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WELCOME

Welcome to the Summer edition of Dover Deal SandwichSchool News, Within this edition we have an excitingcompetition to win a family ticket to Wildwood and thereare also lots of stories from many of our local schools.We would like to wish you a wonderful summer and hopethat you get to enjoy it; We would love to hear from youand your families about what you have been up to over thesummer and if the kids want to send in a review of theirholiday with some pictures, please email us:Editor.dds@schoolnewsgroup.co.ukDeadline for the September edition will be Thursday 4thSeptember for all adverts and stories.John and Claire Turner run the School News Magazines,

If you have any questions, queries, remarks,suggestions about the magazines then please getin touch with either of them:

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The ethos of the School News Group is to reportwithout prejudice stories from all of the schoolsin the local area.John and Claire have a background withinAdvertising and education and with 5 childrenthey wanted to help the local schools shout aboutwhat they do more often.

Page 4 Plans to transform EKC campus at DoverPage 6 Astor College Robot Challenge 2014Page 6 See how School News can get involved!Page 7 St Edmund’s perform admirably at Powell Trophy athletics EventPage 7 St Edmund’s American Supper Style ConcertPage 8 Dover Grammer for Girls New Sixth Form Centre, Top Geography Award and Young Enterprise team declared best in County!Page 9 Barton Juniors year 6 went on their residential tripPage 9 Solo Opportunity for Harrison LastPage 9 Duke of Yorks Latest Ofsted Good in all categoriesPage 10 Kearnsey Abbey & Russell Gardens secure Lotto Funding for major restoration!Page 11 Forest School - Classroom without wallsPage 12 Northbourne Primary have some Forest Freedom, Welcome a Malaysian Visitor, Dad’s (and Mum’s) Behave badly and Friends, Romans… ClassmatesPage 13 Priory Fields, Art inspired by Imagination and History comes to lifePage 14 Sandwich Juniors have Science WeekPage 14 River Primary have a Science JamboreePage 14 Sandwich Tech win Environment Category at the TeenTech AwardsPage 15 Aycliffe, The Butts & Colson Cresent to have surveys to find out community views on the local play areasPage 15 WIN TICKETS TO WILDWOOD!!!

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Plans to transform EastKent College’s campus

at Dover have beenunveiled during a visit tothe district by MatthewHancock, Minister forSkills and Enterprise,

accompanied by CharlieElphicke, MP for the

town.The vision for the campus includes creatingspecialist vocational space for studentsstudying engineering, logistics andhospitality – industries that are consideredvital to the local economy.The Minister also took the opportunity tomeet a small number of local businesses,including Dover Harbour Board, LondonFancy Box, Meggar and Morgan Jones, andthe Channel Chamber of Commerce.During the meeting the Minister got thebusinesses’ feedback on the redevelopmentplans and heard firsthand about skills issuesfacing the district and East Kent.Minister for Skills and Enterprise MatthewHancock said: “East Kent College is drivingefforts to build a bridge between educationand the world of work in Dover. I amdelighted to have had the opportunity tosee first-hand the college’s strong bid forimproved facilities and to have met localemployers keen to engage with the collegeand its students.“Supported by the tireless efforts of localMP Charlie Elphicke, youth unemploymenthas fallen in Dover by 30 per cent over thelast year. There is still more to do toensure that every young person can realisetheir potential but, as I have seen today,things are moving in the right direction.”East Kent College formally takes overresponsibility for the day-to-day running ofthe Dover campus on August 1, followingthe demerger of the Dover and Folkestonecampuses from K College. The campuscurrently has 240 students but East KentCollege plans to double that number tocater for 500 learners and apprentices inthe future.Charlie Elphicke MP commented”It was areal battle to secure the future of the DoverCampus, yet we succeeded. Now we need

to make it a more modern campus that learners will be proudof. I will be taking these exciting plans to the Local EnterprisePartnership for funding. Dover is seeing a lot of investment - andinvesting in our future with a modern campus is a key part ofthat.”Graham Razey, Principal of East Kent College, added: “It wasgreat to share our exciting vision for the Dover campus with theMinister, local MP and business community, and explain whatthey mean for the local economy.“We want to create a campus that Dover can be proud of, andwhere its young people want to train and develop their careers.Since the transfer of K College’s Dover and Folkestone campuseswas agreed in February, our team has been focused on ensuringthat the courses on offer match the needs of students andbusinesses.”East Kent College recentlyannounced that it is establishinga new centre at Discovery Park,which will see the sciencecurriculum being taught at theSandwich site, and will also behome to its 70 strong corporateservices team.The designs for the new developments at the Dover campuswere created by leading further education designers, Tonbridge-based Richard Hopkinson Architects.Plans to transform East Kent College’s campus at Dover havebeen unveiled during a visit to the district by Matthew Hancock,Minister for Skills and Enterprise, accompanied by CharlieElphicke, MP for the town.

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Local Leaders locked up in a bidto raise moneyWilling local leaders including representativesfrom ASDA, Thanet Leisure Force, Heart Fm,Kent Union, TKAT, Dame Janet and even ourvery own Thanet School News MD areswapping their work clothes for prisonoveralls before being locked up by PoliceConstable Scott Wilson from MargateTaskforce. The ‘inmates’ have agreed to go into Dame Janet Primary Academy Jail to phoneand email for pledges to help them raise£100,000 for the refurbishment of a disusedbuilding.

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R o b o tChallenge2014: On the24th June the University  of  Kent  ran a RobotChallenge Day at theirMedway campus whichwas open to any school

in Kent. The  Science  department at Astorentered three teams into the competition witheach team comprising of five students. ChloeBurchett, Lauren Habbershaw, Olivia Mulligan,Rhiannon Smith and Connor Friday made up the‘Robotians’ team, the ‘Astorians’ were JackBirkett, Bill Bristow, Lewis Drayner, Jack Jonesand Harry Ulyatt and the third team, ‘Like a Bot’were Philipp Dase, Michael Harris, OliverHolmes, Oscar Holmes and Liam Smith. Thetheme of the challenge day was ‘food’ andwas  split  into two sections; creating apresentation on a topic and programmingLego® robots to undertake certain tasks.For the presentation, each of the teams hadto  research  their ideas and produce a well-structured and exciting presentation withsupporting material and visual aids.

All the teams did really well and managed to work intotheir presentations singing, dancing and Plasticine!Programming the Lego® robots was an interesting andthought provoking task for all the groups.The  students  were given a brief introduction to thesoftware and then had to programme the robot andadapt it as necessary to complete a selection of tasks inan arena. Each of the tasks followed the theme of food;fishing, harvesting and moving pigs were some of thetasks. Each task was worth a certain amount of points.At the end of the day the Astorian team managed tobeat all the other schools with an unassailable 50 points,w i n n i n gt h erobot programmingcompetition. Theother twot e a m swere aclose joints e c o n dwith 40p o i n t s .Everyone agreed that they’d had a fun, challenging andinformative day.

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Powell Trophy Athletics Event: On Friday 20th June 30students ranging from year 7 to year 10 traveled to the Julia Rose Stadium inAshford to compete in the annual Powell Trophy Athletics event. As expectedthe competition was fierce between the schools from Dover, Deal and

Sandwich. The day did not disappoint and St Edmund’s challenged admirably in each event which made theday extremely enjoyable for both participants and spectators. Some notable performances include KoredeAwe who came second in both intermediate boys 100m and 200m competition, Megan Wickenden whocame third the intermediate girls discus and shot putt, Elliot Grimes who came second in the junior boysjavelin and Bailey Culley who finished 4th in the junior boys 800m. Theoverall result saw St Edmund’s finish 7th in the girls competition and 5thin the boys competition. The following students attended the event:Dwayne Kattah, Joseph Bainbridge, Korede Awe, Chanel Mobio, MillieRoberts, Arriane Tester, Olivia Hawkins, Kyle Hogben, Sam Marshall,Bailey Culley, Ewan Merdith, Rhianon Attwater, Sadie Smith, Ellie Hopper,Lewis Morrison, Cameron Lee, Georgia Ridyard, Jade Murrow, Joe Sabin,Josh McDade, George Sayers, Man Hong Li, Ellie Hazeldon, ChloeRedmond, Lucy Murrow, Elliott Grimes, Finn Whitehouse, Tyler Clark,Millie Hammond and Megan Wickendon. Well done to all involved.

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The word ‘talent’ had a whole new meaning at theMusic Concert on Wednesday 2nd April 2014, withperformances from The St. Edmund’s CommunityYouth Wind Band, St. Edmund’s  Choir, Sixth Formband and many soloists.

The evening was organised by two Year 11 BTECmusic students, Vikki Uden and Kayleigh Balch.During the event the audience was encouraged toparticipate in any songs that they knew, this included‘Clocks’ performed by the sixth form band and ‘AnyDream Will Do’ performed by the Choir.  Mr Batessaid ‘the performances given by the choir, band andby all of the soloists really showcased the talent andpotential that St. Edmund’s School possesses’.

All the money donated at the concert went to the Kent,Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance.  This is a charity close toSt. Edmund’s hearts, so we would like to say a massive thankyou to everyone who attended.We would like to thank everyone who helped before andafter the concert and to all of the performers who made thenight a joyous occasion. Due to popular demand there willbe another American Supper Style concert on Wednesday16th July, 6.00pm start – watch this space for more details.

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NEW SIXTH FORMCENTREPlanning permission has now beengranted for our Sixth Form Centre.This exciting development will allowfor our growing VI form to have a

special area to call their own. Based around the existing Sixth Form House, there will be a superb newlounge area to be interior designed in consultation with our students, kitchen facilities and considerablyenhanced computer and study areas. Computer wiring has been installed, decoration has started on MrsGay's new office and the work proper will begin once we have awarded contracts, probably towards thestart of June. Grand opening is expected at the start of September.

Top Geography AwardHeadteacher Matthew Bartlett was guest ofhonour at the Geographical Assocationannual conference awards at SurreyUniversity over the Easter Holidays. He wasthere to pick up the Centre of ExcellenceAward, granted to only four secondaryschools in the country. The award recognisesthe exceptional work and results of thewhole Geography team.Jo Arman, Head of Geography was not ableto be present because she was leading someforty students on a field trip to Italy andSlovenia. Matthew Bartlett commented 'thismakes it a hat trick of top awards for DGGSthis year, having already been awarded as oneof the top schools nationally by the SSAT forour KSIV results and also for having one ofthe highest CVA's countrywide, to get a thirdnational award marks a further triumph inthis our centenary year

Young Enterprise Team DeclaredBest in County

For the first time ever we have won the county finals of thisnational competition, beating Folkestone Girls, KingsCanterbury, Rainham, Dartford Girls and TWGGS. We nowmove on to the SouthEast Final on 14th June. The productis a book, audio CD and play board pack that employs thethree vital components of sound, touch and sight in lettingchildren learn. We managed to pick up the Most InnovativeProduct Award and received huge interest and acclaim fromthe judges. Our next stop will be the County Show wherewe have been asked toshowcase our projectin the KCC tent.Watch out for KevinLynes, KCC CabinetMember forRegeneration andE c o n o m i cDevelopment as hevisits us soon!

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SoloOpportunity:Harrison Last has been singing with the schoolchoir since Year 3. On Saturday 5th Harrisonwill have had the opportunity to sing a solowith the Snowdon Male Voice Choir at theWalmer Baptist Church. Their professionalsinger is unwell and so they looked for a localreplacement.Pastor Seyanmentionedthe schoolchoir andHarrison.Good luckHarrison.

Our latest Ofsted report rates theSchool as Good in all categories:Summary of key findings for parents and pupilsshow that this is a good school.� Life at the school is underpinned by caring

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� Governors hold the senior leadership team toaccount very well and provide strong strategicleadership.

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million of Lottery fundingfor major restoration

Dover District Council has received initialsupport from the Heritage Lottery Fund(HLF) and the Big Lottery Fund for a majorrestoration of both Kearsney Abbey andRussell Gardens, it was announced today07.07.14.The project aims to unlock the heritage,tourism and community value of the mostpopular parks in the Dover district by:Restoring a rare example of garden designin Russell Gardens by the renownedEdwardian landscape architect, Thomas

· Restoring the Festival of Britain open air theatrein Kearsney Abbey to bring new audiences tothe parks and to host community events;

· Interpreting the parks’ heritage and celebratinglinks with Dover’s industrial past and the mills ofthe River Dour;

· Extending the café in Kearsney Abbey to createa multi-use venue with facilities to support newvolunteering, training, and educationprogrammes, and for events hire;

· Providing opportunities for people to getinvolved through volunteering, and for thecommunity to take greater ownership by creatinga ‘Friends of Kearsney’ group;

· Improving sustainable travel/access to,between, and within the parks, and;

· Raising standards to achieve ‘Green Flag’ statusDevelopment funding of £274,100 has also beenawarded to help Dover District Council progress theirplans to apply for a full grant at a later date.Cllr Paul Watkins, Leader of Dover District Council,said:

“We’re delighted that the Heritage Lottery Fund andthe Big Lottery Fund are supporting this excitingproject.  These parks are highly valued by localpeople, and it’s great to know that we can nowprogress our plans to maintain, enhance and interpretthis unique heritage alongside opportunities for thecommunity to get involved.”

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Send us your storiesAre you part of a school or nursery or do you havechildren that have done something amazing? We arelooking for stories about the children of Dover,Deal and Sandwich. The story must haveinformation about what they have done and wherepossible, their name and school. DDS School Newswill report good news stories about schools andtheir pupils, we want to know if the swim team wonor if you have raised money for something likeSports Relief or you have been on a trip tosomewhere interesting or a bright spark wins aspelling bee!If you think it is newsworthy, then we want to hearabout it.Tell us if you are having a sports day and you wantus to come along and report on this during the day,tell us if you want us to come along and see theschool play and we will do a critics review (onlygood things will be published :-), we don’t like badnews).

Without the news we will not be able toPublish our magazine telling the localpeople about how great the children andschools are in the local area. We want toknow everything. Starting in the next editionwe will include an events page, this will havea little box for each event to be promotedon our Events Calendar pull out.So, if you or someone you know has astory about a child, teacher or school in thelocal area we want to hear about it, send usan email, give us a call or send us a Facebookmessage.Email: editor.dds@schoolnewsgroup.co.uk

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Forest Schoolempowers - aimingto promote theh o l i s t i cdevelopment of allthose involved,fostering resilient,c o n f i d e n t ,

independent and creative learners. This learner-centered approach interweaves with the ever-changingmoods and marvels, potential and challenges of thenatural world through the seasons to fill every ForestSchool session and program with discovery anddifference. Each program shares a common set ofprinciples, aimed at ensuring that all learnersexperience the cumulative and lasting benefits thatquality Forest School offers. The overarching principlesof all professional Forest Schools are:

· Forest School is a long-term process of regularsessions, rather than a one-off or infrequentvisits; the cycle of planning, observation,adaptation and review links each session.

· Forest School takes place in a woodland ornatural environment to support thedevelopment of a relationship between thelearner and the natural world.

· Forest School uses a range of learner-centeredprocesses to create a community for being,development and learning.

· Forest School aims to promote the holisticdevelopment of all those involved, fosteringresilient, confident, independent and creativelearners.

· Forest School offers learners the opportunityto take supported risks appropriate to theenvironment and to themselves.

· Forest School is run by qualified Level 3 ForestSchool Practitioners/Leaders whocontinuously maintain anddevelop their professionalpractice.

Forest School - TheClassroom without Walls

Two years ago, EarthCraftuk became ForestSchool trainers supporting their mission to bringprofessional Forest School to Kent & Medway.To date, EarthCraftuk have trained (or currentlyin training) 85 adults for level 3 Forest SchoolPractitioner/Programme Leader with the numberson each training programme growing all the timeas word spreads of the amazing emotional,psychological and physical benefits Forest Schoolbrings to everyone involved – including the adults!Scott is an Advanced Bushcraft Instructor as wellas Level 3 Forest School Practitioner and Trainer.Clair is also a Level 3 Forest School Practitionerand Trainer, and has been involved with theNational Forest School movement being amember of the Forest School Training NetworkGB and Clair is also voluntary Director andTrustee of The Forest School Association - TheFSA is the professional body and dedicated voicefor Forest School within the UKwww.forestschoolassociation.org

Considering there was only just a handful ofqualified Level 3 Forest School Practitioners in thecounty four years ago, it is wonderful to now seethe number growing, with more and moreparticipants benefiting as a result, and the rippleeffect reaching far and wide across families andcommunities. Forest School is now firmly rootedin Kent & Medway and growing all the time!In next month`s edition; featuring case studiesfrom schools in Kent who have embraced ForestSchool and information about the Forest SchoolAssociation Kent & Medway members local group.

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Northbourne CEP SchoolForest School Freedom:Following the installation of the newplay equipment and noticing theresultant piles of soil, having been anRHS award winning garden designer ina previous career, Mr Godfrey saw the

potential to create a turfed semi circular amphitheatre. Createdduring Forest School by Years 2 and 3 this will be a lasting legacyfor the school enabling outdoor learning and mini performances.

Malaysian Visitorswelcomed:

Northbourne School once againextended its worldwide links onTuesday, when we welcomed 14Malaysian trainee teachers into ourschool. They were impressed bythe beautiful surroundings andcaptivated by the hard-workingchildren. They spent time inclasses, talked to the school forumand enjoyed a school lunch with thechildren. In the afternoon theyexperienced a forest school sessionwith class 4/5 and commented onhow lucky Northbourne childrenare. At the end when it was time toleave, they had to be dragged outexclaiming “We want to stayforever”. What a wonderfulcompliment about our school.

Dad’s (and Mum’s) Behaving Badly!!!On Thursday 19 June Northbourne CEP School held their annual menbehaving dadly event. Volunteers were invited to come into school inthe morning and talk to a class about their job. We had a sculpturer,a scientist, a fireman and a software designer. In the afternooneveryone was welcome to come in and join the fun in class. Therewere various activities centred around our Roman theme held indoors,and outside there was hockey, basketball and the opportunity toexplore our extensive grounds and forest school area.

Friends, Romans… Classmates!!!This term Northbourne CEP school are learning about all things Roman.Class 1/2 have been making clay pots, they did a self evaluation of theirwork and listed areas that they felt theycould improve their design. Mrs Crascall,Finglesham Class teacher said of thechildren "everyone worked incredibly hardon making clay pots and their own versionsof roman coins, they used their imaginationand combined this with authentic romandesigns."

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Art Inspired by Imagination: These children werelucky enough to take part in a project with local artists Nova and Mandyfrom the Turner Contemporary gallery. The children were encouragedto use their imagination as inspiration for their art work. They had greatfun making their own sketchbooks and produced some lovely work. “Ireally enjoyed myself,, we played a game where we passed an invisible objectand described it using our imagination, then we made our own sketch books!”

History Comes to Life!!!Year 1 has been learning about housesand homes and as part of this theyvisited Dover Museum. They had greatfun making model houses from clay andgot to look at lots of interesting artefacts.They learnt about how houses havechanged over the years and how somehousehold items, which we are familiarwith today, were made of very differentmaterials. One student commented that;“We found out... child in the Middle Ageswould most likely have had beer withtheir dinner as the water was unsafe!!”

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Science Jamboree atRiver Primary

School!!!Year 6 classes have enjoyed theopportunity to participate in the EastKent Science Jamboree this weekwhich has really challenged them toapply their science understanding toreal life contexts. It was a real ‘handson’ experience which they are likelyto remember for some time. Theywere commended on both theirbehaviour and enthusiasm andwillingness to rise to each challenge.Well done Year 6.

Science Week at Sandwich Junior School:We had an incredible week of scientific discovery and learning. Allyear groups excelled themselves in not only delivering the sciencecurriculum in a creative way, they all undertook enrichment projects.I am convinced we have some budding dentists in Y3 and futureengineers in Y4 following their kite building.Y5 brought smiles to the staff’s faces with their food art - wecompeted to identify the children from their food art self-portraits.Y6 designed, made and tested their flying machines – inspired by thework of Leonardo da Vinci. The whole school enjoyed watching MrDyson launch their ‘flying machines’ from the roof of the school. Thehighlight of the week was the investigation day with our Pfizer andSTEM volunteers. To say the pupils enjoyed the experiments andextended their understanding of scientific concepts would be anunderstatement!

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YOUR VIEWS COUNT – PLAY AREA FACILITIES FORCOLTON CRESCENT, THE BUTTS AND AYCLIFFE:Three key surveys have been launched to find out community views on the refurbishment of play areasat Colton Crescent in Dover and The Butts in Sandwich, and on the preferred location and facilities fora new play area for Aycliffe. Surveys have been launched to find out what sort of facilities people wouldlike to see in their communities. DDC is also asking people in the Aycliffe area where their preferredlocation would be for a new play area, with choices of the previous location in St David’s Avenue, SunnyCorner, or the Recreation Ground.DDC Officers will be at the following events/locations with surveys:

· Aycliffe Residents’ Meeting at the Church Centre on Thursday 10 July at 7pm· Consultation on site at Colton Crescent Play Area on Monday 14 July from 3pm-5pm· Sports Day at Aycliffe Community Primary School on Wednesday 16 July from 11.30am-2pm· Summer Fete at Green Park Community Primary

School on Friday 18 July from 2.30pm-5pm.

Questionnaires are being sent out for pupils at AycliffeCommunity Primary School; Whitfield and Aspen School; GreenPark Community Primary School; Sandwich Junior School; andSandwich Infant School. Surveys are also being sent out forcommunity groups using The Phoenix Centre in Sandwich.Completed surveys need to be with DDC by Friday 18 July. Tocomplete a survey online, please see the DDC website atwww.dover.gov.uk or for more information, please contactCommunity Engagement Officer Una Mills on (01304) 872274.