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Merit Roll of Honour Tutor Group Merit Table Week HEADTEACHER’S BLOG Thursday 11 February 2016 6.50pm One of the best developments here at Thurstable in the last few years has been that we have been able to work together with the primary schools in our area more and more effectively. We now have a Tiptree & District Local Delivery Group, chaired by Gordon Malcolm, Head Teacher of St Lukes. As Head Teachers we work together really well as equals to secure even better learning opportunities for all our students, from reception to the Sixth Form, all of us learning from each other. In an ever changing education landscape, this is one of the developments that I value most. Examples of work that has benefitted numbers of students across primary and secondary include our production of “Joseph” with its mixed phase cast, our joint work “behind the scenes” with several schools in ICT and in site management, subject links in English, Maths and Science, and our students taking part in a themed French day (and soon a Science themed day) at St Lukes. One of the links we share is in teacher training, where a number of our partner primary schools have joined the Colchester Teacher Training Consortium, of which Thurstable is a founder member. A vital job of every Head Teacher is recruiting great teachers, and today we appointed two excellent newly qualified teachers who will bring even greater strength to our Mathematics and Modern Foreign Languages Faculties from September. Seeing their enthusiasm and determination to help young people to make the most of their lives has made a wonderful ending to this half term. Have a great week with your children. MAS Bacon Head Teacher Week 22 Week 23 Yr 7 Betsy Garnett Abbie Clarke Yr 8 Charlie Warner Charlie Warner Yr 9 Joe Wood Caitlin Lowe Yr 10 Rory Grimshaw Lauren Brame Yr 11 Jack Norman Jack Norman Harry Playle-Hull Megan Potter Hannah Vanson Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Wk 22 Wk 23 Wk 22 Wk 23 Wk 22 Wk 23 Wk 22 Wk 23 Wk 22 Wk 23 1st TGO EBO RBU RBU MBS/ROM KPR THA KHU ECH HBO MWA 2nd EBO ETU TGO SMD EST STH MBS/ROM ZWO KHU CDO KMC CUP/SCA 3rd PLA SDR EST NRE PBI STH CDO RTH TBO/MBR ECH 4th FWA FWA SST NRE EBR KPR ZWO LMA RTH LCA MWA HBO KMC TBO/MBR Thurstable PTFA Annual Quiz Night Friday 4 th March 7.30pm For more information please go to the PTFA webpage . Achieve More Belong More Be More Thurstable SCHOOL Newsletter 12 February 2016 YOUNG WRITER Lewis Mills, year 8, recently submitted a short story for the Young Writers' Spine-Chillers Competition. Lewis's short story entitled 'The Empty House' has been chosen for publication in the ‘Spine-Chillers' edition which will be published at the end of April. For this exciting competition, students were asked to write a story that used atmosphere, tension and suspense, with the added challenge of using 100 words or fewer. Lewis' story is a blood-curdling tale of a girl and her mother's visit to an old, derelict house with catastrophic and diabolical consequences. The school library will receive a complimentary copy of the collection of short stories and Lewis has been presented with a certificate of merit and a bookmark as a record of his tremendous achievement. Well done Lewis; keep writing! Mrs Reeley RUGBY NEWS Congratulations to Ella Hawkins in Year 9 who has been nominated by Maldon RFC to be assessed for County Rugby during half term. Well done, and good luck Ella! COLLAGE COMPETITION This year pupils from schools surrounding Tiptree were asked to submit collages to celebrate the buildings and life of Tiptree. Julian Conway 9LMA was the overall winner with his fantastic entry. As well as their prizes from the parish council, each winner was given a prize from the Art department to celebrate their creative efforts. Overall winner of a £75 voucher - Julian Conway 9LMA 2nd Prize £50 voucher - Josh Hey 9ZWO 3rd Prize £ 25 voucher - Sophia Johns 7FWA Mrs Upton
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Merit Roll of Honour Tutor Group Merit Table Week
HEADTEACHER’S BLOG Thursday 11 February 2016 6.50pm One of the best developments here at Thurstable in the last few years has been that we have been able to work together with the primary schools in our area more and more effectively. We now have a Tiptree & District Local Delivery Group, chaired by Gordon Malcolm, Head Teacher of St Lukes. As Head Teachers we work together really well as equals to secure even better learning opportunities for all our students, from reception to the Sixth Form, all of us learning from each other. In an ever changing education landscape, this is one of the developments that I value most. Examples of work that has benefitted numbers of students across primary and secondary include our production of “Joseph” with its mixed phase cast, our joint work “behind the scenes” with several schools in ICT and in site management, subject links in English, Maths and Science, and our students taking part in a themed French day (and soon a Science themed day) at St Lukes.
One of the links we share is in teacher training, where a number of our partner primary schools have joined the Colchester Teacher Training Consortium, of which Thurstable is a founder member. A vital job of every Head Teacher is recruiting great teachers, and today we appointed two excellent newly qualified teachers who will bring even greater strength to our Mathematics and Modern Foreign Languages Faculties from September. Seeing their enthusiasm and determination to help young people to make the most of their lives has made a wonderful ending to this half term.
Have a great week with your children. MAS Bacon Head Teacher
Week 22 Week 23
Yr 7 Betsy Garnett Abbie Clarke
Yr 8 Charlie Warner Charlie Warner
Yr 9 Joe Wood Caitlin Lowe
Yr 10 Rory Grimshaw Lauren Brame
Yr 11 Jack Norman
Jack Norman Harry Playle-Hull
Megan Potter Hannah Vanson
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11
Wk 22 Wk 23 Wk 22 Wk 23 Wk 22 Wk 23 Wk 22 Wk 23 Wk 22 Wk 23
1st TGO EBO RBU RBU MBS/ROM KPR THA KHU ECH HBO
MWA
2nd EBO ETU
TGO SMD EST STH MBS/ROM
ZWO KHU CDO KMC CUP/SCA
3rd PLA SDR EST NRE PBI STH CDO RTH TBO/MBR ECH
4th FWA FWA SST
NRE EBR KPR
ZWO LMA RTH LCA MWA HBO KMC
TBO/MBR
Thurstable PTFA Annual
Quiz Night
Friday 4th March 7.30pm
For more information please
go to the PTFA webpage .
Achieve More Belong More Be More
Thurstable
SCHOOL
Newsletter
12 February 2016
YOUNG WRITER
Lewis Mills, year 8, recently submitted a short story for the Young Writers' Spine-Chillers Competition. Lewis's short story entitled 'The Empty House' has been chosen for publication in the ‘Spine-Chillers' edition which will be published at the end of April.
For this exciting competition, students were asked to write a story that used atmosphere, tension and suspense, with the added challenge of using 100 words or fewer.
Lewis' story is a blood-curdling tale of a girl and her mother's visit to an old, derelict house with catastrophic
and diabolical consequences.
The school library will receive a complimentary copy of the collection of short stories and Lewis has been presented with a certificate of merit and a bookmark as a record of his tremendous achievement.
Well done Lewis; keep writing!
Mrs Reeley
RUGBY NEWS
Congratulations to Ella Hawkins in Year 9 who has been nominated by Maldon RFC to be assessed for County Rugby
during half term. Well done, and good luck Ella!
COLLAGE COMPETITION
This year pupils from schools surrounding Tiptree were asked to submit collages to celebrate the buildings and life of Tiptree. Julian Conway 9LMA was the overall winner with his fantastic entry. As well as their prizes from the parish council, each winner was given a prize from the Art department to celebrate their creative efforts.
Overall winner of a £75 voucher - Julian Conway 9LMA
2nd Prize £50 voucher - Josh Hey 9ZWO
3rd Prize £ 25 voucher - Sophia Johns 7FWA
Mrs Upton
Subject Stars Drama Stars Max Sherlock Alice Burke Amie Cross Romy Butcher Euan Pollard Nicky Parsons Grace Robards Amy Swallow Shannon Owen
7SST 8NWI 8NWI 8RHE 8EST 7EBO 7ETU 7EBO 7EBO
For outstanding effort in class. For outstanding effort in class. For outstanding effort in class. For outstanding effort in class. For outstanding effort in class. For hard work and a great attitude in class. For hard work and a great attitude in class. For hard work and a great attitude in class. For hard work and a great attitude in class.
IT Stars Sian Greaves Maisie Leavett Emily Easton Jamie Lovelock Harry Yelland
9KPR 10THA 10RTH 8RBU 10LCA
For excellent quality of homework. For showing a positive and determined attitude. For showing a constant enthusiasm and dedication. For adopting an ‘I can do’ attitude in Gamemaker. For impressive computational thinking.
Textiles Stars Emma Pryke Elizabeth Wise
11ECH 11HBO
Both for excellent work in Textiles controlled assessment.
Calendar Dates 2015-2016 term dates and proposed non pupil days can be found on our website
Friday 4 March - PTFA Quiz Night
Thursday 10 March - Year 8 Parents Evening
Thursday 24 March - Last day of term
Friday 1 July 2016 - Year 11 Graduation Day and Prom
Monday 15 - Friday 19 February - Half Term
Thursday 25 February - Year 9 Parents’ Evening
Tuesday 1 March - Iceland Parent/Student Information Evening 6pm
Thursday 3 March - Year 8 Options Evening
23 Feb All Years Trampolining Competition (H) Year 8 Football vs. St Helena (H)
2 Mar Year 7 Girls 3v3 Basketball Tournament (A)
3 Mar Year 7 Boys 3v3 Basketball Tournament (A) Year 7 Football vs. Gilberd (A) Year 8 Football vs. Gilberd (A)
Year 9 Football vs. Gilberd (A)
Sporting Fixtures Sporting Results
28 Jan Yr 10 Boys Basketball vs. Stanway (H) Won 69-40
1 Feb Yr 10 Football vs. Colchester Academy Won 2-1
2 Feb Yr 7 Rugby Tournament Came 1st
3 Feb Yr 11 Football vs. St Helena
Yr 8 Girls Basketball vs. Stanway
Won 3-0
Won 26-20
4 Feb Yr 10 Basketball vs. Gilberd Won
Trips and visits now booking and about to depart
SCIENCE OF WATER TRIP
On 22 March Year 8’s will be finding out about the Science of Water from the BAE systems
education programme.
In this brand new presentation for 2016 they will explore the world of waves – not just waves on water, but light and sound waves too.
They will examine how engineers and scientists use their understanding of the different kinds of waves to create sophisticated communications systems, optical devices and ships and submarines that can withstand the crushing pressures of the waves in the sea.
Divided into 3 parts, the presentation features demonstrations and activities that help students understand the similarities and differences between sound, water and light waves. The final part of the presentation looks at examples from within BAE Systems, the RAF and the Royal Navy, where knowledge of different wave types is exploited by engineers to solve problems. Mr H Evans - Head of Year 8
1 March 2016 - Business Studies Go Bananas Evening Trip - Yr11 3 March 2016 - UCI World Cycle Trip London - Yr12 6 March 2016 - Music Festival Birmingham - All Years 18 March 2016 - Dance Move It - Yrs 12/13 - CANCELLED 18 March 2016 - Colchester School Prom - All Years 4 - 8 April 2016 - Geography Iceland - Yr10 & Yr11 11 April 2016 - Victoria & Albert Museum Textile Day Trip - Yr9 16-17 April 2016 - Battlefields Trip - Yr 9
CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR
20 April 2016 - Bletchley Park Computer Trip - Yrs 9/10 8 & 15 June 2016 - Geography Field Trip - Yr10 20 June 2016 - Victoria & Albert Museum Textile Day Trip - Yr10 1 July 2016 - Year 11 Prom - All Manor of Events 18 July - Harry Potter Tour Day Trip - Yr 9 18 - 20 July 2016 - Year 7 Camp - Bushcraft Centre 19 - 22 July 2016 - German Trip - Yr8
1 - 2 October 2016 - Battlefields Trip - Present Yr 8 22 - 24 October 2016 - History Holocaust Krakow - Present Yr9 and Yr10
NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR
19 - 20 November 2016 - Battlefields Trip - Present Yr 7 February 2017 - Italy Ski Trip - All Years
MONDAY 21 MARCH 2016
THIS WILL BE A NON-UNIFORM
DAY FOR ALL STUDENTS WHO
CHOOSE TO TAKE PART AND
BRING A £1 DONATION.
SPORT RELIEF
DAY
