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Issue Date: Week 30 Friday 8 May 2015

Broadcast legend and President Emeritus of the Lady Taverners, Judith Chalmers OBE, joined by

representatives of luxury cruise line Seabourn officially handed over a new 16-seat wheelchair

accessible minibus to staff and students of the Lavinia Norfolk Centre at the Angmering School.

Mr David Brixey, Headteacher said: "We are very grateful to the Lady Taverners and to Seabourn for

their support of this new minibus. We have an extensive sport and extracurricular programme for our

students with disabilities and the adapted transport is crucial to its success. For example, this week our

Boccia team have won the National Championships in Sheffield. We are also grateful for our local

support and to the students of our school who have helped with fundraising.”

LEGENDARY BROADCASTER PRESENTS

NEW MINBUS

Louis Saunders, Y8 student at the

Angmering School said: “I feel Angmering

wouldn’t have this many sportsmen/sports

women without these buses because you

can only get better with experience and if

you can’t travel to your event, you can’t

compete or assess yourself or your

opponents. It’s not all about the medals, it’s

also about giving young people the

opportunity to learn the key skills that sport

teaches, like confidence, manners and being

gracious in victory and defeat.”

The minibus has been made possible thanks to the fundraising efforts of Seabourn’s UK team, who

have enjoyed a long and close association with Judith Chalmers. The television presenter and travel

guru, perhaps best known for her role as presenter of ITV’s ‘Wish you Were Here…?’ travel

programme, has been an integral part of Seabourn’s fundraising efforts.

Fundraising is one of Seabourn’s core values, and the company has been raising funds for a number

of years to provide a Lady Taverners minibus for a school or community project.

Lynn Narraway, Seabourn’s Managing Director, UK & Ireland and herself a Lady Taverner, said: “As

a cruise line visiting hundreds of destinations every year, we know that travel experiences are vital to

everyone’s personal development and growth. We are so thrilled to have raised enough funds for a

minibus and we hope that this facility will offer some fantastic travel opportunities for the students at

the Angmering School.”

The Lady Taverners is part of the Lord’s Taverners, the UK’s leading youth cricket and disability

sports charity whose objective is to give disadvantaged and disabled young people a sporting chance.

The charity has put over 1,050 minibuses on the road since 1976, enabling over 20,000 young people

with disabilities to enjoy new places and experiences every year.

Paul Robin, chief executive of the Lord’s Taverners, said: “The Lord's Taverners believe that sport

and recreation are essential for all young people, regardless of ability or background. This minibus will

help the Lavinia students to get out and enjoy new places and experiences in West Sussex and

beyond. We are proud to support the staff, parents and young people of the Lavinia Norfolk Centre

and thank Seabourn for their continued support.”

When author Sally Nicholls came to visit Year 8, she held students spellbound with a reading from her creepy novel Close your pretty eyes about notorious Victorian mass murderer Amelia Dyer who haunts the book’s young heroine Olivia. Continuing the dark theme, Sally then led the students in a game called “Would Angmering survive the Black Death?” based on her gory historical novel All fall down.

After awarding Accelerated Reader badges to students, including a

Platinum award to Eleanor Escott who has read a magnificent total of three million words, students eagerly queued up to meet Sally and buy her books, including her prizewinning first novel, the poignant Ways to live forever and her latest title, An island of our own, which is about a young family working together to solve a mystery.

For around thirty students, a highlight of Sally’s visit was the opportunity to work on their

own compositions under Sally’s guidance, as she talked them through the process of

crafting a story from the very beginning. Launching our annual creative writing

competition, which is open to all students in Year 8, Sally announced this year’s theme

of ‘Secrets’. Contributions

are limited to 500 words, but

can be part of a longer

piece of work. The closing

date for submissions is

Monday 1st June, but

entrants are encouraged to

hand their stories to the

Librarians at any time

before that date. The winner

of the competition will see

their name engraved on the

William Nicholson shield,

which was first awarded in

2008.

Sally Nicholls, Author Visit with Y8

Year 8 - are you entering the William Nicholson Shield Competition?

On Monday 20th April 2015, Matt

Francis 12BC attended the Brighton and Hove Albion players dinner, along with two team mates Seb Finch and Lewis Hammans. Unknown to Matt he won the Community Achievement Award. This award recognises the AITC participant that has demonstrated outstanding commitment and dedication over the past year whilst also becoming an inspirational role model for others. Matt has played Powerchair Football for 6 years for Brighton and for the last 18 months has been part of the England squad, training at St Georges Park, and narrowly missing out in the 8 man squad in July 2014 for the European Championships in Ireland (although he went to support). England came runners up to France.

Albion in the Community Achievement Award Winner 2015

I play powerchair football for Brighton. We have put a bid together for Aviva's community fund worth £25,000. To be awarded the funds we need people to vote for our project, this is what I am asking from you. Voting does not cost anything just a few minutes of your time and will have a significant impact on many disabled people all around Sussex. To vote please follow the link: https://community-fund.aviva.co.uk/voting/project/view/2637/

Thank you. Matt Francis

Currently Matt is training hard and raising money for a new bespoke chair to play in the World Cup in 2016, to be held in Houston (TBC).

Well done Matt!

Carla Chant 11SH spent

most of her Easter

holiday working with and

helping children in Sri

Lanka. This was Carla’s

second trip in four years

to these schools and she

has worked very hard to

raise over a £1000 both

times to get herself there.

Well done to Carla Chant for her Charity Work

Well done Carla! The school is very proud of you.

Well done to Arran Collis 12SJ who has been offered a placement by the Nuffield Foundation. Nuffield Research Placements provide opportunities for a limited number of UK students to work alongside professional scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians to get a taste of what life is really like as a researcher. This is a huge achievement as Arran is one of only two Angmering Sixth Form students to ever be awarded a place on this exciting project. Congratulations Arran! http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/nuffield-research-placements

View our Sixth Form Website www.angmeringsixthform.co.uk/

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Marni Finch 7H Platinum Certificate

Jasmine Payne 7SK Diamond Certificate

Equine Partners CIC are delighted to invite you to their 2015 Open Days this summer at Sparr Rough Stables!

Come and join us between 10am – 4pm on Friday 12th June 2015 or Saturday 13th June 2015

Whether you are a referrer, supporter, a parent or simply interested in what we do; come and join us and find out more about the project

In the morning and afternoon there will be Equine Assisted Learning demonstrations, which you will be welcome to join in with and experience for yourself the impact of working with horses and how they help participants look at life in a new way

At lunch time there will be horsemanship displays for your enjoyment

Members of the team will be available to provide further information

Lots of activities including: Equine Assisted Learning Demonstrations, Horsemanship Displays, Cake Sale, Fun Competitions, Raffle, Tea, Coffee & Refreshments.

If you wish to book an appointment to have a more specific conversation please email fran@equine-partners.co.uk

For more information or directions, please phone 07739 359213 or email t via info@equine-partners.co.uk

Well done to the Year 9 rounders team who have beaten Sion, Chatsmore and Durrington so far in the league, with some outstanding rounders scored by Charlotte Stacey and Issy Holmes, along with awe-some catches by Ellyse Jones, Casey Harris and Catherine Topham.

Gold Stars of the week is a reward system where teachers nominate students for working consistently at Gold standard which is above and beyond expectations. Students then have the opportunity to meet with the Headship team to discuss their achievements and work.

The students are rewarded with 25 credits and a well done letter to take home to share their success with parents/guardians. We feel this is an excellent reward system for the students to share their success with the Headship team.

Congratulations to

this week’s Gold Star

of the Week: Harriet O’Keefe (9SC).

FANTASTIC GLAD COSTUMES YEAR 11

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE TAKING EXAMS

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Last weeks solution:

Can you solve this week’s problem ?

An examination paper is made by taking 5 large sheets of paper, folding the pile in half and stapling it. The pages are then numbered in order from 1 to 20. What is the sum of the three page numbers that are on the same sheet of paper as page number 5?

There is a geographical restriction: all entrants should live or work within the parish boundaries of Angmering. Entrants, or their immediate relatives, must not

be a member or employee of the parish council.

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May 25-29 Half term Week

June 3 3.30pm - 4.30pm Nearly New Uniform Shop open 9 Y12 UCAS Information Evening 7- 8pm 11 Music Mania 7pm 18 Speaking and Listening Activity Day 3 23 Art, DT Exhibition Open Evening 6-8pm 24 Art, DT Exhibition Open Day 9-5pm 25 LNC Y6 Induction Day 26 Y11 Prom 7-11pm 29 Locality Group Music Festival 29-2 July Sixth Form Induction Week 30 Y7 Exhibition of work

July 1 Year 6 Induction Day at Angmering and parents evening

6pm – 7.30pm 4 10am -11.00am Nearly New Uniform shop open 6 Y7 Exhibition of work 7 Staff Day 5 7 Sports Presentation Evening 6pm – 8pm 13 6-7.30pm Evening of Celebration 13-17 12 Work Experience Week 16 Science fair Y7 5.30-7.30pm 17 Sports Day and LNC Open Day 22 Term Ends

DIARY DATES

Did you know that Ofsted have a website, “Parent View” which gives parents the chance to tell them what you think about your child’s school. It will ask you for your opinion on 12 aspects of your child’s school, from the quality of teaching, to dealing with bullying and poor behaviour. Ofsted will use the information you provide when making decisions about which schools to inspect, and when. We would really appreciate you taking the time to look at this website and complete the survey. http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/