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Issue 10 18 November 2016
The weekly newsletter of
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One of our big events of the year is the Christmas
Fayre – Saturday 3rd December 11.00 – 3.00 p.m.
As usual, we ask each student to bring in at least one
item for the Tombola Stall. Items should be brought
to main reception from now on, and by Learning
Review Day at the latest. Parents often prefer to
bring items in on LRD appointments. These items
can be anything that is suitable for a tombola
including chocolate, small gifts and alcohol.
Obviously, alcohol must be brought in by an adult,
hence the use of LRD time for this. The Christmas
Fayre will include all the usual activities with a
fantastic food and drink fayre open all day, various
market stalls, many games activities for children of
all ages and Father Christmas. So, do make a date to
come along and support the school, even for an hour.
Entry is free and I am sure you will enjoy it. All
proceeds go to the school and this is an excellent way
of supporting the education of your child.
By the time you read this the first evening of our
main show of the year, ‘Vaudeville’ will have taken
place. The rehearsals have been very impressive and
I am sure the audiences will love the show. It is a
complete sell out but watch out for any returns that
may come in, if you would still like to see the show.
We will do a full write-up next week so watch this
space.
By now you should all have made your Learning
Review Day appointments. Students will be
receiving their autumn reports on Thursday and I
would be very grateful if you could spend time going
through these prior to the LRD appointments and
obviously bring the report along to the meeting. I am
sure you need no reminding but school is closed next
Friday following LRD, for our annual Occasional
Day.
Alan Gray
Headteacher
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House News
Parents of Year 11 students
HOUSE WHO’S WHO
Please note that for the weeks commencing 28th
November and 5th December, the tr ial exams will
end at 3.30pm. For students with extra time, the exams will finish after this time. Students will NOT be
allowed to leave exams early and should arrange
alternative transport home. The extra time has been
included to allow students a break between exams and
to accommodate the longer exams linked with the new
GCSE specifications. Please check the hard copy of
the trial exam timetable given to your child or the
school website for personal detail.
If you have any questions please contact, Anita
Headland, Exams Officer or Claire Oakes, Assistant
Headteacher.
Name: Laur a Maber ly
How long have you been Head of House? This is
my second year.
Volunteers needed for Year 11
Mock Interviews
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Can you spare a few hours on Thursday 19
January 2017 to help our Year 11 students and be part
of our Careers ELD – ‘You’re Hired!’? We would like
to hold a Mock Interview session and, to facilitate this,
we are asking for 40 volunteers to interview our
students.
You will be needed for just a few hours during the
morning, and given a full briefing and interview
guidelines on the day to help you. Your help would be
enormously appreciated as we will be unable to run the
session without enough volunteers.
Although the process is a little nerve-wracking for
our students, feedback from previous years has been
that the Mock Interview has been one of the most
useful parts of the day. Please do get in touch with me
at [email protected] if you can
help. Thank you!
Susie Howe
Careers Co-ordinator
Word of the Week
H is for… hierarchy
noun
1. a group that controls an organization and is
divided into different levels
2. a system in which people or things are placed in
a series of levels with different importance or
status
“He was at the bottom of the corporate hierarchy.”
“a rigid hierarchy of social classes”
Which clubs/activities did you take part in at
school? I was spor ty at school and enjoyed
netball, hockey, swimming and gymnastics.
What are your current interests and activities
outside of school? I like the outdoor s and enjoy
camping and hiking. I also consider myself a great
cook, although my friends and family might
disagree!
What is your happiest memory from when
you were at school? My happiest memor y fr om
school was a German exchange trip. I learnt lots of
German, but more importantly, I met my husband.
Which three words would you use to describe
yourself? Committed, passionate, optimistic
What’s the best thing about your House? The
fact that we are the reigning champions and have the
belief we can win again!
Which House event are you looking forward
to most this year? House Ar ts because anyone can
get involved and it gives students a chance to work
together with new people.
In one sentence, what words of encouragement would you offer students in your House this
year? If we did all the things we ar e capable of,
we would astound ourselves.
Geography ELD
Last Tuesday, during our second ELD, Y8
Geographers wrapped up in their coats, scarfs and
gloves and met us at Verulamium park. The day gave
students the opportunity to complete a fieldwork
investigation into how well St Albans have managed
their urban issues.
The students visited a range of sites in St Albans
including the Market Square and Sandridge Road. At
each site they carried out key techniques that are used
in geography fieldwork to answer a question. Once the
students had defrosted they worked on presenting their
findings both quantitatively and qualitative in the
classroom.
All students worked really hard and created some
fantastic presentations. Thank you to all the staff who
helped make this day a success.
Katriona Towell
Director of Learning: Geography
Dance News
House Dance Choreography
House dance choreography has been launch and
preparations are well under way. If you would like to
be in involved in representing your House, them please
speak to Miss Meeking or your house captain. The
event will take place on Monday 19th December at
3.30pm in the Sandpit Theatre and friends and families
are welcome to come and watch.
Dance ELD
Year 10 GCSE dancers were given the opportunity
to visit Laban Dance Conservatoire in London as part
of ELD last week. The fantastic dance workshop, tour
of the amazing building and careers talk gave the students the opportunity to extend their learning. They all
worked extremely hard on their dance technique and
the students didn’t want to stop dancing and choreographing their own pieces, well done to all.
Velocity 2017
Tickets for Velocity 2017 will be on sale from the
Sandpit Theatre box office from Monday 21st November both online and via the box office. Make sure you
don’t miss out!
Vaudeville
Good luck to everyone in Vaudeville this week.
Please follow the Dance faculty on Twitter
@SandringhamDanc to keep up to date with events,
articles and information.
Clare Meeking
Director of Learning: Dance
Music News
ABRSM Exams
Dates and timings for this term's ABRSM exams have
now come through. If you are unsure, please speak to
Miss Stothard or your instrumental teacher.
Carol Service
Our Carol Service is on Monday 12th December and
tickets are now available for booking. Students in the
Junior Choir, Senior Choir and Show Choir will be taking
part. Tickets for this service are free but need to be
booked in advance via the Sandpit Theatre and due to the
demand for this popular event, we are allocating up to two
tickets per family. This is one of our musical highlights of
the year and always popular so if your child is
involved please book early to avoid disappointment!
Year 10 ELD - Gamelan Workshop
Last week, Y10 went to the Southbank Centre in
London to take part in a Gamelan workshop. Students
were introduced to the traditional music of Indonesia and
performed a piece of music by working together on the
different traditional instruments. It was a fantastic day,
well done all!
For more up to date info follow us
@SandringhamMus
Amy Stothard
Director of Learning: Music
Tombola Items please!
As usual, could you all kindly bring in something
for the Tombola for the Xmas Fayre when you
come for your LRD appointment.
We will be running a number of different tombolas
including the favourite ‘chocolate’ one. These should
be left in Student Services.
Christmas Lunch
Christmas lunch this year will be held on Tuesday
13th December for Y7 –Y8 and Wednesday 14th
December for Y9-Y13.
As last year, please make your payment via
ParentPay. If you have not yet activated your
ParentPay account then details of this have been
included with your child’s report. There are two
options on ParentPay (vegetarian and meat) so please
ensure you select the correct option. The deadline for
orders is Monday December 5th. A list of lunch
payments will be put up daily on the notice board by
the canteen entrance.
Please note that there will be no other food
available to purchase at lunchtime on these days so
students will need to either make a purchase at break,
make a purchase from the kiosk or bring a packed
lunch.
Friends of Sandringham School
(Fo$S) News
Fundraising Events & Activities
Christmas Extravaganza (FREE entry)
Saturday 3rd December – 11am to 3pm
Including Christmas Market shopping stalls,
Christmas Café serving hot food & snacks, Festive
Bar serving real ale & mulled wine, Tombolas, Gift
Stall, Mystery Prize Stall, Fun Zone, Craft Activities,
Prize Draw Raffle and lots, lots more …
Personalised Hessian Christmas Sack Promotion!
Order your personalised Christmas sacks with
Handcrafted Christmas Collection by December
5th using the code SANDRINGHAM at checkout and
receive 30% off and FREE postage!
Each sack is exclusively hand printed on quality
hessian, carefully wrapped and complimented with one
length of satin ribbon and matching gift tag. Choose from
medium 'stocking' size or large - ideal for the most
generous collection of gifts!
Both sacks have the option to be finished with a
fabulously
festive London Red Gingham woven cotton
DONATIONS – Tombola items
trim.
Lots of wine, beer, spirits and chocolate needed!
The tombolas are always very successful stalls at our
£1.50 will be donated to Fo$S for every hessian
Christmas event so please start collecting now to
sack
ordered using the code SANDRINGAM
bring in on LRD Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th
November. Also donations of mince pies would not
View their full collection here …
go to waste so ready, steady, bake (or buy)!
https://handcraftedchristmascollection.com and shop
away!
DONATIONS – Gift Stall items
We would also be grateful for any good quality
Go and see Santa at Carpenter’s this Christmas
unused gifts so bear in mind any gifted (but
Santa has managed to find time out in his busy
unwanted) items you could pass our way on LRD
schedule
to visit Carpenter’s Nursery & Farm Shop this
Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th November.
December from Saturday 3rd and every weekend up until
Christmas. He will be reading stories and handing out
Help on the Day
A request for volunteers has been set-up (via special gifts.
Doodle poll) and we really can’t run this event without your support so please consider giving up a
couple of hours on the day to help out where needed.
If you already know you can spare us some time,
please email [email protected]
Prize Draw Raffle Tickets
1st prize £75, 2nd prize £50, 3rd prize hamper.
These have come home with student reports. Please
bring your ticket stubs and payment with you on
LRD Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th
November. Further tickets available from Reception.
Christmas Treeasy
With Christmas fast approaching it’s time to
inform you of the fantastic Christmas tree delivery
and recycling scheme that Christmas Treeasy are
able to offer through Sandringham School.
For every tree sold, they will donate the sum of
£3 and £5 (size of tree dependant) to Fo$S funds by
the start of the new school term in January.
HOW TO ORDER – please see the letter attached to this week’s Sandprint.
“Santa Claus Is Coming to Carpenter’s!”
Tracy Downing
Fo$S Member
DIARY DATES
15-22 November
17-19 November
24 November
25 November
28 November
Book Fair
‘Vaudeville’
Learning Review Day
Occasional Day
Y11 Trial Exams Begin
Please visit our school website for the most up to
date diary dates
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.
Be ahead of the game! Check out Sam
Learning:
www.samlearning.com
The UK’s number 1 exam practice and revision
site that everyone’s talking about.
Stuart Kemp, Assistant Headteacher
PE
Fixtures
Tuesday 22nd November
Y9 Basketball V St. Columba’s College (H)
Y8 Netball V STAHS (A)
Y10 Rugby V Queen Elizabeth Boys (A)
Wednesday 23rd November
1st XV Rugby V Westcliff High School for Boys (H)
News
Well done to both the Y7A and B Rugby teams who
took part in the Nicholas Brakespear Tournament. It was a
great start to their rugby at Sandringham with both teams
making clear progress throughout the competition. The B
team showed much promise playing together for the first
time and although losing their games quickly showed that
in the future many of the boys will be key contributors.
The A team performed fantastically winning all their group
games beating Leventhorpe, Roundwood Park, Beaumont
and Verulam B. They then played Verulam A after winning
their group and in a tense and very close game that showed
both teams play exceptionally well in a high standard of
rugby eventually lost out to a Golden try in added time.
The Y8, 9 and 10 teams also played on Saturday in
games against Beaumont. The Y8 boys comfortably won
55-5, the Y9s narrowly lost by a conversion 14-12 after
dominating for most of the game and the Y10 team had a
tough time losing 33-5. It was a good morning of Rugby in
what were some very tough conditions.
The U15 Girls Football Team travelled to London to
play Drayton Manor High School in the third round of the
ESFA National Cup Competition. After taking a few
minutes to settle, the girls soon got into the swing of things
and after a fantastic cross from Rachel Dodd, Amalie
Newman-Booth opened the scoring. She soon followed this
up with a great individual goal, however, Drayton were
quick on the counter attack and scored a brilliant goal,
meaning the first half closed with a 2-1 lead to us. The
second half started rather slowly, with the girls resting on
their laurels, but they soon picked up the pace and Amalie
scored a further 2 goals and was awarded Player of the
Match.
All of the girls put in fantastic performances,
particularly Zoe Hook and Rachel Dodd for their strength
and also Mollie Herrington who made some marvellous
saves. Well done to all involved. Our next match means
that we are in the last 64 in the country and we will face
Swakeleys School at home
On Monday the Y7 girls netball team played
STAGS and came out 8-6 winners in what was a
very tight affair but our girls were triumphant. Well
played girls! The Y7B team then played against
Townsend on Wednesday and won 3-1 in a low
scoring game. There was also a Y8B game against
Townsend which we won 10-1. Well done to all the
girls involved.
On Wednesday the Y9 boys football team were
also in action in the 4th Round of the ESFA National
Cup against Parmiters. The team started slowly and
went down 2-0 to some very sloppy goals and poor
defending, however before half time we were able to
get back into the game with Benny Stacey scoring 2
goals from excellent deliveries. In the 2nd half
Parmiters were on top early on before we quickly
took control of the game and looked to grab the
winner. A lapse in concentration however cost the
team and Parmiters pounced to take the game 3-2. A
good run leaves just the County Cup for the Y9’s.
Also playing Parmiters on Wednesday was the
1st XV in the County Cup. The team started well in
what became a messy game but one we were able to
dominate through some quick back play and strong
forward running. The team eventually took the game
32-15.
I would also like to give a special mention to
Danny Tocher and Max Sweeney who both played
in the U19 Roller Hockey National Finals this
weekend and came first. A great achievement for
two boys who continue to follow their passion. Well
done boys.
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