Belgium and France, Amsterdam, Theme parks, Cinemas, Escape rooms, fieldtrips for Biology & Geography as well as Multi activity trips to Shropshire and the South of France. A vast array arranged by departments and Year groups which help bring the curriculum alive for the students. The trips require a huge level of organisation from our staff but enable our students to experience things outside the classroom environment. Our extra-curricular programme has once again been packed with opportunities in a range of activities includ- ing Sport, Music and Drama. The recent school production “Chicago” captured the imagination of all of our stakeholders and highlighted the fantastically talented young people we have at our school. I would like to take this opportunity to say goodbye to a number of staff who leave the school this year for a va- riety of reasons; Mrs Armitage, Miss Caley, Miss Clayton, Mr Corkish, Miss Elwell, Mrs Lawrence, Mrs Leung, Mr Martin, Mrs Mason, Miss Smith, Mr Stoddart-Seller, Mrs Thompson and Mrs Wood. I am delighted to welcome a number of new staff to the school; Mr Bellerby (Teacher), Mrs Bowman (Cover Su- pervisor), Miss Brannan (Teaching Assistant), Mr Campbell (Teacher), Miss Dale (Teaching Assistant), Miss Easter (Teacher), Mrs Fisher (Teacher), Mr Havercroft (Teacher), Mr Hawkins (Teacher), Mrs Hill (Teaching Assistant), Mr Leyland (Teaching Assistant), Mr Leaf (Teacher), Mr Lloyd (Teacher), Mr Lomas (Teacher), Miss Midgley (Receptionist), Mr Naylor (Teacher), Miss Redmore (Teaching Assistant), Mrs Stephenson (Teacher), Miss Thompson (PA to the Head) and Miss Wilson (Teacher). Continued overleaf 22 2 HSLC are now working in partnership with Steady School Wear to supply uniform www.steadyschoolwear.co.uk . Please pay particular attention to the wearing of black jeans, these are not permitted. Also skirts must not be tubular in design and must be of an appropriate length. Failure to adhere to these expectations will result in students being placed in isolation. The school reserves the right to decide what is appropriate and suitable school trousers and skirts. Please refer to our uniform policy for all information on our uniform requirements. This can be found via our website: https://www.hslc.co.uk/downloads/policies/studentuniform.pdf We have once again had a busy and successful year and I would once again like to thank all involved in school life for their hard work and support this year. Steve Ostler, Headteacher Student Support It gives me great pleasure to introduce myself as the new Safeguarding Officer at HSLC. I have worked in Northamptonshire for the past 9 years as a family support worker supporting families to promote wellbeing, increase attendance, encourage positive parenting and positive behaviours. I was certain from first impressions that HSLC was the perfect choice for me; I have been hugely impressed by the whole school, especially the young people attending the school who have taken the time to welcome me. If you need anything you will find me in the Student Support Office. I look forward to meeting you all in the new school year! Emma Webster 2133 3 On Friday 22nd June we welcomed our soon to be year 7’s into school to participate in our annual HSLC science morning. The year 6s were given the opportunity to participate in a range of science sessions, ranging from Bunsen burners (led by the Mrs Hall/Miss Bayes/ Mr McRae tag team) to static electricity, ably fronted by Mr Hilton. Not to be outdone, Mrs Bullamore and Mrs Nicholson wowed the crowd with a vast array of colourful science ex- periments while Mr Pearson had the pupils sorting his rather large collection of marbles. That left Miss Schofield and Mr Bateson to make the most of the chemical store and create an assortment of whooshes, pops and bangs, accompanied by a good helping of flames, coloured gases and screams (from the jelly babies). The year 6 pupils were a real credit to all of the schools they represented. There was a fantastic level of enthusiasm on display in every class of year 6s, catalysed no doubt by the terrific amount of practical science at their fingertips. A final mention of thanks must go to our year9and 10 helpers and our fantastic team of science technicians, without whom we would struggle to put on such an event. We look forward to seeing our new cohort in September as they begin their secondary science journey here at HSLC. Mr Bateson - Chemistry This term, Mr Pearson took the girls in our STEM Club to Wilberforce College for a ‘Girls into Engineering’ event. They had a great time meeting successful women engineers and got a chance to operate a robot and try a flight simula- tor. Our girls won the engineering prob- lem solving challenge by designing and building the best working tomato sorting machine. 24 4 Last week a group of 16 Year 12 students and 4 members of staff re- turned home from a second HSLC 6th Form, visit to Cambodia and Thailand, after completing two weeks of volunteering work there. Once again, our students had the fantastic opportunity to teach Eng- lish to children aged between 5 and 18 years of age at two schools whilst in Cambodia. This year students took prepared lesson plans and resources to use in their lessons and some of our students had also undertaken a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) course and qualification prior to the trip. In addition to the teaching and as a result of a successful campaign of fundraising in 6th Form this year (Tesco bag pack, 150 Club Draw and a Cambodian Evening last No- vember), students also built a dining shelter for the vil- lage school in Cambodia. The funds raised were used to buy the building materials as well as pay for the labour of a small group of local builders. It was a big project and work was very hard in tough conditions of hot hu- mid weather—but we succeeded! In between the volunteering work at the schools, the group also visited the temples of Angkor Wat, a local landmine museum and silk farm. The finale of the trip was a visit to a wildlife sanctuary in Thailand where the group had the opportunity to feed the elephants as well as give them a wash! Once again, this was a trip of a lifetime for our students and one that will have made incredible memories for everyone involved. We now look forward to recruiting another group of students to take on this visit in 2019. @hornsea6th Continued over page 25 Continued... 5 Congratulations to our current Year 12 Duke of Edinburgh Award stu- dents who have completed their practice Silver Award expedition this term on the North York Moors. They are pictured here 1 hour ahead of schedule after completing the gruelling climb out of Newtondale. Mr J. Hart, Duke of Edinburgh Award Leader Friday 15th June 2018 Our annual “Futures Day” took place on 15th June in Sixth Form and our Year 12 students followed a morning of activities and information sessions that aimed to help them to make some important decisions about their future and in preparation for finishing their studies next year. Students listened to presentations about apprenticeships, applying to university and employment as well as hearing about a gap-year travelling experience from one of our ex- students who had recently toured South East Asia. One of the key sessions of the morning was for stu- dents to take part in a speed-networking activity. This session gave students the opportunity to speak to a range of employers and representatives from a variety of industry sectors, from the armed forces and medi- cine to teaching and engineering. We would like to thank everyone that came in to sup- port this key event in our Sixth Form calendar.