Gildredge House Bulletin
Issue 20, 12th February 2016
Today we wore red and had a popular cake sale for British Heart Foundation’s ‘Wear It, Beat it’ fund-raising
campaign. Pictured is Mr Roy Payton, David Lloyd British Heart Foundation Ambassador, with students.
From the Head Teacher
This week has been extremely
busy in the lead-up to the half
term holiday. On Wednesday
Year 7 students enjoyed a
special Challenge session at
which we held the Routes into
Languages Spelling Bee. You can
read all about this foreign
language competition below. On
Thursday, we held our Year 9
Parents Evening. It was great to
welcome so many parents in
support of their sons and
daughters’ GCSE options process.
This week has also involved
further recruitment interviews.
We welcomed candidates for an
administrative position and also
for Primary Class Teacher, for
which we got a very high number
and quality of applicants. So far
we
are
delighted
with
appointments we have made and
look forward to releasing news
of our appointments in the next
Bulletin.
Today we have been fund-raising
for British Heart Foundation
(BHF). Mr Roy Payton, David
Lloyd BHF Ambassador, came in
during this morning’s cake sake,
which was organised by a small
group of students. Our ‘wear
red’ mufti day and cake sale,
organised by 7J, raised funds for
this charity.
I hope you all have an enjoyable
and restful half term holiday!
Mrs L Gilbert
Head Teacher
In this week’s issue
 Message from the Head
Teacher
 Year 12 Psychology News
 Languages Spelling Bee
 Lower School News
 Sport News, Results and
Fixtures
 Happy Notes
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Issue 20, 12th February 2016
Publishing Success for Y12 Psychology Students
What do you think is more effective for improving student behaviour? What is the most common behavioural issue you have
to deal with? What is your preferred method of punishment?
Psychology students posed to
teachers and teaching assistants
as part of their recent fascinating study into controlling student
behaviour. The students, pictured below, collated their findings into an impressive study,
These were just a few of the
which has been published in this
questions
which
Year
12
month’s edition of ‘ATP Today’,
the magazine of the Association
for the Teaching of Psychology.
Mrs H Kitching
Teacher i/c Psychology
Foreign Language Spelling Bee School Finals
The
Languages
Department
staged the whole-school finals of
the Foreign Language Spelling
Bee on Wednesday afternoon.
This is the second year running
that we have entered this
nationally-run contest, organised
by Routes Into Languages.
All Year 7 students took part in
Stage 1 just before Christmas,
competing with their classmates
for the top five spots in their
class.
Our final 30, therefore, were
competing for just three places
in the regional finals to be held
at the University of Brighton in
the Summer Term.
The
students
were
also
competing for their houses so
every correctly-spelled word
counted.
Kane Benton made a very strong
start with 12 words in 60
seconds. He was soon followed
by Gabriel Watson with an
impressive 7 words.
Competition
between
the
students was fierce and nerves
were at an all-time high. This
time, the contestants had to
translate and spell as many
Joseph Terry made a strong start
words in French as they could in
but nerves got the better of him
60 seconds in front of the whole
and, despite not passing, he
of Year 7!
ended up with 6.
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The Widdows twins, Isabelle
and Jasmine, did a sterling
effort,
getting
7
points
between them for Hopkins
House. Benedict Noon however
shot into first place with a
faultless 14 word run. Then
came Livia Domaingue, with
her extraordinary score of 9.
But it was Freya Armstrong
who caused the biggest upset.
The sister of last year’s
national finalist Rudi tore into
third place with 11 points,
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knocking a very disappointed
Jakob Berhane (10 points) out
of the running. In the end, it
was an excellent team effort
that put Ravilious in first place,
earning 60 house points with a
joint score of 48 words.
Well done to them and to Kane,
Benedict and Freya who will all
go on to the Regional Finals.
Bonne chance!
Monsieur J Gardner
Head of Languages
Year 7 Spelling Bee finalists, who will
now go through to the
regional competition
GH students selected for GB Ultimate Squad
Against the odds (and the elements), Eastbourne
students Anastasija Timofejeva and Marketa Carruthers have been selected to represent Great
Britain U17 Women in the upcoming European
Ultimate Frisbee Championships in Belgium.
The girls, who are Year 9 students at Gildredge
House, joined around 30 others, many of whom
were two years their senior, at trials in Coventry
where they were put through their paces. “It was
a fantastic experience,” said Marketa. “We did
shuttle runs, lots of drills and played some games.
I really enjoyed it and I can’t wait to play with
them all again.” Selected players received emails
notifying them of their success and inviting them
to the next training session in March.
Their fellow student, Connor Burleigh, who turned
14 the day before the trials, was one of approximately 70 boys at the U17 Men’s session. Connor
has been invited to take part in the training squad
of 29 that will be reduced to 24 nearer to the
tournament date.
Miss McCollin, Ultimate Frisbee coach at Gildredge
House and a former GB player said: “I am extremely proud of all three. This is an incredible
opportunity, especially as they could be playing at
this level for another two years. I can’t wait to
see how much they improve over the next few
months and hopefully they’ll bring lots of new
tricks back to us in Eastbourne!”
Outdoor Learning Environment
Shed-building day
Thank you to all the hard-working, dedicated staff and community team that had the vision to turn a
pile of recycled pallets into a great storage shed for the Reception classes. It really does show what can
be achieved on a low budget when there's enough enthusiasm to just go for it!
The main structure is now in place and next week we will clad the outside, make a door and start to
prepare the roof to plant up. It was lovely when the Reception children came out on Thursday to take
up ringside seats to watch the work in progress. The children all seemed fascinated and it stimulated
lots of interesting discussions between the children and their teachers about what was going on.
If any Design Technology students are interested in taking part in creating the green roof part of the
build, please get in touch with Mr Hamilton on [email protected] and we can organise
a session where we work together on this.
Mrs C Shoosmith
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Lower School News
Flat as a Pancake!
On Tuesday, we had a day of pancakes – eating them, racing with them and even using them to make
symmetrical patterns with sweets!
In our assembly, Mrs Williamson was chosen to race against Nathy all the way round the hall. Both
competitors had to flip their pancakes as they ran and our cheers could be heard outside by parents
waiting to pick up their children. It was a close-run event, but Nathy was the victor!
Then it was time for our Year 1 races. We raced in Houses and most of the pancakes ended up on the
Hall floor. We then had a challenge to see who could pick up the most bits of pancake and Frankie won!
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Attack!
What an amazing end to a very busy half term in Year 1! This week in Year 1 we became knights and
learned how to attack a castle. With our Year 8 friends, we discovered how to make a trebuchet or
catapult out of very sticky marshmallows and skewers.
We had a competition to see who could fire our marshmallows the furthest. We measured the distance
using our hand-spans and some even went as far as 20 hand spans! We also had a target to hit and Rubie
-Rose managed to hit the bullseye! Our favourite part was wearing the special safety goggles and
working with our Year 8 friends. Some of the marshmallows didn’t quite make the target and ended up
in our tummies!
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Chinese New Year Parent Morning in Lower School
Adolescence is a rough ride. You've got existential angst, mood swings, fashion fiascos, terrifying
physical changes, never enough money... And that's just the parents. How well do you know yours?
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Sport News
On Saturday, two slightly depleted Year 7A & 7B
Gildredge House Rugby Squads made their way to
Horsham for our much anticipated fixture with
Christ’s Hospital. On a very windy day, the A team
started well and then defended superbly to go in at
half-time 0-0. In the second half, despite some
excellent rugby and defence, the athleticism of the
CH boys told as they ran in five unanswered tries,
mostly from their own half. The B team also
showed great character to compete well whilst
going down 25-10, Stewart Richardson scoring two
tries. The hospitality, as always, was excellent.
Mr A Molloson
Head of Sport
Netball Twilight Activity in a Force 10 Wind
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Sport Results and Fixtures
U12A Rugby Vs Christ’s Hospital Lost 33-0
Fixtures Next Week:
U12B Rugby Vs Christ’s Hospital Lost 25-10
Monday February 22nd
U14a Netball Vs Lewes Old Grammar Lost 19-12
Year 8 Girls Indoor Athletics Finals (at Tanbridge
House School)
U13 Girls: Sussex Hockey Finals 9.30am
U12a Football Vs TEA U13a Lost 8-0
U14a Football Vs Hailsham CC Won 5-0
Tuesday February 23rd
U13a Football Vs Hailsham CC Won 5-4
U14B, C & D team Netball (H) 3.00pm
U13b Netball Vs Brighton College Lost 5-12
U12c Netball Vs Brighton College B Lost 1-16
Wednesday February 24th
Sussex U18 Rugby 7’s
U12 Girls Football vs Bishop Bell (H) 3.30pm
Thursday February 25th
Sussex Schools Cross Country at Christs Hospital
U13 boys Sussex Indoor Cricket Qualifiers 3.00pm
U12a Football Vs Cavendish (A)
U13a Football Vs Cavendish (A)
Friday February 26th
U13 Girls Sussex Indoor Cricket Qualifiers at Bedes
Upper 1.00pm
Happy Notes
The following Lower School children all received Happy Notes for
following the Gildredge House Way:
Reception:
Year 1:
Year 2:
Henry Janski
William Evinson
Marley Bowes
Esme Shannon
Mabel Bott
Emma Afonso Mota
Alex May
Martha Pulford
Shoosmith
Alana Reilly
Louis Sander
Eliza Rose Markham
Sam Crum
Well done!
Mrs C Geldard
Director of Lower School
REMINDERS:
Spring Term Resumes: Monday 22nd February 2016
Twilight Activities Move to 4.00pm: Monday 22nd February 2016
Year 2 Farm to Fork Trip: Tuesday 23rd and Thursday 25th February 2016
Year 12 Geography Field Trip: Wednesday 24th - Friday 26th February 2016
Year 7 Parents’ Evening: Thursday 25th February 2016 4.30-8.00pm
Students Finish at 4.00pm: Thursday 25th February 2016