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Issue 21 03 March 2017
The weekly newsletter of
Sandringham
Headlines
On Saturday, Hertfordshire will be staging the
third annual teacher recruitment fair in Stevenage. I
would strongly recommend this to anyone who is
interested in joining the profession or returning to
teaching. See the attached flyer for more details.
Our initial teacher training team who run the
Alban Federation have already recruited 40 adults to
undertake Qualifed Teacher Status training for next
year. If you know of anyone who is interested in
training it is not too late to contact the school and
explore possibilities. If you are interested please
speak to Mark Nicholls, Alban Federation coordinator at the school.
This week the dance faculty have been running
their GCSE dance performances in preparation for
their assessments later this term. These have been
delivered to a high standard so fingers crossed, our
year 11 students will achieve highly in the summer.
Could I remind everyone to be considerate with
parking outside the school. We have had more
complaints from local residents about inconsiderate
parking across driveways or blocking the road. It is
particularly important that cycle routes are kept free
after school hours – these are clearly marked and it is
an offence to block these.
Thank you for your help.
Alan Gray
Headteacher
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DIARY DATES
07 March
10 -19 March
14 March
15 March
16 March
7:00pm Battle of the Bands
British Science Week
6:00pm Chemistry Show
6:00pm ‘Whats the Matter’
Physics Comedy
Y10 & Y13 Reports Issued
Please visit our school website for the most up to
date diary dates
Headteacher’s Commendations for
week ending
3rd March 2017
Lawson Clarke
7B
Billie Ellis
7D
Erin Pointer
7D
Ida Sondergaard 7D
Michael Cassidy 7VG
Natasa Csepeli
7VG
Tahlia Hylton
7VG
Katie Lane
7VG
Sara Rashid
7VG
Dasha Smotlak
7VG
Alfie Heffer
8B
Callum Bennett
8D
Glyn Huckerby
8D
Jade Long
8D
Flora Mitchell
8D
Benjamin Dodd
8E
Louis Jeavons
8E
Lily Newland-Sykes 8EE
James Saltmer
8EE
Leyla Smith
8EE
Jodie Chambers
8K
Charlie Jenkins
8K
Astrid Koppe
8K
Penny Kyriacou
8K
Hope Lennard
8K
James Machin
8K
Paige Miller
8K
Design & Technology
Computer Science
Computer Science
Computer Science
Computer Science
Computer Science
Computer Science
Computer Science
Computer Science
Computer Science
Science
French
French
Science
French
French
French
Science
French
French
Drama
Drama
Drama
Drama
Drama
Drama
Drama
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Lucile Papendorf 8K
Drama
Jasper Sweeney
8K
Drama
Nicole Tindall
8K
Drama
Grace Twidell
8K
Drama
Thomas Wilson
8K
Drama
Isaac Clark
8S
PE
Joseph Storkey
8V
PE
Sophie Goodall
9B
French
Chloe Langford
9B
French
Charlotte Martin-Smith 9B French
Abigail Morrow 9B
French
Parvi Patel
9B
French
Francesca Theodoropoulou-Estacchini
9B
Design & Technology
Tyler Bunce
9D
Design & Technology
Lily Coldstream 9D
French
Emily Gurney
9D
Design & Technology
Leo Illingworth
9D
French
Theo Kerr
9D
Design & Technology
Catherine Lomas 9D
French
Daisy Longhurst 9D
French
Jessica Simmons 9D
French
Anya Viljoen
9D
French
Zoe Wilkinson
9D
French
Robert Brown
9E
French
Niamh Chapman 9E
French
Chiara Cook
9E
French
Chiara Cook
9E
English
Kieran Cooke
9E
French
Emily Pollard
9E
French
Emily Bloomfield 9K
Design & Technology
Logan Collins
9K
Design & Technology
Lidiya Parvanova 9S
Design & Technology
Amelia Pearcy
9S
Design & Technology
Evan Williams
9S
Design & Technology
Meghna Balakrishnan 9V Music
Emma Beardon
9V
Music
Charlotte Blount 9V
Music
Bryce Breen
9V
Design & Technology
Freya Cooke
9V
Music
Ed Duffy
9V
Design & Technology
Hannah Dyer
9V
Music
Emily Haines
9V
Music
Charlotte Holloway 9V
Music
Abi Padden
9V
Music
Ted Park
9V
Design & Technology
Anushka Shinde 9V
Music
Orlagh Zielinski 9V
Music
Ben Harden
10B
Computer Science
Isobelle Jones
10B
PRE
Christopher Williams 10B Computer Science
Saken Muratov
10D
Computer Science
Dima Sherstnev
10D
Computer Science
Pia Stoney
10D
PRE
George Wackett 10D
Computer Science
Aiswarya Pillai
10E
Computer Science
Daniel Herbert
10K
Computer Science
Harry Masters
10K
Computer Science
Megan Mitchell
10K
Spanish
Jack Carpenter
10V
Computer Science
Jessica Leigh
11D
English
Lara Russo 10K
Lara Russo
Joe Padden
Lewis Turnbull
Zachary Bhumgara
Computer Science
10K
Photography
10S
Computer Science
10S
Computer Science
10V
Computer Science
We’re collecting!
Please bring your
vouchers to the library
R is for … revolutionise
Verb
1. change (something) radically or dramatically:
"This new machinery will revolutionise the
farming industry."
MFL GCSE Speaking Assessments:
Tuesday 7th March ELD
This is third and final speaking assessment for
Year 11 and is worth 15% of the final grade.
Revision sessions with staff, visitors and 6th formers
take place every Thursday and Friday after school.
Anne Lyons
Director of Learning:MFL
Spanish Exchange 2017/18:
Y8-Y9
Library News
Whole School Read: Smart by Kim Slater
The badges have arrived!
Come and collect your letter to participate in next
year’s Spanish exchange and return all slips and
deposits to Miss Unsain as soon as possible.
We will travel to Seville in October 2017 and the
Spanish students will be with us in May 2018.
If any student has read & reviewed “Smart”, please
see the Library staff for a badge and their “Smart”
house point. The tutor group with the most badges by
Wednesday 5th April will get 100 House Points for
their House!
Library Team
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This is the 4 year of a very successful exchange
and is a wonderful opportunity to develop your
language skills and experience Spanish life and
culture.
Miss Unsain
Teacher of MFL
Tim Farron
A students Perspective
On Tuesday, the 6th Form had a visit from the
leader of the Liberal Democrats, Tim Farron. After a
brief introduction , Tim told how he got in to politics
from the age of fourteen after joining a charity. This
was followed by an insightful description of who the
Liberal Democrats are and what it is like to work in the
houses of parliament.
10th—19th March 2017
During British Science Week we have many
activities after school so that everyone can get involved.
Monday 13th March, 6.00pm
Come to the Science Soapbox and listen to a range of
talks given by an external keynote speaker from CAST,
staff and students.
The Q&A session sparked some interesting
questions from the students about what happens in the
House of Commons and how Mr Farron plans to
expand the Lib Dems as a party. He also discussed his
views on Brexit.
Overall the experience was a useful insight in to
what a job in politics is really like and what is involved.
It also helped to inform us about Liberal Democrat
policies and the voting system.
Sam Winter
Year 12
Tuesday 14th March, 6.00pm
Wednesday 15th March 6pm
The Last Baguette will be performing their play,
‘What’s the Matter?’ A physical comedy about
physics. An unexplained cat theft from a physics
laboratory leads scientist Smithy on a journey through his
own experiment into the subatomic world. The situation
becomes charged and it is impossible to stay neutral. Can
he find the cat and win over his colleague Sarah in the
process? Will the outcome be positive or negative?
The last baguette team will also be conducting a
series of workshops after the play that 30 people can do
at an additional cost.
http://www.thelastbaguette.com/en/Home.html
These are all open to the community and are free except for the play. Tickets are available from the SandPit
box office
Exhibition at Marshalswick Library
We were delighted to be invited to exhibit our
students work at Marshalswick library. We have
selected a range of our Y9 work to showcase our
outstanding achievement at KS3. The selected items
are from our Y9 Abstract Art project. This project
is designed to introduced learners to a variety of
new techniques and the project includes ceramics,
textiles and photography activities to enable our
students to make informed choices as they progress
into Y10.
The exhibition features the final pieces that they
created and we are really delighted to celebrate the
students work by exhibiting it local venues for the
wider community to enjoy. We hope that you are
able to visit the exhibition and would like to
congratulate all of the students who took part in the
project.
Liz Kelly
Director of Learning: Visual Arts
House Arts
Excitement is building in anticipation of this
year’s House Arts extravaganza, which will take place
on Tuesday 21st March at 7pm in the SandPit. House
Arts is one of the biggest events of the House
Christian Union
Calendar; a dynamic and highly creative collaboration
Every Tuesday lunchtime there is a Christian Union between Drama, Dance, Music and Visual Arts.
who meet in room C4. It is a student-led group supported Students are busy rehearsing and preparing for this
by Geoff from Step and Judith, a local church youth year’s event, which is based upon the theme of Roald
Dahl’s stories, and promises to be the most impressive
worker.
yet.
All are welcome to come along, whether you are a
Tickets are available NOW from the SandPit box
Christian or just interested in finding out more about
office priced at £3 for adults and £2 for concessions.
Christianity.
Buy your tickets in person, over the phone or online.
Feel free to bring your lunch with you but a few sweet
Remember you can support your House by
snacks are provided.
wearing House colours.
Geoff Sutton
Melanie Heale
Step
Head of the House System
Friends of Sandringham School
FO$S
Monthly draw
Want to support FO$S but short on time? Please
think about joining our monthly prize draw - £12
guarantees you an entry a month for a year - you can
have as many entries a month as you like and the more
people 'in it to win it' the bigger the prize fund and,
importantly, the bigger the donation to the school.
Contact Kate Carpenter for more info by e-mail or the
red box. [email protected]
Congratulations to Marion Clapp who won the February prize draw!!
Second Hand Uniform
We continue to sell used uniform items and every
penny raised goes directly to boost FO$S and every
penny goes back into providing additional resources/
activities for your students. Please continue to pass on
used, good quality uniform to Student Services (please
ensure clean and in a bag) or directly to Jenny Wick.
We are always asked for sports clothing and we accept
good quality football boots, trainers and school shoes.
Please see poster on the back page of this edition
for further details of our next sale.
******Save the Date *****
Our next commitee meeting is on Thursday 30
March at 7.15pm in D11. Please think about getting
involved - it would be lovely to see some new parents at
the meetings, especially some Y7 parents. We are a
friendly group and would really welcome your support,
ideas and suggestions. It's also an opportunity to have
your say on how FO$S funds should be spent to benefit
the school
Fo$S Team
Music News
Drum workshop with Jeff Rich - Tuesday 7th
March, 3-4:30pm
This has already had a fantastic response but places
are still available. To secure place, contact one of the
Music Department staff or respond using the Google
form that has been emailed to all students.
Battle of the Bands - 7th March, 7pm
Tickets are now on sale! Featuring guest judge Jeff
Rich, this will be an evening not to be missed!
House Arts - 21st March, 7pm
Students are hard at work rehearsing for the House
Arts competition but there's still time to get involved.
For more information on how to be part of it, speak to
your form tutor or House Captains.
Did you know that whenever you buy anything
online this Christmas - from the perfect gift and novelty
socks to your turkey and pantomime tickets - you could
be raising a FREE donation for Sandringham School?
You can help Fo$S right now by signing up to easyfundraising
https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/
sandringham/
ABSENCE LINE 01727 799564
Absence Email: (Available 24 hour s)
[email protected]
Please report A LL absences before 9:15am on
the first day of absence. This should be followed up by a letter on return.
Stuart Kemp, Assistant Headteacher
Spring Concert - 28th March, 7pm
Tickets are now on sale for our annual Spring
Concert, that features all our music groups and choirs.
For more up to date news and information, follow
us @SandringhamMus
Amy Stothard
Director of Learning: Music
The SandPit Theatre News
All tickets & information regarding up and
coming events is available on our website
www.sandpittheatre.co.uk, or by phoning our box
office on 01727 799565.
What’s on at the SandPit Theatre
PE
Fixtures
Saturday 4th March – Y7-10 Rugby V Parmiters
Monday 6th March – Y11 Bball County Cup Semifinal V Freman College (H)
Tuesday 7th March – Y10 District Cup Football V
Marlborough (H)
Y7B/8A/8B Netball V Sir John Lawes (A)
Wednesday 8th March – 1st XV Rugby County Cup
Semi-final V Tring (A)
Friday 10th March – Senior Basketball County Cup
Semi-final V Knights Templar (H)
Big Book, Tall Tales
Sunday 5th March
2pm £5/£3
Booster Cushion Theatre Company return with this magical tale about a librarian and the biggest book you’ve ever
seen! In celebration of World Book Day
Battle of the Bands
Tuesday 7th March
7pm £4/£3
Enjoy an evening of student bands from rock to acoustic
duos as they battle it out for the title. Featuring guest judge
JEFF RICH, the drummer from Status Quo!
Don’t Dribble on the Dragon
Sunday 12th March
2pm £8/£6
Based on the fabulous book by Steven Lee and with magic
designed by the legendry Paul Daniels, this spectacular musical
adventure about growing up is the perfect feel-good show for
all.
Rachael Peacock
Theatre Manager
Saturday 11th March – Y8-10 Football V St. Albans
School (A)
News
Well done to the Y7 Sportshall Athletics team on
competing at the District championships on Friday at
Herts University. The team performed very well finishing
4th overall. Well done to all involved and we look forward
to another successful athletics season, which will
continue this term with more indoor events coming in the
next few weeks.
On Saturday we played Simon Balle in our annual
football fixture. The Y9’s drew 2-2 at home with the
Y10’s losing 2-1 in a close game, in which we were
unable to find a 2nd goal. The Y7’s lost 3-1 away, with the
Y8’s going down 2-1 whilst dominating the game
throughout. Well played boys.
Well done to the Y7 and 8 Basketball team in action
on Monday against St. Columba’s and STABS
respectively. Both games were played in great spirit with
some excellent performances. The results weren’t in our
favour, however with both teams losing. The Y7s by 18
point and the Y8s in a tense affair by 1 point. On to the
next games boys.
The Y9, Y11 and Senior Netball Teams all played Sir
John Lawes in the District League on a wet Monday
afternoon. We had a clean sweep of results, with the
Y9’s winning 25-2, the Y11’s winning 16-12 and the
Seniors winning 26-2. This means that all three teams are
currently residing in 1st place in their respective leagues.
Well done to all involved.
For more news, fixtures, team sheets and results don’t
forget to follow us @SandringhamPE on Twitter and at
www.sandringhamsport.co.uk
Andrew Cracknell
Director of Learning: PE
Sandringham School
Second-Hand Uniform Sale
Sunday 12th March 2017
At 10 Skyswood Road, St Albans AL4 9NZ
8am – 10.30am
Payments can be made by cash/cheque or BACS to
Friends of Sandringham School
Sort Code 20-74-09; Account number 60441589; Ref : Uniform
Blazers £10 (new £30)
Trousers £2 (new £17.50)
Skirts £2 (new £19)
Jumpers £2 (new £16.50)
Shirts 50p (new £5)
Ties £2 (new £7)
Sports Shirts £5 (new £19.50)
Shorts/Swimwear £4 (new £12)
Rugby tops £5 (new £21.50)
Sweatshirts £2 (new £15)
Tracksuit bottoms £5 (new £24)
Weatherproof Track top £6 (new
£38)