Follow us on Twitter @Heathsideschool Heathside News Like us on Facebook - Facebook.com/HeathsideSchool Fortnightly Bulletin Friday 13th July Young Scientist Competition The Big Bang Fair Dear Parents We are absolutely delighted to inform you all that today, Friday 13th July, Heathside School was awarded the second stage of the UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools Award (RRSA). This award is called Silver: Rights Aware. It is granted by UNICEF UK to schools that show good progress towards em- bedding children’s rights in the From the Principal school’s policy, practice and ethos. Dear Parents/Carers The UNICEF assessor was especially very impressed with the development As we reach the end of the year, it is inevitable that some staff are moving on and I would like to thank all of the rights-respecting ethos across those who are leaving, for all they have done for Heathside and to wish them every success in the future. the school, along with how much pro- gress the students have made in be- Teaching Staff to whom we are saying goodbye are: Ms Shakespeare, Vice Principal; Art – Miss Ellis; coming local and global citizens. Dur- Electronics – Mr May; Humanities – Mr Reilly; Maths – Mrs Bray; MFL – Mr North; Science - Miss Gould- ing the assessment visit he spoke to ing, Miss Davies, Dr Roome, Mr Tibbitts (semi-retiring, will be back 1 day a week). the Senior Leadership Team, had a learning walk with members of the From the support staff, we are saying goodbye to: Cover Supervisor – Mr Sedgley; Exams Office – Mrs UNICEF Student Leadership Team, Richardson; TAs – Mrs Aspinall, Mr Barclay and Mr Hadjikyriacos; SSCO – Mrs Van-Sickle. spoke to a further group of students and staff and evaluated an evidence Sports Day was on Tuesday, on what thankfully proved to be a cooler day, as per the weather forecast. folder. Mr Blake and the PE Department organised a great day that was enjoyed by both students and staff. The students deserve a huge amount On Tuesday evening, we welcomed new Year 7 parents to the Information Evening. It was very well of credit for how they have embraced attended and we are looking forward to the new students joining us, having had a very successful two the United Nations Convention on the day induction last week. Thanks to all staff involved in helping with this induction and to our year 10 men- Rights of the Child as a set of values to tors. improve the climate for learning and to demonstrate an environment of Many thanks to the PTA and those parents/carers who gave up their time last Saturday to come and help mutual respect. Particular mention with the ‘Working Bee’ day organised by the PTA. The group painted the front fence, lopped bushes and goes to those students in the UNICEF tidied/weeded lots of areas and their efforts are much appreciated. Student Leadership Team, who have contributed hugely in driving this As always, we hope the summer brings success to all our Year 13 and 11 students as they await their ex- award. ternal examination results on August 16th and 23rd respectively. For further information on the UNICEF RRSA please refer to the following Finally, I would like to thank all of you, as parents and carers, for the support you have given throughout the academic year to the school and wish you a relaxing summer. link: www.unicef.org.uk/rrsa Mr North Best wishes Mrs Cullum RRSA Lead Dates for your Diary Monday 16th - Tuesday 24th July Year 9 Trip to Adventure Spain Tuesday 17th July Year 7 & 8 Prize Giving Friday 20th July End of Term School Finishes at 12 noon Thursday 16th August A-Level Results Day Thursday 23rd August GCSE Results Day Monday 3rd September Inset Day Tuesday 4th September Year 7’s Only Wednesday 5th September Term Starts for Years 8-11 Wednesday 5th September Prize Giving Evening 7.00-9.00pm Wednesday 12th September Open Evening 6.30-9.00pm Friday 14th September Open Morning 9.30-12.00pm Year 12 Biology Olympiad Success Copper Award Windham via Skype. We had already sub- During the week of June 17th 6580 students Sophie Barber mitted some questions for Lorna who was from 409 schools worldwide participated in the Laura Patrick happy to share her motivation for writing Intermediate Biology Olympiad competition, 16 Ethan Tregidga and her love of reading. Abbie Tremellen of which were Heathside Biology AS students. I There were some activities for our library am delighted to share that all of our students Charlotte Errington team to network with other student librari- achieved at least a commended score in addi- Jake Roberts ans across Surrey and several goody bags tion to 6 golds and 2 silver awards being Pardis Barouni were won. We teamed up with Collingwood achieved. This is a credit to all the students’ Mrs Gascoigne School and everyone on our team was able hard work preparing for their AS exams this LRC News to win a prize. summer and being able to compete at an inter- Congratulations go to Amelie Versavel who national level. I am sure they can replicate this The final author of the day was Andy Robb. has achieved her gold level in student librari- success next year in the year 13 Olympiad com- Dressed in a hat and woollen scarf on a boil- anship. This is the highest accolade and is a petition. I send by congratulations to Troy ing hot day, we wondered at the sanity of rare achievement. Standley, Jake Roberts, Rosie Nightingale, So- this latest guest. Within a few minutes Andy phie Barber, Maja Nowak and Abbie Tremellen Amelie has been part of the LRC Crew for had his audience laughing and joking about who scored in the top 8% of all candidates to nearly 3 years now, starting in Year 7, Amelie the trials and tribulations of teen hood. He achieve a gold award and also to Abigail Kellert quickly became a strong member of the was a definite hit and an inspiration to stu- and Thomas Philpott on achieving a silver team. Amelie regularly goes above and be- dents and staff alike. Andy sent a message to award by finishing in the top 17%. This is both a yond her usual ‘turn’ in the library and has our students after the conference and this is fantastic individual achievement but also a been the instigator of many exciting events shared with you on an attachment to this great success for the Heathside Biology depart- for our open evening as well as house compe- newsletter ment- well done. titions. The Principal of Tomlinscote then came to Miss Davies Whilst Amelie’s official training is now com- announce the winner of the Surrey Student plete, she will be supporting our new team Librarian of the year. All of our delegates Silver Crest Awards in science members in their training and supporting the had been nominated but unbeknown to her, A group of year 11 boys achieved their Silver school community in the Learning Resource Amelie had been shortlisted. It was with Centre. Additionally she is already planning baited breath I awaited the verdict. Howev- Crest award for their work on a project on fat an exciting house competition for the autumn er, the title went to one of our team mates content in crisps. term. Well done Amelie! earlier in the day from Collingwood School. Much deserved but in my eyes, all of our LRC They devised methods for testing fat content in Mrs Trower Crew are winners. a variety of brands of crisps with the aim of challenging the claims of the healthier option Student Librarian Conference Finally, the students were able to make up their own goody bags, selecting bags, pens snack. We were excited to be invited to the first and new books to take home as well as a They carried out all their own practical work, Surrey student librarian conference which signed copy of Andy Robb’s latest book. was held at Tomlinscote School in Frimley in analysed data and reached conclusions and June. Our LRC Crew are all amazing but we I was extremely proud of our students who evaluations for the project. were only allowed to take 4 delegates. After presented themselves well and looked very careful consideration, Amelie, Rachel, Lilly smart, despite the heat. Our thanks also go Congratulations and well done to: and Tessa from 9KE were selected to attend. to Mr Young for taking us in the minibus and Mr Cousins who brought us back again. Matthew Shore After a good nose around Tomlinscote’s li- Henry Shore brary and interrogating their library team, the Mrs Trower Oliver Dobson event started with a talk from The Reading Josh Lane Zone, a company who were keen to get Congratulations! Ali Raja young readers writing book reviews on their Well done to the winners of the Weybridge Mrs Gascoigne website. Several books were given away as Society photo competition: freebies on the proviso that the reader would Cambridge Challenge in Chemistry write a review for the website. The Reading 1st place: Jessica Oldfield (7JG) Zone is a Surrey based company that offers nd 2 place: Romilly Lidster (10LG) Year 12 chemists took part in the Cambridge advice to young readers and their families Challenge this year. It was a challenging 90 about books, as well as offering competitions 3rd place: Lucy Kimmins (7AT) minute exam paper where they had to extend and games. If you would like to support your See the website with all the winners: https:// and apply what they had learned to various child in their reading, do check out the web- www.weybridgesociety.org.uk/community- new contexts.