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Issue 5 7 October 2016
At this time of year many families are considering
which secondary school to select for September 2016.
We have held four open mornings where hundreds of
families have come in to see the school in action. The
comments received from our visitors have been
overwhelming and affirm the outstanding ethos at the
school. Our student guides were amazing and clearly
love their school and love showing it off to visitors. A
very big thank you to everyone for spending time with
families and helping them to understand more about
Sandringham School.
On Wednesday evening Year 7 families came in
for the Parents’ Forum, giving us valuable feedback on
things that have gone well in the first four weeks at
Sandringham and what can be done to improve further.
The comments were very positive and helped to
identify a few things that we can do differently to make
the school even better for young people. Thank you for
coming in and spending time with us.
Rehearsals for the main school show, ‘Vaudeville’
are going well and this will be a show not to be missed.
It is to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the SandPit
Theatre. You can purchase tickets from the box office
as usual, and it is probably best to get them early to
avoid missing out. Dates of the show are Thursday 17th
– Saturday 19th November 2016. Look forward to
seeing you there.
The PE faculty have been very busy at the start of
the season coaching teams in a number of disciplines
ready for matches. You can read all the reports in the
sports section of the Sandprint. There have been a large
number of successes already and I would like to
congratulate the students on their achievements. Well
done!
Alan Gray
Headteacher
Headteacher’s Commendations
for week ending 30th September
Joseph Beardon
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Keira Broughall
7B
Amber Cook
7B
Jacob Holloway
7B
Michael Knight
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Francesco Anastasio 7D
Naim Islam
7D
Parth Yajnik
7D
Raheim Choudhury
7E
Lewis Gardner
7E
Scarlett Hansard-Scales 7E
Talya Morfett
7E
Kyle Currant
7K
Francesca Williamson 7K
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House News
HOUSE WHO’S WHO
Name: Hannah Semple
House: Boudica
Time as Head of House? This is the start of my
3rd year!
Which clubs/activities did you take part in at
school? Everything music related – orchestra,
junior and senior choir, chamber choir, bassoon
quartet, jazz band. I was also a district shot
putter and helped run a student drop-in club
called Hear4You.
Word of the Week
What are your current interests and activities outside of school? I am a Brownie leader, still sing a lot
and play in an orchestra.
E is for… explicit
What is your happiest memory from when you
were at school? Literally too many!
adjective
1. Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no
room for confusion or doubt.
"the arrangement had not been made explicit"
2. (of a person) stating something in an explicit manner.
"let me be explicit"
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
Which three words would you use to describe
yourself? Caring but determined and competitive.
What’s the best thing about your House?
Everyone in it has a different talent this
makes us good at everything!
Which House event are you looking forward to
most this year? House Arts!
In one sentence, what words of encouragement
would you offer students in your House this year?
Remember, winning isn’t everything, IT’S THE
ONLY THING!!!!
German Exchange 2016/17
The students and staff of Dietrich-Bonhoeffer
Gymnasium arrived last Thursday to spend a week with
their exchange partners from Sandringham. The
exchange started in 2009 and has been a key part of the
MFL calendar since then with many students and
families setting up life-long friendships over the years.
The combined group spent a day at Oxford, seeing
the Treasury of the Bodleian library where the English
students were excited to see the original manuscript by
Wilfred Owen’s famous poem, ‘Dulce et decorum est’
with annotations, which they have just studied at
school.
The weekend was spent with families and Monday
and Tuesday in lessons at school including a Food Tech
lesson, courtesy of Mrs Flahive. On Wednesday, the
German group visited the Tower of London and had a
ride on a London bus to see the sights.
The pizza party on Wednesday night brought the
successful week to a close before the German group
left for Hamburg on Thursday.
We will look forward to the return trip next July
and in the meantime, watch out for letters for next
year’s exchange if you want to benefit from this
wonderful opportunity of experiencing another culture
from the inside and not as a tourist.
Anne Lyons
Director of Learning: MFL
Wilfred Owen’s Famous Poem
“Dulce et decorum est”
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Fo$S News
Fundraising Events & Activities
Friday 14th October (in 1 weeks’ time)
Pop Music Quiz Night – 7.30pm ‘til late Main
Hall
“Hey teacher leave them kids alone. All in all
it’s just another brick in the wall” (lyrics by Pink
Floyd 1979) - put together a winning team, or join
with others on the night, for a fun packed evening
including food and a well-stocked bar of local draft
ale and Prosecco!
Tickets cost £10 (including
food - fish & chip supper or alternative) or £5 (nonfood) and are on sale from the SandPit Theatre box
office and online NOW.
Monthly Prize Draw – Tuesday 1st November
It's never too late to join, with the deadline for
new entries being the 24th of each month. Our next
draw is to take place on Tuesday 1st November. One
payment of £12 gives you 1 number and membership
for a whole year, £24 gives you 2 numbers, £36 gives
you 3 numbers etc. The more entries we have, the
bigger the win! Get your forms into Kate Carpenter
via
the
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or
email
[email protected]
Saturday 3rd December – 11am to 3pm
Christmas Extravaganza (FREE entry)
Including Christmas Market shopping stalls,
Christmas Café serving refreshments including hot
food and drinks, mince pies and mulled wine, Tombolas, Fun Zone, Prize Draw Raffle and lots, lots
more …
Donations – Tombola Items
The tombolas are always very successful stalls at
our Christmas event. On LRD Thursday 24th November we will be asking for tombola items (wine,
beer and spirits) and lots and lots of chocolate but if
your trolley takes you down a supermarket Christmas
aisle (yes they’re instore already!) please remember
Fo$S and start saving donations.
Coming Soon to The SandPit Theatre
An Evening with Ian
Waites &
Camilla Dallerup
Saturday 15th October
7.30pm
Join Ian Waite & Camilla Dallerup from STRICTLY
COME DANCING plus pr ofessional singer Paul
Amer & guests for a spectacular evening of dance,
singing and stories from their time on the BBC hit show.
This up close and personal show promises to be a night to
remember. Camilla, one of the original professionals and
champion in 2008 is joined by her professional partner
(and ladies favourite) Ian Waite who has appeared in
nearly every series of the show. During the show, Ian and
Camilla will perform some amazing Latin and Ballroom
routines and tell their inside stories from Strictly Come
Dancing. PLUS, meet Ian & Camilla for FREE after the
show!
Dotty the Dragon
Saturday 29th October
11.30am & 2:30pm
We would also be grateful for any good quality
unused gifts so bear in mind any gifted (but unwanted) items you could pass our way.
Dotty is a baby fire dragon. She lives at the top of a
Tracy Downing mountain with her grumpy dad, Mr Dragon. In the village
Fo$S Member below, everyone fears for their lives, for dragon’s eat
children! Or so they believe. But Dotty would never eat
children! Not ever… Blunderbus is proud to present this
DIARY DATES
enchanting fairytale adventure with a very happy ending.
This clever new show comes to life with an irresistible
blend of live music, fabulor puppets and high energy
10-14 October Drawing Week
storytelling. Little people aged 3-7 will love this funny
11 October
Ski Trip 2017 Information
heart-warming tale. But big people will have lots of fun
Evening 6:30pm
too.
14 October
Fo$S Pop Quiz 7:30pm
18 October
Year 9 Battlefields Trip Parent
Information Evening 6:30pm
24-28 October Half Term
Rachael Peacock
SandPit Theatre Manager
Please visit our school website for the most up-todate diary dates
PE News
Fixtures
Saturday 8th October
Y7-10 Football V The Hemel Hempstead School
(Y7/9 Away Y8/10 Home)
Monday 10th October
Y9 Football V Queens (A)
Senior Netball District Tournament @ STAHS
Y11 Netball District Tournament @ STAGS
Wednesday 11th October
Senior Netball V Roundwood Park (A)
Thursday 12th October
Y10 Basketball V Queens (A)
District XC Champs @ Verulamium Park
News
Another excellent outing from the District X country
team last week with a superb showing from our boys and
girls again. Bryce Breen again won the Inter boys race
with Elliot Breen, Evan Howgego and Alex Smith all
once again placing in the top 10. This week we race at
Verulam in the final league match before the District
Championship next week.
On Saturday the Y7, 8 and 9 Rugby teams played
Latymer School with the 8 and 9’s at home and the 7’s
travelling for their first game at the school. The Y7’s
were superb winning 7 tries to 1 with Harrison Taylor
impressing Mr Chopra greatly. The Y8’s got off to a
great start with Will Huke dominating the game and
eventually taking the win 29-24. The Y9’s continue their
winning streak with a 26-17 win with tries from Tom
Byrne, Matt Hilton and 2 from Jack Kelly.
The Y10 boys basketball team played St. Columbas
in the District League on Monday and once again have
shown signs of improvement. Their offence was quick
and Carlos Romero-Martinez was again a force under the
basket. Columbas were as strong as always and took the
game away from us in the second half. A good
performance from the team and more positive signs that
the team are progressing this year.
A huge well done to the U14 Badminton Team who
became District Champions on Tuesday in the
tournament held at Verulam School. The A team of
Andre Raath, Evan Williams, Tom Byrne and Alex
Smith were superb, especially after losing their first
match. They went on to win the tournament and will
now represent the District in the County tournament at
the end of this year. The B team of Johnny Parker, Ivan
Raath, Ryan O’Sullivan and Luke Hensman were also
very strong and narrowly lost their games 3-2 in every
round. Well done to both teams and a huge thank you
should go to Ilze Raath for helping take the team on
Tuesday. In addition, Andre has been selected for the
14u Hertfordshire County team to represent the County
at the Hildon 12 Counties Championships 2016 – 2017
on Saturday 15th October in Corby. Four boys have
been selected for the team, which demonstrates the
level Andre is playing at.
Congratulations to Katie Weaver, Katie Holder and
Amalie Newman-Booth on their U14 County Football
selection this year. They were all successful in making
the squad and have all been picked for the team’s first
game versus Essex. Also, well done again to Jack
McShane, Ben Kirby, Jude James, Ryan Orde, Jack de
Groot and Jake Clarke on again representing the District
in the Inter-District Football competition.
In what was a thrilling game, the Y7 football team
went to Essex to play Davenant School away in the
English Schools National Cup. The team went 2-0 up
before conceding 3. In the last minute of normal time
the team equalised to send the game to extra time. In the
additional period no goal was scored and the game went
to a penalty shoot-out. On 3 occasions after taking the
first penalty Davenant had the opportunity to win the
game, however Matthew Mcree in goal was the hero and
denied the home team victory before Mattie Hargreaves
scored the winning penalty.
On Monday the Y9 girls played their County Cup
football game V STAGS. We conceded an early goal,
however this seemed to wake the Sandringham girls up
and with a lot of determination and excellent play, we
scored 3 goals, with 2 coming from Katie Weaver and 1
from Amalie Newman-Booth. We went into the second
half leading 3-1, but we got complacent and STAGS had
several shots on goal, scoring a further 2 times. Daisy
Charnock made some fabulous saves to keep us in the
game, with the score at full time 3-3, taking it to extra
time, where unfortunately STAGS scored another goal,
meaning that they won the game 4-3. Player of the
match was Daisy Charnock for some fantastic keeping,
but notable mentions must go to Katie Weaver, Katie
Holder and Amalie Newman-Booth, who were all
outstanding.
A depleted senior squad travelled to St George's School
to play in the County League. The girls played
fantastically, with some excellent passing and
defending, putting the opposition under constant
pressure.
Emma Goldingay and Francesca Boost
stepped up from Year 11 to play in the game and both
were brilliant, really holding their own on court.
Charlotte Nichol was outstanding as Goal Shooter,
showing accuracy and incredible spacing. St George's
put up a good fight, but in the end, Sandringham were
victorious, beating them 28-15. Well played to all of the
girls. MVP: Francesca Boost.
For more news, fixtures and results don’t forget to
follow us @SandringhamPE on Twitter and at
www.sandringhamsport.co.uk
Andy Cracknell
Director of Learning: PE