Yateley School Parents’ Bulletin Issue: 18 Date: 15th February 2019 www.yateleyschool.net @yateleyschool @yateleyschool admin@yateley.hants.sch.uk School Lane, Yateley GU46 6NW (01252) 879222 Learning together – Empowered for life Dear Parents Rock Challenge Once again we’re taking the dance and performance world by storm with our outstanding contribution to UK Rock challenge Eighty students are involved and have been absolutely brilliant - not only in their own performance, but making it such an enjoyable day by supporting other schools too in a very positive manner We achieved nine awards of excellence for their showcase performance as a Premier Team These include concept, drama, soundtrack, performance skill, visual enhancement, set design, stage crew, video and cultural awareness We are looking forward with confidence to the competition itself in Portsmouth Guildhall on Saturday 27th April U15 boys’ Basketball success: Congratulations to the year 10 boys’ Basketball team for achieving the Cup and League double for the 2nd year running After their win against Calthorpe Park on Monday to win the District Cup they followed it up by winning their last league game of the season against Salesian a day later It has been a fantastic season and the boys remain undefeated, well done to the whole squad What an amazingly talented group of young men As ever, thank you so much to all of the parents who have come to support at their matches and for helping out with the transport at short notice It is very much appreciated After half term, local primary school pupils will be receiving reading help from a dozen excited Yateley Sixth Form students We have been hard at work coordinating our students returning to their own former schools to help with early years reading We have quite a time table set up at Westfields, Charles Yateley School Parents’ Bulletin Kingsley and Cranford Park schools I know our students will be amazing, and I also know they are really excited to help the children studying there A few talk in lofty terms about witnessing linguistic acquisition in action, others about giving back to the schools they valued so much However, really we know they just want to get stuck into Biff, Chip and Kipper and their Magic Key adventures and re-live old times! Happy reading everyone I’m delighted to share some major sporting success for Ben Elsey in Year 10 Ben has been selected to play for the Surrey County U16 Rugby team for 2019/20 season He attended trials with 136 other boys from schools and clubs in Surrey and after a morning of positional core skills this number was cut to 70 Ben then had to an additional selection for back row players, where they only selected 14 boys After an afternoon of playing matches a final decision was made to select a squad of 36 He will now train every Monday in March and April and will hopefully get selected to play in U16 County matches next season Excellence – Dr Case writes - Congratulations to the following Year 11 students who received the excellence award this week; Hannah Barratt Amy Chau, Ellie Darlington, Eleanor Fegan, Molly Hunt, Amelia Oxlade and Grace Fegan for gaining the most achievement points The message for all of year 11, including the excellence group, is that you have a real opportunity to make a difference to your examination results in the summer, as yet it is a ‘blank sheet of paper’ Please remember, Good is the enemy of great - Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard Our students are talented and hardworking… Imagine what your results will look like if you use the opportunities available to you and make excellent use of your half term break It just remains for me to wish you a happy and safe half term break This may be a chance for some students to address any missing work or correct uniform issues Hopefully for all it will be a chance to rest and recuperate I look forward to seeing the students return on Monday 25 th February which will be a week B and wish all those on the Ski Trip a fantastic experience and a safe journey home Student star of the week Isabelle Cole in Year 10 is the only student Mr Glendinning has taught who has completed the entire National Cipher Challenge In previous years there were eight problems; this year they extended it to ten Isabelle (as a solo participant) has repeatedly outscored both our further maths classes (working as teams) and Mr Glendinning (although this was the first year he’d got past week so perhaps he is not the highest benchmark)! Yours sincerely Paul German Yateley School Parents’ Bulletin Sports Results Basketball Results: U14 girls lost v All Hallows 26 - 28 (Div league) POM: Sophie-Ella Tzanetis U16 girls won v St Nicholas 32 - 12 (Div league) POM: Abi Mallet U15 boys won v Calthorpe Park 70 -49 (District Cup Final) U15 boys won v Salesian 42 - 15 (Div league) U14 boys lost v Bohunt 37 - 15 (Div league) MVP: Luke Stacey Football Results Year boys lost v Mountbatten - (Hampshire Cup Quarter- final) Harry Potter Studio Tour On Monday, Yr13 students on the BTEC Creative Digital Media Production course went on a trip to the Harry Potter studios in Leavesdon to carry out production research on the use of costumes, makeup, props, set design and special effects in film making On the day students were extremely fortunate to be able to speak to some of the members of the actual Art Department/Design team involved in the production of the Harry Potter films and got to ask individuals directly about the processes involved in prop making, story boarding and set design The BTEC Creative Digital Media Production students are currently in the process of making their own short, minute films Despite their films being on a much smaller scale (and budget) than the Harry Potter films, the trip to the studios provided a valuable insight into the industry and gave them the opportunity to see what their studies in film making could lead to NCS Year 11 This Wednesday we had the delight of NCS coming in to speak to Year 11 parents about the NCS experience this coming Summer for Year 11 students It was great to see so many parents in attendance NCS have been working with Yateley for the past few years and it is a great opportunity for our Year 11 students Not only is the cost minimal at £35 for the or week experience, but it also helps towards UCAS University applications and life skills Every year we have seen more and more Year 11’s signup and take part, which is fantastic All Year 11 have been given the brochure about NCS and the signup for this year, so please ask your son/daughter to show you For further details please visit https://www.ncsyes.co.uk/ Mr Keeble along with some Sixth Form students who took past last year will be speaking to Year 11 students about this opportunity in their Year 11 assembly on Friday 1st March Yateley School Parents’ Bulletin Y11 Parents’ Information Evening Parents of Y11 students are warmly invited to join us on Thursday March between 1900-2015 for our popular Y11 Parents’ Information Evening The evening begins with a talk in the main hall about how to achieve exam success by Mr German (Headteacher) and Mr Hill (Raising Standards Leader) Following the main talk in the Hall from 1930 onwards parents can attend up to three workshops that will help best support their son/daughter in the coming months We look forward to seeing as many parents as possible on the evening; in the past we have been exceptionally busy! Finally, if you have any questions at all about the evening or any other Year 11 related matter then please don’t hesitate to contact peter.hill@yateley.hants.sch.uk Optional workshops on Thursday March 2019: Sixth Form, post-16 options and careers guidance “Don’t kill them!” – Supporting your teen through their exams Succeeding in Science Mastering Maths Excelling in English Effective Revision: Tips and Tricks Improving performance in exams – what can you do? Year 11 March Core Exams On the weeks beginning 11 March and 18 March 2019 our Y11s will be sitting formal exams in the core subjects of English, Maths and Science All usual exam arrangements will apply including access arrangements, tiered entry and exam conditions Week Beginning Week Beginning 11 March 2019 18 March 2019 Monday Maths P5-P6 Science P5-P6 Tuesday Science P1-P2 English P1-P2 INSET DAY Maths P3-P4 Maths P1-P2 Science P1-P2 Wednesday Thursday Friday Yateley School Parents’ Bulletin Graphics Students gain University offers Great news from some of our A Level Graphics students this week who have been offered places at university The strength of their existing portfolios and the wealth of transferable skills they have picked up, clearly placed them in pole position for a place on their chosen courses To think it all started with an option choice of Graphics at GCSE level #empoweredforlife Pictured are… Jonny Gan- Product Design at Nottingham Trent Max Campbell- Computer Science Royal Holloway Ryan Yeboah- Architecture at Oxford Brooks Robbie Wiltshire- Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway El Hoyle – Graphic Communication at Norwich University Rhea Chater - Business and Entrepreneurship at Oxford Brooks Adam Dart – Interior Design & Architecture at Portsmouth University Luke Hockley – Foundation Course in Art & Design at UCA Farnham Sam Thacker - Foundation Course in Art & Design at UCA Farnham Sam Armitage –Mathematics at Exeter University Dan Allen – History at Southampton University Aimie Cheetham – Apprenticeship in Architecture with London South Bank University and Lyons, Sleeman & Hoares Imogen Smith-Davies- Criminology at Portsmouth University Thomas Bugler- Apprenticeship in Architecture with London South Bank University and Lyons, Sleeman & Hoares or Graphic Design at UCA Farnham Eleanor Thomas- Graphic Design at Falmouth University Euan Holder- Apprenticeship in Business Management Yateley School Parents’ Bulletin Yateley School Parents’ Bulletin March - April Year 11 Maths Homework/Period Timetable Please note that on the Green shaded dates Science have a priority on Period Maths sessions are available for others Year 11 Homework Schedule Year 11 Revision Sessions Homework help is available in lessons Wednesday 3:15-4:00pm Date th 27 Feb 6th March 13th Mar 20th Mar 27th Mar 3rd April Topic Venn Diagrams Mock Prep MOCK EXAMS MOCK EXAMS Quadratics Inequalities C2.5 [Higher] / C2.3 [Foundation] Date th 27 Feb 6th March 13th Mar 20th Mar 27th Mar 3rd April Topic Statistics Venn Diagrams MOCK EXAMS MOCK EXAMS Quadratics Year 11 Exam Practice is also available every Wednesday in C2.1 from 3:15pm for anyone who wants help preparing for their Maths GCSE Everyone welcome - Learning together – Empowered for life Yateley School Parents’ Bulletin Yateley School Parents’ Bulletin