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Issue 21 March 2013

HEADITORIAL

Dear Parents and

Students,

Despite the ferocious

weather at the

beginning of the week -

which rather caught us

on the hop -(and I'm

grateful to girls, staff and

parents for their good

sense and forbearance

during a difficult 24

hours) we have been

treated to three

marvellous

entertainments in the

school hall this week. The

first was a recital by

Dame Felicity Lott in aid

of the Brighton

Springboard Festival. Her

voice is a joy and we

were very happy to host

such a prestigious event

at BHHS. The second was

our annual Ides of March

Lecture, delivered this

year by Dr Nigel Spivey

who is senior lecturer in

Classics at Emmanuel

College, Cambridge. His

thesis was 'The Classical

Body' and all of us,

students, staff and

parents, were captivated

by his arguments and by

his highly entertaining

delivery- I shall never

again look at David

Beckham without

thinking, 'Polykleitos!' The

third event, and the most

special, was the hustings

for election to the Head

Girl team. Fourteen very

brave young women

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Staff Red Nose Bake Off

In preparation for comic relief, the teachers went head to head

in order to win the title of star baker! On Friday the 8th March

the teachers competed in the BHHS bake off. The competition

was full of creativity and from this came ten uniquely styled

biscuits. Miss James was crowned star baker with her strawberry

and white chocolate biscuits. The event was recorded and will

be shown to the rest of the school in order to raise money for

comic relief. Harriet Freestone

On Friday 8th March, 9 teachers embarked on the challenge of

a bake off in aid of Comic Relief. The task was to create a

biscuit using one of the three simple methods; rubbing in,

creaming or melting. Once they had chosen a method, the

teachers had to add their own ingredients to fit the theme of

Comic Relief. Some teachers added chocolate and decorated

in the theme of Comic Relief and some added red food

colouring and other red coloured ingredients. We were both

really impressed with the high standard of baking (even from Mr

Edmunds!) that was presented and we both commend you for

your hard work and organisation, especially Ms Baldwin. We

had criteria to go by so our marking was split into different

categories. They were based around the presentation,

organisation, quality of the bake, adherence to the red nose

theme and of course, if they were edible! Luckily there all were.

So we finally had to make a decision and it was all very close. In

the end, we agreed that for her little teddy bear biscuits

decorated with chocolate and strawberries, Miss James was

the winner. The final places were as follows

Alicia Phillips and Nuriya Powell

1st Ms James

2nd Ms Baldwin

3rd Mr Sherwood

Year 7 Red Nose cakes

In our year 7 Home Economics lessons we have been raising

money for Comic Relief by making Red Nose cupcakes and

selling them. We enjoyed making the cakes and decorating the

tops of them. We melted chocolate and decorated them with

sweets (mainly red ones). So far we have raised £20. In a couple

of weeks time, when all of the money has been collected, we

hope that year 7 will raise £100 or more for Comic Relief, from HE. Almi Nerurkar and Kalea Stagg (7M)

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have addressed the

whole school in

assemblies his week.

Everyone was so

impressed by their poise,

passion and genuine

affection for the school.

What excellent role

models they all were for

younger girls! All the

votes will be counted

today and results will be

announced on Monday.

Whatever the outcome,

every one of the girls

should be proud of what

they did this week.

Have a good weekend.

Jennifer Smith

CULTURE VULTURES

We’ve had a really inspiring

Culture Vultures term with

sessions on Alan Ackybourn

and Artificial Intelligence and

we are sure that everyone has

checked their schedules and is

looking forward to Mr Sherwood

completing our hat trick of

inspiration with his session on

‘Representations of Joan of

Arc’. Those students who were

involved in the fabulous Temple

Project Qualification last year

may recognise this as Mr

Sherwood’s own TPQ.

Unfortunately, having whetted

your appetite, we have had to

postpone this Culture Vultures

session because of the new

date for the Fashion Show.

Music News

On Wednesday this week BHHS

hosted a recital given by Dame

Felicity Lott. The concert was

organised by the local

Springboard Music and Drama

Festival and it was fantastic to

see such a wonderful performer

in action. She enthralled the

audience with a selection of

Schubert and Schumann lieder

as well some wonderful British

repertoire. It was a real

pleasure to be able to sit back

and enjoy Flott’s masterful

delivery. Associated Board

Music examinations will be

taking place in the music house

on Wednesday and Thursday

next week. The timetable has

been published on the music

page of the portal and is on

the music house notice board.

Please make sure that you

arrive in the music house at

least 10 minutes before your

appointment. Following our

successful Choral Concert last

week I need to return the Rutter

scores to the library. I am

currently lacking about 20

scores so I would be grateful if

these could be returned to me

as soon as possible so that I do

not have to chase you up.

Many congratulations to all

BHHS girls who have performed

so well at the recent

Springboard Festival. If you

were placed in your class

please bring your certificates

into school so that they can be

presented in Celebration

Assembly at the end of term.

Mr Lloyd

WE SUCCEEDED IN OUR

RICE CHALLENGE!

Many thanks to everyone who

helped us to meet the Rice

Challenge within Fair Trade

Fortnight. A small team of very

committed girls from Years 8

and 9 gave up many lunch

times selling rice outside the

library in the senior school, and

a group of Y10 students sold

some before the screening of

‘Town of Runners’. Together

they sold 90kg of rice! If a

farmer in Malawi can sell 90kg

of rice at a fair price then he

will have sufficient income to

send one of his children to high

school, and, as we all know,

education is one of the most

effective ways to escape

poverty. We hope you enjoyed

the rice and have had a

chance to try out one of the

recipes. If the rice proves

popular then we may invest in

some more!

Sarah Mashford, Deputy Head

6th Form Theatre Trip

On Friday 8th March the 6th

Form Theatre Studies students

braved the persistent rain on

their trip to the recently opened

St James' Theatre in London, to

see the revival of Max Stafford-

Clarke's critically acclaimed

production of 'Our Country's

Good' by Timberlake

Wertenbaker, and for us it did

not disappoint! The cast skilfully

multi-roled, fully absorbing us

into a world of sometimes brutal

officers, oppressed convicts

and native aborigines of 'the

new world' - Australia. It was an

intense and thought-provoking

production which carried us

seamlessly from scenes of

darkest despair to moments of

poignant comedy. The set and

lighting were also superb,

helping to transport us to the

centre of the characters'

journey. All in all it was a

moving and thoroughly

enjoyable experience that we

would highly recommend.

Amy, Helen, Sarah, Maddie and

Miriam

CREATIVE WRITING

An important message to all our talented writers: check out the

portal page to find details of the SCJ poetry prize, judged by

Moniza Alvi and the wonderful Catherine Smith who ran some

inspirational poetry workshops for our year 9 this Book Week. The

deadline is 30th April and, as well as some very motivating cash

prizes, this competition raises awareness and funds for those

young people at risk from heart conditions. On our English

Competitions Portal Page you will also find details of a Brighton

Festival Competition – the Peacock Poetry Prize. This year’s

theme is ‘The Changing City’. There is a FREE workshop

associated with this competition on offer this Saturday. And

don’t forget to check out the Brighton Festival and Fringe

Festival brochures for some fantastic performances, talks and

workshops. These include a play by John Burrows, father of Stella

Clark in 11A, whose play ‘Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang’ is at

the Friends’ Meeting House as part of the Fringe Festival from the

20-26 May. With statues coming to life and described as ‘Carry

On’ meets Hilary Mantel, this sounds like a mad must-see. We

are also delighted to pass on some good news from Ros Barber

who judged our marvellous Mary Schofield House Short Story

Competition last week and ran a brilliant workshop for our U6 on

‘Dr Faustus‘. Ros’s wonderfully engaging verse novel, ‘The

Marlowe Papers’, has made the 20-strong Women's Prize for

Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize) long list. She’s one of six first-

time novelists and eight Brits to make this prestigious list. Ros says:

“Hilary Mantel could be heading for a historic triple, but I'm

happy to be in her company.”

Netball A BIG congratulations to the Under 14 Netball team who played in the SISNA tournament last Saturday. We played exceptionally well beating: Lancing College 7 - 2; Eastbourne College 6 - 5 and Roedean 5 - 3 Congratulations to the Under 12 B Netball team who beat PACA A team in the Brighton Schools’ League last night 14 – 5. See team photo. The girls put on magnificent performance and were a credit to the school. Well played. We came 3rd in our section. Ms Osborne, Head of PE

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JUNIOR EDITORIAL

Dear Parents,

Thank you for your

support this week over

the school closure. It

seems that the whole

county was caught

unaware and journeys

home were severely

disrupted. A number of

staff (myself included)

ended up having to

have unexpected

sleepovers elsewhere!

Despite a few teething

problems, I am glad that

the online booking

system for parents has

been a huge

improvement on last

time. I do hope the

feedback will be helpful.

It is unfortunate that a

number of sporting

fixtures have had to be

cancelled recently but

could I please

encourage parents (and

girls) to keep an eye on

the fixtures list and

selection sheets. We

endeavour to put out our

best teams and hope

that players will be

available wherever

possible. We do have the

occasional Saturday

fixture (tournaments

mostly) and we would

really appreciate your

support in making girls

available or at least

giving us ample warning

if not so that we can

organise alternatives.

Best Wishes

Sian Cattaneo

OLD UNIFORM

DONATIONS

We were thrilled with the

response to our old uniform

collection and as you can see

they are bringing smiles to the

girls of Bungwanyi in Uganda.

Many thanks to parents and if

there are any other items out

there we are always delighted

to receive them.

Calendar

Tuesday 19th: Andrew Hindell

with Year 2

4.00 p.m. Informal Concert

Wednesday 20th: U11 ‘a’ & ‘b’

& U10 ‘a’ & ‘b’ V St. Bede’s

Away 2.30pm b’s & 3.15 ‘a’s

Y1 Lavender Line Trip

Thursday 21st: Year 5

Production 2pm

Friday 22nd: Grandparents

Afternoon

PC Jones with KS2 until lunch

Parents’ Association Quiz Night

at Junior School

YEAR 2 PARADISE PARK TRIP

Year 2 had a lovely day at ‘Paradise Park’ on Monday, albeit

wrapped up in many layers to defy the cold temperature! The

girls enjoyed learning more facts about dinosaurs, volcanoes and

earthquakes in the ‘Planet Earth’ exhibition, building upon what

we have been learning during our ‘Rumble and Roar’ topic. A

memorable highlight was travelling around the park on a

miniature train during a very pretty flurry of snow! Miss Dev and

Mrs King were very proud when staff members commented on

how ‘friendly, polite and well-behaved’ the girls were- well done

Year 2!

TRUST COMPETITION Gymnastics A huge congratulations to the 5 girls who represented us at the

Trust Gymnastics competition. This is an extremely high standard

competition with numerous representatives competing at

Regional and National levels. Our girls held their composure

and gave 110% determination to achieve an overall placing of

6th out of 9 schools and 5th in the Vault competition. A big

thank you to Olivia Crosby, who gave up her position in the

competition last minute to help out the Netballers who were

short of players due to illness. Congratulations to Scout who

performed her handspring vault unassisted for the first time,

and special mention to Jaia Sahota-Lyons, who participated

as a Year Three in a Year Six competition.

Netball

Well done to the U11 Netball team who participated in the Trust

Netball Rally. I think it’s fair to say the high standard of play took

our girls by surprise. However they adapted well to a big change

in positions due to illness and absences. They worked hard on

their dodging and use of space. Overall the girls finished 5th out

of 9 schools in their group, narrowly missing out on a place in the

finals.

IAPS NETBALL

On Thursday 7th March the U11 Netball team represented us at the IAPS Netball Tournament at

Roedean. These girls really learned a lot from their experiences at Trust the day before and played

some very nice Netball. Particular mention to Lucy Swaine who developed her assertive

defending and intercepted brilliantly and to Clemmie Copeland who certainly deserves most

improved player in the tournaments!

CLUB CANCELLATIONS Wednesday 20th Study Support for years 3 and 4 / Ceramics for year 5

Design & Technology for years 3 and 4 / Maths Games for year 2 /

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Est. 1869 Brighton and Hove High School

Following an already exciting week, the girls will have gone home Friday evening to see their faces on the regional ITV news. It included a whole news piece covering a very successful re-enactment of a Suffragette march, including interviews and demonstrations from all of the year 5 and 6 girls.

If you missed it or you’d like to watch it again, here’s the link to view it again: http://bhhs.gdst.net/videos.html

Here is a selection of photos and clippings from the week and we would like to say a big thank you to all involved, and also to Bill Murray of “Murray Media”, who helped us greatly in securing such great coverage which has portrayed our Junior school in an excellent light.

Veritas est

via ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER

The Suffragette Day At the Junior School