with Specialist Sports Status
NEWSLETTER – JULY 2012
ISSUE 6
Dear Parents and Guardians,
I am please to contribute to this my sixth Brighton Hill Newsletter, the final edition of the year. I
cannot believe that I have been Headteacher at Brighton Hill for one year already; we have put in place
so many changes since last September and already this feels like a very different institution. You will
recall that I came to Brighton Hill as Interim Headteacher in the first instance. The fact that I am now
the permanent Headteacher (since April this year) means that we can, together with staff and the IEB,
plan with confidence for the next three years and beyond as we transform our school.
There have been very many staff changes during the course of this year. In my May 2012 Newsletter I
indicated that a full list of both Teaching and Support Staff who have left Brighton Hill during the
course of the year, including those leaving at the end of this term, will be provided in this final
Newsletter of the year. This list of names, together with the Department in which the member of staff
worked, is provided below, followed by a list of new staff who will be joining us in September.
Staff Leavers during the 2011/2012 Academic Year
Mrs K
Mrs V
Mr J
Miss E
Mr N
Mrs H
Mrs H
Mrs T
Miss J
Mrs P
Mrs J
Mrs T
Mr B
Mr T
Mr C
Mrs A
Miss S
Miss A
Mr I
Mrs C
Mr A
Mr C
Mr N
Mr R
Mrs C
Banga
Blaydon
Blois
Carriere
Chandler
Chapman
Cheek
Coltro
Comber
Combes
Cook
Cullen
Cutler
Danne
Darby
Davis
Delieu
Dunne
Ellerington
Espeseth
Favell
Flaherty
Fuller
Gauntlett
Hall
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ICT
Technology
Languages
Languages
Sports Assistance
Science (Maternity Leave)
Science
Science
Science
Student Support
Humanities
Student Support
ICT
Maths
Cover Supervisor
Languages
Cover Supervisor
Technology
Maths
Art (Maternity Leave)
ICT
Drama
Science
English
Support
Mr B
Mr P
Mr M
Mrs V
Mrs P
Mrs M
Miss N
Mr C
Miss A
Mr D
Mrs J
Mrs O
Mrs J
Mrs C
Mr A
Mr A
Mr T
Mrs D
Mrs J
Hatwell
Henson
Hogan
Howard
Lawrence
Lucas
Marson
Messenger
Middlehurst
Moran
O’Brien
Ogunniyi
Redwood
Roberts
Say
Scammell
Shepheard
Ward
Williams
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Science / Learning Mentor ATHENS
Science
Humanities
ICT / Business
Business Studies
Maths
English
Maths
Maths
ICT / Leadership Team
Languages
Science
Languages
Languages
PE
IT Support
Humanities
Maths
English
We wish all our staff leavers and their families well for the future.
We are pleased to welcome the following staff who have either joined us during the current
academic year or who will be joining us in September 2012.
Mr S
Mr A
Miss T
Mrs J
Mrs J
Ms A
Mr A
Miss A
Mr C
Mr D
Miss F
Mrs C
Mr P
Mr S
Mr G
Mr P
Miss N
Mrs T
Mr P
Mr L
Dr E
Baumann
Boyd
Brookes
Chapman
Connor-Winter
Cottrell
Crook
Crutchfield
Currie
Denham
Earwood
Evans
Hutchinson
James
Jarratt
Jeffs
Kenna
Penny
Smith
Spencer
Williams
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Science
Sports Assistant
English
Technology
Head of English
Art (Maternity Cover)
ICT / Business
Student Support
Headteacher
Humanities
Music
Languages
Technology
Head of Maths
ICT Network Manager
Schools Game Organiser
English
Science
ICT / Business
Science
Science
School Name
As indicated in previous communications, on 31 August 2012 our name will change from Brighton Hill
Community College to Brighton Hill Community School.
School Day
Currently, Brighton Hill operates a two tier end of the school day, with a “privileged dismissal” at 2.40
pm and an “official finish” at 3.00 pm. We have restructured the internal timings of the school day and
from the beginning of September all students will normally be dismissed at 3.00 pm. The start of
the school day remains as 8.25 am for students.
Prefects at Brighton Hill
Congratulations to those Year 10 students who have been appointed as Prefects and Senior Prefects
during this term. Appointment as a Senior Prefects entitled students to be considered for the role of
Head Boy and Head Girl. The standard of contenders was very high and I would like to take this
opportunity to congratulate our new Head Girl, K Mahoney, Deputy Head Girl, H Parker, Head Boy, E
Clark, and Deputy Head Boy P Christie on their appointments. I am confident that all four will be very
successful during their term of office.
Flexible Learning Centre
From September we will be opening our new Flexible Leaning Centre (FLC), designed to provide a focus
for a range of learning support and wider needs. Staff attached to the new FLC will, therefore, coordinate a wide range of student and family support services, including links with outside agencies, in
order to fully embrace our commitment to inclusion. The FLC will be located in what is now the school
Library. The Library will be re-sited to Room R1 (currently Learning Support) refurbishment of which
will be completed in time for September. The Library non-fiction stock has been reduced and some
elements redistributed around subject Departments. We have also subscribed to a web-based service,
Eclipse.net, in order to enhance our Library facility. The establishing of the FLC and the review of our
Library service are just two of the more visible changes which we are preparing for September as part
of our ongoing programme of school improvement.
Exam Results
Exam Results will be published on Thursday, 23 August 2012 – results for students from Year 11 will be
available between 10.00 am to 11.00 am. Results for students from Year 10 between 11.00 am and 12.00
noon.
School Uniform
Parents and students are reminded that our new school uniform policy comes into force from September
2012. We have consulted widely on this issue before establishing our policy in agreement with the
Interim Executive Board. The standard of students’ presentation is very important and we look forward
to your support in ensuring that our uniform expectations are fully met. Please see the school website
for details.
New Intake
Miss Williams and her team have been very busy the last few weeks preparing to welcome our new Year
7 intake in September. We have held a number of induction activities in order to ensure that our new
students will be happy from the very start at Brighton Hill and that they will be able to immediately
begin to make good progress in their new secondary school. We are also looking forward to welcoming a
number of our new students to our Summer School beginning on 25 July 2012.
Finally, it just remains for me to wish all members of our school community a happy and safe summer
break. Let us hope the weather picks up! School reopens for all students on Wednesday, 5
September 2012 at 8.25 am. All staff will be in school from Monday, 3 September if you wish to
make contact.
Mr C Currie
Headteacher
CONTENTS
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Staff Leavers / New Staff

School Name / School Day / Prefects / FLC / Exam Results / School Uniform
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New Intake

Wednesday 5 September 2012

Tutor Groups

Hatch Warren School Site

Parents and Staff Prayer Breakfast

Science Reminder

Wanted – Freezer

Junior Schools Festival

The Ukulele Project – KS 3 Music Lessons

Student Support – Hawthorn Project

Rome Summer Term

Princess Diana Award

Community Adult Education Programme
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College Newsletter
WEDNESDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2012
ALL students (Years 7 to 11) should arrive for an 8.25am start, and should go straight to their
Tutor Base; members of staff will be available when students arrive to direct them to Tutor Bases.
Mr B Coley, Assistant Headteacher
TUTOR GROUPS
Through previous communication, from this September, our Tutor Group structure will change. Year 7
students will be tutored in a horizontal structure, whilst Years 8 to 11 will remain in the vertical
structure; in addition the number of tutor groups will reduce from nine to six, in all communities and in
Year 7. To assist all parties, prior to students returning on Wednesday 5 September, we shall be
publishing a list of Tutor Group bases on our website so that all students can familiarise themselves as
to where their tutor base will be located. On Wednesday 5 September, all students in Years 8 to 11
should be in school and in their tutor base for 8.25am; Year 7s should meet in the Community Hall, for
8.25am.
I am hoping to publish the tutor group list/bases before the end of term but please realise that this
may not be available until September, on our return, during the INSET days; it will be available BEFORE
students return to school.
Mr B Coley, Assistant Headteacher
HATCH WARREN SCHOOL SITE
Please can we ask that all students from Brighton Hill Community School do not use Hatch Warren as a
walk through on their way home. When this is happening it is causing disruption to the departure of
Hatch Warren students as well as disturbing after school clubs. We would therefore ask all Brighton
Hill students to walk around the Hatch Warren site on their way home.
Ms J Halsey, Leadership Team
PARENTS AND STAFF PRAYER BREAKFAST
God is doing some exciting work in Brighton Hill Community College. If you would like to be part of
praying for what goes on within the College, please come along to our Parents and Staff Prayer
Breakfasts.
Coffee, croissants and prayer – 8am till 9am, venue is the PDS within the College.
Saturday 21 July
8am till 9am
It would be useful to know approximate numbers so breakfast can be provided. Please confirm by email
to me if you wish to attend the above. [email protected]
All staff and Parents are welcome!
SCIENCE FACULTY REMINDER
Mrs B Hutton, Director of Humanities
Years 7, 9 and 10 must keep their Science exercise books and bring them in to use next academic year.
Year 9 and Year 10 students please don't throw away your old books as you will need them for revision
purposes.
Mrs S Roberts, Science Faculty
WANTED – A FREEZER FOR THE SCIENCE FACULTY
If you have an unwanted working freezer that you are willing to donate please contact Nikki Parsons at
the School. Thank you.
Mrs S Roberts, Science Faculty
JUNIOR SCHOOLS DANCE FESTIVAL – THURSDAY 28 JUNE
On Thursday, 28 June, eleven Year 10 Dance Leaders hosted the Junior Schools Dance Festival where
Year 5 students from the primary schools were invited to take part in dance workshops.
St Marks C of E Primary School, North Waltham Primary School and Cliddesden Primary School visited
Brighton Hill Community College and spent the day learning two group dances, based on the theme of
‘The Olympics.’
It was so clear from early on in the day that the primary school students were thoroughly enjoying all
aspects of the day, as were the Brighton Hill Community College Dance leaders – although everyone felt
pretty worn out by the end of the day.
The parents of the primary school students were invited to see their performances and spoke incredibly
highly of the talents and leadership qualities of our leaders.
A big thank you to the students of St Marks C of E, North Waltham and Cliddesden for coming to our
event and an even bigger thank you to the following girls for being such fantastic leaders on the day:
H Parker, C Pharo, E McCluskey, A Dillon, S Grainger, S Frost, D Butler, G Holder, E Wilson, G Case and
J Swoffer. WELL DONE GIRLS!!
Miss V Drinkwater
THE UKULELE PROJECT – KS3 MUSIC LESSONS
This half term Year 7 and Year 8 students have been learning to play the ukulele in music lessons. The
ukulele has previously been a focus in KS2 music lessons, provided by Hampshire Music Service in some
Primary Schools, and this has been a fantastic opportunity for our students to recap and extend their
learning. Some students already own a ukulele and we hope that this unit of work has given students the
skills they need to get started at home.
Throughout The Ukulele Project students learnt the history of the string instrument, how to tune it and
how to play four chords. This unit of work linked closely with earlier topics studied throughout KS3,
such as The Blues and Popular Song, in which students sang, improvised and composed melodies to fit
with three chords in a given structure.
After a sequence of lessons focusing on ukulele playing techniques and the reading of chord symbols,
Year 7 rehearsed and performed the chords and lyrics of “Price Tag” by Jessie J and Year 8s
performed “Five Years Time” by Noah and the Whale.
The Music Department would like to thank the BHCCA for their generous donation to fund The Ukulele
Project, which will now become a permanent feature of our KS3 music curriculum, and will hopefully
inspire and give confidence to more of our students to learn to sing or to play an instrument.
Mrs C Rowe, Head of Music
STUDENT SUPPORT – HAWTHORN PROJECT
Rachael Thomas and I have been involved in the Hawthorn Project in conjunction with a palliative care
social worker and a voluntary artist at St Michaels Hospice. The aim of the project was to break down
barriers and myths about death and dying.
The project involved M Adams AN3, J Chapman AN5, A Culver AN2, B Marshall AN3, C Burns-Deuchar
AN3, A Tollett SY6, L Ruffle BA1, S Nicholls BA2, J Arnold BA9 and C Mears BA1, all Year 7 students
who visited the Hospice for four afternoons to complete a piece of artwork coupled with terminally ill
day-care patients.
They produced one combined piece of artwork with an Olympic theme. In the first week students said
afterwards that they thought they would be seeing patients at their bedside and were surprised that
the patients were living normal lives. Each week the room was full of laughter and fun, the students and
patients got to know their partners well, and found that they had more in common than they expected,
allowing them to rapidly build a relationship with each other.
On the celebratory week a journalist from the Gazette newspaper attended. The staff members stated
that the students were a great credit to their school and we were very proud of how they conducted
themselves.
The patients and students exchanged gifts which they had created for each other and gave speeches
about their experiences on the project, it was fascinating and moving to hear how they felt, examples
such as I will never forget my partner, thank you for an experience I will never forget etc. The piece of
art work will appear in the Gazette and be displayed at school where the patients will be invited to come
and view it.
Aimee Crutchfield, Student Support Worker
ROME SUMMER TERM
As the summer holidays are fast approaching there is no rest within the Rome Community as it has been
another busy term for Rome and all its members.
Community competitions have been running through the term, including a kite design and kite making
competitions and the highly competitive rounders competition taking centre stage (when the dreadful
English weather hasn’t stopped us!). The group stages are finished and now we are eagerly awaiting the
next round of semi-finals and finals to see which tutor group will be crowned rounders champions 2012.
The semi-finals line up as Rome 1 Vs Rome 3 and Rome 8 Vs Rome 9.
On Thursday 12 July Brighton Hill Sports Day takes place again and as defending champions Rome have a
lot to prove. Good luck to all those competing on behalf of the community.
There have been some changes to the Rome Tutor team this term with Mrs Lucas, Tutor of Rome 6 sadly
leaving Brighton Hill, but the very happy return of Miss Lambert with Rome 3 for September. We also
can’t forget our lovely and talented Year 11 students who have sadly left us after a fantastic 5 years
within the community; good luck to all of you in all your exam results and to new pastures wherever they
may be. With the Year 11 students leaving this has opened up new roles and responsibilities for the
current Year 10 students to step into, and they have done so with great enthusiasm. Congratulations go
to K Mahoney, G Croft, C Pharo, H Parker, C Horne and P Wittering who have all been appointed senior
prefects, with a special mention to K Mahoney who has been elected the new head girl and H Parker
assistant head girl.
Rome has also seen their new crop of community prefects appointed who have quickly taken to their new
roles. Congratulations go to A Husband, A Knight and R Brown with special mention to our new Rome
Community Captains, K Crossley and M Ho.
To all the students within Rome, thank you for another excellent year, have a lovely well earned break
over the summer holidays and we look forward to seeing you refreshed and ready to go in September.
Rome Community
PRICESS DIANA AWARD
Ex student Laurel Johnstone 11 Rome 7 - Diana Awards Anti-Bullying Campaigner Winner 2012!
Her presentation is already being used in other schools internationally....!!! WOW is all I can say.
Mr D Du Heaume, Learning Mentor
COMMUNITY ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMME
Our Community Adult Education Programme for the Autumn Term 2012 has now been finalised. Full
details of the courses available and how to enrol can be found on the College Website. Go to
www.brightonhill.hants.sch.uk and follow the link to ‘Community Adult Education’.
A 15% discount is being offered for online bookings made by the 3 rd September 2012.
If you require more information contact Sue Grayson, Adult Education Administrator on 01256 305802
(term time only).
Salli Chandler, Business Manager
COLLEGE NEWSLETTER
The College Newsletter is published regularly once every half term.
Newsletters will be available to everyone via our College website.
Should you wish to receive a paper copy regularly please write, telephone or e-mail
Mrs Les Thomas, Headteacher’s PA (01256 362505) - [email protected]