A SPECIALIST SCIENCE COLLEGE July 2007 Issue No. 6

Awards Evening at Eggar‛s

On Thursday 5th July we celebrated the achievements of our students at the Awards Evening Ceremony. We were delighted to welcome Mr Chris Jones, who is an ex-Eggar‛s student from 1981 and is now the Chief Executive Officer of Harcourt Education. Pupils were awarded for excellence in curriculum subjects, valued work in the school community, school sporting colours as well as Tutor and Head of Year Awards.

The Victor Ludorum Sports Award went to Louise Small of 10SKi and the Outstanding Artist Award to Ben Knights of 9SCa. Throughout the event proud parents, pupils, staff and guests were entertained by the Big Band and the evening closed with a speech made by our Head Boy Richard Hibbert and Head Girl Hayley Ward. All our students should be congratulated on their achievements.

Senior Prefect Awards presented to Head Boy Richard Hibbert 10KMc, Head Girl Hayley Ward 10CB, Deputy Head Boy Richard Jarvis 10CB and Deputy Head Girl Rosemary Croft 10KMc

Dear Parent

What a year! Back in September I said that we were aiming to achieve even more successes for our staff and pupils in the forthcoming twelve months, and I am very pleased to tell you that we have achieved our aims.

Once again you can see in our newsletter that our pupils have enjoyed many rich and exciting experiences this term. We have enjoyed visits and trips out of school and welcomed visitors to our school. You will find the details of many of these within these pages. I am particularly delighted by the consistency of the praise our teachers receive about the conduct of our children whether they are on a trip in this country or abroad. Visitors to our school always praise the courtesy and the maturity of our pupils. There is no doubt they are a great credit to you their parents and to us their teachers. I am certainly very proud of them.

We continue to achieve high academic success with some of the best results ever for our Year 9 pupils in their Key Stage 3 results. Congratulations to all those pupils, their teachers and tutors and Mr Eost their Year Leader. Year 11 worked their way through their examinations with application and commitment and we are hopeful that they will all do well this year. We are fully subscribed for the new Year 7 joining us in September and they have already spent a very exciting day here with us as part of their induction.

This year: • we have achieved the accolade of being the 7 th most improved school in the country at 5 or more high grade

GCSE’s with Mathematics and Science • we continue to be in the top 25% of all schools nationally for the value we add to our pupils at both key stages • we have just been identified as a High Performing Specialist School and are in the process of choosing our

second specialism • I was successful in becoming a National Leader for Education (identified by the National College of School

Leadership) and Eggar’s is a National Support School • This week I was informed that this will continue for a further year, and just last week I received some amazing

news, which again reflects brilliantly on our great teachers, support staff and pupils As a Consultant Head with Eggar’s as a Consultant school we have begun to work with partner schools to share the very best practice in leadership, teaching and learning

As you may be aware the new Secretary of State for Education, Mr Ed Balls has announced that with the Prime Min­ ister he will be setting up a National Council for Educational Excellence. This will comprise of about 18 – 20 top professionals from the world of industry and education: their remit to work to achieve world class education for our land, and……………… I have been asked to join this group! What an accolade for our school! So, this week I go to London for the first meeting!

Meanwhile the Summer holidays are around the corner and after all the achievements and hard work this year we are all looking forward to a relaxing break. May I take this opportunity to thank you all so very much for all your support and many kind comments throughout the year.

I wish you a wonderful summer holiday. Let’s hope we see some good weather! I look forward very much to seeing you again next term to share with you even more successes for our children and the community of our school.

Yours sincerely

Felicity Martin Head Teacher

On two occasions this half term, we welcomed 164 new pupils to Eggar‛s as part of the Year 6 transition from primary schools to Eggar‛s in September. The Induction Evening on 14th June was an incredible success with the hall crammed full of new pupils, parents, guardians and teachers! The pupils met Head Teacher, Mrs Martin, for the first time and were very excited about meeting their Tutor and Tutor Groups. Even our new Art teacher, Miss Masterman, managed to travel all the way from Devon for the evening! Induction Day was one of the best we have seen; the Year 6 pupils formed a rainbow of colour in their uniforms as we sat in the gym. I can‛t wait to see them all in their blazers come September! Although a few of the Year 6 looked a little nervous at the beginning of the day, by the end of the day they didn‛t want to leave! And it‛s no wonder why…. Mr Smith‛s hand clapping music lesson, the wonderful art work created using different types of materials, the big bangs and colour changes taking place in the Science Department, future tennis stars showing off their racket skills, Mummies in the English Department, pentominoes in Maths and dreaming in Drama… just a few of the activities which took place during the day.

Mr Rabani making a ‘Big Bang‛ in the Science Department!

Any one for tennis?

Hard at work…

Pupils also had the chance to experience what a typical day is like at Eggar‛s and had the opportunity to meet many of our teachers and support staff, as well as the current pupils. This proved an excellent chance for the Year 6 to find their way around Eggar‛s and for them to get rid of those nerves ready for September. I can‛t wait! I wish you all a fantastic summer break and I look forward to seeing you all in September!

Mr J Wordsworth

Overall, it has been a fantastic year for Year 7. Well done!! Once September starts you will be Year 8s and there will be the new Year 7s who will look to you for your help and guidance. You will be their role models and I will be counting on you to set the right example and I have every confidence in you. The Year 7s have certainly been busy in this last half term, some of which has included:-

Continued fundraising for the Kware Project with the year group raising £500. We were very pleased to hand over a cheque to representative, Benn Mugisha, who was delighted with the amount. Congratulations on your efforts!

During June, Julie Bianchi-Gray of 7CG took part in a dancing concert called ‘Out Of This World’ at Swanmore School. Julie performed in the roles of ‘The Sun’, ‘Milky Way’ and ‘Cosmic Girl’. The performances were a mixture of ballet and modern dance. Julie has been dancing now for nine years. Well done!

Congratulations also go to Joseph Bennett of 7CG on his Stage 1 Certificate for the electrical guitar. He beautifully played a piece during a recent assembly on the classical guitar.

Merits, merits and more merits!!!

The year group has been going into overdrive in gaining merits for their hard work and progress throughout the year. Some individuals have hit staggering amounts!

Bethany Martin 7JW – 667 Hannah Steel 7JW – 592

Emily Bailey 7PJ – 518 Cameron Reid 7JW - 458

Have a brilliant but safe Summer holiday. And see you all in September ready for Year 8!

Mr A Wheeler Year 7, Year Leader

This term, Year 7 have been working on their Eco­system Projects in Geography and some spectacular work has been submitted. I am sure you’ll enjoy this poem by Jasmine Weston of 7OW.

Mediterranean Poem

A gentle breeze brushes against my cheek, A silent murmur drifts across the open lands,

The sea calls across the hills, calling to the wind, Who waits for winter, innocently, quietly.

Nature fills the lands, every corner, Some stand in the open, elegant and tall,

Whilst others await their prey behind the thorny bushes,

Ready to pounce on their victims, dauntlessly.

The waves writhe back and forth impatiently, The sun forbids its rights until the time,

When the cold engulfs its rays, bringing misery, The happiness fades from nature, they hide from

cold,

Free are the wind and sea, tossing and turning, Tearing any trace of light or warmth from the

lands, Blizzards tear the sky in two, pieces everywhere, The snow sleeps on the empty floors, delicately,

All animals hide away from the deadly misery, They sleep soundlessly waiting for their turn,

When the winds will let the sun take over once more,

Not a tip‐toe to be heard, mysterious, unknown.

Well done Year 7, Mr Gibb and I really enjoyed reading your projects.

Mrs Sutehall Geography Curriculum Leader

On Friday 22nd June, I and the rest of Year 7 stood outside the school huddling into our fleeces due to the cold - well it was June and it was 4:30am! Although it was very strange being up at such an early hour I could tell everyone else was as excited as I was as we were about to travel to Boulogne. The coach journey was very noisy and anyone thinking they would catch up on some sleep were sadly mistaken. After three hours of chatting, paper games, songs and more chatting we arrived at Dover and clambered onto the ferry. Despite the occasional bout of sea sickness the ferry was very enjoyable. On arrival we travelled by coach and thought the scenery was disappointingly English but when we saw all the road signs written in French it suddenly sunk in; we were in France! First we went to Nausica Sea-life centre, it was very dark inside and was lit by violet neon lights. There were lots of tropical fish, blue lobsters, sharks and stingrays, which you could touch with your fingertips as they flew past.

This unique experience was followed by the grand finale of the day: Cite Europe! This was filled with thousands and thousands of shops, there were also huge sand sculptures on one floor. I spent a very happy two hours wandering in and out the various shops buying souvenirs. I had dinner at a place called ‘Flunch‛ where I had a salad and some sumptuous chocolate cake!

I think this was the best school trip I have ever been on and I would highly recommend it to the next Year 7.

By Emily Lovelock 7CG

The ‘must have‛ Year 7 fashion item — a French beret!

Mr Colburn-Jackson and Mrs Cox enjoying the sights in Boulogne old

CAN RECYCLING SAVE THE WORLD? 22 ND March 2007

THE QUESTION ON EVERYONE’S LIPS...

Many years ago a famous activist spoke the immortal words ‛I have a dream‛. In the same way we should each have a dream, a dream for a better future. Martin Luther King Jnr‛s dream, and the dreams of so many others, are all supporting our constant search for a better future.

If we do not combat the devastating effects of global warming, then those dreams will be dead. Our dreams and our world, along with any hopes for a better future. However, it does not have to be this way. We as individuals can fight, fight against pollution and global warming. Recycling is so quick and easy, yet it can have an enormous effect on our world. It is simple but effective and in years to come could save lives. Many household objects are recyclable and you can tell whether an object is recyclable from the green recycling symbol. If we all recycle, then our children and future generations will have a wonderful world to live in with clean water and cleaner air. If we recycle then we will reduce the amount of goods being manufactured which will result in the lessening of the amount of fossil fuels burned. As well as harming ourselves through polluting the Earth we are also causing many of Earth‛s species of animal to die out as they fight the sudden changes in climate. Thousands of young animals are being born too early in a sudden heat wave and are then dying out when the temperature drops again before they have even had a chance to live. There are currently over 7,200 species of named animal threatened by extinction and over 8,300 species of plant also endangered. This is due to the sudden severity of weather we are receiving in Britain today. It is not a question of whether recycling

can save the world it is a question of whether we, as human beings have enough respect and can put in the effort to save our beautiful jewel of a planet. The Earth is in our hands.

By Katy Taylor 8KN

YOUNG GEOGRAPHER OF THE

YEAR 2007 Unfortunately we didn’t reach the finals of this competition, there’s always 2008! However, there were some marvellous entries by our young Geographers here at Eggar’s. The theme for the competition was “Can recycling save the world?” and they needed to produce an 800 word article on this topic. There were some excellent entries and it was very hard for me to choose a winner as they all made such an effort. However judgements had to be made so:­

First prize ­ Katy Taylor 8KN Second Prize – Harriet Granville­Jones 8KN

Third Prize – Bryony Jones 9AV

Also a special mention to Lucy Chubb who made a book about recycling which was very special, so well done Lucy. I am sure you’ll find the following section from Katy’s entry very informative.

Mrs A Sutehall Geography Curriculum Leader

Autumn Term September 3 INSET DAY

4 First day of term for Y7 with Assembly at 8:40 in the hall ­ Y7 parents welcome Y11 Prefects in school to assist Y7

5 Whole school starts Y7 Bonding Day to Fairthorne Manor, Nr Botley

13 Fotek photography taking tutor and individual photos 17 Y10 Leisure & Tourism trip to Paultons park 19 Science Lecture — Science magic for Y7 and Primary pupils

Community Lecture from 19:00 in the hall 20 Y6 Open Evening starts 18:30 21 Y6 Open Morning starts 09:15 26 Y9 30 MFL/Science students depart for Loubatas Centre, France

Y7 Curriculum information evening from 18:30 in the hall October 2 Y11 Art Trip

3 Y9 30 MFL/Science students return from Loubatas Centre, France Y9 30 MFL/Science students depart for Loubatas Centre, France

10 Y9 30 MFL/Science students return from Loubatas Centre, France 11 Alton College Open Evening from 18:30 12 Y11 Holocaust Imperial War Museum trip 17 Y9 34 Geography Students depart for Isle of Wight Field Trip 18 Alton College Open Evening from 18:30 19 Y9 34 Geography Students return from Isle of Wight Field Trip

22­26 HALF­TERM 29 Return to school 30 Revision booklets issued to Y11

November 1 Y10 Curriculum & Work Experience Evening at 18:30 14 Y11 Drama Exams 15 Presentation Evening for GCSE Certificates 16 Y11 Boulogne Day Trip 19 Y11 MFL Mock oral exams all week

Y11 GCSE Coursework catch­up afterschool sessions 21 Science Lecture — Lovely Liquid Nitrogen for Y8/9 + Primary

pupils Evening lecture in the Hall at 19:00

28 Y11 Drama exams 29 Y11 Mock exams begin 30 Y10 Art trip ­ TBC

December 5 Rehearsal for Advent Carol Service at Holybourne Church 6 Advent Carol Service from 19:00­20:00 at Holybourne Church 7 Y10 Lille day visit 11 Senior Citizen Christmas Party from 13:30 — 16:30 13 Yuletide Concert in the hall from 19:00 14 Academic Review Day 1:1 reviews with pupils, tutors and parents 19 Last day of school before Christmas holiday

Y11 pupils with overdue GCSE coursework to stay in school until 15:10

School Calendar 2007 ­ Dates for your diary

On Saturday 23 rd June Eggar‛s Mock Trials team represented the South-East in the National Finals. It was held in Nottingham and we were up against 17 other schools, all of which had already beaten many others. The competition started. The defence was first and performed excellently. The other team didn‛t stand a chance! It was then the Prosecutions turn, I was really anxious. The Lawyer from the opposing team started her questions in the cross-examination. Her questions were alright to begin with but then she started to ask the same question again and again until she got the answer she wanted. Finally, Katie Davis stood up and said that she was badgering me! I was relieved. The real Magistrate agreed and told the Lawyer that she was also running over her time limit. But she carried on! At last the Magistrate stopped her in her tracks and she had to sit down. Once all the schools had finished, we sat down in the entrance and waited for the results. We waited… and waited… and waited. It was a long while until the judges appeared to reveal the winner. The judges handed out certificates and declared the Mock Trials Champions. Disappointingly, we didn‛t win, although we were still very content with our performance . After all, we came in the top 18 out of 384 different teams! It was a great experience for everyone. We had worked really hard and learnt a lot. It was amazing and fun. Also, through mock trials, we had formed a group with terrific teamwork and bonded together as the competition carried on. Mrs Nessa said, “I‛m so proud of the whole team for getting this far and contributing this much effort toward it but the real highlight was seeing them work so well as a team.” Thank you Mrs Nessa for helping us through and supporting us the whole way, from Aldershot, to Southampton, to Nottingham. We couldn‛t have done it without you!

This final term and indeed this year, seems to have flown by so quickly, with Year 8 maturing just as fast and many of them already taller than me! During this final term as Year 8 they have been working very hard and have stayed focused on their work. They have also been congratulated for their hard work in school as many were rewarded at Awards Evening. The Mock Trial team have been very successful this year and I was delighted when our candidates got through to the final round in Nottingham. Many Year 8 pupils showed prospective parents around the school and were a credit to Eggar’s as they were very polite and answered all the questions. The Student Voice Group have been very active and we like to encourage all students to have a say in Tutor time, special thanks to Laura Fitzgibbon who, as Student Voice Representative, has given assemblies to the whole school. A group of selected students were also able to take part in a recent philosophy workshop in school. The guest speaker was delighted by the questions asked and believe Year 8 is bursting with young philosophers. We sadly have some goodbyes this year. Tutor group 8LH are sad to be saying goodbye to Miss Hampson, but they all wish her good luck at her new school. Tutor group 8KN have been saying goodbye to Mrs Nessa, they will all miss her and wish her every success in her new job. Finally Mr Deadman who has been tutor to 8SMo will be leaving and we all wish him every success in his new school. This does not mean that we will be missing tutors of course. I am pleased to say that 8LH will become 9NW as their new tutor will be our new Technology Teacher Mr Waite. 8KN will become 9KM as they will have Miss Mitchell and 8SMo will go across to Geography and be­ come 9AS with Mrs Sutehall. I hope everyone has a lovely summer holiday and look forward to seeing everyone in the new academic year.

Miss L Rogers (soon to be Mrs Ashover)

Year 8, Year Leader

On Tuesday 10th July some of the Year 8 were invited to participate in a Philosophy morning with Mr Ken Wilby. It was very interesting and he did some activities which really made me think! In the first part of the morning we did three activities which prepared us for the afternoon session. My favourite one was when we got asked which we would rather have , out of the following choices—what would you choose and why?:-

A real live fairy

A real live dinosaur

A never empty purse

A door to another world

This decision took some careful thought as to which would be the most useful. Once we had made our choices we had to create an argument saying why we had chosen it.

We then had to create counter arguments to whatever the other participants had chosen. I picked a fairy because then you could just wish for everything else! It was however very interesting to hear the other groups choices and their arguments. After this we looked at famous quotes about education and read a piece of text and wrote questions about it. My favourite bit was yet to come. At break-time the teachers from the English Department came in with snacks for us all! Everyone tucked in and soon the plates were empty. I can tell you we found some interesting combinations to do with salsa! In the second part of the morning we picked our favourite question and then argued it out. This took us to lunchtime and the end of our session. I really enjoyed this experience and it was interesting watching my fellow students argue their points of view. I would like to thank Mr Newman and Miss Mitchell for organising the Philosophy Morning with Ken Wilby. Also thank you to the canteen staff for the yummy food!

By Beth Saward 8SMo

Wow!! What a successful year this

has been...

It seems like no time at all that the year group

were starting in Year 7 and here we are with

them starting their GCSE courses, with some

GCSE subjects already underway.

The group as a whole have really grown up this

year with them developing into young adults.

This has shown in their attitude and work

towards the recent SATs.

With the SATS results just in for Science and

Maths I can report they were outstanding, with

the year group out performing the predicted

grades. The boys Maths results were the best

they have ever been! Congratulations to all Year

9 pupils, these results bode well for the next

couple of years.

I am sure the English results will be equally as

good. I would like to take this opportunity of

thanking the Science, Maths and English team

on behalf of Year 9 for all their hard work.

We have many of the Year 9 pupils involved in

many extra curricular activities including sport,

music, languages, drama, dance, science, mock

trials and Student Voice. I would like to

congratulate these pupils in giving up their time

to give something back to the school. It does

make a real difference. Well done!

I hope that every one has a relaxed, enjoyable

and safe summer holiday ensuring we are back

in September ready for the hard work ahead!

Mr R Eost

Year 9, Year Leader

Year 9 students and staff had the rare privilege to listen to the enthralling story told by Vera Schaufeld, who is a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust. Students heard of her parents’ heartbreaking decision to send her at the tender age of nine, on a train to England from Prague as part of the kinder transport, late in 1938. As Vera described, this was the only way to save their child, although, un­ known to her at the time, Vera would never see her parents, grandmother and other relatives ever again, as they were all murdered as part of the Nazi Final Solution. The Year 9 students were able to ask lots of questions of Vera, who answered with great eloquence and no hint of hatred and bitterness for the past. Indeed, Vera impressed upon her young listeners just how important it is for all of us to be vigilant against any hint of prejudice and discrimination. The striking thing that emerged from her talk, was just how Vera’s story highlights the survival of the human spirit against all odds.

Vera’s career since living in the UK has been as a very successful teacher as well as re­building her life to include meeting a fellow survivor, marrying, and now she is the proud mother of two and grand­ mother of four grandchildren.

Mrs C Gerlach Religious Studies Curriculum Leader

Vera Schaufeld being presented with a basket of flowers by Year 9 students

YEAR 9 WELCOMES

VERA SCHAUFELD

We started out very early, about 5.30am in the morning. All the students were wide awake, whilst the staff were half­asleep!! The Flanders Field Museum was our first destination in Ypres. It is designed to give visitors an insight into what the conditions were like during WWI, especially as Ypres was the scene of three major battles. In pairs, students were given a name of an actual person, who could be tracked during the visit. Students could learn about the impact of the war on an individual. And of course, they would discover if their individual survived the war. Some poor soul had to be Hitler, who was gassed in an attack in 1918.

Flanders Field Museum

For some students, (they will remain nameless!) one of the highlights of the day was the visit to the chocolate shop in Ypres! The shop owner did a roaring trade! Hill 62 allowed the students to gain an idea of the trenches from WWI and in some cases how muddy they could be! Wellies were a necessity and some students even went into the bunkers and tunnels which were pitch black. For Chris Knight, the visit to Tyne Cot Cemetery was very personal and moving. His great­grandfather is laid to rest there. Chris found his great­grandfather’s name on the roll of honour and he laid a cross down for his family. All of the students became aware of the huge cost of the war in terms of human lives. Tyne Cot is beautifully preserved and looked after.

The Cross of Sacrifice at Tyne Cot

All of the students laid a poppy on one of the graves. Each pupil having their own personal reason for whom they had chosen. Many also tried to find their surname on the roll of honour. The German Cemetery at Langemark is completely different from Tyne Cot. German soldiers were buried together in the same graves, as opposed to British ones, where the British soldiers have their own individual graves. The Year 9s certainly saw the stark contrast between the two cemeteries.

Langemark

The ferry crossing was certainly memorable. After a two hour delay due to weather, the crossing was a little ‘choppy’. Quite a few students certainly felt the impact of the choppiness, including Jordan Taylor!! He turned an interesting shade of green! All of the students had a thoroughly enjoyable day which was eye­opening and moving.

Mr Adam Wheeler History Department

At seven o’ clock on Thursday 24th June, 41 Eggar’s students set off for Spain dragging four members of staff with them! The coach journey was good considering the time in the morning. We left Heathrow for Barcelona at 11:15am. When we arrived at Barcelona the weather was lovely. After waiting half an hour we embarked on our coach journey to Calella. After arriving at our 3 star hotel we settled into our rooms and af­ ter a few interesting problems and a few extra grey hairs for the Teachers, we ate at the hotel then left for bowling, which was good fun. Returning to the hotel we got to bed at 10:30pm with lights out at 11:00pm This was our first day in Spain. We woke up eager to see the standard of our hotel breakfast which was good before setting off at 9:00am to Barcelona city. We visited the Gaudí park and the ‘Sagrada Familia’ and even had time for shopping and watching the street entertainers along Las Ramblas.

After ordering our lunch in Spanish, we then headed off for our journey to the Nou Camp. This was a huge and impressive stadium. Our evening was spent relaxing at the hotel.

Our next morning began in Gerona, which was not at all like Barcelona, it was very peaceful and relaxing. We then went to the Dali Museum and saw many of his surrealist works. He was a nutty genius! It was a long journey back to the hotel but enjoyed our dinner on arrival and followed it with a game of mini­golf. It was good fun but the weather wasn’t! Luckily the sun shone for the rest of the week — so we couldn’t complain. Sunday was the day that everybody had been waiting for. It was Port Aventura, which happens to be one of the best theme parks in Europe.

Everyone had a spectacular 5 hours at the theme park! On return to the hotel we had to get ready for the next day, but did have time to visit the beach and had a game of volleyball. It was fantastic. The teachers also treated us to an ice cream! The next morning gave us an hour for shopping in Calella before packing and leaving for Barcelona airport. We arrived back at Eggar’s exhausted but happy. Despite the pouring rain our spirits weren’t dampened — even though our shorts and sunglasses looked a little out of place!

Harry Frost 9JF and Jack Bailey 9DS

Voucher collections

We have collected almost 30,000 Sainsburys Active Kids vouchers during the recent promotion. The order has now been despatched and we look forward to receiving it at the beginning of next term. Another very successful collection with a total of over 11,000 Tesco Computers for Schools vouchers matched the number ‘banked’ from 2006. This has enabled us to have a new digital camera for use by both pupils and staff. On behalf of everyone at Eggar’s I would like to express my thanks to those who have sent in vouchers, your efforts are much appreciated. Thank you.

Mrs H Pennington School Librarian

As we approach the end of the academic year, some of you will be planning to move and relocate. If your child is to change school, it is obviously a sensible decision to plan such a move during the holidays in order to minimise disruption to your child’s education. It is essential that you inform us as soon as you know that your child will be leaving so that we can send the relevant records onto the new school.

Mrs M Pester Admissions Secretary

SCHOOL TIES We are increasingly finding some

pupils misplacing or forgetting their school ties. Although we have a few in place for loan for the day, these are not being returned to the office, despite pupils being reminded. We would really appreciate parents checking children’s schoolbags and bedrooms during the summer break for any borrowed ties and returning them to the office in September. If you wish to purchase a new tie these can be obtained from the office for just £4.00 each. Order forms for school uniform items are always available from the school office. On placing an order please return with a cheque payable to 1st Grade (please ensure your child’s name and tutor group is on the reverse), the orders are generally collected on a Friday and if the item is in stock these will be delivered to the school office for collection the following Friday.

School Canteen

Owing to Government Legislation being implemented in September 2007, there will be changes to the service provided in the School Canteen.

Mid­morning break: No cakes or biscuits will be on sale during mid­morning break.

Lunch­time: Cakes and biscuits can only be purchased as part of a lunch i.e. hot food + cake/biscuit or Sandwich + cake/biscuit.

Thank you for your support. Mrs L Varney Catering Supervisor

An “outstanding evening‛s entertainment” was provided at the 4 th Eggar‛s School Big Band event on Friday 29 th June in preparation for the Big Band tour to Germany. Following a similar format to previous years, the audience enjoyed three hours of live music as they set up their tables with food and drink to see them through the evening. However, this year the Big Band welcomed local musician Phil Singleton with his own Big Band to share the evening which followed on from an afternoon workshop.

The standard of performance maintained by our Big Band was outstanding and congratulations must go to all of the musicians who worked so hard towards the event. Notable solo performances came from Tally Burkitt-Jones on tenor sax, Meredith Tiala, Charlie Yarrow and Chris Capper all on alto sax, James Smith playing drums and Kati Whitehead on flute. Many of these solos were performed during a blues composed by Phil Singleton, as Eggar‛s pupils duelled against players in the Phil Singleton Big Band in a marathon display of improvisational skill! This event has now firmly found itself as a regular annual event and each year the audience gets bigger and the standard gets higher. Excellent!

Mr Matt Farris Music Curriculum Leader

A final note from Mr Farris…

It is with great sadness that Miss Lisa Hampson lea ves the Mus ic Department at Eggar‛s after two years of outstanding work. During her time at the school she has continued to maintain and develop the standard of singing in the school choir and chamber choir and has worked tirelessly to uphold the high standard of music in the school. As she moves to her new job, we wish her every success and are sure that she will impress her new colleagues with her passion and enthusiasm for music. Good luck! We now look forward to Mr Nathan Smith joining the Music Department on our return to school after the

Two of our Year 10 students have been making the news recently following their running success with Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletics Club. Oliver Aitchinson of 10CB qualified with a time of 4.07 to represent Hampshire in the 1500 metres at Birmingham. Oliver is particularly relieved after recovering from a recent knee injury, which clearly hasn‛t hindered his success. Also running the 1500 metres is Louise Small of 10SKi. Louise has recently qualified to represent Britain in the Czech Republic and will be running in the under 17 age group, which is an amazing achievement as she will be competing against athletes two years older than herself! Louise ran a comfortable 4.25 to qualify within a time of 4.28. Well done Oliver and Louise, and good luck with the forthcoming competitions, we look forward to hearing how you get on. Finally, it must be ‘running in the family‛ for the Aitchinsons! We are delighted to report that Megan Aitchinson of 8REo recently not only won the 100 metres at the District finals, which meant she qualified for the County Championships, but also won at this event and is now the ‘County Champion for the 100 metres!‛ - well done Megan!

At the beginning of this summer term, Eggar‛s School lacrosse team played their first friendly match against Perins School. Congratulations go to the Eggar‛s team for winning the match. Special thanks should go to East Hampshire District Council, who have provided funding to allow a Street Dance Club to be set up at Eggar‛s School, every Thursday after school, from 3.30pm until 4.30pm. Thank you to our Year 9s for their recent help in organising two very successful events. The first was a multi-skills Festival at Binsted Recreation Ground for Year 2 pupils. All the primary schools pupils thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon‛s activities. On Wednesday 13th June, Eggar‛s hosted a Primary school Athletics Festival. Over one hundred pupils took part and special thanks should go to our Year 9 students for their help. Well done! I would like to add my thanks to all pupils and staff from Eggar‛s School and the Primary Feeder Schools for the enthusiasm and positive support that you have shown me during my three enjoyable years working as the School Sport Co-ordinator here at Eggar‛s. As I am relocating to Derbyshire in September, I wish you all every success for the future.

Julie Greatorex School Sport Co-ordinator,

ROUNDERS Rounders this term has been a great success. When it hasn't been raining.!!!! Practices have been held after school for everyone and participation rates have been the highest I've seen in 3 years. All those involved have been really keen and their ability has grown from strength to strength. There have been teams from years 7, 8 and 9 that have competed and gained success. Just last week both years 7 and 8 beat Perins School in the last match of the season. On Monday (the last practice of the year) we held Mr Eost v Miss Carter Rounders matches. Even though Jenny Happel did catch Mr Eost out! I hate to admit that my team did lose all 3 matches. Apart from the rain it has been a really enjoyable summer term and I wish all the girls much success for the future. Well Done!!!

Miss S Carter PE Department

ATHLETICS

Unfortunately, due to the inclement weather this term, many of fixtures have been cancelled. Years 7, 10 and 11 all took part in small events and all years were able to take part in the Aldershot and District Championships held at Palmer Park in Reading gaining the following success — well done everyone: Year 7Girls: Anna Harris 4th in the 100m Year 7 Boys: Josh Grant 3rd in the 100m Matthew Clarke 2nd in the High Jump Year 8 Girls: Megan Aitchison 1st in the 100m Camilla Hudson 4th in the High Jump Year 8 Boys: Anthony Beard 5th in the 400m Year 9 Girls: Jess Hoare 2nd in the 100m, and 6th in the Long Jump Amira Sahraoui 5th in the 200m, and 4th in the High Jump Hannah Gray 5th in the Long Jump Chloe Daniels 4th in the Shot Putt Sophie Johnson 2nd in the Javelin Girls 4 x 200m Relay 2nd Year 9 Boys: Jamie Head 5th in the 100m George Carroll 6th in the 200m, and 4th in the Long Jump Chris Capper 3rd in the 800m Boys 4 x 100m Relay 3rd Sean Smith 3rd in the Shott Putt Hugh Jowett 6th in the Discus Years 10 and 11: Louise Small 1st in the 1500m Oli Aitchinson 2nd in the 1500m Boys 4 x 100m Relay 6th James Milburn 6th in the High Jump Lee Lucas 3rd in the Long Jump Dom Beardsall 6th in the Shot Putt

On reflection, this academic year has been a success for the PE Department. The number of pupils opting for GCSE PE & Dance are at an all time high and the first full year in the new facilities has given pupils access to high quality facilities and in turn, high quality teaching and learning. The provision for extra­curricular activities has seen a great deal of diversity, ranging from lacrosse to a girls only fitness club have been on the ‘menu’. The number of pupils accessing two hours of high quality PE has seen an improvement year on year. We improved from 57% last year to 68% this year and have shown a massive improvement in the last 5 years (from 10% to 68%). All credit has to go to the PE Staff for facilitating this. I look forward to reporting more success in this area next year. In inter­school fixture competitions we still continue to hold our own against similar sized schools with the highlights being the senior first 15 Rugby squad getting to the Hampshire Plate final at Winchester RFC, the Year 8 Football squad getting to the final of their respective league, the Year 10 Basketball squad getting to the final of the District Cup. More success next year, I hope.

Cricket News… Our U13 Cricket team (a mixture of Year 7 & 8 pupils) made a very shaky start to the season. Since then the team has consistently improved and are now a competitive team.

Attendance to nets has steadily improved throughout the season thanks largely to Ben Jansen from Alton CC and the ‘Chance to Shine’ initiative. Numbers are such that, for the first time since I have been here, Eggar’s will be able to field full teams in Year 7, 8 & 9 next academic year! Roll on next year, I am really looking forward to this! On a more sombre note, it is with regret that several members of the Department are leaving us this year. Ms Carter is moving to another School due to promotion, Mrs Greatorex is re­locating to Derbyshire and Mr Gibb has joined his fiancée and daughter in Norway. Much of the success of the Department is owed to them so they have my thanks for all the hard work they put in. A big thank you also, to those members of staff who have worked hard this year in creating opportunities for Eggar’s students. For every cloud, there is a silver lining. That lining comes in the form of Ms McCready and Mr Michael (who most of you have seen around the School recently). I look forward to their arrival in September and the contribution they will be making to the Department. Thank you for everyone’s continued support this year and have a restful summer and here’s looking forward to continued success next year!

Mr S Laycock PE Curriculum Leader

Silver Artsmark Award for Eggar’s!

Eggar’s School has cause for celebration this term as we have been awarded the Silver Artsmark award by the Arts Council. This prestigious award was gained through the school’s ongoing commitment to all forms of art. The awards event took place at the Capitol Theatre in Horsham Sussex. The school sent three representatives; art teacher, Mr Colburn­Jackson and students Meredith Tiala 11SD and Alex Gillan 11MB (pictured below).

The students selected to collect the award represent some of Eggar’s most talented artists, musicians and actors. Alex appeared in the school production of ‘Anything Goes’ earlier this year and has an interest in amateur dramatics outside of school. Meredith is a talented saxophonist and plays in the school orchestra and Big Band. The awards were presented by the Poet, John Agard, who gave an extremely entertaining and funny recital from a selection of his poetry. There was also music from a swing singer and a jazz ensemble. According to our two representatives our own Big Band are much better!

The day was a great success and having the award opens doors to many arts activities in which the school can participate in the future.

Mr P Colburn­Jackson Art Department

Ceramic artist Ali Cooper Some Year 10 students have now completed their first GCSE in Painting and Drawing and have begun their next GCSE in Ceramics. On the 4th July we were visited by local Ceramic Artist Ali Cooper, as seen in the photo with her son Stefan Romer 10SL. Ali was able to talk to us about her work and show us some examples. Students were able to question her and gather a greater understanding of how an artist works with clay.

Mrs S Kinteh - Art Curriculum Leader

7OW Cake Stall Mr Wheaton, Robert Headleand, Charlie Riddle & Mrs Cox

‘Exceedingly good Jam Tarts!‛ Mrs Campbell

Music from the Big Band...

A big ‘thank you’ to the PSA for helping to organise the School Fete. The afternoon was a great success and luckily the sun kept shining! Thank you also to the many volunteers and pupils, and to those of you that came along to enjoy and support this worthwhile event.

Local artist, Madeleine Allison, spent time with our Year 7 students drawing and painting her brood of chickens! This event was thoroughly enjoyed and as you can see from this small sample, the students produced some excellent artwork.

On Friday 6th July Year 10 held a Barbeque to celebrate the success of the prefect and senior team appointments. It ended up as a small affair but a highly enjoyable one. Our Head Girl, Hayley Ward, organised the event with the help of other senior prefects. Mr Ward, Hayley's father, very kindly became chef for the evening and not a burnt sausage was seen all evening. In fact, all came back for seconds and thirds! There were games and dancing and a lot of laughter. I do believe there are some pictures floating around somewhere, courtesy of Nathan Dibley. I have a feeling that these will make an appearance in the Year 11 leaving assembly! It was a night to be remembered and an addition to my memories of the year group. Thank you, Hayley, for all your hard work and to all the other students and staff who helped to make this a success.

Amazingly, we are now at the end of Year 10. Time is flying by and it is quite frightening to think that the Year 7s I still clearly remember are now turning into young adults and Year 11s! Year 10 has been a successful year and l look forward to more of the same with a healthy addition of hard work as we head towards the GCSEs. Have a wonderful and relaxing summer holiday and see you all in September!

Miss N Curtis Year 10, Year Leader

On the 16th and 17th July, Year 10 took park in two fantastic days of art exams. In Mr Colburn Jackson’s group the students learnt a new skill of making felt images. They were based on the work of artist Ana Maria Pacheco. An example of which is shown here by Edward Barney of 10SW.

In Miss Carew’s class the students made the most amazing three­dimensional sculptures using willow based on natural forms of shells. Seen here by Olly Smith 10KMc.

In Mrs Kinteh’s class students made three­ dimensional masks using clay based on an exam paper with the theme ‘Beginnings’ as it’s title. Seen here by Sophie Pullen 10MR.

All the students were very successful and the results will be going towards their GCSE exams.

Mrs S Kinteh Art Curriculum Leader

HOPPING TO SUCCESS IN THE

KANGAROO ROUND

Back in February of this year Eggar‛s School entered 106 pupils in the Intermediate Maths Challenge, which resulted in two of our students being particularly successful and they were asked to enter the next round. Nationally, 5,000 pupils were invited to enter the Kangaroo Mathematics Challenge. Pictured below from left to right is Tom Fabian of 9SCa who was entered for the Grey Kangaroo paper and Stuart Gagen 11SD who was entered for the Pink Kangaroo paper.

Eggar‛s School was delighted that Stuart‛s score placed him in the top 25% of entries, which gave him a Certificate of Merit. Despite a terrific effort Tom‛s score fell just short of the top 25%. The first round is a very exacting test of logic and the second Kangaroo Challenge is extremely challenging, so both boys did really well in achieving this level of attainment. Eggar‛s School is proud to have two such superb mathematicians amongst its pupils.

44% GAIN A CERTIFICATE in the UK Junior Mathematics

Challenge

In April 123 pupils from Year 7 and Year 8 entered the UK Junior Mathematics Challenge. Nationally nearly 250,000 pupils completed the challenge. Eggar’s is delighted that 44% of our pupils who entered gained a certificate. There were five gold awards for Tom Joy 8SMo, Seb Tanner and Carlo Alveros both of 8REo, Louis Knight 8RCo and Paulo Ledesman 7JH. A total of 18 Silver Certificates were awarded. These went to Year 7 students Thomas Jewell and Becky Brown of 7JW, Emily Bailey and Ross Torry 7PCJ, Cobbi Innes 7JH, Henry Harrison 7JH, Sam Mealing 7CG, Adam Parks 7NCa and Edward James 7JH. The remaining Silver award went to Year 8s

Helena Macnaghten and Richard Verner 8LH, Claudia Vogt, Emily Wang and Richard Verner 8SWa, Harvey Tanner 8RCo, Travis Richmond and Natalie Owen 8KN and

Laura Fitzgibbon of 8RCo. The 31 bronze certificates were awarded to Ben Edwards, Olivia Walton and Beth Burns of 8SWa, Eleanor Sorsby and David Boxall 8RCo, Stuart Sharpe and Abi Boyce Reo, Lucy Stone, Katy Browning and Jessica Lock 8LH, Rachel Craven 8KN, Max Wheeler and Emily Cook 8SMo. Eggar’s School is delighted at the achievement of all the entrants. Well done!

Mrs S Woodward Maths Department

As a school, Eggar‛s constantly strives to provide the best for our community, we are currently looking at the lunch provision for our students. Over the last few years there have been radical changes to the lunchtime provision, we actually started this before Jamie Oliver started his drive to improve school meals! The menus have become more diverse and much more nutritious for our students, this improves their health as well as behaviour and attention with the removal of additives. We have also ensured that chilled filtered water is available to all. In order to help us with this we are asking both students and parents to spend a few minutes completing the attached questionnaire.

This questionnaire will help us to review the situation as well as our Food and Nutrition Policy, it would be very helpful if you could return this to the school office. If you would like some ideas for a healthy lunchbox we have enclosed suggestions “To give your child a healthy start in life”. I would also like to take the opportunity to bring an interesting website to your notice, it is www.chewonthis.org.uk and it contains a lot of information about all aspects of food.

Mr Patrick Sullivan Deputy Head Teacher

Mr Sullivan talking to parents at the Year 6 Induction Evening