Aldworth Spring Newsletter 2018 for pdfing files... · That was the question 62 Aldworth students asked the Southampton O2 Guildhall on Monday 19 February 2018. This was the theme

N E W S L E T T E R

What’s Inside

Lego Club

Rock Challenge

New York Trip

Art Therapy

And more…………..

Spring 2018

Aldworth School

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Welcome to our Spring term Newsletter. As we produce an

Autumn and Summer Newsletter we wanted to add this to our

communication calendar so that parents and carers have the

opportunity to catch up on what we are doing on a termly

basis. Please look out for articles on the recent New York tr ip

and an article from Year 10 student Jack Dil ly. Jack is

involved in some humanitarian work in Uganda and he needs

our help!

Whilst this has been another busy term we have had the

additional challenge of the weather and had to close for two

days on Thursday 1 March and Friday 2 March. Although we

had another snowfall on Sunday 18 March we were able to

open as normal on Monday 19 March. However the conditions were quite challenging and

it was 'touch and go' as to whether we would manage to open. Some other schools locally

had to close on that day as well as some partial closures. Individual sites have their own

challenges and we were fortunate to have been able to overcome them this t ime. My

thanks go to the site team here and all the other staff who contributed to us being able to

open as the journey in to school was not easy for many.

It has been a pleasure to be issuing cert if icates for our book of excellence and the

students who have received them have been extremely enthusiastic about this new award.

I am sure this wil l become an embedded reward for our students’ hard endeavours.

We sadly say goodbye to a small number of staff at the end of this term. Mr Mountain

(Assistant Headteacher and Head of Maths) is leaving us to take up a role with an on-l ine

learning platform. He has been part of the leadership team here for a number of years and

we wish him well for the future. Our Mathematics Leading Practit ioner, Mr Griff iths, wil l be

taking over the role of Head of Maths.

We also say goodbye to Mrs Horne (LSA) and Dr Coll ins from the Science Department who

has been an LSA, trainee and is now a qualif ied teacher so we wish her all the best.

Joining us are:

Mrs Storey (PE)

Mr Gausden (English)

Mrs Leedham (Head of Drama)

Mrs Ricci (Maths)

Message from the Headteacher

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We look forward to working with our new colleagues next term.

During this term we have also appointed Miss Kent as permanent Curriculum Leader for

Science and Miss Payne as permanent Curriculum Leader for PE. Both of these

appointments fol lowed a competit ive recruitment procedure. Congratulations to them both.

Aldworth School Peer Mentors

Our peer mentors work to support other students within the school. They are a committed

group of students and were each awarded a special certif icate in recognition of their

contribution to our community. They are pictured below receiving their cert if icates last

week.

As we approach the Easter holiday period may I thank you for your continued support and

hope that you have some quality t ime with your family and fr iends.

Best wishes,

Denis McCabe, Headteacher

"Our greatest hopes could become reality in the future.

With technology at our disposal, the possibil it ies are

unbounded. Al l we need to do is make sure we keep

talking." Professor Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)

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Messages from the Deputy Headteachers Rock Challenge

Are you in control of your Destiny?

That was the question 62 Aldworth students asked the Southampton O2 Guildhall on

Monday 19 February 2018. This was the theme for this year’s Rock Challenge

performance.

Students and teachers have

been developing the theme and

c h o r e o g r a p h y i d e a s s i n c e

September. The theme explores

the inf luence that the law,

media, polit ics and big business

corporations have on students

as they make their way through

l ife. Many of us are steered by pressures to do things we may not really want to do. But

the Aldworth ‘Anti-establishment Heroes’ prevail , spreading hope, joy and love and free

our young people to take control of their own destiny.

It was a fantastic day for al l involved. The students were bri l l iant and deserve high praise

for their superb attitude throughout the day. The school also managed to gain awards for

‘Best Set Crew’ and ‘Best Soundtrack’.

Thanks must go to the students for their long hours of dedication and practice and Mrs

McAuliffe who was the driving force behind the theme, choreography, costume and

performance. Thanks also to the staff whose efforts enable the school to run this large

performance every year. They all gave their t ime either on the day or during the lead up to

the show, so thank you, Mr Attridge; Mrs Seaward; Mr Cole; Mr Johnstone; Miss Lester and

Mrs Reddy. Special thanks also go to Mr

O’Shea who created the excellent set and

props and Mrs Richards for al l the admin

support.

Performing in front of a l ive and packed

audience is a real test of character, and I

was very proud of the fantastic show put

on by our students. Well done everyone!

Mr Bramwell - Deputy Headteacher


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I have been highlighting to students how they can get the best value from the time they

spend studying. The f irst stage is to understand the subject matter. This is a partnership

between the teacher and student. The second stage is for the student to condense their

learning. This might be through making

revision notes, mind maps or cue cards.

The third step is for the student to

memorise their condensed information.

Finally, in order for the information to go

into the ‘long term memory’, they need to

regularly review their learning.

Stages one and two happen mainly at

school. To be really successful, students

should do stages three and four mainly at

home. To help with this the school provides

a range of online resources. If you have a

look on our school website under

‘Students’, ‘Online Learning’ you can see

the various learning tools in which we have

invested. There are instructions on how to

log on to each one.

Some of these websites are mainly for the

GCSE years, but the stages of learning I

have outl ined above are relevant to al l year

groups. With your support, we encourage

s t u d e n t s t o u n d e r s t a n d , c o n d e n s e ,

memorise and review as a matter of routine

early in their school careers. This is an

effective habit to get in to and wil l make a

big difference to their progress over t ime. I

certainly wish someone had explained this

to me when I was at school!

Thank you for your ongoing support and I

wish you a good Easter break.

Mr Moores - Deputy Headteacher

The Months Ahead

Fri 30 Mar GOOD FRIDAY

Mon 2 Apr - Fri 13 Apr EASTER HOLIDAY

Mon 16 Apr First Day of Summer Term

Thurs 19 Apr Yr 10 Parents Evening 3.30pm - 7.30pm

Wed 2 May Yr 8 Girls HPV Vaccinations

Mon 7 May BANK HOLIDAY

Mon 14 May BCoT Open Evening 4.30pm - 7.30pm

Wed 16 May Yr 7 Parents Evening 3.30pm - 7.30pm

Thurs 24 May Yr 8 Parents Evening 3.30pm - 7.30pm (Invite Only)

Mon 28 May - Fri 1 Jun HALF TERM HOLIDAY

Mon 18 Jun BCoT Apprenticeship Recruitment Fair

4.30pm - 7.00pm

Tues 26 Jun Leavers’ Ball

Thurs 28 Jun Yr 10 Interim Reviews to Parents

Tues 10 Jul Sports Day

Tues 17 Jul Yr 7 Interim Reviews to Parents

Wed 18 Jul Yr 8 Interim Reviews to Parents

Wed 18 Jul New Intake Evening 6.30pm

Thurs 19 Jul Yr 9 Interim Reviews to Parents

Fri 20 Jul Last Day of Term - Early Closure

12.40pm

Mon 23 Jul INSET DAY

Messages from the Deputy Headteachers

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It has been a very busy term for the governing body. The Education and Strategic Planning

committee have been working with senior leaders to consider school data in some depth.

The group have been considering the progress and attainment of many groups of students,

against targets. There have been wide ranging discussions on most areas of the

curriculum, alongside some in depth exploration of the core subjects. Governors have

been meeting with key middle leaders, who are focussed on improving teaching and

learning by using a wide variety of skil ls.

It has been a key drive this year to uti l ise the range of talent we are fortunate enough to

have at our disposal within our staff, to ensure that all in the wider staff body are able to

access these skil ls to improve their own practice. The level of enthusiasm to share and

support others has been really encouraging.

The Finance and General Purposes committee have been working closely with senior

leaders, to ensure the money that comes into school is used appropriately to improve the

outcomes for our students. It is not news that school budgets are under pressure which is

l ikely to continue.

The committee has been considering recommendations from the school council on changes

and improvements to the school site. Governors engage with students as often as

possible, either through the medium of the student council or more wider opportunit ies to

meet when we are in school. Student voice, in whichever form it takes, is important to us

and wil l always be so.

In ful l governing body meetings we have also been engaging with school data at key points

in the year, discussing the impact of teaching and learning triads in greater depth. We

have planned our monitoring visits into school, al igned with school improvement targets,

for the coming term. Not forgetting some wider considerations, around behaviour and

safeguarding. We expect next term to be equally as busy as we continue to involve

ourselves in school improvement and to work together with senior leaders to improve the

outcomes for our students.

On behalf of the governing body, I

wish you all a peaceful and happy

Easter break.

Maureen Bax, Chair of Governors

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Art Therapy

Art Therapy Club is a Student Leadership Club run

every Friday after school. Staff involved in

faci l itating the club are Miss Pearce from Learning

Support and Mrs Linsell , Teacher of Art and

Design.

The aims for the sessions are for

students from all year groups to be

able to drop in and engage

therapeutically with an assortment of

visual media. Activit ies are designed

to aid relaxation and develop social

confidence. The club is a great way

for students to develop awareness

and to f ind ways to effectively

manage their emotions and feelings.

We have recently been working with

totem animals, mandalas and wil l be

moving onto a space project!

Miss Pearce - Learning Support Assistant

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On Monday 26 February, History students from Year

11 went to watch The Doctors Show at The Tivoli

Theatre in Wimborne, Bournemouth. The play

presented the major discoveries and events

throughout the history of medicine, brought to l i fe the

doctors and scientists that improved medical

knowledge and featured GCSE workshop sessions lead

by a historian.

As we entered the theatre, we were given workbooks

to use within the grade booster sessions. The

booklets contain insight on all the questions that wil l

appear on the Health and the People exam and

featured two example answers to each question. The

answers all had different levels and marks, with one

being a higher

grade than the other. Each question also provided us

with helpful t ips, so we know the best way to word

and time our answers.

The play looked at the accomplishments of the

historical f igures we need to know about from the

middle ages up unti l present day in a comical and

informative way. It was split up into four parts, with

t i m e i n

between for

us to assess

the factors

for change within the discoveries of people l ike

Louis Pasteur and Alexander Fleming.

The trip was a success among the students and

teachers and wil l hopefully pay off in our summer

exam!

Hannah Murrey

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Mad Hair Day

On Friday 2 February, a team of

Year 10 students from Aldworth

School supported St Michael’s

Hospice Mad Hair Day by taking part

in two school assemblies at

Wink lebury In fant and Jun ior

Schools.

Mad Hair Day is a fun campaign

where schools and hairdressers

across Hampshire can let their hair down all in the name of charity.

The aim of the assemblies was to give the children a few ideas on how to style their own

hair on Mad Hair Day on Friday 9 February. Each school had 6 ‘volunteers’ and the

Aldworth students worked both individually

and in pairs to ‘style’ their volunteers hair.

The students worked really well under a bit

of pressure as they only had about 10

minutes to work their magic, which is not a

long t ime to create a masterpiece.

There was a lot of back combing and bands

being used along with feathers, pipe cleaners and ribbon. There was also coloured hair

spray and glitter gel used to create unique and fun hairstyles.

While all this was happening the audience were able to look on and shout out

encouragement and sing along to

the music being played.

A l l the chi ldren enjoyed the

assembly and on speaking to the

A l d w o r t h s t u d e n t s t h e y a l l

enjoyed the experience. They

w e r e a l l a l i t t l e n e r v o u s

beforehand but once we had

done both the schools they

wanted to do more.

Mrs Stratton

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Monday 12 February: We started the day by meeting at school at 7.00am ready to leave at

8.00am. We travelled to Heathrow by coach and went through security and then waited in

the terminal for our aeroplane to be ready for us. We then had an eight-hour f l ight, which

was full of entertaining moments. After the extremely long fl ight, we landed and collected

our stuff ready for our coach to pick us up. We then travelled to our hotel ready for our

incredible experience in New York.

As soon as we got there, we dropped off our stuff and went

searching for the Empire State Building. We were so excited!

When we got up to the top the views were amazing. We were

extremely tired and hungry, so afterwards we had our very

f irst meal in New York! We all went to a pizza place and

enjoyed the huge pizzas. We went back to the hotel and

thoroughly enjoyed our f irst sleep in New York.

The next day was a very long and emotional day but we all

sti l l enjoyed it a lot. After having breakfast in a quaint café,

we travelled by subway to the famous Statue of Liberty. It

was our first t ime on the subway but we managed to get on

the right train instead of going in completely the wrong direction ( luckily). We walked the

rest of the way from the subway to the Statue of Liberty. We then had to wait in a long

queue for a ferry boat ride to Liberty Island. There we had an hour by ourselves to take

pictures of the famous New York skyl ine and Lady Liberty herself. We did not have time to

travel to El l is Island, however, we got the opportunity on the ferry back to take photos. We

also went to the 9/11 memorial and museum and a lot of people found it very emotional.

We found out facts about the day that happened and when it happened.

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We ate at Planet Hollywood on the first night,

i t was very nice and we had conversations with

the waiter about what words they say

differently. Once we had eaten dinner we went

back to the hotel and had a well -deserved

sleep after over 20,000 steps.

On the Wednesday we woke up and went to

breakfast and found out that we would have a

whole morning of shopping. We had an hour in

the hotel before we went to the Manhattan

mall and there were a lot of different shops

l ike Sephora and JC Penny’s. There was a

Target across the road and a lot of people

wanted to go in it . People brought a lot of

American sweets and drinks. Once we had

finished in Target we split into 3 different

groups and went to different shops. Mrs

Poulton’s group went into the bigger Sephora

which was next to Target, Mr Butcher’s group went to Footlocker and Miss Kemp’s group

went to Lush, a l itt le gift shop and other requested hotspots and then we met Mrs

Poulton’s group in Macy’s and had McDonalds in there. Once we had finished in Macy’s we

went back to the hotel because our feet were in so much pain.

We walked to the dance theatre and were taught a dance from the musical Wicked by one

of the cast members from Wicked. When we had finished we had to wait a l itt le bit before

we could go to the Hard Rock Café so we waited in Times Square and watched the world go

by. We then went into the Hard Rock Café for dinner and there was a worker that was

dancing and a lot of us joined in. We then had time to ki l l before we went to see Wicked

but it turned out we had to go to a different place than we thought so we rushed to the

theatre and luckily got there on t ime. We watched the show and when we got outside it was

raining so we walked very quickly back to the hotel which was about a 10-minute walk.

On the Thursday we were very sad because it was the day that we were leaving New York.

We walked to breakfast and then had an hour to pack our bags before we got on the coach

to do a 3-hour TV and movie site tour. We stopped off at the Washington Square Arch and

we got to see the ‘Friends’ apartment block and the theatre that Joey ‘performed’ in. We

finished the tour and went for lunch at Wendy’s. We got back on the coach and travelled to

the airport and got everything sorted before we got on the plane to go home.

Written by Shauna Jackson and Hannah Merritt Year 11

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Lego Club Students attending Lego Club continue to enjoy taking part in a range of activit ies

including building their own models and completing set challenges where students have

ten minutes to create anything from a Lego pizza to building their dream playground.

Students also enjoy looking at our selection of Lego books and comics as well . Before

Christmas, Lego Club held their own Christmas party when students had the chance to

play a variety of Lego themed party games, watch Lego animations on the big screen and

enjoy party food. Lots of fun was had

by all and everyone got to take a small

gift home. Lego Club students have

also been very lucky recipients of a

wonderful Lego display which was

kindly donated to them by Toys R Us

which wil l be on display in the Library

shortly. Lego club continues to run

every Monday in Room B1.5 we look

forward to seeing more students there

soon.

Mr Lewis - Learning Support Assistant

New York Trip A fantastic t ime was had by al l , exhausting but a great experience. We walked over

62,000 steps in 2 ½ days so I think we even came back a l itt le bit physically f itter than we

went.

The students that came on the trip were a great credit to Aldworth as always and it was a

pleasure to lead the tr ip for them. I would also l ike to thank the other two members of

staff, Mrs Poulton and Mr Butcher who accompanied me on the trip. It is certainly one to

remember.

Miss Kemp


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Charity Club Charity Club have continued to raise lots of money for a range of charit ies by helping out at

and running a number of charitable events themselves.

In the run up to Christmas, Charity Club students helped raise £250.54 for the ‘Make a

Wish Foundation’ by holding a Christmas Jumper day and Christmas Craft afternoon when

students could make cards, decorations and edible gifts to take home with them. The

students also had a lot of fun by manning the refreshments stand at the School Christmas

Concert when Charity Club students served up mince pies, teas and coffees to the general

public. Nearly £50 was raised from this event alone!

In January, Charity Club also held a ‘f i lm afternoon’ in order to raise money for the Brain

Tumour Research Fund. The students took a full role in the planning, preparation and the

delivery of the event by choosing the f i lm, producing an event poster and leaflets and

making a PowerPoint presentation in order to raise awareness of the charity to both staff

and students. During the f i lm afternoon the students ran the tuck shop and collected the

money from all those who attended.

Charity Club have got lots of excit ing plans for the remainder of the school year including

organising events for Sports Relief 2018, the RNLI and the Help For Heroes charity. We

hold our sessions every Tuesday after school in the Library and it is open to any student

who wishes to attend and make a difference.

Mr Lewis - Learning Support Assistant

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Arts University Bournemouth On Friday 9 February we took a large

group of Year 9 students out for a day

to The Arts University Bournemouth

(AUB).

We began the activit ies with a drawing

workshop run by Deano, the Outreach

Co-ordinator and two undergraduate

students. The activit ies really got us

thinking creatively and out of our

comfort zones by drawing with our

teeth, holding a pencil in our 'other'

hand, sketching from a spoken story

and drawing over our shoulders! The

highlight must have been our negative

space drawings of Liam, Amber and

Holl ie who modelled really tricky poses

for us all to capture.

Ha l f way th rough the d raw ing

workshop, we were taken on a tour of

the university campus. We got to see

the scale of the working areas and all

of the amazing facil it ies that this specialist establishment has to offer. After my

persuasion, we got a special insight into the working area of the 'model making'

undergraduates. These students create models for f i lm, television and media and the

university has an extremely high recruitment rate for graduates entering the world of

screen and cinema.

Our students worked incredibly well and were real ambassadors of the school. At lunch

they even got to eat in the student canteen and see the full student experience,

integrating into the hustle and bustle of student l i fe.

It was a real honour to take our students there. They really gained so much from the

experience and I know that AUB wil l have gained a few future students and opened up new

horizons. We look forward to more events l ike these in the future.

Mrs Linsell


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STEM club runs every Tuesday from 3.00pm to

4.00pm and challenges students to solve problems

within the subjects of Science, Technology,

Engineering and Maths. This year students have

already investigated the engineering behind paper

aeroplanes and discovered the best style and

material. They thought about how aircraft might take

off from an aircraft carrier and made their own

versions of an aircraft launcher for the paper

aeroplanes.

They have also used the Lego Mindstorms

robots to recreate a ‘Robot Wars’ style

battle. This involved students building and

programming the robots to respond to

different situations in order to win the

battle. Students were incredibly creative

with their ideas and the robots put up a

good fight.

Students are current ly working on

designing and making an earthquake-proof

structure. They have to work within a

variety of constraints including the size of the structure and materials that they can use.

Each f loor has to hold a set weight and then be subjected to shaking to replicate an

earthquake.

STEM activit ies are also available to the whole

school and last year we entered a team for Teen

Tech. We have applied for a team to attend this

year and the event wil l be held in June. Letters

wil l go out nearer the t ime for anyone interested

in attending. We are also working with South

Western Railway to encourage women into

engineering and there wil l be an opportunity in

May for some Year 8 girls to take part in a

workshop in school run by the company.

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On Thursday 15 March we took 12 Year 8 students to a Rotary Club Stem Competit ion. The

students were put into three groups and were instructed to build something that would

vert ically shoot up a ball through a basketball hoop and have it land safely back

down. The students all worked fantastically and they were al l able to shoot their balls up

to great distances. Unfortunately, we did not win but the students had a great t ime and

were able to use team work and resourcefulness to create amazing results.

Miss Scott and Miss Arnold

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My name is Jack Di l ly and I am a student at A ldworth in Year 10.

I am also a Dragon Explorer and a Young Leader for a local Cub group in the Basingstoke East Distr ict and

I have been lucky enough to have been selected to be part of a cont ingent of 25 UK Explorer scouts &

leaders travel l ing to Uganda in August 2019 to undertake a var iety of char i table pro jects & jo int act iv i t ies

with the local scouts. When I found out about the tr ip and the fantast ic opportunit ies and exper iences i t

would offer I was very keen to go and be part of the expedit ion to cont inue the good work that has already

been carr ied out on previous occasions.

A l though al l Scouts pay for their own expedit ion fees, we are a lso work ing hard to ra ise funds to pay for

a l l the equipment and suppl ies needed for char i ty projects and th is is where I am asking for your help.

We wi l l be work ing in conjunct ion with the local scout groups of Masindi in a number of ways:

Provid ing safe water

Fundrais ing for the money to protect local natural water spr ings. Each spr ing only costs £1500 (which is

very l i t t le for hundreds of people to have c lean disease free water for generat ions to come). The local

area is very rural and one spr ing can supply around 300 – 500 people with their only source of water .

Improvement and re-decorat ion of a Ugandan school

Pr imary educat ion is now free for a l l chi ldren in Uganda, but the c lassrooms are crowded with an average

of 100+ pupi ls to one teacher in each c lassroom. The school bui ld ings are very basic with bare wal ls , o ld

wooden school benches and with the only l ight source coming from the windows the c lassrooms can be

dark and dul l . We wi l l carry out the work ourselves to enhance the learning environments and ref lect

l ight to make the spaces br ighter.

Provid ing school and hospita l equipment and suppl ies

The cont ingent a lso takes out g i f t i tems for the local schools and hospita l , such as chalk, footbal ls,

s imple l ightweight games ( fr isbees, tennis bal ls) , penci ls , sharpeners and coloured penci ls for the school

and knitted jumpers, mosquito nets, kni t ted blankets for the new born babies in the hospital p lus many

other s imple th ings that wi l l improve happiness in both educat ion and health.

Organis ing act iv i t ies with local Scouts

We wi l l be work ing alongside the local Scout groups to learn about each others’ scout ing cul tures, learn

new ski l ls and share act iv i t ies. We wi l l a lso provide act iv i ty badges for a l l the local scouts who take part

in the act iv i t ies. Badges are a luxury that the local scouts do not have the pleasure of receiv ing due to

the costs involved.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

Aldworth are hoping to hold a non-school uni form day, so our students wi l l be able to help by donat ing

just £1.00. The date wi l l be conf i rmed next term. You can help those less fortunate than us and make a

huge di f ference to many l ives.

I f you wish to donate more you can do so v ia my mydonate page at

ht tps://mydonate.bt .com/fundraisers/ jackdi l ly2

Al l contr ibut ions wi l l go towards water wel ls/mosquito nets or other potent ia l ly l ife changing equipment.

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Voice In A Million On Thursday 15 March 2018, 23 of our students (pictured) took part in Voice in a Mil l ion

(VIAM) – the choir that makes a difference.

VIAM is a commercial organisation which helps raise awareness of children in care around

the world. The show acts as a platform to encourage others to consider adoption or

fostering as a l i fe choice and our students help make a difference to the l ives of children

less fortunate than themselves. Over 5000 pupils from schools across the country took

part and the organisation is supported by the l ikes of Sir Elton John, Piers Morgan and

Alesha Dixon.

The school choir worked incredibly hard in after-school rehearsals to prepare for the event,

and the day itself was an incredible success. Students even had the opportunity to meet

the stars of the show (HRVY/Roadtrip) which they were thoroughly pleased with. Three of

our students were selected to walk the banner through Wembley Arena, representing

Aldworth’s participation in such a well -supported and high-profi le event. A special mention

to James Wood (Year 7), Talitha Forster (Year 7), Savannah Wilson (Year 7) Hayleigh

Pogmore (Year 10) and Chloe O’Donnell (Year 10) who gave up their own time to design

our banner!

It was an absolute honour to be part of such a wonderful experience, and I would l ike to

thank all the students that took part. Each student represented the school impeccably and

we look forward to many more excit ing activit ies and opportunit ies in the near future!

Mr Cole

Aldworth School

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Team Up Team Up is a unique moment in t ime for women’s sport. Between 2017 and 2019 England

wil l be host to three consecutive women’s World Cups:

ICC Women's World Cup 2017: England beat India to win the

World Cup!

Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup: 21 July - 5 August 2018

Netball World Cup: 12 July - 21 July 2019

The England and Wales Cricket Boards (ECB), England Hockey and England Netball have

launched Team Up, a three year campaign to maximise the legacy of the World Cups and

build a broader fan base for women's team sports.

Honey, the Team Up bear, is taken to each netball match and is presented to the winning

team. Both our Year 10 and 7 netball teams have been successful in bringing Honey home

with them and have enjoyed taking part in the Team Up challenge as part of the

Basingstoke School Netball League.

Miss Lester

Year 7 Netball Our newly formed Year 7 netball team has been highly successful in their f irst season of

representing Aldworth School. The team have trained tirelessly and show true commitment

to their own development and the development as a team. They have been under the

instruction of our Year 9 team who have been developing their leadership skil ls.

The team took on some fierce competit ion and made their way into the semi-f inal of the

Basingstoke Schools Netball League. After playing their socks off the gir ls were crowned

4t h overall in the league.

Miss Lester and Miss Wijeratne

Year 9 Netball The Year 9 netball team have continued to show outstanding dedication to their sport and

their team. The have worked hard to develop their skil ls and abil ity to work as a team

developing set dri l ls and learning new more technical skil ls, despite this dedication they

just missed out on a spot in the semi-f inals. The Year 9 students biggest success this

season has been the development of their coaching and umpiring skil ls through coaching

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and managing the Year 7 team. The Year 9 team showed their dedication to the

development to the Year 7 team through designing specif ic training sessions based on

weaknesses seen within matches, attending each game and taking it in turn to umpire and

officiate their matches. Al l this hard work paid off and they managed to coach the Year 7

team into the semi-finals of the Basingstoke Schools Netball League.


Year 10 Netball The Year 10 netball team are a very close nit technical team, who thanks to their

commitment and dedication to bettering their individual technical ski l ls and the technical

play of the team were able to go out and win al l but one of their games which they drew.

The team’s abil ity to communicate with each other and read and react to situations in the

game has been a huge credit to them and highly commented on by other schools within the

town. The gir ls should be extremely proud of their performances and development this

season.


Trampolining Trampolining has seen a big turn out again this year and students from all years have been

working hard to learn and develop both new and existing skil ls.

The students who have been attending the club have been in the process of learning and

perfecting their routines in preparation for representing the school at the Basingstoke

Schools Trampolining Competit ion on Thursday 22 March 2018. The students did

extremely well:

Year 7: 1s t Demi-Leigh Hodgkins, 3r d Annabel Pettican, 6t h Rhiannon Mott, 10t h Freya

Quigley, 10t h Chloe Jenkins, 14t h Evie Rounce

Year 8: 3rd Jorja Strachen, 10th Amelia Jagged, 10th Naomi Clifton, 16th Grace Macpherson,

17t h El l is Watts, 18t h Emily West

Year 9: 2nd Sarah Waddington, 3r d Lucy McFee, 5th Maddison Stranney, 9t h Crystal Gledhil l -

Wallace, 10t h Bukola Ikengboju

Year 10: 2n d Alicia Quinby-Bray, 4t h Teisha Farley, 6th Zoe Johnson

Miss Lester

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Year 7 Cricket The Year 7 team have shown an excellent att itude and commitment to training this term

which culminated in their f irst game on Tuesday 13 March in which they were narrowly

defeated, requiring 4 off the last ball, overall they lost by 2 runs. Owen Slynn's

performance was outstanding with the bat, ball and he took an excellent catch. He was

given Man of the Match.

Year 7's next game was on Wednesday 21 March against Costello. We hope to improve

even further in this f ixture, and I wil l report further next t ime.

The boys have been a credit to the school al l term and I am very pleased to be their coach.

Mr Voce

All Years Basketball Attendance to basketball remains high, despite

the continuing lack of games available due to the

perceived lack of basketball teams in the

Basingstoke area. I am now attempting to

arrange some fixtures further afield as it would

be a just reward for the ongoing commitment the

boys have shown.

They are a credit to the PE department and I look

forward to working with them in the future.

Mr Voce

Year 9 Football Mr Butcher and I have been taking the teams recent f ixtures. The boys played against

Brighton Hil l with 10 men and put in a truly outstanding performance to comeback from 2-

0 down to draw 2-2 in the snow. This put them into the Basingstoke Schools semi-final

which went r ight down to the wire, eventually winning 4-2 on penalt ies with a couple of

excellent saves from our goalkeeper Alex White.

We played The Vyne School in the f inal on Thursday 22 March which the boys were very

excited for. Unfortunately Aldworth lost the final 4-0 but played extremely well .

Mr Voce and Mr Butcher

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Year 8 Artwork

By Ben White 8Y1

By Li ly Hall iday 8Y1

By Oscar Young 8Y1

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