A SPECIALIST SCIENCE COLLEGE DECEMBER 2006

Issue No. 2

Eggar‛s identified by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust as one of the top 50 schools in the country!

At the Annual National Conference for the Specialist Schools Trust this month Eggar’s School was identified as one of the top 50 schools in the country for the pro­ gress we have made over the past three years for our 5 or more A*­C grades including English and Mathematics.

There are now 2,642 Specialist Schools in the country which is 85% of all schools, and so being in the top 50 is an achievement to celebrate!

Our improvement and performance at GCSE 2006 was described as ‘outstanding’ by Sir Cyril Taylor MBE the Chair of the Specialist Schools Trust. He congratulated all Head Teachers Senior Staff and all staff of the 50 most successful schools. His congratulations were echoed by Tony Blair who also gave a presentation at the Conference.

We are absolutely delighted to have achieved such excellence. We have always focused on the importance of Engl ish and Mathematics and our success in these subjects along with Science has led to our current attainment. As 5 or more high grade passes

which include English and Maths is the new National ‘Gold Standard’ we know we have the basis for continued success for all our pupils.

Congratulations to all the staff who contribute to such excellence!

Biology Specialists

Jake Hazell Jack Barney Jo Thomson Dan Bollman Ed Barney,

Michael Jones &

Chris Hiscock

Year 10 pupils enjoying their bonding day with Sparsholt College at Marwell activity centre

Caroline Priddle, Learning Support

Dan Bollman & Jack Barney

Eggar’s – the Island Community

Pictured right is Emma Young of 7PJ

with a cake to commemorate Year Seven’s first anniversary of living as a community shipwrecked on an island a year ago! To explain this Emma said: “We have been having a series of lessons in Religious Studies where we have explored what life would be like if we had to survive as a community, on an island, away from all the trappings of the 21 st Century.

We have had a birth as well as a n a m i n g ceremony ­ we even had to th i nk about some laws and rules when an ’imaginary’ necklace went missing!” Thanks goes to Mrs Cureton for making this wonder­ ful cake which 7PJ enjoyed eating.

Kware Project The charity for the Year 7 is the Kware Project. The Kware

slums are situated in Nairobi, Kenya where 75% of the population are children and poverty is rife. The aim of the charity is to support these children through the building of a hospital and a brand new school. The Year 7s have enthusiastically embraced this charity. All Year 7 tutor groups are organising their own activities to raise money. Many pupils have been busy already in creating Christmas badges, pencils and eating Smarties! Speak to tutees from 7CG about the Smartie eating! This charity will be the focus for the whole academic year.

Art news Mr Colburn Jackson and Miss Carew both run successful Art Clubs of which over 30 Year 7s attend. Both teachers and students alike enjoy the club and the opportunity to work with pupils informally. Miss Carew's club are making seasonal umbrellas, whilst Mr Colburn Jackson's club are making 3D Papier Mache stars for Christmas. All pupils are enjoying the clubs. New projects will begin in the new year and there is still room in the clubs for more pupils. Clubs cost 50p per session, this nominal cost covers all the specialist materials used.

Girls Football

Mr Case (PE Dept) has been organising the Year 7 Girls Football Club. He has been very impressed with the girls’ commitment and skills on show. There has been the odd dodgy tackle, but the girls have shown great enthusiasm and desire for the game. A big thank you must go to Mr Case for running this club. The girls who have trained are: Erin Harris, Naomi Hide, Lauren Connor, Libby Spong, Lizzie Knight, Emma Young, Catherine Blundell, Megan McLachlan, Jenny Smith, Alex Jarvis, Anna­Louise Harris, Lucy Jeffs, Fleur Walker, Sophie White, Hannah Smith, Hannah Steel, Jasmine Weston, Michaela Madgwick and Saffron Smith. Apologies if we have missed anyone out. Well done to you all!

The Year 7’s have gone from strength to strength. Their commitment and passion to learning has been fantastic. I have received nothing but praise from their subject teachers.

Well done Year 7!!

Mr Wheeler Head of Year 7

We have had a busy Autumn Term, everyone has worked hard and is in need now of a relaxing festive break. It has been a pleasure to award many certificates and merits in assemblies. We have had two new pupils join us this term Paulina Brzostek 8SWa and a warm welcome back to Megan Reid 8KN

I have been very impressed with the year council representatives so far this year as they have shown an enormous amount of professionalism at all the meetings making sure they have represented the voice of their tutor groups. As a year group we have then been able to feed back to the whole school in the student voice meetings – thanks to Barny Zubor and Laura Fitzgibbon our Year 8 student voice reps.

On the 17 th November we suspended the Year 8 normal timetable and in its place we had a citizenship day – focussed on health. We were able to have informative sessions on stress relief, drug awareness, alcohol effects, sex education, worldwide cultures and healthy living. We had visitors take the sessions and they were all very pleased with all pupils’ knowledge, participation and commented on their exceptional good behaviour throughout the day

I hope you all have a great Festive holiday and I look forward to seeing everyone in the New Year.

Miss Rogers Year 8 Leader

More Year 8 News

Alex Wood 8RCo and Lucy Ellis 8SMo swam for the Eggar’s School teams in Basingstoke on the 12 th November. The girl’s team came 5 th out of 28. This then meant they went through to the final and came 5 th overall. Please look out for the article on the National Swimming Championships.

Cameron Marshall 8SWa and Connor Fielder 8LH had successful trials for the Hampshire district football squad. They now represent Hampshire’s under 14’s side.

On non uniform day, 17th November, pupils in 9DS held an in class raffle and collected loose change in the dining hall at break and lunchtime and raised £51.10 for Children in Need.

Well done 9DS

NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

On Sunday 12 th November two teams of swimmers represented Eggar's School in the National Swimming Championships for Secondary Schools (Hampshire Round).

They were racing for a place in the National Finals next year. There were 28 schools from across the whole of Hampshire competing at the event.

It was the first time that Eggar's School had been represented at this event and what a fantastic effort was put in by all the swimmers. They had been training hard over the previous weeks under the coaching of former Eggar’s pupil, Emily Clark and proved what wonderful team sport swimming can be.

The two events that were being swum were the 200m Medley Relay (Boys and Girls) and the 200m Freestyle Relay (Boys and Girls).

As both our teams were Yrs 7 to 9 we entered the Junior section of the competition.

The boy’s team swam first in the 200m Freestyle relay and did exceptionally well However, due to a technical error, they were disqualified .

The boys swam next in the 200m Medley Relay and again, they were all brilliant but luck wasn’t on their side and they were once again disqualified.

Junior Girls Team

Lucy Ellis, 8SMo - Catherine Clark, 9HR

Rachel Murphy, 9JF and Emily Bailey, 7PJ.

Boys Junior Team Nicholas Love, 9DW Alex Wood, 8RCo

Tom Preston, 7JW and Jamie Rawlings, 7JW

The girl’s team was up next and swam the 200m Medley Relay. They were fantastic and won their heat and were nervously awaiting the other heats to finish to see whether they had won a place in the final. It seemed an age before we found out and it was bad news! We had been beaten to the final by less than ½ a second and were positioned 7 th overall.

The final race for Eggar’s was the girls 200m Freestyle Relay and this was the last chance to shine and they didn’t let themselves down. They easily won their heat clocking up an extremely impressive time of 2:10:79s and won a place in the final and then out did themselves by beating that time and finishing 5 th with an overall time of 2:09:87s!

We will have to wait and see whether we win a place in the National Finals, but even if we don’t, the team can be excep t i ona l l y p roud o f t he i r achievement. Well done!

Mrs Sutehall.

Year 9 (and two Yr 8‛s) Geography Field Trip

On Friday 13 th October (yes, it did worry me!), 19 Geography students set off on a field trip to the Dorset coast.

We were accompanied by Mr Jim McKell, one of the school governors who we soon discovered had a talent for enter­ taining! We had a “who could eat the whole apple” competition as well as a “guess the time of arrival” competition, which was certainly strongly contested and resulted in loud cheering as the coach came to a complete stop outside the Allnatt Field Centre in Swanage.

After unloading the baggage we were shown to our rooms and we unpacked. After that we were whisked off down the road into Swanage town where the students conducted a survey, asking local residents and visitors what they thought about Swanage and tourism in the town. They were very confident and spoke to a wide range of people. How­ ever, there was one distraction in Swanage that even I didn’t manage to avoid – the Chocolate Factory!

That evening we wrapped up warmly and went out onto the field and participated in some team games in the dark of the night. Everyone had a great time and we were greeted with hot chocolate when we got back.

Saturday morning we set off to Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove. We had a wonderful day and learnt about the coastal formations that we saw, had a go at field sketching as well as conducting another survey on visitors and completing an environmental assessment in Lulworth. However, we still managed to make time for a fish and chip lunch and some even got ice creams!

That evening we divided into teams and headed off on a night challenge! All the students were blindfolded on the coach and were dropped off at various points. Then, with their instructor, they had to find their way back to the Field Centre. Again, hot chocolate awaited some tired, muddy but elated children as all the teams arrived back.

First thing Sunday morning we set off to Studland Beach taking lots of field equipment with us. After we had learnt how to use the equipment we started taking a beach transect. This involved wind measurement, PH of the soil, temperature of the soil, ground angle as well as soil saturation values. After all the hard work, we had our lunch in the dunes and a sand castle competition! The judges couldn’t make a final decision as the standard was so high including elephants, mermaids and an “under the sea” scene, so everyone got a chocolate bar!

We made our way back to the field centre, collected our baggage, said our farewells to the excellent staff and set off back to Eggar’s, arriving back very tired but exhilarated after a great weekend.

Mrs Sutehall Geography Department

Demonstrating the use of a

ranging pole and clinometer used to measure the angle of the

ground.

Catie Davis, 9VA

on Studland beach

Friday the 8 th of December the year 9 pupils watched the SHOCK, AWE & INSPIRE show. Shock Awe and Inspire is an interactive science show which is a thrilling series of science demonstrations linked to key areas of the Science curriculum. Both pupils and teachers were amazed and stunned by the plethora of Science experiments. The show was aimed at captivating pupil’s imagination. The exhibition included many exciting demonstrations which were geared towards the visual learner; this allowed them to further their understand­ ing of some of the key concepts in chemistry and physics. Pupils saw the Flaming Tornado, Levitating Gold, Flammable bubble, flaming music tube and the list goes on. The pupils have requested that they have more time so that they could see more of these demonstrations. The show was researched, produced and presented by Mr Rabani.

James Nathaniel Stuart Declan Bevis, 8RE0 Ward, 7JH Sharpe, 8REo Russel, 8SMo

Southern Trampolining Championships 2006

Keeping Parents Better Informed

As you will probably be aware we have recently introduced a termly progress review which will be issued at the end of each term for all children. The review contains currently information on how your child is progressing. It also contains information that was shared with you on Academic Review Day. There will also be, as in previous years, an annual report and subject based parents consultation evening. We hope that these improvements will make your understanding of your child’s progress even clearer

Held at Holybourne Church on Wednesday 7th December

Eggar’s raised £154.54 which will be donated to Naomi House Children’s Hospice ­ Thank You for your generosity.

Advent Carol

Service

Kingfisher Fish ‘n’ Chips meal for 2 people

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The above donated some mince pies.

˜ Eggar’s admin office staff and the TA’s donated delicious goodies to make up hampers.

˜ Mrs Meeks also very kindly donated a Christmas hamper

On Wednesday 13th December Eggar‛s held their annual

Senior Citizens Christmas party

Raffle prizes

We would like to thank the following who were kind enough to donate prizes for our party:

The Grange Hotel donated a voucher for complimentary Sunday lunch for 2.

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Toni’s Hair Studio delivered a gift voucher for a cut set & blow dry.

Grange

Hotel

Toni‛s Hair Studio

The school hall at Eggar’s opened their doors once again to host the annual Senior Citizens’ party.

The Charity Reps from Years 7, 8 and 9 enthusiastically and beautifully decorated the tables for the Senior Citizens Christmas party. The tables were judged by Mr Serridge & Mr Sullivan, Deputy Heads, it was a very difficult decision but 7PCJ won for their superb effort in Year 7, 8REo gave the best display in Year 8 and 9AV delivered the best decorations in Year 9.

A full Christmas lunch was served to 84 guests invited from Alton and the local area. Altonian Coaches provided transport for those who were unable to make their own way.

After lunch our guests were entertained by the prefects rendition of 12 days of Christmas ­ Eggar’s own Big Band blasted festive cheer out ­ Eggar’s Dance Group excellently showed off their choreographed moves ­ Eggar’s Choir sang and a pianist played golden oldies for a party sing­a­long. When our guests arrived they were given a raffle ticket each – all prizes generously donated ­ At the end of the afternoon the winning raffle numbers were picked and the lucky ticket holders were presented with their prize. Our guests had tea & a mince pies to finish off an exciting afternoon.

We would like to thank the PSA, kitchen staff, teachers and pupils who all helped entertain our guests, an extremely enjoyable and successful afternoon.

Over the years we have prided ourselves on our school transport service, and how responsible and well behaved the children are.

We would, however, just like to take this opportunity in clarifying the procedures regarding bus passes when using this service.

Passes must be shown to the drivers when boarding the bus. If a child does not have a pass, the driver can refuse entry onto the bus. When a pass is lost the child must report this to the Reception team by morning break (if possible), who will then issue a temporary pass. A new pass will be made and £3.50 requested upon receipt. If the pass has been forgotten on a particular day, then a temporary pass must still be obtained from Reception.

A temporary pass will only be valid for a maximum of a week, after which time a new one issued or payment of £3.50 is necessary.

We must stress that if a child is trying to use the bus service without the necessary passes or paperwork, they may be refused the right to travel.

We would like to take this opportunity to remind you how payment should be made to the school.

Unless a standing order is in operation, please could you ensure that all payments for transport, music tuition and educational visits are made by cheque? Cheques should be made payable to “Eggar’s School” and should have the child’s name on the reverse, if different from the cheque book holder. We understand that sometimes it is not possible to send a cheque and cash must be used. If this is the case, we would prefer it if you could hand deliver the money to Reception, in person, in a clearly marked envelope bearing your child’s name, tutor group, what the money is for and the amount. A receipt will be issued, once the contents have been checked.

Thank you for your co­operation in this matter, and we wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Finance Team

Certificates

presented by

Jim McKell Governor

On the evening of Thursday 16 th Novem­ ber we were delighted to welcome back former students of the school who left in the summer of 2006, to receive their GCSE certificates and awards.

The year group who had worked very hard to achieve excellent grades with 74% of the cohort gaining five or more A* ­ C grades were congratulated by Mrs Martin on their attitude and application to their studies. A record 70% of the cohort achieved high grade passes in five subjects including English, Mathematics and Science and the percentage of A and A* grades was higher this year than students at Eggar’s had achieved previ­ ously. Special presentations were made to students in recognition of excellent results in each subject, including awards to students who were also successful in AS level courses at Alton College.

Solo musical interludes were provided by Matthew Rogers and Heather Rowland who are students in the current Year 11 and 10 respectively.

The certificates and awards were presented by Mr Jim McKell, school governor, who concluded the evening with a lively and entertain­ ing address.

Queens Head Public House car park

We ask you that you do not drop off or collect your

children from the Queens Head Car Park

C o m p l i n s r e s i d e n t s ask…….

They realise parking is at a premium at the end of the day but parents are parking across residents’ drive­ ways so that they cannot access their own d r i v e s a n d garages. Please be considerate to local residents

Please

be

more

considerate

THANK YOU

Thank you to all Parents using the absence line. Please also be aware that you then need to follow this up with a letter, on your child's return, to explain the absence.

Mrs Jones School Office

Rehearsals are well underway for the forthcoming school production of ‘Anything Goes’. This promises to be an exciting show with many of Eggar’s students performing talents preparing to tread the boards for a night of music, dance and drama.

If you want to see whether Billy Crocker wins the love of his life, how the gang­ ster, Moonface Martin (no relation to the Head) escapes the FBI and whether Sir Evelyn, the English aristocrat, manages to learn to ‘Hang loose’.......watch out for tickets going on sale in the New Year.

Date What When Who Thursday 4th Jan Act 1 Sc 1, 3 and 4 3.30­6.00 Speaking roles Monday 8th Jan Act 1 Sc 5,6 and 7 3.30­6.00 Speaking roles Wednesday 10th Jan

Act 1 Sc 2 and 8 Act 2 Sc 1 and 5 3.30­6.00 All

Thursday 11th Jan Act 2 Sc 2, 3 and 4 3.30­6.00 Speaking roles Monday 15th Jan Act 1 Sc 1, 3 and 4 3.30­6.00 Speaking roles Wednesday 17th Jan

Act 1 Sc 2 and 8 Act 2 Sc 1 and 5 3.30­6.00 All

Monday 22nd Jan Act 1 Sc 5,6 and 7 3.30­6.00 Speaking roles Wednesday 24th Jan

Act 1 Sc 2 and 8 Act 2 Sc 1 and 5 3.30­6.00 All

Thursday 25th Jan Act 2 Sc 2, 3 and 4 3.30­6.00 Speaking roles Monday 29th Jan Act 1 Sc 1, 3 and 4 3.30­6.00 Speaking roles Wednesday 31st Jan Act 1 Sc 5,6 and 7 3.30­6.00 Speaking roles Thursday 1st Feb Act 2 Sc 2, 3 and 4 3.30­6.00 Speaking roles Monday 5th Feb Act 1 3.30­6.00 All in Act 1 Wednesday 7th Feb Act 2 3.30­6.00 All in Act 2 Thursday 8th Feb Act 1 3.30­6.00 All in Act 1 Monday 12th Feb Act 2 3.30­6.00 All in Act 2 Wednesday 14th Feb Run 3.30­6.00 All Monday 25th Feb Run 3.30­7.00 All Wednesday 27th Feb Run 3.30­7.00 All Thursday 28th Feb Run 3.30­7.00 All

Saturday 3rd March Get in Various

Tech and Back­ stage

Sunday 4th March Technical 10.00­4.00 All Monday 5th March Dress with primary schools ? All Tuesday 6th March Performance

Performance from 7.30 All

Wednesday 7th March Performance

Performance from 7.30 All

Thursday 8th March Performance

Performance from 7.30 All

Friday 9th March Performance Performance from 7.30 All

‘Anything Goes‛ Rehearsal schedule

On Wednesday the 1 st of November we were pleased to welcome groups of 10 year 7 pupils from Amery Hill and Robert May’s to Eggar’s for a special day of science and investigation. A murder had been committed and Detective Chief Inspector Carter needed his finest recruits on the case to find the culprit.

A full day of statement reading, fingerprint analysis, blood spatter and blood group testing along with ink assessment and fibre assay followed, all under the guidance of various officers of the law (Detective Sandeman and CSI McAulay in the lead!)

At the end of a thrilling day it was discovered that one group had correctly identified the murderer, refusing to be led astray by red herrings and using expert deductions to spot him.

Overall the pupils had a dynamic day, working in teams made up of pupils from each school and organising their own time and focus. This was an extremely successful event and one we hope to continue in the future.

Miss McAulay Science

Ink chromatography… who wrote the threatening note?

The Winners! Two of the participants have also written about their day:

On Wednesday 1st Novem

ber a

selected few f

rom Year 7, A

mery Hill,

Eggar’s & Rob

ert Mays were

invited for

a whole day of

forensic scien

ce. They

were informed

that there had

been a

murder and th

at they had be

en chosen

to solve the c

rime. They w

ere given

descriptions o

f the suspects

and the

victim they we

re also given

sheets of

papers with the intervie

ws of the

suspects that t

hey had done e

arlier that

day, The team

s spent the w

hole day

trying their be

st to figure out

what had

happened, the

y did a range

of tests

from blood gro

ups to footprin

ts. At the

end of the day

everyone had

different

ideas of who t

he murderer w

as but

only one of the

groups got the

right

person, in the

end the murd

erer was

Adam. The ca

se was solved

but even

the people wh

o didn’t win ha

d to much

fun to complain

.

Alice Easton 7J

H

Forensic day was a very good day

with lots of things to do with

science. First thing in the morning

we had to miss tutor and go straight

to the science rooms. When we

arrived we had to sit on a table with

a pupil from Amery Hill and Robert

Mays. We had 10 minutes to get to

know them and then the exciting

day started. We had to do lots of

investigating and team work. At the

end of the day we had to put

together all our information and de­

cide who the murderer was. Only

one group got the right answer. It

was a very enjoyable day! Rebecca Cox, 7JH

In response to a number of enquires from our parents, it is proposed that a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Group be established at Eggar’s as soon as possible. The Award has been developed to offer Young People between the ages of 14 and 25 an enjoyable, cha l leng ing and reward ing programme of personal develop­ ment that is recognised to be an out­ standing achievement by employers a n d f u r t h e r e d u c a t i o n a l establishments in many countries. The Award has three levels, depending on age, and each level has four sections:

Service (helping people in the community)

Skills (hobbies, skills, interests) Physical Recreation (sport,

dance, fitness) Expedition (planning and execut­

ing a challenging journey) If you enjoy a challenge and would relish the opportunity to help others, you could be just the person we're looking for to help guide young people through The Duke of Edinburgh's Award. As an Award volunteer you'll be part of a large UK­wide team, spending some of your spare time having fun, making new friends and helping make a real difference to young people's lives. Regardless of whether you have any particular qualifications, the Award could have the perfect role for you. It is also an adult development opportunity ­ either professionally or personally ­ which may lead on to further training, a job, career change and so on. Many Leaders undertake national youth work courses and qualifications. Others with specialist interests may gain coaching or lead­ ership experience/qualifications in their particular field.

Benefits of volunteering: • Share the satisfaction and enjoyment of young people’s achievement. • Improve your relationship with young people; • Work alongside pupils in informal settings • Get involved in your local community; • Enhance your career prospects; • Work with other volunteers in a team, sharing common objectives; • Make new friends; • Enhance your organisational and profes­ sional skills;

Have fun! Different roles Regardless of whether you have any particular qualifications, the Eggar’s Award Team needs volunteers. This could include helping out generally, being a group leader, or perhaps instruct­ ing in a certain sport or skill. Some volunteers could help in the administra­ tion or fundraising activities to help support our Award Group. It could be as simple as you offering to provide assis­ tance with transport. All roles are equally valuable.

To offer your help, please contact Miss J Sandeman at Eggar’s School.

You will be invited to a preliminary meeting where questions can be answered and a more specific guide to the Award Scheme provided. You should then complete the confidential Criminal Records Bureau forms and we can begin.

You will most certainly be made very welcome indeed!

Jill Sandeman

VOLUNTEERS WANTED TO JOIN THE EGGAR‛S DUKE OF EDINBURGH TEAM

A new generation of

Scientists visit

Lab in a Lorry

LAB IN A LORRY

We were privileged to have Lab in a lorry visit the school. The Eggar’s year 9 pupils visited the Lab on the Thursday and the Amery pupils on the Friday. The Lab in a Lorry programme consists of three 44ft lorries that visit schools, youth organisations, major events, and communities free of charge across the UK and Ireland.

Designed to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers, Lab in a Lorry offered year 9 pupils the opportu­ nity to explore science through specially created interactive experiments.

The lorry was fitted with three distinct lab areas where groups of six year 9 pupils took part in the fun and informa­ tive experiments. The programme was delivered by volunteers – all practicing scientists and engineers – and with at least one volunteer mentor to every six students, everyone got to try their hand at experimental science and think about the surprises and questions that arise. The pupils found the Lab in a Lorry a positive experience. The staff commented how enthusiastic and well behaved the Eggar ’s pupi l s were.

The Year 8’s had the honour of meeting one of Britain’s great scientists. At no expense spared the Science department managed to bring back the one and only Sir Isaac Newton. Sir Isaac entertained pupils from Eggar’s, local primary schools and parents. We learnt about his achievements from when he was a little boy till his death. The laws of Gravity, orbits of planets and the three laws of motion were all discussed in great detail. Sir Isaac Newton had retained his sense of humour from his past and had countless jokes and comments which kept the audience smiling. He even impressed one year 11 boy so much he had his apple signed by Sir Isaac Newton. “What a wonderful school with such strong leadership and forward thinking staff” was a comment from the great Scientist.

Eggar’s Art department has recently been offered several tonnes of free clay from Baggeridge’s brick makers, which is about twenty miles away. The only thing we have to do is transport it from their site to our site. This will require a flat­bed truck or lorry with a lifting arm, suitable for carrying pallets. We would be very grateful if any parents or friends of Eggar’s school with access to such a vehicle would be able to collect and

transport this clay for us. The pupils at the school will benefit greatly from

access to this clay as it will allow them to make artwork on a scale never

before seen at the school.

Please contact Mr Paul Colburn­Jackson

at Eggar’s school—01420 541194

School Calendar 2007 – Dates for your diary

Spring Term January 2007 1 BANK HOLIDAY

2 School Holiday 3 INSET DAY 11 Y9 Options evening 18 Y9 Parents Evening 24 Y7 Citizenship Day 25 Y10 Double Awards GCSE Mock Art 26 Y10 Double Awards GCSE Mock Art

February 1 18:00 Drugs info Evening for parents 2 Y8 visit to National Gallery 5 Y8 Exam Week 5 Music GCSE final performaces in Hall 6 Music GCSE final performaces in Hall 8 19:00 ­ 21:0 Y7/8 Valentine Disco 13 Y11 Double GCSE Art 14 Y11 Double GCSE Art 15 Y10/11 GCSE RS trip to Poland for 3 days 15 16:00 ­ 19:00 Y11 Parents Evening 16 INSET DAY

19 ­ 23 HALF TERM 28 17:30 ­ 18:30 Parents drop­in session in LRC

March 1 Y10 Citizenship Day 5 Evening performamces of musical this week to include dress reheasal to primary schools

7 Y11 Science repeat modules Alton College Open Evening 19:00—21:00

12 Y10 Modular Science exams Y11 MFL orals KS3 Y9 Mock SATS week

14 Y7 Science Big Bug Show (TBC) 16 Y8 Science trip to Natural History Museum (TBC) 19 Y11 Science special event – Shock, Awe & Inspire 22 Spring Concert 19:00 hrs 23 Academic Review Day—1 to 1 reviews with pupils, tutors and

parents 26 Y7 Exam week

Y10 visit to Pertuis 28 Y8 reports to parents