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King Henry VIII School Ysgol Brenin Harri’r VIII Outstanding Pupils, Outstanding Opportunities! “The Sound of Musicals” Following a string of disappointments when trying to obtain a license, the KHS production team were forced to write their own musical! With the script written by Mrs Phillips-Nepean and the music and orchestral score composed and arranged by Mr Hunt the school finally had a show! Using the characters of Elphaba and Glinda from the show “Wicked” as the lead narrators we followed their story through musical theatre in a theatrical spin off. The sixty-five strong cast sang and staged numbers from some of the best loved musicals including Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago and many more. This year we also included twenty-four primary school pupils from five of our feeder schools. The twenty-four pupils starred in the Matilda scenes and ten of the pupils were also munchkins! One primary school pupil, Gracie Gething played the role of Gretl in all of our ‘Sound of Music’ scenes. She really shone on stage and stole the hearts of the audiences. Every night the theatre was sold out and the cast received a standing ovation for all three performances. They performed a WICKED show!! Thank you to Paul Assinder Photography for the wonderful photos. Operation Wallacea - Mexico 2017 King Henry VIII students and staff enjoyed a wonderfully successful expedition to Mexico in July. They completed a week in the semi- deciduous tropical rainforest gathering data on flora and fauna using mist-netting and other techniques, and one week undertaking a PADI dive qualification and studying marine ecology in Akumal bay. The students had the experience of a lifetime and would like to thank the school and wider community for their support. Operation Wallacea - Dominica 2019 We are currently planning an expedition to Dominica in July 2019 where we are taking twenty students out to this almost pristine island in the Caribbean, lovingly referred to as “The Nature Island”. This will provide the students with a unique opportunity to gather data on the flora and fauna for conservation work and also the opportunity to help in research about the impacts of hurricanes on Caribbean environments following Hurricane Irma. ‘Respecting tradition, embracing the future’ ‘Parchu traddodiad, camu’n hyderus I’r
King Henry VIII School Ysgol Brenin Harri’r VIII Message from the Headteacher, Mrs E Lewis It gives me great pleasure to present our Autumn Newsletter. This gives an overview of the range of activities that took place at the end of the summer term and this term. It has certainly been busy! One of our key themes at KHS is that we strive to deliver high quality learning in lessons but also provide our students with many opportunities out of lessons to develop their wider skills and competencies. Over the past six months many of our pupils have engaged in curriculum enrichment activities such as visiting the Hay Literary Festival, going on residential visits such as Glanllyn, undertaken field work or engaged in community projects such as The Phoenix Project with Abergavenny Fire Service. Furthermore, many of our students engage in weekly clubs run by staff at lunchtime and after school. All these activities allow our students to see more of the wider world and start to develop their own ambitions for future learning and the world of work. We have also been lucky to engage employers such as Renishaw who have worked with our learners developing not only technical knowledge but also their problem solving skills. This year we have enrolled in the Education Engineering Scheme Wales. Through events such as charity work including Children in Need and our Remembrance Service our students are challenged to think about their own contribution towards our local and global society. For those students that engaged in Operation Wallacea they were able to see first-hand the impact of man’s actions on the environment. Sports, drama and music have always been strong at KHS. Last summer we were treated to an excellent sports day that was then followed up by the outstanding ‘Sound of Musicals’. Engagement in such activities instils confidence in our young students. Across the school, we are promoting the ‘Ut Prosim’ award that rewards pupils for engaging in the extra dimension we offer at KHS. I ask you to encourage your son or daughter to get Involved so they can develop into well rounded resilient learners. This term we have continued to forge links with other schools and educational providers. This has allowed us to share our best practice but also observe alternative ideas that we have brought back to KHS to embed into our own learning. We are also a provider for Initial Teacher Training and for Newly Qualified Practitioners (pictured left). This allows a significant number of staff to be involved in development opportunities again further enhancing their own practice. In September we were selected by Estyn to be part of a best practice review around ‘Teaching and Learning’ and ‘Leadership’. We look forward to the final report. We were delighted with the news that the Welsh Government decided to fund the development of a significant new build for the Abergavenny Cluster. We await the details of what this means in reality and as soon as we have more detailed information, we shall share this with yourselves. Lastly can I thank all parents and guardians for your engagement this term, your attendance at information events, progress days and parent evenings has been excellent and your feedback has always been welcomed. I trust you enjoy reading about the success of all our students in this newsletter and look forward to working with you all in the New Year. ‘Respecting tradition, embracing the future’ ‘Parchu traddodiad, camu’n hyderus I’r
King Henry VIII School Ysgol Brenin Harri’r VIII English and Maths Scholastic Book Fair The Scholastic fair was once again a resounding success with over £800 worth of books purchased. All the money spent will be converted into rewards which will be used to buy more new books for the library. Thank you to all those who supported the book fair and to the wonderful ‘Book Fair Helpers’ from Year 8 and Year 9:- Jamelia Turley, Molly Smith, Cariad Reece, Ella Jones, Alice Chambers, Catrin Jones, Charlie James, Angharad Worsley, Bronwyn Morris, Eleanor Smith, Kian Jones, Christine Taylor, Gethin Jones, Sam Williams and Lloyd Mann. Creative Writing Club A new creative writing club has started up for KS3 budding word-smiths! The club is presently open to Year 9 pupils, on a Wednesday lunch-time in Room 301, within the English suite. Mrs Clausen, who has recently joined the department, is only too happy to share her own love of the written word and help to develop the confidence and a ‘give it a go’ attitude with anyone interested in working with their written creativity while exploring new ‘ways-in’ to picking up the pen (or pencil!) Fun is the order of the day, with a relaxed and trusting atmosphere where participants can journal ideas, working with a range of techniques and approaches to creative writing. As Year 9 pupil Luke D’Souza Smith commented “Its really pushed my writing forward. I can plan stories much more effectively and generate more convincing characters.” There will be opportunities for Year 7 and Year 8 to take part for a block of sessions in the new year. Please contact Mrs Clausen (Mondays and Wednesdays) for more information! Film Club Experience Following on from Year 8 pupil Cara Anderson’s successful film review of “Twilight” in the summer, Into Film visited KHS in September to run a Film club workshop during which our film clubbers used ipads to made their own mini films. Regular film clubber Lara Emberson Year 9 commented “It was an eye opener to the world of film making”. Thanks must go to Hywel Roberts from Into Film for giving up his time to visit us. Film Club runs every Winner-Cara Anderson with Scarlet- Tuesday after school in the Library-for more information Mae Morgan-Jenkins both Year 8 please ask Mrs Robinson Saturday School! We had a fantastic session on Saturday, November 11, when the entire maths department came in to run a revision session with Year 11 in preparation for the GCSE examination on the following Monday. The attendance was fantastic, with over three quarters of the year group coming in to work. Huge thanks to them, huge thanks to the maths teachers and huge thanks to the canteen staff for coming in and providing breakfast for everyone! We look forward to seeing the results in January! ‘Respecting tradition, embracing the future’ ‘Parchu traddodiad, camu’n hyderus I’r
King Henry VIII School Ysgol Brenin Harri’r VIII Science, Languages and Humanities Criw Cymraeg As part of our Siarter Iaith: Language Charter to develop bilingualism across the school, a Criw Cymraeg has been elected from Year 7 to lead the language charter and further develop the Welsh ethos of the school. Pupils have already been involved in the launch event on the 5th of December with visiting performers Danielle Lewis and Mr Phormiwla. Pupils will help create bilingual displays, contribute to newsletters and develop the use of incidental Welsh around the school. We are really looking forward to seeing the Welsh language become more prevalent in our day to day lives. Pob Lwc Blwyddyn 7! MFL and Welsh Activities The MFL and Welsh department put on a variety of activities for Year 10 as part of the collapsed timetable at the end of the summer term. These included a French quiz, Welsh folk dancing, a Spanish song, recipe writing in German, a Welsh treasure hunt and some Latin American dancing such as the salsa, rumba, paso doble and flamenco. A big DANKERSHÖN/ MERCI/ DIOLCH/ GRACIAS to the pupils, the MFL and Welsh staff and Leah-Marie from Fitsteps who gave up her time to keep everyone dancing to the rhythms! For more info about Fitsteps visit Leah-Marie on Facebook at: https://en-gb.facebook.com/fitstepswithleahmarie/ Religious Education This term year 10 have started a brand new GCSE syllabus, looking at the religions of Christianity and Hinduism. Currently there is no examination board text book to support these options and so a bespoke King Henry VIII School text book has been written and printed. We are all very pleased with the results and are looking forward to using it with our students. We will keep you posted with the progress of our Unit 2 book, which will be written to support students when they are in Year 11. Welsh Baccalaureate Who killed Dr In the last weeks of the Summer term, Year 9 got to grips with the Skills Challenge Jameson? Certificate, a vital component of the Welsh This month has seen the Baccalaureate. In a fun filled day, including grand finale of the ever problem-solving, creativity, innovation and popular Science topic communication, students had to create towers “Murder Most Foul “. All with spaghetti and marshmallows and create of Year 7 will meet the suspects (played by their own chocolate bar, including pricing , Year 12 and 13 drama students) in the hall and designing and marketing. Now in Year 10, interrogate them to find out who killed Dr students are working on Global Citizenship. Jameson. ‘Respecting tradition, embracing the future’ ‘Parchu traddodiad, camu’n hyderus I’r
King Henry VIII School Ysgol Brenin Harri’r VIII Languages and Humanities Glanllyn What a blast! Another fantastic trip to Glanllyn residential centre in North Wales for Year 8 pupils this October. Pupils enjoyed a huge range of activities including kayaking, raft building, high ropes course, falconry and much much more! Geography Field Trip Homeless Collection An overwhelming number of items were donated to the Welsh Year 11 fieldwork took place department in aid of the “Christmas Homeless Appeal” run by the earlier this term. They Huggard Group, a charity in Cardiff which supports those on the visited the Brecon Beacons margins of society. Head of Department, Mrs R Dickenson to undertake a river expressed her gratitude saying: - “It took the whole of my Year 10 investigation into how flow class to carry it to my car and my car was filled to the brim with changes downstream. They items of all kinds.” Thank you to all for your kind donations! also spent the day in Newport city centre to investigate differences in shopping environments. In December Year 12 and Year 13 are visiting a field study centre for three days . Year 12 will be in Snowdonia investigating evidence of glacial change while Year 13 will be conducting their individual investigations in Telford Town Park. Ypres In July the History and Welsh departments took a group of Year 9 and Year 10 pupils to Ypres. During the trip the pupils were moved by the sight of the war memorials and monuments and were astounded by the sheer scale of loss. It was a wonderfully memorable experience for all. ‘Respecting tradition, embracing the future’ ‘Parchu traddodiad, camu’n hyderus I’r
King Henry VIII School Ysgol Brenin Harri’r VIII Technology and IT Abergavenny Food Festival Year 10 pupils Hermione Holder and Sean Baldock competed head to head at the Abergavenny Food Festival to win a place at the next round of the Rotary Young Chef competition. In front of a packed audience on the stage at the Market Hall, each prepared a three course meal to an exceptionally high standard. While both were commended by the judges, Hermione was pronounced overall winner and will go on to represent KHS at Crickhowell in January. Hermione was thrilled to be introduced to celebrity chef Tom Kerridge (pictured right) who congratulated her on her Food Festival win and asked her about her menu. Kahoot! Brilliant Club Year 10 pupils have been busy learning how to use Kahoot!, a game based classroom response system, as a technology tool to create quizzes, discussions and surveys. Multiple-choice questions are projected on the screen and pupils are able to answer the questions with their smartphone, tablet or computer. They put questions in that would help them revise for their ICT exam. In October, twelve Year 9 More Able and Talented (MAT) students visited Cardiff University as part of ‘The Scholars Programme’. The students were shown around the various academic buildings and received a talk on careers and progression into university. They will work alongside a PhD student from Cardiff University completing a STEM project throughout the year. Ready Steady Cook The oven gloves were on as Year 8 battled it out; Red Team against Green Team at the KHS Ready Steady Cook competition. Both teams produced amazing dishes. It was a very close competition with the red team the eventual winners-well done to both teams! ‘Respecting tradition, embracing the future’ ‘Parchu traddodiad, camu’n hyderus I’r
King Henry VIII School Ysgol Brenin Harri’r VIII Post 16 and School Council Head Girl and Head Boy Pictured left to right our new Head girl and Head boy with deputies. Falesha Lewis - Deputy Maddie Robertson - Head Girl Morgan Emberson - Head Boy Megan Taylor - Deputy King Henry’s Sixth Form Social! Join us on the 14th of December to celebrate Christmas with our Sixth Form’s first ever social! The night will start at 7:00 and finishes at 12:00, taking place at the Hogs Head - NP7 8TA. It promises to be an enjoyable evening with a DJ, Chip Stand and Bar! Bring along a friend if you wish and join in with the festive fun, we hope to see you there! Tickets are £8 each. Year 12 Engineering Education Scheme Wales Eight Year 12 students are embarking upon an Engineering Challenge this year. They are taking part in the prestigious Engineering Education Scheme Wales (EESW), which is a STEM based initiative backed by the Welsh Assembly Government and other Professional Organisations. The students will be working alongside an experienced Engineer from Associated British Ports Group, which is the UK's leading ports group, it owns and operates twenty-one ports in England, Scotland, and Wales, and handles approximately a quarter of the UK’s seaborne trade. They have been given a ‘real life’ engineering problem to solve and will be attending workshops in December at Cardiff University to access specialist support and guidance. It is an exciting opportunity for them to be a part of the scheme and one which they will find very rewarding. School Council Elections 2017 School Council elections took place this term with pupils being invited to submit an application for consideration before each year group were given the opportunity to vote either in assemblies or during registration period. With some innovative ideas being put forward to encourage voters and some closely contested places, the following candidates were elected:- Year 11 Cosmo Bawler and Elizabeth Morgan Year 10 Charlie Aldous and Megan Griffiths Year 9 Angharad Worsley and Zane Davies Year 8 Amelia Jones and Rowan Harris Year 7 Abigail-Jaye Harrington and Thomas Davies ‘Respecting tradition, embracing the future’ ‘Parchu traddodiad, camu’n hyderus I’r
King Henry VIII School Ysgol Brenin Harri’r VIII Team Sport and Individual Success Individual Sporting Success As always KHS pupils have been enjoying some excellent individual sporting successes this term. Year 7 pupils Ffion Williams and Will Spiers have been selected to represent the county in cross-country. Year 8 pupil Dylan Ruck won the World Championship Kick Boxing title for the third time. Record breaker Eliza Atkins Year 11 who is in the Welsh Football squad became the youngest ever player to represent Abergavenny Women Football Club. Year 11 pupils Alex Francis, and Chris Taylor continue to train in the Welsh Hockey squad as does Nell Butler who has already played for Wales. Year 7 Football Club Basketball Club Another popular club this term for Year 7 Are you in Year 7, 8 or 9? Do you fancy playing basketball? Come boys and girls is the Football club which along to a basketball club run by Katie a sports development officer. takes place every lunchtime on the MUGA. Run by Open to all year groups (trainers only needed for lunchtime but PE Mr Hollingworth and Sixth Form volunteers it is a kit needed for after school). It doesn’t matter if you haven’t played friendly club suitable for any ability. It starts at before or you think you are Lebron James come and give it a go! We 1.20pm. All are welcome and gates are open for are located in the gym every Tuesday and Thursday lunchtime and players to join throughout lunch time. after school. KHS Dance Sports Activities A dynamic Dance class with KS3 and KS4 students runs As part of a wide variety of sport every Tuesday after school. Students have been activities offered to all Year 7 pupils having lots of fun during lunchtime in the gym a group of working on developing Sixth form volunteers have been a dance motif using a teaching pupils how to play Atomic combination of moves rugby which mixes elements of touch, from a variety of dance netball, basketball and rugby together styles. Come join us to come up with this exciting, high- every Tuesday. speed, multi-directional game. It has been a resounding success- popular with both pupils and volunteers! Rugby This term KHS rugby boys have played several fixtures against St Julian’s, Ebbw Fawr, Crickhowell and Brecon. We have won seven out of eleven games. A special mention has to be made to all the boys who played in the away fixture at Brecon. It was the worst weather we have ever come across with gale force winds and horizontal rain. IT WAS FREEEZING!!! The boys didn’t moan or complain and just got on with it. The boys’ attitude and determination was outstanding. It has been a great start to the season with much more rugby to come after the Christmas break!! Congratulations to Year 10 pupils Morgan King, Jack Powell, Joe Cooper and James Watkins on being chosen to play in the first two district rugby matches winning both games. Good luck to Dan Lebbon, Tom Welford, Jack Robinson, Kai Lowther and Sam Richards, who are also in the district squad this year. ‘Respecting tradition, embracing the future’ ‘Parchu traddodiad, camu’n hyderus I’r
Remembrance King Henry VIII School Ysgol Brenin Harri’r VIII Service Music and Drama Remembrance Service In November Year 8 pupils, the school orchestra and choir along with Canon Soady, led the school in a very moving Remembrance service. We had a large number of guests and members of the Governing Body, they were all very impressed with the pupils. Many thanks to Assistant Head Teacher Mr M Williams, Mr M Hunt, Miss A Price and Year 8 form tutors for all their hard work in organising the service. On Sunday morning the school was represented by Head Girl Maddie Robertson, the Head Teacher Mrs E Lewis and CoGB S Phillips at the Remembrance service in Abergavenny Town centre. As usual it was lovely to see so many of our pupils representing other organisations. Music Department Concert The music department are proud to announce their choral/orchestral concert, which will take place on Saturday 10th February featuring the ‘Grieg Piano Concerto, with soloist Mr J Metcalf. Performances of medleys’ from ‘Miss Saigon’ and ‘Les Miserables’, accompanied by a professional orchestra. All are welcome to attend this marvellous event! Abergavenny Borough’s Got Talent Congratulations to Year 7 pupil Congratulations to talented pianist Alice Lang Year 10 Olivia Fisher celebrating first place who took first place in the Abergavenny Borough’s Got in pianoforte solo and second place Talent Competition with her stunning performance from in vocal solo at Cwmdu Eisteddfod “Pirates of the Caribbean”. Year 13 pupil Kerrigan recently. Superb, well done Olivia! Heffernan took second place. Well done to all the talented KHS pupils who took part - you were amazing! 10th - 12th July 2018 The Borough Theatre, Abergavenny Rehearsals are already underway for our summer production of the wonderfully moving Evita based on the life of Eva Peron!! ‘Respecting tradition, embracing the future’ ‘Parchu traddodiad, camu’n hyderus I’r
King Henry VIII School Ysgol Brenin Harri’r VIII School News Aslan? No it’s ASDAN! This is the name of the pioneering curriculum development organisation offering qualifications that explicitly grow skills for learning, skills for work and skills for life. Here in the ALN Department we offer two courses ’Certificate of Personal Effectiveness’ Levels 1 or 2 (CoPE) and ‘Assessment of Personal Effectiveness’ (AoPE). Both courses are designed to help pupils to develop their skills of problem solving, communication, research, working with others, self-management and giving presentations. It is a course which aims to help young people to achieve the very best they can whatever their ability. Pictured are Year 10 pupils Mootasem Zawi, Georgina Humphrey and Kanisha Richards with their ‘end of module’ certificates. Art Congratulations to Year 13 pupil Emily Eeles who has been selected to exhibit her stunning art-work (pictured right) in three prestigious exhibitions! Year 10 pupils have been exploring a range of media resulting in beautiful research sheets (pictured left) on the artist Françoise Nielly. They are exploring everything from collage to oil pastels with outstanding results! Meanwhile Year 11 pupils have been preparing for their mock GCSE exams by researching L. S. Lowry- we wish them every success! Drama Trips The Drama department recently visited Bristol Old Vic to see Kneehigh’s production of “The Tin Drum”. Staff and pupils were “blown away” by the incredible puppetry. It was a breath- taking performance! The department also organised a trip to take pupils to see “Aladdin” in London - look out for our posts on Twitter:- KHSAbergaveny@Kinghenryschool ‘Respecting tradition, embracing the future’ ‘Parchu traddodiad, camu’n hyderus I’r
King Henry VIII School Ysgol Brenin Harri’r VIII School News Selected pupils from Year 8 and Year 9 had five days with the South Wales Fire Service as part of the Phoenix Project. This project is an approach to engage with communities and seeks to educate and inform young people about the hazards associated with fire and the wider issues surrounding community safety. By exploring and challenging their own personal limitations through the activities they undertook throughout the week such as team games, climbing the fire tower and using the hoses, the pupils learned to improve their social skills, think more independently and also think about others around them. This process revealed hidden qualities that previously have never had the opportunity to be brought to the surface. We uncovered confident leaders, considerate individuals, sharp minds and articulate thinkers! Well done to all pupils involved. Children In Need A fantastic day was had by all at King Henry VIII School. Pupils engaged in a range of activities including a talent showcase, football tournament, cake Gwent N-Gage sale, photography booth and movie hour. The day began with an act of A group of KHS pupils joined young people collective worship led by Mrs J Wilkie, Deputy Headteacher which focused from across the region to show their on their responsibility to help those less fortunate than themselves and how support at the launch of a new Gwent N- they could help contribute towards Children in Need. Pupils wore non- Gage Service offering support to young school uniform and raised £738.00. Additional activities during the people under the age of eighteen affected afternoon took the figure to an amazing £1346. Well done KHS!! by alcohol or substance abuse. ‘Respecting tradition, embracing the future’ ‘Parchu traddodiad, camu’n hyderus I’r
King Henry VIII School Ysgol Brenin Harri’r VIII Clubs, Societies and Parent Information Dates for the Diary Lunchtime and After School Clubs LUNCHTIME AFTER SCHOOL 22 December 2017 End of Term (1.30pm) MONDAY Orchestra Boxing Y7-13 04-10 January 2018 Ski Trip Christian Union Football Y7 08 January 2018 INSET (School Closed) Dungeons & Netball Y7 09 January 2018 Start of new term Dragons Y7-9 Netball Y10 11 January 2018 Awards Evening Girls Rugby Y7-9 Study Skills Y10-13 18 January 2018 Post 16 Open Evening Sport Activities Y7 Business Studies 01 February 2018 Y10 Parents’ Evening Football Y7 Y10,11 10 February 2018 Music Department Concert HW Club Y7-9 15 February 2018 Careers fayre Rugby Y8 ,9 19–23 February 2018 Half Term GCSE Revision Y11 TUESDAY Business Studies HW Club Y7-9 KS3 Homework Club KS4 Study Skills Club Y10,11 Study Skills Y10-13 Full Choir Resistant Materials Mon, Wed and Thurs Mon to Thurs Warhammer Club CAT Club Y11 Basketball Y7-9 Film Club Y7-9 School Library Sixth Form Resource English Club Netball Y8 Drama Rehearsal Y11 Basketball Y7-9 Tues in Rm 224 Area Maths Challenge club Dance & Fitness Y7-9 Girls Football Y7-9 Football Y8,9 3.15pm - 4.15pm 3.15pm – 4.15pm Gymnastics Y10,11 Rugby Y7 Sport Activities Y7 WEDNESDAY Maths Club HW Club Y7-9 Health & Social Care Study Skills Y10-13 Communication Chess Club Y7-9 STEM Club Y9 Cross Country Netball Y9 To help us to improve school communications please Football Y7 (Astro) Basketball Y7-9 ensure we have an accurate email address from every Basketball Y7 Hockey Y7-9 parent with a pupil in the school. Rugby Y10 Rugby Y10,11 Creative Writing Y9 ABRSM Music Theory grade 1-5 Follow us on ‘Twitter’:- KHS Abergavenny@Kinghenryschool THURSDAY Junior Choir Y7-9 HW Club Y7-9 Senior Choir Y10-13 Study Skills Y10-13 Boys Choir Y7 Girls Badminton Y7,8 Please make every effort to check out our website. This Library Ambassadors Football Y10,11 holds key information about our school:- Y8,9 Basketball Y7-9 www.kinghenryviiischool.co.uk Sport Activities Y7 School Email:- info@khs.schoolsedu.org.uk Basketball Y8 Drama Y7,8 FRIDAY Wind Band Science Catch-up Football Y9 Basketball Y9 Languages Club Y7-9 Sport Activities Y7 Lunchtime and After School Sports. Please ask the PTCA Leisure Centre/PE Department for further details or If you are able to help the PTCA either regularly or occasionally check out our plasma screens. then please contact Sacha Corrado (School Support Officer) on 01873 735373. ‘Respecting tradition, embracing the future’ ‘Parchu traddodiad, camu’n hyderus I’r
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